21 October Deaths

October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 71 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).

1125 – Cosmas of Prague, Bohemian priest and historian (b. 1045)
1204 – Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English politician
1221 – Alix, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1201)
1266 – Birger Jarl, Swedish politician (b. 1210)
1422 – Charles VI of France (b. 1368)
1500 – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442)
1505 – Paul Scriptoris, German mathematician and educator (b. 1460)
1558 – Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (b. 1484)
1600 – Shima Sakon, Japanese samurai (b. 1540)
1600 – Toda Katsushige, Japanese daimyo (b. 1557)
1623 – William Wade, English politician and diplomat, Lieutenant of the Tower of London (b. 1546)
1662 – Henry Lawes, English pianist and composer (b. 1595)
1687 – Edmund Waller, English poet and politician (b. 1606)
1765 – Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect (b. 1691)
1775 – Peyton Randolph, American lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Continental Congress (b. 1721)
1777 – Samuel Foote, English actor and playwright (b. 1720)
1805 – John Cooke, English captain (b. 1763)
1805 – George Duff, Scottish captain (b. 1764)
1805 – Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (b. 1758)
1821 – Dorothea Ackermann, German actress (b. 1752)
1835 – Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (b. 1775)
1872 – Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1794)
1873 – Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (b. 1807)
1896 – James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844)
1903 – Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (b. 1829)
1904 – Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877)
1907 – Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (b. 1824)
1931 – Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)
1938 – Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)
1940 – William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)
1944 – Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (b. 1877)
1952 – Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (b. 1871)
1963 – Józef Franczak, Polish sergeant (b. 1918)
1965 – Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (The Blue Moon Boys) (b. 1926)
1969 – Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet (b. 1922)
1969 – Wacław Sierpiński, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1882)
1971 – Minnie Evans, Potawatomi leader (b. 1888)
1973 – Nasif Estéfano, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1932)
1975 – Charles Reidpath, American runner and general (b. 1887)
1977 – Ferit Tüzün, Turkish composer (b. 1929)
1978 – Anastas Mikoyan, Armenian-Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1895)
1980 – Hans Asperger, Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1906)
1982 – Radka Toneff, Norwegian singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
1983 – Joseph P. Lordi, American government official (b. 1919)
1984 – François Truffaut, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
1985 – Dan White, American sergeant and politician (b. 1946)
1986 – Lionel Murphy, Australian jurist and politician, 22nd Attorney-General of Australia (b. 1922)
1987 – Salme Rootare, Estonian chess player (b. 1913)
1989 – Jean Image, Hungarian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
1990 – Dany Chamoun, Lebanese engineer and politician (b. 1934)
1990 – Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1921)
1991 – Lorenc Antoni, Albanian composer, conductor, and musicologist (b. 1909)
1992 – Jim Garrison, American lawyer and judge (b. 1921)
1993 – Sam Zolotow, American journalist and critic (b. 1899)
1995 – Maxene Andrews, American singer (b. 1916)
1995 – Jesús Blasco, Spanish author and illustrator (b. 1919)
1995 – Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter (b. 1939)
1995 – Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967)
1996 – Georgios Zoitakis, Greek general and politician (b. 1910)
1998 – Francis W. Sargent, American soldier and politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1915)
1999 – Lars Bo, Danish author and illustrator (b. 1924)
1999 – Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish political scientist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1939)
2003 – Louise Day Hicks, American politician (b. 1916)
2003 – Luis A. Ferré, Puerto Rican engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1904)
2003 – Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1969)
2006 – Sandy West, American singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1959)
2007 – Paul Fox, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)
2010 – A. Ayyappan, Indian poet and translator (b. 1949)
2011 – Hikmet Bilâ, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1954)
2011 – Aleksandr Olerski, Estonian footballer (b. 1973)
2011 – Tone Pavček, Slovenian poet and author (b. 1928)
2012 – Yash Chopra, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
2012 – Antoni Dobrowolski, Polish educator (b. 1904)
2012 – Jaroslav Kozlík, Czech volleyball player and educator (b. 1907)
2012 – Alf Kumalo, South African photographer and journalist (b. 1930)
2012 – George McGovern, American historian, lieutenant, and politician (b. 1922)
2013 – Bud Adams, American businessman (b. 1923)
2013 – Gianni Ferrio, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1924)
2013 – Rune T. Kidde, Danish author, poet, and illustrator (b. 1957)
2013 – Colonel Robert Morris, American singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1954)
2013 – Major R. Owens, American librarian and politician (b. 1936)
2013 – Tony Summers, Welsh swimmer (b. 1924)
2013 – Oscar Yanes, Venezuelan journalist and author (b. 1927)
2014 – Ben Bradlee, American journalist and author (b. 1921)
2014 – Johnny Lee Clary, American wrestler and Ku Klux Klan leader (b. 1959)
2014 – Nelson Bunker Hunt, American businessman (b. 1926)
2014 – Seth Gaaikema, Dutch comedian and author (b. 1939)
2014 – Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Iranian cleric and politician, Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1931)
2014 – Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1916)
2015 – Peter Baldwin, English actor (b. 1933)
2015 – France Bučar, Slovenian lawyer and politician (b. 1923)
2015 – Marty Ingels, American actor (b. 1936)
2015 – Norman W. Moore, English conservationist and author (b. 1923)
2015 – Sheldon Wolin, American philosopher, theorist, and academic (b. 1922

Source: Wikipedia