1 March Deaths

March 1 is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 305 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).
Deaths

492 – Pope Felix III
589 – Saint David (b. 500)
1131 – Stephen II of Hungary (b. 1101)
1233 – Thomas, Count of Savoy (b. 1178)
1244 – Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr, Welsh son of Llywelyn the Great (b. 1200)
1320 – Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan, Chinese emperor (b. 1286)
1383 – Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (b. 1334)
1510 – Francisco de Almeida, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1450)
1546 – George Wishart, Scottish minister and martyr (b. 1513)
1620 – Thomas Campion, English poet and composer (b. 1567)
1643 – Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1583)
1661 – Richard Zouch, English judge and politician (b. 1590)
1697 – Francesco Redi, Italian physician and poet (b. 1626)
1734 – Roger North, English lawyer and author (b. 1653)
1768 – Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and author (b. 1694)
1773 – Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect, designed the Palace of Caserta (b. 1700)
1792 – Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747)
1841 – Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1764)
1862 – Peter Barlow, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)
1875 – Tristan Corbière, French poet and educator (b. 1845)
1882 – Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1818)
1884 – Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1820)
1906 – José María de Pereda, Spanish author (b. 1833)
1911 – Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
1914 – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English soldier and politician, 8th Governor General of Canada (b. 1845)
1920 – John H. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician (b. 1842)
1921 – Nicholas I of Montenegro (b. 1841)
1922 – Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)
1936 – Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian author and poet (b. 1871)
1938 – Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1863)
1940 – Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (b. 1878)
1942 – George S. Rentz, American commander (b. 1882)
1943 – Alexandre Yersin, Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)
1952 – Mariano Azuela, Mexican physician and author (b. 1873)
1966 – Fritz Houtermans, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1903)
1974 – Bobby Timmons, American pianist and composer (b. 1935)
1976 – Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (b. 1910)
1978 – Paul Scott, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
1979 – Mustafa Barzani, Iraqi-Kurdistan politician (b. 1903)
1980 – Wilhelmina Cooper, Dutch-American model and businesswoman, founded Wilhelmina Models (b. 1940)
1980 – Dixie Dean, English footballer (b. 1907)
1983 – Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-English journalist and author (b. 1905)
1984 – Jackie Coogan, American actor (b. 1914)
1988 – Joe Besser, American comedian and actor (b. 1907)
1989 – Vasantdada Patil, Indian politician, 5th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1917)
1991 – Edwin H. Land, American scientist and businessman, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation (b. 1909)
1995 – Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1946)
1998 – Archie Goodwin, American author and illustrator (b. 1937)
2001 – Henry Wade, American soldier and lawyer (b. 1914)
2002 – C. Farris Bryant, American lawyer and politician, 34th Governor of Florida (b. 1914)
2004 – Mian Ghulam Jilani, Pakistani general (b. 1914)
2006 – Harry Browne, American politician and author (b. 1933)
2006 – Peter Osgood, English footballer (b. 1947)
2010 – Kristian Digby, English television host and director (b. 1977)
2012 – Andrew Breitbart, American journalist and publisher (b. 1969)
2012 – Lucio Dalla, Italian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1943)
2012 – Germano Mosconi, Italian journalist (b. 1932)
2013 – Bonnie Franklin, American actress and singer (b. 1944)
2013 – Alan Smith, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1917)
2014 – Nancy Charest, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1959)
2014 – Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2014 – Alejandro Zaffaroni, Uruguayan-American chemist and businessman (b. 1923)
2015 – Minnie Miñoso, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (b. 1922)
2015 – Chris Welp, German-American basketball player and coach (b. 1964)
2016 – Stuart Beck, American lawyer and diplomat (b. 1946)
2016 – Ilir Hoti, Albanian economist and 1st Governor of the Bank of Albania (b. 1957)
2016 – Jim Kimsey, American lieutenant and businessman, co-founded AOL (b. 1939)

Source: Wikipedia