List of People Who Died on my Birthday

Here are people who died on my birthday. Date withheld because ...really?

• 651 Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and missionary
• 1056 Theodora, Byzantine Empress (b. 981)
• 1057 Leofric, count of Mercia/husband of Lady Godiva, dies
• 1158 Sancho III, King of Castile, dies
• 1218 Al-Malik ab-Adil/Saphadin/Saif al-Din), brother of Saladin, dies
• 1234 Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212)
• 1372 Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (b. 1301)
• 1422 Henry V, King of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19), dies
• 1590 Floris Thin, politician/land advocate of Utrecht, dies
• 1604 Giovanale Ancina, composer, dies at 58
• 1616 Gemignano Capilupi, composer, dies at 43
• 1631 Nicolaus Erich, composer, dies at 43
• 1638 John Ward, composer, dies at 67
• 1645 Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (b. 1566)
• 1654 Ole Worm, Danish physician (b. 1588)
• 1667 Johann von Rist, German composer and poet known for his hymns, dies at 60
• 1688 John Bunyan, preacher/novelist/author (Pilgrim's Progress), dies
• 1730 Gottfried Finger, Czech composer (b. 1660?)
• 1741 Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German jurist (b. 1681)
• 1772 William Borlase, English naturalist (b. 1695)
• 1795 Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 68
• 1796 John McKinly, American physician and President of Delaware, dies at 75
• 1799 Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect (b. 1720)
• 1805 Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco, composer, dies at 95
• 1814 Arthur Phillip, British admiral, first Governor of New South Wales (b. 1738)
• 1832 Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composer, dies at 53
• 1862 George William Taylor, US Union brigadier general, dies in battle
• 1862 Ignaz Assmayer, composer, dies at 72
• 1864 Ferdinand Lassalle, French politician (ADA), dies at 39
• 1867 [Pierre-]Charles Baudelaire, Fren poet (Journaux Intimes), dies at 46
• 1869 Mary Ward, Irish scientist, first automobile accident victim (b. 1827)
• 1873 Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen (Dutch East Indies), dies at 70
• 1875 Oskar Peschel, German geographer (Physicist Erdkunde), dies at 49
• 1879 William Barber, 6th US chief engraver (1844-79), dies
• 1888 Mary Ann Nichols, a 42-year-old prostitute, was found stabbed to death in London, 1st of at least five murders by Jack the Ripper
• 1902 Mathilde Wesendonk, German author/poetess, dies at 73
• 1910 Emils Darzins, composer, dies at 34
• 1918 Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I), dies at 36
• 1920 Wilhelm Wundt, German physiologist/psychologist/philosopher, dies
• 1931 Marcel Planiol, French private law scholar, dies
• 1934 Johan H A Schaper, Dutch MP (SDAP), dies
• 1935 Abraham Isaac Kook, rabbi/author (Hokhmat Ha-kodesh), dies
• 1940 Johanna "Annie" Bakker, revue-artists/singer/actress, dies at 58
• 1940 Georges Gauthier, French Canadian Roman Catholic archbishop of Montreal (b. 1871)
• 1941 Marian Zwetajewa, writer, dies
• 1941 Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet (b. 1892)
• 1942 Von Bismarck, German major general, (Africa Corps), dies in battle
• 1946 Paul August von Klenau, Danish opera composer/conductor, dies at 63
• 1948 Andrei A Zjdanov, Rus politician (against kosmopolitism), dies at 52
• 1948 Billy Laughlin, American actor (b. 1932)
• 1949 Andre Debierne, French chemist/physicist (actinium), dies
• 1949 Paul Hoffer, German composer, dies at 53
• 1952 Henri Bourassa, French Canadian political leader (b. 1868)
• 1959 Charles Delaney, dies at 67
• 1963 Georges Braque, French cubist painter and sculptor (My bicycle) who helped develop Cubism with Pablo Picasso, dies at 81
• 1964 Carole Coleman, singer (Make Mine Music), dies at 42
• 1966 Kasimir Edschmid, [Karl E Schmidt], German writer, dies at 75
• 1967 Ilja G Ehrenburg, Russian poet/writer (9th wave), dies at 76
• 1967 Michael Fitzmaurice, dies of lymphoma at 59
• 1968 Dennis O'Keefe, American actor (Suspicion), dies of lung cancer at 60
• 1968 George P Gooch, English historian/House of Commons leader, dies
• 1969 Ottmar Gerster, composer, dies at 72
• 1969 Rock
• 1973 John Ford, American director (Stagecoach, The Searchers), dies at 78
• 1973 Raymond Keane, dies at 66
• 1973 Stan Worthington, English cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1930-36), dies
• 1974 William Pershing Benedict, American pilot
• 1974 Norman Kirk, New Zealand prime minister (b. 1923
• 1975 Pierre Blaise, French actor (Lacombe Lucien), dies at 24
• 1976 Kornelis H Miskotte, theologist (If the Gods Keep Silent), dies at 81
• 1978 John Wrathall, President of Rhodesia (b. 1913)
• 1979 E J "Tiger" Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper 1911-14), dies
• 1979 Sally Rand, American burlesque dancer, vedette and actress known for her ostrich feather fan and balloon bubble dances, dies at 75
• 1981 Joseph H Hirschhorn, US art collector/founder H Museum, dies at 82
• 1981 Victor Trumper Jr, cricketer (7 games for NSW, 74 runs 12 wkts), dies
• 1985 Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1899)
• 1986 Henry Moore, English artist and sculptor (known for Three Piece Sculpture: Vertebrae), dies at 88
• 1986 Urho K Kekkonen, premier/president of Finland, dies at 85
• 1990 Johnny Lindsay, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1947), dies
• 1990 Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton, NY Knick, dies at 65 of a heart attack
• 1991 Leigh Watson, US aviation pioneer/air force general, dies at 93
• 1991 Gerry Davis, British screenwriter (Dr Who), dies at 61
• 1993 Gerben Wagenaar, Dutch resistance fighter (communist), dies at 80
• 1994 Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist, dies at 88
• 1994 Barbara Hammer Avedon, scriptwriter, dies at 69
• 1994 Norman "Doc" Jones, bassist, dies at 68
• 1995 Beant Singh, PM of Punjab province of India, assassinated at 73
• 1995 David Farrar, actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse, Watusi), dies at 87
• 1995 David Richard Holloway, literary Editor, dies at 71
• 1995 Hajime Miterai, industrialist, dies at 56
• 1995 Horst Janssen, graphic Artist, dies at 65
• 1995 John Erik Jonsson, businessman/Mayor of Dallas, dies at 93
• 1996 David Scott, British priest, Chaplain to the Queen, dies at 72
• 1996 Harald James Penrose, pilot, dies at 92
• 1996 Milton "Tippy" Larkin, band leader, dies at 85
• 1996 David Pollock, Viscount Hanworth, British barrister, dies at 80
• 1997 Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, dies in car crash in Paris at 36
• 2000 Patricia Owens, Canadian actress (b. 1925)
• 2002 Lionel Hampton, American vibraphone player (b. 1908)
• 2002 George Porter, English chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1920)
• 2004 Carl Wayne, English singer (b. 1943)
• 2005 Michael Sheard, British actor (b. 1940)
• 2005 Joseph Rotblat, Polish-British physicist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1908)
• 2006 Tom Delaney, British racing driver (b. 1911)
• 2006 Derrick Wayne Frazier, American convicted murderer (b. 1977)
• 2006 Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (b. 1983)
• 2007 Gay Brewer, American golfer (b. 1932)
• 2007 Karloff Lagarde, Mexican professional wrestler (b. 1928)
• 2008 Jerry Reed, American country music singer and actor (b. 1937)
• 2008 Ike Pappas, American news correspondent (b. 1933)
• 2009 Eraño Manalo, Filipino religious figure (b. 1925)
• 2010 Laurent Fignon, French cyclist (1983 & 1984 Tour de France), dies of cancer at 50
• 2011 Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1976)
• 2011 Valery Rozhdestvensky, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 23), dies at 72
• 2013 David Frost, British broadcaster, dies from a heart attack at 74
• 2014 Jimi Jamison, rocker (Survivor), dies of a heart attack at 63
• 2015 Colin Hope, British Industrialist (Turner and Newall), dies at 83
• 2016 Jacques Leduc, Belgian composer, dies at 84
• 2017 Richard Anderson, natural causes, dies at 91