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History Deaths on April 29

By  Kenneth Marc Nuestro Bercida  29 Apr   92 Views

History Deaths on April 29

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William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)

#William_Gillette

In 1937

Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1946)

#Mick_Ronson

In 1993

Marianna Zachariadi, Greek pole vaulter (b. 1990)

#Marianna_Zachariadi

In 2013

Catherine of Siena, Italian mystic, philosopher, and saint (b. 1347)

#Catherine_of_Siena

In 1380

Harold Bride, English soldier and operator (b. 1890)

#Harold_Bride

In 1956

Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (b. 1876)

#Wilhelm_Ritter_von_Leeb

In 1956

Shukri Ghanem, Libyan politician, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1942)

#Shukri_Ghanem

In 2012

Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)

#Arthur_Mold

In 1921

Dan Walker, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Illinois (b. 1922)

#Dan_Walker_(politician)

In 2015

Edward Wortley Montagu, English explorer and author (b. 1713)

#Edward_Wortley_Montagu_(traveller)

In 1776

Parekura Horomia, New Zealand politician, 40th Minister of M?ori Affairs (b. 1950)

#Parekura_Horomia

In 2013

Iveta Bartošová, Czech singer and actress (b. 1966)

#Iveta_Bartošová

In 2014

Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)

#Al_Feldstein

In 2014

Ph?m V?n ??ng, Vietnamese lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1906)

#Ph?m_V?n_??ng

In 2000

William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)

#William_H._Seward_Jr.

In 1920

Louis II of Anjou (b. 1377)

#Louis_II_of_Anjou

In 1417

Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, French-Italian architect, designed Winter Palace and Catherine Palace (b. 1700)

#Francesco_Bartolomeo_Rastrelli

In 1771

Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer (b. 1899)

#Alfred_Hitchcock

In 1980

Theo Helfrich, German race car driver (b. 1913)

#Theo_Helfrich

In 1978

Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)

#Ignacio_Cervantes

In 1905

Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1620)

#Frederick_William,_Elector_of_Brandenburg

In 1688

Ernest Michael, American mathematician and scholar (b. 1925)

#Ernest_Michael

In 2013

Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)

#Bernardino_Machado

In 1944

Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)

#Jørgen_Pedersen_Gram

In 1916

William Babington, Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist (b. 1756)

#William_Babington_(physician)

In 1833

Muhsin Ertu?rul, Turkish actor and director (b. 1892)

#Muhsin_Ertu?rul

In 1979

Ivica Ra?an, Croatian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (b. 1944)

#Ivica_Ra?an

In 2007

Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (b. 1607)

#Michiel_de_Ruyter

In 1676

John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to India (b. 1908)

#John_Kenneth_Galbraith

In 2006

Bob Hoskins, English actor (b. 1942)

#Bob_Hoskins

In 2014

Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)

#Paul_Du_Chaillu

In 1903

Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1768)

#Henry_Paget,_1st_Marquess_of_Anglesey

In 1854

John Cleveland, English poet and author (b. 1613)

#John_Cleveland

In 1658

Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)

#Constantine_P._Cavafy

In 1933

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1889)

#Ludwig_Wittgenstein

In 1951

Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French theorist and author (b. 1658)

#Charles-Irénée_Castel_de_Saint-Pierre

In 1743

Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1922)

#Hal_Laycoe

In 1998

Agrippa d'Aubigné, French soldier and poet (b. 1552)

#Agrippa_d'Aubigné

In 1630

Josef Šural, Czech footballer (b. 1990)

#Josef_Šural

In 2019

Roland Moreno. French engineer, invented the smart card (b. 1945)

#Roland_Moreno

In 2012

Mae Clarke, American actress (b. 1910)

#Mae_Clarke

In 1992

Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident and Christian executed during the Cultural Revolution (b. 1932)

#Lin_Zhao

In 1968

John Singleton, American film director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1968)

#John_Singleton

In 2019

Raymond Bussières, French actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1907)

#Raymond_Bussières

In 1982

Janko Bobetko, Croatian Army general and Chief of the General Staff (b. 1919)

#Janko_Bobetko

In 2003

Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player (b. 1992)

#Alex_Elisala

In 2013

Edvard Drabløs, Norwegian actor and director (b. 1883)

#Edvard_Drabløs

In 1976

Sid Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)

#Sid_Smith_(ice_hockey)

In 2004

Renato Corona, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b. 1948)

#Renato_Corona

In 2016

George Farquhar, Irish-English actor and playwright (b. 1678)

#George_Farquhar

In 1707

Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1906)

#Albert_Hofmann

In 2008

Josh Hancock, American baseball player (b. 1978)

#Josh_Hancock

In 2007

Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)

#Irving_Fisher

In 1947

Michael Kadosh, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1940)

#Michael_Kadosh

In 2014

Calvin Peete, American golfer (b. 1943)

#Calvin_Peete

In 2015

Jean Nidetch, American businesswoman, co-founded Weight Watchers (b. 1923)

In 2015

François Michelin, French businessman (b. 1926)

In 2015

Kevin Moore, English footballer (b. 1958)

In 2013

John La Montaine, American pianist and composer (b. 1920)

In 2013

Pesah Grupper, Israeli politician, 13th Israel Minister of Agriculture (b. 1924)

In 2013

Kenny Roberts, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)

In 2012

Joel Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (b. 1957)

In 2012

Joanna Russ, American writer, academic and radical feminist (b. 1937)

In 2011

Siamak Pourzand, Iranian journalist and critic (b. 1931)

In 2011

Sandy Douglas, English computer scientist and academic, designed OXO (b. 1921)

In 2010

Chuck Daigh, American race car driver (b. 1923)

In 2008

Dick Motz, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player (b. 1940)

In 2007

Milt Bocek, American baseball player and soldier (b. 1912)

In 2007

Louis Leithold, American mathematician and academic (b. 1924)

In 2005

William J. Bell, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1927)

In 2005

Bob Akin, American race car driver and journalist (b. 1936)

In 2002

Arthur B. C. Walker, Jr., American physicist and academic (b. 1936)

In 2001

Mike Royko, American journalist and author (b. 1932)

In 1997

Michael Gordon, American actor and director (b. 1909)

In 1993

Hardie Gramatky, American author and illustrator (b. 1907)

In 1979

J. B. Lenoir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)

In 1967

Paula Strasberg, American actress, acting coach, and member of the Communist Party (b. 1909)

In 1966

William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (b. 1875)

In 1966

Rae Johnstone, Australian jockey (b. 1905)

In 1964

Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, India-born English soldier and Governor of Gibraltar (b. 1891)

In 1959

Kathleen Clarice Groom, Australian-English author and screenwriter (b. 1872)

In 1954

Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)

In 1945

Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Austrian entomologist and author (b. 1723)

In 1798

John Michell, English geologist and astronomer (b. 1724)

In 1793

Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1694)

In 1768

Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk (b. 1655)

In 1698

Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and theologian (b. 1517)

In 1594

Burchard II, Duke of Swabia (b. 883)

In 926

Hou Junji, Chinese general and politician, Chancellor of the Tang dynasty

In 643

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