21 September Deaths

Published : 21 Sep 2017, 11:16

Jagoroniya Desk

September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 101 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).

Deaths

19 BC – Virgil, Roman poet (b. 70 BC)
454 – Flavius Aetius, Roman general and politician (b. 396)
687 – Pope Conon (b. 630)
1026 – Otto-William, Count of Burgundy
1217 – Lembitu, Estonian king and military leader
1217 – Caupo of Turaida
1235 – Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1175)
1256 – William of Kilkenny, Lord Chancellor of England
1327 – Edward II of England (b. 1284)
1397 – Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, English admiral (b. 1346)
1558 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1500)
1576 – Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician, physician, and astrologer (b. 1501)
1586 – Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French cardinal and diplomat (b. 1517)
1629 – Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1587)
1643 – Emperor Hong Taiji of China (b. 1592)
1719 – Johann Heinrich Acker, German historian and academic (b. 1647)
1743 – Jai Singh II, Indian king (b. 1688)
1748 – John Balguy, English philosopher and author (b. 1686)
1796 – François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (b. 1769)
1798 – George Read, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Delaware (b. 1733)
1812 – Emanuel Schikaneder, German actor and playwright (b. 1751)
1832 – Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet (b. 1771)
1860 – Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher and author (b. 1788)
1874 – Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist and engineer (b. 1798)
1880 – Manuel Montt, Chilean scholar and politician, 6th President of Chile (b. 1809)
1904 – Chief Joseph, American tribal leader (b. 1840)
1906 – Samuel Arnold, American conspirator (b. 1838)
1926 – Léon Charles Thévenin, French engineer (b. 1857)
1933 – Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese author and poet (b. 1896)
1938 – Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Croatian author and poet (b. 1874)
1939 – Armand Călinescu, Romanian economist and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1893)
1942 – John Symes, English cricketer (b. 1879)
1944 – Artur Phleps, Romanian general (b. 1881)
1947 – Harry Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1878)
1953 – Necmettin Sadak, Turkish publisher and politician, 10th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1890)
1954 – Mikimoto Kōkichi, Japanese businessman (b. 1858)
1956 – Bill Struth, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1875)
1957 – Haakon VII of Norway (b. 1872)
1958 – Peter Whitehead, English race car driver (b. 1914)
1961 – Ed Oliver, American golfer (b. 1915)
1962 – Bo Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1892)
1963 – Paulino Masip, Spanish author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1899)
1964 – Josef Müller, Croatian entomologist (b. 1880)
1966 – Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France (b. 1878)
1971 – Bernardo Houssay, Argentinian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
1972 – Henry de Montherlant, French essayist, novelist, and dramatist (b. 1896)
1974 – Walter Brennan, American actor (b. 1894)
1974 – Jacqueline Susann, American author and actress (b. 1918)
1975 – Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu, Turkish painter and poet (b. 1911)
1976 – Orlando Letelier, Chilean economist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Chile (b. 1932)
1982 – Ivan Bagramyan, Russian general (b. 1897)
1985 – Gu Long, Chinese author and screenwriter (b. 1937)
1987 – Jaco Pastorius, American bass player, composer, and producer (b. 1951)
1988 – Glenn Robert Davis, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1914)
1989 – Rajini Thiranagama, Sri Lankan physician and academic (b. 1954)
1990 – Takis Kanellopoulos, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
1991 – Gordon Bashford, English engineer (b. 1916)
1992 – Tarachand Barjatya, Indian film producer, founded Rajshri Productions (b. 1914)
1995 – Rudy Perpich, American dentist and politician, 34th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1928)
1998 – Florence Griffith Joyner, American sprinter (b. 1959)
2000 – Jacques Flynn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 35th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1915)
2000 – Leonid Rogozov, Russian physician and surgeon (b. 1934)
2002 – Robert L. Forward, American physicist and engineer (b. 1932)
2004 – Bob Mason, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1952)
2006 – Tasos Athanasiadis, Greek author (b. 1913)
2007 – Hallgeir Brenden, Norwegian skier (b. 1929)
2007 – Alice Ghostley, American actress (b. 1923)
2007 – Rex Humbard, American evangelist and television host (b. 1919)
2009 – Robert Ginty, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1948)
2011 – John Du Cann, English guitarist (b. 1946)
2011 – Jun Henmi, Japanese author and poet (b. 1939)
2011 – Pamela Ann Rymer, American lawyer and judge (b. 1941)
2012 – José Curbelo, Cuban-American pianist and manager (b. 1917)
2012 – Yehuda Elkana, Israeli historian and philosopher (b. 1934)
2012 – Sven Hassel, Danish-German soldier and author (b. 1917)
2012 – Bill King, English commander, sailor, and author (b. 1910)
2012 – Tom Umphlett, American baseball player and manager (b. 1930)
2013 – Kofi Awoonor, Ghanaian author, poet, and diplomat (b. 1935)
2013 – Michel Brault, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2013 – Harl H. Haas, Jr., American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1932)
2013 – Walter Wallmann, German lawyer and politician, Minister-President of Hesse (b. 1932)
2013 – Ko Wierenga, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1933)
2014 – Michael Harari, Israeli intelligence officer (b. 1927)
2014 – Caldwell Jones, American basketball player and coach (b. 1950)
2014 – Sheldon Patinkin, American director and playwright (b. 1935)
2015 – Yoram Gross, Polish-Australian director and producer (b. 1926)
2015 – Ray Warleigh, Australian-English saxophonist and flute player (b. 1938)
2015 – Richard Williamson, American footballer and coach (b. 1941)

Source: wikipedia

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