10 October Deaths

Published : 10 Oct 2017, 11:09

Jagoroniya Desk

October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 82 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).

Deaths

AD 19 – Germanicus, Roman general (b. 15 BC)
644 – Paulinus of York, English bishop and missionary
680 – Abbas ibn Ali, son of Imam Ali
680 – Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn, son of Al-Husayn
680 – Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn, son of Al-Husayn
680 – Habib ibn Madhahir
680 – Husayn ibn Ali, third Shia Imam and grandson of Muhammad (b. 626)
827 – Pope Valentine (b. 800)
937 – Wang Lingmou, chancellor of Wu
1213 – Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine
1308 – Patrick Dunbar, 8th Earl of Dunbar
1359 – Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)
1503 – Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1438)
1659 – Abel Tasman, Dutch merchant and explorer (b. 1603)
1674 – Thomas Traherne, English poet (b. c. 1637)
1691 – Isaac de Benserade, French author and poet (b. 1613)
1708 – David Gregory, Scottish mathematician and astronomer (b. 1659)
1714 – Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist and academic (b. 1646)
1720 – Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (b. 1640)
1723 – William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1665)
1725 – Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, French politician, Governor of New France (b. 1643)
1747 – John Potter, English archbishop and academic (b. 1674)
1759 – Granville Elliott, English general (b. 1713)
1765 – Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1688)
1795 – Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian historian and theologian (b. 1714)
1800 – Gabriel Prosser, American rebel leader (b. 1776)
1806 – Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (b. 1772)
1827 – Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet (b. 1778)
1837 – Charles Fourier, French philosopher and academic (b. 1772)
1857 – George Washington Parke Custis, American author and playwright (b. 1781)
1872 – William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (b. 1801)
1875 – Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1817)
1876 – Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist and meteorologist (b. 1814)
1893 – Lip Pike, American baseball player and manager (b. 1845)
1901 – Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1814)
1911 – Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (b. 1849)
1913 – Adolphus Busch, German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1839)
1913 – Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848)
1914 – Carol I of Romania (b. 1839)
1918 – Henry Dobson, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1841)
1922 – Andreas Karkavitsas, Greek physician and author (b. 1866)
1927 – August Kitzberg, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1855)
1927 – Gustave Whitehead, German-American pilot and engineer (b. 1874)
1930 – Adolf Engler, German botanist and academic (b. 1844)
1935 – Gustave Loiseau, French painter (b. 1865)
1940 – Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1876)
1948 – Ted Horn, American race car driver (b. 1910)
1949 – Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese engineer, businessman, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (b. 1884)
1953 – Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand general, lawyer, and judge (b. 1884)
1957 – Karl Genzken, German physician (b. 1885)
1962 – Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian-Polish architect (b. 1891)
1963 – Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1893)
1963 – Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1915)
1964 – Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (b. 1892)
1964 – Heinrich Neuhaus, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and educator (b. 1888)
1966 – Charlotte Cooper, English-Scottish tennis player (b. 1870)
1970 – Édouard Daladier, French captain and politician, 105th Prime Minister of France (b. 1884)
1971 – John Cawte Beaglehole, New Zealand historian and scholar (b. 1901)
1973 – Ludwig von Mises, Ukrainian-American economist and sociologist (b. 1881)
1974 – Werner Heyking, Danish actor (b. 1913)
1976 – Silvana Armenulić, Bosnian singer and actress (b. 1939)
1976 – Mirsada Mirjana Bajraktarević, Bosnian singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
1977 – Angelo Muscat, Maltese-English actor (b. 1930)
1978 – Ralph Marterie, Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1914)
1978 – Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician (b. 1910)
1979 – Christopher Evans, English psychologist, computer scientist, and author (b. 1931)
1979 – Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1886)
1982 – Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (b. 1908)
1983 – Ralph Richardson, English actor (b. 1902)
1985 – Yul Brynner, Russian actor (b. 1920)
1985 – Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1915)
1986 – Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic (b. 1899)
1987 – Behice Boran, Turkish Marxist politician, author and sociologist (b. 1910)
1990 – Tom Murton, American penologist and activist (b. 1928)
1990 – Nikolaos Pavlopoulos, Greek sculptor and academic (b. 1909)
1991 – Nickolaus Hirschl, Austrian wrestler, discus thrower, and shot putter (b. 1906)
1997 – Michael J. S. Dewar, Indian-born American theoretical chemist who developed the Dewar-Chatt-Duncanson model (b. 1918)
1998 – Clark Clifford, American captain, lawyer, and politician 9th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1906)
1998 – Marvin Gay, Sr., American minister (b. 1914)
1998 – Tommy Quaid, Irish hurler and manager (b. 1957)
2000 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1916)
2001 – Eddie Futch, American boxer and trainer (b. 1911)
2001 – Vasily Mishin, Russian engineer (b. 1917)
2003 – Eila Hiltunen, Finnish sculptor (b. 1922)
2003 – Eugene Istomin, American pianist (b. 1925)
2004 – Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (b. 1963)
2004 – Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (b. 1952)
2004 – Arthur H. Robinson, American geographer and cartographer (b. 1915)
2004 – Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (b. 1932)
2005 – Wayne C. Booth, American educator and critic (b. 1921)
2005 – Milton Obote, Ugandan politician, 2nd President of Uganda (b. 1925)
2006 – Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist and academic (b. 1932)
2006 – Ian Scott, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
2008 – Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (b. 1947)
2009 – Stephen Gately, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (b. 1976)
2010 – Solomon Burke, American singer-songwriter and preacher (b. 1940)
2010 – Joan Sutherland, Australian-Swiss soprano and actress (b. 1926)
2011 – Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
2012 – Sam Gibbons, American captain and politician (b. 1920)
2012 – Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1935)
2012 – Piotr Lenartowicz, Polish philosopher and educator (b. 1934)
2012 – Basil L. Plumley, American sergeant (b. 1920)
2012 – Mark Poster, American philosopher and educator (b. 1941)
2012 – Kyaw Zaw, Burmese commander and politician (b. 1919)
2013 – Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1925)
2013 – Jay Conrad Levinson, American author and educator (b. 1933)
2013 – Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (b. 1927)
2013 – Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932)
2014 – Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (b. 1958)
2014 – Damiana Eugenio, Filipino author and academic (b. 1921)
2014 – Valeri Karpov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1971)
2014 – Lari Ketner, American football and basketball player (b. 1977)
2014 – Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (b. 1936)
2014 – Ed Nimmervoll, Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (b. 1947)
2015 – Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa State (b. 1952)
2015 – Hilla Becher, German photographer and educator (b. 1934)
2015 – Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1931)
2015 – Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949)
2015 – Sybil Stockdale, American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (b. 1924)
2016 – Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (b. 1926)

Source: wikipedia

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