9 March Deaths

March 9 is the 68th day of the year (69th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 297 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

769 – Alan of Farfa, Aquitanian scholar and hermit
842 – Humbert, bishop of Würzburg
886 – Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi, Muslim scholar and astrologer (b. 787)
1202 – Sverre of Norway (b. 1145)
1440 – Frances of Rome, Italian nun and saint (b. 1384)
1444 – Leonardo Bruni, Italian humanist (b. 1374)
1566 – David Rizzio, Italian-Scottish courtier and politician (b. 1533)
1649 – James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish soldier and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1606)
1649 – Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier and politician, Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (b. 1590)
1661 – Cardinal Mazarin, Italian-French academic and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1602)
1709 – Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English courtier and politician (b. 1638)
1808 – Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect, designed the Piercefield House and St James' Church (b. 1739)
1810 – Ozias Humphry, English painter and academic (b. 1742)
1825 – Anna Laetitia Barbauld, English poet, author, and critic (b. 1743)
1847 - Mary Anning, English paleontologist (b. 1799)
1851 – Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist (b. 1777)
1888 – William I, German Emperor (b. 1797)
1895 – Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian journalist and author (b. 1836)
1897 – Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani, Afghan ideologist and activist (b. 1838)
1897 – Sondre Norheim, Norwegian-American skier (b. 1825)
1905 – Nikolai Anderson, Estonian philologist and linguist (b. 1845)
1918 – Frank Wedekind, German author and playwright (b. 1864)
1925 – Willard Metcalf, American painter and academic (b. 1858)
1926 – Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (b. 1865)
1937 – Paul Elmer More, American journalist and critic (b. 1864)
1943 – Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (b. 1878)
1947 – Jhaverchand Meghani, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1896)
1948 – Edgar de Wahl, Ukrainian-Estonian linguist and scholar (b. 1867)
1954 – Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (b. 1874)
1955 – Miroslava, Czech-Mexican actress (b. 1925)
1964 – Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (b. 1870)
1969 – Abdul Munim Riad Egyptian general (b. 1919)
1971 – Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (b. 1902)
1974 – Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr., American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
1983 – Faye Emerson, American actress (b. 1917)
1983 – Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
1985 – Harry Catterick, English footballer and manager (b. 1919)
1988 – Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Chancellor of Germany (b. 1904)
1989 – Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (b. 1946)
1991 – Jim Hardin, American baseball player (b. 1943)
1992 – Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
1993 – C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian and author (b. 1909)
1994 – Charles Bukowski, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1920)
1994 – Eddie Creatchman, Canadian wrestler, referee, and manager (b. 1928)
1994 – Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (b. 1917)
1996 – George Burns, American actor and comedian (b. 1896)
1997 – Jean-Dominique Bauby, French journalist and author (b. 1952)
1997 – Terry Nation, Welsh author and screenwriter (b. 1930)
1997 – Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (b. 1972)
1999 – Harry Somers, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1925)
2000 – Jean Coulthard, Canadian composer and educator (b. 1908)
2000 – Ivo Robić, Croatian singer-songwriter (b. 1923)
2003 – Stan Brakhage, American director and cinematographer (b. 1933)
2003 – Bernard Dowiyogo, Nauruan politician, 2nd President of Nauru (b. 1946)
2004 – Rust Epique, American guitarist and painter (b. 1968)
2004 – Albert Mol, Dutch actor and author (b. 1917)
2005 – Chris LeDoux, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
2005 – István Nyers, French-Hungarian footballer (b. 1924)
2006 – Tom Fox, American activist (b. 1951)
2006 – John Profumo, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1915)
2007 – Brad Delp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)
2007 – Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
2010 – Willie Davis, American baseball player and manager (b. 1940)
2010 – Doris Haddock, American activist and politician (b. 1910)
2011 – David S. Broder, American journalist and academic (b. 1929)
2012 – Willye Dennis, American librarian and politician (b. 1926)
2012 – Joy Mukherjee, Indian actor and director (b. 1939)
2012 – Jose Tomas Sanchez, Filipino cardinal (b. 1920)
2012 – Agnes Torres, Mexican psychologist, researcher, and transgender activist (b. 1983)
2013 – Max Jakobson, Finnish journalist and diplomat (b. 1923)
2013 – Viren J. Shah, Indian businessman and politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal (b. 1926)
2013 – Merton Simpson, American painter and art collector (b. 1928)
2014 – Mohammed Fahim, Afghan field marshal and politician, Vice President of Afghanistan (b. 1924)
2014 – William Clay Ford, Sr., American businessman (b. 1925)
2015 – James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, Northern Irish soldier and politician (b. 1920)
2015 – Alexis Vastine, French boxer (b. 1986)
2016 – Jon English, English-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1949)
2016 – Robert Horton, American actor (b. 1924)
2016 – Clyde Lovellette, American basketball player and coach (b. 1929)

Source: Wikipedia