1 April Deaths

April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 274 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).

Deaths

996 – Pope John XV
1085 – Emperor Shenzong of Song (b. 1048)
1132 – Hugh of Châteauneuf, French bishop and saint (b. 1053)
1204 – Eleanor of Aquitaine (b. 1122)
1205 – Amalric II of Jerusalem (b. 1145)
1431 – Nuno Álvares Pereira, Portuguese general and religious figure
1441 – Blanche I of Navarre, Queen of Navarre
1455 – Zbigniew Oleśnicki, Polish cardinal and statesman (b. 1389)
1528 – Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer (b. 1470)
1580 – Alonso Mudarra, Spanish guitarist and composer (b. 1510)
1621 – Cristofano Allori, Italian painter and educator (b. 1577)
1682 – Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian bishop (b. 1625)
1787 – Floyer Sydenham, English scholar and academic (b. 1710)
1839 – Benjamin Pierce, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1757)
1865 – Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797)
1872 – Frederick Denison Maurice, English theologian and academic (b. 1805)
1878 – John C.W. Daly, English-Canadian soldier and politician (b. 1796)
1890 – David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)
1890 – Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian soldier, pilot, and engineer (b. 1825)
1914 – Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876)
1914 – Charles Wells, English founder of Charles Wells Ltd (b. 1842)
1917 – Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer (b. 1868)
1920 – Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (b. 1857)
1922 – Charles I of Austria (b. 1887)
1922 – Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist and author (b. 1884)
1924 – Jacob Bolotin, American physician (b. 1888)
1924 – Lloyd Hildebrand, English cyclist (b. 1870)
1924 – Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (b. 1876)
1946 – Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (b. 1882)
1947 – George II of Greece (b. 1890)
1950 – Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (b. 1904)
1950 – Recep Peker, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1889)
1962 – Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain and businessman (b. 1910)
1965 – Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman (b. 1870)
1966 – Brian O'Nolan, Irish author (b. 1911)
1967 – Đặng Văn Ngữ, Vietnamese physician (b. 1910)
1968 – Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
1976 – Max Ernst, German painter and sculptor (b. 1891)
1981 – Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1910)
1984 – Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
1984 – Elizabeth Goudge, English author (b. 1900)
1985 – Douglass Wallop, American author and playwright (b. 1920)
1986 – Erik Bruhn, Danish actor, director, and choreographer (b. 1928)
1987 – Henri Cochet, French tennis player (b. 1901)
1991 – Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1894)
1991 – Jaime Guzmán, Chilean lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
1992 – Michael Havers, Baron Havers, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1923)
1992 – Nigel Preston, English drummer (b. 1959)
1993 – Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver (b. 1954)
1994 – Robert Doisneau, French photographer (b. 1912)
1995 – H. Adams Carter, American mountaineer, journalist, and educator (b. 1914)
1995 – Lucie Rie, Austrian-English potter (b. 1902)
1996 – Jean Le Moyne, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1913)
1996 – John McSherry, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1944)
1997 – Norman Carr, English environmentalist and author (b. 1912)
1997 – Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1912)
1998 – Rozz Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1963)
1999 – Jesse Stone, American pianist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1901)
2000 – Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, Scottish lawyer and judge (b. 1924)
2001 – Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player (b. 1908)
2001 – Ayhan Şahenk, Turkish businessman, founded Doğuş Holding (b. 1929)
2001 – Trịnh Công Sơn, Vietnamese guitarist and composer (b. 1939)
2002 – Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier and sniper (b. 1905)
2003 – Leslie Cheung, Chinese-Hong Kong singer (b. 1956)
2004 – Paul Atkinson, English guitarist and producer (b. 1946)
2004 – Aaron Bank, American colonel, founded the US Army Special Forces (b. 1902)
2004 – Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1952)
2004 – Carrie Snodgress, American actress (b. 1945)
2005 – Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance (b 1925)
2005 – Alexander Brott, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1915)
2005 – Jack Keller, American songwriter and producer (b. 1936)
2005 – Robert Coldwell Wood, American political scientist and academic (b. 1923)
2006 – In Tam, Cambodian general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1916)
2008 – Jake Warren, Canadian soldier and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (b. 1921)
2010 – John Forsythe, American actor (b. 1918)
2010 – Tzannis Tzannetakis, Greek soldier and politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1927)
2012 – Lionel Bowen, Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1922)
2012 – Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian-American soccer player and radio host (b. 1947)
2012 – Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican banker, academic, and politician, 52nd President of Mexico (b. 1934)
2012 – Jamaa Fanaka, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
2012 – N. K. P. Salve, Indian accountant and politician (b. 1921)
2013 – Moses Blah, Liberian general and politician, 23rd President of Liberia (b. 1947)
2013 – David Burge, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1930)
2013 – Kildare Dobbs, Canadian author (b. 1923)
2013 – William H. Ginsburg, American lawyer (b. 1943)
2013 – Karen Muir, South African swimmer and physician (b. 1952)
2013 – Jack Pardee, American football player and coach (b. 1936)
2013 – Greg Willard, American basketball player and referee (b. 1958)
2014 – King Fleming, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1922)
2014 – Rudolph Hargrave, American lawyer and judge (b. 1925)
2014 – Jacques Le Goff, French historian and author (b. 1924)
2014 – Andrew Joseph McDonald, American bishop (b. 1923)
2014 – Bill Mitchell, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930)
2014 – Rolf Rendtorff, German theologian and academic (b. 1925)
2015 – John Paul Hammerschmidt, American soldier and politician (b. 1922)
2015 – Eddie LeBaron, American football player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1930)
2015 – Nicolae Rainea, Romanian footballer and referee (b. 1933)

Source: wikipedia