21 July Deaths

July 21 is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 163 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Sunday or Monday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Wednesday or Friday (56).

Deaths

710 – Li Guo'er, princess of the Tang dynasty
710 – Wei, empress of the Tang Dynasty
710 – Shangguan Wan'er, Chinese poet (b. 664)
987 – Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou
1259 – Gojong of Goryeo
1403 – Henry Percy, English soldier (b. 1364)
1403 – Sir Walter Blount, English soldier, standard-bearer of Henry IV
1403 – Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford, English soldier
1425 – Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1350)
1552 – Antonio de Mendoza, Spanish politician, 1st Viceroy of New Spain (b. 1495)
1688 – James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1610)
1793 – Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, French admiral, explorer, and politician (b. 1739)
1796 – Robert Burns, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1759)
1798 – François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (b. 1733)
1798 – Anthony Perry, Irish rebel leader (b. ca. 1760)
1868 – William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician (b. 1789)
1880 – Hiram Walden, American general and politician (b. 1800)
1889 – Nelson Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
1899 – Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)
1920 – Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)
1932 – Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
1934 – Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
1938 – Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
1941 – Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
1943 – Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)
1944 – Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier (b. 1907)
1946 – Gualberto Villarroel, Bolivian soldier and politician, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1908)
1948 – Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)
1966 – Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Vienna Circle member (b. 1884)
1967 – Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)
1967 – Albert Lutuli, South African academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
1967 – Basil Rathbone, South African-American actor and singer (b. 1892)
1968 – Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1878)
1970 – Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
1970 – Bob Kalsu, American football player and lieutenant (b. 1945)
1972 – Ralph Craig, American sprinter and sailor (b. 1889)
1972 – Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (b. 1928)
1977 – Lee Miller, American model and photographer (b. 1907)
1982 – Dave Garroway, American journalist and actor (b. 1913)
1991 – Paul Warwick, English race car driver (b. 1969)
1994 – Marijac, French author and illustrator (b. 1908)
1997 – Olaf Kopvillem, Estonian-Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1926)
1998 – Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)
1998 – Robert Young, American actor and singer (b. 1907)
2000 – Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (b. 1948)
2002 – Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian-American author and illustrator (b. 1908)
2003 – John Davies, English-New Zealand runner and coach (b. 1938)
2004 – Jerry Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (b. 1929)
2004 – Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
2005 – Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer and actor (b. 1941)
2005 – Lord Alfred Hayes, English-American wrestler and manager (b. 1928)
2006 – Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese-American actor and singer (b. 1933)
2006 – Ta Mok, Cambodian soldier and monk (b. 1926)
2007 – Dubravko Škiljan, Croatian linguist and academic (b. 1949)
2008 – Donald Stokes, English businessman (b. 1914)
2010 – Luis Corvalán, Chilean educator and politician (b. 1916)
2010 – Ralph Houk, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1919)
2010 – John E. Irving, Canadian businessman (b. 1932)
2012 – Alexander Cockburn, Scottish-American journalist and author (b. 1941)
2012 – Marie Kruckel, American baseball player (b. 1924)
2012 – Ali Podrimja, Albanian poet and author (b. 1942)
2012 – James D. Ramage, American admiral and pilot (b. 1916)
2012 – Angharad Rees, English-born Welsh actress (b. 1944)
2012 – Don Wilson, English cricketer and coach (b. 1937)
2013 – Andrea Antonelli, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1988)
2013 – Lourembam Brojeshori Devi, Indian martial artist (b. 1981)
2013 – Det de Beus, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1958)
2013 – Luis Fernando Rizo-Salom, Colombian-French composer and educator (b. 1971)
2013 – Fred Taylor, American football player and coach (b. 1920)
2014 – Louise Abeita, Isleta Pueblo (Native American) writer, poet, and educator (b. 1926)
2014 – Dan Borislow, American businessman, invented the magicJack (b. 1961)
2014 – Lettice Curtis, English engineer and pilot (b. 1915)
2014 – Hans-Peter Kaul, German lawyer and judge (b. 1943)
2014 – Rilwanu Lukman, Nigerian engineer and politician (b. 1938)
2014 – Kevin Skinner, New Zealand rugby player and boxer (b. 1927)
2015 – Robert Broberg, Swedish singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
2015 – E. L. Doctorow, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1931)
2015 – Nicholas Gonzalez, American physician (b. 1947)
2015 – Czesław Marchaj, Polish-English sailor and academic (b. 1918)
2015 – Dick Nanninga, Dutch footballer (b. 1949)
2016 – Dennis Green, American football player and coach (b. 1949)

Source: wikipedia