9 September Deaths

September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 113 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

906 – Adalbert von Babenberg, Frankish nobleman
1000 – Olaf I of Norway
1087 – William the Conqueror, English king (b. 1028)
1191 – Conrad II, Duke of Bohemia (b.c 1136)
1271 – Yaroslav of Tver, Grand Duke of Vladimir
1282 – Saint Ingrid of Skänninge, Swedish saint
1285 – Kunigunda of Halych, queen regent of Bohemia (b. 1245)
1398 – James I of Cyprus (b. 1334)
1435 – Sir Robert Harling, knight under the Duke of Bedford
1438 – Edward, King of Portugal (b. 1391)
1487 – Chenghua Emperor of China (b. 1447)
1488 – Francis II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1433)
1513 – James IV of Scotland (b. 1473)
1513 – George Douglas, Master of Angus (b. 1469)
1513 – William Douglas of Glenbervie (b. 1473)
1513 – William Graham, 1st Earl of Montrose, Scottish politician (b. 1464)
1513 – George Hepburn, Scottish bishop
1513 – Adam Hepburn, 2nd Earl of Bothwell, Scottish politician, Lord High Admiral of Scotland
1513 – Adam Hepburn of Craggis
1513 – David Kennedy, 1st Earl of Cassilis, Scottish soldier (b. 1478)
1513 – Alexander Lauder of Blyth, Scottish politician
1513 – Alexander Stewart, Scottish archbishop (b. 1493)
1513 – Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox, Scottish politician (b. 1488)
1569 – Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Dutch painter (b. 1525)
1583 – Humphrey Gilbert, English explorer and politician (b. 1539)
1596 – Anna Jagiellon, Polish queen (b. 1523)
1603 – George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (b. 1547)
1611 – Eleanor de' Medici, Italian noble (b. 1567)
1612 – Nakagawa Hidenari, Japanese daimyo (b. 1570)
1676 – Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, French soldier, founded Montreal (b. 1612)
1680 – Henry Marten, English lawyer and politician (b. 1602)
1755 – Johann Lorenz von Mosheim, German historian and author (b. 1694)
1806 – William Paterson, Irish-American judge and politician, 2nd Governor of New Jersey (b. 1745)
1815 – John Singleton Copley, American-English colonial and painter (b. 1738)
1834 – James Weddell, Belgian-English sailor and navigator (b. 1787)
1841 – Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic (b. 1778)
1891 – Jules Grévy, French politician, 4th President of the French Republic (b. 1813)
1893 – Friedrich Traugott Kützing, German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist (b. 1807)
1898 – Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet and critic (b. 1842)
1901 – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter and illustrator (b. 1864)
1907 – Ernest Wilberforce, English bishop (b. 1840)
1909 – E. H. Harriman, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1848)
1910 – Lloyd Wheaton Bowers, American lawyer and politician, United States Solicitor General (b. 1859)
1915 – Albert Spalding, American baseball player, manager, and businessman, co-founded Spalding (b. 1850)
1934 – Roger Fry, English painter and critic (b. 1866)
1941 – Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
1943 – Carlo Bergamini, Italian admiral (b. 1888)
1943 – Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1863)
1945 – Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer (b. 1872)
1950 – Victor Hémery, French racing driver (b. 1876)
1955 – Carl Friedberg, German pianist and educator (b. 1872)
1958 – Charlie Macartney, Australian cricketer and soldier (b. 1886)
1960 – Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (b. 1911)
1969 – Willy Mairesse, Belgian race car driver (b. 1928)
1975 – Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer (b. 1906)
1975 – John McGiver, American actor (b. 1913)
1976 – Mao Zedong, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician, 1st Chairman of the Communist Party of China (b. 1893)
1978 – Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish linguist, poet, and author (b. 1892)
1978 – Jack L. Warner, Canadian-American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1892)
1979 – Norrie Paramor, English composer, conductor, and producer (b. 1914)
1980 – John Howard Griffin, American journalist and author (b. 1920)
1981 – Robert Askin, Australian sergeant and politician, 32nd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1907)
1981 – Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist (b. 1901)
1985 – Neil Davis, Australian photographer and journalist (b. 1934)
1985 – Paul Flory, American chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
1985 – Antonino Votto, Italian conductor (b. 1896)
1986 – Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian pianist and educator (b. 1893)
1990 – Nicola Abbagnano, Italian philosopher and academic (b. 1901)
1990 – Samuel Doe, Liberian field marshal and politician, 21st President of Liberia (b. 1951)
1990 – Alexander Men, Russian priest and scholar (b. 1930)
1993 – Larry Noble, English comedian and actor (b. 1914)
1993 – Helen O'Connell, American singer (b. 1920)
1994 – Patrick O'Neal, American actor (b. 1927)
1996 – Bill Monroe, American singer-songwriter (b. 1911)
1997 – Richie Ashburn, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1927)
1997 – John Hackett, Australian-English general and author (b. 1910)
1997 – Burgess Meredith, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
1998 – Lucio Battisti, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
1998 – Bill Cratty, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1951)
1999 – Arie de Vroet, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1918)
1999 – Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (b. 1946)
1999 – Ruth Roman, American actress (b. 1922)
2000 – Julian Critchley, English lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
2001 – Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and politician, Afghan Minister of Defense (b. 1953)
2003 – Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (b. 1908)
2003 – Don Willesee, Australian telegraphist and politician, 29th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1916)
2004 – Ernie Ball, American guitarist and businessman (b. 1930)
2004 – Caitlin Clarke, American actress (b. 1952)
2006 – Gérard Brach, French director and screenwriter (b. 1927)
2006 – Richard Burmer, American composer and engineer (b. 1955)
2006 – Matt Gadsby, English footballer (b. 1979)
2006 – William Bernard Ziff Jr., American businessman, founded Ziff Davis (b. 1930)
2012 – Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer and businessman, founded Amul (b. 1921)
2012 – John McCarthy, Australian footballer (b. 1989)
2012 – Mike Scarry, American football player and coach (b. 1920)
2012 – Ron Tindall, English footballer and manager (b. 1935)
2013 – Sunila Abeysekera, Sri Lankan scholar and activist (b. 1952)
2013 – Alberto Bevilacqua, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2013 – Saul Landau, American journalist, director, and author (b. 1936)
2014 – Montserrat Abelló i Soler, Spanish poet and translator (b. 1918)
2014 – Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer (b. 1930)
2015 – Annemarie Bostroem, German poet, playwright, and songwriter (b. 1922)
2015 – Einar H. Ingman Jr., American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1929)
2015 – K. Kunaratnam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (b. 1934)

Source: wikipedia