October 3 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1078 – Iziaslav I of Kiev (b. 1024)
• 1226 – Francis of Assisi, Italian friar and saint (b. 1181)
• 1283 – Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Welsh prince (b. 1238)
• 1369 – Margaret, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)
• 1568 – Elisabeth of Valois (b. 1545)
• 1596 – Florent Chrestien, French poet (b. 1541)
• 1611 – Charles, Duke of Mayenne (b. 1554)
• 1629 – Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian military leader (b. 1570)
• 1649 – Giovanni Diodati, Swiss-Italian clergyman and theologian (b. 1576)
• 1653 – Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (b. 1612)
• 1656 – Myles Standish, English-American military officer (b. 1584)
• 1690 – Robert Barclay, Scottish author (b. 1648)
• 1701 – Joseph Williamson, English politician (b. 1633)
• 1801 – Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, French marshal (b. 1724)
• 1833 – François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general (b. 1754)
• 1838 – Black Hawk, American tribal leader (b. 1767)
• 1860 – Rembrandt Peale, American painter (b. 1778)
• 1867 – Elias Howe, American inventor and engineer, invented the sewing machine (b. 1819)
• 1873 – Kintpuash, American tribal leader (b. 1837)
• 1877 – James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (b. 1814)
• 1881 – Orson Pratt, American religious leader, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (b. 1811)
• 1890 – Joseph Hergenröther, German cardinal and historian (b. 1824)
• 1891 – Édouard Lucas, French mathematician (b. 1842)
• 1896 – William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)
• 1929 – Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1929 – Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1931 – Carl Nielsen, Danish composer (b. 1865)
• 1936 – John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)
• 1953 – Arnold Bax, English composer (b. 1883)
• 1959 – Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
• 1965 – Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1967 – Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Almanac Singers) (b. 1912)
• 1967 – Malcolm Sargent, English conductor, organist, and composer (b. 1895)
• 1969 – Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1902)
• 1979 – Ray Genet, American mountaineer (b. 1931)
• 1979 – Hannelore Schmatz, German mountaineer (b. 1940)
• 1979 – Nicos Poulantzas, Greek Marxist (b. 1936)
• 1981 – Anna Hedvig Büll, Baltic German missionary (b. 1887)
• 1986 – Vince DiMaggio, American baseball player (b. 1912)
• 1987 – Jean Anouilh, French screenwriter (b. 1910)
• 1987 – Kalervo Palsa, Finnish painter (b. 1947)
• 1988 – Franz Josef Strauss, Bavarian politician (b. 1915)
• 1990 – Stefano Casiraghi, Italian businessman (b. 1960)
• 1993 – Katerina Gogou, Greek actress, poet, and author (b. 1940)
• 1993 – Gary Gordon, American army officer, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1960)
• 1993 – Randy Shughart, American army officer, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1958)
• 1998 – Roddy McDowall, English actor (b. 1928)
• 1999 – Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (b. 1921)
• 2000 – Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player (The Cars) (b. 1947)
• 2001 – Costas Hajihristos, Greek actor (b. 1921)
• 2002 – Robert Krausz, Hungarian-American businessman (b. 1936)
• 2002 – Bruce Paltrow, American director and producer (b. 1943)
• 2003 – Florence Stanley, American actress (b. 1924)
• 2003 – William Steig, American cartoonist and author (b. 1907)
• 2004 – John Cerutti, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1960)
• 2004 – Janet Leigh, American actress (b. 1927)
• 2005 – Ronnie Barker, English actor (b. 1929)
• 2006 – John Crank, English mathematician (b. 1916)
• 2006 – Peter Norman, Australian runner (b. 1942)
• 2006 – Alberto Ramento, Filipino bishop (b. 1937)
• 2007 – M. N. Vijayan, Indian academic and author (b. 1930)
• 2008 – Johnny "J", Mexican-American rapper, songwriter, and producer (b. 1969)
• 2008 – Karam ud Din, Pakistani navy officer (b. 1941)
• 2009 – Fatima el-Sharif, Libyan wife of Idris of Libya (b. 1911)
• 2010 – Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1925)
• 2010 – Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino jurist (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian scholar (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Robert F. Christy, American physicist (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Kathi McDonald, American singer (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Kidar Nath Sahani, Indian politician (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Peter J. Schmitt, American politician (b. 1950)