September 17 - Deaths

Deaths

• 454 – Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria
• 456 – Remistus, Roman general
• 1179 – Hildegard of Bingen, German saint, philosopher, and composer (b. 1098)
• 1322 – Robert III, Count of Flanders (b. 1249)
• 1422 – Constantine II of Bulgaria (b. 1370)
• 1563 – Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier (b. 1526)
• 1574 – Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Spanish admiral and explorer, founded St. Augustine, Florida (b. 1519)
• 1575 – Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer and theologian (b. 1504)
• 1621 – Robert Bellarmine, Italian cardinal and saint (b. 1542)
• 1630 – Thomas Lake, English politician (b. 1567)
• 1665 – Philip IV of Spain (b. 1605)
• 1676 – Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi (b. 1626)
• 1679 – John of Austria the Younger, Spanish general (b. 1629)
• 1727 – Glückel of Hameln, German businesswoman and writer (b. 1647)
• 1762 – Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1687)
• 1771 – Tobias Smollett, Scottish novelist (b. 1721)
• 1803 – Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Austrian composer (b. 1766)
• 1808 – Benjamin Bourne, American jurist and politician (b. 1755)
• 1836 – Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (b. 1748)
• 1858 – Dred Scott, American slave who sued for freedom in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case (b. 1795)
• 1863 – Alfred de Vigny, French author (b. 1797)
• 1864 – Walter Savage Landor, English poet (b. 1775)
• 1877 – Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer, developed the Calotype Process (b. 1800)
• 1878 – Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and adventurer (b. 1825)
• 1879 – Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect and theorist (b. 1814)
• 1894 – Deng Shichang, Chinese admiral (b. 1849)
• 1899 – Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, co-founded the Pillsbury Company (b. 1842)
• 1904 – Kartini, Indonesian activist (b. 1879)
• 1907 – Ignaz Brüll, Austrian pianist (b. 1846)
• 1908 – Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852)
• 1908 – Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant (b. 1882)
• 1909 – Thomas Bent, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1838)
• 1923 – Stefanos Dragoumis, Greek politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1842)
• 1925 – Carl Eytel, German-American painter (b. 1862)
• 1933 – Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (b. 1877)
• 1936 – Ettie Annie Rout, New Zealand activist and author (b. 1877)
• 1938 – Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet (b. 1901)
• 1946 – Frank Burke, American baseball player (b. 1880)
• 1948 – Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist (b. 1887)
• 1948 – Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (b. 1895)
• 1953 – David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)
• 1965 – Alejandro Casona, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1951 – Jimmy Yancey, American pianist (b. 1898)
• 1966 – Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (b. 1930)
• 1971 – Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian military leader (b. 1937)
• 1972 – Akim Tamiroff, Georgian actor (b. 1899)
• 1973 – Hugo Winterhalter, American bandleader and composer (b. 1909)
• 1980 – Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan politician, President of Nicaragua (b. 1925)
• 1982 – Manos Loïzos, Greek composer (b. 1937)
• 1984 – Richard Basehart, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1985 – Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, founded Laura Ashley plc (b. 1925)
• 1987 – Harry Locke, English actor (b. 1913)
• 1988 – Hilde Gueden, Austrian soprano (b. 1917)
• 1991 – Zino Francescatti, French violinist (b. 1902)
• 1992 – Roger Wagner, American conductor and educator (b. 1914)
• 1993 – Christian Nyby, American director (b. 1913)
• 1994 – Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (b. 1954)
• 1994 – Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher (b. 1902)
• 1995 – Lucien Victor, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931)
• 1996 – Spiro Agnew, American politician, 39th Vice President of the United States (b. 1918)
• 1997 – Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (b. 1913)
• 1998 – Ted Binion, American businessman (b. 1943)
• 1998 – Geoffrey Dutton, Australian author and historian (b. 1922)
• 1998 – Gustav Nezval, Czech actor (b. 1907)
• 1999 – Frankie Vaughan, English singer (b. 1928)
• 2000 – Paula Yates, Welsh television host and author (b. 1959)
• 2003 – Erich Hallhuber, German actor (b. 1951)
• 2005 – Jacques Lacarrière, French journalist and critic (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Alfred Reed, American composer (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American traveler and writer (b. 1924)
• 2009 – Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian terrorist (b. 1968)
• 2011 – Colin Madigan, Australian architect and author (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Bafo Biyela, South African footballer (b. 1981)
• 2012 – Melvin Charney, Canadian artist and architect (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Lou Kenton, English soldier and potter (b. 1908)
• 2012 – Nikodimos of Ierissos, Greek bishop (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Tedi Thurman, American model and actress (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Russell E. Train, American civil servant (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Ferenc Polikárp Zakar, Hungarian monk (b. 1930)