Way Too Many People Died Today

Pour one out for all the homies we lost today.

• 675 – Li Hong, Chinese prince (b. 652)
• 709 – Aldhelm, English-Latin bishop, poet, and scholar (b. 639)
• 803 – Higbald of Lindisfarne, English bishop
• 912 – Xue Yiju, chancellor of Later Liang
• 916 – Flann Sinna, king of Meath
• 939 – Yao Yanzhang, general of Chu
• 986 – Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Muslim astronomer (b. 903)
• 992 – Mieszko I of Poland (b. 935)
• 1085 – Pope Gregory VII (b. 1020)
• 1261 – Pope Alexander IV (b. 1185)
• 1452 – John Stafford, English archbishop and politician
• 1555 – Gemma Frisius, Dutch physician, mathematician, and cartographer (b. 1508)
• 1555 – Henry II of Navarre (b. 1503)
• 1595 – Valens Acidalius, German poet and critic (b. 1567)
• 1595 – Philip Neri, Italian priest and saint (b. 1515)
• 1607 – Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, Italian Carmelite nun and mystic (b. 1566)
• 1632 – Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572)
• 1667 – Gustaf Bonde, Finnish-Swedish politician, 5th Lord High Treasurer of Sweden (b. 1620)
• 1681 – Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1600)
• 1741 – Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German bishop and theologian (b. 1660)
• 1786 – Peter III of Portugal (b. 1717)
• 1789 – Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist and physician (b. 1751)
• 1797 – John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1719)
• 1805 – William Paley, English priest and philosopher (b. 1743)
• 1849 – Benjamin D’Urban, English general and politician, Governor of British Guiana (b. 1777)
• 1895 – Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (b. 1822)
• 1899 – Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (b. 1822)
• 1912 – Austin Lane Crothers, American educator and politician, 46th Governor of Maryland (b. 1860)
• 1917 – Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1919 – Eliza Pollock, American archer (b. 1840)
• 1919 – Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (b. 1867)
• 1924 – Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1889)
• 1926 – Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1927 – Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1876)
• 1930 – Randall Davidson, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1848)
• 1934 – Gustav Holst, English trombonist, composer, and educator (b. 1874)
• 1937 – Henry Ossawa Tanner, American-French painter and illustrator (b. 1859)
• 1939 – Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1942 – Emanuel Feuermann, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator (b. 1902)
• 1943 – Nils von Dardel, Swedish painter (b. 1888)
• 1948 – Witold Pilecki, Polish officer and Resistance leader (b. 1901)
• 1951 – Paula von Preradović, Croatian poet and author (b. 1887)
• 1954 – Robert Capa, Hungarian photographer and journalist (b. 1913)
• 1957 – Leo Goodwin, American swimmer, diver, and water polo player (b. 1883)
• 1968 – Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1970 – Tom Patey, Scottish mountaineer and author (b. 1932)
• 1977 – Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (b. 1904)
• 1979 – Itzhak Bentov, Czech-Israeli engineer, mystic, and author (b. 1923)
• 1979 – Amédée Gordini, Italian-born French race car driver and sports car manufacturer (b. 1899)
• 1981 – Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian physicist and astronomer (b. 1912)
• 1981 – Fredric Warburg, English author and publisher (b. 1898)
• 1983 – Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1904)
• 1983 – Idris of Libya (b. 1889)
• 1983 – Jack Stewart, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1917)
• 1986 – Chester Bowles, American journalist and politician, 22nd Under Secretary of State(b. 1901)
• 1990 – Vic Tayback, American actor (b. 1930)
• 1995 – Élie Bayol, French race car driver (b. 1914)
• 1995 – Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player and coach, Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer 1996 (b. 1948)
• 1995 – Dany Robin, French actress (b. 1927)
• 1996 – Renzo De Felice, Italian historian and author (b. 1929)
• 2003 – Sloan Wilson, American author and poet (b. 1920)
• 2004 – Roger Williams Straus, Jr., American publisher, co-founded Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publishing Company (b. 1917)
• 2005 – Sunil Dutt, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician (b. 1929)
• 2005 – Robert Jankel, English businessman, founded Panther Westwinds (b. 1938)
• 2005 – Graham Kennedy, Australian television host and actor (b. 1934)
• 2005 – Ismail Merchant, Indian-born film producer and director (b. 1936)
• 2005 – Zoran Mušič, Slovene painter and illustrator (b. 1909)
• 2007 – Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor, comedian, and director (b. 1931)
• 2008 – J. R. Simplot, American businessman, founded Simplot (b. 1909)
• 2009 – Haakon Lie, Norwegian politician (b. 1905)
• 2010 – Alexander Belostenny, Ukrainian basketball player (b. 1959)
• 2010 – Michael H. Jordan, American businessman (b. 1936)
• 2010 – Alan Hickinbotham, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1925)
• 2010 – Gabriel Vargas, Mexican painter and illustrator (b. 1915)
• 2010 – Jarvis Williams, American football player and coach (b. 1965)
• 2011 – Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1944)
• 2012 – William Hanley, American author and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Peter D. Sieruta, American author and critic (b. 1958)
• 2012 – Lou Watson, American basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Mahendra Karma, Indian politician (b. 1950)
• 2013 – Nand Kumar Patel, Indian politician (b. 1953)
• 2014 – David Allen, English cricketer (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Marcel Côté, Canadian economist and politician (b. 1942)
• 2014 – Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Herb Jeffries, American singer and actor (b. 1913)
• 2014 – Toaripi Lauti, Tuvaluan educator and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Matthew Saad Muhammad, American boxer and trainer (b. 1954)
• 2015 – George Braden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of the Northwest Territories (b. 1949)
• 2015 – Robert Lebel, Canadian bishop (b. 1924)