Famous Deaths on October 16, Who Died on October 16
Here is a list who died on October 16. Famous deaths for the 16th of October. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on October 16. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1027 | Fujiwara no Kenshi, Japanese empress (b. 994) |
| 1130 | Pedro González de Lara, Castilian magnate |
| 1284 | Shams al-Din Juvayni, Persian statesman, vizier and minister of finance of the Ilkhanate |
| 1323 | Amadeus V, count of Savoy (b. 1249) |
| 1333 | Nicholas V, antipope of Rome (b. 1260) |
| 1355 | Louis the Child, king of Sicily (b. 1338) |
| 1438 | Anne of Gloucester, English noblewoman (b. 1383) |
| 1523 | Luca Signorelli, Italian painter (b. c.1450) |
| 1553 | Lucas Cranach the Elder, German painter and engraver (b. 1472) |
| 1555 | Hugh Latimer, English bishop and saint (b. 1487) |
| 1591 | Gregory XIV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1535) |
| 1594 | William Allen, English cardinal (b. 1532) |
| 1621 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1562) |
| 1628 | François de Malherbe, French poet and critic (b. 1555) |
| 1637 | Johann Rudolf Stadler, Swiss clock-maker (b. 1605) |
| 1649 | Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1621) |
| 1655 | Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (b. 1591) |
| 1660 | John Cook, English politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales (b. 1608) |
| 1679 | Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, Irish-English soldier and politician (b. 1621) |
| 1680 | Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1609) |
| 1730 | Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French-American explorer and politician, 3rd French Governor of Louisiana (b. 1658) |
| 1750 | Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German lute player and composer (b. 1687) |
| 1755 | Gerard Majella, Italian saint (b. 1725) |
| 1774 | Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (b. 1750) |
| 1791 | Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and politician (b. 1739) |
| 1793 | Marie Antoinette, Austrian-born queen consort of Louis XVI of France (b. 1755) |
| 1796 | Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (b. 1726) |
| 1799 | Veerapandiya Kattabomman Indian activist (b. 1760) |
| 1810 | Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian religious leader, founded the Breslov Hasidic group (b. 1772) |
| 1822 | Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer (b. 1724) |
| 1877 | Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823) |
| 1888 | John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815) |
| 1904 | Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882) |
| 1908 | Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837) |
| 1909 | Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856) |
| 1913 | Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885) |
| 1936 | Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859) |
| 1937 | Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899) |
| 1946 | Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial: |
| 1947 | Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (b. 1868) |
| 1951 | Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1895) |
| 1956 | Jules Rimet, French businessman (b. 1873) |
| 1957 | John Anthony Sydney Ritson, English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and educator (b. 1887) |
| 1958 | Robert Redfield, American anthropologist of Mexico (b. 1897) |
| 1959 | Minor Hall, American drummer (b. 1897) |
| 1962 | Gaston Bachelard, French poet and philosopher (b. 1884) |
| 1964 | Patsy Callighen, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1906) |
| 1968 | Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (b. 1914) |
| 1971 | Robin Boyd, Australian architect and educator, designed the Domain Park Flats (b. 1919) |
| 1972 | Nick Begich, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932) |
| 1973 | Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and actor (b. 1909) |
| 1975 | Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1885) |
| 1978 | Dan Dailey, American actor, singer, dancer, and director (b. 1913) |
| 1979 | Johan Borgen, Norwegian author and critic (b. 1903) |
| 1981 | Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician, 5th Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel (b. 1915) |
| 1982 | Mario Del Monaco, Italian tenor (b. 1915) |
| 1983 | Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer and conductor (b. 1895) |
| 1986 | Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist and pianist (b. 1921) |
| 1989 | Walter Farley, American author and educator (b. 1915) |
| 1990 | Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1919) |
| 1992 | Shirley Booth, American actress and singer (b. 1898) |
| 1996 | Jason Bernard, American actor (b. 1938) |
| 1997 | Audra Lindley, American actress (b. 1918) |
| 1998 | Jon Postel, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1943) |
| 1999 | Jean Shepherd, American radio host, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1921) |
| 2000 | Mel Carnahan, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Missouri (b. 1934) |
| 2001 | Etta Jones, American singer-songwriter (b. 1928) |
| 2003 | Avni Arbaş, Turkish painter (b. 1919) |
| 2004 | Pierre Salinger, American journalist and politician, 11th White House Press Secretary (b. 1925) |
| 2006 | John Victor Murra, Ukrainian-American anthropologist and academic (b. 1916) |
| 2007 | Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (b. 1921) |
| 2008 | Dagmar Normet, Estonian author and translator (b. 1921) |
| 2010 | Eyedea, American rapper and producer (b. 1981) |
| 2011 | Dan Wheldon, English race car driver (b. 1978) |
| 2012 | Frank Moore Cross, American scholar and academic (b. 1921) |
| 2013 | Govind Purushottam Deshpande, Indian playwright and academic (b. 1938) |
| 2014 | Ioannis Charalambopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919) |
| 2015 | Richard J. Cardamone, American lawyer and judge (b. 1925) |
| 2016 | Calvin Carl "Kelly" Gotlieb, Canadian professor and computer scientist (b. 1921) |
| 2017 | Daphne Caruana Galizia, Maltese journalist and blogger (b. 1964) |
| 385 | Fú Jiān, Chinese emperor (b. 337) |
| 786 | Lullus, archbishop of Mainz (b. 710) |
| 976 | Al-Hakam II, Umayyad caliph (b. 915) |
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