Here is a list who died on date 29 October today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for October 29
Name | Date |
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1050 | Eadsige, archbishop of Canterbury |
1266 | Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia (b. c. 1204) |
1268 | Conradin, king of Sicily (b. 1252) |
1321 | Stefan Milutin, King of Serbia (b. 1253) |
1339 | Grand Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver (b. 1301) |
1590 | Dirck Coornhert, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and politician (b. 1522) |
1618 | Walter Raleigh, English admiral, explorer, and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (b. 1554) |
1650 | David Calderwood, Scottish historian and theologian (b. 1575) |
1666 | Edmund Calamy the Elder, English minister and activist (b. 1600) |
1804 | Sarah Crosby, the first female Methodist preacher (b. 1729) |
1829 | Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (b. 1751) |
1871 | Andrea Debono, Maltese trader and explorer (b. 1821) |
1877 | Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and KKK leader (b. 1821) |
1892 | William Harnett, American painter (b. 1848) |
1897 | Henry George, American journalist, philosopher, and economist (b. 1839) |
1901 | Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873) |
1905 | Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (b. 1873) |
1911 | Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847) |
1916 | John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851) |
1918 | Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873) |
1919 | Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian, and author, founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (b. 1843) |
1924 | Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American novelist and playwright (b. 1849) |
1932 | Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic (b. 1857) |
1933 | Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1863) |
1936 | Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish journalist and theorist (b. 1874) |
1939 | Dwight B. Waldo, American historian and academic (b. 1864) |
1941 | Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (b. 1897) |
1942 | Edward S. Anthoine, American politician and lawyer (b. 1882) |
1949 | George Gurdjieff, Armenian-French monk, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1872) |
1950 | Gustaf V of Sweden (b. 1858) |
1953 | William Kapell, American pianist (b. 1922) |
1956 | Louis Rosier, French race car driver (b. 1905) |
1957 | Louis B. Mayer, Belarusian-American production manager and producer (b. 1885) |
1958 | Zoë Akins, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1886) |
1961 | Astrid Holm, Danish actress (b. 1893) |
1963 | Adolphe Menjou, American actor (b. 1890) |
1969 | Pops Foster, American bassist and trumpet player (b. 1892) |
1971 | Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946) |
1977 | Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (b. 1926) |
1980 | Giorgio Borġ Olivier, Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1911) |
1981 | Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921) |
1986 | Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor, singer, and academic (b. 1913) |
1987 | Woody Herman, American singer, clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader (b. 1913) |
1988 | Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Indian author and activist (b. 1903) |
1993 | Lipman Bers, Latvian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1914) |
1994 | Shlomo Goren, Israeli rabbi, general, and scholar (b. 1918) |
1995 | Terry Southern, American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, (b. 1924) |
1996 | Eugen Kapp, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1908) |
1997 | Anton LaVey, American occultist, founded the Church of Satan (b. 1930) |
1998 | Paul Misraki, Turkish-French pianist and composer (b. 1908) |
1999 | Greg, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1931) |
2000 | Carlos Guastavino, Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1912) |
2002 | Glenn McQueen, Canadian-American animator (b. 1960) |
2003 | Hal Clement, American pilot, author, and educator (b. 1922) |
2004 | Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (b. 1901) |
2005 | Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor (b. 1924) |
2008 | Mike Baker, American singer-songwriter (b. 1963) |
2011 | Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host (b. 1926) |
2012 | Letitia Baldrige, American etiquette expert and author (b. 1926) |
2013 | Jean Rénald Clérismé, Haitian priest and politician, Foreign Ministers of Haiti (b. 1937) |
2014 | Roger Freeman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1965) |
2015 | Luther Burden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1953) |
2019 | John Witherspoon, American actor and comedian (b. 1942) |
2021 | Ashley Mallett, Australian cricketer (b. 1945) |
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