Historical Deaths

🏥 Famous Historical Deaths - March 16, 2026

1910 Eduard FW PflЃger, German physiologist, dies at 80

1975 T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64

1882 Charles R Darwin, English naturalist (Origin of species), dies at 73

1937 J Austen Chamberlain, English Min of For affairs (Nobel), dies at 73

1958 Leon J Cadore, pitched the 26 inning game, dies at 65

1993 Chishu Ryu, Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies of cancer at 86

1935 John J R Macleod, Scot/Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923), dies at 58

1970 Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61

1971 Chuck Fleetwood-Smith, cricketer (Vict & Aust), dies

1957 Mosa Pijade, Yugoslavian MP (communist), dies at 67

1806 Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74

1996 Olive Netta Parsons, co-founder (Collet's bookshop), dies at 104

1946 Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch Nazi propagandist, executed at 61

1995 Lord Lovat, [Shimi], Scottish landowner, dies at 83

1914 Gaston Calmette, editor (Le Figaro), killed by Mme Caillaux at 55

1968 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, composer, dies at 72

1990 Ernst Bacon, composer, dies at 91

1985 Roger Huntington Sessions, US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88

1938 Egon Friedell, writer, dies

1968 June Collyer, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 60

1991 7 members of Reba McIntire's band, killed in a plane crash

1072 Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies

1914 John Murray, piloted HMS Challenger to Christmas Island, dies

1867 Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33

1941 John Murray, Canada oceanographer (Challenger), dies at 73

1878 William Banting, English undertaker, dies

1995 Sydney Simone, band leader, dies at 80

1983 Arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79

1970 Tammi Terrell, singer (You're All I Need), dies of brain tumor at 24

1933 Alfred Her, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 47

1536 Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45

1838 Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64

1819 Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73

1964 Nicholas Joy, actor (Boss Lady), dies at 80

1804 Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75

1942 Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69

1993 Djilalli LyabЉs, Algerian minister of Higher Education, murdered

1973 M Revis, [Willem Fisherman), author (People that Mutiny), dies at 68

1967 James Friskin, composer, dies at 80

1992 Renzhong Weangn, China politician (1934-45), dies

1945 Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52

1956 Joseph John Richards, composer, dies at 77

0037 Tiberius Claudius Nero, emperor of Rome (14-37), dies at 77

1993 Giovanni Testori, Italian writer (Arialda), dies at 69

1968 Bengt Gunnar Ekel”f, Swedish poet (Nun Serviam), dies at 60

1995 Clan Fraser of Lovat, soldier/Landowner, dies at 83

1629 Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59

1909 George Thorndike Angell, lawyer (ASPCA), dies at 85

1736 Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26

1996 Joseph Lee Pope, singer, dies at 62

1978 Aldo Moro, 5 times PM of Italy, assassinated by terrorists

1972 Harold "Pie" Traynor, hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates), dies at 72

1843 Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65

1988 Dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at 88

1991 Wim van den Brink, Dutch actor (Turkish Fruit, Red Sien), dies

1987 Scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71

1995 Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 95

1955 Mayhew Lake, composer, dies at 75

1919 Sigurd von Koch, composer, dies at 39

1991 Jan H van Roijen, Dutch diplomat/Foreign Minister, dies at 85

1841 F‚lix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49

1887 Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59

1996 Peter Clemoes, Anglo-Saxon scholar, dies at 76

1962 John Owen Jones, composer, dies at 85

1881 Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42

1993 Don Randolph, actor (Harem Girl), dies of pneumonia at 87

1898 Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23

1979 Jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90

1930 Miguel Primo de Riveray Orbaneja, Sp dictator (1923-30), dies at 60

1971 Thomas E Dewey, US president candidate (R 1944, 48), dies at 68

1971 Bebe Daniels, actress (Silver Dollar, My Past), dies at 70

1973 Carl Benton Reid, actor (Trap, Underwater City), dies at 79

1959 John Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111

1993 Mohammed Hussein Nagdi, Iran diplomat/resistance fighter, murdered

1985 B V A R”ling, Dutch lawyer (WW II Tokyo trials), dies at 78

1940 Selma O Lagerl”f, Swed author (Nils Holgersson, Nobel-09), dies at 81

1738 Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72

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