Historical Deaths for Tomorrow

🏥 Famous Historical Deaths - March 17, 2026

1846 F W Bessel, measured distance to 61 Cygni, dies

1996 Kenneth Jameson, art educationalist, dies at 83

1996 Rene Clement, film director, dies at 83

1764 George Parker, English astronomer, dies

1962 Frank Orth, actor (Boston Blackie, The Brothers), dies at 82

1849 Willem II Frederik GL, King of Netherlands (1840-49), dies at 56

1864 Alexandre Calamo, Swiss painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 53

1988 Reg Sinfield, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1938), dies

1992 George Lovi, US columnist (Sky & Telescope's "Ramblings"), dies

1982 Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador

1906 Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82

1976 Luchino Visconti di Modrone, It director (Terra Diaeresis), dies at 69

1995 Ahmad Khomeini, youngest son of Iran ayatollah Khomeini, dies at 48

1990 Rick Grech, rocker (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at 44

1990 Capucine, actress (Lion, Red Sun, Fellini Satyricon), dies at 55

1992 Jack Arnold, actor/dir (Sid Caeser Special, Emmy 1967), dies at 75

1996 Bela Szigeti, theoretical physicist, dies at 83

1973 Geertruida M W "Truus" Bakker, Dutch actress (2 Orphans), dies at 81

1967 Frank Wisbar, director (Fireside Theater), dies at 67

1967 Richard Reeves, actor (Murph-Date With an Angel), dies at 54

1985 Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies

1994 Harold Myers, film journalist, dies at 81

1796 Pieter Paulus, lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at 41

0180 Antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58

1857 Adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42

1898 Blanche Kelso Bruce, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), dies at 57, in Washington

1992 Grace Stafford Lantz, cartoon voice (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 87

1995 Rick Aviles, US comic/actor (Ghost), dies of AIDS

1902 George William Warren, composer, dies at 73

1980 Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68

1910 Joaquin Valverde, composer, dies at 64

1995 Ronnie Kray, English gangster (The Firm), dies at 61

1963 William Henry Squire, composer, dies at 91

1949 Felix Bressart, actor (Escape, Ninotchka, Iceland), dies at 54

1995 Marcus Jan Adriani, biologist/director (Weevers' Duin), dies at 56

1974 Carroll Nye, actress (Lawless Woman), dies at 72

0461 St Patrick, patron St of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend)

1862 Fromental Halevy, [Elie Levy], French opera composer, dies at 62

1040 Harold, British King (1035-40), dies

1861 Petter Conrad Boman, composer, dies at 56

1953 Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, composer, dies at 73

1996 Thomas Enders, diplomat, dies at 64

1649 Gerardus Johannis Vossius, [Gerrit Vos], Dutch regent, dies at 71

1979 Merv Inverarity, cricketer (father of John WA player 1925-40), dies

1978 George Dickinson, cricketer (8 wickets in 3 Tests for NZ), dies

1970 Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Chaud et Frois), dies at 83

1605 Pieter Bast, [Bastius], Dutch engraver/cartographer, dies at about 34

1995 Sunnyland Smart, jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87

1982 Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador

1965 Quentin Reynolds, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI), dies at 62

1959 Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer, dies on 48th birthday

1993 Laadi Flici, Algerian MP, murdered

1972 Manny Martindale, cricketer (10 Tests for WI, 34 wickets), dies

1927 James Scott Skinner, composer, dies at 83

1954 Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor, dies at 88

1982 Joop Willemsen, Dutch cameraman, murdered in El Salvador

1889 Joseph A Alberdingk Thijm, [Pauwels Foreestier], poet, dies at 68

1846 Friedrich W Bessel, German astronomer (Bessel Functions), dies at 61

1995 Donald Baverstock, television Producer, dies at 71

1989 Merritt Butrick, actor (Shy People, Wired to Kill), dies of AIDS at 29

1990 MarЎ MejЎa, Guatemalian feminist, murdered

1994 Walter Janka, German writer (Troubles with Truth), dies at 79

1803 Candido Jose Ruano, composer, dies at 42

1801 Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer, dies at 64

1961 Suzanna Salter, 1st US female mayor/temperance leader, dies at 101

1994 Arthur C Jacobs, poet, dies at 57

1993 Skip Young, actor (Smokey & Hotwire Gang), dies at 62

1941 Isaak E Babel, writer, dies at 46

1941 Joachim Schepke, German commandant (U-100), dies in battle

0659 Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32

1901 Franz Melde, German physicist (Melde Test), dies at 69

1971 Ernst Bachmeister, writer, dies

1891 Napoleon JKP Bonaparte, Fren prince/member Natl Convention, dies at 68

1565 Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], theologist/physician, dies at 64

1853 Christian Doppler, physicist, dies

1965 Almos Alonzo Stagg, football coach (U of Chic), dies in Calif at 102

1863 John Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24

1956 Fred Allen, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show), dies at 61

1588 Petrus Dathenus, Flemish minister/physician (Psalms of David), dies

1680 Fran‡ois Duc de La Rochefoucauld, writer, dies

1915 Walter Crane, English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69

1974 Louis I Kahn, Estonia/US architect, dies at about 73

1653 Johan van Galen, admiral (battle of Livorno), dies in battle at 48

1640 Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies

1933 Ferdinand Von Alten, actor (Champagne), dies at 48

1941 Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel, Rus writer (Crvena Konjica), executed at 46

1990 Germaine Capucine, actress (Rendez-Vous de Juillet), dies at 57

1992 Charles Rea, British actor (Ipcress File), dies at 69

1516 Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence, dies at 37

1704 Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63

1855 Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer, dies at 65

1982 Koos Koster, Dutch newscaster (IKON), murdered in El Salvador

1993 Helen Hayes, actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at 92

1994 Mai Zetterling, actress (Night is My Future), dies of cancer at 68

1986 Hal Buckley, actor (John Quincy-OK Crackerby), dies at 49

1997 Gail Davis, actress (Annie Oakley), dies at 71

1966 Walter Lang, composer, dies at 69

1806 David Dale, industrialist & philanthropist, dies

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