Famous People Who Died Today
Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
Musician, Composer, arranger and pianist [ Australian ]
John Dowland (1563-1626)
Singer, Lutenist and Composer [ British ]
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)
American orator [ American ]
Walter Winchell (1897-1972)
Journalist, Radio Personality [ British ]
Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)
Writer [ American ]
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741-1790)
Holy Roman Emperor [ Hungarian ]
Robert Peary (1856-1920)
Explorer [ American ]
Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005)
Journalist and Author [ American ]
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René Cassin (1887-1976)
French Jurist [ French ]
Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1906-1972)
Physicist [ American ]
Henri Moissan (1852-1907)
Chemist [ French ]
Chester W. Nimitz (1885-1966)
Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet in World War II [ American ]
Sarah Kane (1971-1999)
Playwright, Writer [ British ]
Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916-1993)
Founder of Automobili Lamborghini [ Italian ]
Kathryn Kuhlman (1907-1976)
Evangelist [ American ]
P.G.T. Beauregard (1818-1893)
Army General [ American ]
Sandra Dee (1942-2005)
Film Actress [ American ]
Damdin Sükhbaatar (1893-1923)
Army leader [ Mongolian ]
Pope Martin V (1369-1431)
Pope [ Italian ]
Chester Nimitz (1885-1966)
Admiral [ American ]
John, King of Denmark (1455-1513)
King [ Danish ]
Dick York (1928-1992)
Actor [ American ]
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