History Deaths on April 01

Robert Coldwell Wood, American political scientist and academic (b. 1923)

#Robert_Coldwell_Wood

Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman (b. 1870)

#Helena_Rubinstein

Floyer Sydenham, English scholar and academic (b. 1710)

#Floyer_Sydenham

Shen Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 1048)

#Emperor_Shenzong_of_Song

Zbigniew Ole?nicki, Polish cardinal and statesman (b. 1389)

#Zbigniew_Ole?nicki_(cardinal)

Lonnie Brooks, American blues singer and guitarist (b. 1933)

#Lonnie_Brooks

Lionel Bowen, Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1922)

#Lionel_Bowen

Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen of France and England (b. 1122)

#Eleanor_of_Aquitaine

Jaime Guzmán, Chilean lawyer and politician (b. 1946)

#Jaime_Guzmán

Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Soviet and Russian poet and writer (b. 1932)

#Yevgeny_Yevtushenko

Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian-American soccer player and radio host (b. 1947)

#Giorgio_Chinaglia

Charles Wells, English founder of Charles Wells Ltd (b. 1842)

#Charles_Wells_(brewer)

Abaqa Khan, ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate (b. 1234)

#Abaqa_Khan

Hugh of Châteauneuf, French bishop (b. 1053)

#Hugh_of_Châteauneuf

Françoise d'Orléans-Longueville, French princess (b. 1549)

#Françoise_d'Orléans-Longueville

Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier and sniper (b. 1905)

#Simo_Häyhä

Lloyd Hildebrand, English cyclist (b. 1870)

#Lloyd_Hildebrand

Recep Peker, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1889)

#Recep_Peker

Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian soldier, pilot, and engineer (b. 1825)

#Alexander_Mozhaysky

Nuno Álvares Pereira, Portuguese general (b. 1360)

#Nuno_Álvares_Pereira

George II, king of Greece (b. 1890)

#George_II_of_Greece

Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876)

#Rube_Waddell

Steven Bochco, American television writer and producer (b. 1943)

#Steven_Bochco

Amalric II, king of Cyprus and Jerusalem

#Aimery_of_Cyprus

Lucie Rie, Austrian-English potter (b. 1902)

#Lucie_Rie

Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)

#Lev_Landau

Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)

#Marvin_Gaye

Henri Cochet, French tennis player (b. 1901)

#Henri_Cochet

Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican banker, academic, and politician, 52nd President of Mexico, 1982-1988 (b. 1934)

#Miguel_de_la_Madrid

John Forsythe, American actor (b. 1918)

#John_Forsythe

Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (b. 1904)

#Charles_R._Drew

Francisco Moncion, Dominican American ballet dancer, choreographer, charter member of the New York City Ballet (b. 1918)

#Francisco_Moncion

Blanche I, queen of Navarre and Sicily (b. 1387)

#Blanche_I_of_Navarre

David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)

#David_Wilber

Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver (b. 1954)

#Alan_Kulwicki

Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance (b 1925)

#Paul_Bomani

Karen Muir, South African swimmer and physician (b. 1952)

#Karen_Muir

Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797)

#Giuditta_Pasta

Benjamin Pierce, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1757)

#Benjamin_Pierce_(governor)

H. Adams Carter, American mountaineer, journalist, and educator (b. 1914)

#H._Adams_Carter

Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer (b. 1868)

#Scott_Joplin

Frederick Denison Maurice, English theologian and academic (b. 1805)

#Frederick_Denison_Maurice

Nicolae Rainea, Romanian footballer and referee (b. 1933)

#Nicolae_Rainea

Rozz Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1963)

#Rozz_Williams

Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1894)

#Martha_Graham

Max Ernst, German painter and sculptor (b. 1891)

#Max_Ernst

Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist and author (b. 1884)

#Hermann_Rorschach

Sigismund I, king of Poland (b. 1467)

#Sigismund_I_the_Old

Charles I, emperor of Austria (b. 1887)

#Charles_I_of_Austria

Erik Bruhn, Danish actor, director, and choreographer (b. 1928)

#Erik_Bruhn

Cristofano Allori, Italian painter and educator (b. 1577)

#Cristofano_Allori

Robert Doisneau, French photographer (b. 1912)

#Robert_Doisneau

Vonda N. McIntyre, American science fiction author (b. 1948)

Rolf Rendtorff, German theologian and academic (b. 1925)

Jacques Le Goff, French historian and author (b. 1924)

King Fleming, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1922)

Moses Blah, Liberian general and politician, 23rd President of Liberia (b. 1947)

Tzannis Tzannetakis, Greek soldier and politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1927)

In Tam, Cambodian general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1916)

Carrie Snodgress, American actress (b. 1945)

Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1952)

Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1956)

Tr?nh Công S?n, Vietnamese guitarist and composer (b. 1939)

Jesse Stone, American pianist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1901)

Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1912)

Michael Havers, Baron Havers, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1923)

Elizabeth Goudge, English author (b. 1900)

Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1910)

Brian O'Nolan, Irish author (b. 1911)

Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain and businessman (b. 1910)

Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (b. 1882)

Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (b. 1876)

Jacob Bolotin, American physician (b. 1888)

Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (b. 1857)

John C.W. Daly, English-Canadian soldier and politician (b. 1796)

Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian bishop (b. 1625)

Alonso Mudarra, Spanish guitarist and composer (b. 1510)

Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer (b. 1470)

John XV, pope of the Catholic Church