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History Deaths on April 03


Graham Greene
Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1904)

#Graham_Greene

Jean Petitot
Jean Petitot, French-Swiss painter (b. 1608)

#Jean_Petitot

Claude-Henri Grignon
Claude-Henri Grignon, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1894)

#Claude-Henri_Grignon

Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan, American singer (b. 1924)

#Sarah_Vaughan

Miina Sillanpää
Miina Sillanpää, Finnish minister and politician (b. 1866)

#Miina_Sillanpää

Carter G. Woodson
Carter G. Woodson, American historian, author, and journalist, founded Black History Month (b. 1875)

#Carter_G._Woodson

Joe Medicine Crow
Joe Medicine Crow, American anthropologist, historian, and author (b. 1913)

#Joe_Medicine_Crow

Juliusz S?owacki
Juliusz S?owacki, Polish-French poet and playwright (b. 1809)

#Juliusz_S?owacki

Arthur I, Duke of Brittany
Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1187)

#Arthur_I,_Duke_of_Brittany

Shmuel Wosner
Shmuel Wosner, Austrian-Israeli rabbi and author (b. 1913)

#Shmuel_Wosner

Pál Teleki
Pál Teleki, Hungarian academic and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1879)

#Pál_Teleki

Juan Trippe
Juan Trippe, American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways (b. 1899)

#Juan_Trippe

Cesare Maldini
Cesare Maldini, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1932)

#Cesare_Maldini

Govind Narain
Govind Narain, Indian politician, 8th Governor of Karnataka (b. 1917)

#Govind_Narain

Richard Descoings
Richard Descoings, French civil servant (b. 1958)

#Richard_Descoings

Emma Albani
Emma Albani, Canadian-English operatic soprano (b. 1847)

#Emma_Albani

Ferde Grofé
Ferde Grofé, American pianist and composer (b. 1892)

#Ferde_Grofé

Richard D'Oyly Carte
Richard D'Oyly Carte, English composer and talent agent (b. 1844)

#Richard_D'Oyly_Carte

Mingote
Mingote, Spanish cartoonist and journalist (b. 1919)

#Mingote

Kishori Amonkar
Kishori Amonkar, Indian Classical Vocalist (b. 1931)

#Kishori_Amonkar

Melchior d'Hondecoeter
Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch painter (b. 1636)

#Melchior_d'Hondecoeter

Conrad Veidt
Conrad Veidt, German actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)

#Conrad_Veidt

Franz Berwald
Franz Berwald, Swedish composer and surgeon (b. 1796)

#Franz_Berwald

David M. Dennison
David M. Dennison, American physicist and academic (b. 1900)

#David_M._Dennison

Henrik Visnapuu
Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1890)

#Henrik_Visnapuu

Pope Honorius IV
Pope Honorius IV (b. 1210)

#Pope_Honorius_IV

Masaharu Homma
Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (b. 1887)

#Masaharu_Homma

Avigdor Hameiri
Avigdor Hameiri, Israeli author (b. 1890)

#Avigdor_Hameiri

Kurt Weill
Kurt Weill, German-American composer and pianist (b. 1900)

#Kurt_Weill

Prince Michael of Prussia
Prince Michael of Prussia (b. 1940)

#Prince_Michael_of_Prussia

Ernst Chladni
Ernst Chladni, German physicist and academic (b. 1756)

#Ernst_Chladni

Bob Burns (drummer)
Bob Burns, American drummer and songwriter (b. 1950)

#Bob_Burns_(drummer)

Mariví Bilbao
Mariví Bilbao, Spanish actress (b. 1930)

#Mariví_Bilbao

Nizamuddin Auliya
Nizamuddin Auliya, Sufi saint (b. 1238)

#Nizamuddin_Auliya

Sarah Brady
Sarah Brady, American activist and author (b. 1942)

#Sarah_Brady

Ned Sparks
Ned Sparks, Canadian-American actor (b. 1883)

#Ned_Sparks

Tachiyama Mineemon
Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (b. 1877)

#Tachiyama_Mineemon

Mary Cartwright
Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic (b. 1900)

#Mary_Cartwright

Philip of Milly
Philip of Milly, seventh Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b. c. 1120)

#Philip_of_Milly

Jovan Pavlovi?
Jovan Pavlovi?, Serbian metropolitan (b. 1936)

#Jovan_Pavlovi?

Shivaji
Shivaji, Indian emperor, founded the Maratha Empire (b. 1630)

#Shivaji

Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy
Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1295)

#Odo_IV,_Duke_of_Burgundy

Lionel Bart
Lionel Bart, English composer (b. 1930)

#Lionel_Bart

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1618)

#Bartolomé_Esteban_Murillo

Jesse James
Jesse James, American criminal and outlaw (b. 1847)

#Jesse_James

Richard of Chichester
Saint Richard of Chichester

#Richard_of_Chichester

François Carlo Antommarchi
François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician and author (b. 1780)

#François_Carlo_Antommarchi

Warren Oates
Warren Oates, American actor (b. 1928)

#Warren_Oates

Pinky Lee
Pinky Lee, American television host (b. 1907)

#Pinky_Lee

Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy
Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1563)

#Charles_Blount,_8th_Baron_Mountjoy

Milton Caniff
Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (b. 1907)

#Milton_Caniff

Peter Pears
Peter Pears, English tenor and educator (b. 1910)

#Peter_Pears

Terence McKenna
Terence McKenna, American botanist and philosopher (b. 1946)

#Terence_McKenna

George Pocock
George Pocock, English admiral (b. 1706)

#George_Pocock

Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (b. 1833)

#Johannes_Brahms

Esther Hobart Morris
Esther Hobart Morris, American lawyer and judge (b. 1814)

#Esther_Hobart_Morris

Régine Deforges
Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (b. 1935)

#Régine_Deforges

Koji Wada, Japanese singer and songwriter (b. 1974)
Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, American guitarist, fiddler, and composer (b. 1921)
Fred Kida, American illustrator (b. 1920)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German-American author and screenwriter (b. 1927)
José María Zárraga, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1930)
Chief Jay Strongbow, American wrestler (b. 1928)
Hrvoje ?usti?, Croatian footballer (b. 1983)
Nina Wang, Chinese businesswoman (b. 1937)
François Gérin, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1944)
Dina Abramowicz, Librarian and YIVO and Yiddish language expert (b. 1909)
Geoffrey Walsh, Canadian general (b. 1909)
Ron Brown, American captain and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1941)
Alfred J. Billes, Canadian businessman, co-founded Canadian Tire (b. 1902)
Frank Wells, American businessman (b. 1932)
Charles Goren, American bridge player and author (b. 1901)
Tom Sestak, American football player (b. 1936)
Jimmy Bloomfield, English footballer and manager (b. 1934)
Winston Sharples, American composer (b. 1909)
Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, and actor (b. 1903)
Mary Ure, Scottish-English actress (b. 1933)
Joseph Valachi, American gangster (b. 1904)
Manolis Kalomiris, Greek composer and educator (b. 1883)
Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (b. 1891)
Richard Hauptmann, German-American murderer (b. 1899)
William Braine, English soldier and explorer (b. 1814)
Edward Bigge, English cleric, 1st Archdeacon of Lindisfarne (b. 1807)
J?drzej Kitowicz, Polish priest, historian, and author (b. 1727)
James Anderson, Scottish lawyer and historian (b. 1662)
Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician and academic (b. 1640)
Christopher Villiers, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English noble (b. c. ?1593)
Antonio de Guevara, Spanish chronicler and moralist (b. 1481)
Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (b. 1480)
al-Adil ibn al-Sallar, vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate
William III, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 915)