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History Deaths on April 07


William Lisle Bowles
William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (b. 1762)

#William_Lisle_Bowles

Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician and president, 1872-1876 (b. 1823)

#Sebastián_Lerdo_de_Tejada

David Graf
David Graf, American actor (b. 1950)

#David_Graf

Theda Bara
Theda Bara, American actress (b. 1885)

#Theda_Bara

Petrus Camper
Petrus Camper, Dutch physician, anatomist, and physiologist (b. 1722)

#Petrus_Camper

Alexandre Millerand
Alexandre Millerand, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France (b. 1859)

#Alexandre_Millerand

Mya-Lecia Naylor
Mya-Lecia Naylor, English actress (b. 2002)

#Mya-Lecia_Naylor

Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet
Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English commander and politician (b. 1604)

#Sir_William_Brereton,_1st_Baronet

Joe Gallo
Joe Gallo, American gangster (b. 1929)

#Joe_Gallo

Seymour Cassel
Seymour Cassel, American actor (b. 1935)

#Seymour_Cassel

Henry Ford
Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (b. 1863)

#Henry_Ford

Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros
Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician (b. 1777)

#Pedro_Ignacio_de_Castro_Barros

Juan Eusebio Nieremberg
Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic and philosopher (b. 1595)

#Juan_Eusebio_Nieremberg

Charles VIII of France
Charles VIII of France (b. 1470)

#Charles_VIII_of_France

Karl Binding
Karl Binding, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1841)

#Karl_Binding

George E. Ohr
George E. Ohr, American potter (b. 1857)

#George_E._Ohr

El Greco
El Greco, Greek-Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1541)

#El_Greco

Roger Leger
Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)

#Roger_Leger

Jim Clark
Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (b. 1936)

#Jim_Clark

Suzanne Valadon
Suzanne Valadon, French painter (b. 1865)

#Suzanne_Valadon

Konstantinos Kallias
Konstantinos Kallias, Greek politician (b. 1901)

#Konstantinos_Kallias

William Davenant
William Davenant, English poet and playwright (b. 1606)

#William_Davenant

Leonid Kantorovich
Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist (b. 1912)

#Leonid_Kantorovich

Jacques Charles
Jacques Charles, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1746)

#Jacques_Charles

John Agar
John Agar, American actor (b. 1921)

#John_Agar

Abeid Karume
Abeid Karume, Tanzanian politician, 1st President of Zanzibar (b. 1905)

#Abeid_Karume

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint, founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (b. 1651)

#Jean-Baptiste_de_La_Salle

Jesus
Jesus Christ of Nazareth, (possible date of the crucifixion) (b. circa 4 BC)

#Jesus

Stan Freberg
Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (b. 1926)

#Stan_Freberg

Walter Huston
Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1883)

#Walter_Huston

William Godwin
William Godwin, English journalist and author (b. 1756)

#William_Godwin

Satsue Mito
Satsue Mito, Japanese zoologist and academic (b. 1914)

#Satsue_Mito

Ignatius Moses I Daoud
Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Syrian cardinal (b. 1930)

#Ignatius_Moses_I_Daoud

Henri Guisan
Henri Guisan, Swiss general (b. 1874)

#Henri_Guisan

Thomas Bayes
Thomas Bayes, English minister and mathematician (b. 1701)

#Thomas_Bayes

Jovan Du?i?
Jovan Du?i?, Serbian-American poet and diplomat (b. 1871)

#Jovan_Du?i?

Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1676)

#Leopold_I,_Prince_of_Anhalt-Dessau

Ronald Evans (astronaut)
Ronald Evans, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1933)

#Ronald_Evans_(astronaut)

Galeotto I Pico
Galeotto I Pico, Duke of Mirandola (b. 1442)

#Galeotto_I_Pico

Bob Kennedy
Bob Kennedy, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1920)

#Bob_Kennedy

Dave Arneson
Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (b. 1947)

#Dave_Arneson

Josep Maria Subirachs
Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter (b. 1927)

#Josep_Maria_Subirachs

Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint Louverture, Haitian general (b. 1743)

#Toussaint_Louverture

Cliff Allison
Cliff Allison, English race car driver (b. 1932)

#Cliff_Allison

Thomas D'Arcy McGee
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist, activist, and politician (b. 1825)

#Thomas_D'Arcy_McGee

Begum Hazrat Mahal
Begum Hazrat Mahal, Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (b. 1820)

#Begum_Hazrat_Mahal

Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine
Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine

#Frederick_I,_Duke_of_Lorraine

Abdul Hamid I
Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1725)

#Abdul_Hamid_I

Harald Ertl
Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist (b. 1948)

#Harald_Ertl

Edward Oldcorne
Edward Oldcorne, English martyr (b. 1561)

#Edward_Oldcorne

James McGowen
James McGowen, Australian politician, 18th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1855)

#James_McGowen

P. T. Barnum
P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810)

#P._T._Barnum

Frank Church
Frank Church, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1924)

#Frank_Church

Taksin
Taksin, Thai king (b. 1734)

#Taksin

Anton Diabelli
Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (b. 1781)

#Anton_Diabelli

Shimazu Tadatsune
Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese daimy? (b. 1576)

#Shimazu_Tadatsune

Lennart Torstensson
Lennart Torstensson, Swedish field marshal and engineer (b. 1603)

#Lennart_Torstensson

Barry Nelson
Barry Nelson, American actor (b. 1917)

#Barry_Nelson

Francis Cooke
Francis Cooke, English-American settler (b. 1583)

#Francis_Cooke

Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold
Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (b. 1804)

#Karl_Theodor_Ernst_von_Siebold

Berengar I of Italy
Berengar I of Italy (b. 845)

#Berengar_I_of_Italy

Ace Bailey
Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1903)

#Ace_Bailey

Golo Mann
Golo Mann, German historian and author (b. 1909)

#Golo_Mann

Youssef Bey Karam
Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician (b. 1823)

#Youssef_Bey_Karam

Tiberius Hemsterhuis
Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (b. 1685)

#Tiberius_Hemsterhuis

Geoffrey Lewis (actor)
Geoffrey Lewis, American actor (b. 1935)

#Geoffrey_Lewis_(actor)

Alexander Bogdanov
Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician, philosopher, and author (b. 1873)

#Alexander_Bogdanov

Antoni Radziwi??
Antoni Radziwi??, Lithuanian composer and politician (b. 1775)

#Antoni_Radziwi??

Joseph Lyons
Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)

#Joseph_Lyons

Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin, English criminal (b. 1705)

#Dick_Turpin

V. K. Murthy
V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (b. 1923)

#V._K._Murthy

Tim Babcock
Tim Babcock, American soldier and politician, 16th Governor of Montana (b. 1919)

#Tim_Babcock

Garsevan Chavchavadze
Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757)

#Garsevan_Chavchavadze

Richard Henyekane
Richard Henyekane, South African footballer (b. 1983)

#Richard_Henyekane

Ludu Daw Amar
Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author (b. 1915)

#Ludu_Daw_Amar

Les Blank
Les Blank, American director and producer (b. 1935)

#Les_Blank

Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace, American television news journalist (b. 1918)

#Mike_Wallace

Blackjack Mulligan, American professional wrestler (b. 1942)
José Capellán, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1981)
Royce Waltman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)
George Shuffler, American guitarist (b. 1925)
John Shirley-Quirk, English opera singer (b. 1931)
Zeituni Onyango, Kenyan-American computer programmer (b. 1952)
James Alexander Green, American-English mathematician and academic (b. 1926)
George Dureau, American painter and photographer (b. 1930)
Carl Williams, American boxer (b. 1959)
Mickey Rose, American screenwriter (b. 1935)
Irma Ravinale, Italian composer and educator (b. 1937)
Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer (b. 1931)
Andy Johns, English-American record producer (b. 1950)
Marty Blake, American businessman (b. 1927)
Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, Pakistani politician (b. 1959)
David E. Pergrin, American colonel and engineer (b. 1917)
Steven Kanumba, Tanzanian actor and director (b. 1984)
Pierre Gauvreau, Canadian painter (b. 1922)
Johnny Hart, American author and illustrator (b. 1931)
Melih Kibar, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1951)
Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
Victor Argo, American actor (b. 1934)
David Greene, English-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
Cecile de Brunhoff, French pianist and author (b. 1903)
Beatrice Straight, American actress (b. 1914)
Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1911)
Alex Schomburg, Puerto Rican-American painter and illustrator (b. 1905)
Georgy Shonin, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1935)
Luis Aloma, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1923)
Philip Jebb, English architect and politician (b. 1927)
Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Rwandan chemist, academic, and politician, Prime Minister of Rwanda (b. 1953)
Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer, manager, and politician (b. 1923)
Lee Brilleaux, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)
Antonis Tritsis, Greek high jumper and politician, 71st Mayor of Athens (b. 1937)
Memduh Ünlütürk, Turkish general (b. 1913)
Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist (b. 1888)
Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter (b. 1899)
Kit Lambert, English record producer and manager (b. 1935)
Edwin Baker, Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) (b. 1893)
Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (b. 1919)
Fred Appleby, English runner (b. 1879)
John Gourlay, Canadian soccer player (b. 1872)
Grigore Constantinescu, Romanian priest and journalist (b. 1875)
David Kolehmainen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1885)
Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer and playwright (b. 1861)
Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer and author (b. 1724)
Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and director (b. 1715)
Minkhaung II, king of Ava (b. 1446)
Boles?aw Jerzy II of Mazovia (b. 1308)
George the Standard-Bearer, archbishop of Mytilene (b. c. 776)