History Deaths on April 16

Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1805)

#Alexis_de_Tocqueville

Daryl Gates, American police officer, created the D.A.R.E. Program (b. 1926)

#Daryl_Gates

Robert Urich, American actor (b. 1946)

#Robert_Urich

Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (b. 1497)

#Anne_Seymour,_Duchess_of_Somerset

Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish footballer and manager (b. 1929)

#Aulis_Rytkönen

Péter Veres, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (b. 1897)

#Péter_Veres_(politician)

Pentti Lund, Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)

#Pentti_Lund

Charles II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1489)

#Charles_II,_Duke_of_Savoy

Otho, Roman emperor (b. AD 32)

#Otho

Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (b. 1867)

#Stefan_Nerezov

Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (b. 1900)

#Rudolf_Höss

Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)

#Yasunari_Kawabata

Maria Lenk, Brazilian swimmer (b. 1915)

#Maria_Lenk

Sviatopolk II of Kiev (b. 1050)

#Sviatopolk_II_of_Kiev

Khalil al-Wazir, Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (b. 1935)

#Khalil_al-Wazir

Neville Brand, American actor (b. 1920)

#Neville_Brand

Scott Brady, American actor (b. 1924)

#Scott_Brady

Steve Bloomer, English footballer and manager (b. 1874)

#Steve_Bloomer

Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)

#Marie_Tussaud

Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (b. 1677)

#Jacques_Cassini

Sydney Chaplin, English actor, comedian, brother of Charlie Chaplin (b. 1885)

#Sydney_Chaplin

David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)

#David_Lean

Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish businessman (b. 1913)

#Mærsk_Mc-Kinney_Møller

Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (b. 1917)

#Lucille_Bremer

Lucius D. Clay, American officer and military governor in occupied Germany (b. 1898)

#Lucius_D._Clay

Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)

#Emilio_Jacinto

Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (b. 1888)

#Maximilian_Kronberger

Frederick I, Duke of Austria (b. 1175)

#Frederick_I,_Duke_of_Austria_(Babenberg)

Sikelgaita, duchess of Apulia (b. c. 1040)

#Sikelgaita

Andy Russell, American singer and actor (b. 1919)

#Andy_Russell_(singer)

Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (b. 1844)

#Bernadette_Soubirous

David Kirkwood, Scottish engineer and politician (b. 1872)

#David_Kirkwood

Adelaide del Vasto, regent of Sicily, mother of Roger II of Sicily, queen of Baldwin I of Jerusalem

#Adelaide_del_Vasto

Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (b. 1579)

#Countess_Charlotte_Flandrina_of_Nassau

Youri Egorov, Russian pianist (b. 1954)

#Youri_Egorov

Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1878)

#Princess_Alexandra_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha

Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1746)

#Francisco_Goya

Rasim Deli?, Bosnian general (b. 1949)

#Rasim_Deli?

John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English nobleman and soldier (b. 1347)

#John_Hastings,_2nd_Earl_of_Pembroke

Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (b. 1812)

#Samuel_Smiles

István Kertész, Hungarian conductor and educator (b. 1929)

#István_Kertész_(conductor)

Stanislav Gross, Czech lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (b. 1969)

#Stanislav_Gross

Siegfried Ludwig, Austrian politician, 18th Governor of Lower Austria (b. 1926)

#Siegfried_Ludwig

Pat Summerall, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1930)

#Pat_Summerall

Tobias Hume, Scottish soldier, viol player, and composer (b. 1569)

#Tobias_Hume

Attaphol Buspakom, Thai footballer and manager (b. 1962)

#Attaphol_Buspakom

Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1884)

#Panait_Istrati

Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (b. 1841)

#Nelson_W._Aldrich

Harry Anderson, American actor and magician (b. 1952)

#Harry_Anderson

Fructuosus of Braga, French archbishop and saint

#Fructuosus_of_Braga

Jay Johnson Morrow, American military engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (b. 1870)

#Jay_Johnson_Morrow

Ralph Ellison, American novelist and critic (b. 1913)

#Ralph_Ellison

Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (b. 1840)

#Henry_Birks

George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English poet and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (b. 1628)

#George_Villiers,_2nd_Duke_of_Buckingham

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (b. 1707)

#Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon

Allan Blakeney, Canadian scholar and politician, 10th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1925)

#Allan_Blakeney

Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center and National Museum of Anthropology (b. 1919)

#Pedro_Ramírez_Vázquez

Oles Buzina, Ukrainian journalist and author (b. 1969)

#Oles_Buzina

Gyude Bryant, Liberian businessman and politician (b. 1949)

#Gyude_Bryant

Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)

#Domenico_Dragonetti

Valery Belousov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1948)

#Valery_Belousov

Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist (b. 1923)

#Ernst_Florian_Winter

Fay Bainter, American actress (b. 1893)

#Fay_Bainter

Hakk? Yeten, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1910)

#Hakk?_Yeten

Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1905)

#Eduard_Oja

George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)

#George_William_Hill

Jocko Conlan, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1899)

#Jocko_Conlan

Aphra Behn, English author and playwright (b. 1640)

#Aphra_Behn

Ali Kafi, Algerian colonel and politician (b. 1928)

#Ali_Kafi

Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)

#Zygmunt_Florenty_Wróblewski

Kaoru Ishikawa Japanese author and educator (b. 1915)

#Kaoru_Ishikawa

Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (b. 1930)

#Graham_Jarvis

José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (b. 1894)

#José_Carlos_Mariátegui

Charlie Hodge, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1933)

#Charlie_Hodge_(ice_hockey)

Billy Ayre, English footballer and manager (b. 1952)

#Billy_Ayre

Mihály Fekete, Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (b. 1884)

#Mihály_Fekete

Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1885)

#Edna_Ferber

Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (b. 1719)

#Christian_Mayer_(astronomer)

Jim Caine, British jazz pianist (b. 1926)

George Beverly Shea, Canadian-American singer-songwriter (b. 1909)

Charles Bruzon, Gibraltarian politician (b. 1938)

Carlo Petrini, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1948)

George Kunda, Zambian lawyer and politician, 11th Vice-President of Zambia (b. 1956)

Alan Hacker, English clarinet player and conductor (b. 1938)

Marian Biskup, Polish author and academic (b. 1922)

Sári Barabás, Hungarian soprano (b. 1914)

Sol Saks, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)

Gerry Alexander, Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian (b. 1928)

Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (b. 1917)

Chandrabose Suthaharan, Sri Lankan journalist

Gaétan Duchesne, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1962)

Frank Bateson, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1909)

Kay Walsh, English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)

Graham Stuart Thomas, English horticulturalist and author (b. 1909)

Ruth Fertel, American businesswoman, founded Ruth's Chris Steak House (b. 1927)

Alec Stock, English footballer and manager (b. 1917)

Michael Ritchie, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)

Skip Spence, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)

Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canadian super-centenarian (b. 1880)

Fred Davis, English snooker player (b. 1913)

Alberto Calderón, Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1920)

Roland Topor, French actor, director, and painter (b. 1938)

Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid, Colombian politician (b. 1921)

Stavros Niarchos, Greek-Swiss businessman (b. 1909)

Paul-Émilien Dalpé, Canadian labor unionist (b. 1919)

Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian spy and activist (b. 1915)

Miles Lawrence, English cricketer (b. 1940)

Morris Stoloff, American composer (b. 1898)

Frank O'Connor, Australian public servant (b. 1894)

Richard Neutra, Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records (b. 1892)

Hem Vejakorn, Thai illustrator and painter (b. 1904)

Eric Lambert, Australian author (b. 1918)

Francis Balfour, English soldier and colonial administrator (b. 1884)

Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (b. 1912)

Rosalind Franklin, English biophysicist and academic (b. 1920)

Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (b. 1867)

Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)

Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (b. 1862)

Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (b. 1880)

Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (b. 1900)

Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator (b. 1672)

Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (b. 1191)