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History Deaths on April 24


Moshe Teitelbaum (Satmar)
Moshe Teitelbaum, Romanian-American rabbi and author (b. 1914)

#Moshe_Teitelbaum_(Satmar)

Robert Richards (Australian politician)
Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia (b. 1885)

#Robert_Richards_(Australian_politician)

Concino Concini
Concino Concini, Italian-French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1575)

#Concino_Concini

Eleazar Wheelock
Eleazar Wheelock, American minister and academic, founded Dartmouth College (b. 1711)

#Eleazar_Wheelock

Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874)

#Lucy_Maud_Montgomery

W?adys?aw Bartoszewski
W?adys?aw Bartoszewski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1922)

#W?adys?aw_Bartoszewski

Lee Moran
Lee Moran, American actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1888)

#Lee_Moran

George Grey Barnard
George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)

#George_Grey_Barnard

?ehzade Ahmet
?ehzade Ahmet, Ottoman prince (b. 1465)

#?ehzade_Ahmet

Hans Hollein
Hans Hollein, Austrian architect, designed Haas House (b. 1934)

#Hans_Hollein

David Kldiashvili
David Kldiashvili, Georgian author and playwright (b. 1862)

#David_Kldiashvili

Bud Abbott
Bud Abbott, American comedian and producer (b. 1895)

#Bud_Abbott

Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe, English journalist, novelist, and spy (b. 1660)

#Daniel_Defoe

Ville Ritola
Ville Ritola, Finnish runner (b. 1896)

#Ville_Ritola

Louis Trousselier
Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (b. 1881)

#Louis_Trousselier

Guy Mairesse
Guy Mairesse, French race car driver (b. 1910)

#Guy_Mairesse

José Giovanni
José Giovanni, French-Swiss director and producer (b. 1923)

#José_Giovanni

Tadeusz Ró?ewicz
Tadeusz Ró?ewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1921)

#Tadeusz_Ró?ewicz

Hans Biebow
Hans Biebow, German SS officer (b. 1902)

#Hans_Biebow

Rolf Stommelen
Rolf Stommelen, German race car driver (b. 1943)

#Rolf_Stommelen

Anastasios Papoulas
Anastasios Papoulas, Greek general (b. 1857)

#Anastasios_Papoulas

Sathya Sai Baba
Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philanthropist (b. 1926)

#Sathya_Sai_Baba

Oliver Tambo
Oliver Tambo, South African lawyer and activist (b. 1917)

#Oliver_Tambo

Fidelis of Sigmaringen
Fidelis of Sigmaringen, German friar and saint (b. 1577)

#Fidelis_of_Sigmaringen

Tommy Kono
Tommy Kono, American weightlifter and coach (b. 1930)

#Tommy_Kono

Ezer Weizman
Ezer Weizman, Israeli general and politician, 7th President of Israel (b. 1924)

#Ezer_Weizman

Gerhard Domagk
Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist (b. 1895)

#Gerhard_Domagk

Jorge Manrique
Jorge Manrique, Spanish poet (b. 1440)

#Jorge_Manrique

Vasily Zhukovsky
Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1783)

#Vasily_Zhukovsky

Pat Paulsen
Pat Paulsen, American comedian and activist (b. 1927)

#Pat_Paulsen

Gertrude of Austria
Gertrude of Austria (b. 1226)

#Gertrude_of_Austria

Louise Dresser
Louise Dresser, American actress (b. 1878)

#Louise_Dresser

Sandy Jardine
Sandy Jardine, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1948)

#Sandy_Jardine

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)

#Helmuth_von_Moltke_the_Elder

Lodewijk Bruckman
Lodewijk Bruckman, Dutch painter (b. 1903)

#Lodewijk_Bruckman

Lucien Wercollier
Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourgian sculptor (b. 1908)

#Lucien_Wercollier

J?zeps V?tols
J?zeps V?tols, Latvian composer (b. 1863)

#J?zeps_V?tols

Shobha Nagi Reddy
Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (b. 1968)

#Shobha_Nagi_Reddy

Axel von Fersen the Elder
Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1719)

#Axel_von_Fersen_the_Elder

Johnny Valentine
Johnny Valentine, American wrestler (b. 1928)

#Johnny_Valentine

Fei Xiaotong
Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist and academic (b. 1910)

#Fei_Xiaotong

Simon Chikovani
Simon Chikovani, Georgian poet and author (b. 1902)

#Simon_Chikovani

Max von Laue
Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)

#Max_von_Laue

Estée Lauder (businesswoman)
Estée Lauder, American businesswoman, co-founded Estée Lauder Companies (b. 1906)

#Estée_Lauder_(businesswoman)

Willa Cather
Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1873)

#Willa_Cather

Vladimir Komarov
Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)

#Vladimir_Komarov

Fernando Amorsolo
Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (b. 1892)

#Fernando_Amorsolo

Mark Tobey
Mark Tobey, American-Swiss painter and educator (b. 1890)

#Mark_Tobey

Thomas Fincke
Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)

#Thomas_Fincke

Eugene Stoner
Eugene Stoner, American engineer, designed the AR-15 rifle (b. 1922)

#Eugene_Stoner

G. Stanley Hall
G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (b. 1844)

#G._Stanley_Hall

Karin Boye
Karin Boye, Swedish author and poet (b. 1900)

#Karin_Boye

Robert Pirsig, American author and philosopher (b. 1928)
Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, and saxophonist, and composer (b. 1921)
Brian Labone, English footballer (b. 1940)
Josef Peters, German race car driver (b. 1914)
Allan Francovich, American director and producer (b. 1941)
Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese philosopher and theorist (b. 1917)
Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Spanish author (b. 1891)
Erol Güngör, Turkish sociologist, psychologist, and academic (b. 1938)
Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (b. 1904)
Pete Ham, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
Otis Spann, American singer and pianist (b. 1930)
Milt Franklyn, American composer (b. 1897)
Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (b. 1899)
Charles Jordan, American magician (b. 1888)
Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman and translator (b. 1683)
Theodore I, Marquess of Montferrat (b. 1291)
Petronille de Chemillé, abbess of Fontevrault
Mellitus, saint and archbishop of Canterbury