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History Deaths on June 14


Hans Poelzig
Hans Poelzig, German architect, painter, and designer, designed the IG Farben Building (b. 1869)

#Hans_Poelzig

Mary Carpenter
Mary Carpenter, English educational and social reformer (b. 1807)

#Mary_Carpenter

Antoine, Duke of Lorraine
Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1489)

#Antoine,_Duke_of_Lorraine

Emperor Qinzong
Emperor Qinzong of the Song dynasty (b. 1100)

#Emperor_Qinzong

Walter III, Count of Brienne
Walter III, Count of Brienne

#Walter_III,_Count_of_Brienne

Max Weber
Max Weber, German sociologist and economist (b. 1864)

#Max_Weber

Jerome K. Jerome
Jerome K. Jerome, English author (b. 1859)

#Jerome_K._Jerome

John III of Navarre
John III of Navarre (b. 1469)

#John_III_of_Navarre

Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold, American general during the American Revolution later turned British spy (b. 1741)

#Benedict_Arnold

Marcel Mouloudji
Marcel Mouloudji, French singer and actor (b. 1922)

#Marcel_Mouloudji

Robin Olds
Robin Olds, American general and pilot (b. 1922)

#Robin_Olds

Richard Cotton (geneticist)
Richard Cotton, Australian geneticist and academic (b. 1940)

#Richard_Cotton_(geneticist)

Methodios I of Constantinople
Methodius I, patriarch of Constantinople

#Methodios_I_of_Constantinople

Stanis?aw Bareja
Stanis?aw Bareja, Polish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)

#Stanis?aw_Bareja

João Simões Lopes Neto
João Simões Lopes Neto, Brazilian author (b. 1865)

#João_Simões_Lopes_Neto

Ann Morgan Guilbert
Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress and singer (b. 1928)

#Ann_Morgan_Guilbert

Tom Cole (racing driver)
Tom Cole, Welsh-American racing driver (b. 1922)

#Tom_Cole_(racing_driver)

Richard Jaeckel
Richard Jaeckel, American actor (b. 1926)

#Richard_Jaeckel

Bartolomé Masó
Bartolomé Masó, Cuban soldier and politician (b. 1830)

#Bartolomé_Masó

John Logie Baird
John Logie Baird, Scottish-English physicist and engineer (b. 1888)

#John_Logie_Baird

Henry Vane the Younger
Henry Vane the Younger, English-American politician, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1613)

#Henry_Vane_the_Younger

Kurt Waldheim
Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Austrian politician, 9th President of Austria (b. 1918)

#Kurt_Waldheim

Rory Gallagher
Rory Gallagher, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1949)

#Rory_Gallagher

Colin Maclaurin
Colin Maclaurin, Scottish mathematician (b. 1698)

#Colin_Maclaurin

Isabelle Collin Dufresne
Isabelle Collin Dufresne, French actress (b. 1935)

#Isabelle_Collin_Dufresne

Peggy Ashcroft
Peggy Ashcroft, English actress (b. 1907)

#Peggy_Ashcroft

Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator (b. 1899)

#Jorge_Luis_Borges

Jean-Baptiste Kléber
Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French general (b. 1753)

#Jean-Baptiste_Kléber

Attilio Bertolucci
Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and author (b. 1911)

#Attilio_Bertolucci

Carlos Reichenbach
Carlos Reichenbach, Brazilian director and producer (b. 1945)

#Carlos_Reichenbach

Robert Middleton
Robert Middleton, American actor (b. 1911)

#Robert_Middleton

Jorge Ubico
Jorge Ubico, 21st President of Guatemala (b. 1878)

#Jorge_Ubico

Bob Chappuis
Bob Chappuis, American football player and soldier (b. 1923)

#Bob_Chappuis

Ottavio Bottecchia
Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (b. 1894)

#Ottavio_Bottecchia

William Le Baron Jenney
William Le Baron Jenney, American architect and engineer, designed the Home Insurance Building (b. 1832)

#William_Le_Baron_Jenney

Ruth Graham
Ruth Graham, Chinese-American author, poet, and painter (b. 1920)

#Ruth_Graham

Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst, English activist and academic (b. 1857)

#Emmeline_Pankhurst

Günther von Schwarzburg
Günther von Schwarzburg, German king (b. 1304)

#Günther_von_Schwarzburg

Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (b. 1924)

#Henry_Mancini

Carlo Maria Giulini
Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor and director (b. 1914)

#Carlo_Maria_Giulini

Leonidas Polk
Leonidas Polk, American general and bishop (b. 1806)

#Leonidas_Polk

Erna Berger
Erna Berger, German soprano and actress (b. 1900)

#Erna_Berger

Adlai Stevenson I
Adlai Stevenson I, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Vice President of the United States (b. 1835)

#Adlai_Stevenson_I

Karl-Heinz Kämmerling
Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, German pianist and academic (b. 1930)

#Karl-Heinz_Kämmerling

Ulrich Inderbinen
Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountaineer and guide (b. 1900)

#Ulrich_Inderbinen

Anne Nicol Gaylor
Anne Nicol Gaylor, American activist, co-founded the Freedom From Religion Foundation (b. 1926)

#Anne_Nicol_Gaylor

Shibata Katsuie
Shibata Katsuie, Japanese samurai (b. 1522)

#Shibata_Katsuie

G. K. Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton, English essayist, poet, playwright, and novelist (b. 1874)

#G._K._Chesterton

Alexander Ostrovsky
Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian director and playwright (b. 1823)

#Alexander_Ostrovsky

Carpentras (composer)
Carpentras, French composer (b. 1470)

#Carpentras_(composer)

Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford
Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, English courtier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1718)

#Francis_Seymour-Conway,_1st_Marquess_of_Hertford

Edward FitzGerald (poet)
Edward FitzGerald, English poet and author (b. 1809)

#Edward_FitzGerald_(poet)

Noemí Gerstein
Noemí Gerstein, Argentinian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1908)

#Noemí_Gerstein

Guillaume Courtois
Guillaume Courtois, French painter and illustrator (b. 1628)

#Guillaume_Courtois

Louis Desaix
Louis Desaix, French general (b. 1768)

#Louis_Desaix

Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, English captain and politician, 6th Governor General of Canada (b. 1841)

#Frederick_Stanley,_16th_Earl_of_Derby

Isabelle Bogelot
Isabelle Bogelot, French philanthropist (b. 1838)

#Isabelle_Bogelot

Orlande de Lassus
Orlande de Lassus, Flemish composer and educator (b. 1532)

#Orlande_de_Lassus

Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt, American-French painter (b. 1843)

#Mary_Cassatt

Robert Lebeck
Robert Lebeck, German photographer and journalist (b. 1929)

#Robert_Lebeck

Giacomo Leopardi
Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet and philosopher (b. 1798)

#Giacomo_Leopardi

Dorimène Roy Desjardins
Dorimène Roy Desjardins, Canadian businesswoman, co-founded Desjardins Group (b. 1858)

#Dorimène_Roy_Desjardins

Salvatore Quasimodo
Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1901)

#Salvatore_Quasimodo

Gilles Lamontagne, Canadian politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1919)
Qiao Shi, Chinese politician (b. 1924)
James E. Rogers, American lawyer, businessman, and academic (b. 1938)
Alberto Cañas Escalante, Costa Rican journalist and politician (b. 1920)
Elroy Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)
Gitta Sereny, Austrian-English historian, journalist, and author (b. 1921)
Margie Hyams, American pianist and vibraphone player (b. 1920)
Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales (b. 1926)
William McIntyre, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and judge (b. 1918)
Bob Bogle, American musician (The Ventures) (b. 1934)
Jean Roba, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1930)
Monty Berman, English director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1905)
Mimi Parent, Canadian-Swiss painter (b. 1924)
Dale Whittington, American race car driver (b. 1959)
June Jordan, American author and activist (b. 1936)
Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian football player and sportscaster (b. 1932)
Roger Zelazny, American author and poet (b. 1937)
Els Aarne, Ukrainian-Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1917)
Lionel Grigson, English pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1942)
Alan Jay Lerner, American composer and songwriter (b. 1918)
Charles Miller, American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1939)
Ahmad Zahir, Afghan singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
Alan Reed, American actor, original voice of Fred Flintstone (b.1907)
Dündar Ta?er, Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1925)
Justinien de Clary, French target shooter (b. 1860)
Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. (b. 1754)
Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French author and poet (b. 1600)
Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia, Italian son of Pope Alexander VI (b. 1474)
Simon Sudbury, English archbishop (b. 1316)
Aron, Bulgarian nobleman
Guadamir, bishop of Vic (Spain)
?tomo no Otomaro, Japanese general (b. 731)