History Deaths on June 24

Darrel Akerfelds, American baseball player and coach (b. 1962)

#Darrel_Akerfelds

Matthew Thornton, Irish-American judge and politician (b. 1714)

#Matthew_Thornton

Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese commander (b. 1489)

#Hosokawa_Sumimoto

Paul Winchell, American actor, voice artist, and ventriloquist (b. 1922)

#Paul_Winchell

Camille Roy, Canadian priest and critic (b. 1870)

#Camille_Roy_(literary_critic)

James Martin, English-Bermudian computer scientist and author (b. 1933)

#James_Martin_(author)

Clarence Campbell, Canadian businessman (b. 1905)

#Clarence_Campbell

Adrien Maurice de Noailles, French soldier and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1678)

#Adrien_Maurice_de_Noailles

V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (b. 1894)

#V._V._Giri

George Leake, Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (b. 1856)

#George_Leake

Lucrezia Borgia, Italian wife of Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (b. 1480)

#Lucrezia_Borgia

Jean Vallerand, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1915)

#Jean_Vallerand

Gu Chaohao, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1926)

#Gu_Chaohao

Alan Myers, American drummer (b. 1955)

#Alan_Myers_(drummer)

Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop (b. 1932)

#Joannes_Gijsen

Chris Benoit, Canadian wrestler (b. 1967)

#Chris_Benoit

Mick Aston, English archaeologist and academic (b. 1946)

#Mick_Aston

Pierre Werner, Luxembourgian banker and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1913)

#Pierre_Werner

Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and historian (b. 1580)

#Nicolas-Claude_Fabri_de_Peiresc

Brian Keith, American actor (b. 1921)

#Brian_Keith

Otto Mears, Russian-American businessman (b. 1840)

#Otto_Mears

Mario Biaggi, American police officer, politician and criminal (b. 1917)

#Mario_Biaggi

Ann C. Scales, American lawyer, educator, and activist (b. 1952)

#Ann_C._Scales

Jackie Gleason, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1916)

#Jackie_Gleason

John Hampden, English politician (b. 1595)

#John_Hampden

Emilio Colombo, Italian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1920)

#Emilio_Colombo

Xiang Zhongfa, Chinese politician, 2nd General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (b. 1880)

#Xiang_Zhongfa

Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (b. 1837)

#Grover_Cleveland

Csaba Kesjár, Hungarian race car driver (b. 1962)

#Csaba_Kesjár

Reginald Bray, English architect and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1440)

#Reginald_Bray

Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter and illustrator (b. 1899)

#Rufino_Tamayo

Tomislav Ivi?, Croatian football coach and manager (b. 1933)

#Tomislav_Ivi?

Frank King, American cartoonist (b. 1883)

#Frank_King_(cartoonist)

Eli Wallach, American actor (b. 1915)

#Eli_Wallach

Walther Rathenau, German businessman and politician, 7th German Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1867)

#Walther_Rathenau

Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1734)

#Thomas_McKean

Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (b. 1906)

#Willy_Ley

Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)

#Louise_Whitfield_Carnegie

Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English courtier, Lord Great Chamberlain (b. 1550)

#Edward_de_Vere,_17th_Earl_of_Oxford

Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1849)

#Sarah_Orne_Jewett

Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (b. 1864)

#Emil_Seidel

Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (b. 1988)

#Miki_Roqué

Vera Atkins, British intelligence officer (b. 1908)

#Vera_Atkins

Fred Anderson, American jazz tenor saxophonist (b. 1929)

#Fred_Anderson_(musician)

Gerhard Ringel, Austrian mathematician and academic (b. 1919)

#Gerhard_Ringel

David Tomlinson, English actor and comedian (b. 1917)

#David_Tomlinson

Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (b. 1879)

#Ernst_Põdder

Hongwu, Chinese emperor (b. 1328)

#Hongwu_Emperor

William Hathaway, American lawyer and politician (b. 1924)

#William_Hathaway

Frederick IV, duke of Austria (b. 1382)

#Frederick_IV,_Duke_of_Austria

Susan Ahn Cuddy, American lieutenant (b. 1915)

#Susan_Ahn_Cuddy

Roméo LeBlanc, Canadian journalist and politician, 25th Governor General of Canada (b. 1927)

#Roméo_LeBlanc

Gad Beck, German author and educator (b. 1923)

#Gad_Beck

Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1916)

#Ramón_José_Velásquez

Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1986)

#Cristiano_Araújo

Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1714)

#Pieter_Burman_the_Younger

Marva Collins, American author and educator (b. 1936)

Olga Kotelko, Canadian runner and softball player (b. 1919)

John Clement, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1928)

Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer and manager (b. 1938)

Natasja Saad, Danish rapper and reggae singer (b. 1974)

Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek songwriter and author (b. 1957)

Rodrigo Bueno, Argentine cuarteto singer (b. 1973)

Andrew J. Transue, American politician and attorney Morissette v. United States (b. 1903)

Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (b. 1917)

Robert Charroux, French author and critic (b. 1909)

Minor White, American photographer, critic, and academic (b. 1908)

Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)

Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1892)

Volfgangs D?rzi?š, Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (b. 1906)

Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1769)

Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford, English soldier and politician, Lord Warden of the Marches (b. 1274)

Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester, English commander (b. 1291)

William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, Norman nobleman

Jeongjong II, Korean ruler (b. 1018)

Abu Isa al-Warraq, Arab scholar (b. 889)