6 September Deaths

September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 

Deaths

394 – Eugenius, Roman usurper
926 – Taizu of Liao, Khitan ruler (b. 872)
952 – Suzaku, emperor of Japan (b. 923)
957 – Liudolf, duke of Swabia (b. 930)
972 – John XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 930)
1276 – Vicedomino de Vicedominis, Italian cardinal (b. 1210)
1431 – Demetrios Laskaris Leontares, Byzantine admiral and diplomat
1511 – Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1481)
1553 – Juan de Homedes y Coscon, 47th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (b. c.1477)
1566 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman sultan (b. 1494)
1625 – Thomas Dempster, Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1579)
1635 – Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (b. 1571)
1649 – Robert Dudley, English geographer and explorer (b. 1574)
1683 – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French economist and politician, French Controller-General of Finances (b. 1619)
1708 – Sir John Morden, 1st Baronet, English merchant and philanthropist, founded Morden College (b. 1623)
1748 – Edmund Gibson, English bishop and scholar (b. 1669)
1783 – Carlo Bertinazzi, Italian actor and author (b. 1710)
1808 – Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian and author (b. 1723)
1868 – Pierre Adolphe Rost, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1797)
1885 – Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer, designed the Ictineo I and Ictineo II (b. 1819)
1891 – Charles Jamrach, German-English businessman (b. 1815)
1902 – Frederick Abel, English chemist and engineer (b. 1827)
1907 – Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1839)
1919 – Lord Charles Beresford, English admiral and politician (b. 1846)
1927 – William Libbey, American target shooter and geographer (b. 1855)
1938 – John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1907)
1939 – Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (b. 1867)
1944 – James Cannon Jr., American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
1945 – John S. McCain Sr., American admiral (b. 1884)
1949 – Walter Widdop, English tenor and actor (b. 1892)
1950 – Olaf Stapledon, English philosopher and author (b. 1886)
1951 – James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (b. 1867)
1952 – Gertrude Lawrence, English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1898)
1956 – Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician (b. 1904)
1956 – Lee Jung-seob, North Korean painter (b. 1916)
1959 – Edmund Gwenn, English actor (b. 1877)
1959 – Kay Kendall, English actress and comedian (b. 1927)
1962 – Hanns Eisler, German-Austrian composer (b. 1898)
1962 – Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (b. 1892)
1966 – Margaret Sanger, American nurse, educator, and activist (b. 1879)
1966 – Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1901)
1969 – Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian footballer (b. 1892)
1972 – Perpetrator and victims of the Munich massacre
Luttif Afif, Palestinian terrorist (b. 1945)
David Mark Berger, American-Israeli weightlifter (b. 1944)
Ze'ev Friedman, Polish-Israeli weightlifter (b. 1944)
Yossef Gutfreund, Israeli wrestling judge (b. 1931)
Eliezer Halfin, Russian-Israeli wrestler (b. 1948)
Amitzur Shapira, Russian-Israeli runner and coach (b. 1932)
Kehat Shorr, Romanian shooting coach (b. 1919)
Mark Slavin, Israeli wrestler (b. 1954)
Andre Spitzer, Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (b. 1945)
Yakov Springer, Polish-Israeli wrestler and coach (b. 1921)
1974 – Olga Baclanova, Russian-Swiss actress and ballerina (b. 1896)
1974   – Otto Kruger, American actor (b. 1885)[4]
1978 – Max Decugis, French tennis player (b. 1882)
1978 – Tom Wilson, American record producer (b. 1931)
1979 – Ronald Binge, English organist and composer (b. 1910)
1982 – Azra Erhat, Turkish archaeologist, author, and academic (b. 1915)
1984 – Ernest Tubb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
1985 – Franco Ferrara, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1911)
1986 – Blanche Sweet, American actress (b. 1896)
1987 – Quinn Martin, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1922)
1988 – Leroy Brown, American wrestler (b. 1950)
1988 – Bill Northam, Australian sailor and businessman (b. 1905)
1990 – Tom Fogerty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
1990 – Len Hutton, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1916)
1991 – Bob Goldham, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1922)
1992 – Henry Ephron, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1912)
1994 – James Clavell, Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
1994 – Nicky Hopkins, English pianist (b. 1944)
1994 – Max Kaminsky, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1908)
1997 – P. H. Newby, English author and broadcaster (b. 1918)
1998 – Akira Kurosawa, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
1998 – Ric Segreto, American-Filipino singer-songwriter, actor, and journalist (b. 1952)
1998 – Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Swedish actor (b. 1928)
1999 – Lagumot Harris, Nauruan politician, 3rd President of Nauru (b. 1938)
1999 – René Lecavalier, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1918)
2005 – Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet (b. 1929)
2000 – Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian Military (b. 1918)
2005 – Eugenia Charles, Dominican lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1919)
2007 – Madeleine L'Engle, American author and poet (b. 1918)
2007 – Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor (b. 1935)
2008 – Anita Page, American actress (b. 1910)
2009 – Catherine Gaskin, Irish-Australian author (b. 1929)
2010 – Boris Chetkov, Russian painter (b. 1926)
2010 – Clive Donner, English director and editor (b. 1926)
2011 – Michael S. Hart, American author, founded Project Gutenberg (b. 1947)
2012 – Elisabeth Böhm, German architect (b. 1921)
2012 – Lawrie Dring, Scottish scout leader, founded World Federation of Independent Scouts (b. 1931)
2012 – Jerome Kilty, American actor and playwright (b. 1922)
2012 – Art Modell, American businessman (b. 1925)
2012 – Oscar Rossi, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1930)
2012 – Terry Nutkins, English naturalist, television presenter and author (b. 1946)
2013 – Ann C. Crispin, American author (b. 1950)
2013 – Khin Maung Kyi, Burmese economist and scholar (b. 1926)
2013 – Santiago Rosario, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach (b. 1939)
2014 – Odd Bondevik, Norwegian bishop and theologian (b. 1941)
2014 – Cirilo Flores, American bishop (b. 1948)
2014 – Seth Martin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1933)
2014 – Kira Zvorykina, Belarusian chess player and educator (b. 1919)
2015 – Ralph Milne, Scottish footballer (b. 1961)
2015 – Martin Milner, American actor (b. 1931)
2015 – Barney Schultz, American baseball player and coach (b. 1926)
2015 – Calvin J. Spann, American general and pilot (b. 1924)
2017 – Peter Luck, Australian journalist and television host (b. 1944)
2017 – Kate Millett, American feminist author and activist (b. 1934)[5]
2018 – Will Jordan, American comedian and actor (b. 1927)
2018 – Burt Reynolds, American actor, director and producer[6] (b. 1936)
2018 – Richard DeVos, American billionaire businessman (b. 1926)[7]
2018 – Liz Fraser, English actress, (b. 1930)

Source: wikipedia