3 October Deaths

Published : 03 Oct 2017, 10:33

Jagoroniya Desk

October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 89 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).

Deaths

42 BC – Gaius Cassius Longinus, Roman politician (b. 85 BC)
818 – Ermengarde, queen of the Franks
900 – Muhammad ibn Zayd, Tabaristan emir
1078 – Iziaslav I of Kiev (b. 1024)
1226 – Francis of Assisi, Italian friar and saint (b. 1181)
1283 – Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Welsh prince (b. 1238)
1369 – Margaret, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)
1399 – Eleanor de Bohun, English noble (b. 1360)
1568 – Elisabeth of Valois (b. 1545)
1596 – Florent Chrestien, French poet (b. 1541)
1611 – Charles, Duke of Mayenne (b. 1554)
1629 – Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian commander and politician (b. 1570)
1649 – Giovanni Diodati, Swiss-Italian clergyman and theologian (b. 1576)
1653 – Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch linguist and academic (b. 1612)
1656 – Myles Standish, English captain (b. 1584)
1690 – Robert Barclay, Scottish theologian and politician, 2nd Governor of East Jersey (b. 1648)
1701 – Joseph Williamson, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1633)
1801 – Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1724)
1833 – François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer (b. 1754)
1838 – Black Hawk, American tribal leader (b. 1767)
1860 – Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator (b. 1778)
1867 – Elias Howe, American engineer, invented the sewing machine (b. 1819)
1873 – Kintpuash, American tribal leader (b. 1837)
1877 – James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (b. 1814)
1881 – Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811)
1890 – Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
1891 – Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
1896 – William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)
1907 – Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (b. 1835)
1929 – Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
1929 – Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
1931 – Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
1936 – John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)
1953 – Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (b. 1883)
1959 – Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
1963 – Refet Bele, Turkish general (b. 1877)
1965 – Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
1966 – Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
1967 – Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)
1967 – Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
1969 – Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1902)
1979 – Nicos Poulantzas, Greek-French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1936)
1980 – Friedrich Karm, Estonian footballer (b. 1907)
1981 – Anna Hedvig Büll, Estonian-German missionary (b. 1887)
1986 – Vince DiMaggio, American baseball player and manager (b. 1912)
1987 – Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1910)
1987 – Kalervo Palsa, Finnish painter (b. 1947)
1988 – Franz Josef Strauss, Bavarian lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria (b. 1915)
1990 – Stefano Casiraghi, Italian-Monegasque businessman (b. 1960)
1990 – Eleanor Steber, American soprano and educator (b. 1914)
1993 – Katerina Gogou, Greek actress, poet, and author (b. 1940)
1993 – Gary Gordon, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1960)
1993 – Randy Shughart, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1958)
1994 – John C. Champion, American producer and screenwriter (b. 1923)
1995 – Ma. Po. Si., Indian author and politician (b. 1906)
1997 – Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State (b. 1908)
1998 – Roddy McDowall, English-American actor (b. 1928)
1999 – Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (b. 1921)
2000 – Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1947)
2001 – Costas Hajihristos, Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2002 – Bruce Paltrow, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
2003 – Florence Stanley, American actress (b. 1924)
2003 – William Steig, American sculptor, author, and illustrator (b. 1907)
2004 – John Cerutti, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1960)
2004 – Janet Leigh, American actress (b. 1927)
2005 – Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2005 – Nurettin Ersin, Turkish general (b. 1918)
2006 – Lucilla Andrews, Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (b. 1919)
2006 – John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1916)
2006 – Peter Norman, Australian runner (b. 1942)
2006 – Alberto Ramento, Filipino bishop (b. 1937)
2007 – M. N. Vijayan, Indian journalist, author, and academic (b. 1930)
2009 – Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1929)
2010 – Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1925)
2010 – Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1921)
2012 – Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian and scholar (b. 1931)
2012 – Robert F. Christy, American physicist and astrophysicist (b. 1916)
2012 – Billy Hullin, Welsh rugby player (b. 1942)
2012 – Albie Roles, English footballer (b. 1921)
2013 – Sari Abacha, Nigerian footballer (b. 1978)
2013 – Sergei Belov, Russian basketball player and coach (b. 1944)
2013 – Bob Chance, American baseball player (b. 1940)
2013 – Frank D'Rone, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932)
2013 – Chuck Smith, American pastor, founded the Calvary Chapel movement (b. 1927)
2013 – Joan Thirsk, English cryptologist, historian, and academic (b. 1922)
2014 – Ewen Gilmour, New Zealand comedian and television host (b. 1963)
2014 – Benedict Groeschel, American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (b. 1933)
2014 – Jean-Jacques Marcel, French footballer (b. 1931)
2014 – Kevin Metheny, American businessman (b. 1954)
2014 – Ward Ruyslinck, Belgian author (b. 1929)
2015 – Denis Healey, English soldier and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1917)
2015 – Muhammad Nawaz Khan, Pakistani historian and author (b. 1943)
2015 – Javed Iqbal, Pakistani philosopher and judge (b. 1925)
2015 – Gerald Squires, Canadian painter and illustrator (b. 1937)

Source: wikipedia

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