24 June Deaths

Published : 24 Jun 2019, 11:48

Jagoroniya Desk

June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Deaths

994 – Abu Isa al-Warraq, Arab scholar (b. 889)
1046 – Jeongjong II, Korean ruler (b. 1018)
1088 – William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, Norman nobleman
1314 – Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester, English commander (b. 1291)
1314 – Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford, English soldier and politician, Lord Warden of the Marches (b. 1274)
1398 – Hongwu, Chinese emperor (b. 1328)
1439 – Frederick IV, duke of Austria (b. 1382)
1503 – Reginald Bray, English architect and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1440)
1519 – Lucrezia Borgia, Italian wife of Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (b. 1480)
1520 – Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese commander (b. 1489)
1604 – Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English courtier, Lord Great Chamberlain (b. 1550)
1637 – Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and historian (b. 1580)
1643 – John Hampden, English politician (b. 1595)
1766 – Adrien Maurice de Noailles, French soldier and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1678)
1778 – Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1714)
1803 – Matthew Thornton, Irish-American judge and politician (b. 1714)
1817 – Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1734)
1835 – Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1769)
1902 – George Leake, Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (b. 1856)
1908 – Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (b. 1837)
1909 – Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1849)
1922 – Walther Rathenau, German businessman and politician, 7th German Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1867)
1931 – Otto Mears, Russian-American businessman (b. 1840)
1931 – Xiang Zhongfa, Chinese politician, 2nd General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (b. 1880)
1932 – Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (b. 1879)
1943 – Camille Roy, Canadian priest and critic (b. 1870)
1946 – Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)
1947 – Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (b. 1864)
1962 – Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (b. 1906)
1964 – Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1892)
1968 – Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
1969 – Frank King, American cartoonist (b. 1883)
1969 – Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (b. 1906)
1976 – Minor White, American photographer, critic, and academic (b. 1908)
1978 – Robert Charroux, French author and critic (b. 1909)
1980 – V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (b. 1894)[10]
1984 – Clarence Campbell, Canadian businessman (b. 1905)
1987 – Jackie Gleason, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1916)
1988 – Csaba Kesjár, Hungarian race car driver (b. 1962)
1991 – Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (b. 1917)
1991 – Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter and illustrator (b. 1899)
1994 – Jean Vallerand, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1915)
1997 – Brian Keith, American actor (b. 1921)
2000 – Vera Atkins, British intelligence officer (b. 1908)
2000 – David Tomlinson, English actor and comedian (b. 1917)
2000 – Rodrigo Bueno, Argentine cuarteto singer (b. 1973)
2002 – Pierre Werner, Luxembourgian banker and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1913)
2004 – Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek songwriter and author (b. 1957)
2005 – Paul Winchell, American actor, voice artist, and ventriloquist (b. 1922)
2007 – Natasja Saad, Danish rapper and reggae singer (b. 1974)
2007 – Chris Benoit, Canadian wrestler (b. 1967)
2007 – Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer and manager (b. 1938)
2008 – Gerhard Ringel, Austrian mathematician and academic (b. 1919)
2009 – Roméo LeBlanc, Canadian journalist and politician, 25th Governor General of Canada (b. 1927)
2010 – Fred Anderson, American jazz tenor saxophonist (b. 1929)
2011 – Tomislav Ivić, Croatian football coach and manager (b. 1933)
2012 – Darrel Akerfelds, American baseball player and coach (b. 1962)
2012 – Gad Beck, German author and educator (b. 1923)
2012 – Gu Chaohao, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1926)
2012 – Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (b. 1988)
2012 – Ann C. Scales, American lawyer, educator, and activist (b. 1952)
2013 – Mick Aston, English archaeologist and academic (b. 1946)
2013 – Emilio Colombo, Italian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1920)
2013 – Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop (b. 1932)
2013 – William Hathaway, American lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
2013 – James Martin, English-Bermudian computer scientist and author (b. 1933)
2013 – Alan Myers, American drummer (b. 1955)
2014 – John Clement, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1928)
2014 – Olga Kotelko, Canadian runner and softball player (b. 1919)
2014 – Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1916)
2014 – Eli Wallach, American actor (b. 1915)
2015 – Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1986)
2015 – Mario Biaggi, American police officer, politician and criminal (b. 1917)
2015 – Marva Collins, American author and educator (b. 1936)
2015 – Susan Ahn Cuddy, American lieutenant (b. 1915)

Source: wikipedia

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