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Who died on September 21
100 figures who shaped history died on September 21.
- 100deaths
- 53events
Best known
Best known
Virgil
1st-century-BC Roman poet
Flavius Aetius
Roman general and statesman (c. 390 – 454)
Pope Conon
Head of the Catholic Church from 686 to 687
Lembitu
Estonian elder (died 1217)
Caupo of Turaida
Livonian noble (died 1217)
Andrew II of Hungary
King of Hungary and Croatia from 1205 to 1235
Virgil — 1st-century-BC Roman poet, who died on September 21 19 BC.
Flavius Aetius — Roman general and statesman (c. 390 – 454), who died on September 21 454.
Pope Conon — Head of the Catholic Church from 686 to 687, who died on September 21 687.
Lembitu — Estonian elder (died 1217), who died on September 21 1217.
Caupo of Turaida — Livonian noble (died 1217), who died on September 21 1217.
Andrew II of Hungary — King of Hungary and Croatia from 1205 to 1235, who died on September 21 1235.
All entries
- 1026OOtto-William of BurgundyCount of Burgundy (c. 958 – 1026)
- 1256
William of KilkennyBishop of Ely and Chancellor of England (died 1256) - 1327
Edward IIKing of England from 1307 to 1327 - 1397
Richard Fitzalan, 4th Earl of Arundel4th Earl Arundel - 1558
Charles V, Holy Roman EmperorHoly Roman Emperor from 1519 to 1556 - 1576
Gerolamo CardanoItalian Renaissance polymath - 1586
Antoine Perrenot de GranvelleBurgundian statesman - 1629
Jan Pieterszoon CoenDutch colonial administrator - 1637
William V of Hesse-KasselLandgrave of Hesse-Kassel - 1643
Hong TaijiFounding emperor of the Qing dynasty - 1709
Ivan MazepaHetman of the Cossack Hetmanate from 1687 to 1709 - 1719JJohann Heinrich AckerGerman writer
- 1743
Sawai Jai SinghMaharaja of Amber - 1748JJohn BalguyEnglish divine and philosopher
- 1796
François Séverin MarceauFrench general - 1798
George Read (American politician, born 1733)American Founding Father and politician - 1812
Emanuel SchikanederGerman actor and singer - 1832
Walter ScottScottish novelist - 1860
Arthur SchopenhauerGerman philosopher - 1874
Jean-Baptiste Élie de BeaumontFrench geologist - 1880
Manuel MonttPresident of Chile from 1851 to 1861
- 1904
Chief JosephNative American leader - 1905
Nikolay BenardosRussian inventor - 1906
Samuel Arnold (conspirator)Lincoln conspirator - 1926
Léon Charles ThéveninFrench telegraph engineer - 1933
Kenji MiyazawaJapanese writer - 1937
Osgood Perkins (actor, born 1892)American actor - 1938
Ivana Brlić-MažuranićCroatian writer - 1939
Armand CălinescuPrime Minister of Romania in 1939 - 1942JJohn Symes (cricketer)English cricketer
- 1944
Alexander KoshetzUkrainian conductor, composer, ethnographer, writer, and musicologist - 1944
Artur PhlepsWaffen-SS officer - 1947
Harry Carey (actor)American actor - 1953
Necmettin SadakTurkish politician - 1954
Kokichi MikimotoJapanese entrepreneur - 1956
Bill StruthScottish football manager - 1957
Haakon VIIKing of Norway from 1905 to 1957 - 1958
Peter Whitehead (racing driver)British racing driver - 1962
Bo CarterAmerican blues musician - 1963PPaulino MasipSpanish writer
- 1964JJosef Müller (entomologist)
- 1966
Paul ReynaudFrench politician and lawyer - 1971
Bernardo HoussayArgentinian physician - 1972
Henry de MontherlantFrench writer - 1974
Walter BrennanAmerican actor
- 1974
Jacqueline SusannAmerican novelist and actress - 1975
Bedri Rahmi EyüboğluTurkist painter and poet - 1976
Benjamin GrahamAmerican financial analyst, investor, and professor - 1976
Orlando LetelierChilean economist, politician and diplomat - 1982
Ivan BagramyanMarshal of the Soviet Union - 1983
Birgit TengrothSwedish actress - 1983
Xavier ZubiriSpanish philosopher - 1985
Gu LongTaiwanese novelist, screenwriter, film producer and director - 1987
Jaco PastoriusAmerican jazz bassist - 1989RRajani ThiranagamaHuman rights activist
- 1990TTakis KanellopoulosGreek film director
- 1991GGordon BashfordBritish automobile designer
- 1992
Tarachand BarjatyaIndian film producer - 1995
Rudy PerpichAmerican politician - 1998
Florence Griffith JoynerAmerican track and field hurdle athlete - 2000JJacques FlynnCanadian politician
- 2000LLeonid RogozovRussian doctor who performed an auto-appendectomy
- 2002
Robert L. ForwardAmerican physicist and writer - 2006TTasos AthanasiadisGreek writer
- 2007
Hallgeir BrendenNorwegian cross-country skier - 2007
Alice GhostleyAmerican actress and singer
- 2009
Robert GintyAmerican actor - 2011
Jun HenmiJapanese writer and poet - 2012JJosé CurbeloAmerican pianist and manager
- 2012
Yehuda ElkanaIsraeli philosopher - 2012SSven HasselDanish writer
- 2012
Bill King (Royal Navy officer)British naval officer, yachtsman, author - 2012
Tom UmphlettAmerican baseball player - 2013
Kofi AwoonorGhanaian poet and author - 2013
Michel BraultCanadian filmmaker - 2013
Harl H. Haas Jr.American politician - 2013
Walter WallmannGerman politician - 2013
Ko WierengaDutch politician - 2014
Michael HarariIsraeli intelligence officer (1927–2014), involved in the failed Lillehammer affair - 2014
Caldwell JonesAmerican basketball player
- 2014SSheldon PatinkinAmerican stage director
- 2015
Yoram GrossPolish-Australian animation producer and director - 2015RRay WarleighAustralian jazz saxophonist
- 2015RRichard Williamson (American football)American football player and coach
- 2018
Trần Đại QuangPresident of Vietnam from 2016 to 2018 - 2018
Vitaliy MasolUkrainian statesman - 2020
Arthur AshkinAmerican physicist - 2021
Willie GarsonAmerican actor - 2022
Raju SrivastavIndian comedian, actor and politician - 2023
Walewska OliveiraBrazilian volleyball player - 2024
Raquel BlandónGuatemalan lawyer and activist - 2024
Benny GolsonAmerican jazz saxophonist and composer - 2024
Eddie LowMusical artist - 2024
Mercury MorrisAmerican football player
Frequently asked questions
Who died on September 21?
100 people with a Wikipedia article died on September 21, including Virgil, Flavius Aetius, Pope Conon. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on September 21?
53 documented historical events happened on September 21, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Norman invasion of Ireland: English and Irish forces conquered Dublin, forcing Ascall mac Ragnaill, the last Norse–Gaelic king of Dublin, into exile. On the same day, in another year: The Treaty of Arras is promulgated, causing Burgundy to switch sides in the Hundred Years' War. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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