Died on
Who died on September 29
141 figures who shaped history died on September 29.
- 141deaths
- 55events
Best known
Best known
Leudwinus
Archbishop of Treves and Archbishop of Laon
William of Tyre
12th-century clergyman, writer, and Archbishop of Tyre
Arnaud Amalric
Cistercian abbot (d. 1225)
John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey
13th-century English nobleman and military commander
Gustav Vasa
King of Sweden from 1523 to 1560
Lorenzo Ruiz
First Filipino saint and Martyr
Leudwinus — Archbishop of Treves and Archbishop of Laon, who died on September 29 722.
William of Tyre — 12th-century clergyman, writer, and Archbishop of Tyre, who died on September 29 1186.
Arnaud Amalric — Cistercian abbot (d. 1225), who died on September 29 1225.
John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey — 13th-century English nobleman and military commander, who died on September 29 1304.
Gustav Vasa — King of Sweden from 1523 to 1560, who died on September 29 1560.
Lorenzo Ruiz — First Filipino saint and Martyr, who died on September 29 1637.
All entries
- 855
Lothair ICarolingian Emperor from 817 to 855 - 1298GGuido I da MontefeltroItalian military strategist
- 1364CCharles of Blois-ChâtillonDuke of Brittany from 1341 to 1364; Catholic saint
- 1382IIzz al-Din ibn Rukn al-Din Mahmud14th century Mihrabanid malik
- 1501
Andrew Stewart (bishop of Moray)Scottish prelate and administrator
- 1642
René GoupilFrench Jesuit lay brother, missionary and martyr - 1642
William Stanley, 6th Earl of DerbyEnglish nobleman and politician - 1715GGeorge Haliburton (bishop of Aberdeen)Scottish cleric and Jacobite
- 1800
Michael DenisAustrian Catholic priest, Jesuit, poet, bibliographer and lepidopterist - 1804
Michael HillegasAmerican politician - 1833
Ferdinand VIIKing of Spain (1808, 1813–1833) - 1850
David Keith BallowAustralian Government Medical Officer - 1861
Tekla Bądarzewska-BaranowskaPolish composer - 1862
William "Bull" Nelson19th-century American naval officer and Army general - 1867
Sterling PriceAmerican politician and Confederate Army general - 1887
Bernhard von LangenbeckGerman surgeon - 1889
Louis FaidherbeFrench general and colonial administrator
- 1898
Thomas F. BayardAmerican lawyer, politician and diplomat - 1900
Samuel Fenton CaryAmerican politician - 1902
William McGonagallScottish-Irish poet - 1902
Émile ZolaFrench writer - 1904
Alfred NehringGerman zoologist and paleontologist - 1905AAlexander Hay JappScottish author, journalist and publisher
- 1908
Machado de AssisBrazilian writer - 1910
Rebecca Harding DavisAmerican author and journalist - 1910
Winslow HomerAmerican landscape painter - 1913
Rudolf DieselGerman inventor and engineer - 1913
John F. LaceyAmerican politician - 1915
Luther Orlando EmersonAmerican musician and composer - 1915
Rudi StephanGerman composer - 1918
Lawrence WeathersNew Zealand and Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross - 1919
Edward PulsfordAustralian politician - 1923WWalther PenckGerman geologist
- 1925
Léon BourgeoisFrench statesman - 1925
Runar SchildtSwedish-speaking Finnish author - 1927
Arthur AchleitnerGerman writer - 1927
Willem EinthovenDutch physiologist - 1928
John DevoyIrish rebel - 1928
Ernst SteinitzGerman mathematician - 1930
Ilya RepinUkrainian-born Russian painter - 1931
William OrpenIrish artist - 1933
Jean-François Delmas (bass-baritone)French opera singer - 1935
Winifred HoltbyEnglish novelist and journalist - 1937
Marie Zdeňka Baborová-ČihákováCzech botanist and zoologist - 1937
Ray EwryAmerican track and field athlete - 1944
Douglas Crawford McMurtrieAmerican typeface designer - 1949
Rosa OlitzkaGerman opera singer - 1951
Thomas W. CahillAmerican soccer administrator and coach - 1952
John Cobb (racing driver)British racing driver - 1952
C. H. DouglasBritish engineer and economic theorist - 1953
Ernst ReuterGerman mayor of West Berlin - 1955LLouis Leon ThurstoneAmerican psychologist and scholar
- 1955HHubert Maitland TurnbullBritish pathologist
- 1956
Anastasio Somoza GarcíaDictator of Nicaragua from 1936 to 1956 - 1958
Aarre MerikantoFinnish composer - 1959
Bruce BairnsfatherBritish artist - 1960
John Baillie (theologian)Scottish theologian - 1960
Vladimir DimitrovBulgarian painter and teacher - 1960
John Goodwin (British Army officer) - 1966
Bernard GimbelAmerican businessman - 1967
Carson McCullersAmerican writer - 1970
Edward Everett HortonAmerican character actor - 1970
Gilbert SeldesAmerican dramatist - 1972
Kathleen ClarkeIrish politician - 1973
W. H. AudenBritish-American poet - 1975GGladys SkeltonAustralian poet, playwright and author
- 1975
Casey StengelAmerican baseball player and manager - 1977
Robert McKimsonAmerican animator - 1977
Alexander TcherepninAmerican composer - 1979
Francisco Macías NguemaPresident of Equatorial Guinea from 1968 to 1979 - 1979
Ivan WyschnegradskyRussian composer - 1980HHarold Alexander AbramsonAmerican physician and LSD researcher
- 1981
Bill ShanklyScottish footballer and manager - 1981
Frances YatesEnglish historian of the Renaissance - 1982
A. L. LloydEnglish singer and folklorist - 1982
Monty StrattonAmerican baseball player - 1983
Alan MooreheadAustralian journalist and war correspondent - 1984GGeater DavisMusical artist
- 1984HHal PorterAustralian writer
- 1987
Henry Ford IIAmerican businessman - 1988
Charles AddamsAmerican cartoonist - 1989
Gussie BuschAmerican businessman - 1989
Georges UlmerDanish-born French composer and actor - 1991GGrace Zaring StoneAmerican novelist
- 1992
Jean AurencheFrench screenwriter - 1992
William H. Sebrell Jr.American nutritionist - 1992DDon West (educator)American poet and educator
- 1993
Gordon Douglas (director)American film director - 1995
Madalyn Murray O'HairAmerican atheist activist - 1996
Shūsaku EndōJapanese writer - 1997SSven-Eric JohansonSwedish composer and organist
- 1997
Roy LichtensteinAmerican pop artist - 1997
Edith Ballinger PriceAmerican writer and illustrator - 1998
Tom Bradley (mayor)American politician - 1998CC. David MarsdenBritish neurologist
- 1998
Bruno MunariItalian artist and designer - 1999
Edward William O'Rourke - 2000JJohn Grant (British politician)British politician
- 2001
Mabel FairbanksAmerican figure skater and coach - 2001
Nguyễn Văn ThiệuPresident of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975 - 2004
Richard SainctFrench motorcycle racer
- 2004PPatrick WormaldBritish historian
- 2005
Patrick CaulfieldEnglish painter - 2005
Austin LeslieChef from New Orleans, Louisiana, US - 2006
Walter HadleeNew Zealand cricketer - 2006
Michael A. MonsoorUS Navy Medal of Honor recipient - 2006
Louis-Albert VachonCatholic cardinal - 2007
Lois MaxwellCanadian actress - 2007
Katsuko SaruhashiJapanese geochemist - 2008
Hayden CarruthAmerican poet and literary critic - 2010
Tony CurtisAmerican actor - 2010
Greg GiraldoAmerican comedian - 2011
Sylvia RobinsonAmerican singer and record producer - 2012NNeil Smith (geographer)Scottish geographer and academic
- 2012
Arthur Ochs SulzbergerAmerican businessman - 2012
Malcolm WicksBritish politician and academic - 2013
Harold AgnewAmerican physicist - 2013
S. N. GoenkaIndian teacher of Vipassanā meditation - 2013
Marcella HazanItalian-born American cookbook author - 2014MMary CadoganEnglish author
- 2014JJohn Ritchie (composer)New Zealand composer
- 2015NNawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al SaudSaudi royal, businessman, and government official
- 2015
Hellmuth KarasekGerman journalist and literary critic
- 2015
Phil WoodsAmerican jazz musician - 2016
Miriam Defensor SantiagoFilipino politician, lawyer, and author - 2017
Tom AlterAmerican–Indian actor - 2018
Otis RushAmerican blues singer and guitarist - 2019
Martin BernheimerAmerican music critic - 2020
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahEmir of Kuwait from 2006 to 2020 - 2020
Helen ReddyAustralian and American singer, actress, TV host, and activist
- 2022KKathleen BoothBritish computer scientist
- 2022
Akissi KouaméIvorian army officer - 2024
Ozzie Virgil Sr.Dominican baseball player and coach - 2025
Patrick Murray (actor)British actor - 2025AAlan McDonald (minister)Scottish parish minister
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Who died on September 29?
141 people with a Wikipedia article died on September 29, including Leudwinus, William of Tyre, Arnaud Amalric. 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.
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55 documented historical events happened on September 29, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: An army of Viking pirates that had besieged the English city of Canterbury for weeks took Archbishop Ælfheah prisoner and seized power. On the same day, in another year: J. S. Bach led the first performance of Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130, based on Paul Eber's hymn in twelve stanzas, for the feast of archangel Michael. 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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