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Who died on September 7
127 figures who shaped history died on September 7.
- 127deaths
- 73events
Best known
Best known
Sima Yi
Chinese general, politician and regent
Alfonso the Battler
King of Aragon and Navarre from 1104 to 1134
Geoffrey V of Anjou
European nobleman
Andrea Dandolo
Doge of Venice from 1343 to 1354
Joan of the Tower
Queen of Scotland from 1329 to 1362
Frederick II, Elector of Saxony
Elector of Saxony from 1428 to 1464
Sima Yi — Chinese general, politician and regent, who died on September 7 251.
Alfonso the Battler — King of Aragon and Navarre from 1104 to 1134, who died on September 7 1134.
Geoffrey V of Anjou — European nobleman, who died on September 7 1151.
Andrea Dandolo — Doge of Venice from 1343 to 1354, who died on September 7 1354.
Joan of the Tower — Queen of Scotland from 1329 to 1362, who died on September 7 1362.
Frederick II, Elector of Saxony — Elector of Saxony from 1428 to 1464, who died on September 7 1464.
All entries
- 355SSilvanus (magister peditum)Roman army officer and imperial pretender
- 859EEmperor Xuanzong of Tang (9th century)Emperor of Tang China from 846 to 859
- 934MMeng ZhixiangEmperor of Later Shu in 934
- 1202
William of the White HandsFrench cardinal - 1251
Viola, Duchess of Opole - 1303GGregory BicskeiHungarian clergyman (died 1303)
- 1312
Ferdinand IV of CastileKing of Castile and León from 1295 to 1312 - 1496
Ferdinand II of NaplesKing of Naples from 1495 to 1496
- 1559
Robert EstienneFrench printer - 1566
Nikola IV ZrinskiCroatian-Hungarian nobleman and general (died 1566) - 1573
Joanna of Austria, Princess of PortugalInfanta of Spain, Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Portugal - 1601
John ShakespeareFather of playwright William Shakespeare - 1619
Melchior GrodzieckiSilesian Jesuit priest, martyr, and Catholic saint - 1619
Marko KrizinCroatian priest, martyr and saint
- 1622
Denis GodefroyFrench jurist - 1626
Edward Villiers (Master of the Mint)English nobleman (c. 1585–1626) - 1644
Guido BentivoglioItalian cardinal and statesman - 1655
François Tristan l'HermiteFrench dramatist - 1657
Arvid WittenbergField Marshal of Sweden - 1685
William Carpenter (Rhode Island colonist)English colonist in North America (c. 1610–1685) - 1729
William Burnet (colonial administrator)British governor of New York and New Jersey - 1741
Blas de LezoSpanish admiral - 1798
Peter Frederik SuhmDanish historian - 1799
Louis-Guillaume Le MonnierFrench botanist - 1809
Rama IKing of Siam from 1782 to 1809 - 1833
Hannah MoreEnglish poet and playwright - 1840
Étienne MacdonaldFrench military leader - 1871
Kimenzan TanigorōJapanese sumo wrestler - 1871
Mehmed Emin Âli PashaOttoman statesman and Grand Vizier - 1881
Sidney LanierAmerican musician and poet - 1891
Lorenzo SawyerAmerican judge - 1892
John Greenleaf WhittierAmerican Quaker poet and abolitionist - 1893
Hamilton FishAmerican politician - 1907
Bogdan Petriceicu HasdeuRomanian writer and philologist - 1910
William Holman HuntPre-Raphaelite English artist - 1920
Simon-Napoléon ParentPremier of Quebec from 1900 to 1905 - 1921AAlfred William RichEnglish artist, teacher and author
- 1929
Frederic WeatherlyEnglish barrister and lyricist - 1933
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of FallodonBritish Liberal statesman - 1939
Kyōka IzumiJapanese writer - 1940
José Félix EstigarribiaParaguayan military officer and politician - 1941
Mario García Menocal3rd President of Cuba - 1942
Cecilia BeauxAmerican painter - 1943
Mary KaradjaSwedish writer and spiritualist - 1949
José Clemente OrozcoMexican artist - 1951
Maria MontezDominican actress
- 1951
John SloanAmerican painter - 1954
Bud FisherAmerican cartoonist - 1956
C. B. FryEnglish sportsman and writer - 1959
Maurice DuplessisPremier of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959 - 1960
Wilhelm PieckPresident of East Germany from 1949 to 1960 - 1961
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy34th Prime Minister of the Netherlands - 1962
Karen BlixenDanish writer - 1962
Graham Walker (motorcyclist)British motorcycle racer - 1964
Walter A. BrownAmerican basketball and hockey team owner - 1969
Everett DirksenAmerican politician - 1970
Yitzhak GruenbaumZionist leader among the Polish Jewry - 1971
Spring ByingtonAmerican actress - 1971LLudwig SuthausGerman tenor
- 1972DDimitris PoulianosGreek artist
- 1973
Lev VladimirskySoviet naval officer - 1974SS. M. RasamanickamSri Lankan politician
- 1978
Cecil AronowitzBritish classical violist - 1978
Keith MoonEnglish rock drummer - 1979
I. A. RichardsEnglish literary critic - 1981CChristy BrownIrish writer and painter
- 1983TTamurbek DawletschinSoviet writer
- 1984
Joe CroninAmerican baseball player and manager - 1984
Josyf SlipyjHead of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1944 to 1984 - 1984
Don TallonAustralian cricketer - 1985
Jacoba van VeldeDutch writer, translator and dramaturge - 1985JJosé Zabala-SantosFilipino cartoonist
- 1986
Les BuryAustralian politician - 1988
Sedad Hakkı EldemTurkish architect - 1989
Mikhail GoldsteinGerman composer, violinist and violin teacher - 1990
Earle E. PartridgeUnited States Air Force general - 1990
A. J. P. TaylorEnglish historian - 1991
Edwin McMillanAmerican physicist - 1994EEric CrozierBritish theatrical director and producer
- 1994
Dennis MorganAmerican actor - 1994
Terence Young (director)British film director and screenwriter - 1995
Russell Johnson (cartoonist)American cartoonist - 1996
Bibi BeschAustrian-American actress - 1997
Mobutu Sese SekoPresident of DR Congo and Zaire from 1965 to 1997 - 2000BBruce GyngellAustralian television executive
- 2001IIgor BuketoffAmerican conductor, arranger and teacher
- 2001
Spede PasanenFinnish film director and producer, comedian, and inventor - 2001
Billie Lou WattAmerican actress
- 2002
Uziel GalIsraeli firearm designer - 2003
Warren ZevonAmerican singer and songwriter - 2008
Ilarion CiobanuRomanian actor - 2008NNagi NodaJapanese artist
- 2010AAmar GaribovićSerbian cross-country skier
- 2010WWilliam H. GoetzmannAmerican historian of philosophy
- 2010
John KlugeGerman and American entrepreneur - 2010
Glenn ShadixAmerican actor and comedian - 2011
Pavol DemitraSlovak ice hockey player - 2011AAlexander KarpovtsevRussian ice hockey player
- 2011IIgor KorolevRussian-Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 2011
Stefan LivPolish-born Swedish ice hockey player - 2011
Jan Marek (ice hockey, born 1979)Czech ice hockey player
- 2011
Brad McCrimmonCanadian ice hockey player and coach - 2011
Karel RachůnekCzech ice hockey player - 2011
Kārlis SkrastiņšLatvian ice hockey player - 2011
Ruslan SaleiBelarusian ice hockey player
- 2011
Josef VašíčekCzech ice hockey player - 2012CCésar Fernández ArdavínSpanish film director
- 2012AAleksandr MaksimenkovRussian footballer
- 2013
Albert Allen BartlettAmerican physicist - 2013
Romesh BhandariIndian diplomat and administrator - 2013FFrank BlevinsAustralian politician
- 2013
Ilja HurníkCzech composer and essayist - 2014
Kwon Ri-seSouth Korean-Japanese singer - 2014
Raul M. GonzalezFilipino lawyer and politician - 2014
Yoshiko YamaguchiJapanese singer, actress, and politician - 2015GGuillermo RubalcabaMusical artist
- 2015VVoula ZouboulakiEgyptian-born Greek actress
- 2018PPedro JirónNicaraguan footballer
- 2018
Mac MillerAmerican rapper - 2023WWanda JanickaPolish architect
- 2024
Dan MorgensternAmerican jazz historian
Frequently asked questions
Who died on September 7?
127 people with a Wikipedia article died on September 7, including Sima Yi, Alfonso the Battler, Geoffrey V of Anjou. 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 7?
73 documented historical events happened on September 7, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Pope Alexander III was chosen to succeed of Adrian IV in a disputed election. On the same day, in another year: Third Crusade: Crusaders under Richard I of England defeated Ayyubid troops under Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf (depicted) in present-day Israel. 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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