Famous people died this week
The Most Famous people died this week | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
| Charles Bukowski | August 16, 1920 | German, American | Charles Bukowski was a German-born American novelist, short story writer and poet |
| Danny Kaye | January 18, 1911 | American | Danny Kaye was an American actor and comedian famous for his dancing, impersonations and improvisations |
| John Belushi | January 24, 1949 | American | John Adam Belushi was an American comedian, musician and actor |
| Corey Haim | December 23, 1971 | Canadian | Corey Ian Haim was a Canadian actor who was quite popular during the 1980s as a teen idol |
| Stanley Kubrick | July 26, 1928 | American | Stanley Kubrick was a screenwriter and film director known for his movies like ‘The Clockwork Orange’ and ‘The Shining’ |
| Davy Crockett | August 17, 1786 | American | Davy Crockett was a 19th century American soldier who served and died in the Battle of Alamo |
| Hergé | May 22, 1907 | Belgian | Georges Prosper Remi, better known by his pen name Herge, was a Belgian cartoonist and illustrator, who created the iconic Tintin comic strip |
| Giuseppe Mazzini | June 22, 1805 | Italian | Giuseppe Mazzini was one of the ‘patron saints’ of the Italian Risorgimento |
| Gutzon Borglum | March 25, 1867 | American | Gutzon Borglum was an artist and sculptor from America |
| Richard Kuklinski | April 11, 1935 | American | Richard Leonard Kuklinski was a dreaded American contract killer |
Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski was a German-born American novelist, short story writer and poet
Corey Haim
Corey Ian Haim was a Canadian actor who was quite popular during the 1980s as a teen idol
Lou Costello
Louis Francis ‘Lou’ Cristillo, better known by stage name Lou Costello, was a famous American burlesque comedian and actor
John Candy
John Candy was a Canadian actor known for his work in Hollywood films
John Philip Sousa
John Philip Sousa was an American composer and conductor who was renowned for his unmatched mastery in military march compositions
George Stevens
George Stevens was an American director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer
Frank Sherwood Rowland
Frank Sherwood Rowland was an American chemist who won the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Robert Siodmak
Robert Siodmak was a German film director who made a number of films in America and Europe
Frits Zernike
Fritz Zernike, also known as Fredrik Zernike, was a Dutch mathematician and physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1953