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October 16 2016

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Adolf Hnatek🇦🇹
deceased
Austrian astronomer (1876-1960) · 1876–1960
Days lived
30,811
Alfred Jodl🇩🇪
deceased
politician · 1890–1946
Days lived
20,612
Alfred Rosenberg
deceased
Notable Trials · 1893–1946
Days lived
19,634
Barrington Moore, Jr.🇺🇸
deceased
American historian and sociologist · 1913–2005
Days lived
33,760
Bruno Lechowski🇵🇱
deceased
Polish-born painter and musician · 1887–1941
Days lived
19,918
Cäsar Flaischlen🇩🇪
deceased
German poet (1864-1920) · 1864–1920
Days lived
20,610
Charley Burley🇺🇸
deceased
American boxer (1917–1992) · 1917–1992
Days lived
27,434
Deborah Kerr🇬🇧
deceased
British actress (1921–2007) · 1921–2007
Days lived
31,427
Dimitri Salachas🇬🇷
deceased
Greek Eastern Catholic bishop (1939–2023) · 1939–2023
Days lived
30,812
Ed Lauter🇺🇸
deceased
actor · 1938–2013
Days lived
27,380
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
deceased
Notable Trials · 1903–1946
Days lived
15,718
Farkhad Zeynalov
deceased
Soviet turkologist (1929-1984) · 1929–1984
Days lived
20,205
Friedrich Katz🇦🇹
deceased
Austrian-born anthropologist and historian · 1927–2010
Days lived
30,441
Fritz Sauckel
deceased
Notable Trials · 1894–1946
Days lived
18,981
George Marshall🇺🇸
deceased
American army officer and statesman (1880–1959) · 1880–1959
Days lived
28,777
Hans Frank
deceased
Notable Trials · 1900–1946
Days lived
16,947
Hugh Neilson🇬🇧
deceased
Scottish field hockey player (1884-1930) · 1884–1930
Days lived
16,964
Hyun Jae-myung🇰🇷
deceased
South Korean composer · 1902–1960
Days lived
21,132
Jack White🇩🇪
deceased
rapper · 1940–2025
Days lived
31,090
Joachim von Ribbentrop
deceased
Notable Trials · 1893–1946
Days lived
19,526
John Larch🇺🇸
deceased
American film and television actor (1914–2005) · 1914–2005
Days lived
33,250
Joseph Höffner🇩🇪
deceased
German Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal (1906-1987) · 1906–1987
Days lived
29,516
Jules Humbert-Droz🇨🇭
deceased
Swiss communist (1891-1971) · 1891–1971
Days lived
29,242
Julius Streicher
deceased
Notable Trials · 1885–1946
Days lived
22,525
Klaus Doldinger🇩🇪
deceased
German musician, composer, bandleader and saxophonist (1936–2025) · 1936–2025
Days lived
32,664
László Papp🇭🇺
deceased
Hungarian boxer (1926–2003) · 1926–2003
Days lived
28,329
Lukács Árpád Daczó
deceased
(1921–2018) Hungarian Catholic priest and ethnographer · 1921–2018
Days lived
35,582
Navum Trakhtenberg
deceased
Belarusian and Soviet architect (1910-1977) · 1910–1977
Days lived
24,757
Neya Zorkaya🇷🇺
deceased
Soviet and Russian literary and film critic and historian (1924–2006) · 1924–2006
Days lived
30,046
Toše Proeski
deceased
singer-songwriter · 1981–2007
Days lived
9,760
Valdemar Langlet🇸🇪
deceased
Swedish Righteous Among the Nations, publisher and Esperantist (1872-1960) · 1872–1960
Days lived
32,079
Wilhelm Frick
deceased
Notable Trials · 1877–1946
Days lived
25,419
Wilhelm Keitel
deceased
Notable Trials · 1882–1946
Days lived
23,399

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