Deaths on 19 September
2000s
John Challis
2021
English actor (1942–2021)
Jimmy Greaves
2021
English footballer (1940–2021)
Dinky Soliman
2021
Filipino politician, activist, and social worker (1953–2021)
John Turner
2020
Prime Minister of Canada in 1984
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
2019
President of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011
Arthur Mitchell (dancer)
2018
American ballet dancer and choreographer (1934–2018)
Bunny Carr
2018
Irish television presenter (1927–2018)
Leonid Kharitonov (singer)
2017
Russian choir-soloist and concert singer
Jackie Collins
2015
English novelist (1937–2015)
Todd Ewen
2015
Canadian ice hockey player (1966–2015)
Masajuro Shiokawa
2015
Japanese politician
Audrey Long
2014
American actress (1922–2014)
Robert Barnard
2013
English novelist
John Reger
2013
American football player (1931–2013)
William Ungar
2013
Polish-American author and philanthropist (1913–2013)
John D. Vanderhoof
2013
American politician
Hiroshi Yamauchi
2013
Japanese businessman (1927–2013)
Rino Ferrario
2012
Italian footballer (1926–2012)
Itamar Singer
2012
Romanian-born Israeli historian (1946–2012)
Earl R. Fox
2012
Last active American service member to have served in World War II
Thomas Capano
2011
Disbarred American lawyer, convicted murderer
Dolores Hope
2011
American singer, entertainer, philanthropist (1909–2011)
George Cadle Price
2011
Leader of Belize (1961–1984, 1989–1993)
Milton Meltzer
2009
American historian and author (1915–2009)
Eduard Zimmermann
2009
German journalist and television presenter
Earl Palmer
2008
American drummer (1924–2008)
Elizabeth Allen (actress)
2006
American actor (1929–2006)
Danny Flores
2006
American musician (1929–2006)
Martha Holmes (photographer)
2006
American photographer (1923–2006)
Roy Schuiten
2006
Dutch cyclist (1950–2006)
Eddie Adams (photographer)
2004
American photographer (1933–2004)
Skeeter Davis
2004
American singer (1931–2004)
Damayanti Joshi
2004
Indian dancer (1928–2004)
Ellis Marsalis Sr.
2004
American businessman
Slim Dusty
2003
Australian country music singer-songwriter (1927–2003)
Robert Guéï
2002
1999–2000 military president of Côte d'Ivoire
Rhys Jones (archaeologist)
2001
Welsh-Australian archeologist
Ann Doran
2000
American actress (1911–2000)
1900s
Patricia Hayes
1998
British actress (1909–1998)
Orville Redenbacher
1995
American businessman (1907–1995)
Jacques Pic
1992
French chef (1932–1992)
Hermes Pan
1990
American dancer and choreographer
Willie Steele
1989
American long jumper
Einar Gerhardsen
1987
Prime minister of Norway (1945–1951, 1955–1963, 1963–1965)
Italo Calvino
1985
Italian author (1923–1985)
Étienne Gilson
1978
French historian and philosopher (1884–1978)
Pamela Brown (actress)
1975
British actress (1917–1975)
Gram Parsons
1973
American singer-songwriter (1946–1973)
Robert Casadesus
1972
French pianist and composer (1899–1972)
Chester Carlson
1968
American physicist and inventor (1906–1968)
Red Foley
1968
American country musician (1910–1968)
Zinaida Serebriakova
1967
Russian painter (1884–1967)
Lionel Terray
1965
French climber and mountaineer
John Dingell Sr.
1955
American politician (1894–1955)
George Shiels
1949
Irish dramatist (1881–1949)
Nikos Skalkottas
1949
Greek composer
Guy Gibson
1944
Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1918–1944)
Condé Nast (businessman)
1942
American publisher (1873–1942)
Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande
1936
Musical artist
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
1935
Russian scientist (1857–1935)
Michael Ancher
1927
Danish painter (1849–1927)
Alick Bannerman
1924
Australian cricketer
Maria Georgina Grey
1906
British educationist and writer
Thomas John Barnardo
1905
Philanthropist, founder and director of homes for poor children
Masaoka Shiki
1902
Japanese poet, author, and literary critic
1800s
Alexander Tilloch Galt
1893
Canadian Father of Confederation (1817–1893)
James A. Garfield
1881
President of the United States in 1881
Sir Robert Mackenzie, 10th Baronet
1873
Australian politician
William Sprague (Michigan politician)
1868
American politician
Hans Christian Heg
1863
19th century American politician
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis
1843
French mathematician, mechanical engineer, and scientist
Mayer Amschel Rothschild
1812
German banker (1744–1812)
Before 1800
Ole Rømer
1710
Danish astronomer (1644–1710)
Giles Corey
1692
English farmer accused of witchcraft (c. 1611 – 1692)
William Waller
1668
English soldier and politician (c. 1598-1668)
Edward Lewknor (died 1605)
1605
English politician
Jean-Antoine de Baïf
1589
French poet (1532–1589)
Katherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk
1580
English noblewoman and courtier (1519–1580)
Peter I, Duke of Bourbon
1356
Duke of Bourbon (1311–1356)
Walter VI, Count of Brienne
1356
Duke of Athens and Governor of Florence (c. 1304–1356)
Emperor Go-Daigo
1339
Emperor of Japan from 1318 to 1339
Igor II of Kiev
1147
Grand Prince of Kiev in 1146
Emperor Taizu of Jin
1123
Emperor of Jin from 1115 to 1123
Gotofredo I (archbishop of Milan)
979
Helena Lekapene
961
Byzantine empress from 919 to 959
Theodore of Tarsus
690
Archbishop of Canterbury from 668 to 690, Christian saint
Goeric of Metz
643