Deaths in History on June 14

American general and turncoat (American Revolutionary War), dies of delirium in London at 60

1824 Agustín de Betancourt, Spanish civil engineer (steam engines, hot air balloons), dies at 68

French-born American architect who laid out Washington, D.C., dies at 70

1828 Karl August, grand duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, dies (b. 1757)
1837 Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet and philosopher (The Poems of Leopardi), dies at 38
1864 Leonidas Polk, Lt. Gen. (Confederate Army), killed in action in Battle of Pine Mt at 58
1873 Friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian, dies at 92
1883 Edward FitzGerald, British poet, writer, and translator (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam), dies at 74
1886 Aleksandr Ostrovsky [Alexander Ostrovsky], Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers), dies at 63
1907 Adolf Daens, Belgian priest, politician and founder of the Daensist movement, dies at 69
1908 Frederick Arthur Stanley, Governor general of Canada (b. 1841)
1914 Adlai Stevenson I, American politician (D), 23rd Vice President of the United States (1893-97), dies at 78
1916 João Simões Lopes Neto, Brazilian writer (b. 1865)
1920 Max Weber, German sociologist, economist and historian (Ancient Judaism), dies at 56
1926 Mary Cassatt, American impressionist painter (Woman Bathing), dies at 82
1927 Jerome K. Jerome, English writer (The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow), dies at 68

British suffragette who formed the Women's Social & Political Union (1903), dies at 69

1932 Dorimène Roy Desjardins, Canadian business pioneer
1936 G. K. Chesterton [Gilbert Keith], English writer/poet (Father Brown), dies at 62
1936 Hans Poelzig, German architect (Grosses Schauspielhaus), dies at 67
1938 William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer and Director of Lick Observatory, dies at 76
1941 Pieter J Kromsigt, theologist/publicist (John Knox), dies at 74
1944 Lubor Niederle, Czech archaeologist and anthropologist, dies at 78
1944 Robert H Iseley, US pilot/lt-comdr (Saipan), dies in battle

Scottish inventor and father of the television, dies of a stroke at 57

Italian poet, critic and translator (Nobel 1959), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 66

1971 Carlos P. Garcia, 8th President of the Philippines (1957-61), dies at 74
1975 Pablo Antonio, Filipino modernist architect (b. 1902)
1979 David Butler, American director (April in Paris, Calamity Jane), dies at 84

Argentine short-story writer of fiction (Ficciones, El Aleph, The Book of Sand), essayist and poet, dies in Geneva at 86

1991 Joy Finzi [Joyce A Black], British painter, dies at 84
1993 Vincent T Hamlin, cartoonist (Alley Oop), dies at 93
1994 Denys Hay, British historian, dies at 78
1994 Mark Alexander Lees, rowing Coach, dies at 38
1994 Simon Prior, British auto maker, dies of injuries
1995 Gesualdo Bufalino, novelist, dies at 74
1995 Gordon Greig, British political journalist (Daily Mail), dies at 63
1995 Roger Joseph Zelazny, American poet and sci-fi writer (Chronicles of Amber), dies of cancer at 60
1996 Ted Nightingale, former colonial governor, dies at 91
1997 Henry C Gordon, USAF/astronaut (Dynasoar), dies at 71
1997 Tesslynn O'Cull, American child abuse victim (b. 1995)
2000 Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and writer, dies at 88
2002 June Jordan, Caribbean-American playwright and poet (His Own Where), dies at 65
2004 Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain guide, dies at 103
2005 Mimi Parent, Canadian painter, dies at 80
2006 Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (Boule et Bill), dies at 75

Austrian 4th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1972-81) and 9th President of Austria (1986-92), dies at 88

2007 Robin Olds, American fighter pilot (b. 1922)
2007 Ruth Graham [Bell], American Christian author and wife of evangelist Billy Graham, dies at 87
2008 Rafael del Pino, Spanish entrepreneur, dies at 87
2009 Bob Bogle, founding member of The Ventures
2010 Leonid Kizim, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz T-3, T-10, T-15), dies at 68
2021 Enrique Bolaños, President of Nicaragua (2002-07), dies at 93