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===1901–present=== *[[1914]] – [[Paul Heyse]], German author, poet, and translator, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1830) *[[1917]] – [[Bryn Lewis]], Welsh international rugby player (b. 1891) *[[1923]] – [[Topal Osman]], Turkish colonel (b. 1883) *[[1928]] – [[Theodore William Richards]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1868) *[[1930]] – [[Zewditu I]] of Ethiopia (b. 1876) *[[1933]] – [[Ranjitsinhji]], Indian cricketer (b. 1872) *[[1936]] – [[Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne]], French general (b. 1860) *[[1942]] – [[Édouard Estaunié]], French novelist (b. 1862) *[[1948]] – [[Sabahattin Ali]], Turkish journalist, author, and poet (b. 1907) *[[1953]] – [[Hugo Sperrle]], German field marshal (b. 1885) *[[1954]] – [[Hoyt Vandenberg]], US Air Force general (b. 1899) *[[1966]] – [[C. S. Forester]], English novelist (b. 1899) *[[1972]] – [[Franz Halder]], German general (b. 1884) * 1972 – [[Toshitsugu Takamatsu]], Japanese martial artist and educator (b. 1887) *[[1974]] – [[Georges Pompidou]], French banker and politician, 19th [[President of France]] (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite news |last=Robertson |first=Nan |date=3 April 1974 |title=President Pompidou Dead after almost Five Years as De Gaulle's Successor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/03/archives/president-pompidou-dead-after-almost-five-years-as-de-gaulles.html |url-status=live |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=3 April 2019 |archive-date=3 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403074933/https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/03/archives/president-pompidou-dead-after-almost-five-years-as-de-gaulles.html }}</ref> *[[1977]] – [[Walter Wolf (politician)|Walter Wolf]], German academic and politician (b. 1907) *[[1987]] – [[Buddy Rich]], American drummer, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1917)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jazz Drummer Buddy Rich Dies at Age 69|url=https://apnews.com/article/0a94ae62b9d13dbaf4d0183438b19f8b|access-date=October 15, 2020|website=[[AP News]]}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Manolis Angelopoulos]], Greek singer (b. 1939) *[[1992]] – [[Juanito (footballer, born 1954)|Juanito]], Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1954) * 1992 – [[Jan van Aartsen]], Dutch politician (b. 1909) *[[1994]] – [[Betty Furness]], American actress, consumer advocate, game show panelist, television journalist and television personality (b. 1916) * 1994 – [[Marc Fitch]], British historian and philanthropist (b. 1908) *[[1995]] – [[Hannes Alfvén]], Swedish physicist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite work|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/05/obituaries/hannes-alfven-86-founder-of-field-in-physics-is-dead.html|author=Walter Sullivan|title=Hannes Alfven, 86, Founder Of Field in Physics, Is Dead|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 5, 1995}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]], Japanese director and producer (b. 1910) *[[1998]] – [[Rob Pilatus]], American-German singer-songwriter (b. 1965)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/millivanilli/articles/story/5927796/milli_vanillis_pilatus_dead_at_33|title=Milli Vanilli's Pilatus Dead at 32|date=7 April 1998|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=25 July 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622144027/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/millivanilli/articles/story/5927796/milli_vanillis_pilatus_dead_at_33|archive-date=22 June 2008}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Charles Daudelin]], Canadian sculptor and painter (b. 1920) *[[2002]] – [[Levi Celerio]], Filipino composer and songwriter (b. 1910) * 2002 – [[John R. Pierce]], American engineer and author (b. 1910) *[[2003]] – [[Edwin Starr]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1942) *[[2004]] – [[John Argyris]], Greek computer scientist, engineer, and academic (b. 1913) *[[2005]] – [[Lillian O'Donnell]], American crime novelist (b. 1926)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/04/classified/paid-notice-deaths-odonnell-lillian.html|title=O'DONNELL, LILLIAN|date=2005-04-04|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-01-29|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2005 – [[Pope John Paul II]] (b. 1920) *[[2006]] – [[Lloyd Searwar]], Guyanese anthologist and diplomat (b. 1925) *[[2007]] – [[Henry L. Giclas]], American astronomer and academic (b. 1910) *[[2008]] – [[Yakup Satar]], Turkish World War I veteran (b. 1898) *[[2009]] – [[Albert Sanschagrin]], Canadian bishop (b. 1911) * 2009 – [[Bud Shank]], American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite news |title=Bud Shank, Jazz Saxophonist, Is Dead at 82 |first=Bruce |last=Weber |date=April 7, 2009 |access-date=April 7, 2009 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/arts/music/07shank.html}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[Chris Kanyon]], American wrestler (b. 1970) *[[2011]] – [[John C. Haas]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1918) *[[2012]] – [[Jesús Aguilarte]], Venezuelan captain and politician (b. 1959) * 2012 – [[Elizabeth Catlett]], American-Mexican sculptor and illustrator (b. 1915) * 2012 – [[Mauricio Lasansky]], American graphic designer and academic (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/08/arts/design/mauricio-lasansky-master-printmaker-dies-at-97.html?_r=0 | title = Mauricio Lasansky, Master Printmaker, Dies at 97 | first = Margalit | last = Fox | date = 7 April 2012 | access-date = 15 July 2015 | work = New York Times}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Fred (cartoonist)|Fred]], French author and illustrator (b. 1931) * 2013 – [[Jesús Franco]], Spanish director, screenwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1930) * 2013 – [[Milo O'Shea]], Irish-American actor (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22011629|title=Milo O'Shea dies after a short illness|date=April 3, 2013|website=BBC News|access-date=January 21, 2022}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Urs Widmer]], Swiss author and playwright (b. 1938)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/feuilleton/uebersicht/schriftsteller-urs-widmer-gestorben-1.18276311 |title=Der Schriftsteller Urs Widmer gestorben |work=[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]] |author=Roman Bucheli |date=3 April 2014 |language=de |access-date=3 April 2014}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Manoel de Oliveira]], Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908) * 2015 – [[Robert H. Schuller]], American pastor and author (b. 1926) * 2015 – [[Steve Stevaert]], Belgian businessman and politician, [[Governor of Limburg]] (b. 1954) *[[2016]] – [[Gallieno Ferri]], Italian comic book artist and illustrator (b. 1929) * 2016 – [[Robert Abajyan]], Armenian sergeant (b. 1996) *[[2017]] – [[Alma Delia Fuentes]], Mexican actress (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Entre la basura y el olvido, el triste final de Alma Delia Fuentes, figura de la Época de Oro|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/entretenimiento/2021/04/02/entre-la-basura-y-el-olvido-el-triste-final-de-alma-delia-fuentes-figura-de-la-epoca-de-oro/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-18|website=infobae|date=2 April 2021|language=es-ES|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402071124/https://www.infobae.com/america/entretenimiento/2021/04/02/entre-la-basura-y-el-olvido-el-triste-final-de-alma-delia-fuentes-figura-de-la-epoca-de-oro/ |archive-date=2021-04-02 }}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Simon Bainbridge]], British composer (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-13|title=Simon Bainbridge obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/13/simon-bainbridge-obituary|access-date=2021-04-18|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Estelle Harris]], American actress and comedian (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/estelle-harris-dead-seinfelds-estelle-costanza-was-93-1234993091/|title=Estelle Harris Dies: Seinfeld's Estelle Costanza, 'Toy Story' Franchise's Mrs. Potato Head Was 93|first1=Matt|last1=Grobar|date=April 3, 2022 |access-date=April 3, 2022}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Jerry Abbott]], American country music songwriter and record producer (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kennelty |first=Greg |date=2024-04-03 |title=JERRY ABBOTT, Father Of DIMEBAG & VINNIE PAUL, Dead At 80 |url=https://metalinjection.net/this-is-just-a-tribute/jerry-abbott-father-of-dimebag-vinnie-paul-dead-at-80 |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=Metal Injection |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[John Barth]], American writer (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Harrison |date=2024-04-03 |title=John Barth, novelist who orchestrated literary fantasies, dies at 93 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/04/02/john-barth-author-dead-obituary/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> *2024 – [[Maryse Condé]], Guadeloupean novelist, critic, and playwright (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-04-02 |title=Maryse Condé: Author who won 'alternative Nobel Literature Prize' dies at 90 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68712276 |access-date=2024-04-02 |language=en-GB}}</ref> *2024 – [[Christopher Durang]], American playwright (b. 1949)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Greg |date=2024-04-03 |title=Christopher Durang Dies: Playwright With A Genius For The Absurd Was 75 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/christopher-durang-dead-playwright-1235872874/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[Larry Lucchino]], American attorney and baseball executive (b. 1945)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-02 |title=Former Red Sox CEO Larry Lucchino dies at 78 |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39859714/larry-lucchino-former-president-ceo-red-sox-dies-78 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[John Sinclair (poet)|John Sinclair]], American poet (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Legaspi |first=Althea |date=2024-04-02 |title=John Sinclair, Poet, MC5 Manager, and Activist, Dead at 82 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/john-sinclair-dead-obit-1234997977/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[Juan Vicente Pérez]], Venezuelan supercentenarian (b. 1909)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maglov |first=Stefan |date=2024-04-02 |title=Juan Vicente Pérez Mora, World's Oldest Man Dies at 114 |url=https://longeviquest.com/2024/04/worlds-oldest-man-dies-at-114/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=LongeviQuest |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Khamtai Siphandone]], Laotian politician, 4th [[President of Laos]] (b. 1924)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Souvannasane |first=Thongsavanh |date=April 2, 2025 |title=Former President Khamtai Siphandone Passes Away at 101 |url=https://laotiantimes.com/2025/04/02/former-president-khamtai-siphandone-passes-away-at-101/ |access-date=April 3, 2025 |website=Laotian Times |language=en-US}}</ref> <!-- Please do not add non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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