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===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Angelo Messedaglia]], Italian social scientist and statistician (b. 1820) *[[1902]] – [[Hans Ernst August Buchner]], German bacteriologist (b. 1850) *[[1904]] – [[Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen|Ernst Leopold]], 4th Prince of Leiningen (b. 1830) * 1904 – [[Frances Power Cobbe]], Irish writer (b. 1822) *[[1906]] – [[Eastman Johnson]], American painter (b. 1824) *[[1914]] – [[Bernard Borggreve]], German forestry scientist (b. 1836) *[[1916]] – [[Maksim Kovalevsky]], Russian sociologist (b. 1851) *[[1918]] – [[George Tupou II]], King of Tonga (b. 1874) * 1918 – [[Paul Vidal de La Blache]], French geographer (b. 1845) *[[1920]] – [[Laurent Marqueste]], French sculptor (b. 1848) *[[1921]] – [[Alphons Diepenbrock]], Dutch composer (b. 1862) * 1921 – [[Sophie Elkan]], Swedish writer and translator (b. 1853) *[[1923]] – [[George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon]], English archaeologist and businessman (b. 1866) *[[1924]] – [[Victor Hensen]], German zoologist (b. 1835) *[[1928]] – [[Roy Kilner]], English cricketer and soldier (b. 1890) * 1928 – [[Viktor Oliva]], Czech painter and illustrator (b. 1861) *[[1929]] – [[Francis Aidan Gasquet]], English Benedictine monk (b. 1846) * 1929 – [[Ludwig von Sybel]], German archeologist (b. 1846) *[[1932]] – [[María Blanchard]], Spanish painter (b. 1881) *[[1933]] – [[Earl Derr Biggers]], American novelist and playwright (b. 1884) * 1933 – [[Hjalmar Mellin]], Finnish mathematician and functional theorist (b. 1854) *[[1934]] – [[Salvatore Di Giacomo]], Italian poet, playwright, songwriter and fascist intellectual (b. 1860) * 1934 – [[Jiro Sato]], Japanese tennis player (b. 1908) *[[1935]] – [[Achille Locatelli]], Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1856) * 1935 – [[Emil Młynarski]], Polish conductor, violinist, composer, and pedagogue (b. 1870) * 1935 – [[Franz von Vecsey]], Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1893) *[[1936]] – [[Chandler Egan]], American golfer and architect (b. 1884) *[[1937]] – [[Gustav Adolf Deissmann]], (b. 1866) * 1937 – [[José Benlliure y Gil]], Spanish painter (b. 1858) *[[1938]] – [[Helena Westermarck]], Finnish artist and writer (b. 1857) * 1938 – [[Verner Lehtimäki]], Finnish revolutionary (b. 1890) *[[1940]] – [[Charles Freer Andrews]], English-Indian priest, missionary, and educator (b. 1871) * 1940 – [[Robert Maillart]], Swiss civil engineer (b. 1872) * 1940 – [[Jay O'Brien (bobsleigh)|Jay O'Brien]], American bobsledder (b. 1883) * 1940 – [[Song Zheyuan]], Chinese general (b. 1885) *[[1941]] – [[Parvin E'tesami]], Persian poet (b. 1907) * 1941 – [[Nigel Gresley]], Scottish-English engineer (b. 1876) * 1941 – [[Franciszek Kleeberg]], Polish general (b. 1888) *[[1945]] – [[Heinrich Borgmann]], German officer (b. 1912) * 1945 – [[Karl-Otto Koch]], German [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] officer (b. 1897) *[[1946]] – [[Vincent Youmans]], American composer and producer (b. 1898) *[[1947]] – [[Bernhard Pankok]], German painter, artist and architect (b. 1872) * 1947 – [[Elis Strömgren]], Swedish-Danish astronomer (b. 1870) *[[1948]] – [[Abby Aldrich Rockefeller]], American socialite and philanthropist (b. 1874) *[[1949]] – [[Erich Zeigner]], [[Prime Minister]] of [[Saxony]] (b. 1886) *[[1950]] – [[Hiroshi Yoshida]], Japanese painter (b. 1876) *[[1952]] – [[Agnes Morton]], British tennis player (b. 1872) *[[1954]] – [[Princess Märtha of Sweden]], (b. 1901) * 1954 – [[Claude Delvincourt]], French pianist and composer (b. 1888) *[[1955]] – [[Tibor Szele]], Hungarian mathematician (b. 1918)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Szele|title=Tibor Szele|website=MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive|access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref> *[[1956]] – [[William Titt]], British gymnast (b. 1881) *[[1958]] – [[Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria]] (b. 1884) * 1958 – [[Ásgrímur Jónsson]], Icelandic painter (b. 1876) * 1958 – [[Isidora Sekulić]], Serbian writer (b. 1877) *[[1961]] – [[Nikolai Kryukov (composer)|Nikolai Kryukov]], Russian composer (b. 1908) *[[1962]] – [[Boo Kullberg]], Swedish gymnast (b. 1889) *[[1963]] – [[Jacobus Oud]], Dutch architect (b. 1890) *[[1964]] – [[James Chapin]], American ornithologist (b. 1889) * 1964 – [[Aloïse Corbaz]], Swiss artist (b. 1886) * 1964 – [[Douglas MacArthur]], American general (b. 1880) *[[1965]] – [[Pedro Sernagiotto]], Italian-Brazilian footballer (b. 1908) * 1965 – [[Sándor Szalay (figure skater)|Sándor Szalay]], Hungarian figure skater (b. 1893) *[[1967]] – [[Mischa Elman]], Ukrainian-American violinist (b. 1891) * 1967 – [[Johan Falkberget]], Norwegian author (b. 1879) * 1967 – [[Hermann Joseph Muller]], American geneticist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1890) * 1967 – [[Herbert Johnston]], British runner (b. 1902) *[[1968]] – [[Félix Couchoro]], Togolese writer (b. 1900) * 1968 – [[Lajos Csordás]], Hungarian footballer (b. 1932) * 1968 – [[Giuseppe Paris]], Italian gymnast (b. 1895) *[[1969]] – [[Alberto Bonucci]], Italian actor and director (b. 1918) * 1969 – [[Rómulo Gallegos]], Venezuelan novelist and politician (b. 1917) * 1969 – [[Ain-Ervin Mere]], Estonian [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] officer (b. 1903) *[[1970]] – [[Louisa Bolus]], South African botanist and taxonomist (b. 1877)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K9FkFg5ogZAC&q=Louisa+Bolus+1877&pg=PA32|title=Ladies in the Laboratory III: South African, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian Women in Science: Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries|last1=Creese|first1=Mary R. S.|last2=Creese|first2=Thomas M.|date=2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810872899|pages=18|language=en}}</ref> * 1970 – [[Alfred Sturtevant]], American geneticist and academic (b. 1891) * 1970 – [[Karl von Spreti]], German diplomat (b. 1907) *[[1971]] – [[José Cubiles]], Spanish pianist and conductor (b. 1894) *[[1972]] – [[Isabel Jewell]], American actress and singer (b. 1907) *[[1973]] – [[David Murray (racing driver)|David Murray]], British race car driver (b. 1909) * 1973 – [[Alla Tarasova]], Russian ballerina (b. 1898) *[[1974]] – [[Bino Bini]], Italian fencer (b. 1900) * 1974 – [[A. Y. Jackson]], Canadian painter (b. 1882) *[[1975]] – [[Tell Berna]], American middle and long-distance runner (b. 1891) * 1975 – [[Victor Marijnen]], Dutch politician (b. 1917) * 1975 – [[Chiang Kai-shek]], Chinese general and politician, 1st [[President of the Republic of China]] (b. 1887) * 1975 – [[Harold Osborn]], American track and fielder (b. 1899) *[[1976]] – [[Howard Hughes]], American pilot, engineer, and director (b. 1905) * 1976 – [[Wilder Penfield]], American-Canadian surgeon and academic (b. 1891) * 1976 – [[Harry Wyld]], British cyclist (b. 1900) *[[1977]] – [[Carlos Prío Socarrás]], [[President of Cuba]], (b. 1903) * 1977 – [[Yuri Zavadsky]], Russian actor and director (b. 1894) *[[1981]] – [[Émile Hanse]], Belgian footballer (b. 1892) * 1981 – [[Bob Hite]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1945) * 1981 – [[Pinchus Kremegne]], French artist (b. 1890) *[[1982]] – [[Abe Fortas]], American lawyer and jurist (b. 1910) *[[1983]] – [[Abd al-Quddus al-Ansari]], Saudi Arabian historian, journalist and writer. (b. 1907)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Maghribi|first1=Muhammad Ali|title=Aʻlām al-Ḥijāz fī al-qarn al-rābiʻ ʻashar lil-Hijrah |script-title=ar:أعلام الحجاز في القرن الرابع عشر والخامس عشر الهجري|trans-title=Eminents of Hejaz in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries AH|date=1993|volume=2|page=204|publisher=Tahama|location=Jedda, KSA|isbn=|edition=first |language=ar}}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[Hans Lunding]], Danish military officer (b. 1899) * 1984 – [[Giuseppe Tucci]], Italian scholar of oriental cultures (b. 1894) *[[1986]] – [[Manly Wade Wellman]], American writer (b. 1903) *[[1987]] – [[Leabua Jonathan]], 2nd [[List of Prime Ministers of Lesotho|Prime Minister of Lesotho]] (b. 1914) *[[1988]] – [[Alf Kjellin]], Swedish actor and director (b. 1920) *[[1989]] – [[Frank Foss (athlete)|Frank Foss]], American pole vaulter (b. 1895) * 1989 – [[Karel Zeman]], Czech director, artist, production designer and animator (b. 1910) *[[1991]] – [[Sonny Carter]], American soccer player, physician, and astronaut (b. 1947) * 1991 – [[Jay Miller (basketball)|Jay Miller]], American basketball player (b. 1943) * 1991 – [[Jiří Mucha]], Czech journalist, writer and screenwriter (b. 1915) * 1991 – [[William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle|William Sidney]], 1st Viscount De L'Isle (b. 1909) * 1991 – [[John Tower]], American soldier, academic, and politician (b. 1925) *[[1992]] – [[Takeshi Inoue (footballer)|Takeshi Inoue]], Japanese footballer (b. 1928) * 1992 – [[Molly Picon]], American actress (b. 1898) * 1992 – [[Sam Walton]], American businessman, founded [[Walmart]] and [[Sam's Club]] (b. 1918) *[[1993]] – [[Divya Bharti]], Indian actress (b. 1974) *[[1994]] – [[Kurt Cobain]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967) *[[1995]] – [[Nicolaas Cortlever]], Dutch chess player (b. 1915) * 1995 – [[Emilio Greco]], Italian sculptor and engraver (b. 1913) * 1995 – [[Christian Pineau]], French Resistance fighter (b. 1904) *[[1996]] – [[Charlene Holt]], American actress (b. 1928) *[[1997]] – [[Allen Ginsberg]], American poet (b. 1926) *[[1998]] – [[Charles Frank (physicist)|Charles Frank]], British theoretical physicist (b. 1911) * 1998 – [[Cozy Powell]], English drummer (b. 1947) *[[1999]] – [[Giulio Einaudi]], Italian book publisher (b. 1912) *[[2000]] – [[Heinrich Müller (footballer, born 1909)|Heinrich Müller]], Austrian footballer (b. 1909) * 2000 – [[Lee Petty]], American race car driver (b. 1914) *[[2001]] – [[Aldo Olivieri]], Italian footballer (b. 1910) *[[2002]] – [[Layne Staley]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1967) * 2002 – [[Kim Won-gyun]], North Korean composer and politician (b. 1917) *[[2003]] – [[Keizo Morishita]], Japanese painter (b. 1944) *[[2004]] – [[Fernand Goyvaerts]], Belgian footballer (b. 1938) * 2004 – [[Sławomir Rawicz]], Polish lieutenant (b. 1915) * 2004 – [[Heiner Zieschang]], German mathematician and academic (b. 1936) *[[2005]] – [[Saul Bellow]], Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1915) * 2005 – [[Robert Borg]], American military officer and equestrian (b. 1913) * 2005 – [[Chung Nam-sik]], South Korean footballer (b. 1917) *[[2006]] – [[Allan Kaprow]], American painter and educator (b. 1927) * 2006 – [[Gene Pitney]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1940) * 2006 – [[Yevgeny Seredin]], Russian swimmer (b. 1958) * 2006 – [[Pasquale Macchi]], Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1923) *[[2007]] – [[Maria Gripe]], Swedish journalist and author (b. 1923) * 2007 – [[Leela Majumdar]], Indian author and academic (b. 1908) * 2007 – [[Werner Maser]], German historian and journalist (b. 1922) * 2007 – [[Mark St. John]], American guitarist (b. 1956) * 2007 – [[Thomas Stoltz Harvey]], American pathologist (b. 1912) *[[2008]] – [[Charlton Heston]], American actor, director, and political activist (b. 1923) *[[2009]] – [[I. J. Good]], British mathematician (b. 1916) *[[2010]] – [[Vitaly Sevastyanov]], Soviet cosmonaut and engineer (b. 1935) *[[2011]] – [[Baruch Samuel Blumberg]], American physician and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925) * 2011 – [[Ange-Félix Patassé]], Central African politician (b. 1937) *[[2012]] – [[Ferdinand Alexander Porsche]], German designer (b. 1935) * 2012 – [[Pedro Bartolomé Benoit]], Dominican Republican politician military officer (b. 1921) * 2012 – [[Jim Marshall (businessman)|Jim Marshall]], English businessman, founded [[Marshall Amplification]] (b. 1923) * 2012 – [[Barney McKenna]], Irish musician (b. 1939) * 2012 – [[Bingu wa Mutharika]], Malawian economist and politician, 3rd [[President of Malawi]] (b. 1934) *[[2013]] – [[Regina Bianchi]], Italian actress (b. 1921) * 2013 – [[Piero de Palma]], Italian tenor and actor (b. 1924) * 2013 – [[Nikolaos Pappas]], Greek Navy admiral (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/635789 | title=Απεβίωσε ο ναύαρχος Νίκος Παππάς | date=4 May 2013 }}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Alan Davie]], Scottish saxophonist and painter (b. 1920) * 2014 – [[Mariano Díaz (cyclist)|Mariano Díaz]], Spanish cyclist (b. 1939) * 2014 – [[Peter Matthiessen]], American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded ''[[The Paris Review]]'' (b. 1927) * 2014 – [[John Pinette]], American comedian (b. 1964) * 2014 – [[José Wilker]], Brazilian actor, director, and producer (b. 1947) *[[2015]] – [[Fredric Brandt]], American dermatologist and author (b. 1949) * 2015 – [[Juan Carlos Cáceres]], Argentinian singer and pianist (b. 1936) *[[2016]] – [[Koço Kasapoğlu]], Turkish footballer (b. 1936) *[[2017]] – [[Attilio Benfatto]], Italian cyclist (b. 1943) * 2017 – [[Arthur Bisguier]], American chess Grandmaster (b. 1929) * 2017 – [[Paul G. Comba]], Italian-American computer scientist and astronomer (b. 1926) * 2017 – [[Makoto Ōoka]], Japanese poet and literary critic (b. 1931) * 2017 – [[Paul O'Neill (producer)|Paul O'Neill]], American rock composer and producer (b. 1956) * 2017 – [[Tim Parnell]], British race car driver (b. 1932) * 2017 – [[Memè Perlini]], Italian actor and director (b. 1947) * 2017 – [[Atanase Sciotnic]], Romanian sprint canoeist (b. 1942) * 2017 – [[Ilkka Sinisalo]], Finnish ice hockey player (b. 1958) *[[2018]] – [[Isao Takahata]], Japanese director (b. 1935) *[[2019]] – [[Sydney Brenner]], South African biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite news|author=Georgina Ferry|url= https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/apr/05/sydney-brenner-obituary |title= Sydney Brenner Obituary |website=The Guardian|date=2019-04-05|access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Paul Ritter (actor)|Paul Ritter]], English actor (b. 1966) *[[2022]] – [[Nehemiah Persoff]], Israeli-American actor (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/nehemiah-persoff-dead-obituary-actor-yentl-gunsmoke-was-102-1234995573/|title=Nehemiah Persoff Dies: Prolific Actor Of 'Yentl', 'The Twilight Zone', 'Gunsmoke' & Many More Was 102|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=April 6, 2022|date=April 6, 2022}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Jimmy Wang Yu]], Taiwanese actor (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-05 |title=The 10 best films of martial arts star Jimmy Wang Yu, who has died aged 79 |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3173159/jimmy-wang-yu-dies-79-martial-arts-superstars-10-best-films |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[C. J. Snare]], American musician and songwriter (b. 1959)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=2024-04-07 |title=FireHouse Singer C.J. Snare Dead at 64 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/firehouse-singer-c-j-snare-dead-obituary-1235000301/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> <!--Please do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.-->
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