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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[879]] – [[Louis the Stammerer]], king of West Francia (b. 846) * [[943]] – [[Landulf I of Benevento|Landulf I]], prince of Benevento and Capua * [[948]] – [[Hugh of Italy|Hugh of Arles]], king of Italy *[[1008]] – [[Notker of Liège]], French bishop (b. 940) *[[1216]] – [[Eric X of Sweden|Eric X]], king of Sweden (b. 1180) *[[1282]] – [[Ahmad Fanakati]], chief minister under [[Kublai Khan]] *[[1309]] – [[Elisabeth von Rapperswil]], Swiss countess (b. 1261) *[[1362]] – [[Maud, Countess of Leicester|Maud]], English noblewoman (b. 1339) *[[1500]] – [[Michael Tarchaniota Marullus]], Greek scholar and poet *[[1533]] – [[Frederick I of Denmark|Frederick I]], king of Denmark and Norway (b. 1471) *[[1545]] – [[Costanzo Festa]], Italian composer *[[1585]] – [[Pope Gregory XIII|Gregory XIII]], pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1502)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gregory XIII {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gregory-XIII |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1598]] – [[Jacopo Mazzoni]], Italian philosopher (b. 1548) *[[1599]] – [[Gabrielle d'Estrées]], French mistress of [[Henry IV of France]] (b. 1571) ===1601–1900=== *[[1601]] – [[Mark Alexander Boyd]], Scottish soldier and poet (b. 1562) *[[1619]] – [[Thomas Jones (bishop)|Thomas Jones]], English-Irish archbishop and politician, [[Lord Chancellor of Ireland]] (b. 1550) *[[1640]] – [[Agostino Agazzari]], Italian composer and theorist (b. 1578) *[[1644]] – [[William Brewster (Mayflower passenger)|William Brewster]], English official and pilgrim leader (b. 1566) *[[1646]] – [[Santino Solari]], Swiss architect and sculptor (b. 1576) *[[1667]] – [[Jan Marek Marci]], Czech physician and author (b. 1595) *[[1704]] – [[Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg]], German cardinal (b. 1629) *[[1756]] – [[Giacomo Antonio Perti]], Italian composer (b. 1661) *[[1760]] – [[Jean Lebeuf]], French historian and author (b. 1687) *[[1786]] – [[John Byron]], English admiral and politician, 24th [[List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador|Commodore Governor of Newfoundland]] (b. 1723) *[[1806]] – [[Horatio Gates]], English-American general (b. 1727) *[[1813]] – [[Joseph-Louis Lagrange]], Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1736) *[[1821]] – [[Gregory V of Constantinople]], Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1746)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ec-patr.org/people/grigorios-e-a-10-pr/ | title=Γρηγόριος Ε´ (α) [10 Ἀπρ.] – Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο | date=3 September 2019 }}</ref> *[[1823]] – [[Karl Leonhard Reinhold]], Austrian philosopher and academic (b. 1757) *[[1871]] – [[Lucio Norberto Mansilla]], Argentinian general and politician (b. 1789) *[[1889]] – [[William Crichton (engineer)|William Crichton]], Scottish engineer and shipbuilder (b. 1827)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/William_Crichton|title=William Crichton|website=Grace's Guide|access-date=January 15, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blf.fi/artikel.php?id=4253|title=CRICHTON, William (1827–1889)|work=Biogradiskt lexikon för Finland |access-date=January 15, 2022 |language=sv}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1909]] – [[Algernon Charles Swinburne]], English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (b. 1837) *[[1919]] – [[Emiliano Zapata]], Mexican general (b. 1879) *[[1920]] – [[Moritz Cantor]], German mathematician and historian (b. 1829) *[[1931]] – [[Kahlil Gibran]], Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher (b. 1883) *[[1935]] – [[Rosa Campbell Praed]], Australian novelist (b. 1851) *[[1938]] – [[King Oliver]], American cornet player and bandleader (b. 1885) *[[1942]] – [[Carl Schenstrøm]], Danish actor and director (b. 1881) *[[1943]] – [[Andreas Faehlmann]], Estonian-German sailor and engineer (b. 1898) *[[1945]] – [[Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman]], Dutch printer and typographer (b. 1882) *[[1947]] – [[Charles Nordhoff]], English-American lieutenant and author (b. 1887) *[[1950]] – [[Fevzi Çakmak]], Turkish field marshal and politician, 2nd [[List of Prime Ministers of Turkey|Prime Minister of Turkey]] (b. 1876) *[[1954]] – [[Auguste and Louis Lumière|Auguste Lumière]], French director and producer (b. 1862) * 1954 – [[Oscar Mathisen]], Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888) *[[1955]] – [[Pierre Teilhard de Chardin]], French priest, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1881) *[[1958]] – [[Chuck Willis]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1928) *[[1960]] – [[André Berthomieu]], French director and screenwriter (b. 1903) *[[1962]] – [[Michael Curtiz]], Hungarian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1886) * 1962 – [[Stuart Sutcliffe]], Scottish artist and musician (b. 1940) *[[1965]] – [[Lloyd Casner]], American race car driver, founded [[Casner Motor Racing Division]] (b. 1928) * 1965 – [[Linda Darnell]], American actress (b. 1923) *[[1966]] – [[Evelyn Waugh]], English soldier, novelist, journalist and critic (b. 1903) *[[1968]] – [[Gustavs Celmiņš]], Latvian lieutenant and politician (b. 1899) *[[1969]] – [[Harley Earl]], American businessman (b. 1893) *[[1975]] – [[Walker Evans]], American photographer (b. 1903) * 1975 – [[Marjorie Main]], American actress (b. 1890) *[[1978]] – [[Hjalmar Mäe]], Estonian politician (b. 1901) *[[1979]] – [[Nino Rota]], Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite book|author1=F. Maurice Speed|author2=Speed|title=Film Review: 1979-1980|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jeia-Mi28JwC|date=1 November 1979|publisher=Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated|isbn=978-0-8015-2632-9|page=168}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Kay Medford]], American actress and singer (b. 1919) *[[1981]] – [[Howard Thurman]], American author, philosopher and civil rights activist (b. 1899) *[[1983]] – [[Issam Sartawi]], Palestinian activist (b. 1935) *[[1985]] – [[Zisis Verros]], Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle (b. 1880) *[[1986]] – [[Linda Creed]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1948) *[[1988]] – [[Ezekias Papaioannou]], Greek Cypriot politician (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://e-shocknews.com/?p=50828 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805201920/http://e-shocknews.com/?p=50828 | archive-date=2019-08-05 | title=Εζεκίας Παπαϊωάννου :108 χρόνια από τη γέννηση του | e-SHOCKnews }}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Kevin Peter Hall]], American actor (b. 1955) * 1991 – [[Martin Hannett]], English guitarist and producer (b. 1948) * 1991 – [[Natalie Schafer]], American actress (b. 1900) *[[1992]] – [[Sam Kinison]], American comedian and actor (b. 1953) *[[1993]] – [[Chris Hani]], South African activist and politician (b. 1942) *[[1994]] – [[Sam B. Hall, Jr.]], American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1924) *[[1995]] – [[Morarji Desai]], Indian politician, 4th [[Prime Minister of India]] (b. 1896) *[[1997]] – [[Michael Dorris]], American author and academic (b. 1945) * [[1998]] – [[Seraphim of Athens]], Greek archbishop (b. 1913) *[[1999]] – [[Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat]], German-American biochemist and physician (b. 1910) * 1999 – [[Jean Vander Pyl]], American actress and voice artist (b. 1919) *[[2000]] – [[Peter Jones (actor)|Peter Jones]], English actor and screenwriter (b. 1920) * 2000 – [[Larry Linville]], American actor (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite news |title='M*A*S*H' actor Linville dead at 60 |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/11/larry.linville/ |work=[[CNN]] |date=April 11, 2000 |access-date=April 21, 2018}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Little Eva]], American singer (b. 1943) *[[2004]] – [[Jacek Kaczmarski]], Polish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet (b. 1957) * 2004 – [[Sakıp Sabancı]], Turkish businessman and philanthropist, founded [[Sabancı Holding]] (b. 1933) *[[2005]] – [[Norbert Brainin]], Austrian violinist (b. 1923) * 2005 – [[Scott Gottlieb (musician)|Scott Gottlieb]], American drummer (b. 1970) * 2005 – [[Archbishop Iakovos of America]] (b. 1911) * 2005 – [[Al Lucas (American football)|Al Lucas]], American football player (b. 1978)<ref>{{cite news |last=Foster |first=Chris |title=Arena Football Player Dies After Injury |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-apr-11-sp-arena11-story.html |access-date=June 26, 2012 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=April 11, 2005}}</ref> * 2005 – [[Wally Tax]], Dutch singer-songwriter (b. 1948) *[[2006]] – [[Kleitos Kyrou]], Greek poet and translator (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.timesnews.gr/kleitos-kyroy-otan-stoys-dromoys-vrontoysan-poiisi/ | title=Κλείτος Κύρου: "Όταν στους δρόμους βροντούσαν" | Ποίηση | date=21 February 2022 }}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[Charles Philippe Leblond]], French-Canadian biologist and academic (b. 1910) * 2007 – [[Dakota Staton]], American singer (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite news|title=Obituary: Dakota Staton / Acclaimed vocalist and Pittsburgh native|last=Guidry|first=Nate|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07103/777638-122.stm |work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|access-date=June 7, 2011|date=April 12, 2007}}</ref> *[[2009]] – [[Deborah Digges]], American poet and educator (b. 1950) * 2009 – [[Ioannis Patakis]], Greek politician (b. 1940)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rizospastis.gr/story.do?id=5037615 | title=Rizospastis.gr - "Εφυγε" ο Γιάννης Πατάκης | date=11 April 2009 }}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[List of casualties of the Smolensk air disaster|Casualties in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash included]]: ** [[Ryszard Kaczorowski]], Polish soldier and politician, 6th [[President of the Republic of Poland]] (b. 1919) ** [[Maria Kaczyńska]], Polish economist, [[First Lady of Poland]] (b. 1942) ** [[Lech Kaczyński]], Polish lawyer and politician, 4th [[President of Poland]] (b. 1949) ** [[Anna Walentynowicz]], Ukrainian-Polish journalist and activist (b. 1929) * 2010 – [[Dixie Carter]], American actress and singer (b. 1939) *[[2012]] – [[Raymond Aubrac]], French engineer and activist (b. 1914) * 2012 – [[Barbara Buchholz]], German [[theremin]] player and composer (b. 1959) * 2012 – [[Lili Chookasian]], Armenian-American operatic singer (b. 1921) * 2012 – [[Luis Aponte Martínez]], Puerto Rican cardinal (b. 1922) * 2012 – [[Akin Omoboriowo]], Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1932) *[[2013]] – [[Lorenzo Antonetti]], Italian cardinal (b. 1922) * 2013 – [[Raymond Boudon]], French sociologist and academic (b. 1934) * 2013 – [[Binod Bihari Chowdhury]], Bangladeshi activist (b. 1911) * 2013 – [[Robert Edwards (physiologist)|Robert Edwards]], English physiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1925) * 2013 – [[Olive Lewin]], Jamaican anthropologist, musicologist, and author (b. 1927) * 2013 – [[Gordon Thomas (cyclist)|Gordon Thomas]], English cyclist (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite news|last = Griffiths|first = Kathie|title = Shipley-born Olympic cyclist Gordon 'Tiny' Thomas dies at age of 91|newspaper = [[Telegraph & Argus]]|publisher = [[Newsquest]]|date = 2013-04-16|url = http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10356542.Shipley_born_Olympic_cyclist_Gordon__Tiny__Thomas_dies_at_age_of_91/|access-date = 2013-04-16}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Angela Voigt]], German long jumper (b. 1951) *[[2014]] – [[Dominique Baudis]], French journalist and politician (b. 1947) * 2014 – [[Jim Flaherty]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Finance]] (b. 1949) * 2014 – [[Richard Hoggart]], English author and academic (b. 1918) * 2014 – [[Sue Townsend]], English author and playwright (b. 1946) *[[2015]] – [[Richie Benaud]], Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1930) * 2015 – [[Raúl Héctor Castro]], Mexican-American politician and diplomat, 14th [[Governor of Arizona]] (b. 1916) * 2015 – [[Judith Malina]], German-American actress and director, co-founded [[The Living Theatre]] (b. 1926) * 2015 – [[Rose Francine Rogombé]], Gabonese lawyer and politician, [[List of heads of state of Gabon|President of Gabon]] (b. 1942)<ref>Jacques Jarele Sika, [http://www.gabonews.com/fr/actus/necrologie/article/france-rose-rogombe-a-tire-sa-reverence-a-paris "France : Rose Rogombé a tiré sa révérence à Paris"], Gabonews, 10 April 2015 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> * 2015 – [[Peter Walsh (Australian politician)|Peter Walsh]], Australian farmer and politician, 6th [[Minister for Finance (Australia)|Australian Minister for Finance]] (b. 1935) *[[2016]] – [[Howard Marks]], Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer, and legalisation campaigner (b. 1945) *[[2023]] – [[Al Jaffee]], American cartoonist (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Genzlinger |first1=Neil |title=Al Jaffee, King of the Mad Magazine Fold-In, Dies at 102 |work=The New York Times |date=10 April 2023 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/10/obituaries/al-jaffee-king-of-the-mad-magazine-fold-in-dies-at-102.html |access-date=April 10, 2023}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[O. J. Simpson]], American football player, actor, and broadcaster (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Shapiro |first1=Emily |last2=Chile |first2=Patricio |date=April 11, 2024 |title=OJ Simpson, former football star acquitted of murder, dies at 76 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/oj-simpson-former-football-star-acquitted-murder-dies/story?id=16354000 |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |language=en}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Leo Beenhakker]], Dutch football manager (b. 1942)<ref>[https://nos.nl/artikel/2563112-oud-toptrainer-leo-beenhakker-op-82-jarige-leeftijd-overleden Oud-toptrainer Leo Beenhakker op 82-jarige leeftijd overleden], 10 April 2025 {{in lang|nl}}</ref> *2025 – [[Ted Kotcheff]], Canadian film and television director (b. 1931)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pulver |first=Andrew |date=April 12, 2025 |title=Ted Kotcheff, director of First Blood, Weekend at Bernie’s and Wake in Fright, dies aged 94 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/12/ted-kotcheff-director-of-first-blood-weekend-at-bernies-and-wake-in-fright-dies-aged-94 |access-date=April 17, 2025 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> *2025 – [[Peter Lovesey]], British writer (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 11, 2025 |title=Peter Lovesey, novelist who pioneered the historical whodunnit with his Victorian detective Cribb |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/04/11/peter-lovesey-novelist-cribb-detective-victorian/ |access-date=April 17, 2025 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.-->
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