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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[618]] – [[Emperor Yang of Sui|Yang Guang]], Chinese emperor of the [[Sui dynasty|Sui Dynasty]] (b. 569) * [[678]] – [[Pope Donus|Donus]], pope of the Catholic Church (b. 610) * [[924]] – [[Herman I (archbishop of Cologne)|Herman I]], chancellor and archbishop of Cologne *[[1034]] – [[Romanos III Argyros]], Byzantine emperor (b. 968) *[[1077]] – [[Anawrahta]], king of Burma and founder of the Pagan Empire (b. 1014) *[[1079]] – [[Stanislaus of Szczepanów]], bishop of Kraków (b. 1030) *[[1165]] – [[Stephen IV of Hungary|Stephen IV]], king of Hungary and Croatia<ref>{{cite book|author1=Július Bartl|author2=Dusan Skvarna|title=Slovak History: Chronology & Lexicon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3orG2yZ9mBkC&pg=PA29|year=2002|publisher=Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers|isbn=978-0-86516-444-4|pages=29}}</ref> *[[1240]] – [[Llywelyn the Great]], Welsh prince (b. 1172)<ref>{{cite book|author=Roger Turvey|title=Llywelyn the Great: Prince of Gwynedd|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oRMXAQAAIAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Gwasg Gomer|isbn=978-1-84323-747-1|page=134}}</ref> *[[1349]] – [[Ramadan ibn Alauddin]], first known Muslim from Korea<ref>{{cite journal| author= 박현규 (Park Hyun-kyu) | title = Choegeun balgul-doen Jungguk sojang Haedong gwallyeon geumseongmun: Goryeo-in Isseullam-gyodo Ramadan myobi | script-title = ko:최근 발굴된 중국 소장 海東 관련 금석문: 고려인 이슬람교도 剌馬丹 묘비 | trans-title = A recently discovered Korea-related inscription in China: The epitaph of Ramadan, a Korean Muslim | journal = 중국학논총 | volume = 17 | year = 2004 | pages = 309–324 | url = https://dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE09039250 | access-date = June 8, 2020 | ref = {{harvid|Park H.|2004}}}}</ref> *[[1447]] – [[Henry Beaufort]], Cardinal, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1377) *[[1512]] – [[Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours|Gaston de Foix]], French military commander (b. 1489) *[[1554]] – [[Thomas Wyatt the Younger]], English rebel leader (b. 1521)<ref>{{cite book|author=George Wilson Page|title=The descendants of Robart Page of the king's house: the probable English origins, ancestors, and relatives of George Page of Branford, Connecticut, and Thomas Page of Saco in the Province of Maine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ohCAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=G.W. Page|page=112}}</ref> *[[1587]] – [[Thomas Bromley]], English lord chancellor (b. 1530) ===1601–1900=== *[[1609]] – [[John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley]], English noble (b. 1533) *[[1612]] – [[Emanuel van Meteren]], Flemish historian and author (b. 1535) * 1612 – [[Edward Wightman]], English minister and martyr (b. 1566) *[[1626]] – [[Marino Ghetaldi]], [[Republic of Ragusa|Ragusan]] mathematician and physicist (b. 1568) *[[1712]] – [[Richard Simon (priest)|Richard Simon]], French priest and critic (b. 1638) *[[1723]] – [[John Robinson (bishop of London)|John Robinson]], English bishop and diplomat (b. 1650) *[[1783]] – [[Nikita Ivanovich Panin]], Polish-Russian politician, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Russia)|Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1718) *[[1798]] – [[Karl Wilhelm Ramler]], German poet and academic (b. 1725) *[[1856]] – [[Juan Santamaría]], Costa Rican soldier (b. 1831) *[[1861]] – [[Francisco González Bocanegra]], Mexican poet and composer (b. 1824) *[[1870]] – [[Justo José de Urquiza]], Argentine general, politician and first constitutional president of [[Argentina]] (b. 1801)<ref>{{Citation |year= 1911|title=Urquiza, su vida, su personalidad y su obra|publisher=J. A. Alsina, 1911|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=255oAAAAMAAJ&q=Justo+Jos%C3%A9+de+Urquiza+palacio+san+jose}}</ref> *[[1873]] – [[Edward Canby]], American general (b. 1817) *[[1890]] – [[David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo]], Dutch Talmudist (b. 1808) * 1890 – [[Joseph Merrick]], English man with severe deformities (b. 1862)<ref>{{Citation| title = Death Of 'The Elephant Man' | newspaper=[[The Times]] | date = 16 April 1890|page = 6}}</ref> *[[1894]] – [[Constantin Lipsius]], German architect and theorist (b. 1832) *[[1895]] – [[Julius Lothar Meyer]], German chemist (b. 1830) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Wade Hampton III]], Confederate general and politician, 77th [[Governor of South Carolina]] (b. 1818)<ref>{{cite web |title=Wade Hampton {{!}} Family & Term of Office {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wade-Hampton |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=18 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1903]] – [[Gemma Galgani]], Italian mystic and saint (b. 1878) *[[1906]] – [[James Anthony Bailey]], American businessman, co-founded [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus]] (b. 1847) * 1906 – [[Francis Pharcellus Church]], American journalist and publisher, co-founded ''[[Armed Forces Journal]]'' and ''[[The Galaxy (magazine)|The Galaxy Magazine]]'' (b. 1839) *[[1908]] – [[Henry Bird (chess player)|Henry Bird]], English chess player and author (b. 1829) *[[1916]] – [[Richard Harding Davis]], American journalist and author (b. 1864) *[[1918]] – [[Otto Wagner]], Austrian architect and urban planner (b. 1841) *[[1926]] – [[Luther Burbank]], American botanist and academic (b. 1849) *[[1939]] – [[Kurtdereli Mehmet]], Turkish wrestler (b. 1864) *[[1953]] – [[Kid Nichols]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1869) *[[1954]] – [[Paul Specht]], American violinist and bandleader (b. 1895) *[[1958]] – [[Konstantin Yuon]], Russian painter and educator (b. 1875) *[[1960]] – [[Rosa Grünberg]], Swedish actress (b. 1878) *[[1962]] – [[Ukichiro Nakaya]], Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1900) * 1962 – [[George Poage]], American hurdler and educator (b. 1880) * 1962 – [[Axel Revold]], Norwegian painter (b. 1887)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Axel Revold |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date= 23 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Axel_Revold |language=no|access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[Thomas Farrell (general)|Thomas Farrell]], American general (b. 1891) * 1967 – [[Donald Sangster]], Jamaican lawyer and politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Jamaica]] (b. 1911) *[[1970]] – [[Cathy O'Donnell]], American actress (b. 1923) * 1970 – [[John O'Hara]], American novelist and short story writer (b. 1905) *[[1974]] – [[Ernst Ziegler]], German actor (b. 1894) *[[1977]] – [[Jacques Prévert]], French poet and screenwriter (b. 1900) * 1977 – [[Phanishwar Nath 'Renu']], Indian author and activist (b. 1921) *[[1980]] – [[Ümit Kaftancıoğlu]], Turkish journalist and producer (b. 1935) *[[1981]] – [[Caroline Gordon]], American author and critic (b. 1895) *[[1983]] – [[Dolores del Río]], Mexican actress (b. 1904)<ref>{{cite book|author=Susan Ware|title=Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WSaMu4F06AQC&pg=PA163|year=2004|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-01488-6|pages=163}}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[Edgar V. Saks]], Estonian historian and politician, [[Minister of Education and Research (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Education]] (b. 1910) *[[1985]] – [[Bunny Ahearne]], Irish-born English businessman (b. 1900) * 1985 – [[John Gilroy (artist)|John Gilroy]], English artist and illustrator (b. 1898) * 1985 – [[Enver Hoxha]], Albanian educator and politician, 21st [[List of Prime Ministers of Albania|Prime Minister of Albania]] (b. 1908) *[[1987]] – [[Erskine Caldwell]], American novelist and short story writer (b. 1903) * 1987 – [[Primo Levi]], Italian chemist and author (b. 1919) *[[1990]] – [[Harold Ballard]], Canadian businessman (b. 1903) *[[1991]] – [[Walker Cooper]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1915) * 1991 – [[Bruno Hoffmann]]. German [[glass harp]] player (b. 1913) *[[1992]] – [[James Brown (actor)|James Brown]], American actor and singer (b. 1920) * 1992 – [[Eve Merriam]], American author and poet (b. 1916) * 1992 – [[Alejandro Obregón]], Colombian painter, sculptor, and engraver (b. 1920) *[[1996]] – [[Jessica Dubroff]], American pilot (b. 1988) *[[1997]] – [[Muriel McQueen Fergusson]], Canadian lawyer and politician, [[Speaker of the Senate (Canada)|Canadian Speaker of the Senate]] (b. 1899) * 1997 – [[Wang Xiaobo]], contemporary Chinese novelist and essayist (b. 1952) *[[1999]] – [[William H. Armstrong (author)|William H. Armstrong]], American author and educator (b. 1911) *[[2000]] – [[Diana Darvey]], English actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945) *[[2001]] – [[Harry Secombe]], Welsh-English actor (b. 1921) *[[2003]] – [[Cecil Howard Green]], English-American geophysicist and businessman, founded [[Texas Instruments]] (b. 1900) *[[2005]] – [[André François (cartoonist)|André François]], Romanian-French cartoonist, painter, and sculptor (b. 1915) * 2005 – [[Lucien Laurent]], French footballer and coach (b. 1907) *[[2006]] – [[June Pointer]], American singer (b. 1953) * 2006 – [[DeShaun Holton]], American rapper and actor (b. 1973) *[[2007]] – [[Roscoe Lee Browne]], American actor and director (b. 1922) * 2007 – [[Loïc Leferme]], French diver (b. 1970) * 2007 – [[Janet McDonald]], American lawyer and author (b. 1954) * 2007 – [[Ronald Speirs]], Scottish-American colonel (b. 1920) * 2007 – [[Kurt Vonnegut]], American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kurt Vonnegut {{!}} Biography, Facts, & Books |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kurt-Vonnegut |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2008]] – [[Merlin German]], American sergeant (b. 1985) *[[2009]] – [[Gerda Gilboe]], Danish actress and singer (b. 1914) * 2009 – [[Vishnu Prabhakar]], Indian author and playwright (b. 1912) * 2009 – [[Corín Tellado]], Spanish author (b. 1927) *[[2010]] – [[Julia Tsenova]], Bulgarian pianist and composer (b. 1948) *[[2011]] – [[Larry Sweeney]], American wrestler and manager (b. 1981) *[[2012]] – [[Ahmed Ben Bella]], Algerian soldier and politician, 1st [[President of Algeria]] (b. 1916) * 2012 – [[Roger Caron]], Canadian criminal and author (b. 1938) * 2012 – [[Tippy Dye]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1915) * 2012 – [[Hal McKusick]], American saxophonist, clarinet player, and flute player (b. 1924) * 2012 – [[Agustin Roman]], American bishop (b. 1928) *[[2013]] – [[Don Blackman]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1953) * 2013 – [[Sue Draheim]], American fiddler (b.1949)<ref>Hunt, Ken 2013 [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sue-draheim-widely-admired-folk-violinist-8635048.html Sue Draheim: Widely admired folk violinist] independent.co.uk.</ref> * 2013 – [[Grady Hatton]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1922) * 2013 – [[Thomas Hemsley]], English actor and singer (b. 1927) * 2013 – [[Hilary Koprowski]], Polish-American virologist and immunologist (b. 1916) * 2013 – [[Gilles Marchal]], French singer-songwriter (b. 1944) * 2013 – [[Maria Tallchief]], American ballerina (b. 1925) * 2013 – [[Clorindo Testa]], Italian-Argentinian architect (b. 1923) * 2013 – [[Jonathan Winters]], American comedian, actor and screenwriter (b. 1925) *[[2014]] – [[Rolf Brem]], Swiss sculptor and illustrator (b. 1926) * 2014 – [[Edna Doré]], English actress (b. 1921) * 2014 – [[Bill Henry (baseball, born 1927)|Bill Henry]], American baseball player (b. 1927) * 2014 – [[Lou Hudson]], American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1944) * 2014 – [[Myer S. Kripke]], American rabbi and scholar (b. 1914) * 2014 – [[Sergey Nepobedimy]], Russian engineer (b. 1921) * 2014 – [[Jesse Winchester]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1944) *[[2015]] – [[Jimmy Gunn]], American football player (b. 1948) * 2015 – [[Muhammad Kamaruzzaman]], Bangladeshi journalist and politician (b. 1952) * 2015 – [[François Maspero]], French journalist and author (b. 1932) * 2015 – [[Hanut Singh (soldier)|Hanut Singh]], Indian general (b. 1933) * 2015 – [[Tekena Tamuno]], Nigerian historian and academic (b. 1932) *[[2017]] – [[J. Geils]], American singer and guitarist (b. 1946) * 2017 – [[Mark Wainberg]], Canadian researcher and HIV/AIDS activist (b. 1945) *[[2020]] – [[John Horton Conway]], English mathematician (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/technology/john-horton-conway-dead-coronavirus.html|title=John Horton Conway, a 'Magical Genius' in Math, Dies at 82|first=Siobhan|last=Roberts|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 17, 2020}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Park Bo-ram]], South Korean singer (b. 1994)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Benjamin |first=Jeff |date=2024-04-12 |title=K-Pop Singer-Songwriter Park Boram Found Dead at 30 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/park-boram-k-pop-singer-songwriter-obituary-1235654493/ |access-date=2024-04-13 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Mike Berry (singer)|Mike Berry]], British singer and actor (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Glynn |first=Paul |date=April 11, 2025 |title=Mike Berry: Singer and Are You Being Served? actor dies at 82 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn80zvvy2zvo |access-date=April 17, 2025 |website=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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