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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[45 BC]] – [[Gnaeus Pompeius (son of Pompey the Great)|Gnaeus Pompeius]], Roman general and politician (b. 75 BC) * [[352]] – [[Pope Julius I|Julius I]], pope of the Catholic Church<ref>{{cite book|author=Karl Joseph von Hefele|title=A History of the Councils of the Church: A.D. 326 to A.D. 429|url=https://archive.org/details/ahistorycouncil00oxengoog|year=1876|publisher=T. & T. Clark|pages=[https://archive.org/details/ahistorycouncil00oxengoog/page/n218 200]}}</ref> * [[434]] – [[Maximianus of Constantinople|Maximianus]], archbishop of Constantinople * [[901]] – [[Eudokia Baïana]], Byzantine empress and wife of [[Leo VI the Wise|Leo VI]] *[[1125]] – [[Vladislaus I, Duke of Bohemia]] (b. 1065) *[[1167]] – [[Charles VII of Sweden|Charles VII]], [[king of Sweden]] (b. c. 1130) *[[1256]] – [[Margaret of Bourbon, Queen of Navarre]], regent of Navarre (b. c. 1217) *[[1443]] – [[Henry Chichele]], English archbishop (b. 1364) *[[1500]] – [[Leonhard of Gorizia]], Count of Gorz (b. 1440) *[[1530]] – [[Joanna La Beltraneja]], Princess of Castile (b. 1462) *[[1550]] – [[Claude, Duke of Guise]] (b. 1496) *[[1555]] – [[Joanna of Castile|Joanna]], Queen of Castile and Aragon (b. 1479) ===1601–1900=== *[[1675]] – [[Richard Bennett (Governor)|Richard Bennett]], English politician, [[List of colonial governors of Virginia|colonial Governor of Virginia]] (b. 1609) *[[1684]] – [[Nicola Amati]], Italian instrument maker (b. 1596) *[[1687]] – [[Ambrose Dixon]], English-American soldier (b. 1619) *[[1704]] – [[Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet]], French bishop and theologian (b. 1627) *[[1748]] – [[William Kent]], English architect, designed [[Holkham Hall]] and [[Chiswick House]] (b. 1685) *[[1782]] – [[Metastasio]], Italian-Austrian poet and composer (b. 1698) *[[1788]] – [[Carlo Antonio Campioni]], French-Italian composer (b. 1719) *[[1795]] – [[Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée]], Bavarian general (b. 1710) *[[1814]] – [[Charles Burney]], English composer and historian (b. 1726) *[[1817]] – [[Charles Messier]], French astronomer and academic (b. 1730) *[[1850]] – [[Adoniram Judson]], American lexicographer and missionary (b. 1788) *[[1866]] – [[Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood]], English politician, founded [[Fleetwood]] (b. 1801) *[[1872]] – [[Nikolaos Mantzaros]], Greek composer and theorist (b. 1795) *[[1878]] – [[William M. Tweed]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1823) *[[1879]] – [[Richard Taylor (Confederate general)|Richard Taylor]], Confederate general (b. 1826) *[[1885]] – [[William Crowther (Australian politician)|William Crowther]], Dutch-Australian politician, 14th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1817)<ref>{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last1=Crowther |first1=W. E. L. H. |title=Crowther, William Lodewyk (1817–1885) |id2=crowther-william-lodewyk-3297 |access-date=18 August 2019}}</ref> *[[1898]] – [[Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau]], Canadian cardinal (b. 1820) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Marie Alfred Cornu]], French physicist and academic (b. 1842) *[[1906]] – [[Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya]], Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836) *[[1912]] – [[Clara Barton]], American nurse and humanitarian, founded the [[American Red Cross]] (b. 1821) *[[1920]] – [[Vlasis Gavriilidis]], Greek jourtnalist (b. 1848)<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-08-22 |title=Historical Observations: Vlasis Gavriilidis’ Story |url=https://www.thenationalherald.com/historical-observations-vlasis-gavriilidis-story/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=The National Herald |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1933]] – [[Adelbert Ames]], American general and politician, 30th [[Governor of Mississippi]] (b. 1835) *[[1937]] – [[Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan]], Turkish playwright and poet (b. 1852) *[[1938]] – [[Feodor Chaliapin]], Russian opera singer (b. 1873) *[[1943]] – [[Viktor Puskar]], Estonian colonel (b. 1889) *[[1945]] – [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], American lawyer and politician, 32nd [[President of the United States]] (b. 1882) *[[1953]] – [[Lionel Logue]], Australian actor and therapist (b. 1880) *[[1962]] – [[Ron Flockhart (racing driver)|Ron Flockhart]], Scottish racing driver (b. 1923) *[[1966]] – [[Sydney Allard]], English racing driver and founder of the [[Allard Motor Company|Allard]] car company (b. 1910) *[[1968]] – [[Heinrich Nordhoff]], German engineer (b. 1899) *[[1971]] – [[Ed Lafitte]], American baseball player and dentist (b. 1886) *[[1973]] – [[Arthur Freed]], American songwriter and producer (b. 1894) *[[1975]] – [[Josephine Baker]], French actress, activist, and humanitarian (b. 1906) *[[1976]] – [[Christos Kakkalos]], Greek mountain guide (b. 1882)<ref>{{cite news |title=Χρήστος Κάκαλος: Πέθανε σαν σήμερα ο πρώτος αλπινιστής που πάτησε στην κορυφή του Ολύμπου |url=https://www.tanea.gr/2022/04/12/people/xristos-kakalos-pethane-san-simera-o-protos-alpinistis-pou-patise-stin-koryfi-tou-olympou/ |access-date=27 June 2022 |publisher=[[Τα Νέα]] |date=12 April 2022 |archive-date=27 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627173036/https://www.tanea.gr/2022/04/12/people/xristos-kakalos-pethane-san-simera-o-protos-alpinistis-pou-patise-stin-koryfi-tou-olympou/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1977]] – [[Philip K. Wrigley]], American businessman, co-founded [[Lincoln Park Gun Club]] (b. 1894) *[[1980]] – [[William R. Tolbert, Jr.]], Liberian politician, 20th [[President of Liberia]] (b. 1913) *[[1981]] – [[Prince Yasuhiko Asaka]] of Japan (b. 1887) * 1981 – [[Joe Louis]], American boxer and wrestler (b. 1914) *[[1983]] – [[Jørgen Juve]], Norwegian football player and journalist (b. 1906) * 1983 – [[Carl Morton]], American baseball player (b. 1944) *[[1984]] – [[Edwin T. Layton]], American admiral and [[cryptanalysis|cryptanalyst]] (b. 1903) *[[1986]] – [[Valentin Kataev]], Russian author and playwright (b. 1897) *[[1988]] – [[Colette Deréal]], French singer and actress (b. 1927) * 1988 – [[Alan Paton]], South African historian and author (b. 1903) *[[1989]] – [[Abbie Hoffman]], American activist, co-founded [[Youth International Party]] (b. 1936) * 1989 – [[Sugar Ray Robinson]], American boxer (b. 1921) *[[1992]] – [[Ilario Bandini]], Italian racing driver and businessman (b. 1911) *[[1997]] – [[George Wald]], American neurologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1906) *[[1998]] – [[Robert Ford (poet)|Robert Ford]], Canadian poet and diplomat (b. 1915) *[[1999]] – [[Boxcar Willie]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1931) *[[2001]] – [[Harvey Ball]], American illustrator, created the [[smiley]] (b. 1921) *[[2002]] – [[George Shevelov]], Ukrainian-American linguist and philologist (b. 1908) *[[2004]] – [[Moran Campbell]], Canadian physician and academic, invented the [[venturi mask]] (b. 1925) *[[2006]] – [[William Sloane Coffin]], American minister and activist (b. 1924) *[[2007]] – [[Kevin Crease]], Australian journalist (b. 1936) *[[2008]] – [[Cecilia Colledge]], English-American figure skater and coach (b. 1920) * 2008 – [[Patrick Hillery]], Irish physician and politician, 6th [[President of Ireland]] (b. 1923) * 2008 – [[Jerry Zucker (businessman)|Jerry Zucker]], Israeli-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1949) * [[2009]] – [[Marilyn Chambers]], American actress <ref>{{cite web | title= Marilyn Chambers, Sex Star, Dies at 56 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/movies/14chambers.html | publisher=[[The New York Times]] | access-date=15 April 2025}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[Michel Chartrand]], Canadian trade union leader (b. 1916) * 2010 – [[Werner Schroeter]], German director and screenwriter (b. 1945) *[[2011]] – [[Karim Fakhrawi]], Bahraini journalist, co-founded ''[[Al-Wasat (Bahraini newspaper)|Al-Wasat]]'' (b. 1962) *[[2012]] – [[Mohit Chattopadhyay]], Indian poet and playwright (b. 1934) * 2012 – [[Rodgers Grant]], American pianist and composer (b. 1935) *[[2013]] – [[Robert Byrne (chess player)|Robert Byrne]], American chess player and author (b. 1928) * 2013 – [[Johnny du Plooy]], South African boxer (b. 1964) * 2013 – [[Michael France]], American screenwriter (b. 1962) * 2013 – [[Brennan Manning]], American priest and author (b. 1934) * 2013 – [[Annamária Szalai]], Hungarian journalist and politician (b. 1961) * 2013 – [[Ya'akov Yosef]], Israeli rabbi and politician (b. 1946) *[[2014]] – [[Pierre Autin-Grenier]], French author and poet (b. 1947) * 2014 – [[Pierre-Henri Menthéour]], French cyclist (b. 1960) * 2014 – [[Maurício Alves Peruchi]], Brazilian footballer (b. 1990) * 2014 – [[Hal Smith (catcher)|Hal Smith]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1931) * 2014 – [[Billy Standridge]], American race car driver (b. 1953) *[[2015]] – [[Paulo Brossard]], Brazilian jurist and politician (b. 1924) * 2015 – [[Patrice Dominguez]], Algerian-French tennis player and trainer (b. 1950) * 2015 – [[Alfred Eick]], German commander (b. 1916) * 2015 – [[André Mba Obame]], Gabonese politician (b. 1957) *[[2016]] – [[Mohammad Al Gaz]], Emirati politician & diplomat (b. 1930) * 2016 – [[Anne Jackson]], American actress (b. 1925) *[[2017]] – [[Charlie Murphy (actor)|Charlie Murphy]], American actor and comedian (b. 1959) *[[2020]] – [[Tarvaris Jackson]], American football player (b. 1983)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pattra |first1=Kevin |title=Former NFL QB Tarvaris Jackson dies in car crash |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/former-nfl-qb-tarvaris-jackson-dies-in-car-crash-0ap3000001109122 |website=NFL |access-date=13 April 2020 |archive-date=16 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516115026/https://www.nfl.com/news/former-nfl-qb-tarvaris-jackson-dies-in-car-crash-0ap3000001109122 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Joseph Siravo]], American actor and producer (b. 1955)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-04-12|title=Joseph Siravo: The Sopranos and Jersey Boys star dies aged 64|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56716261|access-date=2021-04-12|archive-date=2021-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412094749/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56716261|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Gilbert Gottfried]], American comedian, actor, and singer (b. 1955)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hamedy |first=Saba |title=Gilbert Gottfried, iconic comedian, dies at 67 after long illness |website=[[NBC News]] |date=23 May 2022 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/gilbert-gottfried-iconic-comedian-dies-67-long-illness-rcna24111 |access-date=12 April 2022 |archive-date=12 April 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220412210429/https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/gilbert-gottfried-iconic-comedian-dies-67-long-illness-rcna24111 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Roberto Cavalli]], Italian fashion designer and inventor (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roberto Cavalli, Italian Fashion Designer, Dead at 83: 'A Life Lived with Love' |url=https://people.com/fashion-designer-roberto-cavalli-dead-at-83-8630881 |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=Peoplemag |language=en |archive-date=2024-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413052546/https://people.com/fashion-designer-roberto-cavalli-dead-at-83-8630881 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2024 – [[Eleanor Coppola]], American filmmaker (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-12 |title=Eleanor Coppola, matriarch of a filmmaking family, dies at 87 |url=https://apnews.com/article/eleanor-coppola-dead-d1174964d8fef8a1b63ced6a9387f62b |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=2024-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413003101/https://apnews.com/article/eleanor-coppola-dead-d1174964d8fef8a1b63ced6a9387f62b |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2024 – [[Robert MacNeil]], Canadian-American journalist and author (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/business/media/robert-macneil-dead.html|title=Robert MacNeil, Earnest News Anchor for PBS, Dies at 93|last=Jensen|first=Elizabeth|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 12, 2024|access-date=April 13, 2024|archive-date=April 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413015741/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/business/media/robert-macneil-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2025 –[[Pilita Corrales]], Filipino singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evangelista |first=Jessica Ann |date=2025-04-12 |title=Pilita Corrales, Asia’s Queen of Songs, dies at 87 |url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/605200/pilita-corrales-asias-queen-of-songs-dies-at-85 |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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