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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[548]] – [[Lý Nam Đế]], Vietnamese emperor (b. 503) * [[585]] – [[Hermenegild]], [[Visigoths|Visigothic]] prince and saint<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 November 2024 |title=Hermenegild (święty ; 564-585) |url=https://dbn.bn.org.pl/descriptor-details/9810677289605606 |access-date=28 February 2025 |website=Deskryptory Biblioteki Narodowej |language=pl}}</ref> * [[799]] – [[Paul the Deacon]], Italian monk and historian (b. 720) * [[814]] – [[Krum]], khan of the [[Bulgarian Khanate]] * [[862]] – [[Domnall mac Ailpín|Donald I]], king of the [[Picts]] (b. 812) * [[989]] – [[Bardas Phokas the Younger|Bardas Phokas]], Byzantine general<ref name="Psellos">{{cite book | title=Fourteen Byzantine Rulers: The Chronographia of Michael Psellus | publisher=Penguin Classics | author=Psellus, Michael | year=1966 | location=New York | pages=[https://archive.org/details/fourteenbyzantin00psel/page/400 400] | isbn=978-0-14-0441697 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/fourteenbyzantin00psel/page/400 }}</ref> *[[1035]] – [[Herbert I, Count of Maine]] *[[1093]] – [[Vsevolod I of Kiev]] (b. 1030) *[[1113]] – [[Ida of Lorraine]], saint and noblewoman (b. c. [[1040]]) *[[1138]] – [[Simon I, Duke of Lorraine]] (b. 1076) *[[1213]] – [[Guy of Thouars]], regent of Brittany *[[1275]] – [[Eleanor of Leicester|Eleanor of England]] (b. 1215) *[[1367]] – [[John Tiptoft, 2nd Baron Tibetot]] (b. 1313) *[[1592]] – [[Bartolomeo Ammannati]], Italian architect and sculptor (b. 1511) ===1601–1900=== *[[1605]] – [[Boris Godunov]], [[Tsar of Russia]] (b. 1551) *[[1612]] – [[Sasaki Kojirō]], Japanese samurai (b. 1585) *[[1635]] – [[Fakhr-al-Din II]], Ottoman prince (b. 1572) *[[1638]] – [[Henri, Duke of Rohan]] (b. 1579) *[[1641]] – [[Richard Montagu]], English bishop (b. 1577) *[[1695]] – [[Jean de La Fontaine]], French author and poet (b. 1621)<ref>{{cite book |first1=Alison |last1=Aves |first2=Frank |last2=Northen Magill |first3=Christina J. |last3=Moose|title=Dictionary of World Biography, Volume 4: The 17th and 18th Centuries |location=Chicago, London |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-89356-316-5 |page=783}}</ref> *[[1716]] – [[Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington]], English admiral and politician (b. 1648) *[[1722]] – [[Charles Leslie (nonjuror)|Charles Leslie]], Irish priest and theologian (b. 1650) *[[1793]] – [[Pierre Gaspard Chaumette]], French botanist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1763) *[[1794]] – [[Nicolas Chamfort]], French playwright and poet (b. 1741) *[[1826]] – [[Franz Danzi]], German cellist, composer, and conductor (b. 1763)<ref>{{cite book |first=Melvin |last=Berger |title=Guide to Chamber Music |location=Mineola, NY |publisher=Dover Publications |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-48641-879-7 |page=143}}</ref> *[[1853]] – [[Leopold Gmelin]], German chemist and academic (b. 1788) * 1853 – [[James Iredell, Jr.]], American lawyer and politician, 23rd [[Governor of North Carolina]] (b. 1788) *[[1855]] – [[Henry De la Beche]], English geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1796) *[[1868]] – [[Tewodros II]] of Ethiopia (b. 1818) *[[1880]] – [[Robert Fortune]], Scottish botanist and author (b. 1813) *[[1882]] – [[Bruno Bauer]], German historian and philosopher (b. 1809) *[[1886]] – [[John Humphrey Noyes]], American religious leader, founded the [[Oneida Community]] (b. 1811) *[[1890]] – [[Samuel J. Randall]], American captain, lawyer, and politician, 33rd [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (b. 1828) ===1901–present=== *[[1909]] – [[Whitley Stokes (Celtic scholar)|Whitley Stokes]], Anglo-Irish lawyer and scholar (b. 1830) *[[1910]] – [[William Quiller Orchardson]], Scottish-English painter and educator (b. 1835) *[[1911]] – [[John McLane]], Scottish-American politician, 50th [[Governor of New Hampshire]] (b. 1852) * 1911 – [[George Washington Glick]], American lawyer and politician, 9th [[Governor of Kansas]] (b. 1827) *[[1912]] – [[Takuboku Ishikawa]], Japanese poet and author (b. 1886) *[[1917]] – [[Diamond Jim Brady]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1856) *[[1918]] – [[Lavr Kornilov]], Russian general (b. 1870) *[[1920]] – [[Stefanos Streit]], Greek jurist, banker and politician (b. 1896)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-05-21 |title=ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 1841-2006 ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΟ ΧΡΟΝΟΛΟΓΙΟ |url=http://ha.nbg.gr/IAETE165/SelectedPointOfInterest.aspx?id=656&AnivSubCategory=0&categoryId=1 |access-date=2025-04-13 |language=el |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521203404/http://ha.nbg.gr/IAETE165/SelectedPointOfInterest.aspx?id=656&AnivSubCategory=0&categoryId=1 |archive-date=2015-05-21}}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Georg Voigt (politician)|Georg Voigt]], German politician, [[List of mayors of Frankfurt|Mayor of Frankfurt]] (b. 1866) *[[1936]] – [[Konstantinos Demertzis]], Greek politician 129th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1876) *[[1938]] – [[Grey Owl]], English-Canadian environmentalist and author (b. 1888) *[[1941]] – [[Annie Jump Cannon]], American astronomer and academic (b. 1863) * 1941 – [[William Twaits (soccer)|William Twaits]], Canadian soccer player (b. 1879) *[[1942]] – [[Henk Sneevliet]], Dutch politician (b. 1883) * 1942 – [[Anton Uesson]], Estonian engineer and politician, 17th [[List of mayors of Tallinn|Mayor of Tallinn]] (b. 1879) *[[1944]] – [[Cécile Chaminade]], French pianist and composer (b. 1857) *[[1945]] – [[Ernst Cassirer]], Polish-American philosopher and academic (b. 1874) *[[1954]] – [[Samuel Jones (athlete)|Samuel Jones]], American high jumper (b. 1880) * 1954 – [[Angus Lewis Macdonald]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th [[Premier of Nova Scotia]] (b. 1890) *[[1956]] – [[Emil Nolde]], Danish-German painter and educator (b. 1867) *[[1959]] – [[Eduard van Beinum]], Dutch pianist, violinist, and conductor (b. 1901) *[[1961]] – [[John A. Bennett]], American soldier (b. 1936) *[[1962]] – [[Culbert Olson]], American lawyer and politician, 29th [[Governor of California]] (b. 1876) *[[1964]] – [[Kristian Krefting]], Norwegian footballer and chemical engineer (b. 1891)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kristian Krefting |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26834 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=14 March 2024 }}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[Abdul Salam Arif]], Iraqi colonel and politician, 2nd [[President of Iraq]] (b. 1921) * 1966 – [[Carlo Carrà]], Italian painter (b. 1881) * 1966 – [[Georges Duhamel (author)|Georges Duhamel]], French soldier and author (b. 1884) *[[1967]] – [[Nicole Berger]], French actress (b. 1934) *[[1969]] – [[Ambrogio Gianotti]], Italian partigiano and priest (b. 1901)<ref>https://www.museopartigiano.it/upload/documenti/G/G-17.PDF</ref> * 1969 – [[Alfred Karindi]], Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1901) *[[1971]] – [[Michel Brière]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1949) * 1971 – [[Juhan Smuul]], Estonian author, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1921) *[[1975]] – [[Larry Parks]], American actor and singer (b. 1914) * 1975 – [[François Tombalbaye]], Chadian soldier, academic, and politician, 1st [[President of Chad]] (b. 1918) *[[1978]] – [[Jack Chambers (artist)|Jack Chambers]], Canadian painter and director (b. 1931) * 1978 – [[Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti]], Nigerian educator and women's rights activist (b. 1900)<ref>{{Cite book|title=For Women and the Nation : Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti of Nigeria|last1=Johnson-Odim|first1=Cheryl|last2=Mba|first2=Nina Emma|date=1997|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=0-252-02313-7|location=Urbana|pages=27 & 170|oclc=35269874}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Markus Höttinger]], Austrian racing driver (b. 1956) *[[1983]] – [[Gerry Hitchens]], English footballer (b. 1934) * 1983 – [[Theodore Stephanides]], Greek physician, author, and poet (b. 1896) *[[1984]] – [[Ralph Kirkpatrick]], American harpsichordist and musicologist (b. 1911) *1984 – [[Dionysis Papagiannopoulos]], Greek actor (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite web |title=DIONYSIS PAPAGIANNOPOULOS |url=http://www.cinemainfo.gr/cinemaenglish/actors/greekactors/dionysispapagiannopoulos/index.html |website=www.cinemainfo.gr}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Jean Gascon]], Canadian actor and director (b. 1920) *[[1992]] – [[Maurice Sauvé]], Canadian economist and politician (b. 1923) * 1992 – [[Feza Gürsey]], Turkish mathematician and physicist (b. 1921) * 1992 – [[Daniel Pollock]], Australian actor (b. 1968) *[[1993]] – [[Wallace Stegner]], American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1909) *[[1996]] – [[Leila Mackinlay]], English author and educator (b. 1910) *[[1997]] – [[Bryant Bowles]], American soldier and white supremacist, founded the [[National Association for the Advancement of White People (1953–1955)|National Association for the Advancement of White People]] (b. 1920) * 1997 – [[Alan Cooley]], Australian public servant (b. 1920) * 1997 – [[Dorothy Frooks]], American author and actress (b. 1896) * 1997 – [[Voldemar Väli]], Estonian wrestler (b. 1903) *[[1998]] – [[Patrick de Gayardon]], French skydiver and base jumper (b. 1960) *[[1999]] – [[Ortvin Sarapu]], Estonian-New Zealand chess player and author (b. 1924) * 1999 – [[Willi Stoph]], German engineer and politician, 2nd [[Leadership of East Germany|Prime Minister of East Germany]] (b. 1914) *[[2000]] – [[Giorgio Bassani]], Italian author and poet (b. 1916) * 2000 – [[Frenchy Bordagaray]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1910) *[[2004]] – [[Caron Keating]], Northern Irish television host (b. 1962) *[[2005]] – [[Johnnie Johnson (musician)|Johnnie Johnson]], American pianist and songwriter (b. 1924) * 2005 – [[Phillip Pavia]], American painter and sculptor (b. 1912) *[[2006]] – [[Muriel Spark]], Scottish novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1918) *[[2008]] – [[John Archibald Wheeler]], American physicist and academic (b. 1911) *[[2012]] – [[Cecil Chaudhry]], Pakistani pilot, academic, and activist (b. 1941) * 2012 – [[Shūichi Higurashi]], Japanese illustrator (b. 1936) *[[2013]] – [[Stephen Dodgson]], English composer and educator (b. 1924) *[[2014]] – [[Ernesto Laclau]], Argentinian-Spanish philosopher and theorist (b. 1935) * 2014 – [[Michael Ruppert]], American journalist and author (b. 1951)<ref>{{cite news |last=Todorov |first=Kerana |title=Sheriff: Author Michael Ruppert dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound |work=[[Napa Valley Register]] |date=April 16, 2014 |url=http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/sheriff-author-michael-ruppert-dies-of-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound/article_89508d82-c5ca-11e3-b327-001a4bcf887a.html |access-date=2015-05-01 }}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Eduardo Galeano]], Uruguayan journalist and author (b. 1940) * 2015 – [[Günter Grass]], German novelist, poet, playwright, and illustrator, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/13/gunter-grass-german-nobel-laureate-dies-aged-87|title=Günter Grass, Nobel-winning German novelist, dies aged 87|author=Richard Lea|work=The Guardian|date=13 April 2015 }}</ref> * 2015 – [[Herb Trimpe]], American author and illustrator (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/04/14/herb-trimpe-passes-away-aged-75/ | title = Herb Trimpe Passes Away, Aged 75| first= Rich |last=Johnston|author-link=Rich Johnston | publisher= [[Bleeding Cool]] | date=April 14, 2015| access-date= April 14, 2015| archive-date= April 14, 2015| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150414225115/http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/04/14/herb-trimpe-passes-away-aged-75/|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Dan Rooney]], American football executive and former United States Ambassador to Ireland (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/19152186/pittsburgh-steelers-chairman-dan-rooney-dies-age-84 |title=Steelers chairman Dan Rooney dies at 84 |website=[[ESPN.com]] |date=April 13, 2017 |access-date=April 13, 2017}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Michel Bouquet]], French stage and film actor (b. 1925)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-22 |title=Michel Bouquet obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/apr/22/michel-bouquet |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Gloria Parker]], American musician and bandleader (b. 1921)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sandomir |first=Richard |date=2022-05-11 |title=Gloria Parker, Maestra of the Musical Glasses, Dies at 100 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/11/arts/music/gloria-parker-dead.html |access-date=2022-05-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Faith Ringgold]], American artist and author (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Limbong |first=Andrew |date=April 13, 2024 |title=Faith Ringgold, quilt and visual artist, dies at 93 |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/04/13/685930840/faith-ringgold-quilt-and-visual-artist-dies-at-93 |access-date=April 14, 2024 |work=[[NPR]]}}</ref> * [[2025]] – [[Richard Armitage (government official)|Richard Armitage]], American diplomat and government official (b. 1945)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gabriel |first=Trip |date=April 15, 2025 |title=Richard L. Armitage, 79, Dies; State Department Official in a Turbulent Era |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/us/politics/richard-l-armitage-dead.html |access-date=April 17, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2025 – [[Mario Vargas Llosa]], Peruvian novelist and writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2025-04-14/muere-mario-vargas-llosa-gigante-de-las-letras-universales.html|title=Muere Mario Vargas Llosa, gigante de las letras universales|first=Javier Rodríguez|last=Marcos|date=April 14, 2025|website=El País|language=es}}</ref> *2025 – [[Jean Marsh]], English actress and screenwriter (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Harrison |date=April 14, 2025 |title=Jean Marsh, a creator and star of 'Upstairs, Downstairs,' dies at 90 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/04/14/jean-marsh-dead/ |access-date=April 17, 2025 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</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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