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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 69]] – [[Otho]], Roman emperor (b. AD 32) * [[665]] – [[Fructuosus of Braga]], French archbishop and saint *[[1090]] – [[Sikelgaita]], duchess of Apulia (b. c. [[1040]]) *[[1113]] – [[Sviatopolk II of Kiev]] (b. 1050) *[[1118]] – [[Adelaide del Vasto]], regent of Sicily, mother of [[Roger II of Sicily]], queen of Baldwin I of Jerusalem *[[1198]] – [[Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg)|Frederick I, Duke of Austria]] (b. 1175) *[[1234]] – [[Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke]] (b. 1191) *[[1375]] – [[John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke]], English nobleman and soldier (b. 1347)<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: Extant, Extinct, or Dormant|last=Cokayne|first=G. E.|publisher=St Catherine Press|year=1945|editor-last=Gibb|editor-first=V.|edition=14 volumes 1910 – 1959, 2nd|volume=X|location=London|pages=390–4 +nn|oclc=1000621451|editor-last2=Doubleday|editor-first2=H. A.|editor-last3=White|editor-first3=G. H.|editor-last4=de Walden|editor-first4=H.}}</ref> *[[1496]] – [[Charles II, Duke of Savoy]] (b. 1489) *[[1587]] – [[Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset]] (b. 1497) ===1601–1900=== *[[1640]] – [[Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau]] (b. 1579) *[[1645]] – [[Tobias Hume]], Scottish soldier, [[viol]] player, and composer (b. 1569) *[[1687]] – [[George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham]], English poet and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire]] (b. 1628) *[[1689]] – [[Aphra Behn]], English author and playwright (b. 1640) *[[1742]] – [[Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino]], Italian poet and translator (b. 1672) *[[1756]] – [[Jacques Cassini]], French astronomer (b. 1677) *[[1783]] – [[Christian Mayer (astronomer)|Christian Mayer]], Czech astronomer and educator (b. 1719) *[[1788]] – [[Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon]], French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (b. 1707) *[[1828]] – [[Francisco Goya]], Spanish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1746) *[[1846]] – [[Domenico Dragonetti]], Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763) *[[1850]] – [[Marie Tussaud]], French-English sculptor, founded the [[Madame Tussauds|Madame Tussauds Wax Museum]] (b. 1761)<ref>{{cite book|first=George F.|last=Nafziger|title=Historical Dictionary of the Napoleonic Era|location=New York|publisher=Scarecrow|year=2002|page=281|isbn=978-0-81084-092-8}}</ref> *[[1859]] – [[Alexis de Tocqueville]], French historian and philosopher, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (France)|French Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1805) *[[1879]] – [[Bernadette Soubirous]], French nun and saint (b. 1844)<ref name=Soubirous>{{cite web |title=Saint Bernadette of Lourdes {{!}} Biography, Facts, & Feast Day |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Bernadette-of-Lourdes |website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=23 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1888]] – [[Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski]], Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845) *[[1899]] – [[Emilio Jacinto]], Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875) ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[Maximilian Kronberger]], German poet and author (b. 1888) * 1904 – [[Samuel Smiles]], Scottish-English author (b. 1812) *[[1914]] – [[George William Hill]], American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838) *[[1915]] – [[Nelson W. Aldrich]], American businessman and politician (b. 1841) *[[1925]] – [[Stefan Nerezov]], Bulgarian general (b. 1867) *[[1928]] – [[Henry Birks]], Canadian businessman, founded [[Henry Birks and Sons]] (b. 1840) * 1928 – [[Roman Steinberg]], Estonian wrestler (b. 1900) *[[1930]] – [[José Carlos Mariátegui]], Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (b. 1894) *[[1935]] – [[Panait Istrati]], Romanian journalist and author (b. 1884) *[[1937]] – [[Jay Johnson Morrow]], American military engineer and politician, third [[Governor of the Panama Canal Zone]] (b. 1870) *[[1938]] – [[Steve Bloomer]], English footballer and manager (b. 1874) *[[1940]] – [[Tony D'Arcy]], Irish Republican died while on hunger strike (b. 1908) *[[1941]] – [[Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp]], English economist and civil servant (b. 1880) *[[1942]] – [[Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (b. 1878) * 1942 – [[Denis St. George Daly]], Irish polo player (b. 1862) *[[1946]] – [[Arthur Chevrolet]], Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (b. 1884) *[[1947]] – [[Rudolf Höss]], German [[SS]] officer (b. 1900) *[[1950]] – [[Eduard Oja]], Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1905) * 1950 – [[Anders Peter Nielsen]], Danish target shooter (b. 1867) *[[1955]] – [[David Kirkwood]], Scottish engineer and politician (b. 1872) *[[1958]] – [[Rosalind Franklin]], English biophysicist and academic (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Burtron H. |last2=Strom |first2=E. Thomas |title=Rosalind Franklin: Her Pathway to DNA |journal=ACS Symposium Series |date=January 2018 |volume=1311 |pages=265–282 |doi=10.1021/bk-2018-1311.ch011|isbn=978-0-8412-3391-1 }}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[Mihály Fekete]], Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (b. 1884) *[[1961]] – [[Carl Hovland]], American psychologist and academic (b. 1912) *[[1965]] – [[Francis Balfour (colonial administrator)|Francis Balfour]], English soldier and colonial administrator (b. 1884) *1965 – [[Sydney Chaplin]], English actor, comedian, brother of Charlie Chaplin (b. 1885) *[[1966]] – [[Eric Lambert (author)|Eric Lambert]], Australian author (b. 1918) *[[1968]] – [[Fay Bainter]], American actress (b. 1893) * 1968 – [[Edna Ferber]], American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1885)<ref>{{cite book|first=Kirstin|last=Olsen|title=Chronology of Women's History|location=Westport|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=1994|page=191|isbn=978-0-31328-803-6}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[Hem Vejakorn]], Thai illustrator and painter (b. 1904) *[[1970]] – [[Richard Neutra]], Austrian-American architect, designed the [[Los Angeles County Hall of Records]] (b. 1892) * 1970 – [[Péter Veres (politician)|Péter Veres]], Hungarian politician, [[Ministry of Defence (Hungary)|Hungarian Minister of Defence]] (b. 1897) *[[1972]] – [[Yasunari Kawabata]], Japanese novelist and short story writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1899) * 1972 – [[Frank O'Connor (public servant)|Frank O'Connor]], Australian public servant (b. 1894) *[[1973]] – [[István Kertész (conductor)|István Kertész]], Hungarian conductor and educator (b. 1929) *[[1978]] – [[Lucius D. Clay]], American officer and military governor in occupied Germany (b. 1898) *[[1980]] – [[Morris Stoloff]], American composer (b. 1898) *[[1985]] – [[Scott Brady]], American actor (b. 1924) *[[1988]] – [[Khalil al-Wazir]], Palestinian commander, founded [[Fatah]] (b. 1935) * 1988 – [[Youri Egorov]], Russian pianist (b. 1954) *[[1989]] – [[Jocko Conlan]], American baseball player and umpire (b. 1899) * 1989 – [[Kaoru Ishikawa]] Japanese author and educator (b. 1915) * 1989 – [[Miles Lawrence]], English cricketer (b. 1940) *1989 – [[Hakkı Yeten]], Turkish footballer, manager and president (b. 1910) *[[1991]] – [[David Lean]], English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908) *[[1992]] – [[Neville Brand]], American actor (b. 1920) * 1992 – [[Alexandru Nicolschi]], Romanian spy and activist (b. 1915) * 1992 – [[Andy Russell (singer)|Andy Russell]], American singer and actor (b. 1919) *[[1994]] – [[Paul-Émilien Dalpé]], Canadian labor unionist (b. 1919) * 1994 – [[Ralph Ellison]], American novelist and critic (b. 1913) *[[1996]] – [[Lucille Bremer]], American actress and dancer (b. 1917) *[[1997]] – [[Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid]], Colombian politician (b. 1921) * 1997 – [[Roland Topor]], French actor, director, and painter (b. 1938) *[[1998]] – [[Alberto Calderón]], Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1920) * 1998 – [[Fred Davis (snooker player)|Fred Davis]], English snooker player (b. 1913) * 1998 – [[Marie-Louise Meilleur]], Canadian super-centenarian (b. 1880) *[[1999]] – [[Skip Spence]], Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946) *[[2001]] – [[Robert Osterloh]], American actor (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lentz |first1=Harris M. III |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture |date=2008 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-5206-4 |pages=227–228 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHnGCwAAQBAJ&q=%22Man+%281949%29%2C+I+Cheated+the+Law+%281949%2C+The%22&pg=PA227 |access-date=28 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref> * 2001 – [[Michael Ritchie (film director)|Michael Ritchie]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938) * 2001 – [[Alec Stock]], English footballer and manager (b. 1917) *[[2002]] – [[Billy Ayre]], English footballer and manager (b. 1952) * 2002 – [[Ruth Fertel]], American businesswoman, founded [[Ruth's Chris Steak House]] (b. 1927) * 2002 – [[Robert Urich]], American actor (b. 1946) *[[2003]] – [[Graham Jarvis]], Canadian actor (b. 1930) * 2003 – [[Graham Stuart Thomas]], English horticulturalist and author (b. 1909) *[[2005]] – [[Kay Walsh]], English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911) *[[2007]] – [[Frank Bateson]], New Zealand astronomer (b. 1909) * 2007 – [[Gaétan Duchesne]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1962) * 2007 – [[Maria Lenk]], Brazilian swimmer (b. 1915) * 2007 – [[Chandrabose Suthaharan]], Sri Lankan journalist *[[2008]] – [[Edward Norton Lorenz]], American mathematician and meteorologist (b. 1917) *[[2009]] – [[Michael Martin Dwyer]], Irish security guard (b. 1984)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-10-15 |title=Media and campaigners did disservice to Michael Dwyer |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-20359354.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250509224854/https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-20359354.html |archive-date=May 9, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-09 |newspaper=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref> *2009 – [[Eduardo Rózsa-Flores]], Bolivian-Hungarian-Croatian mercenary, journalist, and actor (b. 1960)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Romero |first=Simon |date=2009-04-28 |title=Plot Foiled? In Bolivia, Truth Is Elusive |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/world/americas/28bolivia.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250509223036/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/world/americas/28bolivia.html |archive-date=May 9, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[Rasim Delić]], Bosnian general and convicted war criminal (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/19/general-rasim-delic-obituary|title=General Rasim Delic obituary|date=19 May 2010|author=Gabriel Partos|website=The Guardian|access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref> * 2010 – [[Daryl Gates]], American police officer, created the [[Drug Abuse Resistance Education|D.A.R.E. Program]] (b. 1926) *[[2011]] – [[Gerry Alexander]], Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian (b. 1928) * 2011 – [[Allan Blakeney]], Canadian scholar and politician, tenth [[Premier of Saskatchewan]] (b. 1925) * 2011 – [[Sol Saks]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1910) *[[2012]] – [[Sári Barabás]], Hungarian soprano (b. 1914) * 2012 – [[Marian Biskup]], Polish author and academic (b. 1922) * 2012 – [[Alan Hacker]], English clarinet player and conductor (b. 1938) * 2012 – [[George Kunda]], Zambian lawyer and politician, 11th [[Vice-President of Zambia]] (b. 1956) * 2012 – [[Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller]], Danish businessman (b. 1913) * 2012 – [[Carlo Petrini (footballer)|Carlo Petrini]], Italian footballer and coach (b. 1948) *[[2013]] – [[Charles Bruzon]], Gibraltarian politician (b. 1938) * 2013 – [[Ali Kafi]], Algerian politician (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ali Kafi: Politician who led Algeria following the 1992 coup |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ali-kafi-politician-who-led-algeria-following-the-1992-coup-8595478.html |website=The Independent |access-date=27 April 2022 |language=en |date=29 April 2013}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Siegfried Ludwig]], Austrian politician, 18th [[List of governors of Lower Austria|Governor of Lower Austria]] (b. 1926) * 2013 – [[Pentti Lund]], Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925) * 2013 – [[George Beverly Shea]], Canadian-American singer-songwriter (b. 1909) * 2013 – [[Pat Summerall]], American football player and sportscaster (b. 1930) * 2013 – [[Pedro Ramírez Vázquez]], Mexican architect, designed the [[Tijuana Cultural Center]] and [[National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico)|National Museum of Anthropology]] (b. 1919) *[[2014]] – [[Gyude Bryant]], Liberian businessman and politician (b. 1949) * 2014 – [[Aulis Rytkönen]], Finnish footballer and manager (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=fin/news/newsid=2091523.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419011838/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=fin/news/newsid=2091523.html |archive-date=April 19, 2014 |title=Finland mourns pioneering striker Rytkönen |date=16 April 2014 |publisher=UEFA |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Ernst Florian Winter]], Austrian-American historian and political scientist (b. 1923) *[[2015]] – [[Valery Belousov]], Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1948)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2015/04/16/234096.html|title=RIP Valery Belousov|publisher=Kontinental Hockey League|access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Stanislav Gross]], Czech lawyer and politician, fifth [[Prime Minister of the Czech Republic]] (b. 1969)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zpravy.idnes.cz/cena-grossova-floridskeho-bytu-klesla-kvuli-krizi-o-petinu-p4k-/domaci.asp?c=A081029_221746_domaci_zra|title=Cena Grossova floridského bytu klesla kvůli krizi o pětinu |date=30 October 2008 |language=cs}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Harry Anderson]], American actor and magician (b. 1952)<ref name="WPO">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/night-court-star-harry-anderson-65-found-dead-in-home/2018/04/16/b035f816-41da-11e8-b2dc-b0a403e4720a_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417042821/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/night-court-star-harry-anderson-65-found-dead-in-home/2018/04/16/b035f816-41da-11e8-b2dc-b0a403e4720a_story.html|archive-date=April 17, 2018|title='Night Court' Star, Harry Anderson, Dead at 65|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=April 16, 2018|access-date=April 16, 2018}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Andrew Peacock]], Australian politician (b. 1939)<ref name="andrewpeacock">{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-16/vic-former-liberal-leader-andrew-peacock-dies/100075920|title = Former Liberal leader Andrew Peacock dies aged 82|publisher = ABC News|location=Australia|date = 16 April 2021}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Helen McCrory]], British actress (b. 1968)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishnews.com/magazine/entertainment/2021/04/16/news/-beautiful-and-mighty-harry-potter-star-helen-mccrory-dies-aged-52-2291410/ |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |title='Beautiful and mighty' Harry Potter star Helen McCrory dies aged 52 |date=16 April 2021 |access-date=16 April 2021}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Liam Scarlett]], British choreographer (b. 1986)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-19|title=Liam Scarlett obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/apr/19/liam-scarlett-obituary|access-date=2021-04-26|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> * 2021 – [[John Dawes]], Welsh [[rugby union]] player (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-11|title=John Dawes obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/may/11/john-dawes-obituary|access-date=2021-05-15|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Carl Erskine]], American baseball player (b. 1926)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-16 |title=Carl Erskine, Dodgers legend and human rights icon, dies: 'The best guy I've ever known' |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/carl-erskine-dodgers-legend-human-151527633.html |access-date=2024-04-17 |publisher=Yahoo Sports |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Bob Graham]], American lawyer, author, and politician, 38th [[List of governors of Florida|governor of Florida]] (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=April 16, 2024 |title=Bob Graham, Former Florida Governor and Senator, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/us/bob-graham-dead.html |access-date=April 18, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> * [[2025]] – [[Nora Aunor]], Filipino actress and recording artist (b. 1953)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moorman |first=Taijuan |date=April 17, 2025 |title=Nora Aunor, most awarded actress in Filipino cinema, dies at 71: 'Touched generations' |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/04/17/nora-aunor-death-filipino-actress/83135887007/ |access-date=April 17, 2025 |website=[[USA Today]] |language=en-US}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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