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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 727|727]] – [[Agallianos Kontoskeles]], Byzantine commander and rebel leader * [[850]] – [[Perfectus]], Spanish monk and [[martyr]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Archibald Ross Lewis|title=The Islamic world and the West, A.D. 622-1492|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J69mAAAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Wiley|isbn=978-0-471-53200-2|page=13}}</ref> * [[909]] – [[Dionysius II of Antioch|Dionysius II]], Syriac Orthodox patriarch of [[Antioch]] * [[943]] – [[Fujiwara no Atsutada]], Japanese nobleman and poet (b. 906) * [[963]] – [[Stephen Lekapenos]], co-emperor of the [[Byzantine Empire]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Runciman|first=Steven|author-link=Steven Runciman|title=The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and His Reign: A Study of Tenth-Century Byzantium|location=Cambridge, United Kingdom|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1988|orig-year=1929|isbn=0-521-35722-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XHVzWN6gqxQC|page=236}}</ref> *[[1161]] – [[Theobald of Bec]], French-English archbishop (b. 1090) *[[1176]] – [[Galdino della Sala]], Italian archdeacon and saint *[[1430]] – [[John III, Count of Nassau-Siegen]], German count<ref>{{cite book |last=Dek |first=A.W.E. |date=1970 |title=Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau |language=nl |location=Zaltbommel |publisher=Europese Bibliotheek |page=214 }}</ref> *[[1552]] – [[John Leland (antiquary)|John Leland]], English poet and historian (b. 1502)<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Leland|author2=John Chandler|title=John Leland's Itinerary: Travels in Tudor England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ykEXAQAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Sutton Pub.|isbn=978-0-7509-1751-3|page=xvi}}</ref> *[[1555]] – [[Polydore Vergil]], English historian (b. 1470)<ref>{{cite book|author=Denys Hay|title=Polydore Vergil: Renaissance Historian and Man of Letters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-HliAAAAMAAJ|year=1952|publisher=At the Clarendon Press}}</ref> *[[1556]] – [[Luigi Alamanni]], Italian poet and politician (b. 1495) *[[1567]] – [[Wilhelm von Grumbach]], German adventurer (b. 1503) *[[1587]] – [[John Foxe]], English historian and author (b. 1516)<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Foxe, John|volume=10|pages=770–771}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1636]] – [[Julius Caesar (judge)|Julius Caesar]], English judge and politician (b. 1557) *[[1650]] – [[Simonds d'Ewes]], English lawyer and politician (b. 1602) *[[1674]] – [[John Graunt]], English demographer and statistician (b. 1620) *[[1689]] – [[George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys]], Welsh judge and politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord Chancellor of Great Britain]] (b. 1648) *[[1732]] – [[Louis Feuillée]], French astronomer, geographer, and botanist (b. 1660) *[[1742]] – [[Arvid Horn]], Swedish general and politician (b. 1664)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Grauers |first=Sven |encyclopedia =[[Svenskt biografiskt lexikon]]|date =1920|publisher =[[National Archives of Sweden]]|location =Stockholm |language=sv|volume=19 |page=378 |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=13807 |title=Arvid Bernhard Horn |access-date= May 1, 2018}}</ref> *[[1763]] – [[Marie-Josephte Corriveau]], Canadian murderer (b. 1733) *[[1794]] – [[Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden]], English lawyer, judge, and politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord Chancellor of Great Britain]] (b. 1714) *[[1796]] – [[Johan Wilcke]], Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1732) *[[1802]] – [[Erasmus Darwin]], English physician and botanist (b. 1731) *[[1832]] – [[Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet]], French painter (b. 1761) *[[1859]] – [[Tatya Tope]], Indian general (b. 1814) *[[1864]] – [[Juris Alunāns]], Latvian philologist and linguist (b. 1832) *[[1873]] – [[Justus von Liebig]], German chemist and academic (b. 1803) *[[1890]] – [[Paweł Bryliński]], Polish sculptor (b. 1814)<ref>{{cite web |title=Brylinski Pawel |url=https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Brylinski,_Pawel |website=Astro-Databank |date=27 June 2016 |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> *[[1898]] – [[Gustave Moreau]], French painter and academic (b. 1826) ===1901–present=== *[[1906]] – [[Luis Martín]], Spanish religious leader, 24th [[Superior-General of the Society of Jesus]] (b. 1846) *[[1912]] – [[Martha Ripley]], American physician (b. 1843)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ogilvie |first1=Marilyn Bailey |last2=Harvey |first2=Joy Dorothy |author-link=Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie |author-link2=Joy Harvey|title=The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z |date=2000 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-415-92040-7 |page=1102 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LTSYePZvSXYC&pg=PA1102 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1917]] – [[Vladimir Serbsky]], Russian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1858) *[[1923]] – [[Savina Petrilli]], Italian religious leader (b. 1851)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bl. Savina Petrilli |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5757 |website=Catholic Online |access-date=29 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Savina Petrilli, Beata |url=http://es.catholic.net/op/articulos/35985/savina-petrilli-beata.html |website=Catholic.net |publisher=Catholic.net Inc |access-date=29 October 2018 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Catholic News Service |title=Blessed Savina Petrilli |url=http://stcloudvisitor.org/blessed-savina-petrilli/ |website=The Visitor |access-date=29 October 2018 |language=en |date=18 April 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[Milton Brown]], American singer and bandleader (b. 1903) * 1936 – [[Ottorino Respighi]], Italian composer and conductor (b. 1879) *[[1938]] – [[George Bryant (archer)|George Bryant]], American archer (b. 1878) *[[1942]] – [[Aleksander Mitt]], Estonian speed skater (b. 1903) * 1942 – [[Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney]], American heiress, sculptor and art collector, founded the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]] (b. 1875) *[[1943]] – [[Isoroku Yamamoto]], Japanese admiral (b. 1884) *[[1945]] – [[John Ambrose Fleming]], English physicist and engineer, invented the [[vacuum tube]] (b. 1849) * 1945 – [[Ernie Pyle]], American journalist and soldier (b. 1900) *[[1947]] – [[Jozef Tiso]], Slovak priest and politician, [[President of Slovakia]] (b. 1887) *[[1951]] – [[Óscar Carmona]], Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th [[President of Portugal]] (b. 1869) *[[1955]] – [[Albert Einstein]], German-American physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1879) *[[1958]] – [[Maurice Gamelin]], Belgian-French general (b. 1872) *[[1963]] – [[Meyer Jacobstein]], American academic and politician (b. 1880) *[[1964]] – [[Ben Hecht]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894) *[[1965]] – [[Guillermo González Camarena]], Mexican engineer (b. 1917) *[[1974]] – [[Marcel Pagnol]], French author, playwright, and director (b. 1895) *[[1988]] – [[Oktay Rıfat Horozcu]], Turkish poet and playwright (b. 1914) *[[1995]] – [[Arturo Frondizi]], Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd [[President of Argentina]] (b. 1908) *[[2002]] – [[Thor Heyerdahl]], Norwegian ethnographer and explorer (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thor-Heyerdahl |title=Thor Heyerdahl |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Kamisese Mara]], Fijian politician, 2nd [[President of Fiji]] (b. 1920) *[[2008]] – [[Germaine Tillion]], French ethnologist and anthropologist (b. 1907) *[[2012]] – [[Dick Clark]], American television host and producer, founded [[Dick Clark Productions]] (b. 1929) * 2012 – [[René Lépine]], Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1929) * 2012 – [[Robert O. Ragland]], American musician (b. 1931)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Barnes|first=Mike|date=2012-04-23|title=Robert O. Ragland, Prolific Film Composer, Dies at 80|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-o-ragland-film-composer-315022/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-24|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716153332/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-o-ragland-film-composer-315022/ |archive-date=2021-07-16 }}</ref> * 2012 – [[K. D. Wentworth]], American author (b. 1951) *[[2013]] – [[Goran Švob]], Croatian philosopher and author (b. 1947) * 2013 – [[Anne Williams (activist)|Anne Williams]], English activist (b. 1951) *[[2014]] – [[Guru Dhanapal]], Indian director and producer (b. 1959) * 2014 – [[Sanford Jay Frank]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1954) * 2014 – [[Brian Priestman]], English conductor and academic (b. 1927) *[[2019]] – [[Lyra McKee]], Irish journalist (b. 1990)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Lyra McKee, journalist who wrote about the troubles in her native Northern Ireland |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/17588275.obituary-lyra-mckee-journalist-wrote-troubles-native-northern-ireland/ |website=HeraldScotland |date=21 April 2019 |access-date=24 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Harrison Birtwistle]], British composer (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/18/sir-harrison-birtwistle-obituary|title=Sir Harrison Birtwistle obituary|work=The Guardian|date=18 April 2022 |access-date=18 April 2022}}</ref> *2024 – [[Dickey Betts]], American guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Veltman |first=Chloe |date=April 18, 2024 |title=Dickey Betts, founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, dies at 80 |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/04/18/1245591933/dickey-betts-dead-the-allman-brothers-band-ramblin-man |access-date=April 18, 2024 |work=[[NPR]]}}</ref> *2024 – [[Mandisa]], American gospel singer (b. 1976)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=Mandisa, 'American Idol' singer and Grammy winner, dies at 47 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/mandisa-american-idol-singer-grammy-winner-dies-47-rcna148561 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</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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