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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[843]] – [[Judith of Bavaria (died 843)|Judith of Bavaria]], Frankish empress *[[1012]] – [[Ælfheah of Canterbury]], English archbishop and saint (b. 954) *[[1013]] – [[Hisham II]], Umayyad caliph of Córdoba (b. 966) *[[1044]] – [[Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine|Gothelo I]], duke of Lorraine *[[1054]] – [[Pope Leo IX|Leo IX]], pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1002) *[[1321]] – [[Gerasimus I of Constantinople|Gerasimus I]], patriarch of Constantinople *[[1390]] – [[Robert II of Scotland|Robert II]], king of Scotland (b. 1316) *[[1405]] – [[Thomas West, 1st Baron West]], English nobleman (b. 1335)<ref>{{Cite book |editor-last=Everingham |editor-first=Kimball G. |year=2011 |last=Richardson |first=Douglas |title=Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families |location=Salt Lake City |edition=2nd |volume=IV |page=317 |ref={{sfnref |Richardson IV |2011}} |isbn=978-1460992708 }}</ref> *[[1431]] – [[Adolph III, Count of Waldeck|Adolph III]], count of Waldeck (b. 1362) *[[1560]] – [[Philip Melanchthon]], German theologian and reformer (b. 1497) *[[1567]] – [[Michael Stifel]], German monk and mathematician (b. 1487) *[[1578]] – [[Uesugi Kenshin]], Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1530) *[[1588]] – [[Paolo Veronese]], Italian painter (b. 1528) ===1601–1900=== *[[1608]] – [[Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset]], English poet, playwright, and politician, [[Lord High Treasurer]] (b. 1536) *[[1618]] – [[Thomas Bastard]], English priest and author (b. 1566) *[[1619]] – [[Jagat Gosain]], Mughal empress (b. 1573)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan|title=The Jahangirnama : memoirs of Jahangir, Emperor of India|translator=Wheeler M. Thackston|url=https://archive.org/details/jahangirnamamemo00jaha|date=1999|publisher=Oxford Univ. Press|location=New York [u.a.]|isbn=9780195127188|page=[https://archive.org/details/jahangirnamamemo00jaha/page/300 300]}}</ref> *[[1629]] – [[Sigismondo d'India]], Italian composer (b. 1582) *[[1686]] – [[Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra]], Spanish historian and playwright (b. 1610) *[[1689]] – [[Christina, Queen of Sweden|Christina]], queen of Sweden (b. 1626)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TrtbAAAAQAAJ&q=19+April+1689+christina&pg=PA334|title=Het leven en bedryf van Christina, koninginne van Sweeden, &c. sedert haar geboorte tot op des zelfs dood ...|first=Christian Gottfried|last=Franckenstein|date=10 July 1697|publisher=by Boudewyn vander Aa|access-date=10 July 2017|via=Google Books}}</ref> *[[1733]] – [[Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess of Orkney|Elizabeth Hamilton]], countess of Orkney (b. 1657) *[[1739]] – [[Nicholas Saunderson]], English mathematician and academic (b. 1682) *[[1768]] – [[Canaletto]], Italian painter and etcher (b. 1697) *[[1776]] – [[Jacob Emden]], German rabbi and author (b. 1697) *[[1791]] – [[Richard Price]], Welsh-English preacher and philosopher (b. 1723) *[[1813]] – [[Benjamin Rush]], American physician and educator (b. 1745) *[[1824]] – [[Lord Byron]], English-Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1788) *[[1831]] – [[Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger]], German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1765) *[[1833]] – [[James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier]], Bahamian-English admiral and politician, 36th [[List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador|Commodore Governor of Newfoundland]] (b. 1756) *[[1840]] – [[Jean-Jacques Lartigue]], Canadian bishop (b. 1777) *[[1854]] – [[Robert Jameson]], Scottish mineralogist and academic (b. 1774) *[[1881]] – [[Benjamin Disraeli]], English journalist and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1804) *[[1882]] – [[Charles Darwin]], English biologist and theorist (b. 1809)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=side&itemID=CUL-DAR210.9&pageseq=16 |title=[Reminiscences of Charles Darwin's last years.] CUL-DAR210.9|author=Darwin, Emma|author-link=Emma Darwin |year=1882 |access-date=8 January 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628080442/http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=side&itemID=CUL-DAR210.9&pageseq=16 |archive-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> *[[1893]] – [[Martin Körber]], Estonian-German pastor, composer, and conductor (b. 1817) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Alfred Horatio Belo]], American publisher, founded ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'' (b. 1839) *[[1903]] – [[Oliver Mowat]], Canadian politician, third [[Premier of Ontario]], eighth [[Lieutenant Governor of Ontario]] (b. 1820)<ref>{{cite DCB |last=Romney |first=Paul |title=Mowat, Sir Oliver |volume=13 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mowat_oliver_13E.html}}</ref> *[[1906]] – [[Pierre Curie]], French physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1859)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Chavaudra |first1=Jean |title=Pierre and Marie Curie-Sklodowska |journal=Medical Physics |date=November 1995 |volume=22 |issue=11 |pages=1877–1887 |doi=10.1118/1.597443|pmid=8587541 |bibcode=1995MedPh..22.1877C }}</ref> * 1906 – [[Spencer Gore (sportsman)|Spencer Gore]], English tennis player and cricketer (b. 1850) *[[1909]] – [[Signe Rink]], Greenland-born Danish writer and ethnologist (b. 1836) *[[1914]] – [[Charles Sanders Peirce]], American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1839) *[[1915]] – [[Thomas Playford II]], English-Australian politician, 17th [[Premier of South Australia]] (b. 1837) *[[1916]] – [[Ephraim Shay]], American engineer, designed the [[Shay locomotive]] (b. 1839) *[[1926]] – [[Alexander Alexandrovich Chuprov]], Russian-Swiss statistician and theorist (b. 1874) *[[1930]] – [[Georges-Casimir Dessaulles]], Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1827) *[[1937]] – [[Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington]], English cartographer and politician (b. 1856) * 1937 – [[William Morton Wheeler]], American entomologist and zoologist (b. 1865) *[[1940]] – [[Jack McNeela]], [[Irish Republican Army]], died on hunger strike<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/hunger-strike-roll-of-honour/|title=Roll of Honor/Hunger Strikers|date=6 May 2014}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Johanna Müller-Hermann]], Austrian composer (b. 1878) *[[1949]] – [[Ulrich Salchow]], Danish-Swedish figure skater (b. 1877) *[[1950]] – [[Ernst Robert Curtius]], French-German philologist and scholar (b. 1886) *[[1952]] – [[Steve Conway (singer)|Steve Conway]], British singer (b. 1921)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Steve Conway Biography, Songs, & Albums|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/steve-conway-mn0000032317/biography|access-date=2021-09-23|website=AllMusic|language=en}}</ref> *[[1955]] – [[Jim Corbett]], British-Indian colonel, hunter, and author (b. 1875) *[[1960]] – [[Beardsley Ruml]], American economist and statistician (b. 1894) *[[1961]] – [[Max Hainle]], German swimmer (b. 1882) *[[1966]] – [[Väinö Tanner]], Finnish politician of [[Social Democratic Party of Finland]]; the [[Prime Minister of Finland]] (b. 1881)<ref>{{cite web |title=Väinö Tanner {{!}} prime minister of Finland |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vaino-Tanner |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006030803/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vaino-Tanner |archive-date=6 October 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[Konrad Adenauer]], German politician, 1st [[Chancellor of Germany]] (b. 1876) *[[1971]] – [[Luigi Piotti]], Italian race car driver (b. 1913) *[[1975]] – [[Percy Lavon Julian]], American chemist and academic (b. 1899) *[[1988]] – [[Kwon Ki-ok]], Korean pilot (b. 1901)<ref>{{cite book |first=Justin |last=Corfield |title=Historical Dictionary of Pyongyang |location=London |publisher=Anthem Press |year=2014 |page=115 |isbn=978-1-78308-341-1}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Daphne du Maurier]], English novelist and playwright (b. 1907)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Joanne Shattock|author2=Senior Lecturer Department of English Joanne Shattock|title=The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KoEYAAAAIAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-214176-7|page=138}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Stanley Hawes]], English-Australian director and producer (b. 1905) *[[1992]] – [[Frankie Howerd]], English actor and screenwriter (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=51134|title=Howerd, Frankie}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[David Koresh]], American cult leader (b. 1959) * 1993 – [[George S. Mickelson]], American captain, lawyer, and politician, 28th [[Governor of South Dakota]] (b. 1941) *[[1998]] – [[Octavio Paz]], Mexican poet, philosopher, and academic [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1914) *[[1999]] – [[Hermine Braunsteiner]], Austrian-German [[SS]] officer (b. 1919) *[[2000]] – [[Louis Applebaum]], Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1918) *[[2002]] – [[Reginald Rose]], American writer (b. 1920) *[[2004]] – [[Norris McWhirter]], English author and activist co-founded the [[Guinness World Records]] (b. 1925) * 2004 – [[John Maynard Smith]], English biologist and geneticist (b. 1920) * 2004 – [[Jenny Pike]], Canadian WWII servicewoman and photographer (b. 1922)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timescolonist/obituary.aspx?n=jenny-pike&pid=157444998|title=Jenny Pike - Obituary|date=April 21, 2004|work=The Times Colonist|access-date=March 30, 2020}}</ref> *[[2006]] – [[Albert Scott Crossfield]], American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1921) *[[2007]] – [[Jean-Pierre Cassel]], French actor (b. 1932) *[[2009]] – [[J. G. Ballard]], English novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1930) *[[2011]] – [[Elisabeth Sladen]], English actress (b. 1946)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hadoke |first1=Toby |title=Elisabeth Sladen obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/20/doctor-who-fantasy |website=The Guardian |access-date=1 February 2020 |date=20 April 2011}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Levon Helm]], American musician and actor (b. 1940)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Brown |first1=David |title=Levon Helm, Drummer and Singer of The Band, dead at 71 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/levon-helm-drummer-and-singer-of-the-band-dead-at-71-202155/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=2021-04-21|date=2012-04-19}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[François Jacob]], French biologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1920) * 2013 – [[Al Neuharth]], American journalist, author, and publisher, founded ''[[USA Today]]'' (b. 1924) *[[2015]] – [[Raymond Carr]], English historian and academic (b. 1919) * 2015 – [[Roy Mason]], English miner and politician, [[Secretary of State for Defence]] (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite news|title=Campaigning comes to a standstill in honour of Labour stalwart Roy Mason, 91 |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/community/death-of-lord-mason-of-barnsley-at-91-1-7218568|access-date=20 April 2015|work=Yorkshire Post|date=20 April 2015}}</ref> *[[2016]] – [[Patricio Aylwin]], Chilean politician (b. 1918)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/20/world/americas/patricio-aylwin-president-who-guided-chile-to-democracy-diesat-97.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/20/world/americas/patricio-aylwin-president-who-guided-chile-to-democracy-diesat-97.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited|title=Patricio Aylwin, President Who Guided Chile to Democracy, Dies at 97|last1=Kandell|first1=Jonathan|date=2016-04-19|last2=Bonnefoy|first2=Pascale|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-04-21}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Lu Chao-Hsuan]], Taiwanese guitarist, performer and educator. (b. 1929)<ref>{{Cite web|title=呂昭炫|url=http://www.luchaohsuan.com/2017132057--3214727511.html|access-date=2023-02-01|archive-date=2023-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201063133/http://www.luchaohsuan.com/2017132057--3214727511.html|url-status=dead|lang=zh}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Ian Whitcomb]], English singer-songwriter (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Slotnik |first=Daniel E. |date=2020-05-08 |title=Ian Whitcomb, Rocker Turned Pop Music Historian, Dies at 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/arts/music/ian-whitcomb-dead.html |access-date=2025-04-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Walter Mondale]], American politician, 42nd [[Vice President of the United States]] (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/19/former-vice-president-walter-mondale-has-died-at-93.html|title = Walter Mondale, Jimmy Carter's vice president, dies at 93|website = [[CNBC]]|date = 20 April 2021}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Jim Steinman]], American composer, lyricist (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-22|title=Jim Steinman obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/22/steinman-obituary-bat-out-of-hell|access-date=2021-04-26|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-04-21|title=Jim Steinman: Tributes paid to 'the Wagner of rock'|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56830626|access-date=2021-04-21}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Kane Tanaka]], Japanese supercentenarian (b. 1903)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mills |first=Kelly-Ann |date=2022-04-25 |title=World's oldest person Kane Tanaka dies in Japan at the age of 119 |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-worlds-oldest-person-kane-26789849 |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=mirror |language=en |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425101320/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-worlds-oldest-person-kane-26789849 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-25 |title=The world's oldest person has died in Japan |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/kane-tanaka-oldest-person-death-age-b2064718.html |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425102051/https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/kane-tanaka-oldest-person-death-age-b2064718.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Moonbin]], South Korean singer and actor (b. 1998)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Ho-young|title=[속보] "아스트로 문빈, 사망"…소속사 확인 중|url=https://enews.imbc.com/News/RetrieveNewsInfo/379633|date=April 20, 2023|access-date=April 19, 2023|website=iMBC|language=ko}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Mackenzie|first1=Jean|last2=Ng|first2=Kelly|last3=Wright|first3=George|title=Moonbin: Fans anguished over K-pop star's death in suspected suicide|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65331824|date=19 April 2023|access-date=April 20, 2023|website=BBC|language=en}}</ref> *2023 – [[Ron Hamilton (musician)|Ron Hamilton]], American musician (b. 1950)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gryboski |first=Michael |date=2023-04-20 |title=Ron Hamilton, musician known for 'Patch the Pirate,' dies at 72 |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/ron-hamilton-musician-known-for-patch-the-pirate-dies-at-72.html |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=www.christianpost.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Daniel Dennett]], American philosopher and author (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kandell |first=Jonathan |date=2024-04-19 |title=Daniel C. Dennett, Widely Read and Fiercely Debated Philosopher, Dies at 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/books/daniel-dennett-dead.html |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</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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