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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[624]] – [[Mellitus]], saint and [[archbishop of Canterbury]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bellenger |first1=Dominic Aidan |last2=Fletcher |first2=Stella |title=The Mitre and the Crown: A History of the Archbishops of Canterbury |date=17 February 2005 |publisher=History Press |isbn=978-0-7524-9495-1 |page=149 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BbA7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT149 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1149]] – [[Petronille de Chemillé]], abbess of [[Fontevrault]] *[[1288]] – [[Gertrude of Austria]] (b. 1226) *[[1338]] – [[Theodore I, Marquess of Montferrat]] (b. 1291) *[[1479]] – [[Jorge Manrique]], Spanish poet (b. 1440) *[[1513]] – [[Şehzade Ahmet]], Ottoman prince (b. 1465) ===1601–1900=== *[[1617]] – [[Concino Concini]], Italian-French politician, [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1575) *[[1622]] – [[Fidelis of Sigmaringen]], German friar and saint (b. 1577) *[[1656]] – [[Thomas Fincke]], Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561) *[[1692]] – [[Johannes Zollikofer]], Swiss vicar (b. 1633)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Postma |first1=Ferenc |last2=Verheij |first2=Arian |title=In Signum Benevoli Affectus I. Seven Album Inscriptions by Menasseh Ben Israel |journal=Zutot |date=2009 |volume=6 |issue=1 |page=46 |doi=10.1163/187502109790213023|url=http://real.mtak.hu/53920/1/isba_mbi_2009.pdf }}</ref> *[[1731]] – [[Daniel Defoe]], English journalist, novelist, and spy (b. 1660) *[[1748]] – [[Anton thor Helle]], German-Estonian clergyman and translator (b. 1683) *[[1779]] – [[Eleazar Wheelock]], American minister and academic, founded [[Dartmouth College]] (b. 1711) *[[1794]] – [[Axel von Fersen the Elder]], Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1719) *[[1852]] – [[Vasily Zhukovsky]], Russian poet and translator (b. 1783) *[[1889]] – [[Zulma Carraud]], French author (b. 1796)<ref>{{cite web |title=Zulma Carraud |url=https://mediatheque.ville-chateauroux.fr/lire-ecouter-voir/dossiers/portraits/191-zulma-carraud |website=Les Bibliothèques de Châteauroux |access-date=8 January 2020}}</ref> *[[1891]] – [[Helmuth von Moltke the Elder]], German field marshal (b. 1800) ===1901–present=== *[[1924]] – [[G. Stanley Hall]], American psychologist and academic (b. 1844) *[[1931]] – [[David Kldiashvili]], Georgian author and playwright (b. 1862) *[[1935]] – [[Anastasios Papoulas]], Greek general (b. 1857) *[[1938]] – [[George Grey Barnard]], American sculptor (b. 1863) *[[1939]] – [[Louis Trousselier]], French cyclist (b. 1881) *[[1941]] – [[Karin Boye]], Swedish author and poet (b. 1900) *[[1942]] – [[Lucy Maud Montgomery]], Canadian author (b. 1874)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080924.wmontgomery24/BNStory/mentalhealth/ |title=Lucy Maud suffered 'unbearable psychological pain' |last=Adams |first=James |date=September 24, 2008 |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |access-date=August 13, 2009 |archive-date=September 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923013103/http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080924.wmontgomery24/BNStory/mentalhealth |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Charles Jordan (magician)|Charles Jordan]], American magician (b. 1888) *[[1945]] – [[Ernst-Robert Grawitz]], German physician (b. 1899) *[[1947]] – [[Willa Cather]], American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1873) *[[1948]] – [[Jāzeps Vītols]], Latvian composer (b. 1863) *[[1954]] – [[Guy Mairesse]], French racing driver (b. 1910) *[[1960]] – [[Max von Laue]], German physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1879) *[[1961]] – [[Lee Moran]], American actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1888) *[[1962]] – [[Milt Franklyn]], American composer (b. 1897) *[[1964]] – [[Gerhard Domagk]], German pathologist and bacteriologist (b. 1895) *[[1965]] – [[Louise Dresser]], American actress (b. 1878) *[[1966]] – [[Simon Chikovani]], Georgian poet and author (b. 1902) *[[1967]] – [[Vladimir Komarov]], Russian pilot, engineer, and cosmonaut (b. 1927) * 1967 – [[Robert Richards (Australian politician)|Robert Richards]], Australian politician, 32nd [[Premier of South Australia]] (b. 1885) *[[1968]] – [[Walter Tewksbury]], American athlete (b. 1876)<ref>{{cite web|title=Walter Tewksbury|url=https://www.olympic.org/walter-tewksbury|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Otis Spann]], American singer and pianist (b. 1930) *[[1972]] – [[Fernando Amorsolo]], Filipino painter (b. 1892) *[[1974]] – [[Bud Abbott]], American comedian and producer (b. 1897) *[[1976]] – [[Mark Tobey]], American-Swiss painter and educator (b. 1890) *[[1980]] – [[Alejo Carpentier]], Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (b. 1904) *[[1982]] – [[Ville Ritola]], Finnish runner (b. 1896) *[[1983]] – [[Erol Güngör]], Turkish sociologist, psychologist, and academic (b. 1938) * 1983 – [[Rolf Stommelen]], German racing driver (b. 1943) *[[1984]] – [[Rafael Pérez y Pérez]], Spanish author (b. 1891) *[[1986]] – [[Wallis Simpson]], American socialite, Duchess of Windsor (b. 1896)<ref>{{Cite book |first=Alison |last=Weir |author-link=Alison Weir (historian) |title=Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy Revised edition |publisher=Random House |location=London |year=1995 |isbn=978-0-7126-7448-5|page=328|language=en}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Oliver Tambo]], South African lawyer and activist (b. 1917) * 1993 – [[Tran Duc Thao]], Vietnamese philosopher and theorist (b. 1917) *[[1995]] – [[Lodewijk Bruckman]], Dutch painter (b. 1903) *[[1997]] – [[Allan Francovich]], American director and producer (b. 1941) * 1997 – [[Pat Paulsen]], American comedian and activist (b. 1927) * 1997 – [[Eugene Stoner]], American engineer, designed the [[ArmaLite AR-15|AR-15 rifle]] (b. 1922) *[[2001]] – [[Josef Peters (racing driver)|Josef Peters]], German racing driver (b. 1914) * 2001 – [[Johnny Valentine]], American wrestler (b. 1928) *[[2002]] – [[Lucien Wercollier]], Luxembourgish sculptor (b. 1908) *[[2003]] – [[Nüzhet Gökdoğan]], Turkish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1910)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nüzhet Gökdoğan|url=https://www.tad.org.tr/ani-defteri/nuzhet-gokdogan|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Turkish Astronomy Association|language=tr}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[José Giovanni]], French-Swiss director and producer (b. 1923) * 2004 – [[Estée Lauder (businesswoman)|Estée Lauder]], American businesswoman, co-founded [[Estée Lauder Companies]] (b. 1906) *[[2005]] – [[Ezer Weizman]], Israeli general and politician, 7th [[President of Israel]] (b. 1924) * 2005 – [[Fei Xiaotong]], Chinese sociologist and academic (b. 1910) *[[2006]] – [[Brian Labone]], English footballer (b. 1940) * 2006 – [[Moshe Teitelbaum (Satmar)|Moshe Teitelbaum]], Romanian-American rabbi and author (b. 1914) *[[2008]] – [[Jimmy Giuffre]], American clarinet player, and saxophonist, and composer (b. 1921) *[[2011]] – [[Sathya Sai Baba]], Indian guru and philanthropist (b. 1926) *[[2014]] – [[Hans Hollein]], Austrian architect, designed [[Haas House]] (b. 1934) * 2014 – [[Sandy Jardine]], Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1948) * 2014 – [[Shobha Nagi Reddy]], Indian politician (b. 1968) * 2014 – [[Tadeusz Różewicz]], Polish poet and playwright (b. 1921) *[[2015]] – [[Władysław Bartoszewski]], Polish journalist and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Poland)|Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1922) *[[2016]] – [[Tommy Kono]], American weightlifter and coach (b. 1930) *[[2017]] – [[Robert Pirsig]], American author and philosopher (b. 1928) *[[2022]] – [[Andrew Woolfolk]], American saxophonist (b. 1950)<ref>{{Cite web |author=Scottie Andrew |title=Earth, Wind & Fire saxophonist Andrew Woolfolk dies at 71 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/26/entertainment/andrew-woolfolk-death-earth-wind-and-fire-cec/index.html |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=CNN|date=26 April 2022 }}</ref> *[[2023]] - [[Wang Xiaolong (Chinese coast guardsman)|Wang Xiaolong]], Chinese Coast guardsman (b. 1995)<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=2023-07-17 |title=守卫海疆 青春无悔——追记广东汕尾海警局执法员汪晓龙烈士 |url=http://gd.people.com.cn/n2/2023/0717/c123932-40496040.html |website=People's Daily}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Bob Cole (sportscaster)|Bob Cole]], Canadian sports announcer (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite news |title=Bob Cole, the play-by-play voice of countless NHL games, dies at 90 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/bob-cole-obituary-1.7184556 |access-date=25 April 2024 |publisher=CBC |date=25 April 2024}}</ref> *2024 – [[Terry Hill]], Australian rugby league player (b. 1972)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Decent |first1=Tom |last2=Eder |first2=Billie |date=2024-04-24 |title=Terry Hill dies aged 52 |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/terry-hill-dead-aged-52-20240424-p5fmb3.html |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Donald Payne Jr.]], American politician (b. 1958)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Fox |first1=Joey |last2=Wildstein |first2=David |date=2024-04-24 |title=Donald Payne, six-term congressman from New Jersey, dies at 65 |url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/in-memoriam/donald-payne-dies-at-65/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=New Jersey Globe |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[Mike Pinder]], British musician (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sandomir |first=Richard |date=2024-04-26 |title=Mike Pinder, Founding Keyboardist of the Moody Blues, Dies at 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/arts/music/mike-pinder-moody-blues-dead.html |access-date=2024-04-27 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2025 – [[Roy Phillips]] , British musician (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roy Phillips - AudioCulture |url=https://www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/roy-phillips |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=www.audioculture.co.nz |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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