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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[499]] – [[Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei]] (b. 467) * [[645]] – [[Richarius]], Frankish monk and saint (b. 560) * [[680]] – [[Mu'awiya I]], Umayyad caliph (b. 602) *[[AD 757|757]] – [[Pope Stephen II]] (b. 715) * [[893]] – [[Chen Jingxuan]], general of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] * [[962]] – [[Adalbero I of Metz|Adalbero I]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz|Metz]] *[[1192]] – [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]] of Japan (b. 1127) *[[1366]] – [[Simon Islip]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] *[[1392]] – [[Chŏng Mong-ju]], Korean civil minister, diplomat and scholar (b. 1338) *[[1444]] – [[Robert Campin]], Flemish painter (b. 1378) *[[1478]] – [[Giuliano de' Medici]], Italian ruler (b. 1453) *[[1489]] – [[Ashikaga Yoshihisa]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1465) *[[1558]] – [[Jean Fernel]], French physician (b. 1497)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=BONO |first1=JAMES J. |last2=SCHMITT |first2=CHARLES B. |title=AN UNKNOWN LETTER OF JACQUES DALÉCHAMPS TO JEAN FERNEL: LOCAL AUTONOMY VERSUS CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT |journal=Bulletin of the History of Medicine |date=1979 |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages=100–127 |jstor=44451300 |pmid=387127 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/44451300.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/44451300.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |issn=0007-5140}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1686]] – [[Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie]], Swedish statesman and military man (b. 1622) *[[1716]] – [[John Somers, 1st Baron Somers]], English jurist and politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain]] (b. 1651) *[[1784]] – [[Nano Nagle]], Irish nun and educator, founded the [[Presentation Sisters]] (b. 1718) *[[1789]] – [[Petr Ivanovich Panin]], Russian general (b. 1721) *[[1809]] – [[Bernhard Schott]], German music publisher (b. 1748)<ref>{{NDB |23|486|487|Schott, Peter Bernhard|Brück, Marion|118610546|ref=none}}</ref> *[[1865]] – [[John Wilkes Booth]], American actor, assassin of [[Abraham Lincoln]] (b. 1838) *[[1881]] – [[Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen]], German general (b. 1815) *[[1895]] – [[Eric Stenbock]], Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860) ===1901–present=== *[[1910]] – [[Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson]], Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1832) *[[1915]] – [[John Bunny]], American actor (b. 1863) * 1915 – [[Ida Hunt Udall]], American diarist (b. 1858)<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Pauline U. |url=https://rsc.byu.edu/book/pioneer-women-arizona |title=Pioneer Women of Arizona |publisher=[[Religious Studies Center]] and [[Deseret Book]] |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-9443-9409-7 |editor-last=Clayton |editor-first=Roberta Flake |edition=2nd |location=Provo and Salt Lake City |pages=741–747 |chapter=Ida Frances Hunt Udall |editor-last2=Ellis |editor-first2=Catherine H. |editor-last3=Boone |editor-first3=David F. |chapter-url=https://rsc.byu.edu/sites/default/files/pub_content/pdf/U.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007023022/https://rsc.byu.edu/sites/default/files/pub_content/pdf/U.pdf |archive-date=October 7, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1916]] – [[Mário de Sá-Carneiro]], Portuguese poet and writer (b. 1890)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=de Marchis |first1=Giorgio |title=Sá-Carneiro, Mário de (1890–1916) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=15 October 2018 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM2013-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Srinivasa Ramanujan]], Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887) *[[1932]] – [[Bill Lockwood (cricketer)|William Lockwood]], English cricketer (b. 1868) *[[1934]] – [[Arturs Alberings]], Latvian politician, former [[Prime Minister of Latvia]] (b. 1876) * 1934 – [[Konstantin Vaginov]], Russian poet and novelist (b. 1899)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Vaginov, Konstantin Konstantinovich Wagenheim (1899-1934) |date=2016 |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |last1=Pavlov |first1=Evgeny |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM692-1}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Carl Bosch]], German chemist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1874) *[[1944]] – [[Violette Morris]], French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893) *[[1945]] – [[Sigmund Rascher]], German physician (b. 1909) * 1945 – [[Pavlo Skoropadskyi]], German-Ukrainian general and politician, [[Hetman of Ukraine]] (b. 1871) *[[1946]] – [[James Larkin White]], American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882) *[[1950]] – [[George Murray Hulbert]], American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881) *[[1951]] – [[Arnold Sommerfeld]], German physicist and academic (b. 1868) *[[1956]] – [[Edward Arnold (actor)|Edward Arnold]], American actor (b. 1890) *[[1957]] – [[Gichin Funakoshi]], Japanese martial artist, founded [[Shotokan]] (b. 1868) *[[1964]] – [[E. J. Pratt]], Canadian poet and author (b. 1882) *[[1968]] – [[John Heartfield]], German illustrator and photographer (b. 1891) *[[1969]] – [[Morihei Ueshiba]], Japanese martial artist, founded [[aikido]] (b. 1883) *[[1970]] – [[Erik Bergman (Lutheran minister)|Erik Bergman]], Swedish minister and author (b. 1886) * 1970 – [[Gypsy Rose Lee]], American actress, striptease dancer, and writer (b. 1911) *[[1973]] – [[Irene Ryan]], American actress and philanthropist (b. 1902) *[[1976]] – [[Sidney Franklin (bullfighter)|Sidney Franklin]], American bullfighter (b. 1903) * 1976 – [[Sid James]], South African-English actor (b. 1913) * 1976 – [[Armstrong Sperry]], American author and illustrator (b. 1897) *[[1980]] – [[Cicely Courtneidge]], Australian-born British actress, comedian and singer (b. 1893) *[[1981]] – [[Jim Davis (actor)|Jim Davis]], American actor (b. 1909) *[[1984]] – [[Count Basie]], American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1904) *[[1986]] – [[Broderick Crawford]], American actor (b. 1911) * 1986 – [[Bessie Love]], American actress (b. 1898) * 1986 – [[Dechko Uzunov]], Bulgarian painter (b. 1899) *[[1987]] – [[Shankar Jaikishan|Shankar]], Indian composer and conductor (b. 1922) * 1987 – [[John Silkin]], English lawyer and politician, [[Shadow Leader of the House of Commons]] (b. 1923) *[[1989]] – [[Lucille Ball]], American model, actress, comedian, and producer (b. 1911) *[[1991]] – [[Leo Arnaud]], French-American composer and conductor (b. 1904) * 1991 – [[Carmine Coppola]], American composer and conductor (b. 1910) * 1991 – [[A. B. Guthrie, Jr.]], American novelist and historian, (b. 1901) * 1991 – [[Richard Hatfield]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th [[Premier of New Brunswick]] (b. 1931) *[[1994]] – [[Mas Oyama|Masutatsu Ōyama]], Japanese martial artist, founded [[Kyokushin|Kyokushin kaikan]] (b. 1923) *[[1996]] – [[Stirling Silliphant]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918) *[[1999]] – [[Adrian Borland]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1957) * 1999 – [[Jill Dando]], English journalist and television personality (b. 1961)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jill Dando {{!}} Jill Dando murder |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/apr/27/guardianobituaries.jilldando |website=The Guardian |date=27 April 1999 |access-date=27 April 2021}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Rosemary Brown (Canadian politician)|Rosemary Brown]], Jamaican-Canadian academic and politician (b. 1930) * 2003 – [[Yun Hyon-seok]], South Korean poet and author (b. 1984) * 2003 – [[Edward Max Nicholson]], Irish environmentalist, co-founded the [[World Wide Fund for Nature]] (b. 1904) *[[2004]] – [[Hubert Selby, Jr.]], American author, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1928) *[[2005]] – [[Mason Adams]], American actor (b. 1919) * 2005 – [[Elisabeth Domitien]], Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1925)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elisabeth-Domitien|title=Elisabeth Domitien {{!}} prime minister of Central African Republic|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2018-02-13}}</ref> * 2005 – [[Maria Schell]], Austrian-Swiss actress (b. 1926) * 2005 – [[Augusto Roa Bastos]], Paraguayan journalist, author, and academic (b. 1917) *[[2007]] – [[Jack Valenti]], American businessman, created the [[Motion Picture Association of America film rating system|MPAA film rating system]] (b. 1921) *[[2008]] – [[Árpád Orbán]], Hungarian footballer (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/arpad-orban|title=Arpad ORBAN - Olympic Football | Hungary|date=June 13, 2016|website=International Olympic Committee}}</ref> *[[2009]] – [[Hans Holzer]], Austrian-American paranormal investigator and author (b. 1920) *[[2010]] – [[Mariam A. Aleem]], Egyptian graphic designer and academic (b. 1930) * 2010 – [[Urs Felber]], Swiss engineer and businessman (b. 1942) *[[2011]] – [[Phoebe Snow]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950) *[[2012]] – [[Terence Spinks]], English boxer and trainer (b. 1938) *[[2013]] – [[Jacqueline Brookes]], American actress and educator (b. 1930) * 2013 – [[George Jones]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1931) * 2013 – [[Earl Silverman]], Canadian men's rights advocate (b. 1948)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gerson |first1=Jen |title=Man who ran Canada's only shelter dedicated solely to male victims of domestic abuse dies in apparent suicide |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/earl-silverman-who-ran-mens-safe-house-dies-in-apparent-suicide |access-date=26 April 2023 |work=[[National Post]] |date=28 April 2013 |language=en-CA}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Gerald Guralnik]], American physicist and academic (b. 1936) * 2014 – [[Paul Robeson, Jr.]], American historian and author (b. 1927) * 2014 – [[DJ Rashad]], American electronic musician, producer and DJ (b. 1979) *[[2015]] – [[Jayne Meadows]], American actress (b. 1919) * 2015 – [[Marcel Pronovost]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930) *[[2016]] – [[Harry Wu]], Chinese human rights activist (b. 1937) *[[2017]] – [[Jonathan Demme]], American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter (b. 1944) *[[2022]] – [[Klaus Schulze]], German composer and musician (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-29 |title=Klaus Schulze obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/29/klaus-schulze-obituary |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Jerry Apodaca]], American politician, 24th [[Governor of New Mexico]] (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Casaus |first1=Phill |title=Former N.M. Gov. Jerry Apodaca dies at 88 |url=https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/former-n-m-gov-jerry-apodaca-dies-at-88/article_3f7579f8-e48c-11ed-b597-6bf540116997.html |website=Santa Fe New Mexican |date=26 April 2023 |access-date=April 26, 2023}}</ref> * 2023 – [[Tangaraju Suppiah]], Singaporean drug trafficker (b. 1977)<ref>{{cite news |date= 26 April 2023 |url=https://www.todayonline.com/world/singapore-executes-citizen-cannabis-trafficking-2158711 |website=TODAY|title=Singapore executes citizen for cannabis trafficking }}</ref> <!--Do not add non-notable people, or other people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not add fictional characters 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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