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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[224]] – [[Artabanus IV of Parthia]] (b. 191) * [[948]] – [[Hu Jinsi]], Chinese general and prefect * [[988]] – [[Adaldag]], archbishop of [[Archbishopric of Bremen|Bremen]]<ref name="fw">{{cite book |last1=Jackson |first1=Samuel Macauley |title=New Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge |date=1914 |publisher=Funk and Wagnalls |location=London and New York |edition=3rd }}</ref> * [[992]] – [[Jawhar (general)|Jawhar as-Siqilli]], [[Fatimid]] statesman<ref>* {{EI2 | title=D̲j̲awhar al-Ṣiḳillī | first = Hussain | last = Monés | volume = 2 | pages = 494–495 | url = http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_2034}}</ref> *[[1109]] – Abbot [[Hugh of Cluny]] (b. 1024)<ref>{{cite book |last=Bouchard |first=Constance Brittain |title=Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and Church in Burgundy, 980-1198 |publisher=Cornell University Press |year=1987 }}</ref> *[[1192]] – [[Conrad of Montferrat]] (b. 1140) *[[1197]] – [[Rhys ap Gruffydd]], prince of [[Deheubarth]] (b. 1132) *[[1257]] – [[Shajar al-Durr]], sovereign sultana of Egypt *[[1260]] – [[Luchesius Modestini]], founding member of the [[Third Order of St. Francis]] *[[1400]] – [[Baldus de Ubaldis]], Italian jurist (b. 1327) *[[1489]] – [[Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland]], English politician (b. 1449) *[[1533]] – [[Nicholas West]], English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461) ===1601–1900=== *[[1643]] – [[Francisco de Lucena]], Portuguese politician (b. 1578) *[[1710]] – [[Thomas Betterton]], English actor and manager (b. 1630) *[[1716]] – [[Louis de Montfort]], French priest and saint (b. 1673) *[[1726]] – [[Thomas Pitt]], English merchant and politician (b. 1653) *[[1741]] – [[Magnus Julius De la Gardie]], Swedish general and politician (b. 1668) *[[1772]] – [[Johann Friedrich Struensee]], German physician and politician (b. 1737) *[[1781]] – [[Cornelius Harnett]], American merchant, farmer, and politician (b. 1723) *[[1813]] – [[Mikhail Kutuzov]], Russian field marshal (b. 1745) *[[1816]] – [[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], German philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1762) *[[1841]] – [[Peter Chanel]], French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1803) *[[1853]] – [[Ludwig Tieck]], German author and poet (b. 1773) *[[1858]] – [[Johannes Peter Müller]], German physiologist and anatomist (b. 1801) *[[1865]] – [[Samuel Cunard]], Canadian-English businessman, founded [[Cunard Line]] (b. 1787) *[[1881]] – [[Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon]], French sculptor and photographer (b. 1818) *[[1883]] – [[John Russell (parson)|John Russell]], English hunter and dog breeder (b. 1795) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Cyprien Tanguay]], Canadian priest and historian (b. 1819) *[[1903]] – [[Josiah Willard Gibbs]], American scientist (b. 1839)<ref>{{cite web |title=J. Willard Gibbs {{!}} American scientist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-Willard-Gibbs |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=25 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1905]] – [[Fitzhugh Lee]], American general and politician, 40th [[Governor of Virginia]] (b. 1835) *[[1921]] – [[Maurice Moore (Irish republican)]], executed member of the [[Irish Republican Army]] (b. 1894)<ref>MacEoin, Uinseann (1997), ''The IRA in the twilight years 1923-1948'', Argenta Publications, Dublin, pg. 797, ISBN 9780951117248</ref> *[[1925]] – [[Richard Butler (Australian politician)|Richard Butler]], English-Australian politician, 23rd [[Premier of South Australia]] (b. 1850) *[[1928]] – [[May Jordan McConnel]], Australian trade unionist and suffragist (b. 1860)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21402766|title=Family Notices|date=6 May 1929|newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]]|issue=22,237|page=12|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref> *[[1929]] – [[Hendrik van Heuckelum]], Dutch footballer (b. 1879) *[[1936]] – [[Fuad I of Egypt]] (b. 1868) *[[1939]] – [[Anne Walter Fearn]], American physician (b. 1867)<ref>{{cite book|first=Philips|last=Clifton J.|chapter=Fearn, Anne Walter|editor-first=Edward T.|editor-last=James|title=Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary|volume=1|year=1971|isbn=978-0-67462-734-5|page=603|publisher=Harvard University Press }}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Mohammed Alim Khan]], Manghud ruler (b. 1880) * 1944 – [[Frank Knox]], American journalist and politician, 46th [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] (b. 1874) *[[1945]] – [[Roberto Farinacci]], Italian soldier and politician (b. 1892) * 1945 – [[Hermann Fegelein]], German general (b. 1906) * 1945 – [[Benito Mussolini]], Italian journalist and politician, 27th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (b. 1883) *[[1946]] – [[Louis Bachelier]], French mathematician and academic (b. 1870) *[[1954]] – [[Léon Jouhaux]], French union leader, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1879) *[[1956]] – [[Fred Marriott]], American race car driver (b. 1872) *[[1957]] – [[Heinrich Bär]], German colonel and pilot (b. 1913) *[[1962]] – [[Bennie Osler]], South African rugby player (b. 1901) *[[1963]] – [[Wilhelm Weber (gymnast)|Wilhelm Weber]], German gymnast (b. 1880) *[[1970]] – [[Ed Begley]], American actor (b. 1901) *[[1973]] – [[Clas Thunberg]], Finnish speed skater (b. 1893) *[[1976]] – [[Richard Hughes (writer)|Richard Hughes]], American author and poet (b. 1900) *[[1977]] – [[Ricardo Cortez]], American actor (b. 1900) * 1977 – [[Sepp Herberger]], German footballer and coach (b. 1897) *[[1978]] – [[Mohammed Daoud Khan]], Afghan commander and politician, 1st [[President of Afghanistan]] (b. 1909)<ref name="Thompson"/> *[[1980]] – [[Tommy Caldwell (musician)|Tommy Caldwell]], American bass player (b. 1949) *[[1987]] – [[Ben Linder]], American engineer and activist (b. 1959) *[[1989]] – [[Esa Pakarinen]], Finnish actor and musician (b. 1911)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vintti.yle.fi/yle.fi/satumaa/satumaa/ajankohtaista/2011-01-26/esa-pakarisen-syntymasta-100-vuotta.htm|title=Esa Pakarisen syntymästä 100 vuotta|first=Airi|last=Saastamoinen|work=Satumaa|publisher=[[Yle]]|date=January 26, 2011|access-date=December 22, 2021|language=fi}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Steve Broidy]], American film producer (b. 1905) *[[1992]] – [[Francis Bacon (artist)|Francis Bacon]], Irish painter (b. 1909) *[[1993]] – [[Diva Diniz Corrêa]], Brazilian zoologist (b. 1918) * 1993 – [[Jim Valvano]], American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1946) *[[1994]] – [[Berton Roueché]], American journalist and author (b. 1910) *[[1996]] – [[Lester Sumrall]], American minister, founded [[Lester Sumrall|LeSEA]] (b. 1913) *[[1997]] – [[Ann Petry]], American novelist (b. 1908) *[[1998]] – [[Jerome Bixby]], American author and screenwriter (b. 1923) *[[1999]] – [[Rory Calhoun]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922) * 1999 – [[Rolf Landauer]], German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1927) * 1999 – [[Alf Ramsey]], English footballer and manager (b. 1920) * 1999 – [[Arthur Leonard Schawlow]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1921) *[[2000]] – [[Jerzy Einhorn]], Polish-Swedish physician and politician (b. 1925) * 2000 – [[Penelope Fitzgerald]], English author and poet (b. 1916) *[[2002]] – [[Alexander Lebed]], Russian general and politician (b. 1950) * 2002 – [[Lou Thesz]], American wrestler and trainer (b. 1916) *[[2005]] – [[Percy Heath]], American bassist (b. 1923) * 2005 – [[Chris Candido]], American wrestler (b. 1971) * 2005 – [[Taraki Sivaram]], Sri Lankan journalist and author (b. 1959) *[[2006]] – [[Steve Howe (baseball)|Steve Howe]], American baseball player (b. 1958) *[[2007]] – [[Dabbs Greer]], American actor (b. 1917) * 2007 – [[René Mailhot]], Canadian journalist (b. 1942) * 2007 – [[Tommy Newsom]], American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1929) * 2007 – [[Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker]], German physicist and philosopher (b. 1912) * 2007 – [[Bertha Wilson]], Scottish-Canadian lawyer and jurist (b. 1923) *[[2009]] – [[Ekaterina Maximova]], Russian ballerina and actress (b. 1939) * 2009 – [[Richard Pratt (Australian businessman)|Richard Pratt]], Polish-Australian businessman (b. 1934) *[[2011]] – [[Erhard Loretan]], Swiss mountaineer (b. 1959) *[[2012]] – [[Fred Allen (rugby union)|Fred Allen]], New Zealand rugby player and coach (b. 1920) * 2012 – [[Matilde Camus]], Spanish poet and author (b. 1919) * 2012 – [[Al Ecuyer]], American football player (b. 1937) * 2012 – [[Patricia Medina]], English actress (b. 1919) * 2012 – [[Milan N. Popović]], Serbian psychiatrist and author (b. 1924) * 2012 – [[Aberdeen Shikoyi]], Kenyan rugby player (b. 1985) *[[2013]] – [[Brad Lesley]], American baseball player (b. 1958) * 2013 – [[Fredrick McKissack]], American author (b. 1939) * 2013 – [[John C. Reynolds]], American computer scientist and academic (b. 1935) * 2013 – [[Jack Shea (director)|Jack Shea]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928) * 2013 – [[János Starker]], Hungarian-American cellist and educator (b. 1924) * 2013 – [[Paulo Vanzolini]], Brazilian singer-songwriter and zoologist (b. 1924) * 2013 – [[Bernie Wood]], New Zealand journalist and author (b. 1939) *[[2014]] – [[Barbara Fiske Calhoun]], American cartoonist and painter (b. 1919) * 2014 – [[William Honan]], American journalist and author (b. 1930) * 2014 – [[Dennis Kamakahi]], American guitarist and composer (b. 1953) * 2014 – [[Edgar Laprade]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919) * 2014 – [[Jack Ramsay]], American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1925) * 2014 – [[Idris Sardi]], Indonesian violinist and composer (b. 1938) * 2014 – [[Frederic Schwartz]], American architect, co-designed ''[[Empty Sky (memorial)|Empty Sky]]'' (b. 1951) * 2014 – [[Ryan Tandy]], Australian rugby player (b. 1981) *[[2015]] – [[Antônio Abujamra]], Brazilian actor and director (b. 1932) * 2015 – [[Marcia Brown]], American author and illustrator (b. 1918) * 2015 – [[Michael J. Ingelido]], American general (b. 1916) *[[2016]] – [[Jenny Diski]], English author and screenwriter (b. 1947) *[[2017]] – [[Mariano Gagnon]], American Catholic priest and author (b. 1929) *[[2018]] – [[James Hylton]], American race car driver (b. 1934) *[[2019]] – [[Richard Lugar]], American politician (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/28/richard-lugar-dies-former-indiana-senator/3608748002/ |title=Former Indiana Senator Richard Lugar dies - usatoday.com |author= Maureen Groppe|date=2019-04-28|website=USA Today| access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref> * 2019 – [[John Singleton]], American film director (b. 1968)<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Cynthia|last=Littleton|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/john-singleton-dies-dead-boyz-n-the-hood-1203200263/#!&referrerID=InAppShare|title='Boyz n the Hood' Director John Singleton Dies at 51|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|location=Los Angeles, California|date=April 29, 2019|via=[[MSN]]}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Michael Collins (astronaut)|Michael Collins]], American astronaut (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/science/michael-collins-third-man-of-the-moon-landing-dies-at-90.html|title = Michael Collins, 'Third Man' of the Moon Landing, Dies at 90|work = [[The New York Times]]|last = Goldstein|first = Richard|date = April 28, 2021|access-date = April 29, 2021}}</ref> * 2021 – [[El Risitas]], Spanish comedian (b. 1956)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-28|title=Muere 'El Risitas'|url=https://sevilla.abc.es/sevilla/sevi-muere-sevilla-juan-joya-borja-risitas-202104282101_noticia.html|access-date=2021-04-29|website=sevilla|language=es}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Brian McCardie]], Scottish actor and writer (b. 1965)<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 30, 2024 |title=Line of Duty actor Brian McCardie dies at 59 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4n1vzgqrl3o |access-date=May 1, 2024 |work=[[BBC]]}}</ref> <!--Please do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.-->
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