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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 65]] – [[Lucan]], Roman poet (b. 39) *[[AD 125|125]] – [[Emperor An of Han|An]], Chinese emperor (b. 94) * [[535]] – [[Amalasuntha]], Ostrogothic queen and regent * [[783]] – [[Hildegard of the Vinzgau]], Frankish queen *[[1002]] – [[Eckard I]], German nobleman *[[1030]] – [[Mahmud of Ghazni]], Ghaznavid emir (b. 971) *[[1063]] – [[Emperor Renzong of Song|Ren Zong]], Chinese emperor (b. 1010) *[[1131]] – [[Adjutor]], French knight and saint *[[1305]] – [[Roger de Flor]], Italian military adventurer (b. 1267) *[[1341]] – [[John III, Duke of Brittany|John III]], duke of Brittany (b. 1286) *[[1439]] – [[Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick]], English commander (b. 1382) *[[1524]] – [[Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard]], French soldier (b. 1473) *[[1544]] – [[Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden]], English lawyer and judge, [[Lord Chancellor of England]] (b. 1488) *[[1550]] – [[Tabinshwehti]], Burmese king (b. 1516) ===1601–1900=== *[[1632]] – [[Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly]], Bavarian general (b. 1559) * 1632 – [[Sigismund III Vasa]], Swedish-Polish son of [[John III of Sweden]] (b. 1566) *[[1637]] – [[Niwa Nagashige]], Japanese daimyō (b. 1571) *[[1655]] – [[Eustache Le Sueur]], French painter (b. 1617) *[[1660]] – [[Petrus Scriverius]], Dutch historian and scholar (b. 1576) *[[1672]] – [[Marie of the Incarnation (Ursuline)|Marie of the Incarnation]], French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the [[Ursulines of Quebec]] (b. 1599) *[[1696]] – [[Robert Plot]], English chemist and academic (b. 1640) *[[1712]] – [[Philipp van Limborch]], Dutch theologian and author (b. 1633) *[[1733]] – [[Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes]], Portuguese diplomat (b. 1676)<ref name="Sousa1755">{{Cite book |title=Memórias Históricas e Genealógicas dos Grandes de Portugal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h2aHDJ7h-r4C |last=Sousa |first=António Caetano de |publisher=Regia Officina Sylviana, e da Academia Real |year=1755 |location=Lisbon |pages=47–58}}</ref> *[[1736]] – [[Johann Albert Fabricius]], German scholar and author (b. 1668) *[[1758]] – [[François d'Agincourt]], French organist and composer (b. 1684) *[[1792]] – [[John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for the Northern Department]] (b. 1718) *[[1795]] – [[Jean-Jacques Barthélemy]], French archaeologist and author (b. 1716) *[[1806]] – [[Onogawa Kisaburō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 5th [[Yokozuna]] (b. 1758) *[[1841]] – [[Peter Andreas Heiberg]], Danish philologist and author (b. 1758) *[[1847]] – [[Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen|Charles]], Austrian commander and duke of Teschen (b. 1771) *[[1863]] – [[Jean Danjou]], French Army officer, killed in action at the [[Battle of Camarón]] (b. 1828)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lepage |first1=Jean-Denis G. G. |title=The French Foreign Legion: An Illustrated History |date=18 April 2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-6253-7 |pages=47 and 49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qqeOMjr9kqYC&pg=PA47 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1864]] – [[John B. Cocke]], Confederate States Army officer, killed in action at the [[Battle of Jenkins' Ferry]] (b. {{circa|1833|lk=yes}})<ref>{{cite book |last=Allardice |first=Bruce S. |date=2008 |title=Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register |series=Shades of Blue and Gray Series |location=Columbia, Missouri |publisher=[[University of Missouri Press]] |page=104 |isbn=978-0-8262-1809-4 |ol=16839816M}}</ref> *[[1865]] – [[Robert FitzRoy]], English admiral, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd [[Governor of New Zealand]] (b. 1805) *[[1870]] – [[Thomas Cooke (bishop)|Thomas Cooke]], Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1792) *[[1875]] – [[Jean-Frédéric Waldeck]], French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766) *[[1879]] – [[Emma Smith]], American religious leader (b. 1804) *[[1883]] – [[Édouard Manet]], French painter (b. 1832) *[[1891]] – [[Joseph Leidy]], American paleontologist and author (b. 1823) *[[1900]] – [[Casey Jones]], American railroad engineer (b. 1864) ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Emily Stowe]], Canadian physician and activist (b. 1831)<ref>{{cite book|first=Juanne Nancarrow|last=Clarke|title=Health, Illness, and Medicine in Canada|location=Toronto|publisher=McClelland & Stewart|year=1992|page=234|isbn=978-0-77102-146-6}}</ref> *[[1910]] – [[Jean Moréas]], Greek poet and critic (b. 1856) *[[1926]] – [[Bessie Coleman]], American pilot (b. 1892)<ref>{{cite book|first=Linda|last=Barr|title=Bessie Coleman: Pioneer Pilot|location=Columbus, Ohio|publisher=Zaner-Bloser|year=2004|page=21|isbn=978-0-73672-039-7}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[A. E. Housman]], English poet and scholar (b. 1859) *[[1939]] – [[Frank Haller]], American boxer (b. 1883) *[[1943]] – [[Eddy Hamel]], American footballer (b. 1902)<ref>Simon Kuper (2012). [https://books.google.com/books?id=VC1aclsVRDgC&pg=PA54 ''Ajax, the Dutch, the War; The Strange Tale of Soccer During Europe's Darkest Hour'']</ref> * 1943 – [[Otto Jespersen]], Danish linguist and academic (b. 1860) * 1943 – [[Beatrice Webb]], English sociologist and economist (b. 1858)<ref>{{cite book|first=Roland|last=Turner|title=Thinkers of the Twentieth Century|location=London|publisher=St. James Press|year=1987|page=817|isbn=978-0-33333-634-2}}</ref> <!--1945 Not necessary to include Hitler/Braun deaths -- included above in notable events (1945) << Maybe not necessary, but quite HELPFUL, so that readers are not forced to hunt around on a page to find the info they are looking for. And for anyone who feels insistent that this info appear only on one place on this page, a strong argument is to be made that the most logical place is here under 'Deaths', not among 'Events'. Info presented in that Event is their suicide, coming soon after their marriage, followed by the raising of a Soviet victory flag. And it is quite clear that among these three events, the most noteworthy by far is regarding the deaths. ~Tdadamemd --> *[[1945]] – [[Eva Braun]], German photographer and office and lab assistant, wife of [[Adolf Hitler]] (b. 1912)<ref name=Kershaw2001>{{cite book | last = Kershaw | first = Ian | author-link = Ian Kershaw | year = 2001 | orig-year = 2000 | title = Hitler, 1936–1945: Nemesis | publisher = Penguin | location = London | isbn = 978-0-14-027239-0 | language = en | pages=199, 200}}</ref> * 1945 – [[Adolf Hitler]], Austrian-German politician and author, dictator of [[Nazi Germany]] (b. 1889)<ref name=Kershaw2001 /> *[[1953]] – [[Jacob Linzbach]], Estonian linguist and author (b. 1874) *[[1956]] – [[Alben W. Barkley]], American lawyer and politician, 35th [[Vice President of the United States]] (b. 1877) *[[1970]] – [[Jacques Presser]], Dutch historian, writer and poet (b. 1899) * 1970 – [[Inger Stevens]], Swedish-American actress (b. 1934) *[[1972]] – [[Gia Scala]], English-American model and actress (b. 1934) *[[1973]] – [[Václav Renč]], Czech poet and playwright (b. 1911) *[[1974]] – [[Agnes Moorehead]], American actress (b. 1900) *[[1980]] – [[Luis Muñoz Marín]], Puerto Rican journalist and politician, 1st [[Governor of Puerto Rico]] (b. 1898) *[[1982]] – [[Lester Bangs]], American journalist and author (b. 1949) *[[1983]] – [[George Balanchine]], Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904) * 1983 – [[Muddy Waters]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bandleader (b. 1913) * 1983 – [[Edouard Wyss-Dunant]], Swiss physician and mountaineer (b. 1897) *[[1986]] – [[Robert Stevenson (director)|Robert Stevenson]], English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905) *[[1989]] – [[Sergio Leone]], Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929) *[[1993]] – [[Tommy Caton]], English footballer (b. 1962) *[[1994]] – [[Roland Ratzenberger]], Austrian race car driver (b. 1960) * 1994 – [[Richard Scarry]], American author and illustrator (b. 1919) *[[1995]] – [[Maung Maung Kha]], Burmese colonel and politician, 8th [[Prime Minister of Burma]] (b. 1920) *[[1998]] – [[Nizar Qabbani]], Syrian-English poet, publisher, and diplomat (b. 1926) *[[2000]] – [[Poul Hartling]], Danish politician, 36th [[Prime Minister of Denmark]] (b. 1914) *[[2002]] – [[Charlotte von Mahlsdorf]], German philanthropist, founded the [[Gründerzeit|Gründerzeit Museum]] (b. 1928) *[[2003]] – [[Mark Berger (economist)|Mark Berger]], American economist and academic (b. 1955) * 2003 – [[Possum Bourne]], New Zealand race car driver (b. 1956) *[[2005]] – [[Phil Rasmussen]], American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1918) *[[2006]] – [[Jean-François Revel]], French philosopher (b. 1924) * 2006 – [[Pramoedya Ananta Toer]], Indonesian author and academic (b. 1925) *[[2007]] – [[Kevin Mitchell (linebacker)|Kevin Mitchell]], American football player (b. 1971) * 2007 – [[Tom Poston]], American actor, comedian, and game show panelist (b. 1921) * 2007 – [[Gordon Scott]], American film and television actor (b. 1926) *[[2008]] – [[Juancho Evertsz]], Dutch Antillean politician (b. 1923) *[[2009]] – [[Henk Nijdam]], Dutch cyclist (b. 1935) *[[2011]] – [[Dorjee Khandu]], Indian politician, 6th [[Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh]] (b. 1955) * 2011 – [[Evald Okas]], Estonian painter (b. 1915) * 2011 – [[Ernesto Sabato]], Argentinian physicist, author, and painter (b. 1911) *[[2012]] – [[Tomás Borge]], Nicaraguan poet and politician, co-founded the [[Sandinista National Liberation Front]] (b. 1930) * 2012 – [[Alexander Dale Oen]], Norwegian swimmer (b. 1985)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sport.aftenbladet.no/sport/svomming/article234619.ece|title=Svømmeren Alexander Dale Oen er død|work=Aftenbladet|date=21 May 1985|access-date=2 May 2012|archive-date=6 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906001643/http://sport.aftenbladet.no/sport/svomming/article234619.ece|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Giannis Gravanis]], Greek footballer (b. 1958) * 2012 – [[Benzion Netanyahu]], Russian-Israeli historian and academic (b. 1910) *[[2013]] – [[Roberto Chabet]], Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1937) * 2013 – [[Shirley Firth]], Canadian skier (b. 1953)<ref>{{cite web |title=Shirley and Sharon Firth {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/shirley-and-sharon-firth |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=9 January 2023}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Viviane Forrester]], French author and critic (b. 1925) *[[2014]] – [[Khaled Choudhury]], Indian painter and set designer (b. 1919) * 2014 – [[Julian Lewis (biologist)|Julian Lewis]], English biologist and academic (b. 1946) * 2014 – [[Carl E. Moses]], American businessman and politician (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite web|title=Carl Moses, Longtime State Representative, Dies in Sand Point |url=http://www.ktuu.com/news/news/carl-moses-longtime-state-representative-dies-in-sand-point/25743086 |publisher=[[KTUU]] |access-date=May 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502182411/http://www.ktuu.com/news/news/carl-moses-longtime-state-representative-dies-in-sand-point/25743086 |archive-date=May 2, 2014 }}</ref> * 2014 – [[Ian Ross (newsreader)|Ian Ross]], Australian journalist (b. 1940) *[[2015]] – [[Ben E. King]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1938)<ref>{{cite web|title=R&B legend Ben E King dies at 76|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-32547474|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=May 1, 2015|access-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref> *[[2016]] – [[Daniel Berrigan]], American priest and activist (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lewis|first1=Daniel|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/nyregion/daniel-j-berrigan-defiant-priest-who-preached-pacifism-dies-at-94.html|title=Daniel J. Berrigan, Defiant Priest Who Preached Pacifism, Dies at 94|date=April 30, 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=April 30, 2016}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Harry Kroto]], English chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/05/science/harold-kroto-nobel-prize-winning-chemist-is-dead-at-76.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/05/science/harold-kroto-nobel-prize-winning-chemist-is-dead-at-76.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited|title=Harold Kroto, Nobel Prize Winning Chemist, Is Dead at 76|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=7 May 2016|date=4 May 2016|author=Nicholas St. Fluer}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Belchior (singer)|Belchior]], Brazilian singer and composer (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-30 |title=Cantor Belchior morre aos 70 anos no Rio Grande do Sul |url=https://g1.globo.com/ceara/noticia/cantor-cearense-belchior-morre-aos-70-anos-no-rio-grande-do-sul.ghtml |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Peter Mayhew]], English-American actor (b. 1944)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/star-wars-actor-peter-mayhew-passes-age-74/story?id=62791980|title='Star Wars' actor Peter Mayhew dies at the age of 74, family says|last1=Zarrell|first1=Matt|last2 = Rothman|first2 = Michael|date=2 May 2019|website=ABC News|language=en|access-date=2 May 2019}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Tony Allen (musician)|Tony Allen]], Nigerian drummer and composer (b. 1940)<ref>{{cite magazine |author1=Daniel Kreps |author2=Elias Leight |title=Tony Allen, Pioneering Afrobeat Drummer, Dead at 79 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tony-allen-afrobeat-drummer-fela-kuti-dead-992588/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=1 May 2020 |date=April 30, 2020}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Rishi Kapoor]], Indian actor, film director and producer (b. 1952)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Newsmakers 2022 |volume=72 |magazine=Filmfare |date=January 2023 |issn=0971-7277 |page=116 |first1=Tanisha |last1=Bhattacharya |via=Magzter}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Anthony Payne]], English composer (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-04|title=Anthony Payne obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/04/anthony-payne-obituary|access-date=2021-05-08|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Naomi Judd]], American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/naomi-judd-dead | title=Naomi Judd, Grammy-winning artist, dead at 76 | website=[[Fox News]] | date=30 April 2022 }}</ref> * 2022 – [[Mino Raiola]], Italian football agent (b. 1967)<ref>{{cite news |title=Mino Raiola, one of football's most powerful agents, dies aged 54 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/30/mino-raiola-one-of-footballs-most-powerful-agents-dies-aged-54 |access-date=30 April 2022 |work=The Guardian |publisher=The Observer |date=30 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Jock Zonfrillo]], Scottish television presenter and chef (b. 1976)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-01/jock-zonfrillo-judge-on-masterchef-australia-dies-aged-46/102288032 |title=Jock Zonfrillo, celebrated chef and judge on MasterChef Australia, dies aged 46 |last=Thorpe |first=Andrew |website=ABC News |date=2023-05-01 |access-date=2023-05-01}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Paul Auster]], American writer and film director (b. 1947)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Alex |title=Paul Auster, Prolific Author and Brooklyn Literary Star, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/30/books/paul-auster-dead.html |access-date=1 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=30 April 2024}}</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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