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==Deaths== ===Pre–1600=== * [[861]] – [[Prudentius of Troyes|Prudentius]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Troyes|Troyes]] * [[885]] – [[Saints Cyril and Methodius|Saint Methodius]], Byzantine missionary and saint (b. 815) * [[887]] – [[Pei Che]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor of the Tang Dynasty]] * [[943]] – [[Liu Churang]], Chinese general and chief of staff (b. 881) * 943 – [[Nasr II]], ruler (''[[Emir|amir]]'') of the [[Samanid Empire]] (b. 906) *[[1147]] – [[Frederick II, Duke of Swabia|Frederick II]], duke of [[Duchy of Swabia|Swabia]] (b. 1090) *[[1174]] – [[Umara al-Yamani]], Yemeni poet and historian (b. [[1121]])<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fulton |first=Michael S. |year=2022 |title=Contest for Egypt: The Collapse of the Fatimid Caliphate, the Ebb of Crusader Influence, and the Rise of Saladin |location=Leiden and Boston |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-51227-6 | page = 150}}</ref> *[[1199]] – [[Richard I of England|Richard I]], king of England (b. 1157)<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard I |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/richard-i |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=5 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1231]] – [[William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke]] *[[1250]] – [[Guillaume de Sonnac]], Grand Master of the Knights Templar *[[1252]] – [[Peter of Verona]], Italian priest and saint (b. 1206) *[[1340]] – [[Basil of Trebizond|Basil]], emperor of [[Empire of Trebizond|Trebizond]] ([[Turkey]]) *[[1362]] – [[James I, Count of La Marche|James I]], count of [[County of La Marche|La Marche]] (b. 1319) *[[1376]] – [[Preczlaw of Pogarell]], [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] and [[Bishop of Wrocław]] (b. 1310) *[[1490]] – [[Matthias Corvinus]], [[King of Hungary]] and [[List of rulers of Croatia|Croatia]] from 1458 to 1490 (b. 1443) *[[1520]] – [[Raphael]], Italian painter and architect (b. 1483) *[[1523]] – [[Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire]], English nobleman (b. 1479) *[[1528]] – [[Albrecht Dürer]], German painter, engraver, and mathematician (b. 1471) *[[1551]] – [[Joachim Vadian]], Swiss scholar and politician (b. 1484) *[[1571]] – [[John Hamilton (archbishop of St Andrews)|John Hamilton]], Scottish archbishop and academic (b. 1512) *[[1590]] – [[Francis Walsingham]], English politician and diplomat, [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] (b. 1532) *[[1593]] – [[Henry Barrowe]], English Puritan and separatist (b. 1550)<ref>{{cite EB1911 | wstitle=Barrowe, Henry |volume=3 |page=442}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1605]] – [[John Stow]], English historian and author (b. 1525) *[[1621]] – [[Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford]] (b. 1539) *[[1641]] – [[Domenichino|Domenico Zampieri (Domenichino)]], Italian painter (b. 1581) *[[1655]] – [[David Blondel]], French minister, historian, and scholar (b. 1591) *[[1670]] – [[Leonora Baroni]], Italian composer (b. 1611)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Julie Anne|last1=Sadie|first2=Rhian|last2=Samuel|title=The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1996|page=37|isbn=978-0-33351-598-3}}</ref> *[[1676]] – [[John Winthrop the Younger]], English politician, 1st [[List of colonial governors of Connecticut|Governor of Connecticut]] (b. 1606) *[[1686]] – [[Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey]], Irish-English politician (b. 1614) *[[1707]] – [[Willem van de Velde the Younger]], Dutch-English painter (b. 1633) *[[1755]] – [[Richard Rawlinson]], English minister and historian (b. 1690) *[[1790]] – [[Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt]] (b. 1719) *[[1825]] – [[Vladimir Borovikovsky]], Ukrainian-Russian painter and educator (b. 1757) *[[1827]] – [[Nikolis Apostolis]], Greek naval commander during the Greek War of Independence (b. 1770)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://photodentro.edu.gr/cultural/r/8526/5849 | title=Photodentro-Cultural: Αποστόλης Νικολής | date=28 September 2015 }}</ref> *[[1829]] – [[Niels Henrik Abel]], Norwegian mathematician and theorist (b. 1802) *[[1833]] – [[Adamantios Korais]], Greek philosopher and scholar (b. 1748) *[[1838]] – [[José Bonifácio de Andrada]], Brazilian poet, academic, and politician (b. 1763) *[[1860]] – [[James Kirke Paulding]], American author and politician, 11th [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] (b. 1778) *[[1862]] – [[Albert Sidney Johnston]], American general (b. 1803) *[[1883]] – [[Benjamin Wright Raymond]], American merchant and politician, 3rd [[Mayor of Chicago]] (b. 1801) *[[1886]] – [[William Edward Forster]], English businessman, philanthropist, and politician, [[Chief Secretary for Ireland]] (b. 1818) *[[1899]] – [[Alvan Wentworth Chapman]], American physician and botanist (b. 1809) ===1901–present=== *[[1906]] – [[Alexander Kielland]], Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th [[List of County Governors of Møre og Romsdal|County Governor of Møre og Romsdal]] (b. 1849) *[[1913]] – [[Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore]] (b. 1835) *[[1927]] – [[Florence Earle Coates]], American poet (b. 1850) *[[1935]] – [[Edwin Arlington Robinson]], American poet and playwright (b. 1869) *[[1944]] – [[Rose O'Neill]], American [[cartoonist]], illustrator, artist, and writer (b. 1874) *[[1947]] – [[Herbert Backe]], German agronomist and politician (b. 1896) *[[1950]] – [[Louis Wilkins]], American pole vaulter (b. 1882) *[[1953]] – [[Idris Davies]], Welsh poet and author (b. 1905) *[[1959]] – [[Leo Aryeh Mayer]], Polish-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1895) *[[1961]] – [[Jules Bordet]], Belgian microbiologist and immunologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1870) *[[1963]] – [[Otto Struve]], Ukrainian-American astronomer and academic (b. 1897) *[[1970]] – [[Maurice Stokes]], American basketball player (b. 1933) *[[1971]] – [[Igor Stravinsky]], Russian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1882) *[[1974]] – [[Willem Marinus Dudok]], Dutch architect (b. 1884) * 1974 – [[Hudson Fysh]], Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded [[Qantas|Qantas Airways Limited]] (b. 1895) *[[1977]] – [[Kōichi Kido]], Japanese politician, 13th [[Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan]] (b. 1889) *[[1979]] – [[Ivan Vasilyov]], Bulgarian architect, designed the [[SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library]] (b. 1893) *[[1983]] – [[Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri]], Indian General who served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1962 to 1966 and the Military Governor of Hyderabad State from 1948 to 1949. (b. 1908) *[[1992]] – [[Isaac Asimov]], American science fiction writer (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite web |title=Isaac Asimov obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/1992/apr/07/sciencefictionfantasyandhorror.isaacasimov |website=the Guardian |access-date=10 March 2022 |language=en |date=7 April 1992}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Juvénal Habyarimana]], Rwandan banker and politician, 3rd [[President of Rwanda]] (b. 1937) * 1994 – [[Cyprien Ntaryamira]], Burundian politician, 5th [[President of Burundi]] (b. 1955) *[[1995]] – [[Ioannis Alevras]], Greek banker and politician, [[President of Greece]] (b. 1912) *[[1996]] – [[Greer Garson]], English-American actress (b. 1904) *[[1998]] – [[Norbert Schmitz]], German footballer (b. 1958) * 1998 – [[Tammy Wynette]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1942) *[[1999]] – [[Red Norvo]], American vibraphone player and composer (b. 1908) *[[2000]] – [[Habib Bourguiba]], Tunisian politician, 1st [[President of Tunisia]] (b. 1903) *[[2001]] – [[Charles Pettigrew]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1963) *[[2003]] – [[David Bloom]], American journalist (b. 1963) * 2003 – [[Anita Borg]], American computer scientist and educator; founded [[Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology]] (b. 1949) * 2003 – [[Gerald Emmett Carter]], Canadian cardinal (b. 1912) * 2003 – [[Babatunde Olatunji]], Nigerian drummer, educator, and activist (b. 1927) * 2003 – [[Dino Yannopoulos]], Greek stage director of the Metropolitan Opera (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/14/arts/dino-yannopoulos-83-director-with-long-tenure-at-the-met.html | title=Dino Yannopoulos, 83, Director with Long Tenure at the Met | newspaper=The New York Times | date=14 April 2003 | last1=Honan | first1=William H. }}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Lou Berberet]], American baseball player (b. 1929) * 2004 – [[Larisa Bogoraz]], Russian linguist and activist (b. 1929) *[[2005]] – [[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco]] (b. 1923) * 2005 – [[Anthony F. DePalma]], American orthopedic surgeon and professor (b. 1904)<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 8, 2005 |title=Anthony DePalma Obituary |work=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sunsentinel/name/anthony-depalma-obituary?id=26797930 |access-date=April 7, 2023}}</ref> *[[2006]] – [[Maggie Dixon]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1977) * 2006 – [[Francis L. Kellogg]], American soldier and diplomat (b. 1917) * 2006 – [[Stefanos Stratigos]], Greek actor and director (b. 1926) *[[2007]] – [[Luigi Comencini]], Italian director and producer (b. 1916) *[[2009]] – [[J. M. S. Careless]], Canadian historian and academic (b. 1919) * 2009 – [[Shawn Mackay]], Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1982) *[[2010]] – [[Wilma Mankiller]], American tribal leader (b. 1945) * 2010 – [[Corin Redgrave]], English actor (b. 1939) *[[2011]] – [[Gerald Finnerman]], American director and cinematographer (b. 1931) *[[2012]] – [[Roland Guilbault]], American admiral (b. 1934) * 2012 – [[Thomas Kinkade]], American painter and illustrator (b. 1958) * 2012 – [[Fang Lizhi]], Chinese astrophysicist and academic (b. 1936) * 2012 – [[Sheila Scotter]], Australian fashion designer and journalist (b. 1920) * 2012 – [[Reed Whittemore]], American poet and critic (b. 1919) *[[2013]] – [[Hilda Bynoe]], Grenadian physician and politician, 2nd [[Governor of Grenada]] (b. 1921) * 2013 – [[Bill Guttridge]], English footballer and manager (b. 1931) * 2013 – [[Bigas Luna]], Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1946) * 2013 – [[Ottmar Schreiner]], German lawyer and politician (b. 1946) *[[2014]] – [[Mary Anderson (actress, born 1918)|Mary Anderson]], American actress (b. 1918) * 2014 – [[Jacques Castérède]], French pianist and composer (b. 1926) * 2014 – [[Liv Dommersnes]], Norwegian actress (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Liv Dommersnes |first=Lillian |last=Bikset |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=22 August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Liv_Dommersnes |language=no|access-date=16 March 2024}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Mickey Rooney]], American soldier, actor, and dancer (b. 1920) * 2014 – [[Chuck Stone]], American soldier, journalist, and academic (b. 1924) * 2014 – [[Massimo Tamburini]], Italian motorcycle designer, co-founded [[Bimota]] (b. 1943) *[[2015]] – [[Giovanni Berlinguer]], Italian lawyer and politician (b. 1924) * 2015 – [[James Best]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926) * 2015 – [[Ray Charles (musician, born 1918)|Ray Charles]], American singer-songwriter and conductor (b. 1918) * 2015 – [[Dollard St. Laurent]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929) *[[2016]] – [[Merle Haggard]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)<ref name=":0" /> *[[2017]] – [[Don Rickles]], American actor and comedian (b. 1926) *[[2019]] – [[Michael O'Donnell (physician)|Michael O'Donnell]], British physician, journalist, author and broadcaster (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite news|author=Karl Sabbagh|url= https://www.theguardian.com/tone/obituaries|title= Michael O'Donnell Obituary|website=The Guardian|date=2019-04-26|access-date=2019-04-27}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Al Kaline]], American baseball player, broadcaster and executive (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/al-kaline-dies-at-85 |title=HOFer Kaline, beloved 'Mr. Tiger,' dies at 85 |first=Jason |last=Beck |website=MLB.com |date=April 6, 2020 |access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Hans Küng]], Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-08|title=Hans Küng obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/08/hans-kung-obituary|access-date=2021-04-13|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Alcee Hastings]], American politician (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-alcee-hastings-civil-right-impeached-judge-congress-obituary-20210406-lnjgt4hokrh3zdzacufao4erqm-story.html|title = Congressman Alcee Hastings, after career of triumph, calamity and comeback, dies at 84|work = [[Sun-Sentinel]]|date = April 6, 2021|accessdate = April 6, 2021|last = Man|first = Anthony}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Vladimir Zhirinovsky]], Russian and Soviet politician (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.1tv.ru/news/2022-04-06/425801-ushel_iz_zhizni_politik_sozdatel_i_bessmennyy_lider_ldpr_vladimir_zhirinovskiy|title=Vladimir Zhirinovsky died|access-date=2022-04-06|language=ru|website=1tv}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Jill Knight]], British politician (b. 1923)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jobling |first=Ray |date=2022-06-08 |title=Letter: Lady Knight of Collingtree obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jun/08/letter-lady-knight-of-collingtree-obituary |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Joseph E. Brennan]], American politician, 70th [[Governor of Maine]] (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/former-maine-governor-joseph-brennan-dies-at-89/article_917254a6-f444-11ee-b5cd-bf02c99e95b1.html|title=Former Maine governor Joseph Brennan dies at 89|first=David|last=Ledford|date=April 6, 2024|website=FOX 22/ABC 7}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Clem Burke]], American drummer (b. 1954)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=April 7, 2025 |title=Clem Burke, Versatile, Hard-Driving Drummer for Blondie, Dies at 70 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/arts/music/clem-burke-dead.html |access-date=April 8, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2025 – [[Jay North]], American actor (b. 1951)<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Petri |first1=Alexandra E. |last2=Slotnik |first2=Daniel E. |date=April 6, 2025 |title=Jay North, Child Star Who Played 'Dennis the Menace,' Dies at 73 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/arts/television/jay-north-dennis-the-menance-dead.html |access-date=April 8, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> <!--Please do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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