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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 30]] – [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]] (possible [[Chronology of Jesus#Date of crucifixion|date of the crucifixion]])<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Humphreys | first1=Colin J. | last2=Waddington | first2=W. G. | title=Dating the Crucifixion | journal=Nature | volume=306 | issue=5945 | date=1983 | issn=1476-4687 | doi=10.1038/306743a0 | pages=743–746 | bibcode=1983Natur.306..743H | url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v306/n5945/abs/306743a0.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Humphreys | first=Colin J. |authorlink=Colin Humphreys | title=The Mystery of the Last Supper | publisher=Cambridge University Press | publication-place=Cambridge New York | date=2011-03-28 | isbn=978-0-521-73200-0 | page=194}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Blinzler |first=J. |title=Der Prozess Jesu |edition=fourth |location=Regensburg |publisher=Pustet |year=1969 |pages=101–126}}</ref> (b. ''circa'' [[4 BC]]) * [[821]] – [[George the Standard-Bearer]], archbishop of [[Mytilene]] (b. c. 776) * [[924]] – [[Berengar I of Italy]] (b. 845) *[[1201]] – [[Baha al-Din Qaraqush]], regent of Egypt and builder of the Cairo Citadel<ref>{{Cite book |last=De Slane |first=Mac Guckin |url=https://archive.org/details/ibnkhallikansbi00slangoog |title=Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Translated from The Arabic. Volume II |date=1843 |publisher=Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland |location=Paris |page=251 }}</ref> *[[1206]] – [[Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine]] *[[1340]] – [[Bolesław Jerzy II of Mazovia]] (b. 1308) *[[1498]] – [[Charles VIII of France]] (b. 1470)<ref>{{Britannica URL |title=Charles VIII {{!}} king of France |url=biography/Charles-VIII }}</ref> *[[1499]] – [[Galeotto I Pico]], Duke of Mirandola (b. 1442)<ref>{{cite book|last=Schmitt|first=Charles B.|title=Gianfrancesco Pico Della Mirandola (1469–1533) and His Critique of Aristotle|location=The Hague|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff|year=1967|page=17|isbn=978-9-40119-681-9}}</ref> *[[1501]] – [[Minkhaung II]], king of Ava (b. 1446) ===1601–1900=== *[[1606]] – [[Edward Oldcorne]], English martyr (b. 1561) *[[1614]] – [[El Greco]], Greek-Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1541) *[[1638]] – [[Shimazu Tadatsune]], Japanese daimyō (b. 1576) *[[1651]] – [[Lennart Torstensson]], Swedish field marshal and engineer (b. 1603) *[[1658]] – [[Juan Eusebio Nieremberg]], Spanish mystic and philosopher (b. 1595) *[[1661]] – [[Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet]], English commander and politician (b. 1604) *[[1663]] – [[Francis Cooke]], English-American settler (b. 1583) *[[1668]] – [[William Davenant]], English poet and playwright (b. 1606) *[[1719]] – [[Jean-Baptiste de La Salle]], French priest and saint, founded the [[Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools]] (b. 1651) *[[1739]] – [[Dick Turpin]], English criminal (b. 1705) *[[1747]] – [[Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau]] (b. 1676) *[[1761]] – [[Thomas Bayes]], English minister and mathematician (b. 1701) *[[1766]] – [[Tiberius Hemsterhuis]], Dutch philologist and critic (b. 1685) *[[1767]] – [[Franz Sparry]], Austrian composer and director (b. 1715) *[[1779]] – [[Martha Ray]], English singer (b. 1746)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chisholm |first1=Kate |title=A killer made senseless by sensibility |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3613725/A-killer-made-senseless-by-sensibility.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3613725/A-killer-made-senseless-by-sensibility.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=8 March 2021 |work=www.telegraph.co.uk |date=15 March 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Martha Ray - a man she knew but had rejected stepped forward and shot her dead. |url=https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/nostalgia/crimelibrary/martharay/ |access-date=8 March 2021 |work=www.watfordobserver.co.uk |publisher=Watford Observer}}</ref> *[[1782]] – [[Taksin]], Thai king (b. 1734) *[[1789]] – [[Abdul Hamid I]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1725) *1789 – [[Petrus Camper]], Dutch physician, anatomist, and physiologist (b. 1722) *[[1801]] – [[Noël François de Wailly]], French lexicographer and author (b. 1724) *[[1804]] – [[Toussaint Louverture]], Haitian general (b. 1743) *[[1811]] – [[Garsevan Chavchavadze]], Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757) *[[1823]] – [[Jacques Charles]], French physicist and mathematician (b. 1746) *[[1833]] – [[Antoni Radziwiłł]], Lithuanian composer and politician (b. 1775) *[[1836]] – [[William Godwin]], English journalist and author (b. 1756) *[[1849]] – [[Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros]], Argentinian priest and politician (b. 1777) *[[1850]] – [[William Lisle Bowles]], English poet and critic (b. 1762) *[[1858]] – [[Anton Diabelli]], Austrian composer and publisher (b. 1781) *[[1868]] – [[Thomas D'Arcy McGee]], Irish-Canadian journalist, activist, and politician (b. 1825) *[[1879]] – [[Begum Hazrat Mahal]], Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (b. 1820) *[[1884]] – [[Maria Doolaeghe]], Flemish novelist (b. 1803)<ref>{{cite book|first=Lia|last=Van Gemert|title=Women's Writing from the Low Countries 1200-1875: A Bilingual Anthology|location=Amsterdam|publisher=Amsterdam University Press|year=2011|page=500|isbn=978-9-08964-129-8}}</ref> *[[1885]] – [[Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold]], German physiologist and zoologist (b. 1804) *[[1889]] – [[Youssef Bey Karam]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ehdenfamilytree.org/getperson.php?personID=I1&tree=ehden |title=Youssef Bey Karam on Ehden Family Tree website |access-date=2019-04-02 |archive-date=2019-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329220258/https://www.ehdenfamilytree.org/getperson.php?personID=I1&tree=ehden |url-status=dead }}</ref> Lebanese soldier and politician (b. 1823) * 1889 – [[Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada]], Mexican politician and president, 1872-1876 (b. 1823)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/l/lerdo.htm|title=Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada|publisher=Biografias y Vidas|access-date=May 28, 2019|language=es}}</ref> *[[1891]] – [[P. T. Barnum]], American businessman and politician, co-founded [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus|The Barnum & Bailey Circus]] (b. 1810) ===1901–present=== *[[1917]] – [[Spyridon Samaras]], Greek composer and playwright (b. 1861) *[[1918]] – [[David Kolehmainen]], Finnish wrestler (b. 1885) * 1918 – [[George E. Ohr]], American potter (b. 1857) *[[1920]] – [[Karl Binding]], German lawyer and jurist (b. 1841) *[[1922]] – [[James McGowen]], Australian politician, 18th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1855) *[[1928]] – [[Alexander Bogdanov]], Russian physician, philosopher, and author (b. 1873) *[[1932]] – [[Grigore Constantinescu]], Romanian priest and journalist (b. 1875) *[[1938]] – [[Suzanne Valadon]], French painter (b. 1865) *[[1939]] – [[Joseph Lyons]], Australian educator and politician, 10th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. 1879) *[[1943]] – [[Jovan Dučić]], Serbian-American poet and diplomat (b. 1871) * 1943 – [[Alexandre Millerand]], French lawyer and politician, 12th [[President of France]] (b. 1859) *[[1947]] – [[Henry Ford]], American engineer and businessman, founded the [[Ford Motor Company]] (b. 1863)<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry Ford, Founder, Ford Motor Company |url=https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/stories-of-innovation/visionaries/henry-ford/ |website=Henry Ford - Visionaries on Innovation |access-date=26 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1949]] – [[John Gourlay (soccer)|John Gourlay]], Canadian soccer player (b. 1872) *[[1950]] – [[Walter Huston]], Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1883) *[[1955]] – [[Theda Bara]], American actress (b. 1885) *[[1956]] – [[Fred Appleby]], English runner (b. 1879) *[[1960]] – [[Henri Guisan]], Swiss general (b. 1874) *[[1965]] – [[Roger Leger]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919) *[[1966]] – [[Walt Hansgen]], American race car driver (b. 1919) *[[1968]] – [[Edwin Baker (CNIB)|Edwin Baker]], Canadian co-founder of the [[Canadian National Institute for the Blind]] (CNIB) (b. 1893) * 1968 – [[Jim Clark]], Scottish race car driver (b. 1936) *[[1972]] – [[Joe Gallo]], American gangster (b. 1929) * 1972 – [[Abeid Karume]], Tanzanian politician, 1st [[President of Zanzibar]] (b. 1905) *[[1981]] – [[Kit Lambert]], English record producer and manager (b. 1935) * 1981 – [[Norman Taurog]], American director and screenwriter (b. 1899) *[[1982]] – [[Harald Ertl]], Austrian race car driver and journalist (b. 1948) *[[1984]] – [[Frank Church]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1924) *[[1985]] – [[Carl Schmitt]], German philosopher and jurist (b. 1888) *[[1986]] – [[Leonid Kantorovich]], Russian mathematician and economist (b. 1912) *[[1990]] – [[Ronald Evans (astronaut)|Ronald Evans]], American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1933) *[[1991]] – [[Memduh Ünlütürk]], Turkish general (b. 1913) *[[1992]] – [[Ace Bailey]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1903) * 1992 – [[Antonis Tritsis]], Greek high jumper and politician, 71st [[List of mayors of Athens|Mayor of Athens]] (b. 1937) *[[1994]] – [[Lee Brilleaux]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952) * 1994 – [[Albert Guðmundsson (footballer, born 1923)|Albert Guðmundsson]], Icelandic footballer, manager, and politician (b. 1923) * 1994 – [[Golo Mann]], German historian and author (b. 1909) * 1994 – [[Agathe Uwilingiyimana]], Rwandan chemist, academic, and politician, [[Prime Minister of Rwanda]] (b. 1953) *[[1995]] – [[Philip Jebb]], English architect and politician (b. 1927) *[[1997]] – [[Luis Aloma]], Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1923) * 1997 – [[Georgy Shonin]], Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1935) *[[1998]] – [[Alex Schomburg]], Puerto Rican painter and illustrator (b. 1905) *[[1999]] – [[Heinz Lehmann]], German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1911) *[[2001]] – [[David Graf]], American actor (b. 1950) * 2001 – [[Beatrice Straight]], American actress (b. 1914) *[[2002]] – [[John Agar]], American actor (b. 1921) *[[2003]] – [[Cecile de Brunhoff]], French pianist and author (b. 1903) * 2003 – [[David Greene (director)|David Greene]], English-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921) *[[2004]] – [[Victor Argo]], American actor (b. 1934) * 2004 – [[Konstantinos Kallias]], Greek politician (b. 1901) *[[2005]] – [[Cliff Allison]], English race car driver (b. 1932) * 2005 – [[Grigoris Bithikotsis]], Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1922) * 2005 – [[Bob Kennedy]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1920) * 2005 – [[Melih Kibar]], Turkish composer and educator (b. 1951) *[[2007]] – [[Johnny Hart]], American author and illustrator (b. 1931) * 2007 – [[Barry Nelson (actor)|Barry Nelson]], American actor (b. 1917) *[[2008]] – [[Ludu Daw Amar]], Burmese journalist and author (b. 1915) *[[2009]] – [[Dave Arneson]], American game designer, co-created ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' (b. 1947) *[[2011]] – [[Pierre Gauvreau]], Canadian painter (b. 1922) *[[2012]] – [[Steven Kanumba]], Tanzanian actor and director (b. 1984) * 2012 – [[Satsue Mito]], Japanese zoologist and academic (b. 1914) * 2012 – [[Ignatius Moses I Daoud]], Syrian cardinal (b. 1930) * 2012 – [[David E. Pergrin]], American colonel and engineer (b. 1917) * 2012 – [[Bashir Ahmed Qureshi]], Pakistani politician (b. 1959) * 2012 – [[Mike Wallace]], American television news journalist (b. 1918) *[[2013]] – [[Marty Blake]], American businessman (b. 1927) * 2013 – [[Les Blank]], American director and producer (b. 1935) * 2013 – [[Andy Johns]], English-American record producer (b. 1950) * 2013 – [[Lilly Pulitzer]], American fashion designer (b. 1931) * 2013 – [[Irma Ravinale]], Italian composer and educator (b. 1937) * 2013 – [[Mickey Rose]], American screenwriter (b. 1935) * 2013 – [[Carl Williams (boxer)|Carl Williams]], American boxer (b. 1959) *[[2014]] – [[George Dureau]], American painter and photographer (b. 1930) * 2014 – [[James Alexander Green]], American-English mathematician and academic (b. 1926) * 2014 – [[V. K. Murthy]], Indian cinematographer (b. 1923) * 2014 – [[Zeituni Onyango]], Kenyan-American computer programmer (b. 1952) * 2014 – [[John Shirley-Quirk]], English opera singer (b. 1931) * 2014 – [[George Shuffler]], American guitarist (b. 1925) * 2014 – [[Josep Maria Subirachs]], Spanish sculptor and painter (b. 1927) * 2014 – [[Royce Waltman]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1942) *[[2015]] – [[Tim Babcock]], American soldier and politician, 16th [[Governor of Montana]] (b. 1919) * 2015 – [[José Capellán]], Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1981) * 2015 – [[Stan Freberg]], American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (b. 1926) * 2015 – [[Richard Henyekane]], South African footballer (b. 1983) * 2015 – [[Geoffrey Lewis (actor)|Geoffrey Lewis]], American actor (b. 1935) *[[2016]] – [[Blackjack Mulligan]], American professional wrestler (b. 1942) *[[2017]] – [[Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca]], Romanian historian and philologist (b. 1941)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://basilica.ro/un-om-credincios-si-un-savant-erudit-prof-dr-nicolae-serban-tanasoca-1941-2017/|title=Un om credincios și un savant erudit – Prof. Dr. Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca (1941-2017)|first=Aurelian|last=Iftimiu|newspaper=[[Basilica News Agency]]|date=7 April 2017|language=ro}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Seymour Cassel]], American actor (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/09/seymour-cassel-obituary|title=Seymour Cassel obituary|website=The Guardian|date=2019-04-09|access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[John Prine]], American country folk singer-songwriter (b. 1946) * 2020 – [[Herb Stempel]], American television personality (b. 1926)<ref>{{Cite web|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=2020-05-31|title=Herbert Stempel, Whistleblower in Quiz Show Scandals, Dies at 93|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/herbert-stempel-dies-dead-whistleblower-quiz-show-scandals-1234621642/|access-date=2021-08-01|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Tommy Raudonikis]], Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1950)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2021/04/07/league-legend-tommy-raudonikis-passes-away/|title=League legend Tommy Raudonikis passes away at 70|date=April 7, 2021|website=National Rugby League}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Ben Ferencz]], American lawyer (b. 1920)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-04-08 |title=Benjamin B. Ferencz, Last Surviving Nuremberg Prosecutor, Dies at 103 |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/08/world/europe/benjamin-b-ferencz-dead.html |access-date=2023-08-16 |last1=McFadden |first1=Robert D. }}</ref> *2023 – [[Philippe Bouvatier]], French cyclist (b. 1964)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cyclisme : Philippe Bouvatier, ancien grand espoir français, est mort après avoir été victime d'un double AVC |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2023/04/07/disparition-philippe-bouvatier-le-maudit-de-guzet-neige-11119395.php |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=ladepeche.fr |language=fr}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Jerry Grote]], American baseball player (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Villani |first=James |date=2024-04-08 |title=Mets Hall of Famer Jerry Grote Passes Away |url=https://metsmerizedonline.com/mets-hall-of-famer-jerry-grote-passes-away/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=Metsmerized Online |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[Joe Kinnear]], Irish football player and manager (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ho |first=Vivian |date=2024-04-07 |title=Joe Kinnear, former Tottenham player and Wimbledon manager, dies aged 77 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/07/joe-kinnear-former-tottenham-player-and-wimbledon-manager-dies-aged-77 |access-date=2024-04-08 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[William Finn]], American composer and lyricist (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Paulson |first=Michael |date=April 8, 2025 |title=William Finn, Tony Winner for ‘Falsettos,’ Is Dead at 73 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/theater/william-finn-dead.html |access-date=April 17, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2025 – [[Greg Millen]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1957)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Butler |first=Alex |date=April 8, 2025 |title=Longtime NHL goalie, analyst Greg Millen dies at 67 |url=https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/NHL/2025/04/08/canada-NHL-goalie-Greg-Millen-dies/3591744111148/ |access-date=April 17, 2025 |website=[[United Press International]] |language=en}}</ref>
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