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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[217]] – [[Caracalla]], Roman emperor (b. 188)<ref>{{cite web |title=Caracalla {{!}} Roman emperor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Caracalla |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * [[622]] – [[Prince Shōtoku|Shōtoku]], Japanese prince (b. 572) * [[632]] – [[Charibert II]], Frankish king (b. 607) * [[894]] – [[Adalelm, Count of Troyes|Adalelm]], Frankish nobleman * [[944]] – [[Wang Yanxi]], Chinese emperor * [[956]] – [[Gilbert, Duke of Burgundy|Gilbert]], Frankish nobleman * [[967]] – [[Mu'izz al-Dawla]], Buyid emir (b. 915) *[[1143]] – [[John II Komnenos]], Byzantine emperor (b. 1087) *[[1150]] – [[Gertrude of Babenberg, Duchess of Bohemia|Gertrude of Babenberg]], duchess of Bohemia (b. 1118) *[[1321]] – [[Thomas of Tolentino]], Italian-Franciscan missionary (b. c. 1255) *[[1338]] – [[Stephen Gravesend]], bishop of London *[[1364]] – [[John II of France|John II]], French king (b. 1319) *[[1450]] – [[Sejong the Great]], Korean king (b. 1397) *[[1461]] – [[Georg von Peuerbach]], German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423) *[[1492]] – [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], Italian ruler (b. 1449) *[[1551]] – [[Oda Nobuhide]], Japanese warlord (b. 1510) *[[1586]] – [[Martin Chemnitz]], Lutheran theologian and reformer (b. 1522) ===1601–1900=== *[[1608]] – [[Magdalen Dacre]], English noble (b. 1538) *[[1612]] – [[Anne Catherine of Brandenburg]] (b. 1575) *[[1691]] – [[Carlo Rainaldi]], Italian architect, designed the [[Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria in Montesanto]] (b. 1611) *[[1697]] – [[Niels Juel]], Norwegian-Danish admiral (b. 1629) *[[1704]] – [[Hiob Ludolf]], German orientalist and philologist (b. 1624) * 1704 – [[Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney]], English colonel and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (b. 1641) *[[1709]] – [[Wolfgang Dietrich of Castell-Remlingen]], German nobleman (b. 1641) *[[1725]] – [[John Wise (clergyman)|John Wise]], American minister (b. 1652) *[[1735]] – [[Francis II Rákóczi]], Hungarian prince (b. 1676) *[[1848]] – [[Gaetano Donizetti]], Italian composer (b. 1797) *[[1860]] – [[István Széchenyi]], Hungarian statesman and reformer (b. 1791)<ref>''Gróf Széchenyi István írói és hírlapi vitája Kossuth Lajossal'' [Count Stephen Széchenyi's Literary and Publicistic Debate with Louis Kossuth], ed. Gyula Viszota, 2 vols. (Budapest: Magyar Történelmi Társulat, 1927–1930).</ref> *[[1861]] – [[Elisha Otis]], American businessman, founded the [[Otis Elevator Company]] (b. 1811) *[[1870]] – [[Charles Auguste de Bériot]], Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1802) *[[1877]] – [[Bernardino António Gomes Jr.|Bernardino António Gomes]], Portuguese physician and naturalist (b. 1806)<ref>{{cite book |last=Almeida |first=Maria Antónia Pires de |date=2014 |title=Espaços e Actores da Ciência em Portugal (XVIII-XX) |chapter=Combatendo epidemias: Bernardino António Gomes, Sousa Martins, Ricardo Jorge, Câmara Pestana, Almeida Garrett, Fernando da Silva Correia |editor1-last=Rollo |editor1-first=Maria Fernanda |editor2-last=Nunes |editor2-first=Maria de Fátima |editor3-last=Esperança Pina |editor3-first=Madalena |editor4-last=Queiroz |editor4-first=Maria Inês |url=http://hdl.handle.net/10071/12242 |language=pt |pages=309–326 |location=Lisboa |publisher=Caleidoscópio |hdl=10071/12242 |isbn=9789896582746}}</ref> *[[1894]] – [[Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay]], Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1838) ===1901–present=== *[[1906]] – [[Auguste Deter]], German woman, first person diagnosed with [[Alzheimer's disease]] (b. 1850) *[[1919]] – [[Loránd Eötvös]], Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, [[Minister of Education (Hungary)|Hungarian Minister of Education]] (b. 1848) *[[1920]] – [[Charles Griffes]], American pianist and composer (b. 1884) *[[1931]] – [[Erik Axel Karlfeldt]], Swedish poet [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1864) *[[1936]] – [[Róbert Bárány]], Austrian physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1876) * 1936 – [[Božena Benešová]], Czech poet and novelist (b. 1873) *[[1941]] – [[Marcel Prévost]], French novelist and playwright (b. 1862) *[[1942]] – [[Kostas Skarvelis]], Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880) *[[1947]] – [[Olaf Frydenlund]], Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862) *[[1950]] – [[Vaslav Nijinsky]], Polish dancer and choreographer (b. 1890) *[[1959]] – [[Marios Makrionitis]], Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (b. 1913) *[[1961]] – [[Joseph Carrodus]], Australian public servant (b. 1885) *[[1962]] – [[Juan Belmonte]], Spanish bullfighter (b. 1892) *[[1965]] – [[Lars Hanson]], Swedish actor (b. 1886) *[[1969]] – [[Zinaida Aksentyeva]], Ukrainian astronomer (b. 1900) *[[1973]] – [[Pablo Picasso]], Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1881) *[[1974]] – [[James Charles McGuigan]], Canadian cardinal (b. 1894) *[[1979]] – [[Breece D'J Pancake]], American short story writer (b. 1952) *[[1981]] – [[Omar Bradley]], American general (b. 1893) *[[1983]] – [[Isamu Kosugi]], Japanese actor and director (b. 1904) *[[1984]] – [[Pyotr Kapitsa]], Russian physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1894) *[[1985]] – [[John Frederick Coots]], American pianist and composer (b. 1897) *[[1990]] – [[Ryan White]], American activist, inspired the [[Ryan White Care Act]] (b. 1971) *[[1991]] – [[Dead (musician)|Per Ohlin]], Swedish musician (b. 1969) *[[1992]] – [[Daniel Bovet]], Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1907) *[[1993]] – [[Marian Anderson]], American operatic singer (b. 1897) *[[1994]] – [[François Rozet]], French-Canadian actor (b. 1899) *[[1996]] – [[Ben Johnson (actor)|Ben Johnson]], American actor and stuntman (b. 1918) * 1996 – [[León Klimovsky]], Argentinian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906) * 1996 – [[Mick Young]], Australian politician (b. 1936) *[[1997]] – [[Laura Nyro]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1947) *[[2000]] – [[František Šťastný]], Czech motorcycle racer (b. 1927) * 2000 – [[Claire Trevor]], American actress (b. 1910) *[[2002]] – [[María Félix]], Mexican actress (b. 1914) * 2002 – [[Harvey Quaytman]], American painter (b. 1937) *[[2004]] – [[Werner Schumacher]], German actor (b. 1921) *[[2005]] – [[Onna White]], Canadian choreographer and dancer (b. 1922) *[[2006]] – [[Gerard Reve]], Dutch author and poet (b. 1923) *[[2007]] – [[Sol LeWitt]], American painter and sculptor (b. 1928) *[[2008]] – [[Kazuo Shiraga]], Japanese painter (b. 1924) *[[2009]] – [[Richard de Mille]], American Scientologist, author, investigative journalist, and psychologist (b. 1922) * 2009 – [[Piotr Morawski]], Polish mountaineer (b. 1976) *[[2010]] – [[Antony Flew]], English philosopher and academic (b. 1923)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/7586929/Professor-Antony-Flew.html |type=Obituary |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |title=Professor Antony Flew |date=13 April 2010 |access-date=6 November 2024}}</ref> * 2010 – [[Malcolm McLaren]], English singer-songwriter (b. 1946) * 2010 – [[Teddy Scholten]], Dutch singer (b. 1926) *[[2011]] – [[Hedda Sterne]], Romanian-American painter and photographer (b. 1910) *[[2012]] – [[Blair Kiel]], American football player and coach (b. 1961) * 2012 – [[Jack Tramiel]], Polish-American businessman, founded [[Commodore International]] (b. 1928) * 2012 – [[Janusz K. Zawodny]], Polish-American soldier, historian, and political scientist (b. 1921) *[[2013]] – [[Mikhail Beketov]], Russian journalist (b. 1958) * 2013 – [[Annette Funicello]], American actress and singer (b. 1942) * 2013 – [[Sara Montiel]], Spanish-Mexican actress and singer (b. 1928) * 2013 – [[José Luis Sampedro]], Spanish economist and author (b. 1917) * 2013 – [[Margaret Thatcher]], English politician, first female [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite web |title=Margaret Thatcher {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-Thatcher |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=24 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Emmanuel III Delly]], Iraqi patriarch (b. 1927) * 2014 – [[Karlheinz Deschner]], German author and activist (b. 1924) * 2014 – [[Ivan Mercep]], New Zealand architect, designed the [[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|Te Papa Tongarewa Museum]] (b. 1930) *[[2015]] – [[Jayakanthan]], Indian journalist and author (b. 1934) * 2015 – [[Rayson Huang]], Hong Kong chemist and academic (b. 1920) * 2015 – [[Sergei Lashchenko]], Ukrainian kick-boxer (b. 1987) * 2015 – [[David Laventhol]], American journalist and publisher (b. 1933) * 2015 – [[Jean-Claude Turcotte]], Canadian cardinal (b. 1936) *[[2019]] – [[Josine Ianco-Starrels]], Romanian-born American art curator (b. 1926)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-josine-iranco-starrels-los-angeles-curator-20190419-story.html|title=Josine Ianco-Starrels, curator who helped shape L.A. art scene, dies at 92|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=April 19, 2019|accessdate=April 20, 2019|author=[[Suzanne Muchnic|Muchnic, Suzanne]]}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Rick May]], American-Canadian voice actor (b. 1940)<ref name="Rekindle">{{cite news|url=https://www.classesandworkshops.com/in-memory-of-rick-may/|title=Rick May – In Memoriam|date=April 8, 2020|access-date=April 13, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414112558/https://www.classesandworkshops.com/in-memory-of-rick-may/|archive-date=April 14, 2020|publisher=Rekindle School}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Abdul Momin Imambari]], Bangladeshi Islamic scholar (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bhorerkagoj.com/2020/04/08/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%96-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2/|title=জমিয়তের আমীর শায়খ আব্দুল মুমিন মারা গেছেন|date=8 April 2020|language=bn|work=[[Bhorer Kagoj]]}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Mimi Reinhardt]], Jewish Austrian secretary (b. 1915)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-27 |title=Mimi Reinhard obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/27/mimi-reinhard-obituary |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Keith Barnes]], Welsh-Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 April 2024 |title=Vale--Keith Barnes |url=https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2024/04/08/vale--keith-barnes/ |access-date=8 April 2024 |website=NSW Rugby League |language=en}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Peter Higgs]], British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news |work=The Guardian |title=Peter Higgs, physicist who proposed Higgs boson, dies aged 94 |first1=Severin |last1=Carrell |first2=Ian |last2=Sample |date=9 April 2024|access-date=10 April 2024 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/09/peter-higgs-physicist-who-discovered-higgs-boson-dies-aged-94}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Ralph Puckett]], American Army officer, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1926)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=April 8, 2024 |title=Col. Ralph Puckett Jr., Belated Medal of Honor Winner, Dies at 97 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/us/col-ralph-puckett-jr-dead.html |access-date=April 10, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> * [[2025]] – [[Nelsy Cruz]], Dominican politician, governor of [[Monte Cristi Province|Monte Cristi]] (b. 1982)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-09 |title=Nelsy Cruz, sister of former Mariners slugger Nelson Cruz, among dead in collapsed Dominican club |url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/nelsy-cruz-sister-former-mariners-slugger-nelson-cruz-dies-collapsed-dominican-nightclub/OIPYV7E4VNGGFMQMXRAEIUURSY/ |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=KIRO 7 News Seattle |language=en}}</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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