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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[672]] – [[Emperor Kōbun]] of Japan (b. 648) * [[784]] – [[Alberic of Utrecht|Alberic]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht|Utrecht]] * [[913]] – [[Tang Daoxi]], Chinese general *[[1131]] – King [[Baldwin II of Jerusalem]] *[[1148]] – [[William II, Count of Nevers]] (b. c. 1089) *[[1157]] – [[Alfonso VII of León and Castile]] (b. 1105) *[[1245]] – [[Alexander of Hales]], English theologian *[[1271]] – [[Alphonse, Count of Poitiers]] (b. 1220) *[[1534]] – [[Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam]], 44th Grandmaster of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] (b. 1464) *[[1568]] – [[Jean Parisot de Valette]], 49th [[Grand Master (order)|Grandmaster]] of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] (b. 1495) ===1601–1900=== *[[1614]] – [[Elizabeth Báthory]], Hungarian countess and purported serial killer (b. 1560)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Bathory {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-Bathory |website=Britannica |first1=Richard |last1=Pallardy |access-date=21 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1622]] – [[Juan de Tassis, 2nd Count of Villamediana]], Spanish poet and politician (b. 1582) *[[1627]] – [[Jacques Mauduit]], French composer and academic (b. 1557) *[[1673]] – [[Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford]], English soldier (b. 1599) *[[1689]] – [[William Cleland (poet)|William Cleland]], Scottish poet and soldier (b. 1661)<ref name=BTL32/> *[[1762]] – [[Lady Mary Wortley Montagu]], English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1689) *[[1763]] – [[Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for the Southern Department]] (b. 1710) *[[1775]] – [[Zahir al-Umar]], Arabian ruler (b. 1690) *[[1796]] – [[John McKinly]], American physician and politician, first [[Governor of Delaware]] (b. 1721) *[[1814]] – [[Benjamin Thompson]], American-English physicist and colonel (b. 1753) *[[1835]] – [[John MacCulloch]], Scottish geologist and academic (b. 1773) *[[1836]] – [[Claude-Louis Navier]], French physicist and engineer (b. 1785) *[[1838]] – [[Adelbert von Chamisso]], German botanist and poet (b. 1781) *[[1853]] – [[Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon]], French general (b. 1783) *[[1854]] – [[Thomas Clayton]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1777) *[[1867]] – [[Juan Álvarez]], Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1790)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/juan-alvarez/|title=Juan Álvarez |publisher=Presidencia de la Republica de Mexico|language=es|access-date=May 27, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190706072306/http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx:80/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/juan-alvarez |archive-date= Jul 6, 2019 }}</ref> *[[1870]] – [[Ma Xinyi]], Chinese general and politician, [[Viceroy of Liangjiang]] (b. 1821) *[[1888]] – [[James Farnell]], Australian politician, eighth [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1825) ===1901–present=== *[[1905]] – [[Alexander von Oettingen]], Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827) *[[1910]] – [[Bertalan Székely]], Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835) *[[1911]] – [[Mahboob Ali Khan]], sixth [[Nizam]] of [[Hyderabad State]] (b. 1866)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/hyderabad-remembers-mahbub-ali-pasha-1.1889879 |website=Gulf News |date= September 2, 2016 |first1=Mohammad |last1=Siddique |title=Hyderabad remembers Mahbub Ali Pasha|access-date=1 July 2020}}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Laurence Doherty]], English tennis player (b. 1875) *[[1935]] – [[John Hartley (tennis)|John Hartley]], English tennis player (b. 1849) *[[1940]] – [[Hermann Obrecht]], Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882) * 1940 – [[Ernest Thayer]], American poet and author (b. 1863) * 1940 – [[Leon Trotsky]], Russian theorist and politician, founded the [[Red Army]] (b. 1879) *[[1943]] – [[Henrik Pontoppidan]], Danish journalist and author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1857) *[[1947]] – [[Ettore Bugatti]], Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded [[Bugatti]] (b. 1881) *[[1951]] – [[Constant Lambert]], English composer and conductor (b. 1905) *[[1957]] – [[Mait Metsanurk]], Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879) * 1957 – [[Nels Stewart]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902) * 1957 – [[Harald Sverdrup (oceanographer)|Harald Sverdrup]], Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888) *[[1960]] – [[David B. Steinman]], American engineer, designed the [[Mackinac Bridge]] (b. 1886) *[[1964]] – [[Palmiro Togliatti]], Italian journalist and politician, [[Italian Minister of Justice]] (b. 1893) *[[1968]] – [[Germaine Guèvremont]], Canadian journalist and author (b. 1893)<ref>{{cite book|first=Kathleen|last=Kuiper|title=Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature|location=Springfield|publisher=Merriam-Webster|year=1995|isbn=978-0-87779-042-6|page=498}}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[George Jackson (Black Panther)|George Jackson]], American activist and author, co-founded the [[Black Guerrilla Family]] (b. 1941) *[[1974]] – [[Buford Pusser]], American police officer (b. 1937) * 1974 – [[Kirpal Singh]], Indian spiritual master (b. 1894) *[[1978]] – [[Charles and Ray Eames|Charles Eames]], American architect, co-designed the [[Eames House]] (b. 1907) *[[1979]] – [[Giuseppe Meazza]], Italian footballer and manager (b. 1910) *[[1981]] – [[Kaka Kalelkar]], Indian Hindi Writer(b. 1885) *[[1983]] – [[Benigno Aquino Jr.]], Filipino journalist and politician (b. 1932) *[[1988]] – [[Teodoro de Villa Diaz]], Filipino guitarist and songwriter (b. 1963) * 1988 – [[Charles and Ray Eames|Ray Eames]], American architect, co-designed the [[Eames House]] (b. 1912) *[[1989]] – [[Raul Seixas]], Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1945) *[[1993]] – [[Tatiana Troyanos]], American soprano and actress (b. 1938) *[[1995]] – [[Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar]], Indian-American astrophysicist and mathematician, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1910) * 1995 – [[Chuck Stevenson]], American race car driver (b. 1919) *[[1996]] – [[Mary Two-Axe Earley]], Canadian indigenous women's rights activist (b. 1911)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Robinson|first=Amanda|date=March 23, 2017|title=Mary Two-Axe Earley|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mary-two-axe-earley|access-date=2020-09-06|website=The Canadian Encyclopedia}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Tomata du Plenty]], American singer-songwriter and playwright (b. 1948) * 2000 – [[Daniel Lisulo]], Zambian politician, third [[Prime Minister of Zambia]] (b. 1930) * 2000 – [[Andrzej Zawada]], Polish mountaineer and author (b. 1928) *[[2001]] – [[Calum MacKay (ice hockey)|Calum MacKay]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927) *[[2003]] – [[John Coplans]], British artist (b. 1920) * 2003 – [[Kathy Wilkes]], English philosopher and academic (b. 1946) *[[2004]] – [[Sachidananda Routray]], Indian Oriya-language poet (b. 1916) *[[2005]] – [[Martin Dillon (musician)|Martin Dillon]], American tenor and educator (b. 1957) * 2005 – [[Robert Moog]], American businessman, founded [[Moog Music]] (b. 1934) * 2005 – [[Dahlia Ravikovitch]], Israeli poet and translator (b. 1936) *[[2005]] – [[Marcus Schmuck]], Austrian mountaineer (b. 1925) *[[2006]] – [[Bismillah Khan]], Indian musician, [[Bharat Ratna]] recipient (b. 1916) *[[2006]] – [[Paul Fentener van Vlissingen]], Dutch businessman and philanthropist (b. 1941) *[[2007]] – [[Frank Bowe]], American academic (b. 1947)<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2007 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9780787639952 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000010830/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=450b0273 |access-date=30 January 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Frank Bowe }}</ref> * 2007 – [[Siobhan Dowd]], British author (b. 1960) * 2007 – [[Elizabeth P. Hoisington]], American general (b. 1918) *[[2008]] – [[Jerry Finn]], American engineer and producer (b. 1969) *[[2009]] – [[Rex Shelley]], Singaporean engineer and author (b. 1930) *[[2010]] – [[Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill]], Argentinean sociologist and author (b. 1941) *[[2012]] – [[Georg Leber]], German soldier and politician, [[Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)|Federal Minister of Defence for Germany]] (b. 1920) * 2012 – [[J. Frank Raley Jr.]], American soldier and politician (b. 1926) * 2012 – [[Don Raleigh]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926) * 2012 – [[Guy Spitaels]], Belgian academic and politician, seventh [[Minister-President of Wallonia]] (b. 1931) * 2012 – [[William Thurston]], American mathematician and academic (b. 1946) *[[2013]] – [[Jean Berkey]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1938) * 2013 – [[Sid Bernstein (impresario)|Sid Bernstein]], American record producer (b. 1918) * 2013 – [[C. Gordon Fullerton]], American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Sullivan |first1=John |title=Japanese Missions to the International Space Station: Hope from the East |date=2019 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham, Switzerland |isbn=9783030045340 |page=223}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Fred Martin (footballer, born 1929)|Fred Martin]], Scottish footballer (b. 1929) * 2013 – [[Enos Nkala]], Zimbabwean politician, [[Ministry of Defence (Zimbabwe)|Zimbabwean Minister of Defence]] (b. 1932) *[[2014]] – [[Gerry Anderson (broadcaster)|Gerry Anderson]], Irish radio and television host (b. 1944) * 2014 – [[Helen Bamber]], English psychotherapist and academic (b. 1925) * 2014 – [[Steven R. Nagel]], American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1946) * 2014 – [[Jean Redpath]], Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1937) * 2014 – [[Albert Reynolds]], Irish businessman and politician, ninth [[Taoiseach|Taoiseach of Ireland]] (b. 1932) *[[2015]] – [[Colin Beyer]], New Zealand lawyer and businessman (b. 1938) * 2015 – [[Wang Dongxing]], Chinese commander and politician (b. 1916) * 2015 – [[Jimmy Evert]], American tennis player and coach (b. 1924) *[[2017]] – [[Bajram Rexhepi]], First Kosovan Prime Ministers of UN mission administration in Kosovo (b. 1954) *[[2018]] – [[Stefán Karl Stefánsson]], Icelandic actor and singer (b. 1975)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.frettabladid.is/frettir/stefan-karl-stefansson-er-latinn|title=Stefán Karl Stefánsson er látinn|author1=Þórarinn Þórarinsson|date=21 August 2018|work=[[Fréttablaðið]]|access-date=21 August 2018|language=is}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Celso Piña]], Mexican singer, composer, arranger, and accordionist (b. 1953)<ref>{{citation |newspaper=La Jornanda|title=Fallece Celso Piña, 'El rebelde del acordeón'|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/espectaculos/2019/08/21/fallece-el-celso-pina-3238.html|date=August 21, 2019|access-date=August 21, 2019 |language=es|trans-title=Celso Piña, 'the Rebel of the Accordion,' dies}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Nell McCafferty]], Northern Irish journalist, playwright and civil rights campaigner (b. 1944)<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Holland |first1=Kitty |last2=McClements |first2=Freya |title=Nell McCafferty: journalist and feminist campaigner dies aged 80 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/08/21/nell-mccafferty-journalist-and-feminist-campaigner-dies-aged-80/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Bill Pascrell]], American politician (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shen |first=Michelle |date=2024-08-21 |title=Longtime New Jersey Rep. Bill Pascrell dies at age 87 {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/21/politics/new-jersey-rep-bill-pascrell-dies/index.html |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[John Amos]], American actor (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moreau |first=Jordan |date=2024-10-01 |title=John Amos, 'Good Times' Dad and 'Roots' Actor, Dies at 84 |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/obituaries-people-news/john-amos-dead-good-times-roots-1236161810/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</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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