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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[806]] – [[Patriarch Tarasios of Constantinople|Tarasios]], [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14451b.htm |title=St. Tarasius |publisher=New Advent |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=19 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619214541/https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14451b.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[891]] – [[Fujiwara no Mototsune]], Japanese [[regent]] (b. 836)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fujiwara-Mototsune |title=Fujiwara Mototsune |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=5 July 2020 |archive-date=5 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705110237/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fujiwara-Mototsune |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[1099]] – [[Anselm of Ribemont]], Frankish nobleman and participant of the [[First Crusade]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Riley-Smith |first1=Jonathan |title=The First Crusade and Idea of Crusading |date=1 April 2003 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-0-8264-6726-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RNP6MBmn-2EC |access-date=17 May 2024 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1522]] – [[William Lily (grammarian)|William Lily]], English scholar and educator (b. 1468)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Lily |title=William Lily |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=5 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731054041/https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Lily |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1536]] – [[Berchtold Haller]], German-Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1492)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bertold Haller {{!}} Swiss religious reformer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bertold-Haller |publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=28 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731040044/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bertold-Haller |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Haller, Berthold |volume=12 |page=856}}</ref> *[[1547]] – [[Vittoria Colonna]], marchioness of Pescara (b. 1490)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vittoria-Colonna |title=Vittoria Colonna |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=5 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731042511/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vittoria-Colonna |url-status=live }}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1601]] – [[Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (b. 1566)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Devereux-2nd-earl-of-Essex |title=Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=4 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731044405/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Devereux-2nd-earl-of-Essex |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1634]] – [[Albrecht von Wallenstein]], Austrian general and politician (b. 1583)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albrecht-von-Wallenstein |title=Albrecht von Wallenstein |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=4 July 2020 |archive-date=21 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621193617/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albrecht-von-Wallenstein |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1636]] – [[Santorio Santorio]], Italian biologist (b. 1561)<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Barry |editor1-first=Jonathan |editor2-last=Bigotti |editor2-first=Fabrizio |title=Santorio Santori and the Emergence of Quantified Medicine, 1614-1790 |date=2021 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Cham, Switzerland |isbn=978-3-030-79587-0 |page=25}}</ref> *[[1655]] – [[Daniël Heinsius]], Flemish poet and scholar (b. 1580)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-Heinsius |title=Daniël Heinsius |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=4 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731054051/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-Heinsius |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1682]] – [[Alessandro Stradella]], Italian composer (b. 1639)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alessandro-Stradella-Italian-composer |title=Alessandro Stradella |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=5 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731042637/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alessandro-Stradella-Italian-composer |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1710]] – [[Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut]], French soldier and explorer (b. 1639)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-Greysolon-Sieur-DuLhut |title=Daniel Greysolon, Sieur DuLhut |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=5 July 2020 |archive-date=5 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705104020/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-Greysolon-Sieur-DuLhut |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1713]] – [[Frederick I of Prussia]] (b. 1657)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-I-king-of-Prussia |title=Frederick I |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=5 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731042319/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-I-king-of-Prussia |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1723]] – [[Christopher Wren]], English architect, designed [[St Paul's Cathedral]] (b. 1632)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christopher-Wren |title=Christopher Wren |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=5 July 2020 |archive-date=29 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629012815/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christopher-Wren |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1756]] – [[Eliza Haywood]], English actress and poet (b. 1693)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eliza-Haywood |title=Eliza Haywood |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=5 July 2020 |archive-date=5 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705112311/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eliza-Haywood |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1796]] – [[Samuel Seabury (bishop)|Samuel Seabury]], American bishop (b. 1729)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Seabury |title=Samuel Seabury |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=5 July 2020 |archive-date=7 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707124500/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Seabury |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1805]] – [[Thomas Pownall]], English politician, [[Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay]] (b. 1722)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/pownall-thomas-1722-1805 |title=Pownall, Thomas (1722-1805), of Saltfleetby, Lincs |publisher=The History of Parliament Trust |location=London |access-date=3 July 2020 |archive-date=3 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703143418/https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/pownall-thomas-1722-1805 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1819]] – [[Francisco Manoel de Nascimento]], Portuguese-French poet and educator (b. 1734)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francisco-Manuel-do-Nascimento |title=Francisco Manuel do Nascimento |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=3 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731042217/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francisco-Manuel-do-Nascimento |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1822]] – [[William Pinkney]], American politician and diplomat, 7th [[United States Attorney General]] (b. 1764)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Pinkney |title=William Pinkney |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=3 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731124617/https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Pinkney |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1841]] – [[Philip P. Barbour]], American lawyer, judge, and politician, 12th [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (b. 1783)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Philip-P-Barbour |title=Philip P. Barbour |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=3 July 2020 |archive-date=3 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703144003/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Philip-P-Barbour |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1850]] – [[Daoguang Emperor]] of China (b. 1782)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daoguang |title=Daoguang, Emperor of Qing dynasty |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=3 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731122514/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daoguang |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1852]] – [[Thomas Moore]], Irish poet and lyricist (b. 1779)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Moore |title=Thomas Moore |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=3 July 2020 |archive-date=11 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611004231/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Moore |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1865]] – [[Otto Ludwig (writer)|Otto Ludwig]], German author, playwright, and critic (b. 1813)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Otto-Ludwig |title=Otto Ludwig |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=3 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731042341/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Otto-Ludwig |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1870]] – [[Henrik Hertz]], Danish poet and playwright (b. 1797)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henrik-Hertz |title=Henrik Hertz |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=3 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731063456/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henrik-Hertz |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1877]] – [[Jung Bahadur Rana]], Nepalese ruler (b. 1816)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jung-Bahadur |title=Jung Bahadur |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=3 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731090001/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jung-Bahadur |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1878]] – [[Townsend Harris]], American merchant, politician, and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to Japan]] (b. 1804)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Townsend-Harris |title=Townsend Harris |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=3 July 2020 |archive-date=13 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913155809/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Townsend-Harris |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1899]] – [[Paul Reuter]], German-English journalist and businessman, founded [[Reuters]] (b. 1816)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Julius-Freiherr-von-Reuter |title=Paul Julius, baron von Reuter |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=3 July 2020 |archive-date=15 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915041812/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Julius-Freiherr-von-Reuter |url-status=live }}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1906]] – [[Anton Arensky]], Russian pianist and composer (b. 1861)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anton-Arensky |title=Anton Arensky |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731063325/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anton-Arensky |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1910]] – [[Worthington Whittredge]], American painter and educator (b. 1820)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Worthington-Whittredge |title=Worthington Whittredge |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731062908/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Worthington-Whittredge |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1911]] – [[Friedrich Spielhagen]], German author, theorist, and translator (b. 1829)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Friedrich-von-Spielhagen |title=Friedrich von Spielhagen |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731131005/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Friedrich-von-Spielhagen |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1912]] – [[William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg]] (b. 1852)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-IV-grand-duke-of-Luxembourg |title=William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg |newspaper=Encyclopedia Britannica |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731063120/https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-IV-grand-duke-of-Luxembourg |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1914]] – [[John Tenniel]], English illustrator (b. 1820)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Tenniel |title=Sir John Tenniel |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=21 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621011905/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Tenniel |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1915]] – [[Charles Edwin Bessey]], American botanist, author, and academic (b. 1845)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-E-Bessey |title=Charles E. Bessey |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=23 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723073430/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-E-Bessey |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy]], French archaeologist and engineer (b. 1844)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marcel-Auguste-Dieulafoy |title=Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731081704/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marcel-Auguste-Dieulafoy |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1928]] – [[William O'Brien]], Irish journalist and politician (b. 1852)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-OBrien |title=William O'Brien |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731065523/https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-OBrien |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Elizabeth Gertrude Britton]], American botanist and academic (b. 1857)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-Gertrude-Knight-Britton |title=Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006113216/https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/80448/Elizabeth-Gertrude-Knight-Britton |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1934 – [[John McGraw]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1873)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-McGraw |title=John McGraw |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731075017/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-McGraw |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Mário de Andrade]], Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (b. 1893)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mario-de-Andrade |title=Mário de Andrade |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731064607/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mario-de-Andrade |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1950]] – [[George Minot]], American physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1885)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Minot |title=George Richards Minot |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731054030/https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Minot |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[Sergei Winogradsky]], Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (b. 1856)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sergey-Nikolayevich-Winogradsky |title=Sergey Nikolayevich Winogradsky |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731050740/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sergey-Nikolayevich-Winogradsky |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1954]] – [[Joseph Beech]], American Methodist missionary and educator (b. 1867)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://divinity-adhoc.library.yale.edu/ChinaCollegesProject/wesleyan/bios/beech_joseph.html |title=Beech, Joseph, Class of 1899 |last=Russ |first=Johanna |date=<!--Not stated--> |website=[[Yale Divinity School|divinity-adhoc.library.yale.edu]] |access-date=April 20, 2023}}</ref> *[[1957]] – [[Mark Aldanov]], Russian author and critic (b. 1888)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mark-Aldanov |title=Mark Aldanov |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=17 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617041856/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mark-Aldanov |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1957 – [[Bugs Moran]], American mob boss (b. 1893)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Moran |title=George Moran |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731063211/https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Moran |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1963]] – [[Melville J. Herskovits]], American anthropologist and academic (b. 1895)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Melville-J-Herskovits |title=Melville J. Herskovits |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731063355/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Melville-J-Herskovits |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Alexander Archipenko]], Ukrainian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1887)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Archipenko |title=Alexander Archipenko |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=4 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604143401/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Archipenko |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1964 – [[Grace Metalious]], American author (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/02/26/archives/grace-metalious-is-dead-at-39-author-of-peyton-place-novel-writer.html |title=Grace Metalious Is Dead at 39; Author of 'Peyton Place' Novel; Writer Shocked the Nation With Story of Lurid Life in New England Town |date=26 February 1964 |work=[[The New York Times]] |location=New York City |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=2 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702112555/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/02/26/archives/grace-metalious-is-dead-at-39-author-of-peyton-place-novel-writer.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Mark Rothko]], Latvian-American painter and academic (b. 1903)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mark-Rothko |title=Mark Rothko |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=4 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604133017/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mark-Rothko |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[Theodor Svedberg]], Swedish chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1884)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1926/svedberg/facts/ |title=The Svedberg – Facts |publisher=Nobel Media AB |location=Stockholm |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=2 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902204215/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1926/svedberg/facts/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Gottfried Fuchs]], German-Canadian Olympic soccer player (b. 1889)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://juedische-sportstars.de/index.php?id=190&L=2 |title=Gottfried Fuchs |publisher=Zentrum deutsche Sportgeschichte e.V. |location=Berlin |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=4 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704020342/http://juedische-sportstars.de/index.php?id=190&L=2 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Elijah Muhammad]], American religious leader (b. 1897)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elijah-Muhammad |title=Elijah Muhammad |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=30 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030071312/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elijah-Muhammad |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Daniel James, Jr.]], American general and pilot (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wuwf.org/post/his-100th-birthday-chappie-james-legacy-lives#stream/0 |last=Averhart |first=Sandra |title=On His 100th Birthday, 'Chappie' James' Legacy Lives On |date=11 February 2020 |publisher=University of West Florida |location=Pensacola |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=4 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704024716/https://www.wuwf.org/post/his-100th-birthday-chappie-james-legacy-lives#stream/0 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Robert Hayden]], American poet and academic (b. 1913)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Hayden |title=Robert Hayden |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731082148/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Hayden |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Tennessee Williams]], American playwright, and poet (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tennessee-Williams |title=Tennessee Williams |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=22 June 2020 |archive-date=10 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310005311/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tennessee-Williams |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Haing S. Ngor]], Cambodian-American physician and author (b. 1940)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Haing-S-Ngor |title=Haing S. Ngor |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=22 June 2020 |archive-date=4 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404003835/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Haing-S-Ngor |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Andrei Sinyavsky]], Russian journalist and publisher (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrey-Donatovich-Sinyavsky |title=Andrey Donatovich Sinyavsky |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=22 June 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731082305/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrey-Donatovich-Sinyavsky |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[W. O. Mitchell]], Canadian author and playwright (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/W-O-Mitchell |title=W. O. Mitchell |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=22 June 2020 |archive-date=25 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625004538/https://www.britannica.com/biography/W-O-Mitchell |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Glenn T. Seaborg]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Glenn-T-Seaborg |title=Glenn T. Seaborg |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=22 June 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731121803/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Glenn-T-Seaborg |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[A. R. Ammons]], American poet and critic (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/A-R-Ammons |title=A. R. Ammons |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=22 June 2020 |archive-date=24 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624104800/https://www.britannica.com/biography/A-R-Ammons |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2001 – [[Don Bradman]], Australian international cricketer; holder of world record batting average (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/in_depth/2001/death_of_don_bradman/1189778.stm |title=Bradman dies at 92 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=26 February 2001 |access-date=2 June 2020 |archive-date=7 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207183735/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/in_depth/2001/death_of_don_bradman/1189778.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4188.html |title=Sir Donald Bradman |publisher=ESPN Sports Media Ltd |location=London |access-date=5 June 2020 |archive-date=28 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228193013/http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4188.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Peter Benenson]], English lawyer, founded [[Amnesty International]] (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-Benenson |title=Peter James Henry Solomon Benenson |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=22 June 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731044804/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-Benenson |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2008]] – [[Hans Raj Khanna]], Indian judge and advocate; upholder of civil liberties (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/43-years-since-emergency-a-look-back-at-hr-khanna-the-judge-who-stood-up-to-indira-gandhi-365539.html |last=Sudheesh |first=Raghul |title=43 years since Emergency: A look back at HR Khanna, the judge who stood up to Indira Gandhi |publisher=Firstpost |location=Mumbai |date=25 June 2018 |access-date=8 July 2020 |archive-date=8 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708174644/https://www.firstpost.com/india/43-years-since-emergency-a-look-back-at-hr-khanna-the-judge-who-stood-up-to-indira-gandhi-365539.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[Ihsan Dogramaci]], Turkish pediatrician and academic (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.turkishjournalpediatrics.org/uploads/pdf_TJP_863.pdf |title=Remembering Ihsan Dogramaci |date=January 2011 |publisher=The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics |issue=53 |pages=1–4 |access-date=22 June 2020 |archive-date=25 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625020107/http://www.turkishjournalpediatrics.org/uploads/pdf_TJP_863.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Louisiana Red]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louisiana-Red |title=Louisiana Red |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=22 June 2020 |archive-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622141449/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louisiana-Red |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Harve Bennett]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-harve-bennett-20150308-story.html |title=Harve Bennett dies at 84; TV producer rescued 'Star Trek' film franchise |work=Los Angeles Times |date=7 March 2015 |access-date=22 June 2020 |archive-date=13 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613183442/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-harve-bennett-20150308-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *2015 – [[Ariel Camacho]], Mexican musician and singer-songwriter; (b. 1992)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/music/ariel-camacho-dies-at-22-lead-singer-of-los-plebes-del-rancho.html |title=Ariel Camacho, Lead Singer of Los Plebes del Rancho, Dies at 22 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=27 February 2015 |access-date=7 July 2023 |archive-date=6 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206094305/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/music/ariel-camacho-dies-at-22-lead-singer-of-los-plebes-del-rancho.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *2015 – [[Eugenie Clark]], American biologist and academic; noted ichthyologist (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eugenie-Clark |title=Eugenie Clark |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=22 June 2020 |archive-date=14 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614075602/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eugenie-Clark |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Bill Paxton]], American actor and filmmaker (b. 1955)<ref name="NBC News">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/actor-bill-paxton-dead-61-due-complications-surgery-n725776|title=Actor Bill Paxton Dead at 61 Due to Complications from Surgery|website=[[NBC News]]|access-date=February 26, 2017|archive-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430034250/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/actor-bill-paxton-dead-61-due-complications-surgery-n725776|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Dmitry Yazov]], last [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]] (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-military-yazov-idUSKCN20J1E2 |last=Osbourne |first=Andrew |title=Dmitry Yazov, anti-Gorbachev coup plotter, ex-Soviet defense minister, dies |date=25 February 2020 |publisher=Reuters |location=London |access-date=3 June 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731041915/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-military-yazov-idUSKCN20J1E2 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Farrah Forke]], American actress (b. 1968)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/farrah-forke-wings-lois-clark-182736922.html|title = Farrah Forke, 'Wings' and 'Lois & Clark' Actor, Dies at 54| date=2 March 2022 }}</ref> * 2022 – [[Shirley Hughes]], English author and illustrator (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eccleshare |first1=Julia |title=Shirley Hughes obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/mar/02/shirley-hughes-obituary |access-date=3 March 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=2 March 2022 }}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Gordon Pinsent]], Canadian actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1930)<ref name="CBCDeath">{{cite news |author1=CBC News Staff |title=Gordon Pinsent, Canadian acting icon, dead at 92 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/gorden-pinsent-1.6760868 |work=CBC News |location=Toronto |date = February 25, 2023 | access-date = February 26, 2023}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Henry Kelly]], Irish radio and television broadcaster, actor and journalist (b. 1947)<ref name="BBCDeath">{{cite news |author1=BBC |title=Going For Gold presenter Henry Kelly dies at 78 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn04y7dg68ko |work=BBC |location=UK |date = February 25, 2025 | access-date = February 25, 2025}}</ref> *2025 – [[Roberto Orci]], Mexican-American screenwriter and producer (b. 1973)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=February 25, 2025 |title=Roberto Orci Dies: 'Star Trek', 'Transformers' & 'Hawaii Five-0' Writer-Producer Was 51 |url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/roberto-orci-dead-star-trek-transformers-writer-producer-1236301807/ |access-date=March 1, 2025 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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