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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[724]] – [[Yazid II]], [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad caliph]] (b. 687)<ref>{{The History of al-Tabari |volume=24 |url={{Google Books|kIKGclA7YykC|plainurl=y}} |pages=193–194}}</ref> * [[814]] – [[Charlemagne]], [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman]] emperor (b. 742)<ref>{{cite book|title=An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J1pjAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA232|year=1761|publisher=T. Osborne|pages=232}}</ref> * [[919]] – [[Zhou Dewei]], Chinese general * [[929]] – [[Gao Jixing]], founder of Chinese [[Jingnan]] (b. 858) * [[947]] – [[Jing Yanguang]], Chinese general (b. 892) *[[1061]] – [[Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia]] (b. 1031) *[[1142]] – [[Yue Fei]], Chinese general (b. 1103)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/chineselivespeop0000mair |url-access=registration |title=Chinese Lives: The People Who Made a Civilization |last1=Mair |first1=Victor H. |last2=Chen |first2=Sanping |last3=Wood |first3=Frances |date=2013-05-01 |publisher=[[Thames & Hudson]] |isbn=9780500771471 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/chineselivespeop0000mair/page/120 120]–121 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> *[[1256]] – [[William II of Holland|William II, Count of Holland]], [[King of Germany]] (b. 1227) *[[1271]] – [[Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France]] (b. 1247)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Warner |first1=Kathryn |title=Philippa of Hainault: Mother of the English Nation |date=2019 |publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited |isbn=978-1-4456-6280-0 |page=22 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yf-3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT22 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1290]] – [[Dervorguilla of Galloway]], Scottish noble, mother of king [[John Balliol]] of Scotland (b. c. 1210)<ref>{{cite web |title=Devorgilla, Lady of Galloway: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/d/devorgilla.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref> *[[1443]] – [[Robert le Maçon]], French diplomat (b. 1365) *[[1501]] – [[John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham]], English baron and Lord High Treasurer (b. 1433)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last=Hicks |first=Michael |year=2004 |title=Dynham, John, Baron Dynham (c.1433–1501) |id=50234}}</ref> *[[1547]] – [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], king of England (b. 1491)<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry VIII {{!}} Biography, Wives, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-VIII-king-of-England |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=12 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1613]] – [[Thomas Bodley]], English diplomat and scholar, founded the [[Bodleian Library]] (b. 1545) *[[1621]] – [[Pope Paul V]] (b. 1550) *[[1666]] – [[Tommaso Dingli]], Maltese architect and sculptor (b. 1591) *[[1672]] – [[Pierre Séguier]], French politician, [[Lord Chancellor of France]] (b. 1588) *[[1681]] – [[Richard Allestree]], English priest and academic (b. 1619) *[[1687]] – [[Johannes Hevelius]], Polish astronomer and politician (b. 1611) *[[1688]] – [[Ferdinand Verbiest]], Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (b. 1623) *[[1697]] – [[Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet]], English general and politician (b. 1645) *[[1754]] – [[Ludvig Holberg]], Norwegian-Danish historian and philosopher (b. 1684) *[[1782]] – [[Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville]], French geographer and cartographer (b. 1697) *[[1832]] – [[Augustin Daniel Belliard]], French general (b. 1769) *[[1859]] – [[F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich]], English politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1782) *[[1864]] – [[Émile Clapeyron]], French physicist and engineer (b. 1799) *[[1873]] – [[John Hart (South Australian colonist)|John Hart]], English-Australian politician, 10th [[Premier of South Australia]] (b. 1809)<ref>Sally O'Neill, '[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040403b.htm Hart, John (1809–1873)]', ''[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]]'', Volume 4, [[Melbourne University Press]], 1972, pp 355–356. Retrieved 29 January 2018</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Augusta Holmès]], French pianist and composer (b. 1847) *[[1912]] – [[Gustave de Molinari]], Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819). * 1912 – [[Eloy Alfaro]], former president of Ecuador (b. 1842) *[[1918]] – [[John McCrae]], Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872) *[[1921]] – [[Mustafa Suphi]], Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883) *[[1930]] – [[Emmy Destinn]], Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878) *[[1935]] – [[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov]], Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859) *[[1937]] – [[Anastasios Metaxas]], Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862) *[[1938]] – [[Bernd Rosemeyer]], German race car driver (b. 1909) *[[1939]] – [[W. B. Yeats]], Irish poet and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1865) *[[1942]] – [[Edward Siegler]], American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1881) *[[1945]] – [[Roza Shanina]], Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1924) *[[1947]] – [[Reynaldo Hahn]], Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1875) *[[1948]] – [[Hans Aumeier]], German [[SS]] officer (b. 1906) *[[1949]] – [[Jean-Pierre Wimille]], French race car driver (b. 1908) *[[1950]] – [[Nikolai Luzin]], Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1883) *[[1953]] – [[James Scullin]], Australian journalist and politician, 9th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. 1876) * 1953 – [[Neyzen Tevfik]], Turkish philosopher and poet (b. 1879) *[[1959]] – [[Walter Beall]], American baseball player (b. 1899) *[[1960]] – [[Zora Neale Hurston]], American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (b. 1891) *[[1963]] – [[Gustave Garrigou]], French cyclist (b. 1884) *[[1965]] – [[Tich Freeman]], English cricketer (b. 1888) * 1965 – [[Maxime Weygand]], Belgian-French general (b. 1867) *[[1971]] – [[Donald Winnicott]], English paediatrician and psychoanalyst (b. 1896) *[[1973]] – [[John Banner]], Austrian actor (b. 1910) *[[1976]] – [[Marcel Broodthaers]], Belgian painter and poet (b. 1924) *[[1978]] – [[Ward Moore]], American author (b. 1903) *[[1983]] – [[Billy Fury]]. English pop star (b. 1940) * 1983 – [[Frank Forde]], Australian educator and politician, 15th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. 1890) *[[1986]] – [[Space Shuttle Challenger]] crew ** [[Gregory Jarvis]], American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1944)<ref name=challengercrew>{{cite web |title=Space Shuttle Challenger Fast Facts |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/15/us/space-shuttle-challenger-fast-facts/index.html |website=CNN |date=16 September 2013 |access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref> ** [[Christa McAuliffe]], American educator and astronaut (b. 1948)<ref name=challengercrew /> ** [[Ronald McNair]], American physicist and astronaut (b. 1950)<ref name=challengercrew /> ** [[Ellison Onizuka]], American engineer and astronaut (b. 1946)<ref name=challengercrew /> ** [[Judith Resnik]], American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1949)<ref name=challengercrew /> ** [[Dick Scobee]], American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1939)<ref name=challengercrew /> ** [[Michael J. Smith (astronaut)|Michael J. Smith]], American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1945)<ref name=challengercrew /> *[[1988]] – [[Klaus Fuchs]], German physicist, politician, and atomic spy (b. 1911)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Greenspan |first=Nancy Thorndike |title=Atomic Spy: The Dark Lives of Klaus Fuchs |publisher=Viking |year=2020 |isbn=978-0593083390}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama]] (b. 1938) *[[1993]] – [[Helen Sawyer Hogg]], Canadian astronomer and academic (b. 1905)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Clement |first1=Christine |title=Helen Sawyer Hogg, 1905-1993 |journal=Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers |date=1993 |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=83–86 |bibcode=1993JAVSO..22...83C |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993JAVSO..22...83C/abstract |access-date=28 July 2020 |language=en |issn=0271-9053}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Joseph Brodsky]], Russian-American poet and essayist, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1940) * 1996 – [[Burne Hogarth]], American cartoonist and author (b. 1911) * 1996 – [[Jerry Siegel]], American author and illustrator, co-created [[Superman]] (b. 1914) *[[1998]] – [[Shotaro Ishinomori]], Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1938) *[[1999]] – [[Valery Gavrilin]], Russian composer (b. 1939) *[[2001]] – [[Ranko Marinković]], Croatian author and playwright (b. 1913) *[[2002]] – [[Gustaaf Deloor]], Belgian cyclist and soldier (b. 1913) * 2002 – [[Astrid Lindgren]], Swedish author and screenwriter (b. 1907) * 2002 – [[Ayşe Nur Zarakolu]], Turkish author and activist (b. 1946) *[[2003]] – [[Mieke Pullen]], Dutch runner (b. 1957) *[[2004]] – [[Lloyd M. Bucher]], American captain (b. 1927) *[[2005]] – [[Jim Capaldi]], English singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1944) *[[2007]] – [[Carlo Clerici]], Swiss cyclist (b. 1929) * 2007 – [[Robert Drinan]], American priest, lawyer, and politician (b. 1920) * 2007 – [[Yelena Romanova]], Russian runner (b. 1963) * 2007 – [[Karel Svoboda (composer)|Karel Svoboda]], Czech composer (b. 1938) *[[2009]] – [[Werner Flume]], German jurist (b. 1908)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Medicus |first=Dieter |url=https://badw.de/fileadmin/nachrufe/Flume%20Werner.pdf |title=BAdW Jahrbuch 2009 |publisher=Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften |year=2009 |language=de |chapter=Werner Flume: 12.9.1908 – 28.1.2009|pages=233–235|author-link=Dieter Medicus}}</ref> * 2009 – [[Billy Powell]], American keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1952) *[[2012]] – [[Roman Juszkiewicz]], Polish astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1952) * 2012 – [[Don Starkell]], Canadian adventurer and author (b. 1932) *[[2013]] – [[Florentino Fernández (boxer)|Florentino Fernández]], Cuban-American boxer and coach (b. 1936) * 2013 – [[Hattie N. Harrison]], American educator and politician (b. 1928) * 2013 – [[Oldřich Kulhánek]], Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer (b. 1940) *[[2014]] – [[John Cacavas]], American composer and conductor (b. 1930) * 2014 – [[Harry Gamble]], American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1930) * 2014 – [[Dwight Gustafson]], American composer and conductor (b. 1930) * 2014 – [[Nigel Jenkins]], Welsh poet, journalist, and geographer (b. 1949) * 2014 – [[Jorge Obeid]], Argentinian engineer and politician, [[Governor of Santa Fe]] (b. 1947) *[[2015]] – [[Suraj Abdurrahman]], Nigerian general, architect, and engineer (b. 1954) * 2015 – [[Yves Chauvin]], French chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1930) * 2015 – [[Lionel Gilbert]], Australian historian, author, and academic (b. 1924) *[[2016]] – [[Signe Toly Anderson]], American singer (b. 1941) * 2016 – [[Paul Kantner]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941) * 2016 – [[Franklin Gene Bissell]], American football player and coach (b. 1926) * 2016 – [[Buddy Cianci]], American lawyer and politician, 32nd [[List of mayors of Providence, Rhode Island|Mayor of Providence]] (b. 1941) * 2016 – [[Bob Tizard]], New Zealand lawyer and politician, 6th [[Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (b. 1924) *[[2017]] – [[Alexander Chancellor]], British journalist (b. 1940) * 2017 – [[Geoff Nicholls]], British musician (b. 1948) *[[2019]] – [[Pepe Smith]], Filipino rock musician (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/315665/breaking-pinoy-rock-pioneer-joey-pepe-smith-dies-at-71|title=Pinoy rock pioneer Joey 'Pepe' Smith dies at 71|first=Krissy Aguilar, Pocholo|last=Concepcion|date=January 28, 2019|website=INQUIRER.net}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Cicely Tyson]], American actress (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dagan |first1=Carmel |title=Cicely Tyson, Pioneering Hollywood Icon, Dies at 96 |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/cicely-tyson-dead-dies-1234895188/ |website=Variety |access-date=January 28, 2021 |language=en |date=January 29, 2021}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. 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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