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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[632]] – [[Máedóc of Ferns]], Irish bishop and saint (b. 550) * [[876]] – [[Hemma|Hemma of Altdorf]], Frankish queen<ref>{{cite book|first1=Björn|last1=Weiler|first2=Simon|last2=MacLean|title=Representations of Power in Medieval Germany 800-1500|location=Turnhout|publisher=Brepols|year=2006|page=94|isbn=978-2-50351-815-2}}</ref> * [[985]] – [[Ryōgen]], Japanese monk and abbot (b. 912) *[[1030]] – [[William V, Duke of Aquitaine|William V]], duke of Aquitaine (b. 969) *[[1216]] – [[Theodore II of Constantinople|Theodore II]], patriarch of Constantinople *[[1398]] – [[Emperor Sukō|Sukō]], emperor of Japan (b. 1334) *[[1418]] – [[Mircea I of Wallachia|Mircea I]], prince of Wallachia (b. 1355) *[[1435]] – [[Xuande Emperor|Xuande]], emperor of China (b. 1398) *[[1561]] – [[Bairam Khan]], Mughalan general (b. 1501) * 1561 – [[Menno Simons]], Dutch minister and theologian (b. 1496) *[[1580]] – [[Henry, King of Portugal|Henry]], king of Portugal (b. 1512) ===1601–1900=== *[[1606]] – [[Guy Fawkes]], English conspirator, leader of the [[Gunpowder Plot]] (b. 1570) * 1606 – [[Ambrose Rookwood]], English [[Gunpowder Plot]] conspirator (b. 1578) * 1606 – [[Thomas Wintour]], English [[Gunpowder Plot]] conspirator (b. 1571) *[[1615]] – [[Claudio Acquaviva]], Italian priest, 5th [[Superior General of the Society of Jesus]] (b. 1543) *[[1632]] – [[Jost Bürgi]], Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552) *[[1665]] – [[Johannes Clauberg]], German philosopher and theologian (b. 1622) *[[1686]] – [[Jean Mairet]], French playwright (b. 1604) *[[1720]] – [[Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford]], English politician, [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] (b. 1654) *[[1729]] – [[Jacob Roggeveen]], Dutch explorer (b. 1659) *[[1736]] – [[Filippo Juvarra]], Italian architect and set designer, designed the [[Basilica of Superga]] (b. 1678) *[[1790]] – [[Thomas Lewis (Virginia politician)|Thomas Lewis]], Irish-born American lawyer and surveyor (b. 1718) *[[1794]] – [[Mariot Arbuthnot]], English admiral and politician, 12th [[List of lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia|Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia]] (b. 1711) *[[1811]] – [[Manuel Alberti]], Argentinian priest and journalist (b. 1763) *[[1815]] – [[José Félix Ribas]], Venezuelan soldier (b. 1775) *[[1828]] – [[Alexander Ypsilantis]], Greek general (b. 1792) *[[1836]] – [[John Cheyne (physician)|John Cheyne]], English physician and author (b. 1777) *[[1844]] – [[Henri Gatien Bertrand]], French general (b. 1773) *[[1856]] – [[11th Dalai Lama]] (b. 1838) *[[1870]] – [[Cilibi Moise]], Moldavian Romanian journalist and author (b. 1812) *[[1888]] – [[John Bosco]], Italian priest and educator, founded the [[Salesian Society]] (b. 1815) *[[1892]] – [[Charles Spurgeon]], English pastor and author (b. 1834) *[[1900]] – [[John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry]], Scottish nobleman (b. 1844) ===1901–present=== *[[1911]] – [[Paul Singer (politician)|Paul Singer]], German politician (b. 1844)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=CALKINS |first1=KENNETH R. |title=The Election of Hugo Haase to the Co-Chairmanship of the SPD and the Crisis of Pre-War German Social Democracy |journal=International Review of Social History |date=1968 |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=174–188 |doi=10.1017/S0020859000000493 |issn=0020-8590 |jstor=44581611|s2cid=145271134 |doi-access=free }}</ref> *[[1923]] – [[Eligiusz Niewiadomski]], Polish painter and critic (b. 1869) *[[1933]] – [[John Galsworthy]], English novelist and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1867) *[[1944]] – [[Jean Giraudoux]], French author and playwright (b. 1882)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Inskip |first1=Donald |title=Jean Giraudoux: The Making of a Dramatist |date=1958 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=London |page=133}}</ref> *[[1954]] – [[Edwin Howard Armstrong]], American engineer, invented [[Frequency modulation|FM radio]] (b. 1890) *[[1955]] – [[John Mott]], American activist, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1865) *[[1956]] – [[A. A. Milne]], English author, poet, and playwright, created ''[[Winnie-the-Pooh]]'' (b. 1882)<ref>{{cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35031?docPos=2|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|year=2004|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/35031}}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[Karl Selter]], Estonian politician, 14th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1898) *[[1960]] – [[Auguste Herbin]], French painter (b. 1882) *[[1961]] – [[Krishna Singh (politician)|Krishna Singh]], Indian politician, 1st [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] (b. 1887) *[[1966]] – [[Arthur Percival]], English general (b. 1887) *[[1967]] – [[Eddie Tolan]], American sprinter and educator (b. 1908) *[[1969]] – [[Meher Baba]], Indian spiritual master (b. 1894) *[[1971]] – [[Viktor Zhirmunsky]], Russian historian and linguist (b. 1891) *[[1973]] – [[Ragnar Frisch]], Norwegian economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1895) *[[1974]] – [[Samuel Goldwyn]], Polish American film producer, co-founded [[Goldwyn Pictures]] (b. 1882) *[[1976]] – [[Ernesto Miranda]], American criminal (b. 1941) * 1976 – [[Evert Taube]], Swedish author and composer (b. 1890) *[[1985]] – [[Reginald Baker (film producer)|Reginald Baker]], English Australian film producer (b. 1896) * 1985 – [[Tatsuzō Ishikawa]], Japanese author (b. 1905) *[[1987]] – [[Yves Allégret]], French director and screenwriter (b. 1907) *[[1989]] – [[William Stephenson]], Canadian captain and spy (b. 1896) *[[1990]] – [[Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus]], German zoologist and academic (b. 1901) * 1990 – [[Rashad Khalifa]], Egyptian American biochemist and academic (b. 1935) *[[1997]] – [[John Joseph Scanlan]], Irish American bishop (b. 1930) *[[1999]] – [[Giant Baba]], Japanese wrestler and trainer, co-founded [[All Japan Pro Wrestling]] (b. 1938) *[[2000]] – [[Gil Kane]], Latvian American author and illustrator (b. 1926) *[[2001]] – [[Gordon R. Dickson]], Canadian American author (b. 1923) *[[2002]] – [[Gabby Gabreski]], American colonel and pilot (b. 1919) *[[2004]] – [[Eleanor Holm]], American swimmer and actress (b. 1913) * 2004 – [[Suraiya]], Indian actress and playback singer (b. 1929) *[[2006]] – [[Moira Shearer]], Scottish actress and ballerina (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/02/arts/02shearer.html|title=Obituary|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=2 February 2006|access-date=11 October 2014}}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[Molly Ivins]], American journalist and author (b. 1944) * 2007 – [[Adelaide Tambo]], South African activist and politician (b. 1929) *[[2008]] – [[František Čapek]], Czechoslovakian canoeist (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite web|title=František Čapek|url=https://www.olympic.org/frantisek-capek|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref> *[[2011]] – [[Bartolomeu Anania]], Romanian bishop and poet (b. 1921) *[[2012]] – [[Mani Ram Bagri]], Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1920) * 2012 – [[Dorothea Tanning]], American painter and sculptor (b. 1910) *[[2013]] – [[Rubén Bonifaz Nuño]], Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1923) * 2013 – [[Hassan Habibi]], Iranian lawyer and politician, 1st [[Vice President of Iran]] (b. 1937) *[[2014]] – [[Anna Gordy Gaye]], American songwriter and producer, co-founded [[Anna Records]] (b. 1922) * 2014 – [[Abdirizak Haji Hussein]], Somalian politician, 4th [[Prime Minister of Somalia]] (b. 1924) * 2014 – [[Miklós Jancsó]], Hungarian director and screenwriter (b. 1921) *[[2015]] – [[Vic Howe]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929) * 2015 – [[Udo Lattek]], German footballer, coach, and journalist (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/udo-lattek-football-coach-who-won-the-european-cup-uefa-cup-and-cupwinners-cup-with-three-different-clubs-10220305.html|title=Udo Lattek: Football coach who won the European Cup, Uefa Cup and Cup-Winners' Cup with three different clubs|date=1 May 2015|work=The Independent}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Lizabeth Scott]], American actress (b. 1922) * 2015 – [[Richard von Weizsäcker]], German captain and politician, 6th [[List of German presidents|President of Germany]] (b. 1920) *[[2016]] – [[Terry Wogan]], Irish radio and television host (b. 1938)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Terry Wogan obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jan/31/terry-wogan |website=the Guardian |access-date=18 September 2021 |language=en |date=31 January 2016}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Rob Stewart (filmmaker)|Rob Stewart]], Canadian filmmaker (b. 1979) *[[2018]] – [[Rasual Butler]], American professional basketball player (b. 1979)<ref name="LeahLaBelle" /> * 2018 – [[Leah LaBelle]], American singer (b. 1986)<ref name="LeahLaBelle">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/nba-player-rasual-butler-r-b-singer-leah-labelle-die-n843456|title=NBA player Rasual Butler and R&B singer Leah LaBelle killed in car crash|last=McCausland|first=Phil|date=January 31, 2018|work=[[NBC News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322045236/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/nba-player-rasual-butler-r-b-singer-leah-labelle-die-n843456|archive-date=March 22, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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