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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[524]] – [[Viventiolus]], archbishop of Lyon (b. 460) * [[783]] – [[Bertrada of Laon]], Frankish queen (b. 720) * [[965]] – [[Meng Chang]], emperor of Later Shu (b. 919) * [[981]] – [[Xue Juzheng]], Chinese [[scholar-official]] and historian<ref>[http://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/續資治通鑑長編/卷022 ''Xu Zizhi Tongjian Changbian'' ch. 22.]{{fcn|date=September 2023}}</ref> *[[1067]] – [[John Komnenos (Domestic of the Schools)|John Komnenos]], Byzantine general *[[1441]] – [[Ashikaga Yoshinori]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1394) * 1441 – [[Kyōgoku Takakazu (d. 1441)|Kyōgoku Takakazu]], Japanese nobleman *[[1489]] – [[Bahlul Lodi]], sultan of Delhi *[[1536]] – [[Desiderius Erasmus]], Dutch priest and philosopher (b. 1466) *[[1584]] – [[Steven Borough]], English navigator and explorer (b. 1525) ===1601–1900=== *[[1623]] – [[William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath]] (b. 1557) *[[1664]] – [[Stefano della Bella]], Italian illustrator and engraver (b. 1610) *[[1682]] – [[Jean Picard]], French priest and astronomer (b. 1620) *[[1691]] – [[Marquis de St Ruth]], French general *[[1693]] – [[John Ashby (Royal Navy officer)|John Ashby]], English admiral (b. 1640) *[[1712]] – [[Richard Cromwell]], English academic and politician (b. 1626) *[[1742]] – [[Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco]], Italian violinist and composer (b. 1675) *[[1749]] – [[Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois]], French navy officer and politician, [[Governor General of New France]] (b. 1671) *[[1773]] – [[Johann Joachim Quantz]], German flute player and composer (b. 1697) *[[1804]] – [[Alexander Hamilton]], American general, economist, and politician, 1st [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] (b. 1755) *[[1845]] – [[Henrik Wergeland]], Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808) *[[1850]] – [[Robert Stevenson (civil engineer)|Robert Stevenson]], Scottish engineer (b. 1772)<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Stevenson (1772-1850) |url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-a-z/stevenson-robert |website=National Records of Scotland |access-date=13 February 2021 |language=English |date=31 May 2013}}</ref> *[[1855]] – [[Pavel Nakhimov]], Russian admiral (b. 1802) *[[1870]] – [[John A. Dahlgren]], American admiral (b. 1809) *[[1892]] – [[Alexander Cartwright]], American firefighter, invented baseball (b. 1820) ===1901–present=== *[[1908]] – [[William D. Coleman (politician)|William D. Coleman]], 13th [[President of Liberia]] (b. 1842)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dunn|first1= Elwood D.|last2=Beyan|first2=Amos J.|last3=Burrowes|first3=Carl Patrick|author-link= |date=2000|title=Historical Dictionary of Liberia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qt0_RrW8ghkC|location=Lanham, Maryland|publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9781461659310|pages=80–81}}</ref> *[[1910]] – [[Charles Rolls]], English engineer and businessman, co-founded [[Rolls-Royce Limited]] (b. 1877)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Stewart Rolls {{!}} British automobile manufacturer and aviator |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Stewart-Rolls |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=13 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1926]] – [[Gertrude Bell]], English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Barbara|last1=Brothers|first2=Julia Marie|last2=Gergits|title=British Travel Writers, 1876–1909|location=Detroit|publisher=Gale Research|date=1997|page=3|isbn=978-0-81039-937-2}}</ref> * 1926 – [[Charles Wood (composer)|Charles Wood]] Irish composer (b. 1866) *[[1929]] – [[Robert Henri]], American painter and educator (b. 1865) *[[1931]] – [[Nathan Söderblom]], Swedish archbishop, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1866) *[[1934]] – [[Ole Evinrude]], Norwegian-American inventor and businessman, invented the [[outboard motor]] (b. 1877) *[[1935]] – [[Alfred Dreyfus]], French colonel (b. 1859) *[[1944]] – [[Theodore Roosevelt Jr.]], American general and politician, [[Governor of Puerto Rico]] (b. 1887) *[[1945]] – [[Boris Galerkin]], Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1871) * 1945 – [[Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen]], German field marshal (b. 1895) *[[1946]] – [[Ray Stannard Baker]], American journalist and author (b. 1870) *[[1947]] – [[Jimmie Lunceford]], American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902) *[[1949]] – [[Douglas Hyde]], Irish scholar and politician, 1st [[President of Ireland]] (b. 1860) *[[1950]] – [[Elsie de Wolfe]], American actress, author, and interior decorator (b. 1865) *[[1956]] – [[John Hayes (Tasmanian politician)|John Hayes]], Australian politician, 25th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1868) *[[1961]] – [[Mazo de la Roche]], Canadian author and playwright (b. 1879)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crowe-Grande |first1=Trish |title=Exploring the early years of Newmarket literary icon Mazo de la Roche |url=https://www.newmarkettoday.ca/local-news/exploring-the-early-years-of-newmarket-literary-icon-mazo-de-la-roche-2623894 |access-date=28 June 2021 |work=NewmarketToday.ca |date=August 9, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1962]] – [[Roger Wolfe Kahn]], American composer and bandleader (b. 1907) *[[1965]] – [[Christfried Burmeister]], Estonian speed skater (b. 1898) *[[1966]] – [[D. T. Suzuki]], Japanese philosopher and author (b. 1870) *[[1969]] – [[Henry George Lamond]], Australian farmer and author (b. 1885) *[[1971]] – [[Yvon Robert]], Canadian wrestler (b. 1914) *[[1973]] – [[Lon Chaney Jr.]], American actor (b. 1906) *[[1975]] – [[James Ormsbee Chapin]], American painter and illustrator (b. 1887) *[[1979]] – [[Olive Morris]], Jamaican-English civil rights activist (b. 1952)<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Morris, Olive Elaine (1952–1979), political activist |year=2012 |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-100963 |access-date=26 June 2020 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/100963 |last1=Allotey |first1=Emma }}</ref> * 1979 – [[Minnie Riperton]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1947) *[[1980]] – [[John Warren Davis (college president)|John Warren Davis]], American educator, college administrator, and civil rights leader (b. 1888)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Warren Davis |author=West Virginia Archives and History |year=2019 |publisher=West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History |url=http://www.wvculture.org/history/archives/blacks/jwdavis.html |access-date=February 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229171815/http://www.wvculture.org/history/archives/blacks/jwdavis.html |archive-date=February 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Gene |title=Dr. John Warren Davis, adviser to five presidents |newspaper=[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]] |location=[[Hackensack, New Jersey]] |date=July 13, 1980 |page=22 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46009114/dr-john-warren-davis-adviser-to-five/ |access-date=March 2, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302233738/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46009114/dr-john-warren-davis-adviser-to-five/ |archive-date=March 2, 2020}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Kenneth More]], English actor (b. 1914) *[[1983]] – [[Chris Wood (rock musician)|Chris Wood]], English saxophonist (b. 1944) *[[1990]] – [[João Saldanha]], Brazilian footballer, manager, and journalist (b. 1917) *[[1992]] – [[Caroline Pafford Miller]], American journalist and author (b. 1903) *[[1993]] – [[Dan Eldon]], English photographer and journalist (b. 1970) *[[1994]] – [[Eila Campbell]], English geographer and cartographer (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Professor Eila Campbell |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-eila-campbell-1416267.html |website=The Independent |access-date=9 January 2020 |language=en |date=26 July 1994}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[John Chancellor]], American journalist (b. 1927) *[[1997]] – [[François Furet]], French historian and author (b. 1927) *[[1998]] – [[Jimmy Driftwood]], American singer-songwriter and banjo player (b. 1907) * 1998 – [[Arkady Ostashev]], Soviet/Russian scientist and engineer (b. 1925) * 1998 – [[Serge Lemoyne]], Canadian painter (b. 1941) *[[1999]] – [[Rajendra Kumar]], Indian actor (b. 1921) *[[2000]] – [[Charles Merritt]], Canadian colonel and politician, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (b. 1908) *[[2001]] – [[Fred Marcellino]], American author and illustrator (b. 1939) *[[2003]] – [[Benny Carter]], American trumpet player, saxophonist, and composer (b. 1907) * 2003 – [[Mark Lovell]], English race car driver (b. 1960) *[[2004]] – [[Betty Oliphant]], English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded the [[National Ballet School of Canada]] (b. 1918) *[[2005]] – [[John King, Baron King of Wartnaby]], English businessman (b. 1917) *[[2007]] – [[Robert Burås]], Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1975) * 2007 – [[Stan Zemanek]], Australian radio and television host (b. 1947) *[[2008]] – [[Bobby Murcer]], American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1946) * 2008 – [[Tony Snow]], American journalist, 26th [[White House Press Secretary]] (b. 1955) *[[2010]] – [[Olga Guillot]], Cuban-American singer (b. 1922) * 2010 – [[James P. Hogan (writer)|James P. Hogan]], English-American author (b. 1941) * 2010 – [[Paulo Moura]], Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist (b. 1932) * 2010 – [[Pius Njawé]], Cameroonian journalist (b. 1957) * 2010 – [[Harvey Pekar]], American author and critic (b. 1939) *[[2011]] – [[Sherwood Schwartz]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1916) *[[2012]] – [[Alimuddin (cricketer)|Alimuddin]], Pakistani cricketer (b. 1930) * 2012 – [[Dara Singh]], Indian wrestler, actor, and politician (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Dara-Singh-passes-away/articleshow/14838702.cms |title=Dara Singh Passes Away |date=12 July 2012 |work=The Times of India |access-date=2016-04-01}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Eddy Brown]], English footballer and manager (b. 1926) * 2012 – [[Else Holmelund Minarik]], Danish-American author and illustrator (b. 1920) * 2012 – [[Roger Payne (mountaineer)|Roger Payne]], English mountaineer (b. 1956) * 2012 – [[Hamid Samandarian]], Iranian director and playwright (b. 1931) * 2012 – [[George C. Stoney]], American director and producer (b. 1916) *[[2013]] – [[Amar Bose]], American businessman, founded the [[Bose Corporation]] (b. 1929) * 2013 – [[Takako Takahashi]], Japanese author (b. 1932) * 2013 – [[Elaine Morgan]], Welsh writer (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elaine Morgan obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jul/29/elaine-morgan |website=The Guardian |date=29 July 2013 |access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Alan Whicker]], Egyptian-English journalist (b. 1921) *[[2014]] – [[Jamil Ahmad (writer)|Jamil Ahmad]], Pakistani author (b. 1931) * 2014 – [[Nestor Basterretxea]], Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1924) * 2014 – [[Emil Bobu]], Romanian politician (b. 1927) * 2014 – [[Alfred de Grazia]], American political scientist and author (b. 1919) * 2014 – [[Kenneth J. Gray]], American soldier and politician (b. 1924) * 2014 – [[Valeriya Novodvorskaya]], Russian journalist and politician (b. 1950) *[[2015]] – [[D'Army Bailey]], American lawyer, judge, and actor (b. 1941) * 2015 – [[Chenjerai Hove]], Zimbabwean journalist, author, and poet (b. 1956) * 2015 – [[Tenzin Delek Rinpoche]], Tibetan monk and activist (b. 1950) * 2015 – [[Cheng Siwei]], Chinese engineer, economist, and politician (b. 1935) *[[2016]] – [[Goran Hadžić]], Serbian politician (b. 1958) *[[2019]] – [[Emily Hartridge]], English YouTuber and television presenter (b. 1984)<ref>{{Cite news|title=YouTube Star Emily Hartridge Dies at 35 in Electric Scooter Collision|url=https://people.com/human-interest/emily-hartridge-dies-at-35-in-electric-scooter-collision/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307061644/https://people.com/human-interest/emily-hartridge-dies-at-35-in-electric-scooter-collision/|archive-date=2020-03-07|access-date=2021-07-13|newspaper=People|language=en}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Kelly Preston]], American actress and model (b. 1962)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Alexander|first=Bryan|date=July 13, 2020|title='Jerry Maguire' actress Kelly Preston, wife of John Travolta, dies of breast cancer at 57|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/07/12/kelly-preston-dies-57-breast-cancer-john-travolta-mourns-beautiful-wife/5426276002/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714004311/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/07/12/kelly-preston-dies-57-breast-cancer-john-travolta-mourns-beautiful-wife/5426276002/|archive-date=July 14, 2020|access-date=June 5, 2021|website=[[USA TODAY]]|language=en-US}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Wim Suurbier]], Dutch football player (b. 1945)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-13|title=Suurbier, mainstay of Ajax, Dutch teams of 1970s, dies at 75|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/surbier-mainstay-of-ajax-dutch-teams-of-1970s-dies-at-75/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703232618/https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/surbier-mainstay-of-ajax-dutch-teams-of-1970s-dies-at-75/|archive-date=2021-07-03|access-date=2021-07-03|website=The Seattle Times|language=en-US}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Tonke Dragt]], Dutch children's writer and illustrator (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sanou |first=Hanneke |date=2024-07-13 |title="Letter to the King" author Tonke Dragt dies at 93 |url=https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/07/letter-to-the-king-author-tonke-dragt-dies-at-93/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=DutchNews.nl |language=en-GB}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Bill Viola]], American video and installation artist (b. 1951)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Finkel |first=Jori |date=2024-07-13 |title=Bill Viola, Celebrated Video Artist Who Played With Time, Dies at 73 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/arts/bill-viola-dead.html |access-date=2024-07-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2024 – [[Ruth Westheimer]], German-American sex therapist (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moshtaghian |first=AJ Willingham, Artemis |date=2024-07-13 |title=Ruth Westheimer, sex therapist known as 'Dr. Ruth,' dead at 96 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/13/us/ruth-westheimer-death/index.html |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Evan Wright]], American writer (b. 1964)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner |url=https://me.lacounty.gov/case-detail/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner |language=en-US}}</ref> <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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