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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[784]] – [[Fulrad]], Frankish diplomat and saint (b. 710) * [[851]] – [[Sisenandus of Beja|Sisenandus]], Cordoban deacon and martyr (b. c. 825)<ref name="AgiologioLusitano">{{cite book |last=Sousa |first=António Caetano de |date=1744 |title=Agiologio Lusitano dos santos, e varoens illustres em virtude do Reino de Portugal, e suas Conquistas |trans-title=Lusitanian Hagiology, of the saints and men illustrious in their virtue from the Kingdom of Portugal |url=https://archive.org/details/agiologiolusitan04card_0 |language=pt |location=Lisbon |publisher=Regia Officina Sylviana, e da Academia Real |volume=''' '''Volume IV |pages=199–201 }}</ref> * [[866]] – [[Irmgard of Chiemsee|Irmgard]], Frankish [[abbess]] *[[1212]] – [[William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale]] *[[1216]] – [[Pope Innocent III]] (b. 1160) *[[1324]] – [[Emperor Go-Uda]] of Japan (b. 1267) *[[1342]] – [[Charles I of Hungary]] (b. 1288) *[[1344]] – [[An-Nasir Ahmad, Sultan of Egypt]] (b. 1316) *[[1509]] – [[João da Nova]], Portuguese explorer (b. 1460) *[[1546]] – [[Anne Askew]], English author and poet (b. 1520) *[[1557]] – [[Anne of Cleves]], Queen consort of England (b. 1515)<ref>{{cite web |title=Anne of Cleves {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anne-of-Cleves-queen-of-England |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=21 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1576]] – [[Isabella de' Medici]], Italian noble (b. 1542) ===1601–1900=== *[[1647]] – [[Masaniello]], Italian rebel (b. 1622) *[[1664]] – [[Andreas Gryphius]], German poet and playwright (b. 1616) *[[1686]] – [[John Pearson (bishop)|John Pearson]], English bishop and scholar (b. 1612) *[[1691]] – [[François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois]], French politician, [[Minister of Defence (France)|French Secretary of State for War]] (b. 1641) *[[1729]] – [[Johann David Heinichen]], German composer and theorist (b. 1683) *[[1747]] – [[Giuseppe Crespi]], Italian painter (b. 1665) *[[1770]] – [[Francis Cotes]], English painter and academic (b. 1726) *[[1796]] – [[George Howard (British Army officer)|George Howard]], English field marshal and politician (b. 1718) *[[1831]] – [[Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron]], French-Russian general (b. 1763) *[[1849]] – [[Sarah Allen (missionary)|Sarah Allen]], African-American missionary for the [[African Methodist Episcopal Church]] (b. 1764)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-A-Bu-and-Obituaries/Allen-Sarah.html|title=Sarah Allen Biography – life, children, name, death, history, wife, school, mother, young|website=www.notablebiographies.com|access-date=2019-02-19}}</ref> *[[1868]] – [[Dmitry Pisarev]], Russian author and critic (b. 1840) *[[1879]] – [[Edward Deas Thomson]], Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd [[Chief Secretary of New South Wales]] (b. 1800) *[[1882]] – [[Mary Todd Lincoln]], [[First Lady of the United States]] 1861–1865 (b. 1818) *[[1885]] – [[Rosalía de Castro]], Spanish poet (b. 1837)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Anna-Marie|last1=Aldaz|first2=Barbara N.|last2=Gantt|first3=Anne C.|last3=Bromley|title=Poems|location=Albany|publisher=State University of New York Press|year=1991|page=xx|isbn=978-0-79140-582-6}}</ref> *[[1886]] – [[Ned Buntline]], American journalist and author (b. 1823) *[[1896]] – [[Edmond de Goncourt]], French critic and publisher, founded [[Académie Goncourt]] (b. 1822) ===1901–present=== *[[1915]] – [[Ellen G. White]], American author and co-founder of the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]](b. 1827)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2020/07/16/on-this-date-in-maine-history-july-16/|title=On this date in Maine history: July 16|last=Owen|first=Joseph|date=July 16, 2020|newspaper=[[Portland Press Herald]]|access-date=January 9, 2025}}</ref> *[[1917]] – [[Philipp Scharwenka]], German composer and educator (b. 1847) *[[1935]] – [[Zheng Zhengqiu]], Chinese filmmaker (b. 1889)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Jason |title=Zheng Zhengqiu (郑正秋) (1889–1935) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM1708-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref> *[[1939]] – [[Bartholomeus Roodenburch]], Dutch swimmer (b. 1866) *[[1943]] – [[Saul Raphael Landau]], Polish Jewish lawyer, journalist, publicist and Zionist activist (b. 1870)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd119301113.html#ndbcontent|title=Landau, Saul Raphael|publisher=[[Deutsche Biographie]]|language=de|access-date=Jan 11, 2021}}</ref> *[[1949]] – [[Vyacheslav Ivanov (poet)|Vyacheslav Ivanov]], Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866) *[[1953]] – [[Hilaire Belloc]], French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870) *[[1954]] – [[Herms Niel]], German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888) *[[1960]] – [[Albert Kesselring]], German field marshal (b. 1881) * 1960 – [[John P. Marquand]], American author (b. 1893) *[[1964]] – [[Rauf Orbay]], Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881) *[[1965]] – [[Boris Artzybasheff]], Ukrainian-American illustrator (b. 1899) *[[1969]] – [[James Scott Douglas]], English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (b. 1930) *[[1981]] – [[Harry Chapin]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942) *[[1982]] – [[Charles Robberts Swart]], South African lawyer and politician, 1st [[State President of South Africa]] (b. 1894) *[[1985]] – [[Heinrich Böll]], German novelist and short story writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1917) * 1985 – [[Wayne King]], American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1901) *[[1989]] – [[Herbert von Karajan]], Austrian conductor and manager (b. 1908) *[[1990]] – [[Robert Blackburn (educationalist)|Robert Blackburn]], Irish educator (b. 1927) * 1990 – [[Miguel Muñoz]], Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1922) *[[1991]] – [[Meindert DeJong]], Dutch-American soldier and author (b. 1906) * 1991 – [[Robert Motherwell]], American painter and academic (b. 1915) * 1991 – [[Frank Rizzo]], American police officer and politician, 93rd [[List of mayors of Philadelphia|Mayor of Philadelphia]] (b. 1920) *[[1992]] – [[Buck Buchanan]], American football player and coach (b. 1940) *[[1994]] – [[Julian Schwinger]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1918) *[[1995]] – [[May Sarton]], American playwright and novelist (b. 1912) * 1995 – [[Stephen Spender]], English author and poet (b. 1909) *[[1996]] – [[Adolf von Thadden]], German lieutenant and politician (b. 1921) *[[1998]] – [[John Henrik Clarke]], American historian and scholar (b. 1915) *[[1999]] – [[John F. Kennedy Jr.]], American lawyer and publisher (b. 1960) * 1999 – [[Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy]], American publicist and wife of John F. Kennedy Jr. (b. 1966)<ref>Hines, Ree (2024-07-15). https://www.today.com/popculture/news/jfk-jr-death-plane-crash-rcna160909 Retrieved 2024-07-15.</ref> * 1999 – [[Alan Macnaughton]], Canadian lawyer and politician, [[Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)|Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons]] (b. 1903) *[[2001]] – [[Morris (cartoonist)|Morris]], Belgian cartoonist (b. 1923) *[[2002]] – [[John Cocke (computer scientist)|John Cocke]], American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1925) *[[2003]] – [[Celia Cruz]], Cuban-American singer and actress (b. 1925) * 2003 – [[Carol Shields]], American-Canadian novelist and short story writer (b. 1935) *[[2004]] – [[George Busbee]], American lawyer and politician, 77th [[Governor of Georgia]] (b. 1927) * 2004 – [[Charles Sweeney]], American general and pilot (b. 1919) *[[2005]] – [[Pietro Consagra]], Italian sculptor (b. 1920) * 2005 – [[Camillo Felgen]], Luxembourgian singer-songwriter and radio host (b. 1920) *[[2006]] – [[Winthrop Paul Rockefeller]], American businessman and politician, 13th [[Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas]] (b. 1948) *[[2007]] – [[Caterina Bueno]], Italian singer and historian (b. 1943) *[[2008]] – [[Jo Stafford]], American singer (b. 1917) * 2008 – [[Lindsay Thompson]], Australian politician, 40th [[Premier of Victoria]] (b. 1923) *[[2011]] – [[Forrest Blue]], American football player (b. 1944) *[[2012]] – [[William Asher]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921) * 2012 – [[Stephen Covey]], American businessman and author (b. 1932) * 2012 – [[Gilbert Esau]], American businessman and politician (b. 1919) * 2012 – [[Ed Lincoln]], Brazilian bassist, pianist, and composer (b. 1932) * 2012 – [[Masaharu Matsushita]], Japanese businessman (b. 1913) * 2012 – [[Kitty Wells]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1919) *[[2013]] – [[Talia Castellano]], American internet celebrity (b. 1999)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Saad|first=Nardine|date=2013-07-16|title=Talia Castellano: Ellen DeGeneres' honorary CoverGirl dies at 13|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-talia-castellano-dead-dies-ellen-degeneres-20130716-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415160337/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-talia-castellano-dead-dies-ellen-degeneres-20130716-story.html|archive-date=2018-04-15|access-date=2021-08-17|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Alex Colville]], Canadian painter and academic (b. 1920) * 2013 – [[Marv Rotblatt]], American baseball player (b. 1927) *[[2014]] – [[Karl Albrecht]], German businessman, co-founded [[Aldi]] (b. 1920) * 2014 – [[Mary Ellen Otremba]], American educator and politician (b. 1950) * 2014 – [[Johnny Winter]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1944) * 2014 – [[Heinz Zemanek]], Austrian computer scientist and academic (b. 1920) *[[2015]] – [[Denis Avey]], English soldier, engineer, and author (b. 1919) * 2015 – [[Evelyn Ebsworth]], English chemist and academic (b. 1933) * 2015 – [[Alcides Ghiggia]], Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1926) * 2015 – [[Jack Goody]], English anthropologist, author, and academic (b. 1919) *[[2017]] – [[George A. Romero]], American filmmaker (b. 1940) *[[2019]] – [[John Paul Stevens]], American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (b. 1920)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/us/john-paul-stevens-dead.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/us/john-paul-stevens-dead.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, Who Led Liberal Wing, Dies at 99|first=Linda|last=Greenhouse|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 17, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Tony Taylor (baseball)|Tony Taylor]], Cuban baseball player (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tony Taylor Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/tony-taylor-123122 |website=MLB.com |access-date=22 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Biz Markie]], American rapper (b. 1964)<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Barker|first1=Andrew|last2=Shafer|first2=Ellise|date=2021-07-17|title=Biz Markie, Rapper Known for 'Just a Friend,' Dies at 57|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/biz-markie-dead-rapper-just-a-friend-1235022061/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717021214/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/biz-markie-dead-rapper-just-a-friend-1235022061/|archive-date=2021-07-17|access-date=2021-07-17|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Kevin Mitnick]], American hacker (b. 1963)<ref name="WaPoObit">{{cite news |last1=Cho |first1=Kelly Kasulis |title=Kevin Mitnick, hacker and fugitive turned security consultant, dies at 59 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/07/20/kevin-mitnick-hacker-dies/ |access-date=20 July 2023 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=20 July 2023 |archive-date=July 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720120212/https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/07/20/kevin-mitnick-hacker-dies/ |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Joe Bryant]], American basketball player (b. 1954)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joe Bryant, Father of NBA Icon Kobe Bryant, Dies at 69 After Stroke |url=https://people.com/kobe-bryant-father-joe-bryant-dead-at-69-8678587 |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Norm Hewitt]], New Zealand rugby union player (b. 1968)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-16 |title=Former All Blacks hooker Norm Hewitt dies at 55 |url=https://www.espn.ph/rugby/story/_/id/40572166/rugby-former-all-blacks-hooker-norm-hewitt-dies-55 |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> * 2024 – [[David Morrow (commentator)|David Morrow]], Australian radio host and sportscaster (b. 1953)<ref name="news">{{cite news |author=Jeffrey, Daniel |agency= |title=Broadcasting legend David Morrow died aged 71 after brain cancer fight |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/david-morrow-sports-commentator-died-aged-71/a87af493-b649-4f0b-82d3-b8b875a4bba |quote= |newspaper=[[Nine News]] |date=17 July 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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