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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[521]] – [[Magnus Felix Ennodius]], Gallo-Roman bishop * [[855]] – [[Pope Leo IV|Leo IV]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]] (b. 790) * [[952]] – [[Wu Hanyue]], Chinese noblewoman (b. 913) * [[961]] – [[Empress Dowager Du|Du]], empress dowager of the [[Song dynasty]] *[[1070]] – [[Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders|Baldwin VI]], count of [[County of Flanders|Flanders]] (b. 1030) *[[1085]] – [[Robert Guiscard]], Norman adventurer *[[1119]] – [[Baldwin VII, Count of Flanders|Baldwin VII]], count of Flanders (b. 1093) *[[1210]] – [[Sverker II of Sweden|Sverker II]], king of [[Sweden]] (b. 1210) *[[1304]] – [[Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer]] (b. 1251) *[[1399]] – [[Jadwiga of Poland|Jadwiga]], queen of [[Poland]] (b. 1374) *[[1453]] – [[Dmitry Shemyaka]], Grand Prince of [[Moscow]] * 1453 – [[John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury]], English commander and politician (b. 1387) *[[1531]] – [[Hosokawa Takakuni]], Japanese commander (b. 1484) *[[1571]] – [[Georg Fabricius]], German poet and historian (b. 1516) *[[1588]] – [[Mimar Sinan]], Ottoman architect and engineer, designed the [[Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque (Azapkapı)|Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque]] and [[Süleymaniye Mosque]] (b. 1489) ===1601–1900=== *[[1603]] – [[Mózes Székely]], Hungarian noble (b. 1553) *[[1642]] – [[William, Count of Nassau-Siegen]], German count, field marshal of the Dutch State Army (b. 1592)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Huberty |first1=Michel |last2=Giraud |first2=Alain |last3=Magdelaine |first3=F. & B. |title=l'Allemagne Dynastique |language=fr |location=Le Perreux |publisher=Alain Giraud |date=1981 |volume=Tome III: Brunswick-Nassau-Schwarzbourg |pages=234 }}; {{cite journal |last=Menk |first=Friedhelm |date=1967 |title=Wilhelm Graf zu Nassau-Siegen (1592–1642) |language=de |journal=Siegerland |volume=Band XLIV |issue=Heft 2 |pages=57 }}</ref> *[[1645]] – [[Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset]], English-Scottish politician, [[Lord Chamberlain|Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1587) *[[1704]] – [[Pierre-Charles Le Sueur]], French fur trader and explorer (b. 1657) *[[1709]] – [[Robert Bolling]], English planter and merchant (b. 1646) *[[1725]] – [[Thomas King (died 1725)|Thomas King]], English and British soldier, MP for Queenborough, lieutenant-governor of Sheerness (b. before 1660?).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1715-1754/member/king-thomas-1660-1725 |title=KING, Thomas (?bef.1660-1725), of St. Margaret's, Westminster and Sheerness, Kent. |website=[[History of Parliament Online]] |first=A. N. |last=Newman |access-date=4 January 2020}}</ref> *[[1762]] – [[Peter III of Russia]] (b. 1728) *[[1790]] – [[Adam Smith]], Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723) *[[1791]] – [[Martin Dobrizhoffer]], Austrian missionary and author (b. 1717) *[[1793]] – [[Charlotte Corday]], French murderer (b. 1768) *[[1794]] – [[John Roebuck]], English chemist and businessman (b. 1718) *[[1845]] – [[Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey]], English politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1764) *[[1871]] – [[Karl Tausig]], Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer (b. 1841) *[[1878]] – [[Aleardo Aleardi]], Italian poet and politician (b. 1812) *[[1879]] – [[Maurycy Gottlieb]], Ukrainian-Polish painter (b. 1856) *[[1881]] – [[Jim Bridger]], American scout and explorer (b. 1804) *[[1883]] – [[Tự Đức]], Vietnamese emperor (b. 1829) *[[1885]] – [[Jean-Charles Chapais]], Canadian farmer and politician, 1st [[Minister of Agriculture (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Agriculture]] (b. 1811) *[[1893]] – [[Frederick A. Johnson]], American banker and politician (b. 1833) *[[1894]] – [[Leconte de Lisle]], French poet and translator (b. 1818) * 1894 – [[Josef Hyrtl]], Austrian anatomist and biologist (b. 1810) *[[1900]] – [[Thomas McIlwraith]], Scottish-Australian politician, 8th [[Premier of Queensland]] (b. 1835) ===1901–present=== *[[1907]] – [[Hector Malot]], French author and critic (b. 1830) *[[1912]] – [[Henri Poincaré]], French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854) *[[1918]] – Victims of the [[Shooting of the Romanov family]]: ** [[Nicholas II of Russia]] (b. 1868)<ref name=RomanovBL /> ** [[Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)|Alexandra Fyodorovna of Russia]] (b. 1872)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexandra {{!}} Biography, Death, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexandra-empress-consort-of-Russia |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=14 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> ** [[Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia]] (b. 1895)<ref name=RomanovBBC>{{cite web |title=BBC Two - Russia's Lost Princesses - Beyond the portraits |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/HxprRdWRhF6G7zg54kFLnp/beyond-the-portraits |website=BBC |access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref> ** [[Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia]] (b. 1897)<ref name=RomanovBBC /> ** [[Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899–1918)|Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia]] (b. 1899)<ref name=RomanovBBC /> ** [[Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia]] (b. 1901)<ref name=RomanovBBC /> ** [[Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia]] (b. 1904)<ref name=RomanovBL /> ** [[Anna Demidova]] (b. 1878) ** [[Ivan Kharitonov]] (b. 1872) ** [[Alexei Trupp]] (b. 1858) ** [[Yevgeny Botkin]] (b. 1865) *[[1925]] – [[Lovis Corinth]], German painter (b. 1858) *[[1928]] – [[Giovanni Giolitti]], Italian politician, 13th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (b. 1842) * 1928 – [[Álvaro Obregón]], Mexican general and politician, 39th [[President of Mexico]] (b. 1880) *[[1932]] – [[Rasmus Rasmussen (actor)|Rasmus Rasmussen]], Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862) *[[1935]] – [[George William Russell]], Irish poet and painter (b. 1867) *[[1942]] – [[Robina Nicol]], New Zealand photographer and suffragist (b. 1861)<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicol, Robina, 1861–1942 |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22592994 |website=National Library of New Zealand |access-date=27 December 2019 |language=en |date=1 January 1861}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[William James Sidis]], American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898) *[[1945]] – [[Ernst Busch (field marshal)|Ernst Busch]], German field marshal (b. 1885) *[[1946]] – [[Florence Fuller]], South African-born Australian artist (b. 1867) * 1946 – [[Draža Mihailović]], Serbian general (b. 1893) *[[1950]] – [[Evangeline Booth]], English 4th [[General of The Salvation Army]] (b. 1865) * 1950 – [[Antonie Nedošinská]], Czech actress (b. 1885) *[[1959]] – [[Billie Holiday]], American singer (b. 1915) * 1959 – [[Eugene Meyer (financier)|Eugene Meyer]], American businessman and publisher (b. 1875) *[[1960]] – [[Maud Menten]], Canadian physician and biochemist (b. 1879)<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr. Maud Menten|url=http://www.cdnmedhall.org/inductees/dr-maud-l-menten|publisher=The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame|access-date=14 October 2014|archive-date=17 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417162210/http://www.cdnmedhall.org/inductees/dr-maud-l-menten|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1961]] – [[Ty Cobb]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1886) * 1961 – [[Emin Halid Onat]], Turkish architect and academic (b. 1908) *[[1967]] – [[John Coltrane]], American saxophonist and composer (b. 1926) *[[1974]] – [[Dizzy Dean]], American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1910) *[[1975]] – [[Konstantine Gamsakhurdia]], Georgian author (b. 1893) *[[1980]] – [[Don "Red" Barry]], American actor and screenwriter (b. 1912) * 1980 – [[Boris Delaunay]], Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1890) *[[1988]] – [[Bruiser Brody]], American football player and wrestler (b. 1946) *[[1989]] – [[Itubwa Amram]], Nauruan pastor and politician (b. 1922) *[[1991]] – [[John Patrick Spiegel]], American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1911) *[[1994]] – [[Jean Borotra]], French tennis player (b. 1898) *[[1995]] – [[Juan Manuel Fangio]], Argentinian race car driver (b. 1911) *[[1996]] – Victims of [[TWA Flight 800]]: ** [[Michel Breistroff]], French ice hockey player (b. 1971) ** [[Marcel Dadi]], Tunisian-French guitarist (b. 1951) ** [[David Hogan (composer)|David Hogan]], American composer (b. 1949) ** [[Jed Johnson (designer)|Jed Johnson]], American interior designer and director (b. 1948) * 1996 – [[Chas Chandler]], English bass player and producer (b. 1938) *[[1998]] – [[Lillian Hoban]], American author and illustrator (b. 1925) *[[2001]] – [[Katharine Graham]], American publisher (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite book|first1=James S.|last1=Baugess|first2=Abbe Allen|last2=DeBolt|title=Encyclopedia of the Sixties: A Decade of Culture and Counterculture Volume 1|location=Santa Barbara|publisher=Greenwood|year=2012|page=260|isbn=978-0-31332-945-6}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Joseph Luns]], Dutch politician and [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)|Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1911) *[[2003]] – [[David Kelly (weapons expert)|David Kelly]], Welsh weapons inspector (b. 1944) * 2003 – [[Rosalyn Tureck]], American pianist and [[harpsichord]] player (b. 1914) * 2003 – [[Walter Zapp]], Latvian-Swiss inventor, invented the [[Minox]] (b. 1905) *[[2005]] – [[Geraldine Fitzgerald]], Irish-American actress (b. 1913) * 2005 – [[Edward Heath]], English colonel and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1916) * 2005 – [[Joe Vialls]], Australian journalist and theorist (b. 1944) *[[2006]] – [[Sam Myers]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1936) * 2006 – [[Mickey Spillane]], American crime novelist (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mickey Spillane {{!}} American author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mickey-Spillane |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[Grant Forsberg]], American actor and businessman (b. 1959) * 2007 – [[Júlio Redecker]], Brazilian politician (b. 1956) * 2007 – [[Paulo Rogério Amoretty Souza]], Brazilian lawyer and businessman (b. 1945) *[[2009]] – [[Walter Cronkite]], American journalist and actor (b. 1916) * 2009 – [[Leszek Kołakowski]], Polish historian and philosopher (b. 1927) *[[2010]] – [[Larry Keith]], American actor (b. 1931) *[[2011]] – [[David Ngoombujarra]], Australian actor (b. 1967) *[[2012]] – [[Richard Evatt]], English boxer (b. 1973) * 2012 – [[Forrest S. McCartney]], American general (b. 1931) * 2012 – [[İlhan Mimaroğlu]], Turkish-American composer and producer (b. 1926) * 2012 – [[William Raspberry]], American journalist and academic (b. 1935) * 2012 – [[Marsha Singh]], Indian-English politician (b. 1954) *[[2013]] – [[Henri Alleg]], English-French journalist and author (b. 1921) * 2013 – [[Peter Appleyard]], English-Canadian [[vibraphone]] player and composer (b. 1928) * 2013 – [[Vincenzo Cerami]], Italian screenwriter and producer (b. 1940) * 2013 – [[Don Flye]], American tennis player (b. 1933) * 2013 – [[Ian Gourlay]], English general (b. 1920) * 2013 – [[David White (Scottish footballer)|David White]], Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: David White, footballer and manager |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-david-white-footballer-and-manager-1567414 |website=www.scotsman.com |date=19 July 2013 |access-date=14 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]] victims: ** [[Liam Davison]], Australian author and critic (b. 1957) ** [[Shuba Jay]], Malaysian actress (b. 1976) ** [[Joep Lange]], Dutch physician and academic (b. 1954) ** [[Willem Witteveen]], Dutch scholar and politician (b. 1952) * 2014 – [[Henry Hartsfield]], American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1933) * 2014 – [[Otto Piene]], German sculptor and academic (b. 1928) * 2014 – [[Elaine Stritch]], American actress and singer (b. 1925) *[[2015]] – [[Bill Arnsparger]], American football player and coach (b. 1926) * 2015 – [[Jules Bianchi]], French race car driver (b. 1989) * 2015 – [[Owen Chadwick]], English rugby player, historian, and academic (b. 1916) * 2015 – [[Van Miller]], American sportscaster (b. 1927) * 2015 – [[John Taylor (jazz)|John Taylor]], English pianist and educator (b. 1942) *[[2019]] – [[Marie Sophie Hingst]], German historian and blogger who falsely claimed to be descended from [[Holocaust survivor]]s<ref name="rosh">{{cite web|url=https://www.lea-rosh.de/todesanzeige-von-sophie-hingst/|title=Todesanzeige von Sophie Hingst|trans-title=Obituary of Sophie Hingst|work=Lea Rosh Kommunikation & Medien|last=Rosh|first=Lea|date=31 July 2019|access-date=10 June 2023|lang=de}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[John Lewis]], American Politician and Civil Rights Leader. (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-07-18|title=Civil rights icon and congressman John Lewis dies|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53454169|access-date=2020-07-18}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya]], Russian-Australian pair skater (b. 2000)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2020-idUKRTS30YSX |title=Notable deaths in 2020 |website=Reuters|date=2020-08-28|access-date=2020-09-19}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Cheng Pei-pei]], Chinese actress (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Traub |first=Alex |date=2024-07-19 |title=Cheng Pei Pei, 'Queen' of Kung Fu Cinema, Dies at 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/movies/cheng-pei-pei-dead.html |access-date=2024-07-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Mary Gibby]], British botanist and professor (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Stephen Blackmore |author2=Johannes Vogel |author1-link=Stephen Blackmore |author2-link=Johannes Vogel (botanist) |title=Professor Mary Gibby Ph.D., OBE, FLS, FRSE, PPBPS (1949–2024) |journal=[[Edinburgh Journal of Botany]] |date=December 2024 |volume=81 |pages=1-6 |doi=10.24823/EJB.2024.2084}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Bernice Johnson Reagon]], American singer, songwriter and scholar (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gabriel |first=Trip |date=2024-07-19 |title=Bernice Johnson Reagon, a Musical Voice for Civil Rights, Is Dead at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/arts/music/bernice-johnson-reagon-dead.html |access-date=2024-07-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Pat Williams (basketball)|Pat Williams]], American basketball player (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Patrick Livingston Murphy Williams: 1940 - 2024 |url=https://www.nba.com/magic/news/patrick-livingston-murphy-williams-obituary-1940-2024 |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=www.nba.com |language=en}}</ref> <!--Do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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