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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[518]] – [[Amantius (praepositus)|Amantius]], Byzantine grand chamberlain and Monophysite martyr * [[833]] – [[Ansegisus]], Frankish abbot and saint * [[985]] – [[Antipope Boniface VII|Boniface VII]], antipope of Rome<ref>{{cite web |title=Boniface VII |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095517229 |website=Oxford Reference |access-date=2 January 2022 |language=en }}</ref> *[[1031]] – [[Robert II of France|Robert II]], king of France (b. 972) *[[1128]] – [[Al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi]], Fatimid vizier (b. c. 1086)<ref>{{Kalifen und Assassinen|page=165}}</ref> *[[1156]] – [[Emperor Toba|Toba]], emperor of Japan (b. 1103) *[[1320]] – [[Oshin, King of Armenia|Oshin]], king of Armenia (b. 1282) *[[1332]] – [[Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray]], regent of Scotland *[[1387]] – [[Robert IV of Artois, Count of Eu|Robert IV]], French nobleman (b. 1356) *[[1398]] – [[Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March]], Welsh nobleman (b. 1374) *[[1405]] – [[Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan]], fourth son of King [[Robert II of Scotland]] (approximate, b. 1343)<ref>{{cite ODNB |id=26451 |title=Stewart, Alexander, first earl of Buchan (c. 1345 – 1405) |first=Alexander |last=Grant}}</ref> *[[1453]] – [[Enguerrand de Monstrelet]], French historian and author (b. 1400) *[[1454]] – [[John II of Castile|John II]], king of Castile and León (b. 1405) *[[1514]] – [[György Dózsa]], Transylvanian peasant revolt leader (b. 1470) *[[1524]] – [[Claude of France|Claude]], queen consort of France (b. 1499) *[[1526]] – [[García Jofre de Loaísa]], Spanish explorer (b. 1490) *[[1600]] – [[William More (died 1600)|William More]], English courtier (b. 1520) ===1601–1900=== *[[1616]] – [[Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone]], Irish nobleman and rebel soldier (b. 1550) *[[1704]] – [[Peregrine White]], English-American farmer and soldier (b. 1620) *[[1752]] – [[Johann Christoph Pepusch]], German-English composer and theorist (b. 1667) *[[1816]] – [[Gavrila Derzhavin]], Russian poet and politician (b. 1743) *[[1866]] – [[Bernhard Riemann]], German mathematician and academic (b. 1826) *[[1897]] – [[Jean Ingelow]], English poet and author (b. 1820)<ref>{{cite book|first=Joanne|last=Shattock|title=The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|year=1993|isbn=978-0-19214-176-7|page=225}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[William Cosmo Monkhouse]], English poet and critic (b. 1840) *[[1903]] – [[Pope Leo XIII|Leo XIII]], pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810) *[[1908]] – [[Demetrius Vikelas]], Greek businessman and author (b. 1835) * 1908 – [[Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz]], German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881) *[[1910]] – [[Anderson Dawson]], Australian politician, 14th [[Premier of Queensland]] (b. 1863) *[[1917]] – [[Ignaz Sowinski]], Galician architect (b. 1858)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.architektenlexikon.at/de/615.htm|title=Ignaz Stanislaus Sowinski|publisher=[[Architekturzentrum Wien]]|language=de|access-date=Nov 30, 2020}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Andrey Markov]], Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856) *[[1923]] – [[Pancho Villa]], Mexican general and politician, [[Governor of Chihuahua]] (b. 1878) *[[1926]] – [[Felix Dzerzhinsky]], Soviet educator and politician of Belarusian origin (b. 1877) *[[1927]] – [[Ferdinand I of Romania|Ferdinand I]], king of Romania (b. 1865) *[[1928]] – [[Kostas Karyotakis]], Greek poet and author (b. 1896) *[[1932]] – [[René Bazin]], French author and academic (b. 1853) *[[1937]] – [[Olga Hahn-Neurath]], Austrian mathematician and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1882) * 1937 – [[Guglielmo Marconi]], Italian physicist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1874) *[[1941]] – [[Lew Fields]], American actor and producer (b. 1867) *[[1944]] – [[Ludwig Beck]], German general (b. 1880) *[[1944]] – [[Mildred Harris]], American actress (b. 1901) <ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Mildred Harris Dies In West |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vGkxAAAAIBAJ&pg=7265,295518&dq=mildred+harris+dies&hl=en |quote=... actress in the silent film days, and first wife of Comedian Charles Spencer Chaplin, died yesterday of pneumonia which followed a major abdominal operation....|newspaper=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |date=July 21, 1944 |access-date=2021-11-29 }}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Paul Valéry]], French author and poet (b. 1871) *[[1951]] – [[Abdullah I of Jordan|Abdullah I]], king of Jordan (b. 1882) *[[1953]] – [[Dumarsais Estimé]], Haitian lawyer and politician, 33rd [[President of Haiti]] (b. 1900) * 1953 – [[Jan Struther]], English author and hymn-writer (b. 1901) *[[1955]] – [[Calouste Gulbenkian]], Armenian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1869) *[[1956]] – [[James Alexander Calder]], Canadian educator and politician, [[Minister of Militia and Defence (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence]] (b. 1868) *[[1959]] – [[William D. Leahy]], American admiral and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to France]] (b. 1875) *[[1965]] – [[Batukeshwar Dutt]], Indian activist (b. 1910) *[[1968]] – [[Bray Hammond]], American historian and author (b. 1886) *[[1970]] – [[Iain Macleod]], English journalist and politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (b. 1913) *[[1972]] – [[Geeta Dutt]], Indian singer and actress (b. 1930) *[[1973]] – [[Bruce Lee]], American actor and martial artist (b. 1940) * 1973 – [[Robert Smithson]], American photographer and sculptor (b. 1938) *[[1974]] – [[Allen Jenkins]], American actor and singer (b. 1900) * 1974 – [[Kamal Dasgupta]], Bengali music director, composer and folk artist. (b. 1912) *[[1976]] – [[Joseph Rochefort]], American captain and cryptanalyst (b. 1900) *[[1977]] – [[Gary Kellgren]], American record producer, co-founded [[Record Plant]] (b. 1939) *[[1980]] – [[Maria Martinez]], [[San Ildefonso Pueblo]] (Native American) potter (b. 1887) *[[1981]] – [[Kostas Choumis]], Greek-Romanian footballer (b. 1913) *[[1983]] – [[Frank Reynolds]], American soldier and journalist (b. 1923) *[[1987]] – [[Richard Egan (actor)|Richard Egan]], American soldier and actor (b. 1921) *[[1989]] – [[Forrest H. Anderson]], American judge and politician, 17th [[Governor of Montana]] (b. 1913) *[[1990]] – [[Herbert Turner Jenkins]], American police officer (b. 1907) *[[1992]] – [[Bruce Conde]], American US army officer, stamp collector, and royalist [[mercenary]] general in the [[North Yemen civil war]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1992-08-04 |title=Obituary: Bruce Conde |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-bruce-conde-1538240.html |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Vince Foster]], American lawyer and political figure (b. 1945) *[[1994]] – [[Paul Delvaux]], Belgian painter (b. 1897) *[[1997]] – [[M. E. H. Maharoof]], Sri Lankan politician (b. 1939) *[[1998]] – [[June Byers]], American wrestler (b. 1922) *[[1999]] – [[Sandra Gould]], American actress (b. 1916) *[[2002]] – [[Michalis Kritikopoulos]], Greek footballer (b. 1946) *[[2003]] – [[Nicolas Freeling]], English author (b. 1927) *[[2004]] – [[Lala Mara]], Fijian politician (b. 1931) * 2004 – [[Valdemaras Martinkėnas]], Lithuanian footballer and coach (b. 1965) *[[2005]] – [[James Doohan]], Canadian-American actor (b. 1920) * 2005 – [[Finn Gustavsen]], Norwegian journalist and politician (b. 1926) * 2005 – [[Kayo Hatta]], American director and cinematographer (b. 1958) *[[2006]] – [[Ted Grant]], South African-English theorist and activist (b. 1913) * 2006 – [[Gérard Oury]], French actor, director, and producer (b. 1919) *[[2007]] – [[Tammy Faye Messner]], American Christian evangelist and talk show host (b. 1942) *[[2008]] – [[Artie Traum]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1943) * 2008 – [[Dinko Šakić]], Croatian concentration camp commander (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite news|last=Martin|first=Douglas|newspaper=The New York Times|date=23 July 2008|title=Dinko Sakic, Who Led WWII Death Camp, Dies at 86|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/world/europe/23sakic.html?_r=0}}</ref> *[[2009]] – [[Vedat Okyar]], Turkish footballer (b. 1945) * 2009 – [[Mark Rosenzweig (psychologist)|Mark Rosenzweig]], American psychologist and academic (b. 1922) *[[2011]] – [[Lucian Freud]], German-English painter and illustrator (b. 1922) *[[2012]] – [[Alastair Burnet]], English journalist (b. 1928) * 2012 – [[Jack Davis (athlete)|Jack Davis]], American hurdler (b. 1930) * 2012 – [[José Hermano Saraiva]], Portuguese historian, jurist, and politician, [[Ministry of Education (Portugal)|Portuguese Minister of Education]] (b. 1919) *[[2013]] – [[Pierre Fabre (businessman)|Pierre Fabre]], French pharmacist and businessman, founded [[Laboratoires Pierre Fabre]] (b. 1926) * 2013 – [[Khurshed Alam Khan]], Indian politician, 2nd [[Governor of Goa]] (b. 1919) * 2013 – [[Augustus Rowe]], Canadian physician and politician (b. 1920) * 2013 – [[Helen Thomas]], American journalist and author (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite news |title=Helen Thomas Fast Facts |url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/01/29/us/helen-thomas-fast-facts |access-date=31 July 2020 |work=CNN |date=5 May 2017}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Victor G. Atiyeh]], American businessman and politician, 32nd [[Governor of Oregon]] (b. 1923) * 2014 – [[Constantin Lucaci]], Romanian sculptor and educator (b. 1923) * 2014 – [[Bob McNamara (Canadian football)|Bob McNamara]], American football player (b. 1931) * 2014 – [[Klaus Schmidt (archaeologist)|Klaus Schmidt]], German archaeologist and academic (b. 1953) *[[2015]] – [[Wayne Carson]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1943) * 2015 – [[Fred Else]], English footballer and manager (b. 1933) * 2015 – [[Dieter Moebius]], Swiss-German keyboard player and producer (b. 1944) *[[2016]] – [[Radu Beligan]], Romanian actor, director, and essayist (b. 1918) *[[2017]] – [[Chester Bennington]], American singer (b. 1976) *[[2020]] – [[Michael Brooks (political commentator)|Michael Brooks]], political commentator (b. 1983)<ref name="memorial">{{Cite web |last=Sunkara |first=Bhaskar |author-link=Bhaskar Sunkara |date=July 20, 2020 |title=Remembering Our Friend and Comrade Michael Brooks |url=https://jacobinmag.com/2020/07/remembering-our-friend-and-comrade-michael-brooks |access-date=July 20, 2020 |website=[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]]}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Jerry Miller]], American songwriter, guitarist and vocalist (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haring |first=Bruce |date=2024-07-21 |title=Jerry Miller Dies: Moby Grape Cofounder Voted One Of Rock's Guitar Greats Was 81 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/jerry-miller-dead-moby-grape-rock-guitarist-obituary-1236017135/ |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[Jill Schary Robinson]], American novelist (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=2024-07-22 |title=Jill Schary Robinson Dies: Journalist And Author Who Was Mother Of UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer, Daughter Of MGM Production Chief Was 88 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/jill-schary-robinson-dead-journalist-author-1236017626/ |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> <!--Please do not add non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.-->
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