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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[658]] – [[K'an II]], Mayan ruler (b. 588) * [[710]] – [[Princess Anle|Li Guo'er]], princess of the [[Tang dynasty]] * 710 – [[Empress Wei (Tang Dynasty)|Wei]], empress of the Tang dynasty * 710 – [[Shangguan Wan'er]], Chinese poet (b. 664) * [[987]] – [[Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou]] *[[1259]] – [[Gojong of Goryeo]] *[[1403]] – [[Henry Percy (Hotspur)|Henry Percy]], English soldier (b. 1364)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Walker |first1=Simon |title=Percy, Sir Henry [called Henry Hotspur] (1364–1403), soldier |date=3 January 2008 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/21931}}</ref> * 1403 – [[Walter Blount (soldier)|Sir Walter Blount]], English soldier, standard-bearer of Henry IV * 1403 – [[Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford]], English soldier *[[1425]] – [[Manuel II Palaiologos]], Byzantine emperor (b. 1350) *[[1552]] – [[Antonio de Mendoza]], Spanish politician, 1st [[Viceroy of New Spain]] (b. 1495) ===1601–1900=== *[[1688]] – [[James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde]], English soldier and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (b. 1610)<ref>{{cite ODNB|last1=Barnard |first1=Toby |title=Butler, James, first duke of Ormond (1610–1688), lord lieutenant of Ireland |date=3 January 2008 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/4191}}</ref> *[[1793]] – [[Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux]], French admiral, explorer, and politician (b. 1739) *[[1796]] – [[Robert Burns]], Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1759)<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Burns (1759-1796) |url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-a-z/burns-robert |website=National Records of Scotland |access-date=27 January 2023|date=31 May 2013}}</ref> *[[1798]] – [[François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt]], Austrian field marshal (b. 1733) *[[1798]] – [[Anthony Perry]], Irish rebel leader (b. ca. 1760) *[[1868]] – [[William Bland]], Australian surgeon and politician (b. 1789)<ref>{{Cite AuDB |first=John |last=Cobley |title=William Bland (1789–1868) |volume=1 |year=1966 |id2=bland-william-1793 |access-date=15 July 2024}}</ref> *[[1878]] – [[Sam Bass (outlaw)|Sam Bass]], American outlaw (b. 1851) *[[1880]] – [[Hiram Walden]], American general and politician (b. 1800)<ref>{{CongBio |id=W000033 |name=WALDEN, Hiram |inline=YES}}</ref> *[[1889]] – [[Nelson Dewey]], American lawyer and politician, 1st [[Governor of Wisconsin]] (b. 1813) *[[1899]] – [[Robert G. Ingersoll]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Plummer |first1=Mark A. |title=Ingersoll, Robert Green (1833-1899), orator and lawyer |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1100449}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1920]] – [[Fiammetta Wilson]], English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)<ref>{{cite journal | title=Obituary Notices: Fellows:- Mrs. Fiammetta Wilson | journal = [[Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society]] | date= February 1921 | volume=81 | number = 4 | page=269 | bibcode = 1921MNRAS..81R.266. | url=http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1921MNRAS..81R.266./0000269.000.html | access-date=19 July 2020 }}</ref> *[[1928]] – [[Ellen Terry]], English actress (b. 1847)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Booth |first1=Michael R. |title=Terry, Dame Ellen Alice (1847–1928), actress |date=11 May 2023 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/36460}}</ref> *[[1932]] – [[Bill Gleason]], American baseball player (b. 1858) *[[1938]] – [[Owen Wister]], American lawyer and author (b. 1860)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Klein |first1=Marcus |title=Wister, Owen (1860-1938), author |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1601795}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Bohdan Lepky]], Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872) *[[1943]] – [[Charley Paddock]], American runner and actor (b. 1900) * 1943 – [[Louis Vauxcelles]], French art critic (b. 1870) *[[1944]] – [[Claus von Stauffenberg]], German soldier who [[20 July plot|attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler]] (b. 1907) *[[1946]] – [[Gualberto Villarroel]], Bolivian soldier and politician, 45th [[President of Bolivia]] (b. 1908) *[[1948]] – [[Arshile Gorky]], Armenian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1904) *[[1952]] – [[Pedro Lascuráin]], Mexican politician, president for 45 minutes on February 13, 1913. (b. 1856)<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.milenio.com/cultura/presidente-mexico-duro-45-minutos-cargo|newspaper=Milenio|location=Mexico City|date=February 19, 2018|access-date=May 28, 2019|title=El presidente de México que duró 45 minutos en el cargo|language=es|trans-title=The President of Mexico who lasted 45 minutes}}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[Philipp Frank]], Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Vienna Circle member (b. 1884) *[[1967]] – [[Jimmie Foxx]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907) * 1967 – [[Albert Lutuli]], South African academic and politician, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1898) * 1967 – [[Basil Rathbone]], South African-American actor and singer (b. 1892) *[[1968]] – [[Ruth St. Denis]], American dancer and choreographer (b. 1878)<ref>{{cite book|first=Kirstin|last=Olsen|title=Chronology of Women's History|location=Westport|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=1994|page=179|isbn=978-0-31328-803-6}}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov]], Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907) * 1970 – [[Bob Kalsu]], American football player and lieutenant (b. 1945) *[[1972]] – [[Ralph Craig]], American sprinter and sailor (b. 1889) * 1972 – [[Jigme Dorji Wangchuck]], Bhutanese king (b. 1928) *[[1977]] – [[Lee Miller]], American model and photographer (b. 1907) *[[1982]] – [[Dave Garroway]], American journalist and actor (b. 1913) *[[1991]] – [[Paul Warwick (racing driver)|Paul Warwick]], English race car driver (b. 1969) *[[1994]] – [[Marijac]], French author and illustrator (b. 1908) *[[1997]] – [[Olaf Kopvillem]], Estonian-Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1926) *[[1998]] – [[Alan Shepard]], American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923) * 1998 – [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]], American actor and singer (b. 1907) *[[2000]] – [[Marc Reisner]], American environmentalist and author (b. 1948) *[[2002]] – [[Esphyr Slobodkina]], Russian-American author and illustrator (b. 1908) *[[2003]] – [[John Davies (middle-distance runner)|John Davies]], English-New Zealand runner and coach (b. 1938) *[[2004]] – [[Jerry Goldsmith]], American composer and conductor (b. 1929) * 2004 – [[Edward B. Lewis]], American geneticist and biologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1918) *[[2005]] – [[Long John Baldry]], English-Canadian singer and actor (b. 1941) * 2005 – [[Lord Alfred Hayes]], English-American wrestler and manager (b. 1928) *[[2006]] – [[Mako Iwamatsu]], Japanese-American actor and singer (b. 1933) * 2006 – [[Ta Mok]], Cambodian soldier and monk (b. 1926) *[[2007]] – [[Dubravko Škiljan]], Croatian linguist and academic (b. 1949) *[[2008]] – [[Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes|Donald Stokes]], English businessman (b. 1914) *[[2010]] – [[Luis Corvalán]], Chilean educator and politician (b. 1916) * 2010 – [[Ralph Houk]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1919) * 2010 – [[John E. Irving]], Canadian businessman (b. 1932) *[[2012]] – [[Alexander Cockburn]], Scottish-American journalist and author (b. 1941) * 2012 – [[Marie Kruckel]], American baseball player (b. 1924) * 2012 – [[Ali Podrimja]], Albanian poet and author (b. 1942) * 2012 – [[James D. Ramage]], American admiral and pilot (b. 1916) * 2012 – [[Angharad Rees]], English-b. Welsh actress (b. 1944) * 2012 – [[Don Wilson (cricketer)|Don Wilson]], English cricketer and coach (b. 1937) *[[2013]] – [[Andrea Antonelli]], Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1988) * 2013 – [[Lourembam Brojeshori Devi]], Indian martial artist (b. 1981) * 2013 – [[Det de Beus]], Dutch field hockey player (b. 1958) * 2013 – [[Luis Fernando Rizo-Salom]], Colombian-French composer and educator (b. 1971) * 2013 – [[Fred Taylor (American football coach)|Fred Taylor]], American football player and coach (b. 1920) *[[2014]] – [[Louise Abeita]], [[Isleta Pueblo]] (Native American) writer, poet, and educator (b. 1926) * 2014 – [[Dan Borislow]], American businessman, invented the [[magicJack]] (b. 1961) * 2014 – [[Lettice Curtis]], English engineer and pilot (b. 1915) * 2014 – [[Hans-Peter Kaul]], German lawyer and judge (b. 1943) * 2014 – [[Rilwanu Lukman]], Nigerian engineer and politician (b. 1938)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://online.wsj.com/articles/opec-veteran-rilwanu-lukman-dies-1405940730 |title=OPEC Veteran Rilwanu Lukman Dies |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=21 July 2014|last1=Faucon|first1=Benoît}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Kevin Skinner (rugby union)|Kevin Skinner]], New Zealand rugby player and boxer (b. 1927)<ref name="Skinner">{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=798 |title = Kevin Skinner | last = Luxford | first = Bob | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Museum | access-date = 21 July 2014}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Robert Broberg]], Swedish singer-songwriter (b. 1940) * 2015 – [[E. L. Doctorow]], American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/22/books/el-doctorow-author-of-historical-fiction-dies-at-84.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/22/books/el-doctorow-author-of-historical-fiction-dies-at-84.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=E.L. Doctorow, Author of Historical Fiction, Dies at 84|work=The New York Times|date=July 21, 2015 |access-date=July 21, 2015|last1=Weber|first1=Bruce}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Nicholas Gonzalez (physician)|Nicholas Gonzalez]], American physician (b. 1947) * 2015 – [[Czesław Marchaj]], Polish-English sailor and academic (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://zagle.se.pl/zeglarstwo/zmarl-prof-czeslaw-marchaj-aa-JnC6-QDXr-Gtk7.html|title=Zmarł prof. Czesław Marchaj|trans-title=Prof. Czesław Marchaj|language=pl|publisher=Zagle|access-date=August 13, 2019|date=July 22, 2015}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Dick Nanninga]], Dutch footballer (b. 1949) *[[2016]] – [[Dennis Green]], American football player and coach (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mather|first1=Victor|title=Dennis Green, Pioneering Coach of the Vikings and the Cardinals, Dies at 67|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/23/sports/football/dennis-green-dead.html?_r=0|access-date=July 23, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 22, 2016}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[John Heard (actor)|John Heard]], American film and television actor (b. 1946)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/home-alone-dad-john-heard-cause-death-revealed-1030097|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|title='Home Alone' Dad John Heard Died of Cardiac Arrest|agency=Associated Press|date=August 16, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2019}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Alene Duerk]], U.S. Navy first female admiral (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/recent-notable-deaths-1.1236203|title=Alene Duerk|date=August 10, 2018|newspaper=Newsday Entertainment/Celebrities}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Annie Ross]], Scottish-American singer and actress (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/annie-ross-mainstay-of-the-greatest-jazz-vocal-group-that-ever-was-dies-at-89/2020/07/21/0e75a2a4-cbbe-11ea-bc6a-6841b28d9093_story.html|title=Annie Ross, mainstay of 'the greatest jazz vocal group that ever was,' dies at 89|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=21 July 2020|first=Matt|last=Schudel|access-date=23 July 2020}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Andrew Mlangeni]], South African political activist (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://in.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2020-idINRTS30YSX|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406071021/https://in.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2020-idINRTS30YSX|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-06|title=Notable deaths in 2020|agency=Reuters|access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref> * [[2023]] – [[Tony Bennett]], American singer (b. 1926)<ref>[https://apnews.com/article/tony-bennett-dies-c3b3a7e2360449fb936a38794c7c3266 Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96]</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date. information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.-->
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