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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[955]] – [[He Ning]], Chinese chancellor (b. 898) * [[997]] – [[Nuh II]], Samanid emir (b. 963) *[[1065]] – [[Gunther of Bamberg|Gunter of Bamberg]], bishop of Bamberg (c. 1025/1030)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Einar Joranson |editor1-last=Paetow |editor1-first=Louis J. |title=The Crusades and Other Historical Essays Presented to Dana C. Munro by his Former Students |date=1928 |publisher=Crofts |location=New York |pages=3–43 |url=https://archive.org/details/crusadesotherhis0000unse/page/n15/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=21 March 2023 |chapter=The Great German Pilgrimage of 1064-1065}}</ref> *[[1100]] – [[Warner of Grez]], French nobleman, relative of [[Godfrey of Bouillon]] *[[1227]] – [[Qiu Chuji]], Chinese religious leader, founded the [[Dragon Gate Taoism]] (b. 1148) *[[1298]] – [[Thoros III, King of Armenia|Thoros III]], Armenian king (b. c. 1271) *[[1373]] – [[Bridget of Sweden]], Swedish mystic and saint, founded the [[Bridgettines|Bridgettine Order]] (b. 1303) *[[1403]] – [[Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester]], English rebel (b. 1343) *[[1531]] – [[Louis de Brézé]], French husband of [[Diane de Poitiers]] *[[1536]] – [[Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (b. 1519) *[[1562]] – [[Götz von Berlichingen]], German knight and poet (b. 1480) *[[1584]] – [[John Day (printer)|John Day]], English printer (b. 1522) *[[1596]] – [[Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon]] (b. 1526) ===1601–1900=== *[[1645]] – [[Michael I of Russia|Michael I]], Russian tsar (b. 1596) *[[1692]] – [[Gilles Ménage]], French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (b. 1613) *[[1727]] – [[Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt]], English politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord Chancellor of Great Britain]] (b. 1661) *[[1757]] – [[Domenico Scarlatti]], Italian [[harpsichord]] player and composer (b. 1685) *[[1773]] – [[George Edwards (naturalist)|George Edwards]], English biologist and ornithologist (b. 1693) *[[1781]] – [[John Joachim Zubly]], Swiss-American pastor and politician (b. 1724) *[[1793]] – [[Roger Sherman]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1721) *[[1833]] – [[Anselmo de la Cruz]], Chilean politician, [[Ministry of Finance (Chile)|Chilean Minister of Finance]] (b. 1777) *[[1853]] – [[Andries Pretorius]], South African general (b. 1798) *[[1875]] – [[Isaac Singer]], American businessman, founded the [[Singer Corporation]] (b. 1811) *[[1878]] – [[Carl von Rokitansky]], Bohemian physician, pathologist, and politician (b. 1804) *[[1885]] – [[Ulysses S. Grant]], American general and politician, 18th [[President of the United States]] (b. 1822) ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[John Douglas (Queensland politician)|John Douglas]], English-Australian politician, 7th [[Premier of Queensland]] (b. 1828) *[[1909]] – [[Frederick Holder]], Australian politician, 19th [[Premier of South Australia]] (b. 1850) *[[1916]] – [[William Ramsay]], Scottish chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1852)<ref>{{cite web |title=Who was Sir William Ramsay and how did he change the periodic table? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/william-ramsay-google-doodle-who-periodic-table-sir-noble-gases-death-a9128671.html |website=The Independent |access-date=6 September 2021 |language=en |date=2 October 2019}}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Spyridon Lambros]], Greek historian and politician, 100th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1851) *[[1920]] – [[Conrad Kohrs]], German-American rancher and politician (b. 1835) *[[1924]] – [[Frank Frost Abbott]], American author and scholar (b. 1850) *[[1926]] – [[Viktor Vasnetsov]], Russian painter (b. 1848) *[[1927]] – [[Reginald Dyer]], British brigadier general (b. 1864) *[[1930]] – [[Glenn Curtiss]], American pilot and engineer (b. 1878) *[[1932]] – [[Tenby Davies]], Welsh runner (b. 1884) *[[1936]] – [[Anna Abrikosova]], Russian linguist (b. 1882)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://themagdalenesisters.blogspot.com/2009/11/woman-warrior-of-month-anna-abrikosova.html|title=Woman Warrior of the Month: Anna Abrikosova|last=Magdalene|first=Edith|date=2009-11-03|website=The Magdalene Sisters|access-date=2018-11-09}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[George Lyman Kittredge]], American scholar and educator (b. 1860) * 1941 – [[José Quiñones Gonzales]], Peruvian soldier and pilot (b. 1914) *[[1942]] – [[Adam Czerniaków]], Polish engineer and politician (b. 1880) * 1942 – [[Andy Ducat]], English cricketer and footballer (b. 1886) *[[1948]] – [[D. W. Griffith]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1875) *[[1950]] – [[Shigenori Tōgō]], Japanese politician and diplomat, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1882) *[[1951]] – [[Robert J. Flaherty]], American director and producer (b. 1884) * 1951 – [[Philippe Pétain]], French general and politician, 119th [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1856) *[[1954]] – [[Herman Groman]], American runner (b. 1882) *[[1955]] – [[Cordell Hull]], American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th [[United States Secretary of State]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1871) *[[1957]] – [[Bob Shiring]], American football player and coach (b. 1870) *[[1966]] – [[Montgomery Clift]], American actor (b. 1920) *[[1968]] – [[Henry Hallett Dale]], English pharmacologist and physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1875) *[[1970]] – [[Eino Tainio]], Finnish politician (b. 1905)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Eino Tainio |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911584.aspx |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date=14 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314074348/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911584.aspx |archive-date=14 March 2019 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[Van Heflin]], American actor (b. 1910) *[[1972]] – [[Esther Applin]], American geologist and paleontologist (b. 1895) *[[1973]] – [[Eddie Rickenbacker]], American pilot and race car driver, founded [[Rickenbacker (car)|Rickenbacker Motors]] (b. 1890) *[[1978]] – [[Kamil Tolon]], Turkish industrialist (b. 1912)<ref>*{{Cite magazine|last=Yıldız|first=Halime|author-link=:tr:Halime Yıldız|date=May 2017|title=Kamil Ö. Tolon|magazine=Bursa'da Yaşam|publisher={{ill|Olay Medya|tr|Olay Medya Grubu}}|page=162|language=Turkish}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Joseph Kessel]], French journalist and author (b. 1898) *[[1980]] – [[Sarto Fournier]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 38th [[Mayor of Montreal]] (b. 1908) * 1980 – [[Keith Godchaux]], American keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1948) * 1980 – [[Mollie Steimer]], Ukrainian activist (b. 1897) *[[1982]] – [[Vic Morrow]], American actor (b. 1929) *[[1983]] – [[Georges Auric]], French composer (b. 1899) *[[1985]] – [[Johnny Wardle]], English cricketer and manager (b. 1923) *[[1989]] – [[Donald Barthelme]], American short story writer and novelist (b. 1931) *[[1990]] – [[Kenjiro Takayanagi]], Japanese engineer (b. 1899) *[[1996]] – [[Jean Muir (actress)|Jean Muir]], American actress (b. 1911) *[[1997]] – [[Chūhei Nambu]], Japanese jumper and journalist (b. 1904) *[[1999]] – [[Hassan II of Morocco]] (b. 1929) *[[2001]] – [[Eudora Welty]], American novelist and short story writer (b. 1909) *[[2002]] – [[Leo McKern]], Australian-English actor (b. 1920) * 2002 – [[William Luther Pierce]], American activist and author (b. 1933) * 2002 – [[Chaim Potok]], American novelist and rabbi (b. 1929) * 2002 – [[Clark Gesner]], American author and composer (b. 1938) *[[2003]] – [[James E. Davis (New York politician)|James E. Davis]], American police officer and politician (b. 1962) *[[2004]] – [[Mehmood Ali]], Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1932) * 2004 – [[Carlos Paredes]], Portuguese guitarist and composer (b. 1925) * 2004 – [[Piero Piccioni]], Italian pianist, conductor, and composer (b. 1921) *[[2005]] – [[Ted Greene]], American guitarist and journalist (b. 1946) *[[2006]] – [[Jean-Paul Desbiens]], Canadian journalist and academic (b. 1927) *[[2007]] – [[Ron Miller (songwriter)|Ron Miller]], American songwriter and producer (b. 1933) * 2007 – [[Mohammed Zahir Shah]], Afghan king (b. 1914)<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290595,00.html "Afghanistan's King Mohammad Zahir Shah Laid to Rest"], Associated Press (Fox News), 24 July 2007.</ref> *[[2008]] – [[Kurt Furgler]], Swiss lawyer and politician, 70th [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] (b. 1924) *[[2009]] – [[E. Lynn Harris]], American author and screenwriter (b. 1955) *[[2010]] – [[Daniel Schorr]], American journalist and author (b. 1916) *[[2011]] – [[Amy Winehouse]], English singer-songwriter (b. 1983) *[[2012]] – [[Margaret Mahy]], New Zealand author (b. 1936) * 2012 – [[Sally Ride]], American physicist and astronaut (b. 1951)<ref>[http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Former-Astronaut-Sally-Ride-Dies-163467356.html Former Astronaut Sally Ride Dies in La Jolla | NBC 7 San Diego] Retrieved 2016-12-28.</ref> * 2012 – [[Lakshmi Sahgal]], Indian soldier and politician (b. 1914) * 2012 – [[Esther Tusquets]], Spanish publisher and author (b. 1936) * 2012 – [[José Luis Uribarri]], Spanish television host and director (b. 1936) *[[2013]] – [[Rona Anderson]], Scottish actress (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Rona Anderson obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/aug/09/rona-anderson |website=The Guardian |access-date=4 November 2020 |date=9 August 2013}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Pauline Clarke]], English author (b. 1921) * 2013 – [[Arthur J. Collingsworth]], American diplomat (b. 1944) * 2013 – [[Dominguinhos]], Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player (b. 1941) * 2013 – [[Emile Griffith]], American boxer and trainer (b. 1938) * 2013 – [[Kim Jong-hak]], South Korean director and producer (b. 1951) * 2013 – [[Djalma Santos]], Brazilian footballer (b. 1929) *[[2014]] – [[Dora Bryan]], English actress and restaurateur (b. 1923) * 2014 – [[Norman Leyden]], American composer and conductor (b. 1917) * 2014 – [[Ariano Suassuna]], Brazilian author and playwright (b. 1927) * 2014 – [[Jordan Tabor]], English footballer (b. 1990) *[[2015]] – [[Shigeko Kubota]], Japanese-American sculptor and director (b. 1937) * 2015 – [[Don Oberdorfer]], American journalist, author, and academic (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/29/business/media/don-oberdorfer-is-dead-at-84-former-washington-post-diplomatic-correspondent.html?_r=1|title=Don Oberdorfer, 84, Top Diplomatic Reporter for Washington Post, Dies|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 28, 2015|first=Sam|last=Roberts|url-access=limited }}</ref> * 2015 – [[William Wakefield Baum]], American cardinal (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/william-baum-dead-former-catholic-cardinal-and-washington-archbishop-was-88-1.10675543 |title=William Baum dead; former Catholic cardinal and Washington archbishop was 88 |newspaper=Newsday |access-date=July 27, 2015}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[John Kundla]], American basketball coach (b. 1916)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/john-kundla-former-minneapolis-lakers-coach-and-basketball-hall-of-famer-dies-at-101/436178233/|title=John Kundla, former Minneapolis Lakers coach and Basketball Hall of Famer, dies at 101|last=Rippel|first=Joel|work=Star Tribune|date=July 23, 2017|access-date=July 23, 2017}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Zayar Thaw]], Burmese politician and rapper (b. 1981)<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Helen Regan |author2=Rhea Mogul |title=Myanmar junta executes leading democracy activists |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/24/asia/myanmar-executions-pro-democracy-figures-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=25 July 2022 |website=Cnn.com|date=25 July 2022 }}</ref> * 2022 – [[Kyaw Min Yu]], Burmese political activist (b. 1969)<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Helen Regan |author2=Rhea Mogul |title=Myanmar junta executes leading democracy activists |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/24/asia/myanmar-executions-pro-democracy-figures-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=25 July 2022 |website=Cnn.com|date=25 July 2022 }}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Robin Warren]], Australian pathologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newsroom - AusBiotech Ltd |url=https://www.ausbiotech.org/news/remembering-nobel-laureate-professor-robin-warren-ac |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=www.ausbiotech.org}}</ref> <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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