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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[903]] – [[Abdallah II of Ifriqiya]], Aghlabid emir * [[959]] – [[Chai Rong]], emperor of Later Zhou *[[1144]] – [[Salomea of Berg]], High Duchess consort of Poland *[[1061]] – [[Pope Nicholas II|Nicholas II]], pope of the Catholic Church *[[1101]] – [[Conrad II of Italy|Conrad II]], king of Italy (b. 1074) * 1101 – [[Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester]] (b. c. 1047) *[[1158]] – [[Geoffrey, Count of Nantes|Geoffrey VI, Count of Anjou]] (b. 1134) *[[1276]] – [[James I of Aragon]] (b. 1208) *[[1365]] – [[Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria]] (b. 1339) *[[1382]] – [[Joanna I of Naples]] (b. 1326) *[[1469]] – [[William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1469)|William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke]] (b. 1423) ===1601–1900=== *[[1656]] – [[Salomo Glassius]], German theologian and critic (b. 1593) *[[1675]] – [[Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne]], French general (b. 1611) *[[1689]] – [[John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee]], Scottish general (b. c. 1648)<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL12|desc=Battle of Killiecrankie|access-date=19 June 2020}}</ref> *[[1759]] – [[Pierre Louis Maupertuis]], French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1698) *[[1770]] – [[Robert Dinwiddie]], Scottish merchant and politician, [[List of colonial governors of Virginia|Colonial Governor of Virginia]] (b. 1693) *[[1841]] – [[Mikhail Lermontov]], Russian poet and painter (b. 1814) *[[1844]] – [[John Dalton]], English physicist, meteorologist, and chemist (b. 1776) *[[1863]] – [[William Lowndes Yancey]], American journalist and politician (b. 1813) *[[1865]] – [[Jean-Joseph Dassy]], French painter and lithographer (b. 1791) *[[1875]] – [[Aleksander Kunileid]], Estonian composer and educator (b. 1845) *[[1876]] – [[Albertus van Raalte]], Dutch-born American minister and author (b. 1811) *[[1883]] – [[Montgomery Blair]], American lieutenant and politician, 20th [[United States Postmaster General]] (b. 1813) ===1901–present=== *[[1916]] – [[Charles Fryatt]], English captain (b. 1872) * 1916 – [[William Jonas]], English footballer (b. 1890) *[[1917]] – [[Emil Theodor Kocher]], Swiss physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1841) *[[1921]] – [[Myrddin Fardd]], Welsh writer and antiquarian scholar (b. 1836) *[[1924]] – [[Ferruccio Busoni]], Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866) *[[1931]] – [[Auguste Forel]], Swiss neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (b. 1848) *[[1938]] – [[Tom Crean (explorer)|Tom Crean]], Irish seaman and explorer (b. 1877)<ref name="Murphy">{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=David |title=Crean, Thomas ("Tom") |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/crean-thomas-tom-a2175 |website=Dictionary of Irish Biography |publisher=Royal Irish Academy |access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Alfred Henry O'Keeffe]], New Zealand painter and educator (b. 1858) *[[1942]] – [[Karl Pärsimägi]], Estonian painter (b. 1902) *[[1942]] – [[Hermann Brauneck]], German physician and SA general (b. 1894)<ref>[http://bibliotekacyfrowa.eu/dlibra/plain-content?id=7537 Brauneck Death Notice: ''SA-Obergruppenführer Brauneck gefallen'' in ''Kösliner Zeitung'', No. 209, 31 July 1942, p. 2.]</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Gertrude Stein]], American novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1874) *[[1948]] – [[Woolf Barnato]], English race car driver and businessman (b. 1898) * 1948 – [[Joe Tinker]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1880) *[[1951]] – [[Paul Kogerman]], Estonian chemist and politician, 22nd [[Estonian Minister of Education]] (b. 1891) *[[1958]] – [[Claire Lee Chennault]], American general and pilot (b. 1893)<ref name="Rice p. 95">{{cite book |author=Earle Rice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zbr_z99E54QC&pg=PA95 |title=Claire Chennault: Flying Tiger |publisher=Infobase |year=2003 |isbn=9780791072172 |page=95}}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[Julie Vinter Hansen]], Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (b. 1890) *[[1962]] – [[Richard Aldington]], English poet and author (b. 1892) * 1962 – [[James H. Kindelberger]], American pilot and businessman (b. 1895) *[[1963]] – [[Hooks Dauss]], American baseball player (b. 1889) * 1963 – [[Garrett Morgan]], American inventor (b. 1877) *[[1964]] – [[Winifred Lenihan]], American actress, writer, and director (b. 1898) *[[1965]] – [[Daniel-Rops]], French historian and author (b. 1901) *[[1968]] – [[Babe Adams]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1882) *[[1970]] – [[António de Oliveira Salazar]], Portuguese economist and politician, 100th [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] (b. 1889) *[[1971]] – [[Charlie Tully]], Irish footballer and manager (b. 1924) *[[1975]] – [[Alfred Duraiappah]], Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hoole |first1=Rajan |title=The Murder Of Alfred Duraiappah |url=https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/the-murder-of-alfred-duraiappah/ |access-date=25 July 2020 |work=[[Colombo Telegraph]] |date=12 May 2016}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Kristian Welhaven]], Norwegian police officer (b. 1883)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Kristian Welhaven |first1=Willy |last1=Haugli |first2=Olav |last2=Garvik |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Kristian_Welhaven |language=no|access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Bob Heffron]], New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1890) * 1978 – [[Willem van Otterloo]], Dutch cellist, composer, and conductor (b. 1907) *[[1980]] – [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], Iranian Shah (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi {{!}} Biography, History, & White Revolution |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mohammad-Reza-Shah-Pahlavi |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Rushdy Abaza]], Egyptian actor (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007781/ |title=Rushdy Abaza |publisher=IMDb |access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[William Wyler]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902) * 1981 – [[Elizabeth Rona]], Hungarian American nuclear chemist (b. 1890)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Brucer |first1=M |title=Elizabeth Rona (1891?-1981). |journal=Journal of Nuclear Medicine |date=January 1982 |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=78–9 |pmid=7033484 |url=http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/23/1/78.full.pdf |access-date=25 July 2020}}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[James Mason]], English actor (b. 1909) *[[1985]] – [[Smoky Joe Wood]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1889) *[[1987]] – [[Travis Jackson]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1903) *[[1988]] – [[Frank Zamboni]], American inventor and businessman, founded the [[Zamboni Company]] (b. 1901) *[[1990]] – [[Bobby Day]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1928) * 1990 – [[René Toribio]], Guadeloupean politician (b. 1912) *[[1991]] – [[John Friedrich (fraudster)|John Friedrich]], German-Australian engineer and conman (b. 1950) *[[1992]] – [[Max Dupain]], Australian photographer and educator (b. 1911) * 1992 – [[Tzeni Karezi]], Greek actress and screenwriter <!-- year of birth questionable and unconfirmable --> *[[1993]] – [[Reggie Lewis]], American basketball player (b. 1965) *[[1994]] – [[Kevin Carter]], South African photographer and journalist (b. 1960) *[[1995]] – [[Melih Esenbel]], Turkish politician and diplomat, 20th [[List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)|Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1915) * 1995 – [[Rick Ferrell]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1905) * 1995 – [[Miklós Rózsa]], Hungarian-American composer and conductor (b. 1907) *[[1998]] – [[Binnie Barnes]], English-American actress (b. 1903) *[[1999]] – [[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]], Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (b. 1912) * 1999 – [[Harry Edison]], American trumpet player (b. 1915) *[[2000]] – [[Gordon Solie]], American sportscaster (b. 1929) *[[2001]] – [[Rhonda Sing]], Canadian wrestler (b. 1961) * 2001 – [[Leon Wilkeson]], American bass player and songwriter (b. 1952) *[[2003]] – [[Vance Hartke]], American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1919) * 2003 – [[Bob Hope]], English-American actor, comedian, television personality, and businessman (b. 1903)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/bob-hope-biography/9725/|title=This Is Bob Hope… Biography|author=Zoglin, Richard|date=November 30, 2017|publisher=[[PBS]]|access-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514064753/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/bob-hope-biography/9725/|archive-date=May 14, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Al Held]], American painter and academic (b. 1928) * 2005 – [[Marten Toonder]], Dutch author and illustrator (b. 1912) *[[2006]] – [[Maryann Mahaffey]], American academic and politician (b. 1925) *[[2007]] – [[James Oyebola]], Nigerian-English boxer (b. 1961) *[[2008]] – [[Youssef Chahine]], Egyptian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926) * 2008 – [[Horst Stein]], German-born Swiss conductor (b. 1928) * 2008 – [[Isaac Saba Raffoul]], Mexican businessman (b. 1923) *[[2010]] – [[Maury Chaykin]], American-Canadian actor (b. 1949) * 2010 – [[Jack Tatum]], American football player (b. 1948) *[[2012]] – [[Norman Alden]], American actor (b. 1924) * 2012 – [[R. G. Armstrong]], American actor and playwright (b. 1917) * 2012 – [[Darryl Cotton]], Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1949) * 2012 – [[Geoffrey Hughes (actor)|Geoffrey Hughes]], English actor (b. 1944) * 2012 – [[Tony Martin (American singer)|Tony Martin]], American actor and singer (b. 1913) * 2012 – [[Jack Taylor (referee)|Jack Taylor]], English footballer and referee (b. 1930) *[[2013]] – [[Fernando Alonso (dancer)|Fernando Alonso]], Cuban dancer, co-founded the [[Cuban National Ballet]] (b. 1914) * 2013 – [[Lindy Boggs]], American politician and diplomat, 5th [[United States Ambassador to the Holy See]] (b. 1916) * 2013 – [[Bud Day]], American colonel and pilot, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1925) * 2013 – [[Kidd Kraddick]], American radio host (b. 1959) * 2013 – [[Ilya Segalovich]], Russian businessman, co-founded [[Yandex]] (b. 1964) *[[2014]] – [[Richard Bolt (RNZAF officer)|Richard Bolt]], New Zealand air marshal and pilot (b. 1923) * 2014 – [[George Freese]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1926) * 2014 – [[Wallace Jones]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1926) * 2014 – [[Francesco Marchisano]], Italian cardinal (b. 1929) * 2014 – [[Paul Schell]], American lawyer and politician, 50th [[List of mayors of Seattle|Mayor of Seattle]] (b. 1937) *[[2015]] – [[Rickey Grundy]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1959) * 2015 – [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]], Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th [[President of India]] (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite news |title=Remembering APJ Abdul Kalam: Five stories on the Missile Man's legacy |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/former-president-abdul-kalam-passed-away-following-sudden-illness/ |access-date=24 July 2020 |work=The Indian Express |date=27 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728170754/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/former-president-abdul-kalam-passed-away-following-sudden-illness/ |archive-date=28 July 2015 |language=en}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Samuel Pisar]], Polish-born American lawyer and author (b. 1929) * 2015 – [[Anthony Shaw (British Army officer)|Anthony Shaw]], English general (b. 1930) *[[2016]] – [[Einojuhani Rautavaara]], Finnish composer (b. 1928)<ref name=WP>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/einojuhani-rautavaara-acclaimed-finnish-composer-dies-at-87/2016/08/03/12c60428-59be-11e6-831d-0324760ca856_story.html |title=Einojuhani Rautavaara, acclaimed Finnish composer, dies at 87 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=28 July 2016 |first=Matti |last=Huuhtanen}}</ref> * 2016 – [[James Alan McPherson]], American short story writer and essayist (b. 1943)<ref name="nytimes-obit">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/books/james-alan-mcpherson-pulitzer-prize-winning-writer-dies-at-72.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/books/james-alan-mcpherson-pulitzer-prize-winning-writer-dies-at-72.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=James Alan McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Writer, Dies at 72|last=Roberts|first=Sam|date=July 27, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 31, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Jerry Doyle]], American actor and talk show host (b. 1956)<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Bacle|first1=Ariana|title=Jerry Doyle, Babylon 5 star, dies|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/28/jerry-doyle-babylon-5-dead-dies|access-date=July 28, 2016|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=July 28, 2016}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Piet de Jong]], Dutch politician and naval officer, [[Ministry of Defence (Netherlands)|Minister of Defence)]], [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (b. 1915)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parlement.com/id/vg09ll213ezn/p_j_s_piet_de_jong|title=P.J.S. (Piet) de Jong|website=parlement.com|language=nl}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Sam Shepard]], American playwright, actor, author, screenwriter, and director (b. 1943)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Deb|first1=Sopan|title=Sam Shepard, Pulitzer-Winning Playwright and Actor, Is Dead at 73|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/theater/sam-shepard-dead.html|access-date=July 31, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=31 July 2017 |issue=July 31, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731155033/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/theater/sam-shepard-dead.html|archive-date=July 31, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Marco Aurelio Denegri]], Peruvian literature critic, television host and sexologist<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://larepublica.pe/sociedad/1286540-marco-aurelio-denegri-fallecio-80-anos-funcion-palabra|title=Marco Aurelio Denegri falleció a los 80 años tras una fibrosis pulmonar|work=La República|date=July 27, 2018|access-date=May 10, 2019|language=es}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Tony Dow]], American actor, film producer, director, and sculptor (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/07/tony-dow-dead-leave-it-to-beaver-actor-was-77-1235077948/|title=Tony Dow Dies: "Leave It To Beaver" Actor's Passing Confirmed Following Earlier Confusion|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=July 27, 2022|author=Evans, Greg}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Edna O'Brien]], Irish novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-07-28 |title=Edna O'Brien, groundbreaking Irish novelist, dies at 93 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/07/28/edna-obrien-irish-novelist-country-girls-dead/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</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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