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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[450]] – [[Theodosius II]], Roman emperor (b. 401) * [[631]] – [[Athanasius I Gammolo]], Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |first1=Jack B. |last1=Tannous|title=Athanasios I Gamolo|encyclopedia=Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition |editor1=Sebastian P. Brock |editor2=Aaron M. Butts |editor3=George A. Kiraz |editor3-link=George A. Kiraz |editor4=Lucas Van Rompay |url=https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Athanasios-I-Gamolo|year=2011|access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref> * [[938]] – [[Thankmar]], half-brother of [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]] (during Siege of [[Eresburg]]) (b. c. 908) * [[942]] – [[Shi Jingtang]], emperor of [[Later Jin (Five Dynasties)|Later Jin]] (b. 892) *[[1057]] – [[Pope Victor II|Victor II]], pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1018)<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard P. McBrien|title=The Pocket Guide to the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to John Paul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LD59jfaKEIsC|year=2006|publisher=Harper|location=New York|isbn=978-0-06-113773-0|page=166}}</ref> *[[1128]] – [[William Clito]], English son of [[Sybilla of Conversano]] (b. 1102) *[[1230]] – [[Leopold VI, Duke of Austria]] (b. 1176) *[[1271]] – [[Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster]] (b. 1220) *[[1285]] – [[Keran, Queen of Armenia]] ( b. before 1262) *[[1333]] – [[Guy VIII of Viennois]], Dauphin of Vienne (b. 1309) *[[1345]] – [[Sancia of Majorca]], queen regent of Naples (b. c. 1285) *[[1458]] – [[John II of Cyprus|John II]], king of Cyprus and Armenia (b. 1418) *[[1488]] – [[Edward Woodville, Lord Scales]] (at the Battle of St. Aubin-du-Cormier) *[[1508]] – [[Robert Blackadder]], bishop of Glasgow *[[1527]] – [[Rodrigo de Bastidas]], Spanish explorer, founded the city of [[Santa Marta]] (b. 1460) *[[1540]] – [[Thomas Cromwell]], English lawyer and politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (b. 1495)<ref name="Thomas Cromwell 1540"/> *[[1585]] – [[Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford]] (b. 1527) ===1601–1900=== *[[1631]] – [[Guillén de Castro y Bellvis]], Spanish playwright (b. 1569)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Merimee |first1=Ernest |title=Revival: A History of Spanish Literature (1930) |date=8 May 2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-34931-4 |page=205 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bUlaDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT205 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1655]] – [[Cyrano de Bergerac]], French poet and playwright (b. 1619) *[[1667]] – [[Abraham Cowley]], English poet and author (b. 1618) *[[1675]] – [[Bulstrode Whitelocke]], English lawyer and politician (b. 1605) *[[1685]] – [[Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington]], English politician and diplomat, [[Secretary of State for the Southern Department]] (b. 1618) *[[1718]] – [[Étienne Baluze]], French scholar and academic (b. 1630) *[[1741]] – [[Antonio Vivaldi]], Italian violinist and composer (b. 1678)<ref>Heller, Karl ''Antonio Vivaldi: The Red Priest of Venice'', Amadeus Press (1997), page 263 {{ISBN|1-57467-015-8}}</ref> *[[1750]] – [[Johann Sebastian Bach]], German organist and composer (b. 1685)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hanford |first1=Jan |last2=Koster |first2=Jan |title=Timeline |url=http://www.jsbach.org/timeline.html |website=The J.S. Bach Home Page |access-date=25 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226083800/http://www.jsbach.org/timeline.html |archive-date=26 February 2012}}</ref> *[[1762]] – [[George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Somerset]] (b. 1691) *[[1794]] – [[Maximilien Robespierre]], French politician, (b. 1758)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - Historic Figures: Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/robespierre_maximilien.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=17 June 2022}}</ref> * 1794 – [[Louis Antoine de Saint-Just]], French soldier and politician (b. 1767)<ref>{{cite web |title=Louis de Saint-Just {{!}} French revolutionary {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-de-Saint-Just |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=17 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1808]] – [[Selim III]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1761)<ref>{{cite web |title=Selim III {{!}} Ottoman sultan {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Selim-III |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=17 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1809]] – [[Richard Beckett (cricketer)|Richard Beckett]], English cricketer and captain (b. 1772) *[[1818]] – [[Gaspard Monge]], French mathematician and engineer (b. 1746) *[[1835]] – [[Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise]], French general and politician, 15th [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1768) *[[1836]] – [[Nathan Mayer Rothschild]], German-English banker and financier (b. 1777) *[[1838]] – [[Bernhard Crusell]], Finnish composer (b. 1775)<ref>{{BLF|2356|Bernhard Crusell}}</ref> *[[1842]] – [[Clemens Brentano]], German author and poet (b. 1778) *[[1844]] – [[Joseph Bonaparte]], French diplomat and brother of [[Napoleon]] (b. 1768) *[[1849]] – [[Charles Albert of Sardinia]] (b. 1798) *[[1869]] – [[Jan Evangelista Purkyně]], Czech anatomist and physiologist (b. 1787) *[[1878]] – [[George Law Curry]], American publisher and politician (b. 1820) *[[1885]] – [[Moses Montefiore]], British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (b. 1784) *[[1895]] – [[Edward Beecher]], American minister and theologian (b. 1803) ===1901–present=== *[[1928]] – [[Édouard-Henri Avril]], French painter (b. 1849)<ref name="kettererkunst">{{cite web|url=http://www.kettererkunst.com/bio/paul-eduard-henry-avril-1843.shtml |title=Paul Eduard Henry Avril – Biography and Offers – Buy and Sell Retrieved 01 August 2012 |publisher=Kettererkunst.com |access-date=6 September 2012}}</ref> *[[1930]] – [[John DeWitt (athlete)|John DeWitt]], American hammer thrower (b. 1881) * 1930 – [[Allvar Gullstrand]], Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1862) *[[1933]] – [[Nishinoumi Kajirō III]], Japanese sumo wrestler, 30th [[yokozuna]] (b. 1890) *[[1934]] – [[Marie Dressler]], Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1868) * 1934 – [[Louis Tancred]], South African cricketer and pilot (b. 1876) *[[1935]] – [[Meletius IV of Constantinople]] (b. 1871) *[[1942]] – [[Flinders Petrie]], English archaeologist and academic (b. 1853) *[[1946]] – [[Saint Alphonsa]], first woman of Indian origin to be [[Canonization|canonized]] as a saint by the [[Catholic Church]] (b. 1910)<ref>{{cite web |title=About the patron |url=https://stalphonsaforane.church/st-alphonsa-ward/ |website=ST. ALPHONSA WARD |publisher=St Alphonsa Forane Church, Sultanpalya, India |access-date=25 July 2020}}</ref> *[[1957]] – [[Edith Abbott]], American economist, social worker, and educator (b. 1876)<ref>{{cite book |first1=James |last1=Cicarelli |first2=Julianne |last2=Cicarelli |title=Distinguished Women Economists |location=Westport |publisher=Greenwood |year=2003 |page=3 |isbn=978-0-31330-331-9}}</ref> * 1957 – [[Isaac Heinemann]], German-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1876) *[[1963]] – [[Carl Borgward]], German engineer, founder of Borgward Group<ref>{{cite web |title=Das Erste online - Carl F.W. Borgward |url=http://www.ndrtv.de/doku/20020617_borgward_bio.html |publisher=[[Norddeutscher Rundfunk|NDR]] |access-date=23 August 2023 |archive-date=30 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930185248/http://www.ndrtv.de/doku/20020617_borgward_bio.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Edogawa Ranpo]], Japanese author and critic (b. 1894) * 1965 – [[Attallah Suheimat]], Jordanian politician (b. 1875) *[[1967]] – [[Karl W. Richter]], American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1942) *[[1968]] – [[Otto Hahn]], German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1879) *[[1969]] – [[Ramón Grau]], Cuban physician and politician, 6th [[President of Cuba]] (b. 1882) * 1969 – [[Frank Loesser]], American composer (b. 1910) *[[1971]] – [[Lawrence Moore Cosgrave]], Canadian colonel and diplomat (b. 1890) * 1971 – [[Myril Hoag]], American baseball player (b. 1908) * 1971 – [[Charles E. Pont]], French-American minister and painter (b. 1898) *[[1972]] – [[Helen Traubel]], American soprano and actress (b. 1903) *[[1976]] – [[Maggie Gripenberg]], Finnish dancer and choreographer (b. 1881)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.teatterimuseo.fi/fi/Tammikuu-Maggie-Gripenbergin-muistikirjat|title=Tammikuu: Maggie Gripenbergin muistikirjat|website=Teatterimuseo|access-date=June 11, 2021}} (in Finnish)</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Don Miller (American football, born 1902)|Don Miller]], American football player and coach (b. 1902) * 1979 – [[Charles Shadwell (musician)|Charles Shadwell]], English conductor and bandleader (b. 1898) *[[1980]] – [[Rose Rand]], Austrian-born American logician and philosopher (b. 1903) *[[1981]] – [[Stanley Rother]], American priest and missionary (b. 1935) *[[1982]] – [[Keith Green]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1953) *[[1987]] – [[Jack Renshaw]], Australian politician, 31st [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1909) *[[1990]] – [[Jill Esmond]], English actress (b. 1908) *[[1992]] – [[Sulev Nõmmik]], Estonian actor and director (b. 1931) *[[1993]] – [[Stanley Woods]], Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1903) *[[1996]] – [[Roger Tory Peterson]], American ornithologist and academic (b. 1908) *[[1997]] – [[Rosalie Crutchley]], English actress (b. 1920) * 1997 – [[Seni Pramoj]], Thai lawyer and politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of Thailand]] (b. 1905) *[[1998]] – [[Zbigniew Herbert]], Polish poet and author (b. 1924) * 1998 – [[Lenny McLean]], English boxer, actor, and author (b. 1949) * 1998 – [[Consalvo Sanesi]], Italian racing driver (b. 1911) *[[1999]] – [[Trygve Haavelmo]], Norwegian economist and mathematician, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1911) *[[2000]] – [[Abraham Pais]], Dutch-American physicist and historian (b. 1918) *[[2001]] – [[Ahmed Sofa]], Bangladeshi poet, author, and critic (b. 1943) *[[2002]] – [[Archer John Porter Martin]], English chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1910) *[[2003]] – [[Valerie Goulding]], Irish activist and politician (b. 1918) *[[2004]] – [[Francis Crick]], English biologist and biophysicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1916)<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bretscher|first1=Mark S.|author-link1=Mark Bretscher|last2=Mitchison|first2=Graeme|title=Francis Harry Compton Crick OM. 8 June 1916 – 28 July 2004|journal=[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]]|volume=63|pages=159–196|year=2017|issn=0080-4606|doi=10.1098/rsbm.2017.0010|doi-access=free}}</ref> * 2004 – [[Tiziano Terzani]], Italian journalist and author (b. 1938) *[[2006]] – [[David Gemmell]], English author (b. 1948) *[[2007]] – [[Karl Gotch]], Belgian-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1924) * 2007 – [[Jim LeRoy]], American soldier and pilot (b. 1961) *[[2009]] – [[Jim Johnson (American football)|Jim Johnson]], American football player and coach (b. 1941) *[[2011]] – [[Abdul Fatah Younis]], Libyan general (b. 1944) *[[2012]] – [[Colin Horsley]], New Zealand-English pianist and educator (b. 1920) * 2012 – [[Sepp Mayerl]], Austrian mountaineer (b. 1937) * 2012 – [[William F. Milliken Jr.]], American race car driver and engineer (b. 1911) *[[2013]] – [[Mustafa Adrisi]], Ugandan general and politician, 3rd [[Vice President of Uganda]] (b. 1922) * 2013 – [[Eileen Brennan]], American actress and singer (b. 1932) * 2013 – [[Rita Reys]], Dutch jazz singer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/07/29/rita-reys-dies|title=Rita Reys Dies|author=Persad, Radjin|date=29 July 2013|work=NL Times|access-date=29 July 2013}}</ref> (b. 1924) * 2013 – [[William Scranton]], American captain and politician, 13th [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]] (b. 1917) * 2013 – [[Ersilio Tonini]], Italian cardinal (b. 1914) *[[2014]] – [[Alex Forbes]], Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1925) * 2014 – [[Alakbar Mammadov]], Azerbaijani footballer and manager (b. 1930) *[[2015]] – [[Jan Kulczyk]], Polish businessman (b. 1950) * 2015 – [[Edward Natapei]], Vanuatuan politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of Vanuatu]] (b. 1954) * 2015 – [[Clive Rice]], South African cricketer and coach (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/clive-rice-inspirational-cricketer-who-was-denied-an-international-career-by-apartheid-but-led-nottinghamshire-to-glory-10422675.html |title=Clive Rice: Inspirational cricketer who was denied an international career by apartheid but led Nottinghamshire to glory |last1=Culley |first1=Jon|date=28 July 2015 |website=[[independent.co.uk]] |access-date=28 July 2015}}</ref> *[[2016]] – [[Émile Derlin Zinsou]], Beninese politician (b. 1918) * 2016 – [[Mahasweta Devi]], Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (b. 1926) *[[2018]] – [[Wanny van Gils]], Dutch footballer<ref>[https://www.nu.nl/breda/5388689/voormalig-nac-voetballer-wanny-van-gils-59-overleden.html Voormalig NAC-voetballer Wanny van Gils (59) overleden] {{in lang|nl}}</ref> (b. 1959) *[[2020]] – [[Junrey Balawing]], Filipino record holder<ref>{{Cite web|first=Dynah|last=Diestro|date=30 July 2020|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/07/30/20/pinoy-na-worlds-shortest-man-pumanaw-na| title=Pinoy na 'World's Shortest Man', pumanaw na| work=ABS-CBN News| access-date=2 August 2020}}</ref> (b. 1993) *[[2021]] – [[Dusty Hill]], American musician (b. 1949)<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Aswad|first1=Jem|last2=Morris|first2=Chris|date=2021-07-28|title=ZZ Top Bassist Dusty Hill Dies at 72|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/zz-top-bassist-dusty-hill-dead-dies-1235029656/|access-date=2021-09-25|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Bernard Cribbins]], British actor (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62330478|title=Dr Who and Wombles Star Bernard Cribbins Dies|work=BBC News |date=28 July 2022 |access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[John Anderson (TV personality)|John Anderson]], Scottish television personality, teacher and coach (b. 1931)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Badshah |first=Nadeem |date=2024-07-28 |title=John Anderson: Gladiators referee dies aged 92 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/28/john-anderson-gladiators-referee-dies-aged-92 |access-date=2024-07-29 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> *2024 – [[Doug Creek]], American baseball player (b. 1969)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kozlowski |first=Rick |date=2024-07-28 |title=Bulldogs baseball legend dead at 55 |url=https://www.journal-news.net/journal-news/bulldogs-baseball-legend-dead-at-55/article_227e7384-a65e-5e82-9b1a-65568b2174eb.html |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=The Journal |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Reyes Moronta]], Dominican baseball player (b. 1993)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-29 |title=Former San Francisco Giants Pitcher, Dead at 31 |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/san-francisco-giants-news/former-san-francisco-giants-pitcher-dead-at-31 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=San Francisco Giants On SI |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[Francine Pascal]], American author (b. 1932)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=2024-07-29 |title=Francine Pascal, Creator of 'Sweet Valley High' Book Series, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/29/books/francine-pascal-dead.html |access-date=2024-07-31 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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