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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[840]] – [[Rorgon I, Count of Maine|Rorgon I]], Frankish nobleman (or [[839]]) * [[924]] – [[Li Cunshen]], general of Later Tang (b. 862) * [[956]] – [[Hugh the Great]], Frankish nobleman (b. 898)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Richer (of Saint-Rémy)|author2=of Saint-remy Richer|title=Histories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XB9yCHUb6TMC&pg=PA457|year=2011|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-06159-0|pages=457}}</ref> *[[1185]] – [[Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile|Richeza of Poland]], queen of León (b. c. 1140) *[[1286]] – [[Hugh de Balsham]], English bishop *[[1332]] – [[Adam de Brome]], founder of [[Oriel College, Oxford]] *[[1361]] – [[Johannes Tauler]], German mystic theologian<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Tauler, Johann |volume=26}}</ref> *[[1397]] – [[Philip of Artois, Count of Eu]], French soldier (b. 1358) *[[1424]] – [[Johannes Ambundii]], archbishop of Riga *[[1468]] – [[Jean Le Fèvre de Saint-Remy]], Burgundian historian and author (b. 1395) *[[1487]] – [[John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln]] (b. c. 1463) *[[1540]] – [[Konrad von Thüngen]], German nobleman (b. c. 1466) ===1601–1900=== *[[1622]] – [[Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline]], Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, [[Lord Chancellor of Scotland]] (b. 1555) *[[1626]] – [[Christian the Younger|Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel]], German Protestant military leader (b. 1599) *[[1666]] – [[Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet]], English poet and diplomat, [[List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Spain|English Ambassador to Spain]] (b. 1608) *[[1674]] – [[Tomás Yepes]], Spanish painter (b. 1595 or 1600)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Alfonso E. Pérez |last1=Sánchez|first2=Benito Navarrete|last2=Prieto |edition=illustrated |title=Thomas Yepes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lOBKTtUs8NkC |year=1995 |publisher=Fundación Bancaja |isbn=9788488715210|page=141}}</ref> *[[1722]] – [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire]] (b. 1650) *[[1743]] – [[Louise-Françoise de Bourbon]], eldest daughter of King [[Louis XIV of France]] (b. 1673)<ref name="de)1959">{{cite book|author=Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon (duc de)|title=The memoirs of Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon: covering the years 1691-1723|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m5YMAQAAMAAJ|year=1959|publisher=Heritage Press}}</ref> *[[1752]] – [[Joseph Butler]], English bishop and philosopher (b. 1692)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joseph Butler | British bishop and philosopher | Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Butler |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=4 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1762]] – [[Anne Russell, Duchess of Bedford|Anne Russell, Countess of Jersey (formerly Duchess of Bedford)]] (b. c.1705)<ref>G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 82.</ref> *[[1777]] – [[Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset]], French poet and playwright (b. 1709) *[[1779]] – [[Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet]], English lawyer and politician, [[List of colonial governors of Massachusetts|Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay]] (b. 1712) *[[1804]] – [[Johann Adam Hiller]], German composer and conductor (b. 1728) *[[1824]] – [[Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance]], French lawyer and politician (b. 1739) *[[1849]] – [[Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette]], German theologian and scholar (b. 1780) *[[1850]] – [[William Lawson (explorer)|William Lawson]], English-Australian explorer and politician (b. 1774) *[[1858]] – [[John Snow]], English epidemiologist and physician (b. 1813)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - Historic Figures: John Snow (1813 - 1858) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/snow_john.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=11 August 2022}}</ref> *[[1862]] – [[Hidenoyama Raigorō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 9th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1808) *[[1869]] – [[Charles Sturt]], Indian-English botanist and explorer (b. 1795) *[[1872]] – [[Norman Macleod (1812–1872)|Norman MacLeod]], Scottish minister and author (b. 1812) *[[1878]] – [[Crawford Long]], American surgeon and pharmacist (b. 1815) * 1878 – [[Kikuchi Yōsai]], Japanese painter (b. 1781) *[[1881]] – [[Josiah Mason]], English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795) *[[1885]] – [[Wilhelm Camphausen]], German painter and academic (b. 1818) *[[1886]] – [[Alexander Stuart (Australian politician)|Alexander Stuart]], Scottish-Australian politician, 9th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1824) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Ernst Schröder (mathematician)|Ernst Schröder]], German mathematician and academic (b. 1841) *[[1918]] – [[Bazil Assan]], Romanian engineer and explorer (b. 1860)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VlIhAQAAIAAJ|title=Romanian Inventors|publisher=Editura OSIM|year=2000|page=158|isbn=9789739640060}}</ref> *[[1925]] – [[Chittaranjan Das]], Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1870) *[[1929]] – [[Bramwell Booth]], English 2nd [[General of The Salvation Army]] (b. 1856) * 1929 – [[Vernon Louis Parrington]], American historian and scholar (b. 1871) *[[1930]] – [[Ezra Fitch]], American lawyer and businessman, co-founded [[Abercrombie & Fitch]] (b. 1866) * 1930 – [[Elmer Ambrose Sperry]], American inventor, co-invented the [[gyrocompass]] (b. 1860) *[[1939]] – [[Chick Webb]], American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905) *[[1940]] – [[DuBose Heyward]], American author (b. 1885) *[[1944]] – [[Marc Bloch]], French historian and academic (b. 1886) * 1944 – [[George Stinney]], wrongfully convicted African-American teenager (b. 1929)<ref name="Stinney1">{{cite news |last=Collins |first=Jeffrey |date=January 18, 2010 |title=SC crusaders look to right Jim Crow justice wrongs |url=http://www.goupstate.com/article/20100118/ARTICLES/100119732 |agency=AP |publisher=[[Spartanburg Herald-Journal]] |archive-date=May 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529172647/http://www.goupstate.com/article/20100118/articles/100119732 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Stinney2">{{Cite news |last = McVeigh |first = Karen |date=March 22, 2014 |title = George Stinney was executed at 14. Can his family now clear his name? |url = https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2014/mar/22/george-stinney-execution-verdict-innocent |newspaper = [[The Observer]] |access-date=June 28, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Stinney3">{{cite news|last=Beaver|first=Lindsey|title=It took 10 minutes to convict 14-year-old George Stinney Jr. It took 70 years after his execution to exonerate him|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 18, 2014|access-date=June 16, 2020|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/12/18/the-rush-job-conviction-of-14-year-old-george-stinney-exonerated-70-years-after-execution/}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Aris Velouchiotis]], Greek general (b. 1905) *[[1946]] – [[Gordon Brewster]], Irish cartoonist (b 1889) *[[1952]] – [[Andrew Lawson]], Scottish-American geologist and academic (b. 1861) *[[1953]] – [[Margaret Bondfield]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for Work and Pensions]] (b. 1873) *[[1955]] – [[Ozias Leduc]], Canadian painter (b. 1864) *[[1958]] – [[Pál Maléter]], Hungarian general and politician, [[Ministry of Defence (Hungary)|Minister of Defence of Hungary]] (b. 1917) * 1958 – [[Imre Nagy]], Hungarian politician, 3rd [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] (b. 1895) *[[1959]] – [[George Reeves]], American actor and director (b. 1914) *[[1961]] – [[Marcel Junod]], Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (b. 1904) *[[1967]] – [[Reginald Denny (actor)|Reginald Denny]], English actor (b. 1891) *[[1969]] – [[Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis]], English field marshal and politician, 17th [[Governor General of Canada]] (b. 1891) *[[1970]] – [[Sydney Chapman (mathematician)|Sydney Chapman]], English mathematician and geophysicist (b. 1888) * 1970 – [[Brian Piccolo]], American football player (b. 1943) *[[1971]] – [[John Reith, 1st Baron Reith]], Scottish broadcaster, co-founded [[BBC]] (b. 1889) *[[1974]] – [[Amalie Sara Colquhoun]], Australian landscape and portrait painter (b. 1894) *[[1977]] – [[Wernher von Braun]], German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1912) *[[1979]] – [[Ignatius Kutu Acheampong]], Ghanaian general and politician, 6th [[Head of state of Ghana]] (b. 1931) * 1979 – [[Nicholas Ray]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1911) *[[1981]] – [[Thomas Playford IV]], Australian politician, 33rd [[Premier of South Australia]] (b. 1896) *[[1982]] – [[James Honeyman-Scott]], English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1956) *[[1984]] – [[Lew Andreas]], American football player and coach (b. 1895) * 1984 – [[Erni Krusten]], Estonian author and poet (b. 1900) *[[1986]] – [[Maurice Duruflé]], French organist and composer (b. 1902) *[[1987]] – [[Marguerite de Angeli]], American author and illustrator (b. 1889) *[[1988]] – [[Miguel Piñero]], Puerto Rican-American actor and playwright (b. 1946) *[[1993]] – [[Lindsay Hassett]], Australian cricketer and soldier (b. 1913) *[[1994]] – [[Kristen Pfaff]], American bass player and songwriter (b. 1967) *[[1996]] – [[Mel Allen]], American sportscaster and game show host (b. 1913) *[[1998]] – [[Fred Wacker]], American race car driver and engineer (b. 1918) *[[1999]] – [[Screaming Lord Sutch]], English singer and activist (b. 1940) *[[2003]] – [[Pierre Bourgault]], Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1934) * 2003 – [[Georg Henrik von Wright]], Finnish–Swedish philosopher and author (b. 1916) *[[2004]] – [[Thanom Kittikachorn]], Thai field marshal and politician, 10th [[Prime Minister of Thailand]] (b. 1911) * 2004 – [[Jacques Miquelon]], Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1911) *[[2005]] – [[Enrique Laguerre]], Puerto Rican-American author and critic (b. 1906) *[[2008]] – [[Mario Rigoni Stern]], Italian soldier and author (b. 1921) *[[2010]] – [[Marc Bazin]], Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th [[President of Haiti]] (b. 1932) * 2010 – [[Maureen Forrester]], Canadian singer and academic (b. 1930) * 2010 – [[Ronald Neame]], English director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1911) *[[2011]] – [[Östen Mäkitalo]], Swedish engineer and academic (b. 1938) *[[2012]] – [[Nils Karlsson]], Swedish skier (b. 1917) * 2012 – [[Jorge Lankenau]], Mexican banker and businessman (b. 1944) * 2012 – [[Sławomir Petelicki]], Polish general (b. 1946) * 2012 – [[Susan Tyrrell]], American actress (b. 1945) *[[2013]] – [[Sam Farber]], American businessman, co-founded [[OXO (kitchen utensils brand)|OXO]] (b. 1924) * 2013 – [[Hans Hass]], Austrian biologist and diver (b. 1919) * 2013 – [[Khondakar Ashraf Hossain]], Bangladesh poet and academic (b. 1950) * 2013 – [[Norman Ian MacKenzie]], English journalist and author (b. 1921) * 2013 – [[Ottmar Walter]], German footballer (b. 1924) *[[2014]] – [[Tony Gwynn]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1960) * 2014 – [[Cándido Muatetema Rivas]] (b. 1960), Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, [[Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea]] *[[2015]] – [[Charles Correa]], Indian architect and urban planner (b. 1930) * 2015 – [[Jean Vautrin]], French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1933) *[[2016]] – [[Jo Cox]], English political activist and MP (b. 1974)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Langdon |first1=Julia |title=Jo Cox obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/16/jo-cox-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=16 June 2020 |date=16 June 2016}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Helmut Kohl]], German politician, [[Chancellor of Germany]] (b. 1930) *[[2020]] – [[Eduardo Cojuangco Jr.]], Filipino businessman and politician (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tycoon and kingmaker Danding Cojuangco dies |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/06/17/20/tycoon-and-kingmaker-danding-cojuangco-dies |website=ABS-CBN News |access-date=17 June 2020 |date=17 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title='The Boss' passes away at 85 |url=https://sports.mb.com.ph/2020/06/17/the-boss-passes-away-at-85/ |website=Manila Bulletin |access-date=17 June 2020 |date=17 June 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Gino Mäder]], Swiss cyclist (b. 1997)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://bahraincyclingteam.com/statement-regarding-gino-mader/ |title=Statement regarding Gino Mäder |publisher=[[Team Bahrain Victorious]]|accessdate=16 June 2023}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Ludwig Adamovich Jr.]], Austrian constitutional scholar (b. 1932)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Früherer VfGH-Präsident Ludwig Adamovich gestorben |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000224576/frueherer-vfgh-praesident-adamovich-gestorben |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=DER STANDARD |language=de-AT}}</ref> *2024 – [[Barbara Gladstone]], American art dealer and film producer (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Article |first=Andrew Russeth ShareShare This |date=2024-06-17 |title=Barbara Gladstone, Influential New York Art Dealer, Dies at 89 |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/dealer-barbara-gladstone-dead-2501331 |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}}</ref> <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to 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