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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[45 BC]] – [[Titus Labienus]], Roman general (b. 100 BC) * 45 BC – [[Publius Attius Varus]], Roman governor of Africa * [[180]] – [[Marcus Aurelius]], Roman emperor (b. 121) * [[659]] – [[Gertrude of Nivelles]], Frankish abbess * [[836]] – [[Haito]], bishop of Basel * [[905]] – [[Li Yu, Prince of De]], prince and emperor of the Tang Dynasty *[[1008]] – [[Emperor Kazan|Kazan]], emperor of Japan (b. 968) *[[1040]] – [[Harold Harefoot]], king of England<ref>{{cite web |title=Harold I {{!}} king of England |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harold-I |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1058]] – [[Lulach]], king of Scotland *[[1199]] – [[Jocelin of Glasgow]], Scottish monk and bishop (b. 1130) *[[1267]] – [[Pierre de Montreuil]], French architect *[[1270]] – [[Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre|Philip of Montfort]], French knight and nobleman *[[1272]] – [[Emperor Go-Saga|Go-Saga]], emperor of Japan (b. 1220) *[[1361]] – [[An-Nasir Hasan]], Mamluk sultan of Egypt *[[1394]] – [[Louis, Count of Enghien|Louis of Enghien]], French nobleman *[[1406]] – [[Ibn Khaldun]], Tunisian sociologist, historian, and scholar (b. 1332) *[[1425]] – [[Ashikaga Yoshikazu]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1407) *[[1516]] – [[Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours|Giuliano de' Medici]], Italian nobleman (b. 1479) *[[1527]] – [[Rana Sanga]], Indian ruler (b. 1482) *[[1565]] – [[Alexander Ales]], Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1500) ===1601–1900=== *[[1611]] – [[Princess Sophia of Sweden|Sophia of Sweden]], duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1547) *[[1620]] – [[John Sarkander]], Polish-Moravian priest and saint (b. 1576) *[[1640]] – [[Philip Massinger]], English playwright (b. 1583) *[[1649]] – [[Gabriel Lalemant]], French missionary and saint (b. 1610) *[[1663]] – [[Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland]], English diplomat (b. 1605) *[[1680]] – [[François de La Rochefoucauld (writer)|François de La Rochefoucauld]], French author (b. 1613) *[[1704]] – [[Menno van Coehoorn]], Dutch soldier and engineer (b. 1641) *[[1715]] – [[Gilbert Burnet]], Scottish bishop and historian (b. 1643) *[[1741]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Rousseau]], French poet and playwright (b. 1671) *[[1764]] – [[George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield]], English astronomer and politician (b. 1695) *[[1782]] – [[Daniel Bernoulli]], Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1700) *[[1828]] – [[James Edward Smith (botanist)|James Edward Smith]], English botanist and entomologist (b. 1759) *[[1829]] – [[Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg|Sophia Albertina]], princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1753) *[[1830]] – [[Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr]], French general and politician (b. 1764) *[[1846]] – [[Friedrich Bessel]], German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784) *[[1849]] – [[William II of the Netherlands|William II]], Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792) *[[1853]] – [[Christian Doppler]], Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803) *[[1871]] – [[Robert Chambers (publisher born 1802)|Robert Chambers]], Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded [[Chambers Harrap]] (b. 1802) *[[1875]] – [[Ferdinand Laub]], Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832) *[[1893]] – [[Jules Ferry]], French lawyer and politician, 44th [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1832) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[John Houlding]], English businessman, founded [[Liverpool Football Club]] (b. 1833)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kennedy |first=David |title=The Man Who Created Merseyside Football |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2022 |isbn=978-1538141236 |edition=1st |location=Lanham, Maryland, USA}}</ref> *[[1917]] – [[Franz Brentano]], German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838) *[[1926]] – [[Aleksei Brusilov]], Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853) *[[1934]] – [[Bede Jarrett]], English Dominican priest (b. 1881)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wykeham-George |first1=Kenneth |last2=Mathew |first2=Gervase |author2-link=Gervase Mathew |title=Bede Jarrett of the Order of Preachers |date=1952 |publisher=The Newman Press |location=Westminster, Maryland |page=153 |url=https://archive.org/details/bedejarrettoford0000wyke/mode/2up}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Philomène Belliveau]], Canadian artist (b. 1854) *[[1942]] – [[Nada Dimić]], [[People's Hero of Yugoslavia]], victim of [[Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia|Genocide of Serbs]] (b. 1923)<ref name="narodni heroji">{{cite web |title=Narodni heroji Jugoslavije |url=http://www.slobodnajugoslavija.org/sloyuknjige/NarodniHerojiJugoslavije.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728031759/http://www.slobodnajugoslavija.org/sloyuknjige/NarodniHerojiJugoslavije.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2011 |pages=101–102|date=1975}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Dai Li]], Chinese general (b. 1897) *[[1947]] – [[Mike the Headless Chicken|Mike]], American [[Wyandotte chicken]], lived 18 months following decapitation (h. 1945)<ref>{{cite web| title=Mike's Story| url=http://www.miketheheadlesschicken.org| publisher=Mike the Headless Chicken| year=2007| access-date=June 21, 2023| archive-date=May 26, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526080119/http://www.miketheheadlesschicken.org/| url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1949]] – [[Aleksandra Ekster]], Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882) *[[1956]] – [[Fred Allen]], American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894) * 1956 – [[Irène Joliot-Curie]], French physicist and chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1897) *[[1957]] – [[Ramon Magsaysay]], Filipino captain and politician, 7th [[President of the Philippines]] (b. 1907) *[[1958]] – [[John Pius Boland]], Irish tennis player and politician (b. 1870) * 1958 – [[Bertha De Vriese]], Belgian physician (b. 1877) *[[1961]] – [[Susanna M. Salter]], American activist and politician (b. 1860) *[[1965]] – [[Amos Alonzo Stagg]], American football player and coach (b. 1862) *[[1974]] – [[Louis Kahn]], American architect and academic, designed [[Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban]] (b. 1901) *[[1976]] – [[Luchino Visconti]], Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1906) *[[1981]] – [[Paul Dean (baseball)|Paul Dean]], American baseball player (b. 1913) *[[1983]] – [[Haldan Keffer Hartline]], American physiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1903) * 1983 – [[Louisa E. Rhine]], American botanist and parapsychologist (b. 1891) *[[1986]] – [[Clarence D. Lester]], African-American fighter pilot (b. 1923) *[[1990]] – [[Capucine]], French model and actress (b. 1928) * 1990 – [[Dinkar G. Kelkar]], Indian art collector (b. 1896)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kelkar |first1=B. S. |last2=Kelkar |first2=G. R. |last3=Kelkar |first3=Y. S. |title=Kelkar Kulavruttanta |date=1993 |publisher=Yashodeep Typesetting |location=[[Thane]]|pages=82, 83}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Grace Stafford]], American actress (b. 1903) *[[1993]] – [[Helen Hayes]], American actress (b. 1900) *[[1994]] – [[Charlotte Auerbach]], German-Jewish Scottish folklorist, geneticist, and zoologist (b. 1899)<ref>{{cite book|first=Catharine M. C.|last=Haines|title=International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950|location=Santa Barbara|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2001|isbn=978-1-57607-090-1|page=10}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Mai Zetterling]], Swedish-English actress and director (b. 1925) *[[1995]] – [[Sunnyland Slim]], American blues pianist (b. 1906) *[[1996]] – [[René Clément]], French director and screenwriter (b. 1913) * 1996 – [[Terry Stafford]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1941) *[[1997]] – [[Jermaine Stewart]], American singer-songwriter and dancer (b. 1957) *[[1999]] – [[Ernest Gold (composer)|Ernest Gold]], Austrian-American composer (b. 1921) * 1999 – [[Jean Pierre-Bloch]], French activist (b. 1905) *[[2001]] – [[Anthony Storr]], English psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite web |last=Stevens |first=Anthony |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/mar/20/guardianobituaries.highereducation |title=Obituary: Anthony Storr |website=[[The Guardian]] |date=20 March 2001 |access-date=2023-05-18}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Rosetta LeNoire]], American actress and producer (b. 1911) * 2002 – [[Văn Tiến Dũng]], Vietnamese general and politician, 6th [[Minister of Defence (Vietnam)|Minister of Defence for Vietnam]] (b. 1917) * 2002 – [[Sylvester Weaver (executive)|Sylvester "Pat" Weaver]], American television broadcaster and producer (b. 1908) *[[2005]] – [[Royce Frith]], Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, [[Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom]] (b. 1923) * 2005 – [[George F. Kennan]], American historian and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union]] (b. 1904) * 2005 – [[Andre Norton]], American author (b. 1912) *[[2006]] – [[Oleg Cassini]], French-American fashion designer (b. 1913) * 2006 – [[Ray Meyer]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1913) * 2006 – [[İstemihan Taviloğlu]], Turkish composer and educator (b. 1945) *[[2007]] – [[John Backus]], American mathematician and computer scientist, designed [[Fortran]] (b. 1924) *[[2008]] – [[Roland Arnall]], French-American businessman and diplomat, 63rd [[United States Ambassador to the Netherlands]] (b. 1939) *[[2009]] – [[Clodovil Hernandes]], Brazilian television host and politician (b. 1937) *[[2010]] – [[Alex Chilton]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1950) * 2010 – [[Sid Fleischman]], American author and screenwriter (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit |title=Sid Fleischman, Children's Author, Dies at 90|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/books/25fleischman.html |accessdate=19 October 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=24 March 2010 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> *[[2011]] – [[Michael Gough]], English actor (b. 1916) * 2011 – [[Ferlin Husky]], American country music singer (b. 1925) *[[2012]] – [[Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria|Shenouda III]], pope of Alexandria (b. 1923) * 2012 – [[Margaret Whitlam]], Australian swimmer and author (b. 1919) *[[2013]] – [[William B. Caldwell III]], American general (b. 1925) * 2013 – [[Lawrence Fuchs]], American scholar and academic (b. 1927) * 2013 – [[A.B.C. Whipple]], American journalist and historian (b. 1918) *[[2014]] – [[Marek Galiński (cyclist)|Marek Galiński]], Polish cyclist (b. 1974) * 2014 – [[Joseph Kerman]], American musicologist and critic (b. 1924) * 2014 – [[Rachel Lambert Mellon]], American gardener, philanthropist, art collector and political patron (b. 1910) *[[2015]] – [[Frank Perris]], Canadian motorcycle racer (b. 1931) *[[2016]] – [[Meir Dagan]], Israeli general (b. 1945) * 2016 – [[Zoltán Kamondi]], Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1960) *[[2018]] – [[Mike MacDonald (comedian)|Mike MacDonald]], Canadian comedian (b. 1954)<ref>{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=2018-03-19 |title=Mike MacDonald, Canadian Stand-Up Star, Is Dead at 63 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/obituaries/mike-macdonald-canadian-stand-up-star-is-dead-at-62.html |access-date=2023-03-18 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Phan Văn Khải]], the fifth [[Prime Minister of Vietnam]] (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reformist ex-premier of Vietnam is dead at 84 – DW – 03/17/2018 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/vietnams-reformist-ex-pm-phan-van-khai-dies-at-age-84/a-43020787 |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[John Magufuli]], the fifth [[President of Tanzania]] (b. 1959)<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Burke |first1=Jason |last2=correspondent |first2=Jason Burke Africa |date=2021-03-18 |title=Tanzania's Covid-denying president, John Magufuli, dies aged 61 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/17/tanzanias-president-john-magufuli-dies-aged-61 |access-date=2023-03-18 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Lance Reddick]], American actor (b. 1962)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trepany |first=Morgan Hines and Charles |title='The Wire,' 'John Wick' actor Lance Reddick dies at 60 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/03/17/lance-reddick-dies-the-wire-john-wick-actor/11493481002/ |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[John_Hemingway_(RAF_officer)|John Hemingway]], Irish fighter pilot (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://raf.mod.uk/news/articles/the-last-surviving-battle-of-britain-pilot-john-paddy-hemingway-dfc-passes-away/|title=The last surviving Battle of Britain Pilot, John 'Paddy' Hemingway DFC, passes away|work=[[Royal Air Force]]|date=17 March 2025|access-date=17 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Lawrence|first=Jessica|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg1z42pkj8o|title='End of an era': Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies|work=[[BBC News]]|date=17 March 2025|access-date=17 March 2025}}</ref> *2025 – [[Lee Shau-kee]], Hong Kong real estate billionaire (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kandell |first=Jonathan |date=March 17, 2025 |title=Lee Shau-Kee, Hong Kong Real Estate Tycoon, Dies at 97 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/business/lee-shau-kee-dead.html |access-date=April 8, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> <!-- Please do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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