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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[752]] – [[Pope-elect Stephen]] * [[809]] – [[Ludger]], Frisian [[missionary]] * [[903]] – [[Sugawara no Michizane]], Japanese poet * [[908]] – [[Emperor Ai of Tang|Ai]], emperor of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] (b. 892) * [[922]] – [[Mansur Al-Hallaj]], Persian mystic and poet (b. 858) * [[929]] – [[Wang Du]], Chinese [[warlord]] and governor (''[[jiedushi]]'') * [[973]] – [[Guntram the Rich|Guntram]] ("the Rich"), Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]] * [[983]] – [['Adud al-Dawla]], Iranian ruler (b. 936) *[[1091]] – [[Wallada bint al-Mustakfi]], Andalusian poet<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.historiamujeres.es/aavcordo.html#Wallada|title=Mujeres andaluzas. Biografia. Mujer historia feminismo Andalucia|website=www.historiamujeres.es|language=es}}</ref> *[[1130]] – [[Sigurd the Crusader]], Norwegian king (b. 1090) *[[1132]] – [[Geoffrey of Vendôme]], French cardinal and theologian (b. 1065) *[[1212]] – [[Sancho I of Portugal]] (b. 1154) *[[1242]] – [[William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle]] *[[1324]] – [[Marie de Luxembourg, Queen of France]] (b. 1304) *[[1326]] – [[Alessandra Giliani]], anatomist (b. c. 1307) *[[1350]] – [[Alfonso XI of Castile]] (b. 1312) *[[1402]] – [[David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay]], heir to the throne of Scotland (b. 1378)<ref>{{cite web |title=David Stewart, 1st Duke of Rothesay: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/s/davidstewartrothesay.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=24 October 2020}}</ref> *[[1437]] – [[Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl]], Scottish nobleman and regicide *[[1517]] – [[Heinrich Isaac]], Flemish composer (b. 1450) *[[1535]] – [[Georg Tannstetter]], Austrian mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1482) *[[1546]] – [[Thomas Elyot]], English scholar and diplomat (b. 1490) *[[1566]] – [[Antonio de Cabezón]], Spanish organist and composer (b. 1510) ===1601–1900=== *[[1625]] – [[Giambattista Marini]], Italian poet (b. 1569) *[[1649]] – [[John Winthrop]], English lawyer and politician, 2nd [[Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony]] *[[1679]] – [[Johannes Schefferus]], Swedish historian and author (b. 1621) *[[1697]] – [[Godfrey McCulloch]], Scottish politician (b. 1640) *[[1726]] – [[John Vanbrugh]], English playwright and architect, designed [[Blenheim Palace]] and [[Castle Howard]] (b. 1664) *[[1772]] – [[Charles Pinot Duclos]], French author and politician (b. 1704) *[[1776]] – [[Samuel Ward (Rhode Island politician)|Samuel Ward]], American politician, 31st and 33rd [[List of colonial governors of Rhode Island|Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]] (b. 1725) *[[1780]] – [[Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]] (b. 1713) *[[1793]] – [[John Mudge]], English physician and engineer (b. 1721) *[[1797]] – [[James Hutton]], Scottish geologist and physician (b. 1726) *[[1814]] – [[Joseph-Ignace Guillotin]], French physician and politician (b. 1738) *[[1827]] – [[Ludwig van Beethoven]], German pianist and composer (b. 1770) *[[1858]] – [[John Addison Thomas]], American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd [[United States Assistant Secretary of State]] (b. 1811) *[[1862]] – [[Uriah P. Levy]], American commander (b. 1792) *[[1881]] – [[Roman Sanguszko]], Polish general and activist (b. 1800) *1881 – [[Old Abe]], [[8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment]] Mascot (b. 1861) *[[1885]] – [[Anson Stager]], American general and businessman, co-founded [[Western Union]] (b. 1825) *[[1888]] – [[Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar]] (b. 1837) *[[1892]] – [[Walt Whitman]], American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Cecil Rhodes]], English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of the Cape Colony]] (b. 1853) *[[1905]] – [[Maurice Barrymore]], American actor (b. 1849) *[[1910]] – [[Auguste Charlois]], French astronomer (b. 1864) *[[1920]] – [[William Chester Minor]], American surgeon and lexicographer (b. 1834) *[[1923]] – [[Sarah Bernhardt]], French actress and screenwriter (b. 1844) *[[1926]] – [[Constantin Fehrenbach]], German lawyer and politician, [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]] (b. 1852) *[[1931]] – [[Joseph Dutton]], assisted [[Father Damien]] on the island of [[Molokai]] for 45 years.<ref name="thewandererpress.com">{{cite web |title=Another Molokai Saint? Diocese Of Honolulu Investigates Brother Dutton's Life |url=http://thewandererpress.com/frontpage/another-molokai-saint-diocese-of-honolulu-investigates-brother-duttons-life/ |access-date=21 March 2025 |work=The Wanderer Newspaper|date=26 April 2014}}</ref> *[[1932]] – [[Henry M. Leland]], American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founder of [[Cadillac]] and [[Lincoln (automobile)|Lincoln]] (b. 1843) *[[1934]] – [[John Biller]], American jumper and discus thrower (b. 1877) *[[1940]] – [[Wilhelm Anderson]], German-Estonian astrophysicist (b. 1880) * 1940 – [[Spyridon Louis]], Greek runner (b. 1873) *[[1942]] – [[Jimmy Burke (baseball)|Jimmy Burke]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1874) * 1942 – [[Carolyn Wells]], American novelist and poet (b. 1862)<ref>{{cite web |title=Carolyn Wells {{!}} American writer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carolyn-Wells |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[David Lloyd George]], English-Welsh lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1863) *[[1951]] – [[James F. Hinkle]], American banker and politician, 6th [[Governor of New Mexico]] (b. 1864) *[[1954]] – [[Charles Perrin]], French rower (b. 1875) *[[1957]] – [[Édouard Herriot]], French politician, [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1872) * 1957 – [[Max Ophüls]], German-American director and screenwriter (b. 1902) *[[1958]] – [[Phil Mead]], English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887) *[[1959]] – [[Raymond Chandler]], American crime novelist and screenwriter (b. 1888) *1965 - [[Alice Herz]], German peace activist who [[Self-immolation|self-immolated]] in protest of [[U.S. imperialism]] (b. 1882) [https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-alice-herz-death-noti/104368395/ 1] *[[1966]] – [[Victor Hochepied]], French swimmer (b. 1883) * 1966 – [[Cyril Hume]], American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1900)<ref name="Durward 1938">{{cite book |last1=Howes |first1=Durward |title=America's Young Men |date=1938 |publisher=Richard Blank Publishing Company |page=292 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZQ6AQAAIAAJ&q=%22helen+chandler%22+cyril+hume}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cyril Hume dies; wrote for films; did 'Great Gatsby' script in 1949--also a novelist |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/03/28/283355602.html?pageNumber=33 |access-date=17 October 2021 |work=[[New York Times]] |date=March 28, 1966 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[John Kennedy Toole]], American novelist (b. 1937) *[[1973]] – [[Noël Coward]], English playwright, actor, and composer (b. 1899) * 1973 – [[Johnny Drake]], American football player (b. 1916) *[[1979]] – [[Beauford Delaney]], American-French painter (b. 1901) * 1979 – [[Jean Stafford]], American author and academic (b. 1915) *[[1980]] – [[Roland Barthes]], French linguist and critic (b. 1915) *[[1983]] – [[Anthony Blunt]], English historian and spy (b. 1907) *[[1984]] – [[Ahmed Sékou Touré]], Guinean politician, 1st [[President of Guinea]] (b. 1922) *[[1987]] – [[Eugen Jochum]], German conductor (b. 1902) * 1987 – [[Walter Abel]], American actor (b. 1898) *[[1990]] – [[Halston]], American fashion designer (b. 1932) *[[1992]] – [[Barbara Frum]], American-Canadian journalist and radio host (b. 1937) *[[1993]] – [[Louis Falco]], American dancer and choreographer (b. 1942) *[[1995]] – [[Eazy-E]], American rapper and producer (b. 1964) *[[1996]] – [[Edmund Muskie]], American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th [[United States Secretary of State]] (b. 1914) * 1996 – [[David Packard]], American engineer and businessman, co-founded [[Hewlett-Packard]] (b. 1912) * 1996 – [[John Snagge]], English journalist (b. 1904) *[[2000]] – [[Alex Comfort]], English physician and author (b. 1920) *[[2002]] – [[Randy Castillo]], American drummer and songwriter (b. 1950) *[[2003]] – [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]], American sociologist and politician, 12th [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]] (b. 1927) *[[2004]] – [[Jan Sterling]], American actress (b. 1921) *[[2005]] – [[James Callaghan]], English lieutenant and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1912) * 2005 – [[Frederick Rotimi Williams]], Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1920) *[[2006]] – [[Anil Biswas (politician)|Anil Biswas]], Indian journalist and politician (b. 1944) * 2006 – [[Paul Dana]], American racing driver (b. 1975) * 2006 – [[Nikki Sudden]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956) *[[2008]] – [[Robert Fagles]], American poet and academic (b. 1933) * 2008 – [[Manuel Marulanda]], Colombian rebel leader (b. 1930) *[[2009]] – [[Shane McConkey]], Canadian skier and [[BASE jumping|BASE]] jumper (b. 1969) * 2009 – [[Arne Bendiksen]], Norwegian singer and composer (b. 1926) *[[2010]] – [[Charles Ryskamp]], American art collector and curator (b. 1928) *[[2011]] – [[Roger Abbott]], English-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1946) * 2011 – [[Geraldine Ferraro]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1935) * 2011 – [[Diana Wynne Jones]], English author (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web |title=Diana Wynne Jones {{!}} British writer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diana-Wynne-Jones |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=10 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Sisto Averno]], American football player (b. 1925) * 2012 – [[Michael Begley (politician)|Michael Begley]], Irish carpenter and politician (b. 1932) * 2012 – [[Thomas M. Cover]], American theorist and academic (b. 1938) * 2012 – [[David Craighead (organist)|David Craighead]], American organist and educator (b. 1924) * 2012 – [[Manik Godghate]], Indian poet and educator (b. 1937) * 2012 – [[Helmer Ringgren]], Swedish theologian and academic (b. 1917) *[[2013]] – [[Tom Boerwinkle]], American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1945) * 2013 – [[Krzysztof Kozłowski]], Polish journalist and politician, [[Ministry of Interior and Administration (Poland)|Polish Minister of Interior]] (b. 1931) * 2013 – [[Dave Leggett]], American baseball player (b. 1933) * 2013 – [[Don Payne (writer)|Don Payne]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1964) *[[2014]] – [[Roger Birkman]], American psychologist and author (b. 1919) * 2014 – [[Dick Guidry]], American businessman and politician (b. 1929) * 2014 – [[Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball]], English politician (b. 1928) *[[2015]] – [[Dinkha IV]], Iraqi patriarch (b. 1935) * 2015 – [[Friedrich L. Bauer]], German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1924) * 2015 – [[Tomas Tranströmer]], Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1931) *[[2016]] – [[Jim Harrison]], American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1937) *[[2018]] – [[Fabrizio Frizzi]], Italian television presenter (b. 1958) *[[2023]] – [[María Kodama]], Argentine writer and translator (b. 1937)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Genzlinger |first1=Neil |title=María Kodama, Keeper of the Borges Legacy, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/books/maria-kodama-dead.html |access-date=11 April 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=9 April 2023}}</ref> * 2023 – [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent Vareed Thekkethala]], Indian actor and politician (b. 1948)<ref>{{cite news |title=Malayalam actor Innocent passes away at 75 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/malayalam-actor-innocent-passes-away-8519027/ |access-date=27 March 2023 |work=The Indian Express |date=26 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref> * 2023 – [[Jacob Ziv]], Israeli electrical engineer, developed the [[LZ77 and LZ78|LZ family]] of compression algorithms (b. 1931)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Israel Academy mourns the passing of its past President Prof. Jacob Ziv |url=https://www.academy.ac.il/News/NewsItem.aspx?nodeId=837&id=2518 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=www.academy.ac.il |language=en}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Esther Coopersmith]], American diplomat, [[UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador|UNESCO goodwill ambassador]] (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Langer |first1=Emily |title=Esther Coopersmith, Washington diplomat and doyenne, dies at 94 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/03/28/esther-coopersmith-washington-dead/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=March 29, 2024 |date=March 28, 2024}}</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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