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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[532]] – [[Winwaloe]], founder of [[Landévennec Abbey]] (b. c. 460) *[[1009]] – [[Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo]], Umayyad chief minister (b. 983) *[[1195]] – [[Hugh de Puiset]], bishop of Durham (b. c. 1125) *[[1239]] – [[Vladimir IV Rurikovich]], Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187) *[[1311]] – [[Antony Bek (bishop of Durham)|Antony Bek]], bishop of Durham *[[1323]] – [[Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle]], English military leader *[[1383]] – [[Hugh III of Arborea|Hugh III]], Italian nobleman *[[1459]] – [[Ausiàs March]], Catalan knight and poet (b. 1397) *[[1542]] – [[Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle]], illegitimate son of Edward IV *[[1554]] – [[John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony|John Frederick I]], Elector of Saxony (b. 1503) *[[1578]] – [[Sebastiano Venier]], doge of Venice (b. 1496) * 1578 – [[Michael Kantakouzenos Şeytanoğlu]], Ottoman Greek magnate *[[1588]] – [[Henry XI of Legnica|Henry XI]], duke of Legnica (b. 1539) *[[1592]] – [[Michael Coxcie]], Flemish painter (b. 1499) ===1601–1900=== *[[1611]] – [[William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus]], Scottish nobleman (b. 1552) *[[1616]] – [[Matthias de l'Obel]], Flemish physician and botanist (b. 1538) *[[1700]] – [[Rajaram I|Chhatrapati Rajaram]], 3rd Chhatrapati of [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]] (b. 1670)<ref>{{cite book|author=Śālinī Pāṭīla|title=Maharani Tarabai of Kolhapur, c. 1675-1761 A.D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eh1BAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=S. Chand & Co.|isbn=978-81-219-0269-4|page=74|access-date=2019-03-02|archive-date=2020-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805135709/https://books.google.com/books?id=Eh1BAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1703]] – [[Robert Hooke]], English architect and philosopher (b. 1635) *[[1744]] – [[Jean Barbeyrac]], French scholar and jurist (b. 1674) *[[1765]] – [[William Stukeley]], English archaeologist and historian (b. 1687) *[[1768]] – [[Nicola Porpora]], Italian composer and educator (b. 1686) *[[1789]] – [[Ghulam Kadir]], leader of the Afghan Rohilla<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Malik|first=Zahiruddin|date=1982|title=Persian Documents pertaining to the tragic End of Ghulam Qadir Rohilla, 1780–1789|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=43|pages=565–571|issn=2249-1937|jstor=44141288}}</ref> *[[1792]] – [[Robert Adam]], Scottish-English architect and politician, designed the [[Culzean Castle]] (b. 1728) *[[1850]] – [[Oliver Cowdery]], American religious leader (b. 1806) *[[1894]] – [[Ned Williamson]], American baseball player (b. 1857) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[George Gilman]], American businessman, founded [[The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company]] (b. 1826) *[[1905]] – [[Antonio Annetto Caruana]], Maltese archaeologist and author (b. 1830) *[[1927]] – [[Mikhail Artsybashev]], Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1878) * 1927 – [[J. G. Parry-Thomas]], Welsh race car driver and engineer (b. 1884) *[[1929]] – [[Katharine Wright]], American educator (b. 1874)<ref>{{cite book|first=Arthur George|last=Renstrom|title=Wilbur & Orville Wright: A Reissue of a Chronology Commemorating Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Orville Wright, August 19, 1871|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher= Office of External Relations, National Aeronautics and Space Administration|year=2003|page=49|oclc=521599277}}</ref> *[[1932]] – [[Eugen d'Albert]], Scottish-German pianist and composer (b. 1864) *[[1943]] – [[George Thompson (cricketer)|George Thompson]], English cricketer and umpire (b. 1877) *[[1949]] – [[Katherine Sleeper Walden]], American environmental activist (b. 1862)<ref name="CSWDeathCertificate">{{cite web | last=Quinby | first=Robert S. | title=Certificate of Death – Catharine Sleeper Walden | url=https://www.chinookhistoryproject.org/uploads/4/9/4/7/49477275/death_certificate_-_katharine_sleeper_walden.jpg |date=March 3, 1949 |archive-url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Death_certificate_-_Katharine_Sleeper_Walden.jpg |archive-date=April 2, 2024 |url-status=live |place=Tamworth, New Hampshire | access-date=2025-03-03}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Lou Costello]], American actor and comedian (b. 1906) *[[1961]] – [[Azizul Haq (scholar, born 1903)|Azizul Haq]], Bengali Islamic scholar (b. 1903)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Islam|first=Amirul |url=https://www.rokomari.com/book/110213/sonar-bangla-hirar-khoni-45-auliar-jiboni|language=bn|title=সোনার বাংলা হীরার খনি ৪৫ আউলিয়ার জীবনী |publisher=Kohinoor Library |year=2012 |pages=68–73}}</ref> * 1961 – [[Paul Wittgenstein]], Austrian-American pianist (b. 1887) *[[1966]] – [[Joseph Fields]], American playwright, director, and producer (b. 1895) * 1966 – [[William Frawley]], American actor and vaudevillian (b. 1887) * 1966 – [[Alice Pearce]], American actress (b. 1917) *[[1981]] – [[Rebecca Lancefield]], American microbiologist and researcher (b. 1895) *[[1982]] – [[Firaq Gorakhpuri]], Indian poet and critic (b. 1896) * 1982 – [[Georges Perec]], French author and screenwriter (b. 1936) *[[1983]] – [[Hergé]], Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1907) *[[1987]] – [[Danny Kaye]], American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1911) *[[1988]] – [[Henryk Szeryng]], Polish-Mexican violinist and composer (b. 1918) * 1988 – [[Sewall Wright]], American biologist and geneticist (b. 1889) *[[1990]] – [[Charlotte Moore Sitterly]], American astronomer (b. 1898) *[[1991]] – [[Arthur Murray]], American dancer and educator (b. 1895) * 1991 – [[William Penney, Baron Penney]], Gibraltar-born English mathematician, physicist, and academic (b. 1909) *[[1993]] – [[Mel Bradford]], American author and critic (b. 1934) * 1993 – [[Carlos Marcello]], Tunisian-American mob boss (b. 1910) * 1993 – [[Carlos Montoya]], Spanish guitarist and composer (b. 1903) * 1993 – [[Albert Sabin]], Polish-American physician and virologist (b. 1906) *[[1994]] – [[John Edward Williams]], American author and academic (b. 1922) *[[1995]] – [[Howard W. Hunter]], American religious leader, 14th [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. 1907) *[[1996]] – [[Marguerite Duras]], French author and director (b. 1914) * 1996 – [[John Krol]], American cardinal (b. 1910) *[[1998]] – [[Fred W. Friendly]], American journalist and broadcaster (b. 1915) *[[1999]] – [[Gerhard Herzberg]], German-Canadian chemist and astronomer, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1904) * 1999 – [[Lee Philips]], American actor and director (b. 1927) *[[2000]] – [[Toni Ortelli]], Italian composer and conductor (b. 1904) *[[2001]] – [[Louis Edmonds]], American actor (b. 1923) * 2001 – [[Eugene Sledge]], American soldier, author, and academic (b. 1923) *[[2002]] – [[G. M. C. Balayogi]], Indian lawyer and politician, 12th [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] (b. 1951) *[[2003]] – [[Horst Buchholz]], German actor (b. 1933) * 2003 – [[Luis Marden]], American linguist, photographer, and explorer (b. 1913) * 2003 – [[Goffredo Petrassi]], Italian composer and conductor (b. 1904) *[[2005]] – [[Max Fisher]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1928) *[[2006]] – [[Ivor Cutler]], Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1923) * 2006 – [[Else Fisher]], Australian-Swedish dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1918) * 2006 – [[William Herskovic]], Hungarian-American humanitarian (b. 1914) *[[2007]] – [[Osvaldo Cavandoli]], Italian cartoonist (b. 1920) *[[2008]] – [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]], Italian tenor and actor (b. 1921) * 2008 – [[Norman Smith (record producer)|Norman Smith]], English drummer and producer (b. 1923) *[[2009]] – [[Gilbert Parent]], Canadian educator and politician, 33rd [[Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada]] (b. 1935) *[[2010]] – [[Keith Alexander (footballer)|Keith Alexander]], English footballer and manager (b. 1956) * 2010 – [[Michael Foot]], English journalist and politician, [[Secretary of State for Employment]] (b. 1913) *[[2011]] – [[May Cutler]], Canadian journalist, author, and politician (b. 1923) *[[2012]] – [[Ralph McQuarrie]], American conceptual designer and illustrator (b. 1929) * 2012 – [[Ronnie Montrose]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1947) * 2012 – [[Alex Webster (American football)|Alex Webster]], American football player and coach (b. 1931) *[[2013]] – [[Luis Cubilla]], Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1940) * 2013 – [[Bobby Rogers]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1940) * 2013 – [[James Strong (Australian businessman)|James Strong]], [[Qantas]] CEO from 1993 to 2001 (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite news|title=Qantas director James Strong dies|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-03/former-qantas-director-james-strong-dies/4550590|access-date=3 March 2020|publisher=ABC News|date=4 March 2013|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803095924/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-03/former-qantas-director-james-strong-dies/4550590|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Robert Ashley]], American soldier and composer (b. 1930) * 2014 – [[Sherwin B. Nuland]], American surgeon, author, and educator (b. 1930) * 2014 – [[William R. Pogue]], American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930) *[[2015]] – [[Ernest Braun]], Austrian-English physicist and academic (b. 1925) * 2015 – [[M. Stanton Evans]], American journalist and author (b. 1934) *[[2016]] – [[Hayabusa (wrestler)|Hayabusa]], Japanese wrestler (b. 1968) * 2016 – [[Berta Cáceres]], Honduran environmentalist (b. 1973) * 2016 – [[Martin Crowe]], New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1962) * 2016 – [[Thanat Khoman]], Thai politician and diplomat, [[Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand]] (b. 1914) * 2016 – [[Sarah Tait]], Australian Olympic rower (b. 1983)<ref>{{cite news|title=Sarah Tait, Australian rowing icon, dies of cancer aged 33|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-03/aussie-rowing-champ-tait-dies-of-cancer2c-aged-33/7216724|access-date=3 March 2020|work=ABC News|date=3 March 2016|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803100805/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-03/aussie-rowing-champ-tait-dies-of-cancer2c-aged-33/7216724|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[René Préval]], Haitian politician (b. 1943) *[[2018]] – [[Roger Bannister]], English middle-distance athlete, first man to run a four-minute mile (b. 1929) * 2018 – [[Mal Bryce]], Australian politician (b. 1943)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-04/former-wa-deputy-premier-mal-bryce-dies/9507390 |title=Mal Bryce, former WA deputy premier, dies at 74 |first1=David |last1=Weber |first2=Irena |last2=Ceranic |date=4 March 2018 |work=ABC News |access-date=3 March 2020 |archive-date=16 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016233613/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-04/former-wa-deputy-premier-mal-bryce-dies/9507390 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2018 – [[Vanessa Goodwin]], Australian politician (b. 1969)<ref>{{cite news|title=Former Attorney-General Vanessa Goodwin dies after a battle with brain cancer|url=http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/former-attorneygeneral-vanessa-goodwin-dies-after-a-battle-with-brain-cancer/news-story/a7942de264c6a4858523c101f2a35dfe|access-date=3 March 2018|work=The Mercury|date=3 March 2020|archive-date=5 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305014057/http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/former-attorneygeneral-vanessa-goodwin-dies-after-a-battle-with-brain-cancer/news-story/a7942de264c6a4858523c101f2a35dfe|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2018 – [[David Ogden Stiers]], American actor, voice actor and musician (b. 1942) *[[2019]] – [[Peter Hurford]] OBE, British organist and composer (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/the-organist-and-choirmaster-peter-hurford-has-died|title=The organist and choirmaster Peter Hurford has died=Gramophone|date=2019-03-04|access-date=2019-03-25|archive-date=2019-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331154317/https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/the-organist-and-choirmaster-peter-hurford-has-died|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Charles J. Urstadt]], American real estate executive and investor (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://westfaironline.com/122052/charles-j-urstadt-real-estate-executive-and-former-ny-housing-commissioner-dies-at-91/|title=Charles J. Urstadt, real estate executive and former NY housing commissioner, dies at 91|publisher=West Fair Online|date=2020-03-10|access-date=2020-03-11|archive-date=2020-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310160015/https://westfaironline.com/122052/charles-j-urstadt-real-estate-executive-and-former-ny-housing-commissioner-dies-at-91/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Kenzaburō Ōe]], Japanese novelist, 1994 Nobel Prize laureate in Literature (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20230313/k10014006861000.html|title=ノーベル文学賞 大江健三郎さん 死去 88歳 (Death of Literature Nobel laurate Kenzaburou Oue at 88 years old)|date=2023-03-13|access-date=2023-03-13}}</ref> * 2023 – [[Tom Sizemore]], American actor (b. 1961)<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Sizemore, 'Saving Private Ryan' Actor, Dies at 61|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/tom-sizemore-taken-off-life-support-brain-aneurysm-1235538021/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=4 March 2023 |access-date=3 March 2024}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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