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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 19]] – [[Germanicus]], Roman general (b. 15 BC) * [[644]] – [[Paulinus of York]], English bishop and missionary * [[680]] – [[Abbas ibn Ali]], son of [[Imam Ali]] * 680 – [[Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn]], son of [[Husayn ibn Ali|Al-Husayn]] * 680 – [[Habib ibn Madhahir]] * 680 – [[Husayn ibn Ali]], third Shia [[Imam]] and grandson of [[Muhammad]] (b. 626) * [[827]] – [[Pope Valentine]] (b. 800) * [[937]] – [[Wang Lingmou]], chancellor of [[Wu (Ten Kingdoms)|Wu]] *[[1149]] – [[Al-Hafiz]], [[Fatimid]] imam-caliph (b. 1074/77)<ref>{{cite book | last = Halm | first = Heinz | author-link = Heinz Halm | title = Kalifen und Assassinen: Ägypten und der vordere Orient zur Zeit der ersten Kreuzzüge, 1074–1171 | trans-title = Caliphs and Assassins: Egypt and the Near East at the Time of the First Crusades, 1074–1171 | language = de | publisher = C.H. Beck | location = Munich | year = 2014 | isbn = 978-3-406-66163-1 | page= 222}}</ref> *1174 – [[Adela of Ponthieu, Countess of Surrey]]<ref>[[George Edward Cokayne|Cokayne, George Edward]] (1953) ''[[The Complete Peerage]]'', Vol. XII/1 London: St. Catherine Press. p. 377.</ref> *[[1213]] – [[Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine]] *[[1308]] – [[Patrick Dunbar, 8th Earl of Dunbar]] *[[1359]] – [[Hugh IV of Cyprus]] (b. 1295) *[[1503]] – [[Peter II, Duke of Bourbon]] (b. 1438) *[[1581]] – [[Bayinnaung]], Burmese king (b. 1516)<ref name=hy-3-61>(Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 61): Tuesday, Full moon of Tazaungmon 943 ME = 10 October 1581; {{cite book | author=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | title=Hmannan Yazawin | volume=1–3 | year=1832 | location=Yangon | language=my | edition=2003 | publisher=Ministry of Information, Myanmar | author-link=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | title-link=Hmannan Yazawin}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1659]] – [[Abel Tasman]], Dutch merchant and explorer (b. 1603) *[[1691]] – [[Isaac de Benserade]], French author and poet (b. 1613) *[[1708]] – [[David Gregory (mathematician)|David Gregory]], Scottish mathematician and astronomer (b. 1659) *[[1714]] – [[Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert]], French economist and academic (b. 1646) *[[1720]] – [[Antoine Coysevox]], French sculptor (b. 1640) *[[1723]] – [[William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper]], English lawyer and politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain]] (b. 1665) *[[1725]] – [[Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil]], French politician, [[Governor of New France]] (b. 1643) *[[1747]] – [[John Potter (bishop)|John Potter]], English archbishop and academic (b. 1674) *[[1759]] – [[Granville Elliott]], English general (b. 1713) *[[1765]] – [[Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (b. 1688) *[[1795]] – [[Francesco Antonio Zaccaria]], Italian historian and theologian (b. 1714) *[[1800]] – [[Gabriel Prosser]], American rebel leader (b. 1776) *[[1806]] – [[Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772–1806)|Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia]] (b. 1772) *[[1827]] – [[Ugo Foscolo]], Italian author and poet (b. 1778) *[[1837]] – [[Charles Fourier]], French philosopher and academic (b. 1772)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Fourier {{!}} French philosopher |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Fourier |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=13 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1857]] – [[George Washington Parke Custis]], American author and playwright (b. 1781) *[[1872]] – [[William H. Seward]], American lawyer and politician, 24th [[United States Secretary of State]] (b. 1801) *[[1875]] – [[Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy]], Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1817) *[[1876]] – [[Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville]], French geologist and meteorologist (b. 1814) *[[1893]] – [[Lip Pike]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1845) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Lorenzo Snow]], American religious leader, 5th [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. 1814) *[[1913]] – [[Adolphus Busch]], German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded [[Anheuser-Busch]] (b. 1839) * 1913 – [[Katsura Tarō]], Japanese general and politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. 1848) *[[1914]] – [[Carol I of Romania]] (b. 1839) *[[1918]] – [[Henry Dobson]], Australian politician, 17th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1841) *[[1922]] – [[Andreas Karkavitsas]], Greek physician and author (b. 1866) *[[1923]] – [[Andrés Avelino Cáceres]], Peruvian general, [[President of Peru]] (b. 1836)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Basadre |first=Jorge |year=2005 |orig-year=First published 1939 |title=Historia de la República del Perú (1822–1933) |volume=14 |page=94 |edition=9th |language=es |trans-title=History of the Republic of Peru (1822–1933) |location=Lima |publisher=El Comercio |isbn=978-612-306-367-2}}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[August Kitzberg]], Estonian author and playwright (b. 1855) * 1927 – [[Gustave Whitehead]], German-American pilot and engineer (b. 1874) *[[1930]] – [[Adolf Engler]], German botanist and academic (b. 1844) *[[1935]] – [[Gustave Loiseau]], French painter (b. 1865) *[[1936]] – [[Abul Kasem (politician, born 1872)|Abul Kasem]], Bengali politician (b. [[1872]])<ref name="BP">{{cite Banglapedia|article=Kasem, Abul|author=[[Badruddin Umar|Umar, Badruddin]]}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Berton Churchill]], Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1876) *[[1942]] – [[Arnold Majewski]], Finnish military hero of Polish descent (killed in action) (b. [[1892]])<ref name="castrén">Castrén, Klaus: [https://www.genealogia.fi/genos-old/70/70_38.htm Majewski-suku Suomessa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202929/https://www.genealogia.fi/genos-old/70/70_38.htm |date=2021-06-24 }}, GENOS – journal of the Finnish genealogy society, issue #70/1999. Accessed on 24 June 2021.</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Ted Horn]], American race car driver (b. 1910) *[[1949]] – [[Chikuhei Nakajima]], Japanese engineer, businessman, and politician, founded [[Nakajima Aircraft Company]] (b. 1884) *[[1953]] – [[Erima Harvey Northcroft]], New Zealand general, lawyer, and judge (b. 1884) *[[1957]] – [[Karl Genzken]], German physician (b. 1885) *[[1962]] – [[Stancho Belkovski]], Bulgarian-Polish architect (b. 1891) *[[1963]] – [[Roy Cazaly]], Australian footballer and coach (b. 1893) * 1963 – [[Édith Piaf]], French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1915) *[[1964]] – [[Eddie Cantor]], American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (b. 1892) * 1964 – [[Heinrich Neuhaus]], Ukrainian-Russian pianist and educator (b. 1888) *[[1966]] – [[Charlotte Cooper (tennis)|Charlotte Cooper]], English-Scottish tennis player (b. 1870) * 1966 – [[Louise Thuliez]], French school teacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II and author (b. 1881)<ref>{{cite web |title=Louise Thuliez (1881–1966) |url=https://data.bnf.fr/10378748/louise_thuliez/ |website=data.bnf.fr |access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Édouard Daladier]], French captain and politician, 105th [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1884) *[[1971]] – [[John Cawte Beaglehole]], New Zealand historian and scholar (b. 1901) *[[1973]] – [[Ludwig von Mises]], Ukrainian-American economist and sociologist (b. 1881) * 1974 – [[Joseph Wulf]], German-Polish historian (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/12/holocaust-remembrance-lessons-america/671893/ |title=Monuments to the Unthinkable |first1=Clint |last1=Smith |date=December 2022|access-date=23 November 2022 |magazine=The Atlantic |page=38 |url-access=subscription |volume=330 |issue=5}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Silvana Armenulić]], Bosnian singer and actress (b. 1939) * 1976 – [[Mirsada Mirjana Bajraktarević]], Bosnian singer-songwriter (b. 1951) *[[1977]] – [[Angelo Muscat]], Maltese-English actor (b. 1930) *[[1978]] – [[Ralph Marterie]], Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1914) * 1978 – [[Ralph Metcalfe]], American sprinter and politician (b. 1910) *[[1979]] – [[Christopher Evans (computer scientist)|Christopher Evans]], English psychologist, computer scientist, and author (b. 1931) * 1979 – [[Paul Paray]], French organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1886) *[[1982]] – [[Jean Effel]], French painter and journalist (b. 1908) *[[1983]] – [[Ralph Richardson]], English actor (b. 1902) *[[1985]] – [[Yul Brynner]], Russian actor (b. 1920) * 1985 – [[Orson Welles]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1915) *[[1986]] – [[Gleb Wataghin]], Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic (b. 1899) *[[1987]] – [[Behice Boran]], Turkish Marxist politician, author and sociologist (b. 1910) *[[1990]] – [[Tom Murton]], American penologist and activist (b. 1928) * 1990 – [[Nikolaos Pavlopoulos]], Greek sculptor and academic (b. 1909) * 1990 – [[Dorothy Stanley]], American educator (b. 1924)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ortiz |first=Bev |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9eaSAgAAQBAJ |title=Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary |editor-last=Bataille |editor-first=Gretchen M |chapter=Stanley, Dorothy Amora |year=2003 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-95587-8 |editor-last2=Lisa |editor-first2=Laurie}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Nickolaus Hirschl]], Austrian wrestler, discus thrower, and shot putter (b. 1906) *[[1997]] – [[Michael J. S. Dewar]], Indian-born American theoretical chemist who developed the [[Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model]] (b. 1918) *[[1998]] – [[Clark Clifford]], American captain, lawyer, and politician 9th [[United States Secretary of Defense]] (b. 1906) * 1998 – [[Marvin Gay Sr.]], American minister (b. 1914) * 1998 – [[Tommy Quaid]], Irish hurler and manager (b. 1957) *[[2000]] – [[Sirimavo Bandaranaike]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of Sri Lanka]] (b. 1916) *[[2001]] – [[Eddie Futch]], American boxer and trainer (b. 1911) * 2001 – [[Vasily Mishin]], Russian engineer (b. 1917) *[[2003]] – [[Eila Hiltunen]], Finnish sculptor (b. 1922) * 2003 – [[Eugene Istomin]], American pianist (b. 1925) *[[2004]] – [[Ken Caminiti]], American baseball player (b. 1963) * 2004 – [[Christopher Reeve]], American actor, producer, and activist (b. 1952) * 2004 – [[Arthur H. Robinson]], American geographer and cartographer (b. 1915) * 2004 – [[Maurice Shadbolt]], New Zealand author and playwright (b. 1932) *[[2005]] – [[Wayne C. Booth]], American educator and critic (b. 1921) * 2005 – [[Milton Obote]], Ugandan politician, 2nd [[President of Uganda]] (b. 1925) *[[2006]] – [[Michael John Rogers]], English ornithologist and academic (b. 1932) * 2006 – [[Ian Scott (Ontario politician)|Ian Scott]], Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1934) *[[2008]] – [[Kazuyoshi Miura (businessman)|Kazuyoshi Miura]], Japanese businessman (b. 1947) *[[2009]] – [[Stephen Gately]], Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (b. 1976) *[[2010]] – [[Solomon Burke]], American singer-songwriter and preacher (b. 1940) * 2010 – [[Joan Sutherland]], Australian-Swiss soprano and actress (b. 1926) *[[2011]] – [[Jagjit Singh]], Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1941) *[[2012]] – [[Sam Gibbons]], American captain and politician (b. 1920) * 2012 – [[Alex Karras]], American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1935) * 2012 – [[Piotr Lenartowicz]], Polish philosopher and educator (b. 1934) * 2012 – [[Basil L. Plumley]], American sergeant (b. 1920) * 2012 – [[Mark Poster]], American philosopher and educator (b. 1941) * 2012 – [[Kyaw Zaw]], Burmese commander and politician (b. 1919) *[[2013]] – [[Scott Carpenter]], American commander, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1925) * 2013 – [[Jay Conrad Levinson]], American author and educator (b. 1933) * 2013 – [[Sohei Miyashita]], Japanese politician, [[Minister of Defense (Japan)|Japanese Minister of Defense]] (b. 1927) * 2013 – [[Cal Smith]], American singer and guitarist (b. 1932) *[[2014]] – [[Olav Dale]], Norwegian saxophonist and composer (b. 1958) * 2014 – [[Damiana Eugenio]], Filipino author and academic (b. 1921) * 2014 – [[Valeri Karpov]], Russian ice hockey player (b. 1971) * 2014 – [[Lari Ketner]], American football and basketball player (b. 1977) * 2014 – [[Pavel Landovský]], Czech actor, director, and playwright (b. 1936) * 2014 – [[Ed Nimmervoll]], Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (b. 1947) *[[2015]] – [[Diepreye Alamieyeseigha]], Nigerian politician, [[List of Governors of Bayelsa State|Governor of Bayelsa State]] (b. 1952) * 2015 – [[Hilla Becher]], German photographer and educator (b. 1934) * 2015 – [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]], Indian ([[Tamils|Tamil]]) actress (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Actor-Aachi-Manorama-dies-at-78/articleshow/49307013.cms|title=Actor 'Aachi' Manorama dies at 78 |website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Steve Mackay]], American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949) * 2015 – [[Sybil Stockdale]], American activist, co-founded the [[National League of Families]] (b. 1924) *[[2016]] – [[Donn Fendler]], American author and speaker (b. 1926) *[[2021]] – [[Abdul Qadeer Khan]], Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical scientist (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Abdul Qadeer Khan |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abdul-Qadeer-Khan |access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]], Indian politician, 15th [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mulayam Singh Yadav Death Live Updates: Former UP CM Mulayam Singh passes away at 82, 'his demise pains me,' says PM Modi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/mulayam-singh-yadav-passes-away-live-updates-samajwadi-party-founder-and-former-up-cm-is-no-more/liveblog/94747065.cms |access-date=10 October 2022 |website=The Times of India }}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Fleur Adcock]], New Zealand poet (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Obituaries |first=Telegraph |date=2024-10-11 |title=Fleur Adcock, poet with a laidback tone whose work was anchored in direct, irreverent observation |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/10/11/fleur-adcock-poet-direct-irreverent-style-died-obituary/ |access-date=2024-10-14 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> *2024 – [[Ethel Kennedy]], American philanthropist (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=October 10, 2024 |title=Ethel Kennedy, Passionate Supporter of the Family Legacy, Dies at 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/10/us/politics/ethel-kennedy-dead.html |access-date=October 11, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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