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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[385]] – [[Fu Jian (337–385)|Fu Jian]], Chinese emperor (b. 337) * [[786]] – [[Lullus]], archbishop of Mainz (b. 710) * [[976]] – [[Al-Hakam II]], Umayyad caliph (b. 915) *[[1027]] – [[Fujiwara no Kenshi (Sanjō)|Fujiwara no Kenshi]], Japanese empress (b. 994) *[[1130]] – [[Pedro González de Lara]], Castilian magnate *[[1284]] – [[Shams al-Din Juvayni]], Persian statesman, [[vizier]] and [[minister of finance]] of the [[Ilkhanate]] *[[1323]] – [[Amadeus V, Count of Savoy|Amadeus V]], count of Savoy (b. 1249) *[[1333]] – [[Antipope Nicholas V|Nicholas V]], antipope of Rome (b. 1260) *[[1438]] – [[Anne of Gloucester]], English noblewoman (b. 1383) *[[1355]] – [[Louis, King of Sicily|Louis the Child]], king of Sicily (b. 1338) *[[1523]] – [[Luca Signorelli]], Italian painter (b. c.1450) *[[1553]] – [[Lucas Cranach the Elder]], German painter and engraver (b. 1472) *[[1555]] – [[Hugh Latimer]], English bishop and saint (b. 1487) * 1555 – [[Nicholas Ridley (martyr)|Nicholas Ridley]], English bishop and martyr (b. 1500) *[[1591]] – [[Pope Gregory XIV|Gregory XIV]], pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1535)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gregory XIV {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gregory-XIV |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1594]] – [[William Allen (cardinal)|William Allen]], English cardinal (b. 1532) ===1601–1900=== *[[1621]] – [[Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck]], Dutch organist and composer (b. 1562) *[[1628]] – [[François de Malherbe]], French poet and critic (b. 1555)<ref>{{cite web |title=François de Malherbe {{!}} French poet {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francois-de-Malherbe |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=4 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1637]] – [[Johann Rudolf Stadler]], Swiss clock-maker (b. 1605)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lassner |first1=Martin |title=Johann Rudolf Stadler |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/029418/2011-07-18/ |website=Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse (DHS) |access-date=13 April 2020 |language=fr |date=18 July 2011}}</ref> *[[1649]] – [[Isaac van Ostade]], Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1621) *[[1655]] – [[Joseph Solomon Delmedigo]], Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (b. 1591) *[[1660]] – [[John Cook (regicide)|John Cook]], English politician, [[Solicitor General for England and Wales]] (b. 1608) *[[1679]] – [[Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery]], Irish-English soldier and politician (b. 1621) *[[1680]] – [[Raimondo Montecuccoli]], Italian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1609) *[[1730]] – [[Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac]], French-American explorer and politician, 3rd [[List of colonial governors of Louisiana|French Governor of Louisiana]] (b. 1658) * 1730 – [[Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha]], Greek politician, 139th [[List of Ottoman Grand Viziers|Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]] (b. 1666) *[[1750]] – [[Sylvius Leopold Weiss]], German lute player and composer (b. 1687) *[[1755]] – [[Gerard Majella]], Italian saint (b. 1725) *[[1774]] – [[Robert Fergusson]], Scottish poet (b. 1750) *[[1791]] – [[Grigory Potemkin]], Russian general and politician (b. 1739) *[[1793]] – [[Marie Antoinette]], Austrian-born queen consort of [[Louis XVI of France]] (b. 1755)<ref>{{cite web |title=Marie-Antoinette {{!}} Facts, Biography, & French Revolution |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marie-Antoinette-queen-of-France |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1793 – [[John Hunter (surgeon)|John Hunter]], Scottish-English surgeon and philosopher (b. 1728) *[[1796]] – [[Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia]] (b. 1726) *[[1799]] – [[Veerapandiya Kattabomman]] Indian activist (b. 1760) *[[1810]] – [[Nachman of Breslov]], Ukrainian religious leader, founded the [[Breslov (Hasidic group)|Breslov Hasidic group]] (b. 1772) *[[1822]] – [[Eva Marie Veigel]], Austrian-English dancer (b. 1724) *[[1877]] – [[Théodore Barrière]], French playwright (b. 1823) *[[1888]] – [[John Wentworth (Illinois politician)|John Wentworth]], American journalist and politician, 19th [[Mayor of Chicago]] (b. 1815) ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[Haritina Korotkevich]], Russian heroine (b. 1882)<ref>{{cite book | first=Alexander Ivanovich | last=Smetanin | title=Оборона Порт-Артура | location=Moscow | publisher=Voennoe Izd-vo. | year=1991 |isbn= 978-5-2030-0488-8 | language=ru | page=103}}</ref> *[[1908]] – [[Joseph Leycester Lyne]], English monk (b. 1837) *[[1909]] – [[Jakub Bart-Ćišinski]], German poet and playwright (b. 1856) *[[1913]] – [[Ralph Rose]], American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885) *[[1936]] – [[Effie Adelaide Rowlands]], British writer (b. 1859) *[[1937]] – [[Jean de Brunhoff]], French poet and playwright (b. 1899) *[[1946]] – [[Nuremberg trial]] executions of the Main Trial: ** [[Hans Frank]], German lawyer, politician and war criminal (b. 1900) ** [[Wilhelm Frick]], German lawyer and politician, [[List of German interior ministers|German Minister of the Interior]] (b. 1877) ** [[Alfred Jodl]], German general (b. 1890) ** [[Ernst Kaltenbrunner]], Austrian [[SS]] officer (b. 1903) ** [[Wilhelm Keitel]], German field marshal (b. 1882) ** [[Alfred Rosenberg]], Estonian architect and politician (b. 1893) ** [[Fritz Sauckel]], German sailor and politician (b. 1894) ** [[Arthur Seyss-Inquart]], Austrian lawyer and politician, 16th [[List of Chancellors of Austria|Federal Chancellor of Austria]] (b. 1892) ** [[Julius Streicher]], German journalist and politician (b. 1887) ** [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]], German lieutenant and politician, [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany)|Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany]] (b. 1893) *[[1947]] – [[Anna B. Eckstein]], German peace activist (b. 1868)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lammel |first1=Wolfgang |title=Vision Weltfrieden: Die Pazifistin Anna B. Eckstein |url=https://www.sonntagsblatt.de/artikel/bayern/vision-weltfrieden-die-pazifistin-anna-b-eckstein |access-date=28 July 2019 |work=Sonntagsblatt |date=30 June 2018 |location=Munich |language=de}}</ref> *[[1951]] – [[Liaquat Ali Khan]], Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] (b. 1895) *[[1956]] – [[Jules Rimet]], French businessman (b. 1873) *[[1957]] – [[John Anthony Sydney Ritson]], English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and educator (b. 1887) *[[1958]] – [[Robert Redfield]], American anthropologist of Mexico (b. 1897) *[[1959]] – [[Minor Hall]], American drummer (b. 1897) * 1959 – [[George Marshall]], American general and politician, 3rd [[United States Secretary of Defense]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1880) *[[1962]] – [[Gaston Bachelard]], French poet and philosopher (b. 1884) *[[1964]] – [[Patsy Callighen]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1906) *[[1966]] – [[George O'Hara (actor)|George O'Hara]], American actor and screenwriter (b. 1899) *[[1968]] – [[Ellis Kinder]], American baseball player (b. 1914) *[[1971]] – [[Robin Boyd (architect)|Robin Boyd]], Australian architect and educator, designed the [[Domain Park Flats]] (b. 1919) *[[1972]] – [[Nick Begich Sr.|Nick Begich]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1932) * 1972 – [[Hale Boggs]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1914) * 1972 – [[Leo G. Carroll]], English-American actor (b. 1886) *[[1973]] – [[Gene Krupa]], American drummer, composer, and actor (b. 1909) *[[1975]] – [[Vittorio Gui]], Italian conductor and composer (b. 1885) *[[1978]] – [[Dan Dailey]], American actor, singer, dancer, and director (b. 1913) *[[1979]] – [[Johan Borgen]], Norwegian author and critic (b. 1903) *[[1981]] – [[Moshe Dayan]], Israeli general and politician, 5th [[Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel]] (b. 1915) * 1981 – [[Eugene Eisenmann]], Panamanian-American lawyer and ornithologist (b. 1906) *[[1982]] – [[Mario Del Monaco]], Italian tenor (b. 1915) *[[1983]] – [[Jakov Gotovac]], Croatian composer and conductor (b. 1895) *[[1986]] – [[Arthur Grumiaux]], Belgian violinist and pianist (b. 1921) *[[1989]] – [[Walter Farley]], American author and educator (b. 1915) * 1989 – [[Scott O'Dell]], American journalist and author (b. 1898) * 1989 – [[Cornel Wilde]], American actor (b. 1912) *[[1990]] – [[Art Blakey]], American drummer and bandleader (b. 1919) * 1990 – [[Jorge Bolet]], Cuban-American pianist and educator (b. 1914) *[[1992]] – [[Shirley Booth]], American actress and singer (b. 1898) *[[1996]] – [[Jason Bernard]], American actor (b. 1938) * 1996 – [[Eric Malpass]], English author (b. 1910) *[[1997]] – [[Audra Lindley]], American actress (b. 1918) * 1997 – [[James A. Michener]], American author and philanthropist (b. 1907) *[[1998]] – [[Jon Postel]], American computer scientist and academic (b. 1943) *[[1999]] – [[Jean Shepherd]], American radio host, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1921) *[[2000]] – [[Mel Carnahan]], American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 51st [[Governor of Missouri]] (b. 1934) * 2000 – [[Rick Jason]], American actor (b. 1923) *[[2001]] – [[Etta Jones]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1928) *[[2003]] – [[Avni Arbaş]], Turkish painter (b. 1919) * 2003 – [[Stu Hart]], Canadian wrestler and trainer (b. 1915) * 2003 – [[László Papp]], Hungarian boxer (b. 1926) *[[2004]] – [[Pierre Salinger]], American journalist and politician, 11th [[White House Press Secretary]] (b. 1925) *[[2006]] – [[John Victor Murra]], Ukrainian-American anthropologist and academic (b. 1916) * 2006 – [[Valentín Paniagua]], Peruvian lawyer and politician, 91st [[President of Peru]] (b. 1936) *[[2007]] – [[Deborah Kerr]], Scottish actress (b. 1921) * 2007 – [[Toše Proeski]], Macedonian singer-songwriter (b. 1981) *[[2008]] – [[Dagmar Normet]], Estonian author and translator (b. 1921) *[[2010]] – [[Eyedea]], American rapper and producer (b. 1981) * 2010 – [[Barbara Billingsley]], American actress (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite news |last=McLellan |first=Dennis |title=Barbara Billingsley, Mother on 'Leave It to Beaver', Dies at 94 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 16, 2010 |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-barbara-billingsley-20101017,0,2782610,full.story |access-date=December 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101117224123/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-barbara-billingsley-20101017%2C0%2C2782610%2Cfull.story |archive-date=November 17, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[2011]] – [[Dan Wheldon]], English race car driver (b. 1978) *[[2012]] – [[Frank Moore Cross]], American scholar and academic (b. 1921) * 2012 – [[John A. Durkin]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1936) * 2012 – [[Mario Gallegos, Jr.]], American firefighter and politician (b. 1950) * 2012 – [[Bódog Török]], Hungarian handball player and coach (b. 1923) * 2012 – [[Eddie Yost]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1926) *[[2013]] – [[Govind Purushottam Deshpande]], Indian playwright and academic (b. 1938) * 2013 – [[George Hourmouziadis]], Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1932) * 2013 – [[Ed Lauter]], American actor (b. 1938)<ref>{{cite news|title=Veteran character actor Ed Lauter dies at age 74|url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Veteran-character-actor-Ed-Lauter-dies-at-age-74-4902071.php |date=October 17, 2013 |access-date=October 18, 2013|work=The [[San Francisco Chronicle]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020162250/https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Veteran-character-actor-Ed-Lauter-dies-at-age-74-4902071.php |archive-date=2013-10-20 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Laurel Martyn]], Australian ballerina and choreographer (b. 1916) * 2013 – [[Robert B. Rheault]], American colonel (b. 1925) * 2013 – [[Saggy Tahir]], Pakistani-American lawyer and politician (b. 1944) *[[2014]] – [[Ioannis Charalambopoulos]], Greek colonel and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1919) * 2014 – [[Allen Forte]], American musicologist and theorist (b. 1926) * 2014 – [[Seppo Kuusela]], Finnish basketball player and coach (b. 1934) * 2014 – [[John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough]], English businessman (b. 1926) *[[2015]] – [[Richard J. Cardamone]], American lawyer and judge (b. 1925) * 2015 – [[James W. Fowler]], American psychologist and academic (b. 1940) * 2015 – [[William James (Australian general)|William James]], Australian general and physician (b. 1930) * 2015 – [[Vera Williams]], American author and illustrator (b. 1927) * 2015 – [[Memduh Ün]], Turkish film producer, director, actor and screenwriter (b. 1920) *[[2016]] – [[Calvin Gotlieb|Calvin Carl "Kelly" Gotlieb]], Canadian professor and computer scientist (b. 1921) *[[2017]] – [[Daphne Caruana Galizia]], Maltese journalist and blogger (b. 1964) * 2017 – [[Roy Dotrice]], British actor (b. 1923) * 2017 – [[John Dunsworth]], Canadian actor (b. 1946) * 2017 – [[Sean Hughes (comedian)|Sean Hughes]], British-born Irish stand-up comedian (b. 1965)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dessau |first1=Bruce |title=Sean Hughes obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/oct/16/sean-hughes-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=14 May 2023 |date=16 October 2017}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Martti Ahtisaari]], former [[President of Finland]] and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite news| author=Anne Kauranen|date=16 October 2023|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finnish-nobel-peace-laureate-ahtisaari-dies-86-2023-10-16/|title=Finnish Nobel Peace laureate and former president Ahtisaari dies at 86|work=Reuters|access-date=16 October 2023}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Ollie Olsen]], Australian musician, composer and sound designer (b. 1958)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-10-16 |title=Ollie Olsen, celebrated musician and Michael Hutchence collaborator, dies age 66 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-16/ollie-olsen-dead-age-66-post-punk-electronic-musician/104479248 |access-date=2024-11-03 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref> *2024 – [[Liam Payne]], English singer-songwriter (b. 1993)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-16 |title=Liam Payne, former One Direction member, dies at 31 in Argentina hotel fall |url=https://apnews.com/article/liam-payne-dies-one-direction-6b7893a56e0d8701096775f611399dd8 |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Yahya Sinwar]], leader of [[Hamas]] (b. 1962)<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Yoon |first1=John |last2=Boxerman |first2=Aaron |date=October 17, 2024 |title=Here Is the Remaining Leadership of Hamas |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/world/middleeast/hamas-leadership-sinwar-death.html |access-date=October 17, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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