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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 31|31]] – [[Sejanus|Lucius Aelius Sejanus]], Roman politician (b. 20 BC) *[[325]] – [[Emperor Ming of Jin]] (b. 299) *[[AD 707|707]] – [[Pope John VII]] (b. 650) *[[815]] – [[Abu'l-Saraya]], Zaydi rebel leader<ref>{{EI2 | last = Gibb | first = H. A. R. | title = Abu 'l-Sarāyā al-Sarī b. Manṣūr al-S̲h̲aybānī | volume = 1 | pages = 149–150 | url = http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_0249}}</ref> *[[1035]] – [[Sancho III of Pamplona]] (b. 992) *[[1081]] – [[Nikephoros Palaiologos]], Byzantine general *[[1101]] – [[Hugh I, Count of Vermandois]] (b. 1053) *[[1141]] – [[Leopold, Duke of Bavaria]] (b. 1108) *[[1214]] – [[John de Gray]], bishop of Norwich *[[1366]] – [[Petrus Torkilsson]], Archbishop of Uppsala *[[1382]] – [[James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond]], Irish politician, [[Lord Justices (Ireland)|Lord Justice of Ireland]] (b. 1331) *[[1417]] – [[Pope Gregory XII]] (b. 1326) *[[1442]] – [[John, Lord of Reguengos de Monsaraz|Infante João of Portugal]] (b. 1400) *[[1480]] – [[Uhwudong]], Korean dancer and poet (b. 1440) *[[1503]] – [[Pope Pius III]] (b. 1439) *[[1508]] – [[Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell]], Lord High Admiral of Scotland *[[1511]] – [[Philippe de Commines]], French-speaking Fleming in the courts of Burgundy and France (b. 1447) *[[1526]] – [[Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón]], Spanish explorer (b. 1475) *[[1541]] – [[Margaret Tudor]], queen of [[James IV of Scotland]] (born [[1489]]) *[[1545]] – [[John Taverner]], English organist and composer (b. 1490) *[[1558]] – [[Mary of Hungary (governor of the Netherlands)|Mary of Hungary]] (b. 1505) *[[1561]] – [[Yamamoto Kansuke (general)|Yamamoto Kansuke]], Japanese samurai (b. 1501) *[[1564]] – [[Johannes Acronius Frisius]], Dutch physician and mathematician (b. 1520) *[[1570]] – [[Manuel da Nóbrega]], Portuguese-Brazilian priest and missionary (b. 1517) ===1601–1900=== *[[1604]] – [[Igram van Achelen]], Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1528) *[[1646]] – [[Isaac Jogues]], French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1607) *[[1667]] – [[Fasilides]], Ethiopian emperor (b. 1603) *[[1678]] – [[Jacob Jordaens]], Belgian painter illustrator (b. 1593) *[[1739]] – [[António José da Silva]], Brazilian-Portuguese playwright (b. 1705) *[[1744]] – [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough]] (b. 1660) *[[1770]] – [[John Manners, Marquess of Granby]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire]] (b. 1721) *[[1775]] – [[Christian August Crusius]], German philosopher and theologian (b. 1715) *[[1817]] – [[Étienne Méhul|Etienne Nicolas Méhul]], French pianist and composer (b. 1763) *[[1865]] – [[Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston]], English soldier and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1784) *[[1871]] – [[Charles Babbage]], English mathematician and engineer, invented the [[mechanical computer]] (b. 1791) *[[1876]] – [[Francis Preston Blair]], American journalist (b. 1791) *[[1886]] – [[Philipp Franz von Siebold]], German physician and botanist (b. 1796) *[[1889]] – [[Antonio Meucci]], Italian-American engineer (b. 1808) *[[1892]] – [[William W. Chapman]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1808) *[[1893]] – [[Charles Gounod]], French composer and educator (b. 1818) ===1901–present=== *[[1908]] – [[Nozu Michitsura]], Japanese field marshal (b. 1840) *[[1911]] – [[Alfred Binet]], French psychologist and author (b. 1857) *[[1921]] – [[Ludwig III of Bavaria]] (b. 1845) *[[1931]] – [[Thomas Edison]], American engineer and businessman, invented the [[phonograph]] (b. 1847) * 1931 – [[Lesser Ury]], German painter (b. 1861)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schütz |first=Chana C. |date=2004 |title=Lesser Ury and the Jewish Renaissance |url= |journal=Jewish Studies Quarterly |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=360–374 [360, 369, 370] |doi=10.1628/0944570042723058 |issn=0944-5706 |jstor=40753344}}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Santiago Ramón y Cajal]], Spanish pathologist, histologist, and neuroscientist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1852) *[[1935]] – [[Gaston Lachaise]], French-American sculptor (b. 1882) *[[1941]] – [[Manuel Teixeira Gomes]], Portuguese lawyer and politician, 7th [[President of Portugal]] (b. 1860) *[[1942]] – [[Mikhail Nesterov]], Russian painter (b. 1862) *[[1947]] – [[Michiaki Kamada]], Japanese admiral (b. 1890) *[[1948]] – [[Walther von Brauchitsch]], German field marshal (b. 1881) *[[1956]] – [[Yoshio Markino]], Japanese painter and author (b. 1869) *[[1959]] – [[Boughera El Ouafi]], Algerian-French runner (b. 1898) *[[1961]] – [[Tsuru Aoki]], Japanese-American actress (b. 1892) *[[1962]] – [[Iván Petrovich]], Serbian-German actor and singer (b. 1894) *[[1965]] – [[Henry Travers]], Irish-American actor (b. 1874) *[[1966]] – [[Elizabeth Arden]], Canadian-American businesswoman, founded [[Elizabeth Arden, Inc.]] (b. 1878) * 1966 – [[S. S. Kresge]], American businessman, founded [[Kmart (United States)|Kmart]] (b. 1867) *[[1969]] – [[Gyula Mándi]], Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1899)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ezen a napon hunyt el Mándi Gyula, Mandula, az Aranycsapat "állami edzője" |url=https://mtkbudapest.hu/hu/hirek/multidezes/ezen-a-napon-hunyt-el-mandi-gyula-mandula-az-aranycsapat-allami-edzoje |website=mtkbudapest.hu |language=hu |date=26 November 2019}}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Margaret Caroline Anderson]], American publisher, founded ''[[The Little Review]]'' (b. 1886) * 1973 – [[Walt Kelly]], American illustrator and animator (b. 1913) * 1973 – [[Leo Strauss]], German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1899) *[[1975]] – [[K. C. Douglas]], American rural blues singer (b. 1913) * 1975 – [[Al Lettieri]], American actor (b. 1928) * 1975 – [[Graham Haberfield]], English actor (b. 1941) *[[1976]] – [[Viswanatha Satyanarayana]], Indian poet and author (b. 1895) *[[1977]] – [[Andreas Baader]], German militant (b. 1943) * 1977 – [[Gudrun Ensslin]], German militant leader, founded the [[Red Army Faction]] (b. 1940) *[[1978]] – [[Ramón Mercader]], Spanish journalist, assassin of [[Leon Trotsky]] (b. 1914) *[[1980]] – [[Edwin Way Teale]], American photographer and author (b. 1899) *[[1982]] – [[Dwain Esper]], American director and producer (b. 1892) * 1982 – [[Pierre Mendès France]], French lawyer and politician, 143rd [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1907) * 1982 – [[John Robarts]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th [[Premier of Ontario]] (b. 1917) * 1982 – [[Bess Truman]], American wife of [[Harry S. Truman]], 40th [[List of First Ladies of the United States|First Lady of the United States]] (b. 1885) *[[1983]] – [[Diego Abad de Santillán]], Spanish economist and author (b. 1897) * 1983 – [[Willie Jones (third baseman)|Willie Jones]], American baseball player (b. 1925) *[[1984]] – [[Henri Michaux]], French painter and poet (b. 1899) *[[1987]] – [[Adriaan Ditvoorst]], Dutch director and screenwriter (b. 1940) *[[2000]] – [[Julie London]], American singer and actress (b. 1926) * 2000 – [[Gwen Verdon]], American actress and dancer (b. 1925) *[[2003]] – [[Preston Smith (governor)|Preston Smith]], American businessman and politician, 40th [[Governor of Texas]] (b. 1912) * 2003 – [[Manuel Vázquez Montalbán]], Spanish journalist, author, and critic (b. 1939) *[[2005]] – [[Johnny Haynes]], English-Scottish footballer (b. 1934) * 2005 – [[Bill King]], American sportscaster (b. 1927) *[[2006]] – [[Mario Francesco Pompedda]], Italian cardinal (b. 1929) * 2006 – [[Anna Russell]], English-Canadian singer and actress (b. 1911) * 2006 – [[Laurie Taitt]], Guyanese-English hurdler (b. 1934) *[[2007]] – [[Alan Coren]], English journalist and author (b. 1938) * 2007 – [[William J. Crowe]], American admiral and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom]] (b. 1925) * 2007 – [[Vincent DeDomenico]], American businessman, founded the [[Napa Valley Wine Train]] (b. 1915) * 2007 – [[Lucky Dube]], South African singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1964) *[[2008]] – [[Dee Dee Warwick]], American singer (b. 1945) *[[2009]] – [[Adriaan Kortlandt]], Dutch ethologist and biologist (b. 1918) * 2009 – [[Nancy Spero]], American painter and academic (b. 1926) *[[2010]] – [[Marion Brown]], American saxophonist and musicologist (b. 1931) * 2010 – [[Billy Raimondi]], American baseball player (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite web|last1=McGreehan |first1=Mike|first2=William|last2=Love |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2010/11/04/oakland-oaks-legend-billy-raimondi-dies-at-97/ |title=Oakland Oaks legend Billy Raimondi dies at 97|work=East Bay Times |date=November 4, 2010 |accessdate=December 30, 2021}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Brain Damage (wrestler)|Brain Damage]], American wrestler (b. 1977) * 2012 – [[Sylvia Kristel]], Dutch model and actress (b. 1952) * 2012 – [[Slater Martin]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1925) * 2012 – [[George Mattos]], American pole vaulter (b. 1929) * 2012 – [[Albert Lee Ueltschi]], American pilot and businessman, founded [[FlightSafety International]] (b. 1917) * 2012 – [[David S. Ware]], American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949) *[[2013]] – [[Tom Foley]], American lawyer and politician, 57th [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (b. 1929) * 2013 – [[Bum Phillips]], American football player and coach (b. 1923) * 2013 – [[Allan Stanley]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926) * 2013 – [[Bill Young (Florida politician)|Bill Young]], American sergeant and politician (b. 1930) *[[2014]] – [[Mariano Lebrón Saviñón]], Dominican author and academic (b. 1922) * 2014 – [[Edward Regan]], American academic and politician (b. 1930) * 2014 – [[Sidney Shapiro]], American-Chinese author and translator (b. 1915) *[[2015]] – [[Robert Dickerson]], Australian painter (b. 1924) * 2015 – [[Gamal El-Ghitani]], Egyptian journalist and author (b. 1945) * 2015 – [[Robert W. Farquhar]], American engineer (b. 1932) * 2015 – [[Frank Watkins (musician)|Frank Watkins]], American bass player (b. 1968) * 2015 – [[Paul West (writer, born 1930)|Paul West]], English-American author, poet, and academic (b. 1930) *[[2017]] – [[Marino Perani]], Italian football player and manager (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bolognafc.it/en/marino-perani-has-sadly-passed-away-aged-77/|title=Marino Perani has sadly passed away aged 77|website=Bolognafc.it|date=18 October 2017 }}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Lisbeth Palme]], Swedish child psychologist, former chairwoman of [[UNICEF]] (b. 1931)<ref name="miamiherald.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article220234330.html|title=Reports: Widow of slain former Swedish PM Olof Palme dies|work=The Miami Herald|date=18 October 2018}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab]], 5th [[President of the Sudan]] (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web|date=18 October 2018|title=Ex-Sudan president Al-Dahab dies age 83|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20181018-ex-sudan-president-al-dahab-dies-age-83/|work=Middle East Monitor}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Rui Jordão]], Angolan-born Portuguese footballer (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dn.pt/desportos/morreu-rui-jordao-o-grande-goleador-que-se-zangou-com-o-futebol-11374571.html|title=Morreu Rui Jordão, o grande goleador que se zangou com o futebol - DN|website=www.dn.pt|access-date=October 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018162859/https://www.dn.pt/desportos/morreu-rui-jordao-o-grande-goleador-que-se-zangou-com-o-futebol-11374571.html|archive-date=October 18, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[René Felber]], 81st [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/lancien-conseiller-federal-rene-felber-decede|title=L'ancien conseiller fédéral René Felber est décédé|newspaper=Le Temps|date=October 18, 2020|via=www.letemps.ch|language=fr}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Colin Powell]], American military leader and statesman, 65th [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] (b. 1937)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cole |first1=Devan |title=Colin Powell, first Black US secretary of state, dies of Covid-19 complications amid cancer battle |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/politics/colin-powell-dies/index.html |access-date=18 October 2021 |work=CNN |date=October 18, 2021}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Harvey Wollman]], American politician, 26th [[Governor of South Dakota]] (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goss |first1=Austin |title=Harvey Wollman, former South Dakota Governor, passes away at 87 |url=https://www.ktiv.com/2022/10/19/harvey-wollman-former-south-dakota-governor-passes-away-87/ |access-date=October 19, 2022 |publisher=KTIV |date=October 19, 2022}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Yehuda Bauer]], Israeli historian of the Holocaust (b. 1926)<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 18, 2024 |title=Prominent Holocaust historian Yehuda Bauer dies at 98 |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/prominent-holocaust-historian-yehuda-bauer-dies-at-98/ |access-date=October 22, 2024 |work=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref> *2024 – [[Ginés González García]], Argentine politician and physician (b. 1945)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-18 |title=Murió Ginés González García, el sanitarista con espalda peronista que quedó marcado por el Vacunatorio VIP |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/murio-gines-gonzalez-garcia-el-sanitarista-con-espalda-peronista-que-quedo-marcado-por-el-nid18102024/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=LA NACION |language=es}}</ref> <!-- Do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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