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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[460]] – [[Aelia Eudocia]], Byzantine wife of [[Theodosius II]] (b. 401) * [[967]] – [[Li Yixing]], Chinese governor *[[1122]] – [[Ralph d'Escures]], [[archbishop of Canterbury]] *[[1139]] – [[Henry X, Duke of Bavaria]] (b. 1108) *[[1187]] – [[Pope Urban III]] *[[1327]] – [[Teresa d'Entença]], Countess of Urgell (b. 1300) *[[1401]] – [[Klaus Störtebeker]], German pirate *[[1423]] – [[Henry Bowet]], Archbishop of York *[[1438]] – [[Jacopo della Quercia]], Sienese sculptor (b. c. 1374) *[[1439]] – [[Ambrose the Camaldulian]], Italian theologian *[[1524]] – [[Thomas Linacre]], English physician and scholar (b. 1460) *[[1538]] – [[Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino]], condottiero (b. 1490) *[[1570]] – [[João de Barros]], Portuguese historian and author (b. 1496) ===1601–1900=== *[[1602]] – [[Walter Leveson]], Elizabethan member of parliament, Shropshire landowner (b. 1550) *[[1640]] – [[John Ball (Puritan)|John Ball]], English clergyman and theologian (b. 1585) *[[1652]] – [[Antonio Coello]], Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1611) *[[1713]] – [[Archibald Pitcairne]], Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652) *[[1740]] – [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. 1685) *[[1865]] – [[Champ Ferguson]], American [[Guerrilla warfare in the American Civil War|guerrilla]] leader (b. 1821) *[[1870]] – [[Michael William Balfe]], Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808) *[[1871]] – [[Karl Christian Ulmann]], Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793) *[[1880]] – [[Lydia Maria Child]], American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lydia Maria Child {{!}} American author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lydia-Maria-Child |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1883]] – [[George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall]] (b. 1797) *[[1890]] – [[Richard Francis Burton]], English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821) *[[1894]] – [[James Anthony Froude]], English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818) *[[1900]] – [[Naim Frashëri]], Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846) ===1901–present=== *[[1908]] – [[Vaiben Louis Solomon]], Australian politician, 21st [[Premier of South Australia]] (b. 1853) *[[1910]] – [[David B. Hill]], American lawyer and politician, 29th [[Governor of New York]] (b. 1843) *[[1926]] – [[Eugene V. Debs]], American union leader and politician (b. 1855) *[[1928]] – [[Jack Peddie]], Scottish footballer (b. 1876) *[[1935]] – [[Arthur Henderson]], Scottish-English politician, [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs|Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1863) *[[1936]] – [[Anne Sullivan]], American educator (b. 1866)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Peg A. |last1=Lamphier |first2=Rosanne |last2=Welch |title=Women in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection |location=Santa Barbara, California |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2017 |page=360 |isbn=978-1-61069-602-9}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Gunnar Asplund]], Swedish architect and academic, co-designed [[Skogskyrkogården]] (b. 1885) *[[1941]] – [[Ken Farnes]], English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911) *[[1950]] – [[Henry L. Stimson]], American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th [[United States Secretary of State]] (b. 1867) *[[1953]] – [[Werner Baumbach]], German colonel and pilot (b. 1916) *[[1956]] – [[Lawrence Dale Bell]], American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (b. 1894) *[[1957]] – [[Michalis Dorizas]], Greek-American javelin thrower and football player (b. 1890) *[[1964]] – [[Herbert Hoover]], American engineer and politician, 31st [[President of the United States]] (b. 1874) *[[1967]] – [[Shigeru Yoshida]], Japanese politician and diplomat, 32nd [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. 1878) *[[1968]] – [[Bud Flanagan]], English actor and screenwriter (b. 1896) *[[1972]] – [[Harlow Shapley]], American astronomer and academic (b. 1885) *[[1977]] – [[Steve Gaines]], American guitarist (b. 1949) * 1977 – [[Ronnie Van Zant]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1948) *[[1978]] – [[Gunnar Nilsson]], Swedish race car driver (b. 1948) *[[1983]] – [[Yves Thériault]], Canadian author (b. 1915) * 1983 – [[Merle Travis]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917) *[[1984]] – [[Carl Ferdinand Cori]], Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1896) * 1984 – [[Paul Dirac]], English-American physicist and mathematician, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1902) *[[1987]] – [[Andrey Kolmogorov]], Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1903) *[[1988]] – [[Sheila Scott]], English pilot and author (b. 1922) *[[1989]] – [[Anthony Quayle]], English actor and director (b. 1913) *[[1990]] – [[Joel McCrea]], American actor (b. 1905) *[[1992]] – [[Werner Torkanowsky]], German-American conductor (b. 1926) *[[1993]] – [[Yasushi Sugiyama]], Japanese painter (b. 1909) *[[1994]] – [[Burt Lancaster]], American actor (b. 1913) *[[1995]] – [[Christopher Stone (actor)|Christopher Stone]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1942) * 1995 – [[John Tonkin]], Australian politician, 20th [[Premier of Western Australia]] (b. 1902) *[[1999]] – [[Calvin Griffith]], Canadian-American businessman (b. 1911) * 1999 – [[Jack Lynch]], Irish footballer, lawyer, and politician, 5th [[Taoiseach|Taoiseach of Ireland]] (b. 1917) *[[2001]] – [[Ted Ammon]], American financier and banker (b. 1949) *[[2003]] – [[Jack Elam]], American actor (b. 1918) *[[2004]] – [[Anthony Hecht]], American poet and educator (b. 1923) * 2004 – [[Chuck Hiller]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1934) *[[2005]] – [[Shirley Horn]], American singer and pianist (b. 1934) * 2005 – [[Eva Švankmajerová]], Czech painter and poet (b. 1940) * 2005 – [[André van der Louw]], Dutch lawyer and politician, 16th [[Mayor of Rotterdam]] (b. 1933) *[[2006]] – [[Arnold Viiding]], Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1911) * 2006 – [[Jane Wyatt]], American actress (b. 1910) *[[2007]] – [[Max McGee]], American football player and sportscaster (b. 1932) *[[2008]] – [[Gene Hickerson]], American football player (b. 1935) *[[2010]] – [[W. Cary Edwards]], American politician (b. 1944) * 2010 – [[Bob Guccione]], American publisher, founded ''[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse magazine]]'' (b. 1930) * 2010 – [[Eva Ibbotson]], Austrian-English author (b. 1925) * 2010 – [[Max Kohnstamm]], Dutch historian and diplomat (b. 1914) * 2010 – [[Farooq Leghari]], Pakistani politician, 8th [[President of Pakistan]] (b. 1940) *[[2011]] – [[Muammar Gaddafi]], Libyan colonel and politician, [[Prime Minister of Libya]] (b. 1942) * 2011 – [[Mutassim Gaddafi]], Libyan colonel (b. 1974) * 2011 – [[Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr]], Libyan politician (b. 1942) * 2011 – [[Iztok Puc]], Croatian-Slovenian handball player (b. 1966)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iztok Puk |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/31973 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=28 March 2024 }}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Przemysław Gintrowski]], Polish poet and composer (b. 1951) * 2012 – [[Paul Kurtz]], American philosopher and academic (b. 1925) * 2012 – [[Dave May]], American baseball player (b. 1943) * 2012 – [[John McConnell (peace activist)|John McConnell]], American activist, created [[Earth Day]] (b. 1915) * 2012 – [[E. Donnall Thomas]], American physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1990 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1990/thomas/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=15 August 2022}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Raymond Watson]], American businessman (b. 1926) *[[2013]] – [[Jovanka Broz]], Croatian-Serbian colonel (b. 1924) * 2013 – [[Don James (American football)|Don James]], American football player and coach (b. 1932) * 2013 – [[Lawrence Klein]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1920) * 2013 – [[Joginder Singh (rally driver)|Joginder Singh]], Kenyan race car driver (b. 1932) * 2013 – [[Larri Thomas]], American actress and dancer (b. 1932) * 2013 – [[Sid Yudain]], American journalist, founded ''[[Roll Call]]'' (b. 1923) *[[2014]] – [[René Burri]], Swiss photographer and journalist (b. 1933) * 2014 – [[Oscar de la Renta]], Dominican-American fashion designer (b. 1932) * 2014 – [[Christophe de Margerie]], French businessman (b. 1951) *[[2015]] – [[Makis Dendrinos]], Greek basketball player and coach (b. 1950) * 2015 – [[Arno Gruen]], German-Swiss psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1923) * 2015 – [[Kazimierz Łaski]], Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1921) * 2015 – [[Michael Meacher]], English academic and politician, [[Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions]] (b. 1939) * 2015 – [[Ian Steel]], Scottish cyclist and manager (b. 1928) *[[2016]] – [[Robert E. Kramek]], former United States Coast Guard admiral (b. 1939) * 2016 – [[Michael Massee]], American actor (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Barnes|first=Mike|date=2016-10-26|title=Michael Massee, Actor Involved in Fatal Accident During Filming of 'The Crow,' Dies at 64|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/michael-massee-dead-crow-actor-who-accidentally-shot-brandon-lee-was-61-941538/|access-date=2021-07-20|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Slotnik|first=Daniel E.|date=2016-10-28|title=Michael Massee, 64, Screen Villain Haunted by the Accidental Death of Brandon Lee, Dies|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/movies/michael-massee-dies.html|access-date=2021-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808000730/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/movies/michael-massee-dies.html?_r=0|archive-date=2017-08-08|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Junko Tabei]], Japanese mountaineer (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tabei-Junko|title=Junko Tabei {{!}} Japanese mountaineer|last=Bauer|first=Patricia|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2020-04-01}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Wim Kok]], Dutch prime minister (b. 1938) *[[2020]] – [[James Randi]], Canadian-American stage magician and author (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Valentine |first1=Paul W. |title=James Randi, magician and stage artist devoted to debunking the paranormal, dies at 92 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/james-randi-magician-and-stage-artist-devoted-to-debunking-the-paranormal-dies-at-92/2020/10/21/b6e1da3e-13ee-11eb-bc10-40b25382f1be_story.html |access-date=October 22, 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 21, 2020}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Lucy Simon]], American composer and songwriter (b. 1940)<ref>{{cite web|title=Carly Simon Loses Both Sisters to Cancer: Broadway Composer Lucy Simon And Opera Singer Joanna Simon Die One Day Apart |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/lucy-simon-joanna-simon-dead-carly-simon-loses-sisters-to-cancer-1235411081/ |last=Panaligan |first=EJ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=October 21, 2022 |access-date=October 21, 2022}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Barbara Dane]], American folk, blues and jazz singer (b. 1927)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Voynovskaya |first=Nastia |date=2024-10-21 |title=Barbara Dane, Singer and Champion of Revolutionary Causes, Dies at 97 {{!}} KQED |url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/13966880/barbara-dane-musician-revolutionary-causes-dies-at-97 |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=kqed.org |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Fethullah Gülen]], Turkish preacher and theologian (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hubbard |first=Ben |date=October 21, 2024 |title=Fethullah Gulen, Turkish Cleric and Erdogan Rival, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/21/world/europe/fethullah-gulen-dead.html |access-date=October 22, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> *2024 – [[Walter Jacob]], American Reform rabbi (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 21, 2024 |title=Rabbi Walter Jacob |url=https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/rabbi-walter-jacob/ |access-date=November 9, 2024 |work=[[Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle]]}}</ref> *2024 – [[Janusz Olejniczak]], Polish classical pianist and actor (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-21 |title=Janusz Olejniczak, who played the piano parts in Oscar-winning movie 'The Pianist,' dies at 72 |url=https://apnews.com/article/poland-pianist-olejniczak-chopin-obit-1b4dcad0063026bd7bf4a367ac865330 |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Paul White, Baron Hanningfield]], British life peer (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Essex council leader Lord Hanningfield dies |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5z519nyrvo |access-date=2024-10-22 |publisher=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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