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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[645]] – [[Zhenzhu Khan]], khan of [[Xueyantuo]] *[[1023]] – [[Gero (archbishop of Magdeburg)|Gero]], Archbishop of Magdeburg *[[1096]] – [[Walter Sans Avoir]], a leader of the [[First Crusade]] *[[1125]] – [[Cosmas of Prague]], Bohemian priest and historian (b. 1045) *[[1204]] – [[Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester]], English politician *[[1221]] – [[Alix, Duchess of Brittany]] (b. 1201) *[[1266]] – [[Birger Jarl]], Swedish politician (b. 1210) *[[1314]] – [[Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville]] *[[1422]] – [[Charles VI of France]] (b. 1368)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Emmerson |first1=Richard K. |title=Key Figures in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia |date=18 October 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-77519-2 |page=128 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BhyOAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA128 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1500]] – [[Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado]] of Japan (b. 1442) *[[1505]] – [[Paul Scriptoris]], German mathematician and educator (b. 1460) *[[1556]] – [[Pietro Aretino]], Italian author (b. 1492) *[[1558]] – [[Julius Caesar Scaliger]], Italian physician and scholar (b. 1484) *[[1600]] – [[Ōtani Yoshitsugu]], Japanese samurai (b. 1558) ===1601–1900=== *[[1623]] – [[William Wade (English politician)|William Wade]], English politician and diplomat, [[Lieutenant of the Tower of London]] (b. 1546) *[[1662]] – [[Henry Lawes]], English composer (b. 1595) *[[1687]] – [[Edmund Waller]], English poet and politician (b. 1606) *[[1765]] – [[Giovanni Paolo Panini]], Italian painter and architect (b. 1691) *[[1775]] – [[Peyton Randolph]], American lawyer and politician, 1st [[President of the Continental Congress]] (b. 1721) *[[1777]] – [[Samuel Foote]], English actor and playwright (b. 1720) *[[1805]] – [[John Cooke (Royal Navy officer)|John Cooke]], English captain (b. 1763)<ref>{{Cite book|last1=White|first1=Colin|author1-link=Colin White (historian)|others=The [[1805 Club]]|title=The Trafalgar Captains: Their Lives and Memorials|year=2005|publisher=[[Lionel Leventhal|Chatham Publishing]]|page=48|location=London|language=en|isbn=978-1-86176-247-4|oclc=469507654}}</ref> * 1805 – [[George Duff]], Scottish captain (b. 1764) * 1805 – [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson]], English admiral (b. 1758) *[[1821]] – [[Dorothea Ackermann]], German actress (b. 1752) *[[1835]] – [[Muthuswami Dikshitar]], Indian poet and composer (b. 1775) *[[1861]] – [[Edward D. Baker|Edward Dickinson Baker]], American congressman and colonel (b. 1811) *[[1872]] – [[Jacques Babinet]], French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1794) *[[1873]] – [[Johan Sebastian Welhaven]], Norwegian author, poet, and critic (b. 1807) *[[1896]] – [[James Henry Greathead]], South African-English engineer (b. 1844) ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Jinmaku Kyūgorō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1829) *[[1904]] – [[Isabelle Eberhardt]], Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877) *[[1907]] – [[Jules Chevalier]], French priest, founded the [[Missionaries of the Sacred Heart]] (b. 1824) *[[1927]] – [[Borisav Stanković]], Serbian author (b. 1876)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Notice de Personne: Stanković, Borisav (1875-1927) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11925425x |access-date=28 February 2025 |website=Bibliothèque nationale de France: Catalog générale |language=fr}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[Arthur Schnitzler]], Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862) *[[1938]] – [[Dorothy Hale]], American actress (b. 1905) *[[1939]] – [[Hendrik Wortman]], Dutch civil engineer (b. [[1859]])<ref>{{cite journal |title=Hendrik Wortman |last=Horn-van Nispen |first=Marie-Louise ten |journal=Tijdschrift voor Waterstaatsgeschiedenis |publisher=Vereniging voor Waterstaatsgeschiedenis |page=60 |url=https://www.waterstaatsgeschiedenis.nl/tijdschrift/2004-2/ |volume=13 |issue=2 |year=2004 }}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[William G. Conley]], American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th [[Governor of West Virginia]] (b. 1866) *[[1941]] – [[Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton]], Australian biologist (b. 1852) *[[1944]] – [[Alois Kayser]], German-French missionary (b. 1877) *[[1952]] – [[Hans Merensky]], South African geologist and philanthropist (b. 1871) *[[1963]] – [[Józef Franczak]], Polish sergeant (b. 1918) *[[1965]] – [[Bill Black]], American bass player and bandleader (b. 1926) *[[1969]] – [[Jack Kerouac]], American novelist and poet (b. 1922) * 1969 – [[Wacław Sierpiński]], Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1882) *[[1970]] – [[Li Linsi]], Chinese educator and diplomat (b. 1896) *[[1971]] – [[Minnie Evans]], American artist (b. 1888) *[[1973]] – [[Nasif Estéfano]], Argentinian race car driver (b. 1932) *[[1975]] – [[Charles Reidpath]], American runner and general (b. 1887) *[[1977]] – [[Ferit Tüzün]], Turkish composer (b. 1929) *[[1978]] – [[Anastas Mikoyan]], Armenian-Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1895) *[[1980]] – [[Hans Asperger]], Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1906) *[[1982]] – [[Radka Toneff]], Norwegian singer-songwriter (b. 1952) *[[1983]] – [[Joseph P. Lordi]], American government official (b. 1919) *[[1984]] – [[François Truffaut]], French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932) *[[1985]] – [[Dan White]], American assassin and politician (b. 1946) *[[1986]] – [[Lionel Murphy]], Australian jurist and politician, 22nd [[Attorney-General of Australia]] (b. 1922) *[[1989]] – [[Jean Image]], Hungarian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910) *[[1990]] – [[Dany Chamoun]], Lebanese engineer and politician (b. 1934) * 1990 – [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]], Indian spiritual guru, philosopher and author (b. 1921) *[[1991]] – [[Lorenc Antoni]], Albanian composer, conductor, and musicologist (b. 1909) *[[1992]] – [[Ante Ciliga]], Croatian politician, writer and publisher (b. 1898) * 1992 – [[Jim Garrison]], American lawyer and judge (b. 1921) *[[1993]] – [[Sam Zolotow]], American journalist and critic (b. 1899) *[[1995]] – [[Maxene Andrews]], American singer (b. 1916) * 1995 – [[Jesús Blasco]], Spanish author and illustrator (b. 1919) * 1995 – [[Nancy Graves]], American sculptor and painter (b. 1939) * 1995 – [[Shannon Hoon]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967) *[[1996]] – [[Georgios Zoitakis]], Greek general and politician (b. 1910) *[[1998]] – [[Francis W. Sargent]], American soldier and politician, 64th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (b. 1915) *[[1999]] – [[Lars Bo]], Danish author and illustrator (b. 1924) * 1999 – [[Ahmet Taner Kışlalı]], Turkish political scientist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1939) *[[2002]] – [[Edward J. Mortola]], American academic and president of Pace University (b. 1917)<ref name="NYT2002">{{cite news |last1=Saxon|first1=Wolfgang |title=Edward Mortola, 85; Oversaw Expansion at Pace |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/29/nyregion/edward-mortola-85-oversaw-expansion-at-pace.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 29, 2002 |access-date=February 5, 2017 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Louise Day Hicks]], American politician (b. 1916) * 2003 – [[Luis A. Ferré]], Puerto Rican engineer and politician, 3rd [[Governor of Puerto Rico]] (b. 1904) * 2003 – [[Elliott Smith]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1969) *[[2006]] – [[Sandy West]], American singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1959) *[[2007]] – [[Paul Fox (musician)|Paul Fox]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951) *[[2010]] – [[A. Ayyappan]], Indian poet and translator (b. 1949) *[[2011]] – [[Hikmet Bilâ]], Turkish journalist and author (b. 1954) * 2011 – [[Tone Pavček]], Slovenian poet and author (b. 1928) *[[2012]] – [[Yash Chopra]], Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932) * 2012 – [[Antoni Dobrowolski]], Polish educator (b. 1904) * 2012 – [[Jaroslav Kozlík]], Czech volleyball player and educator (b. 1907) * 2012 – [[Alf Kumalo]], South African photographer and journalist (b. 1930) * 2012 – [[George McGovern]], American historian, lieutenant, and politician (b. 1922) *[[2013]] – [[Bud Adams]], American businessman (b. 1923) * 2013 – [[Gianni Ferrio]], Italian composer and conductor (b. 1924) * 2013 – [[Rune T. Kidde]], Danish author, poet, and illustrator (b. 1957) * 2013 – [[Colonel Robert Morris]], American singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1954) * 2013 – [[Major Owens]], American librarian and politician (b. 1936) * 2013 – [[Tony Summers]], Welsh swimmer (b. 1924) * 2013 – [[Oscar Yanes]], Venezuelan journalist and author (b. 1927) *[[2014]] – [[Ben Bradlee]], American journalist and author (b. 1921) * 2014 – [[Nelson Bunker Hunt]], American businessman (b. 1926) * 2014 – [[Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani]], Iranian cleric and politician, [[Prime Minister of Iran]] (b. 1931) * 2014 – [[Edith Kawelohea McKinzie]], Hawaiian genealogist, author, and hula expert (b. 1925) * 2014 – [[Gough Whitlam]], Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. 1916) *[[2015]] – [[France Bučar]], Slovenian lawyer and politician (b. 1923) * 2015 – [[Marty Ingels]], American actor (b. 1936) * 2015 – [[Norman W. Moore]], English conservationist and author (b. 1923) * 2015 – [[Sheldon Wolin]], American philosopher, theorist, and academic (b. 1922) *[[2020]] – [[Frank Bough]], English television presenter (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-10-25|title=Obituary: Frank Bough|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26063499|access-date=2020-12-13}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Bernard Haitink]], Dutch conductor and violinist (b. 1929)<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59002746 Bernard Haitink: Celebrated classical conductor dies at 92], BBC News, October 22, 2021</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Bobby Charlton]], English footballer and manager (b. 1937)<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Bobby Charlton, giant of English football, dies at 86 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/bobby-charlton-dies-world-cup-england-football-bjm9xffqs |access-date=22 October 2023 |work=[[The Times]] |date=21 October 2023}}</ref> * 2023 – [[Bobi (dog)|Bobi]], Portuguese dog (b. 1992)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-12/world-s-oldest-dog-bobi-celebrates-his-31st-birthday/102341280|title=World's oldest dog Bobi the Rafeiro celebrated his 31st birthday with massive party plans|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=12 May 2023|access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> * 2023 – [[Bill Hayden]], Australian politician, 21st [[Governor General of Australia]] (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-21 |title=Former governor general and Labor party leader Bill Hayden dies aged 90 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/21/former-governor-general-and-labor-party-leader-bill-hayden-dies-at-90 |access-date=2023-10-21 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Mimi Hines]], Canadian singer and comedian (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Alex |date=October 27, 2024 |title=Mimi Hines, a Replacement Star in 'Funny Girl,' Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/27/theater/mimi-hines-dead.html |access-date=November 16, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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