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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[42 BC]] – [[Gaius Cassius Longinus]], Roman politician (b. 85 BC) * [[723]] – [[Elias I of Antioch]], Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Harrack |first1=Amir |title=The Chronicle of Zuqnin, Parts III and IV A.D. 488–775 |date=1999 |publisher=Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies |location=Toronto |isbn=9780888442864 |page=158}}</ref> * [[818]] – [[Ermengarde of Hesbaye|Ermengarde]], queen of the [[Francia|Franks]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Whitney |first1=James Pounder |last2=Gwatkin |first2=Henry Melvill |title=The Cambridge Medieval History: Maps III. Germany and the Western Empire. 3 |date=1922 |publisher=Plantagenet Publishing |page=23 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=exuwlXT-ys0C&pg=PT23 |language=en}}</ref> * [[900]] – [[Muhammad ibn Zayd]], Tabaristan emir * [[959]] – [[Gérard of Brogne]], Frankish [[abbot]] *[[1078]] – [[Iziaslav I of Kiev]] (b. 1024) *[[1226]] – [[Francis of Assisi]], Italian friar and saint (b. 1181 or 1182)<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Francis of Assisi {{!}} Biography, Facts, Feast Day, Patron Saint Of, & Legacy |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Francis-of-Assisi |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=11 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1283]] – [[Dafydd ap Gruffydd]], Welsh prince (b. 1238) *[[1369]] – [[Margaret, Countess of Tyrol]] (b. 1318) *[[1399]] – [[Eleanor de Bohun]], English noble (b. 1360) *[[1568]] – [[Elisabeth of Valois]] (b. 1545) *[[1596]] – [[Florent Chrestien]], French poet (b. 1541) ===1601–1900=== *[[1611]] – [[Charles, Duke of Mayenne]] (b. 1554) *[[1629]] – [[Giorgi Saakadze]], Georgian commander and politician (b. 1570) *[[1649]] – [[Giovanni Diodati]], Swiss-Italian clergyman and theologian (b. 1576) *[[1653]] – [[Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn]], Dutch linguist and academic (b. 1612) *[[1656]] – [[Myles Standish]], English captain (b. 1584) *[[1690]] – [[Robert Barclay]], Scottish theologian and politician, 2nd [[List of colonial governors of New Jersey|Governor of East Jersey]] (b. 1648) *[[1701]] – [[Joseph Williamson (English politician)|Joseph Williamson]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for the Northern Department]] (b. 1633) *[[1795]] – [[Tula (Curaçao)|Tula]], Curaçao slave leader (date of birth unknown; executed)<ref>{{cite book|author=Willem M. Hoyer|title=A Brief Historical Description of the Island of Curacao|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=be5kAAAAMAAJ|year=1948|page=8}}</ref> *[[1801]] – [[Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur]], French general and politician, [[Minister of Defence (France)|French Minister of Defence]] (b. 1724) *[[1833]] – [[François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat]], French general and engineer (b. 1754) *[[1838]] – [[Black Hawk (Sauk leader)|Black Hawk]], American tribal leader (b. 1767) *[[1860]] – [[Rembrandt Peale]], American painter and curator (b. 1778) *[[1867]] – [[Elias Howe]], American engineer, invented the [[sewing machine]] (b. 1819) *[[1873]] – [[Kintpuash]], American tribal leader (b. 1837) *[[1877]] – [[James Roosevelt Bayley]], American archbishop (b. 1814) * 1877 – [[Rómulo Díaz de la Vega]], Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1800)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/romulo-diaz-de-la-vega/|publisher=Presidencia de la Republica de Mexico|title=Rómulo Díaz de la Vega |language=es|access-date=May 27, 2019}}</ref> *[[1881]] – [[Orson Pratt]], American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811) *[[1890]] – [[Joseph Hergenröther]], German historian and cardinal (b. 1824) *[[1891]] – [[Édouard Lucas]], French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842) *[[1896]] – [[William Morris]], English author and poet (b. 1834) ===1901–present=== *[[1907]] – [[Jacob Nash Victor]], American engineer (b. 1835) *[[1910]] – [[Lucy Hobbs Taylor]], American dentist (b. 1833)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Edwards |first1=Ralph W. |title=The First Woman Dentist Lucy Hobbs Taylor, D.D.S. (1833–1910) |journal=Bulletin of the History of Medicine |date=1951 |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=277–283 |jstor=44443642 |pmid=14848611 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44443642 |access-date=21 February 2022 |issn=0007-5140}}</ref> *[[1911]] – [[Rosetta Jane Birks]], Australian suffragist (b. 1856)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Goods|first1=Martin|title=Birks, Rosetta Jane (1856–1911)|chapter=Rosetta Jane Birks (1856–1911) |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/birks-rosetta-jane-12799|website=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref> *[[1917]] – [[Eduardo Di Capua]], Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter (b. 1865) *[[1929]] – [[Jeanne Eagels]], American actress (b. 1894) * 1929 – [[Gustav Stresemann]], German politician, [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1878) *[[1931]] – [[Carl Nielsen]], Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865) *[[1936]] – [[John Heisman]], American football player and coach (b. 1869) *[[1953]] – [[Arnold Bax]], English composer and poet (b. 1883) *[[1959]] – [[Tochigiyama Moriya]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th [[Yokozuna (sumo)|Yokozuna]] (b. 1892) *[[1963]] – [[Refet Bele]], Turkish general (b. 1877) *[[1965]] – [[Zachary Scott]], American actor (b. 1914) *[[1966]] – [[Rolf Maximilian Sievert]], Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896) *[[1967]] – [[Woody Guthrie]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912) * 1967 – [[Malcolm Sargent]], English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895) *[[1969]] – [[Skip James]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1902) *[[1979]] – [[Nicos Poulantzas]], Greek-French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1936) *[[1980]] – [[Friedrich Karm]], Estonian footballer (b. 1907) *[[1981]] – [[Anna Hedvig Büll]], Estonian-German missionary (b. 1887) *[[1986]] – [[Vince DiMaggio]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1912) *[[1987]] – [[Jean Anouilh]], French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1910) * 1987 – [[Kalervo Palsa]], Finnish painter (b. 1947) *[[1988]] – [[Franz Josef Strauss]], Bavarian lieutenant and politician, [[List of Ministers-President of Bavaria|Minister President of Bavaria]] (b. 1915) *[[1990]] – [[Stefano Casiraghi]], Italian-Monegasque businessman (b. 1960) * 1990 – [[Eleanor Steber]], American soprano and educator (b. 1914) *[[1993]] – [[Katerina Gogou]], Greek actress, poet, and author (b. 1940) * 1993 – [[Gary Gordon]], American sergeant, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1960) * 1993 – [[Randy Shughart]], American sergeant, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1958) *[[1994]] – [[John C. Champion]], American producer and screenwriter (b. 1923) * 1994 – [[Dub Taylor]], American actor (b. 1907) *[[1995]] – [[Ma. Po. Si.]], Indian author and politician (b. 1906) *[[1997]] – [[Michael Adekunle Ajasin]], Nigerian politician, 3rd [[Governor of Ondo State]] (b. 1908) *[[1998]] – [[Roddy McDowall]], English-American actor (b. 1928) *[[1999]] – [[Akio Morita]], Japanese businessman, co-founded [[Sony]] (b. 1921) *[[2000]] – [[Benjamin Orr]], American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1947) *[[2001]] – [[Costas Hajihristos]], Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921) *[[2002]] – [[Bruce Paltrow]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943) *[[2003]] – [[Florence Stanley]], American actress (b. 1924) * 2003 – [[William Steig]], American sculptor, author, and illustrator (b. 1907) *[[2004]] – [[John Cerutti]], American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1960) * 2004 – [[Janet Leigh]], American actress (b. 1927) *[[2005]] – [[Ronnie Barker]], English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929) * 2005 – [[Nurettin Ersin]], Turkish general (b. 1918) *[[2006]] – [[Lucilla Andrews]], Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (b. 1919) * 2006 – [[John Crank]], English mathematician and physicist (b. 1916)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Obits2/Crank_Telegraph.html|title=Daily Telegraph obituary|publisher=MacTutor|date=3 November 2006|access-date=3 October 2020}}</ref> * 2006 – [[Peter Norman]], Australian runner (b. 1942) * 2006 – [[Alberto Ramento]], Filipino bishop (b. 1937) *[[2007]] – [[M. N. Vijayan]], Indian journalist, author, and academic (b. 1930) *[[2009]] – [[Vladimir Beekman]], Estonian poet and translator (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.epl.ee/artikkel/479451|title=Vladimir Beekmani elutööd on raske üle hinnata |last=Kressa|first=Karel |author2=Juske, Ants |author3=Peegel, Mari|date=2009-10-05|work=epl.ee|language=et|access-date=2009-11-09}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[Ben Mondor]], Canadian-American businessman (b. 1925) * 2010 – [[Abraham Sarmiento]], Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1921) *[[2012]] – [[Abdul Haq Ansari]], Indian theologian and scholar (b. 1931) * 2012 – [[Robert F. Christy]], American physicist and astrophysicist (b. 1916) * 2012 – [[Albie Roles]], English footballer (b. 1921) *[[2013]] – [[Sari Abacha]], Nigerian footballer (b. 1978) * 2013 – [[Sergei Belov]], Russian basketball player and coach (b. 1944) * 2013 – [[Joan Thirsk]], English cryptologist, historian, and academic (b. 1922) *[[2014]] – [[Ewen Gilmour]], New Zealand comedian and television host (b. 1963) * 2014 – [[Benedict Groeschel]], American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (b. 1933) * 2014 – [[Jean-Jacques Marcel]], French footballer (b. 1931) * 2014 – [[Kevin Metheny]], American businessman (b. 1954)<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff Writer(s); No by-line-->|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-kevin-metheny-dead-1005-biz-20141004-story.html|title=Kevin Metheny, former WGN-AM 720 boss and 'Pig Virus' to Howard Stern, dead at 60|date=October 4, 2014|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=October 5, 2014}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Ward Ruyslinck]], Belgian author (b. 1929) *[[2015]] – [[Denis Healey]], English soldier and politician, [[Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (b. 1917) * 2015 – [[Muhammad Nawaz Khan (author)|Muhammad Nawaz Khan]], Pakistani historian and author (b. 1943) * 2015 – [[Javed Iqbal (judge)|Javed Iqbal]], Pakistani philosopher and judge (b. 1925) *[[2021]] – [[Todd Akin]], American politician (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Albeck-Ripka|first1=Livia|last2=Victor|first2=Daniel|date=2021-10-04|title=Todd Akin, Whose Senate Bid Collapsed After a Rape Remark, Dies at 74|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/us/politics/todd-akin-dead.html|access-date=2021-10-04|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Dan Petrescu (businessman)|Dan Petrescu]], Romanian businessman and billionaire (b. 1953)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/viata-secreta-a-miliardarului-dan-petrescu-mort-in-accidentul-aviatic-din-italia-cine-ii-va-mosteni-uriasa-avere-3768206|title=Viața secretă a miliardarului Dan Petrescu, mort în accidentul aviatic din Italia. Cine îi va moșteni uriașa avere|first=Petre|last=Dobrescu|newspaper=[[Libertatea]]|date=5 October 2021|language=ro}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vanityfair.it/news/cronache/2021/10/04/chi-era-il-miliardario-romeno-dan-petrescu-proprietario-dellaereo-caduto-linate|title=Chi era il miliardario romeno Dan Petrescu, proprietario dell'aereo caduto a Linate|first=Monica|last=Coviello|newspaper=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=4 October 2021|language=it}}</ref> * [[2023]] – [[Thomas Gambino]], American mobster, [[Gambino crime family]] (b. 1929)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barbuti |first=Angela |date=October 14, 2023 |title='Mafia prince' Tommy Gambino – ratted on by 'Sammy the Bull' – dead at 94 |url=https://nypost.com/2023/10/14/thomas-gambino-son-of-carlo-and-capo-of-mafia-family-dead/ |access-date=September 9, 2024 |website=New York Post}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Michel Blanc]], French actor, writer and director (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-04 |title=Michel Blanc, « clown angoissé » du cinéma français, est mort à l'âge de 72 ans |url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/culture-loisirs/cinema/lacteur-et-realisateur-michel-blanc-est-mort-a-lage-de-72-ans-6675078.php |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Le Télégramme |language=fr-FR}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Pierre Christin]], French comics creator and writer (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-10-03 |title=Le scénariste Pierre Christin, grand nom de la bande dessinée, est mort |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/10/03/le-scenariste-pierre-christin-grand-nom-de-la-bande-dessinee-est-mort_6342755_3382.html |access-date=2024-10-04 |language=fr}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Cid Moreira]], Brazilian journalist and television anchor (b. 1927)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-03 |title=Cid Moreira, ícone do jornalismo da televisão brasileira, morre aos 97 anos |url=https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2024/10/03/morre-cid-moreira.ghtml |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Mary O'Rourke]], Irish politician (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-03 |title='A force to be reckoned with' – Tributes paid to former Fianna Fáil minister Mary O'Rourke following her death at 87 |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/a-force-to-be-reckoned-with-tributes-paid-to-former-fianna-fail-minister-mary-orourke-following-her-death-at-87/a986173626.html |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=Irish Independent |language=en}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust “this year in history” websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.-->
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