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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[932]] – [[Al-Muqtadir]], Abbasid caliph (b. 895) * [[994]] – [[Wolfgang of Regensburg]], German bishop and saint (b. 934) *[[1005]] – [[Abe no Seimei]], Japanese astrologer (b. 921) *[[1034]] – [[Deokjong of Goryeo|Deokjong]], Korean ruler (b. 1016) *[[1147]] – [[Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester]], son of [[Henry I of England]] (b. 1100) *[[1214]] – [[Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile|Eleanor of England]], queen consort of Castile (b. 1163) *[[1320]] – [[Ricold of Monte Croce]], Italian Dominican missionary (b. 1242) *[[1335]] – [[Marie of Évreux]], Duchess Consort of Brabant (b. 1303) *[[1448]] – [[John VIII Palaiologos]], Byzantine emperor (b. 1390) *[[1517]] – [[Fra Bartolomeo]], Italian artist (b. 1472)<ref>{{cite web |title=Fra Bartolommeo {{!}} Italian painter {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fra-Bartolommeo |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=3 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1589]] – [[Peter Stumpp]], German farmer and alleged serial killer (b. 1535)<ref>Orenstein, Catherine (2002) ''Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality, and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale''. New York: Basic Books. p. 91, {{ISBN|0-465-04125-6}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated97">Fairfax, Edward (1882) ''Daemonologica: A Discourse on Witchcraft''. Harrogate:[[Robert Ackrill]]. p.97</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1641]] – [[Cornelis Jol]], Dutch admiral (b. 1597) *[[1659]] – [[John Bradshaw (judge)|John Bradshaw]], English lawyer and judge, [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] (b. 1602) *[[1661]] – [[Köprülü Mehmed Pasha]], Ottoman politician, 109th [[List of Ottoman Grand Viziers|Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]] (b. 1575) *[[1723]] – [[Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany|Cosimo III de' Medici]], Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1642) *[[1732]] – [[Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia|Victor Amadeus II]], Duke of Savoy (b. 1666) *[[1733]] – [[Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg|Eberhard Louis]], Duke of Württemberg (b. 1676) *[[1744]] – [[Leonardo Leo]], Italian composer (b. 1694) *[[1768]] – [[Francesco Maria Veracini]], Italian violinist and composer (b. 1690) *[[1786]] – [[Princess Amelia of Great Britain]] (b. 1711)<ref>{{cite news |title=Princess Amelia |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/princess-amelia |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=8 October 2022 |language=en|last1=Pixeltocode. Uk |first1=Pixeltocode }}</ref> *[[1806]] – [[Utamaro|Kitagawa Utamaro]], Japanese artist and printmaker (b. ca. 1753) *[[1860]] – [[Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald]], Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1775) *[[1869]] – [[Charles A. Wickliffe]], American politician, 14th [[Governor of Kentucky]] (b. 1788) *[[1879]] – [[Jacob Abbott]], American author and academic (b. 1803) * 1879 – [[Joseph Hooker]], American general (b. 1814) *[[1884]] – [[Marie Bashkirtseff]], Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1858) ===1901–present=== *[[1905]] – [[Bryan O'Loghlen]], Irish-Australian politician, 13th [[Premier of Victoria]] (b. 1828) *[[1913]] – [[William Evans-Gordon]], English soldier and politician (b. 1857) *[[1916]] – [[Charles Taze Russell]], American minister (b. 1852) * 1916 – [[Huang Xing]], Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman (b. 1874) *[[1918]] – [[Egon Schiele]], Austrian painter (b. 1890) *[[1920]] – [[Alphonse Desjardins (co-operator)|Alphonse Desjardins]], Canadian businessman (b. 1854) *[[1925]] – [[Max Linder]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883) * 1925 – [[Mikhail Frunze]], [[Bolshevik]] leader during and just prior to the [[Russian Revolution of 1917]] (b. 1885) *[[1926]] – [[Harry Houdini]], American magician and stuntman (b. 1874) *[[1929]] – [[António José de Almeida]], Portuguese physician and politician, 6th [[List of Presidents of Portugal|President of Portugal]] (b. 1866) *[[1931]] – [[Octave Uzanne]], French journalist and author (b. 1851) *[[1939]] – [[Otto Rank]], Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (b. 1884) *[[1944]] – [[Joseph Hubert Priestley]], British botanist (b. 1883)<ref name="Pearsall 1944">{{Cite journal|last1=Pearsall |first1=William Harold |author1-link=William Pearsall |last2=Scott |first2=Lorna Iris |date=December 2, 1944 |title=Obituary. Professor J. H. Priestley |journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |publisher=[[Nature Portfolio]] |volume=154 |issue=3918 |pages=694{{Ndash}}695 |location=London |language=en |doi=10.1038/154694a0 |doi-access=free |issn=1476-4687 |bibcode=1944Natur.154..694P |s2cid=3998725 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.26770/page/n736 |access-date=December 6, 2021}}</ref> *[[1952]] – [[Chit Hlaing]], Burmese lawyer and politician (b. 1879) *[[1959]] – [[Jean Cabannes]], French physicist and academic (b. 1885) *[[1960]] – [[H. L. Davis]], American author and poet (b. 1894) *[[1962]] – [[Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion]], French astronomer (b. 1877) *[[1963]] – [[Mesut Cemil]], Turkish cellist and composer (b. 1902) *[[1964]] – [[Tuomas Bryggari]], Finnish politician (b. 1881)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Tuomas Bryggari |url=http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hx5000.sh?{hnro}=910315&{kieli}=su&{haku}=kaikki |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611171008/http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hx5000.sh?{hnro}=910315&{kieli}=su&{haku}=kaikki |archive-date=11 June 2011 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Bill Durnan]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1916) *[[1973]] – [[Malek Bennabi]], Algerian philosopher and author (b. 1905) *[[1975]] – [[Sachin Dev Burman]], Indian composer and singer (b. 1906) *[[1977]] – [[C. B. Colby]], American author and illustrator (b. 1904) *[[1980]] – [[Jan Werich]], Czech actor and playwright (b. 1905) *[[1983]] – [[George Halas]], American football player and coach (b. 1895) * 1983 – [[Lu Jiaxi (mathematician)|Lu Jiaxi]], Chinese self-taught mathematician (b. 1935) * 1983 – [[Sharof Rashidov]], Uzbek politician, [[Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|CPSU Politburo]] candidate member (b. 1917) *[[1984]] – [[Eduardo De Filippo]], Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900) * 1984 – [[Indira Gandhi]], Indian politician, [[Prime Minister of India]] (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite web |title=Indira Gandhi |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/indira-gandhi |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=July 28, 2021 |language=en |date=February 16, 2019}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Nikos Engonopoulos]], Greek painter and poet (b. 1907) * 1985 – [[Poul Reichhardt]], Danish actor and singer (b. 1913) *[[1986]] – [[Robert S. Mulliken]], American physicist and chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1896) *[[1988]] – [[John Houseman]], Romanian-born American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902) * 1988 – [[Alfred Pellan]], Canadian painter and academic (b. 1906) *[[1991]] – [[Joseph Papp]], American stage director and producer (b. 1921) *[[1992]] – [[Gary Rippingale]], English ice hockey player (b. 1974) *[[1993]] – [[Federico Fellini]], Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1920) * 1993 – [[River Phoenix]], American actor and singer (b. 1970) *[[1995]] – [[Rosalind Cash]], American actress and singer (b. 1938) *[[1996]] – [[Marcel Carné]], French director and screenwriter (b. 1906) *[[1997]] – [[George Roth]], American gymnast (b. 1911)<ref>{{Cite web |title=George Roth |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/31418 |website=Olympedia |access-date=15 March 2024 }}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Elmer Vasko]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1935) * 1998 – [[María de la Purísima Salvat Romero]], Spanish nun and saint ([[Roman Catholic Church]]) (b. 1926) *[[1999]] – [[Greg Moore (racing driver)|Greg Moore]], Canadian race car driver (b. 1975) *[[2000]] – [[Ring Lardner, Jr.]], American journalist and screenwriter (b. 1915) * 2000 – [[Kazuki Watanabe (musician)|Kazuki Watanabe]], Japanese songwriter and guitarist (b. 1981) *[[2001]] – [[Régine Cavagnoud]], French skier (b. 1970) *[[2002]] – [[Lionel Poilâne]], French banker and businessman (b. 1945) * 2002 – [[Michail Stasinopoulos]], Greek jurist and politician, [[List of heads of state of Greece|President of Greece]] (b. 1903) * 2002 – [[Raf Vallone]], Italian footballer and actor (b. 1916) *[[2003]] – [[Richard Neustadt]], American political scientist and historian (b. 1919) *[[2005]] – [[Hal Anger]], American biophysicist and engineer (b. 1920) * 2005 – [[Amrita Pritam]], Indian author and poet (b. 1919) *[[2006]] – [[P. W. Botha]], South African soldier and politician, [[State President of South Africa]] (b. 1916) * 2006 – [[Peter Fryer]], English journalist and author (b. 1927) *[[2007]] – [[Erdal İnönü]], Turkish physicist and politician, [[Prime Minister of Turkey]] (b. 1926) *[[2008]] – [[Studs Terkel]], American historian and author (b. 1912) *[[2009]] – [[Mustafa Mahmud]], Egyptian physician and author (b. 1921) * 2009 – [[Tom Wheatcroft]], English businessman, founded the [[Donington Grand Prix Exhibition]] (b. 1922) * 2009 – [[Qian Xuesen]], Chinese aerodynamicist and academic (b. 1911) *[[2010]] – [[Ted Sorensen]], American lawyer, 8th [[White House Counsel]] (b. 1928) *[[2011]] – [[Flórián Albert]], Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1941) * 2011 – [[Roberto Lippi]], Italian race car driver (b. 1926) *[[2012]] – [[Gae Aulenti]], Italian architect and designer (b. 1927) * 2012 – [[John Fitch (racing driver)|John Fitch]], American race car driver and engineer (b. 1917) * 2012 – [[John H. Reed]], American soldier and politician, 67th [[Governor of Maine]] (b. 1921) *[[2013]] – [[Chris Chase]] (aka Irene Kane), American actress and author (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24802212 |title=Irene Kane, star of Stanley Kubrick film Killer's Kiss, dies |work=[[BBC News]] |date=November 4, 2013 |access-date=July 10, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516163253/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-24802212 |archive-date=May 16, 2021}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Gérard de Villiers]], French journalist and author (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/gerard-de-villiers-pulp-fiction-writer-whose-intelligence-contacts-gave-his-books-the-semblance-of-being-true-to-life-8929899.html |title=Gérard de Villiers: Pulp fiction writer whose intelligence contacts gave his books the semblance of being true to life |last=Perrone |first=Pierre |work=[[The Independent]] |date=November 8, 2013 |access-date=July 10, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129005748/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/gerard-de-villiers-pulp-fiction-writer-whose-intelligence-contacts-gave-his-books-the-semblance-of-being-true-to-life-8929899.html |archive-date=November 29, 2021}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Trevor Kletz]], English chemist and author (b. 1922) * 2013 – [[Johnny Kucks]], American baseball player (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/02/sports/baseball/johnny-kucks-who-pitched-yanks-to-title-dies-at-81.html |title=Johnny Kucks, Who Pitched Yanks to Title, Dies at 81 |last=Weber |first=Bruce |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 1, 2013 <!--article states "died on Thursday" which was Oct 31--> |access-date=July 10, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325073249/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/02/sports/baseball/johnny-kucks-who-pitched-yanks-to-title-dies-at-81.html |archive-date=March 25, 2015}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Andres Narvasa]], Filipino lawyer and jurist, 19th [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines]] (b. 1928) * 2013 – [[Bobby Parker (guitarist)|Bobby Parker]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/bobby-parker-influential-blues-singer-guitarist-and-showman/2013/11/04/0a898618-435f-11e3-a624-41d661b0bb78_story.html |title=Bobby Parker, influential blues singer-guitarist and showman |last=McArdle |first=Terence |date=November 4, 2013 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=July 10, 2023 |url-access=subscription <!--you can read the archive for free--> |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202033813/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/bobby-parker-influential-blues-singer-guitarist-and-showman/2013/11/04/0a898618-435f-11e3-a624-41d661b0bb78_story.html |archive-date=February 2, 2016 }}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[David Manker Abshire]], American commander and diplomat, [[United States Permanent Representative to NATO]] (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/04/us/david-m-abshire-who-helped-reagan-through-iran-contra-scandal-dies-at-88.html |title=David M. Abshire, Who Helped Reagan Through Iran-Contra Scandal, Dies at 88 |last=Martin |first=Douglas |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 3, 2014 <!--previous Friday referred to in article was Oct 31--> |access-date=July 9, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108173050/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/04/us/david-m-abshire-who-helped-reagan-through-iran-contra-scandal-dies-at-88.html |archive-date=November 8, 2014}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Michael Alsbury]], American engineer and pilot (b. 1975)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/michael-alsbury-experienced-and-respected-pilot-who-died-during-a-test-flight-for-richard-branson-s-spaceshiptwo-vessel-9842224.html |title=Michael Alsbury: Experienced and respected pilot who died during a test flight for Richard Branson's 'SpaceShipTwo' vessel |date=November 6, 2014 |last=Williamson |first=Marcus |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=July 9, 2023 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416015702/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/michael-alsbury-experienced-and-respected-pilot-who-died-during-a-test-flight-for-richard-branson-s-spaceshiptwo-vessel-9842224.html |archive-date=April 16, 2022}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Brad Halsey]], American baseball player (b. 1981)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/07/sports/baseball/brad-halsey-former-major-league-pitcher-dies-at-33.html |title=Brad Halsey, Former Major League Pitcher, Dies at 33 |date=November 6, 2014 |work=[[The New York Times]] |agency=The Associated Press |access-date=July 9, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111152600/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/07/sports/baseball/brad-halsey-former-major-league-pitcher-dies-at-33.html |archive-date=November 11, 2014}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Hitoshi Motoshima]], Japanese educator and politician (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201410310163 |title=Former Nagasaki Mayor Motoshima, once wounded by a rightist for emperor comment, dies at 92 |date=October 31, 2014 |work=[[The Asahi Shimbun]] |access-date=July 9, 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204150011/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201410310163 |archive-date=December 4, 2014}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Gus Savage]], American businessman and politician (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-gus-savage-congressman-dies-obituary-20151031-story.html |title=Gus Savage, controversial former congressman, dies at 90 |last1=Pearson |first1=Rick |last2=Pratt |first2=Gregory |date=October 31, 2015 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=July 9, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516032926/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-gus-savage-congressman-dies-obituary-20151031-story.html |archive-date=May 16, 2021}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Willie McCovey]], American baseball player (b. 1938)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/giants/article/Willie-McCovey-Giants-legend-dead-at-80-13352886.php |title=Willie McCovey: Giants legend dead at 80 |last1=Kroner |first1=Steve |last2=Shea |first2=John |date=October 31, 2018 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |access-date=July 9, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111095042/https://www.sfchronicle.com/giants/article/Willie-McCovey-Giants-legend-dead-at-80-13352886.php |archive-date=November 11, 2018 }}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Sean Connery]], Scottish actor (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite news |last=Harmetz |first=Aljean |title=Sean Connery, Who Embodied James Bond and More, Dies at 90 - To legions of fans who have watched a parade of actors play Agent 007, none played the part as magnetically or as indelibly as Mr. Connery. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/31/movies/sean-connery-dead.html |date=October 31, 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=October 31, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Shapiro |first=T. Rees |title=Sean Connery, first James Bond of film, dies at 90 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/sean-connery-first-james-bond-of-film-dies-at-90/2020/10/31/6cbff0a6-1b75-11eb-82db-60b15c874105_story.html |date=October 31, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=October 31, 2020 }}</ref> * 2020 – [[MF Doom]], British-American rapper and record producer (b. 1971)<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Atkinson|first=Katie|date=December 31, 2020|title=Masked Rapper MF Doom Dies at 49|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9506021/mf-doom-dead/|access-date=May 2, 2021|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|language=en|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126232926/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9506021/mf-doom-dead|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Peter Philpott]], Australian cricketer (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Australian Test cricketer Peter Philpott dies, aged 86 - ABC News|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-31/australian-test-cricketer-peter-philpott-has-died-aged-86/100583944|access-date=31 October 2021|website=|publisher=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Ken Mattingly]], American astronaut (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite news |title=Ken Mattingly, Astronaut Bumped From Apollo 13, Is Dead at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/02/science/space/ken-mattingly-dead.html |access-date=8 November 2023 |work=New York Times|date=2 November 2023 |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard }}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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