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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[705]] – [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan]], [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] caliph (b. 646) * [[923]] – [[Pilgrim I (archbishop of Salzburg)|Pilgrim I]], archbishop of [[Archbishopric of Salzburg|Salzburg]] * [[951]] – [[Empress Xiao Sagezhi|Xiao Sagezhi]], Chinese Khitan empress * [[976]] – [[Helen of Zadar]], [[queen consort]] of the [[Kingdom of Croatia (medieval)|Kingdom of Croatia]] *[[1281]] – Princess [[Constance of Greater Poland]] (b. c.1245) *[[1286]] – [[John I, Duke of Brittany]] (b. 1217) *[[1317]] – [[Emperor Fushimi]] of Japan (b. 1265) *[[1354]] – [[Cola di Rienzo]], Roman tribune (b. c.1313) *[[1361]] – [[John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp]] *[[1436]] – [[Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut]] (b. 1401) *[[1469]] – [[Filippo Lippi]], artist (b. 1406) *[[1559]] – [[Marina de Guevara]], Spanish nun executed by the Spanish inquisition (b. 1517),<ref>{{Cite book|title=Doña Marina de Guevara, monja cisterciense luterana?: edición y comentario de un proceso inquisitorial|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QNQRAQAAIAAJ&q=Trece%C3%B1o|publisher=Fundación Universitaria Española|date=2004|access-date=2023-11-20|isbn=978-84-7392-572-3|language=es}}</ref> *[[1594]] – [[Ishikawa Goemon]], ninja and thief of Japan (b. 1558) ===1601–1900=== *[[1621]] – [[Antoine de Montchrestien]], French soldier, playwright, and economist (b. 1575) *[[1647]] – [[Christen Sørensen Longomontanus]], Danish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1562) *[[1652]] – [[John Greaves]], English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1602) *[[1656]] – [[John George I, Elector of Saxony]] (b. 1585) *[[1659]] – [[Jean de Quen]], French missionary, priest, and historian (b. 1603) *[[1735]] – [[Yongzheng Emperor]] of China (b. 1678) *[[1754]] – [[Henry Fielding]], English novelist and playwright (b. 1707) *[[1772]] – [[Jean-Joseph de Mondonville]], French violinist and composer (b. 1711) *[[1793]] – [[John Hancock]], American merchant and politician, 1st [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (b. 1737) *[[1795]] – [[Andrew Kippis]], English minister and author (b. 1725)<ref>{{cite book |last=Cunningham |first=George Godfrey |author-link=George Godfrey Cunningham |title=Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen: From Alfred the Great to the Latest Times, on an Original Plan |date=1837 |publisher=A. Fullarton |pages=57–60 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DfAxAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA57 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1802]] – [[Emmanuele Vitale]], Maltese general and politician (b. 1758) *[[1804]] – [[Thomas Cochran (judge)|Thomas Cochran]], Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1777) *[[1809]] – [[James Elphinston]], Scottish orthographer, phonologist, and linguist (b. 1721) *[[1821]] – [[Juan O'Donojú]], last Spanish ruler of Mexico (b. 1762)<ref>{{Cite book|first=Glen W. |last=Taplin|title=Middle American governors|url=https://archive.org/details/middleamericango0000tapl|url-access=registration|year=1972|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-0465-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/middleamericango0000tapl/page/54 54]}}</ref> *[[1834]] – [[François-Adrien Boieldieu]], French composer (b. 1775) *[[1869]] – [[Franklin Pierce]], American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th [[President of the United States]] (b. 1804) *[[1879]] – [[Miguel Grau Seminario]], Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)<ref>{{Cite book|last=De la Puente |first=José Agustín |title=Miguel Grau |year=2003|publisher=Instituto de Estudios Históricos-Marítimos del Perú |location=Lima |page=16 |isbn=9972-633-02-0 |language=es}}</ref> *[[1886]] – [[Austin F. Pike]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1819) *[[1897]] – [[Alexei Savrasov]], Russian painter and academic (b. 1830) ===1901–present=== *[[1928]] – [[Larry Semon]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889) *[[1931]] – [[John Monash]], Australian general and engineer (b. 1865) *[[1936]] – [[Premchand]], Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880) * 1936 – [[Red Ames]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1882) * 1936 – [[Ahmet Tevfik Pasha]], Ottoman politician, 292nd [[Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]] (b. 1845) * 1936 – [[William Henry Stark]], American businessman (b. 1851) *[[1942]] – [[Sergey Chaplygin]], Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869) *[[1944]] – [[Wendell Willkie]], American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892) *[[1945]] – [[Felix Salten]], Austrian author and critic (b. 1869) *[[1952]] – [[Joe Adams (baseball)|Joe Adams]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1877) *[[1953]] – [[Nigel Bruce]], British actor (b. 1895) * 1953 – [[Kathleen Ferrier]], English soprano (b. 1912) *[[1955]] – [[Iry LeJeune]], American accordion player (b. 1928) *[[1958]] – [[Ran Bosilek]], Bulgarian author and translator (b. 1886) *[[1963]] – [[Remedios Varo]], Spanish-Mexican painter (b. 1908) *[[1967]] – [[Clement Attlee]], English soldier, lawyer, and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1883) *[[1970]] – [[Jean Giono]], French author and poet (b. 1895) *[[1973]] – [[Gabriel Marcel]], French philosopher, playwright, and critic (b. 1889) *[[1977]] – [[Giorgos Papasideris]], Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1902) *[[1978]] – [[Bertha Parker Pallan]], American archaeologist (b. 1907) *[[1979]] – [[Brian Edmund Baker]], English air marshal (b. 1896) * 1979 – [[Jayaprakash Narayan]], Indian politician (b. 1902) *[[1982]] – [[Fernando Lamas]], Argentinian-American actor and director (b. 1916) * 1982 – [[Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker]], English runner and politician, [[Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1889) *[[1983]] – [[Joan Hackett]], American actress (b. 1934) *[[1985]] – [[Malcolm Ross (balloonist)|Malcolm Ross]], American captain, physicist, and balloonist (b. 1919) * 1985 – [[Gordon Welchman]], English-American mathematician and scholar (b. 1906) *[[1987]] – [[Konstantinos Tsatsos]], Greek scholar and politician, 2nd [[President of Greece]] (b. 1899) *[[1992]] – [[Willy Brandt]], German lawyer and politician, 4th [[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic)|Chancellor of Germany]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1913) *1992 – [[Robert Berdella]], American serial killer, torturer, and rapist (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite web|title=KC True Crime Bob Berdella|work=[[The Kansas City Star]]|date=2014-07-10|url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/special-reports/kc-true-crime/article704522.html|access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Oscar M. Ruebhausen]], American lawyer (b. 1912) *[[1995]] – [[Christopher Keene]], American conductor and educator (b. 1946) *[[1997]] – [[Bertrand Goldberg]], American architect, designed the [[Marina City|Marina City Building]] (b. 1913) *[[1999]] – [[John McLendon]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1915) *[[2000]] – [[Charlotte Lamb]], English author (b. 1937) *[[2001]] – [[Dmitry Polyansky]], [[First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union]] (b. 1917) *[[2002]] – [[Phyllis Calvert]], English actress (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite web |title=Phyllis Calvert {{!}} British actress |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Phyllis-Calvert |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=28 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 2002 – [[Jacques Richard]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952) *[[2004]] – [[James Chace]], American historian and author (b. 1931) *[[2006]] – [[Mark Porter (racing driver)|Mark Porter]], New Zealand race car driver (b. 1974) *[[2007]] – [[Constantine Andreou]], Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1917) *[[2008]] – [[Ângelo Carvalho]], Portuguese footballer (b. 1925) * 2008 – [[Bob Friend (newscaster)|Bob Friend]], English journalist (b. 1938) * 2008 – [[Eileen Herlie]], Scottish-American actress (b. 1918) * 2008 – [[George Emil Palade]], Romanian-American biologist and physician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1912) *[[2010]] – [[Frank Bourgholtzer]], American journalist (b. 1919) * 2010 – [[Eileen Crofton]], British physician and author (b. 1919)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Obituary: Lady Eileen Crofton, MBE, Doctor and founder of Action on Smoking and Health |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-lady-eileen-crofton-mbe-doctor-and-founder-of-action-on-smoking-and-health-1-824570 |website=www.scotsman.com |access-date=9 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2011]] – [[Al Davis]], American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1929) * 2011 – [[Mikey Welsh]], American guitarist and painter (b. 1971) * 2011 – [[Roger Williams (pianist)|Roger Williams]], American pianist (b. 1924) *[[2012]] – [[Varsha Bhosle]], Indian singer and journalist (b. 1956) * 2012 – [[Marilou Diaz-Abaya]], Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955) * 2012 – [[Eric Lomax]], Scottish captain and author (b. 1919) * 2012 – [[Nawal Kishore Sharma]], Indian politician, 20th [[List of Governors of Gujarat|Governor of Gujarat]] (b. 1925) *[[2013]] – [[Philip Chevron]], Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957) * 2013 – [[Paul Desmarais]], Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927) * 2013 – [[Rod Grams]], American journalist and politician (b. 1948) * 2013 – [[Rodolphe Kasser]], Swiss archaeologist and philologist (b. 1927) * 2013 – [[Andy Pafko]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1921) * 2013 – [[Akong Rinpoche]], Tibetan-Chinese spiritual leader (b. 1939) *[[2014]] – [[Morris Lurie]], Australian author and playwright (b. 1938) * 2014 – [[Alden E. Matthews]], American missionary (b. 1921) * 2014 – [[Harden M. McConnell]], American chemist and academic (b. 1927) * 2014 – [[Zilpha Keatley Snyder]], American author (b. 1927) * 2014 – [[Jeen van den Berg]], Dutch speed skater (b. 1928) *[[2015]] – [[Richard Davies (Welsh actor)|Richard Davies]], Welsh-English actor (b. 1926) * 2015 – [[Jim Diamond (singer)|Jim Diamond]], Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1951) * 2015 – [[Dennis Eichhorn]], American author and illustrator (b. 1945) * 2015 – [[Lindy Infante]], American football player and coach (b. 1940) * 2015 – [[Paul Prudhomme]], American chef and author (b. 1940) *[[2020]] – [[Whitey Ford]], American professional baseball pitcher (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://uk.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2020-idUSRTS30YSX|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408210155/https://uk.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2020-idUSRTS30YSX|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-08|title= Notable deaths in 2020|website=Reuters|access-date=2020-10-23}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Pat Fischer]], American football player (b. 1940)<ref name="Shapiro">{{cite news |last=Shapiro |first=Leonard |date=October 8, 2024 |title=Pat Fischer, undersized NFL defensive back, dies at 84 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/10/08/pat-fischer-obituary/ |url-access=limited |accessdate=October 9, 2024 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> *2024 – [[Tim Johnson (South Dakota politician)|Tim Johnson]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=October 10, 2024 |title=Tim Johnson, Senator Who Came Back From an Aneurysm, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/10/us/politics/tim-johnson-dead.html |access-date=October 11, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> *2024 – [[Luis Tiant]], Cuban baseball player (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Close |first=David |last2=Schlachter |first2=Thomas |date=October 8, 2024 |title=Famed Cuban, MLB pitcher Luis Tiant dies at 83 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/08/sport/cuban-mlb-pitcher-luis-tiant-dies-spt-intl/index.html |access-date=October 9, 2024 |website=[[CNN]] |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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