Famous Deaths
Browse 34,556 historical entries of Famous Deaths, sorted by date.
Deaths on This Day
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838
Li Yong, prince of the Tang Dynasty
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1003
Pope John XVII
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1078
Berthold II, Duke of Carinthia (b. c. 1000)
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1101
Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria.
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1231
Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1196)
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1312
Christina von Stommeln, Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatic (b. 1242)
Most mentioned
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 131 occurrences
- Nobel Prize in Physics 113 occurrences
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry 101 occurrences
- Nobel Prize in Literature 93 occurrences
- Nobel Peace Prize 66 occurrences
- Medal of Honor 53 occurrences
- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 46 occurrences
- Prime Minister of France 45 occurrences
- Prime Minister of Greece 39 occurrences
- President of the United States 38 occurrences
- SS 38 occurrences
- Makuuchi 35 occurrences
- Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 29 occurrences
- Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 28 occurrences
- Premier of New South Wales 27 occurrences
- Lord Chancellor 25 occurrences
- Victoria Cross 24 occurrences
- Premier of Tasmania 24 occurrences
- Premier of Victoria 23 occurrences
- Prime Minister of Australia 22 occurrences
All entries
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138
1/1 — Lucius Aelius, adopted son and intended successor of Hadrian (b. 101)
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404
1/1 — Telemachus, Christian monk and martyr
Saint Telemachus · Christian · Monk · Martyr
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466
1/1 — Emperor Qianfei, emperor of the Liu Song dynasty (b. 449)
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827
1/1 — Adalard of Corbie, Frankish abbot
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898
1/1 — Odo of France (b. 860)
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951
1/1 — Ramiro II, king of León and Galicia
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962
1/1 — Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (b. 940)
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1189
1/1 — Henry of Marcy, Cistercian abbot (b. c. 1136)
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1204
1/1 — Haakon III of Norway (b. 1170)
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1387
1/1 — Charles II of Navarre (b. 1332)
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1496
1/1 — Charles, Count of Angoulême (b. 1459)
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1515
1/1 — Louis XII of France (b. 1462)
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1559
1/1 — Christian III of Denmark (b. 1503)
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1560
1/1 — Joachim du Bellay, French poet and critic (b. 1522)
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1617
1/1 — Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1558)
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1697
1/1 — Filippo Baldinucci, Florentine historian and author (b. 1624)
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1716
1/1 — William Wycherley, English playwright and poet (b. 1641)
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1748
1/1 — Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1667)
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1780
1/1 — Johann Ludwig Krebs, German organist and composer (b. 1713)
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1782
1/1 — Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b. 1735)
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1789
1/1 — Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English lawyer and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1716)
Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley · Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)
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1793
1/1 — Francesco Guardi, Italian painter and educator (b. 1712)
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1796
1/1 — Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician and chemist (b. 1735)
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1817
1/1 — Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (b. 1743)
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1846
1/1 — John Torrington, English soldier and explorer (b. 1825)
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1853
1/1 — Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)
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1862
1/1 — Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
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1881
1/1 — Louis Auguste Blanqui, French activist (b. 1805)
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1892
1/1 — Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
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1894
1/1 — Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)
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1896
1/1 — Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)
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1906
1/1 — Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
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1918
1/1 — William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
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1919
1/1 — Mikhail Drozdovsky, Russian general (b. 1881)
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1921
1/1 — Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
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1922
1/1 — István Kühár, Slovene priest and politician (b. 1887)
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1929
1/1 — Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)
Mustafa Necati · Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning (Turkey)
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1931
1/1 — Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
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1937
1/1 — Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874)
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1940
1/1 — Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (b. 1865)
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1944
1/1 — Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869)
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1944
1/1 — Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)
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1953
1/1 — Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)
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1954
1/1 — Duff Cooper, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1890)
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1954
1/1 — Leonard Bacon, American poet and critic (b. 1887)
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1955
1/1 — Arthur C. Parker, American archaeologist and historian (b. 1881)
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1960
1/1 — Margaret Sullavan, American actress (b. 1909)
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1965
1/1 — Emma Asson, Estonian historian and politician (b. 1889)
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1966
1/1 — Vincent Auriol, French journalist and politician, 16th President of the French Republic (b. 1884)
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1969
1/1 — Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
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1969
1/1 — Bruno Söderström, Swedish pole vaulter and javelin thrower (b. 1888)
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1971
1/1 — Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian saint (b. 1894)
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1972
1/1 — Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer (b. 1888)
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1978
1/1 — Don Freeman, American author and illustrator (b. 1908)
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1980
1/1 — Pietro Nenni, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1891)
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1981
1/1 — Hephzibah Menuhin, American-Australian pianist (b. 1920)
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1982
1/1 — Victor Buono, American actor (b. 1938)
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1984
1/1 — Alexis Korner, French-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)
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1985
1/1 — Sigerson Clifford, Irish poet, playwright, and civil servant (b. 1913)
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1992
1/1 — Grace Hopper, American computer scientist and admiral, co-developed COBOL (b. 1906)
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1994
1/1 — Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1900)
Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt · Governor-General of New Zealand
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1994
1/1 — Cesar Romero, American actor (b. 1907)
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1994
1/1 — Edward Arthur Thompson, Irish historian and academic (b. 1914)
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1995
1/1 — Eugene Wigner, Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
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1996
1/1 — Arleigh Burke, American admiral (b. 1901)
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1996
1/1 — Arthur Rudolph, German-American engineer (b. 1906)
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1997
1/1 — Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
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1997
1/1 — Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)
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1998
1/1 — Helen Wills, American tennis player and coach (b. 1905)
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2000
1/1 — Colin Vaughan, Australian-Canadian journalist and activist (b. 1931)
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2001
1/1 — Ray Walston, American actor (b. 1914)
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2002
1/1 — Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (b. 1944)
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2003
1/1 — Royce D. Applegate, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1939)
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2003
1/1 — Joe Foss, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 20th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1915)
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2005
1/1 — Shirley Chisholm, American educator and politician (b. 1924)
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2005
1/1 — Eugene J. Martin, American painter (b. 1938)
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2006
1/1 — Harry Magdoff, American economist and journalist (b. 1913)
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2007
1/1 — Leon Davidson, American chemist and engineer (b. 1922)
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2007
1/1 — Roland Levinsky, South African-English biochemist and academic (b. 1943)
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2007
1/1 — Tillie Olsen, American short story writer (b. 1912)
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2008
1/1 — Pratap Chandra Chunder, Indian educator and politician
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2008
1/1 — Harold Corsini, American photographer and educator (b. 1919)
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2009
1/1 — Claiborne Pell, American politician (b. 1918)
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2010
1/1 — Lhasa de Sela, American-Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1972)
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2011
1/1 — Marin Constantin, Romanian composer and conductor (b. 1925)
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2012
1/1 — Kiro Gligorov, Bulgarian-Macedonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1917)
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2012
1/1 — Nay Win Maung, Burmese physician, businessman, and activist (b. 1962)
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2012
1/1 — Tommy Mont, American football player and coach (b. 1922)
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2013
1/1 — Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English journalist (b. 1945)
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2013
1/1 — Patti Page, American singer and actress (b. 1927)
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2014
1/1 — Pete DeCoursey, American journalist (b. 1961)
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2014
1/1 — Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (b. 1910)
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2014
1/1 — William Mgimwa, Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Tanzanian Minister of Finance (b. 1950)
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2014
1/1 — Juanita Moore, American actress (b. 1914)
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2015
1/1 — Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York (b. 1932)
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2015
1/1 — Donna Douglas, American actress (b. 1932)
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2015
1/1 — Omar Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1934)
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2015
1/1 — Boris Morukov, Russian physician and astronaut (b. 1950)