Deaths 1 - 200 of 206

• 312 Lucian of Antioch, theologist and martyr, dies of torture and starvation
• 1130 Baldri de Bourgueil, French abbot, poet and historian, dies at about 83
• 1285 Charles I of Anjou, King of Naples, brother of King Louis IX, dies at 58

• 1325 Denis of Portugal, King of Portugal (1279-1325), dies at 63
• 1355 Inês de Castro, Galician noblewoman, lover and posthumously-recognized wife of King Peter I of Portugal, is murdered on the orders of King Afonso IV at 29 or 30
• 1400 Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, English politician (b. 1374)
• 1451 Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoye and last antipope (Felix V, 1439-48), dies at 67
• 1529 Peter Vischer, the Old, German count of Sebaldus, dies

1st wife of England's King Henry VIII (mother of Mary I), dies at 50

• 1537 Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, Italian ruler of Florence (1532-37), assassinated by his friend and cousin at 26
• 1566 Louis de Blois "Dacrianus", French Benedictine writer and poet, dies at about 60
• 1590 Jacob Andreae, German theologist (Formulae Concordiae), dies at 61
• 1591 Jacobus de Kerle, French Flemish composer, dies at about 59
• 1598 Feodor I (Fyodor/Theodore Ivanovich), Tsar of Russia (1584-98), dies at 40
• 1619 Nicholas Hilliard, English painter of miniature portraits, dies at about 71
• 1625 Ruggiero Giovannelli, Italian composer, dies at about 64

236th Pope (1644-55), dies at 80

• 1658 Theophilus Eaton, American colonist and Puritan (co-founder of New Haven and Massachusetts Bay colonies) (b. 1590)
• 1678 Johannes Flittner, German composer, dies at 59
• 1694 Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, English general (bc. 1618)
• 1695 Mary II, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, wife of William III, dies of smallpox at 32 [OS=Dec 28 1694]
• 1700 Raffaello Fabretti, Italian antiquarian (b. 1618)
• 1715 François Fénelon, French Roman Catholic theologian and writer (Playing for Time), dies at 63
• 1721 Rochus Aerts, Flemish sculptor, dies [or 1739]
• 1722 Antoine Coypel, French painter and poet, dies at 60
• 1730 Árni Magnússon, Icelandic scholar and collector of manuscripts (Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection), dies at 66
• 1736 Česlav Vaňura, Czech composer, dies at 41
• 1743 Anne Sophie Reventlow, Queen of Denmark and Norway (1721-30), dies at 49
• 1755 Gallus Zeiler, German composer, dies at 49
• 1758 Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (Gentle Shepherd), dies at 71
• 1767 Thomas Clap, American academic, 1st president of Yale University, dies at 63
• 1770 Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician, dies at 74
• 1783 William Tans'ur, English hymnist, dies at 76
• 1786 Jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and scientist (b. 1715)
• 1790 Antonio Corbisiero, Italian Baroque composer, dies at 69
• 1810 Joseph Lipavsky, Bohemian composer and pianist, dies at 37
• 1830 Infanta Carlota Joaquina, daughter of Charles IV of Spain and wife of John VI of Portugal, dies at 53
• 1830 Thomas Lawrence, English portrait painter, dies at 60
• 1833 Ramón Cuéllar y Altarriba, Spanish composer, dies at 55
• 1843 Franz Schoberlechner, Austrian composer, dies at 45
• 1858 Willem Broes, Dutch vicar and theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91
• 1864 Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior, dies at 55
• 1868 William Batchelder Bradbury, American composer, dies at 51
• 1870 Carl Schwencke, German pianist and composer, dies at 72
• 1872 James Fisk, American financier “Barnum of Wall Street”, dies at 38
• 1876 Juste Olivier, Swiss poet (b. 1807)
• 1878 François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794)

• 1882 Jim Fisk, American financier and "robber baron" of the Gilded Age known as Big Jim, dies of an abdominal wound a day after being shot twice by business associate Edward Stiles Stokes at 36
• 1887 Abraham van Lier, Dutch theater director (Grand Théâtre des Variétés), dies at 73
• 1890 Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, wife of German Emperor William I, dies at 78
• 1890 Hans Matthison-Hansen, Danish composer and organist, dies at 82
• 1891 (Carl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert, German pianist, conductor, and composer, dies at 79
• 1892 Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke, German physician and physiologist, dies at 72
• 1892 Muḥammad Tawfīq Pasha, Khedive of Egypt (1879-92), dies at 39
• 1893 Josef Stefan, Slovenian-Austrian physicist and mathematician (Stefan-Boltzmann law), dies at 57
• 1901 James Dunwoody Bulloch, Confederacy's chief foreign agent in Great Britain during the American Civil War, dies at 77
• 1907 Anton Urspruch, German composer, dies at 56
• 1912 Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, English physician and feminist who was one of the first female medical students at a British university, dies at 71
• 1918 Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (analysis of the structure and dating of the Pentateuch), dies at 73
• 1919 Henry Ware Eliot, American industrialist, philanthropist and the father of T. S. Eliot, dies at 75

• 1921 Benno Erdmann, German philosopher (Logik I), dies at 69
• 1922 Antonio Scontrino, Italian composer, dies at 71
• 1922 Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole, Prince of the Kingdom of Hawaii, dies at 50
• 1929 Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Silver King), dies at 77
• 1932 Henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor (A Chique Little Boy, Bright Paradise), dies at 60
• 1933 Herbert "Bert" Hinkler, Australian aviator who made first solo flight from England to Australia (1928), dies in a plane crash at 40
• 1935 Alfred Ewing, Scottish Physicist (magnetic properties of metals, hysteresis), dies at 79
• 1936 Guy d'Hardelot [Helen Rhodes], French composer (Because), dies at 78
• 1936 Howard Francis, South African cricketer (2 Tests S Af v Eng 1898-99, 39 runs), dies at 67
• 1942 Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian aristocrat (3rd President International Olympic Committee 1925-42), dies at 63
• 1943 George Washington Crile, American surgeon (conducted the first direct blood transfusion and studied the effects of surgical shock), dies at 78

Serbian-American physicist, electrical engineer and inventor who developed alternating current and the Tesla Coil, dies at 86

• 1944 George Mullin, American baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers; no-hitter 1912), dies at 63
• 1944 J. Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
• 1944 Lou Henry Hoover, US First Lady (1929-33) and wife of the 31st President, Herbert Hoover, dies at 69
• 1944 Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet, dies at 56
• 1946 Adamo Didur, Polish operatic bass singer (New York Metropolitan Opera, 1908-32), dies at 71
• 1948 Raoul Auernheimer, Austrian American writer, dies at 71
• 1951 Johanna "Nelly" Bodenheim, Dutch illustrator and painter (Luilekkerland), dies at 76
• 1951 René Guénon, French-Egyptian author (b. 1886)
• 1953 Osa Johnson, American adventurer and filmmaker, dies at 58
• 1955 Arthur Keith, Scottish anthropologist (human evolution), dies at 88
• 1955 Gerald Hartigan, South African cricketer (batsman in 5 Tests 1911-14), dies at 70
• 1958 Petru Groza, Austro-Hungarian born Romanian communist and President of Romania (1945-58), dies at 74
• 1960 Dorothea Lambert Chambers, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1903-04, 06, 10-11, 13-14), dies at 81
• 1960 Luiz Costa, Portuguese pianist, and composer, dies at 80
• 1961 Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Association, dies at 74
• 1963 Arthur Edward Moore, Australian politician (Premier of Queensland 1929-32), dies at 86
• 1964 Colin McPhee, Canadian-American pianist, composer (Tabuh-Tabuhan; H2O; Mechanical Principles), and ethnomusicologist (Bali), dies at 63
• 1964 Cyril Davies, American musician (b. 1932)
• 1967 Carl Schuricht, German conductor and composer, dies at 86
• 1967 David Goodis, American writer (b. 1917)
• 1967 Sid Emery, cricket leg-spinner (NSW & Aus, 5 wkt in 1912 series), dies
• 1968 James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)
• 1970 Robert [Harriot] Barrat, American actor (Bad Lands, Go West, Distant Drums), dies at 80
• 1971 Madame Spivy [Bertha Levine], American actress (All Fall Down) and nightclub owner, dies of cancer at 64
• 1971 Richard "Dick" Kollmar, American actor (Broadway Spotlight, Guess What), dies from complications from a blood clotting disorder at 60
• 1972 Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer (487 for 6th wkt for Jamaica), dies at 70
• 1972 Eftichia Papagianopoulos, Greek lyricist (b. 1893)
• 1972 John Berryman, American poet (The Dream Songs), dies at 57
• 1974 Charles Alfred Coulson, British chemist (theoretical), dies at 63
• 1979 Zbigniew Turski, Polish composer, dies at 70
• 1980 Carl White, American vocalist, dies at 47
• 1980 Larry Williams, American R&B singer-songwriter ("Dizzy, Miss Lizzie"; "Slow Down"), dies of a gunshot wound to the head at 44
• 1980 Sarah Selby, American actress (Tower of London), dies at 74
• 1980 Simonne Mathieu, French tennis player (French C'ships 1938-39; 11 Grand Slam doubles titles), dies at 71
• 1981 Alvar Lidell, UK radio broadcaster (b. 1908)
• 1981 Eric Robinson, Australian politician (b. 1926)
• 1981 Jose Ardevol, Cuban composer, dies at 69
• 1982 Bert Oosterhuis, Dutch motor racer (Paris-Dakar), dies in a race crash at 41
• 1982 Eugene Wegmann, Swiss geologist (Le Jura plisse), dies at 85
• 1984 Alfred Kastler, French physicist (Nobel 1966 - Hertzian resonances within atoms), dies at 81
• 1985 Johnny Guarnieri, American stride and jazz stride pianist, and harpsichordist (The Gramercy Five; The Morey Amsterdam Show), dies of a heart attack at 67
• 1985 Mary Hardy, Australian radio and television presenter (b. 1931)
• 1986 Juan Rulfo, Mexican writer (Pedro Páramo), dies at 68
• 1986 Philip D. Eastman, American children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1909)
• 1987 Larry Carr, American pianist (Flight to Rhythm), dies at 72
• 1988 Michel Auclair [Vladimir Vujović], German actor (Funny Face, Day of the Jackal), dies at 65

English actor in over 70 films (Brief Encounter, Superman, The Third Man), dies of bronchitis at 71

124th Emperor of Japan (1926-89), dies at 87 after a 62-year reign

Canadian-American College and Pro Football Hall of Fame fullback (Chicago Bears), dies at 81

• 1990 Gail Lucas, American entertainer, dies at 37
• 1990 Horace Stoneham, American baseball executive (owner New York / San Francisco Giants 1936-76), dies at 86
• 1990 Joseph Robbie, American lawyer and NFL owner and founder of the Miami Dolphins, dies at 73
• 1991 Charlotte Wynters, American stage and screen actress, dies at 91
• 1991 Joe Hicks, American baseball coach, dies of cancer at 64
• 1992 Jhean Burton, American entertainer, dies at 63
• 1992 Richard Hunt, American puppeteer and actor known for "Sesame Street, The Muppet Show", dies of AIDS at 40
• 1993 Richard Branda, American actor (You Are There, Two-Minute Warning), dies of colon cancer at 57
• 1993 Robert Cowan, Scottish CEO (Highlands & Islands Enterprises), dies at 60
• 1994 Bobby Pratt, American jazz trombone and piano player, dies at 67
• 1994 Lewis Boddington, Welsh aerospace Engineer (RAE), dies at 85
• 1994 Llewellyn Rees, British theatre actor (A Fish Called Wanda, Invisible Creature), dies at 92
• 1994 Lynn Blessing, American vibes player, dies at 65
• 1994 Phoumi Vongvichit, President of Laos (1986-91), dies at 84
• 1994 Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Italian actor (Cafe Express, Octopus), dies of heart failure at 52
• 1995 Arthur Leavins, British violinist, dies at 77
• 1995 Harry Golombek, British chess grandmaster, author (3-time British champion), dies at 83
• 1995 Larry Grayson, British comedian (Generation Game), dies at 71
• 1995 Murray Rothbard, American economist (b. 1926)
• 1995 Viktor Vorobyov, Russian general-major, dies in battle during war in Chechnya
• 1996 James Holland, English artist and exhibition organiser, dies at 90
• 1996 Károly Grósz, Hungarian communist politician, dies at 65
• 1996 Robley D. Evans, American nuclear physicist (one of the founders nuclear Medicine), dies at 88
• 1996 Seton Lloyd, English Archaeologist (Arzawa civilization, Turkey), dies at 93
• 1996 Tarō Okamoto, Japanese avant-garde artist (b. 1911)
• 1997 Desmond Flower, English publisher, dies at 89
• 1997 Sándor Végh, Hungarian-French violinist teacher and conductor, dies at 84
• 1998 Owen Bradley, American pop country music record producer (Patsy Cline; Loretta Lynn; Conway Twitty), dies at 82
• 1998 Richard Hamming, American Mathematician and Computer Scientist (Hamming code), dies of a heat attack at 82
• 1998 Vladimir Prelog, Croatian-Swiss organic chemist (Nobel 1975), dies at 91
• 2000 Gary Albright, American professional wrestler (b. 1963)
• 2001 Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr., American librarian and director of the Pierpont Morgan Library, dies at 90
• 2001 James Carr, American soul singer ("To Love Somebody"; "Dark End of the Street"), dies of lung cancer at 58
• 2002 Avery Schreiber, American comedian (Burns and Schreiber), and character actor (My Mother the Car; Doritos commercials), dies of a heart attack at 66
• 2002 Jon Lee, Welsh drummer (Feeder) takes his own life at 33
• 2002 René Étiemble, French scholar, novelist and translator (work on Rimbaud), dies at 93
• 2003 David Harries, Welsh composer (Epithalamium), dies at 69
• 2004 Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (Cries & Whispers, Damned), dies at 77
• 2004 Oswald Garrison Villard Jr., American Engineer (electronics) who invented the over-the-horizon radar that could detect objects thousands of miles away and peer around the Earth's curvature, dies of pneumonia at 87
• 2005 Eileen Desmond, Irish politician (b. 1932)
• 2005 Pierre Daninos, French novelist (b. 1913)
• 2005 Rosemary Kennedy, American sister of President John F. Kennedy who underwent a frontal lobotomy, dies at 86
• 2006 Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer and author (Seven Years in Tibet), dies at 93
• 2007 Bobby Hamilton, American NASCAR driver and team owner, dies of cancer at 49
• 2007 Lou Brown, American orchestra leader (Jerry Lewis Show), dies at 94
• 2007 Magnús Magnússon, Icelandic television presenter, dies at 77
• 2008 Alwyn Schlebusch, South African vice state president (b. 1917)
• 2011 Derek Gardner, British Formula 1 car designer (b. 1931)
• 2012 Ibrahim Aslan, Egyptian author, dies from heart failure at 77
• 2013 Fred L. Turner, American businessman (CEO of McDonalds, 1977-2004), dies from complications of pneumonia at 80
• 2015 Jean Cabut [Cabu], French caricaturist (Charlie Hebdo), killed in terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo's office in Paris at 76

Australian actor (The Birds, Time Machine), dies at 84

French cartoonist and editor of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, dies in a terrorist attack at 47

• 2015 Tadeusz Konwicki, Polish writer (Bohin Manor) and film director, dies at 88
• 2016 (Catherine) "Kitty" Kallen, American big band (Harry James, Jimmy Dorsey, Jack Teagarden) and pop singer ("Little Things Mean A Lot"; "My Coloring Book"), dies at 94 [1]
• 2016 (John) "JJ" Johnson, American NBA basketball player, 1970-82 (Cleveland Cavaliers, Seattle SuperSonics, and 2 other teams), dies at 68
• 2016 André Courrèges, French fashion designer, dies at 92
• 2016 Francis Kennedy, British diplomat, and administrator (Chancellor of the University of Central Lancashire, 1995-2001), dies at 89
• 2016 Troy Shondell, American singer (This Time (We’re Really Breaking Up)), dies from complications of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease at 76

17th President of Portugal (1986-96) and Prime Minister (1976-78 and 1983-85), dies after falling into a coma at 92

• 2017 Nat Hentoff, American columnist and novelist (Village Voice, The Cold Society), dies at 91
• 2018 Anna Mae Hays [McCabe], American military officer and US military's 1st female General, dies from a heart attack at 97
• 2018 Isabelle "France" Gall, French pop singer (Donner Pour Donner, Sacré Charlemagne), dies from cancer at 70
• 2018 Peter Sutherland, Irish businessman (Allied Irish Banks) and politician (Fine Gael), dies at 71
• 2018 Tom Netherton, American pop and Christian music singer (Lawrence Welk Show), dies from pneumonia at 70
• 2019 Clydie Mae King, American session and touring vocalist (Ray Charles; Bob Dylan; Humble Pie; Lynyrd Skynrd), dies of a blood infection at 75
• 2019 John Joubert, British South African composer (The Raising of Lazarus; An English Requiem), and educator, dies at 91
• 2019 Paul Gutama Soegijo, Indonesian composer working in Germany, dies at 84
• 2020 André Abadie, French rugby union front rower (7 caps; SC Rieumois, SC Graulhetois, SC Albi), dies at 85
• 2020 Edward Applebaum, American jazz pianist and contemporary classical music composer (The Princess In The Garden), dies at 85
• 2020 Elizabeth Wurtzel, American author (Prozac Nation), dies of metastatic breast cancer at 52
• 2020 George Perles, American football coach (Michigan State University 1983-94; Pittsburgh Steelers), dies from Parkinson's disease at 85
• 2020 Khamis Al-Owairan, Saudi Arabian soccer midfielder (105 caps; Al-Hilal, Al Ittihad), dies from cancer at 46
• 2020 Neil Peart, Canadian rock drummer and lyricist (Rush - "Limelight"; "Peaceable Kingdom"), dies from glioblastoma (brain cancer) at 67
• 2021 Michael Apted, English director and producer (7 Up, The World is Not Enough), dies at 79 [1]

• 2021 Vladimir Kiselyov, Ukranian-Soviet athlete (Olympic gold, 1980- shot put), dies at 64

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