Pompey the Great (106-48 BC)
Roman political and military leader (1st Triumvirate and Consul), dies at 59
Livia (58/59 BC - 29 AD)
Wife and adviser of Roman Emperor Augustus and mother of Emperor Tiberius, dies at around 87
- 935 Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (921-935), assassinated at around 28 in a plot by his younger brother, Boleslaus the Cruel
- 1104 Pedro I, King of Navarra and Aragon, dies
- 1197 Henry VI von Hohenstaufen, King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor, dies in Messina, Sicily
- 1296 Adolf VIII, Count of Berg (1259-96), dies imprisoned at about 56
- 1429 Cymburgis of Masovia, wife of Duke Ernest of Austria
- 1509 Siwara/Sjoerd Aylva, Fries army leader (siege of Franeker)
- 1582 George Buchanan, Scottish historian (b. 1506)
- 1618 Gilles van Ledenberg, Secretary of Utrecht States (1588-1618), commits suicide at 68
- 1618 Joshua Sylvester, English poet (b. 1563)
- 1649 Ottavio Vernizzi, Italian composer, dies at 79
- 1652 Jan Asselijn, Dutch landscape painter and etcher, dies at about 42
- 1657 Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, 6th and youngest daughter of William of Orange, dies at 75
- 1667 Jacobus Golius, Dutch mathematician and Arabic translator, dies at 71
- 1687 Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (b. 1623)
- 1694 Gabriel Mouton, French abbot and mathematician, dies at about 76
- 1702 Robert Spencer 2nd earl of Sunderland and politician (English Prime Minister 1687-88), dies at 61
- 1742 Jean Baptiste Massillon, French churchman, dies at 79
- 1757 Andrea Zani, Italian composer and violinist, dies at 60
- 1759 Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter and cartoonist, dies at 67
- 1781 William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, British diplomat and statesman (b. 1717)
- 1789 Thomas Day, British author and abolitionist (The History of Sandford and Merton), killed by fall from a horse at Wargrave Berkshire at 41
- 1810 John Archer, American Congressman who received the 1st medical diploma issued on US continent (1768), dies at 69
- 1815 Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist and geographer (volcanos), dies at 90
- 1819 Karl Haack, German composer, dies at 68
- 1833 Lemuel Haynes, American clergyman (1st black man ordained as a minister in the US) and Revolutionary War veteran, dies at 88
- 1844 Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and statesman (b. 1769)
- 1851 Allen Frances Gardiner, British naval officer and Anglican missionary (Port Natal, Zululand; Patagonia), dies of starvation on Picton Island at about 57 [exact date unconfirmed]
- 1852 Johann Friedrich Schwencke, German organist and composer, dies at 60
- 1859 Rinse Posthumus, Frisian writer and poet, dies at 68
- 1864 Peguis, Saulteaux Indian chief (assisted early settlers in Red River, signed The Selkirk Treaty), dies (b. c. 1774) [1]
- 1868 Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Jr., American attorney, and Confederate Army Major General, assassinated at 40
- 1869 Guglielmo Libri, Italian mathematician, dies at 66
- 1869 Gugliemo Libri [della Somaia], Italian mathematician and book lover who stole 30,000 books, dies at 66
- 1873 Emile Gaboriau, French writer (father of the French detective novels), dies at 37
- 1875 Aleksei K. Tolstoi, Russian poet and writer, dies at 58 [OS]
- 1879 Nathan Cook Meeker, American journalist and social reformer, murdered by Ute Indians at 62
- 1881 John Milton Bernhisel, American physician, politician and Latter Day Saints figure, dies at 82
- 1884 Fred Morley, English cricket fast bowler, (4 Tests, 16 wickets, BB 5/56; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 33
Herman Melville (1819-1891)
American author (Moby-Dick, Billy Budd), dies at 72
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)
French bacteriologist (invented pasteurization), dies at 72
- 1899 Giovanni Segantini, Italian landscape painter (The Bad Mothers), dies of peritonitis at 41
Émile Zola (1840-1902)
French writer and critic (J'accuse), dies at 62
- 1903 Jesús de Monasterio, Spanish violinist, conductor, composer, and pedagogue (Madrid Conservatory, 1857-1903), dies at 67
- 1907 Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1856-1907), dies at 81
- 1911 Louis Pincoffs, Dutch businessman and politician (1st-Chamber), dies
- 1914 Richard Warren Sears, American businessman (Sears, Roebuck and Company), dies at 50
- 1914 Stevan Mokranjac [Stojanović], Serbian cellist, educator and composer of choral music (Garlands), dies at 58
- 1914 Þorsteinn Erlingsson, Icelandic poet (Pyrnar), dies at 56
- 1915 Saitou Hajime, 3rd squad leader of the Shinsengumi died under name of Goro Fujita (b. 1844)
- 1917 T. E. Hulme, English writer and poet, dies at 34
- 1918 Eduard von Keyserling, Baltic German writer (Dritte Stiege), dies at 63
- 1918 Freddie Stowers, American soldier (b. 1896)
- 1918 Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher, dies at 60
- 1922 Andrejs Jurjans, Latvia's first professional classical composer, dies at 65
- 1930 Daniel Guggenheim, American mining magnate and philanthropist, dies at 74
- 1931 Sylvain Dupuis, Belgian conductor, composer, (Le Chant de la Création), and music educator, dies at 74
- 1935 William Kennedy Dickson, Scottish inventor (devised an early motion picture camera), dies at 75
- 1938 Charles Duryea, American inventor (Duryea Motor Wagon Company, first auto built in the US), dies at 76
- 1938 Con Conrad, American songwriter and producer, dies at 48
- 1939 Felicjan Szopski, Polish composer, dies at 74
- 1942 Eva Thatcher, American actress, dies at 80
- 1943 Charles Vintcent, South African cricketer (played in South Africa's 1st 3 tests), dies at 77
- 1943 Fritzi Brunette, American actress, dies at 53
- 1946 Jean Van de Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter, dies (b. 1875)
- 1947 Francisco Santiago, Filipino pianist, composer (Taga-ilog Symphony), conductor, and pedagogue, dies at 58
- 1947 William B. Davidson, American film actor dies at 59
- 1948 E. J. Ratcliffe, English stage and screen actor, dies at 85
- 1948 Gregg Toland, American influential cinematographer (Citizen Kane, Wuthering Heights), dies of coronary thrombosis at 44
- 1952 Paul Hastings Allen, American composer, dies at 68
Edwin Hubble (1889-1953)
American astronomer, first to announce existence of other galaxies, dies at 63
William Boeing (1881-1956)
American aviation pioneer who founded The Boeing Company, dies at 74
- 1957 Albert Ascoli, Italian serologist and chemist (developed anti-tuberculosis vaccine), dies at 80
- 1957 Luis Cluzeau-Mortet, Uruguayan composer, dies at 67
- 1958 Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer (Juha; Schott Concerto), and educator, dies of lung cancer at 65
- 1959 Gerard Hoffnung, German-British artist, humorist and tuba player (Hoffnung Music Festival), dies at 34
- 1959 Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (b. 1901)
- 1959 Vincent Richards, American tennis player (US Pro C'ships 1927-28, 30, 33), dies of a heart attack at 56
- 1961 Michael Shepley, British actor (Squibs, Dick & the Duchess), dies at 54
- 1964 George Dyson, English musician and composer, dies at 81
- 1964 Harpo Marx [Adolph], American actor and comedian (Marx brothers), dies at 75
- 1964 Mikhail Svetlov, Russian poet and writer, dies at 61
- 1964 Nacio Herb Brown, American composer (Singin' In The Rain), dies at 68
- 1965 Eddie Gribbon, American actor (Keystone Kops), dies after long illness at 75
- 1966 (Lucius) "Lucky" Millinder, American swing and rhythm-and-blues bandleader (Rosetta Tharpe; Who Threw The Whiskey in the Well), dies of a liver ailment at 56
André Breton (1896-1966)
French writer and poet, founder of Surrealism, dies at 70
- 1966 Eric Fleming, American actor (Gil-Rawhide), drowns at 41
- 1968 Corry Lievens, Flemish actress, playwright and director (Blue Bird), dies at 64
- 1968 Dewey Philip "Daddy-O", American pioneering DJ, dies of heart failure at 42
Norman Brookes (1877-1968)
Australian tennis player (Wimbledon 1907, 14), dies at 90
Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970)
Egyptian revolutionary and politician (Acting President, 1954-56; President, 1956-70), dies of a heart attack at 52
John dos Passos (1896-1970)
American novelist (Manhattan Transfer; The 42nd Parallel; Nineteen Nineteen; Big Money), poet, and painter, dies at 74
- 1972 Maurice Thiriet, French composer, dies at 66
- 1972 Rory Storm [Alan Caldwell], Brirish rock singer (Rory Storm & the Hurricanes), commits suicide with sleeping pills at 34
- 1973 Mantan Moreland, American actor and comedian (Watermelon Man), dies at 71
- 1973 Norma Crane, American actress (Tea & Sympathy, Fiddler on the Roof, They Call Me Mister Tibbs!), dies of cancer at 44
- 1973 Wystan H. Auden, British-American writer (Spain, Platonic Blow), dies at 66
- 1974 Raymond Largay, American actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl), dies at 88
- 1975 Agnes Windeck, German actress (A Time to Love and a Time to Die), dies at 87
- 1975 Sidney Fields, American comedian and actor (Abbott & Costello), dies at 77
- 1978 John Paul I [Albino Luciano], 263rd Roman Catholic pope (1978), dies after 33 days as pope at 65
- 1979 John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist, and space researcher, dies at 58
- 1981 Romulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (Acción Democrática: 1945-48, 1959-64) known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", dies at 73
- 1982 Larry Breeding, American actor (Who's Watching the Kids), dies in a car crash on his 36th birthday
- 1982 Mabel Albertson, American actress (Gazebo, Bewitched), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 81
- 1986 Carmen De Rue, American child actor in silent films, dies at 78
- 1986 Robert Helpmann, Australian actor, choreographer and dancer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Don Quixote), dies at 77
- 1987 Mehdi Hashemi, Iranian aid of Ayatollah Khomeini, shot for treason
- 1987 Roman Brandstaetter, Polish poet, playwright and journalist, dies at 91
- 1988 Ethel Grandin, American silent screen actress (Deserter), dies at 94
- 1988 Marjorie Bonner Lowry, American actress (Reno, Poor Girls), wife of writer Malcolm Lowry, dies at 83
Ferdinand Marcos (1917-1989)
10th President of the Philippines (1965-86), dictator and kleptocrat, dies in Honolulu of heart, lung and kidney disease at 72
Miles Davis (1926-1991)
American jazz musician, trumpeter and composer (Kinda Blue; Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet; Sketches of Spain), dies of pneumonia at 65
- 1992 John Leech, British mathematician, dies at 66
- 1992 William Douglas-Home, British playwright (Now .. Barabbas), dies at 80
- 1993 Alexander A. Drabik, American soldier (b. 1910)
- 1993 Fraser MacPherson, Canadian jazz saxophonist (b. 1928)
- 1993 Gustavo Brillembourg, Venezuelan-American tax corporate lawyer, dies in a climbing accident at 35
- 1993 Peter De Vries, American author (Reuben, Reuben; The Prick of Noon) and editor (New Yorker), dies at 83
- 1994 Harry Saltzman, Canadian theater and film producer (Goldfinger), dies at 78
- 1994 Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican PRI-politician, murdered at 48
- 1994 Lady Huxley [Marie Juliette Baillot], Swiss sculptor and author, dies at 96
- 1994 Urmas Alender, Estonian rock singer-songwriter and musician (Ruja), died in ferry sinking in the Baltic Sea at 40
- 1994 Warwick Hutton, British artist and illustrator of children's books, dies of cancer at 55
- 1995 Allen Johnson, American doo-wop baritone vocalist (The Marcels - "Blue Moon"), dies of cancer at 55
- 1995 Eddy Grove, American actor (Dragnet; The Silent Service; Medic), dies at 78
- 1995 Lynette Roberts, British poet, dies at 86
- 1995 Olive Gibbs, British politician, anti-nuclear activist and peace campaigner, dies at 77
- 1996 Bob Gibson, American folk musician, dies at 64
- 1999 Carl Hall [Caldwell], American soul singer ("You Don't Know Nothing About Love"; "What About You"), and session vocalist, dies at 65
Pierre Trudeau (1919-2000)
15th Canadian Prime Minister (Liberal: 1968-79, 1980-84), dies of Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer at 80
- 2002 Hartland Molson, Canadian businessman (Molson family), senator and sports executive (Montreal Canadiens), dies at 95
- 2002 Patsy Mink, American attorney and politician (1st woman of color elected to Congress, Rep-D-Hawaii 1990-2002), dies at 74
Althea Gibson (1927-2003)
American tennis player (7 Grand Slam singles titles), dies of respiratory and bladder infections at 76
Elia Kazan (1909-2003)
Greek-American Tony and Academy Award-winning stage and screen director (A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront; East of Eden), dies at 94
- 2003 George Odlum, Saint Lucian politician (b. 1934)
- 2004 Christl Cranz, German alpine skier (combined gold Winter Olympics 1936), dies at 90
- 2004 Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (8 Coty Awards), dies at 77
- 2004 Scott Muni, American disc jockey (b. 1930)
- 2004 Victor Rosow, Russian dramatist, dies at 91
- 2005 Constance Baker Motley, American judge (b. 1921)
- 2005 Leo Sternbach, Polish-American chemist, created first benzodiazepines including valium, dies at 97 [1]
- 2006 Viktor Kalabis, Czech composer (Two Worlds), dies at 83
- 2007 Derek Shackleton, England cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, 18 wickets, BB 4/72; Hampshire CCC, MCC), dies at 83
- 2007 Wally Parks, Founder of the NHRA (b. 1913)
- 2008 Andrzej Badeński, Polish athlete (400 metres)
- 2009 Guillermo Endara, former President of Panama (b. 1936)
- 2009 Ulf Larsson, Swedish stage and television comedian, actor, and director, dies from an aortic aneurysm at 53
- 2010 Arthur Penn, American film director (Miracle Worker; Bonnie & Clyde), dies at 88
- 2010 Dolores Wilson, American opera singer (b. 1928)
- 2013 Jonathan Fellows-Smith, South African cricket all-rounder (4 Tests, HS 35; Oxford University CC, Northamptonshire CCC, Transvaal), dies at 81
- 2014 Dannie Abse, Welsh writer and poet, dies at 91
- 2015 Frankie Ford [Frank Guzzo], American rock vocalist (Sea Cruise), dies at 76
- 2016 Agnes Nixon, American television producer, director and writer (One Life to Live; All My Children), dies at 93
- 2016 Gloria Naylor, American author (Women of Brewster Place), dies at 66
- 2016 Max Walker, Australian cricket fast bowler (34 Tests, 138 wickets) and broadcaster (Nine Network), dies at 68
Shimon Peres (1923-2016)
Polish-Israeli Labor Party politician (President. 2007-14; Prime Minister, 1984-86 and 1995-96; Foreign Minister, 1986-88, 1992-95, and 2001-02), and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1994), dies of a stroke at 93
- 2017 Chuck Low, American actor (Goodfellas; Once Upon a Time in America), dies at 89
- 2017 Vann Molyvann, Cambodian architect (New Khmer architecture), dies at 90
- 2018 Don Chargin, American boxing promoter (IBHOF; Bobby Chacon, Tony "The Tiger" Lopez, Loreto Garza), dies from brain cancer at 90
- 2018 Koos Alberts [Jacobus Krommenhoek], Dutch folk and pop singer (Many More Years; Life Goes On), dies of bladder cancer at 71
- 2019 José José 'The Prince of Song' [José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz], Mexican singer and actor, dies at 71
- 2020 Frédéric Devreese, Belgian conductor, and composer of classical music (Gemini Suite; Valse Sacrée), and film scores (The Cruel Embrace), dies of cancer at 91
- 2020 Hiroki Yuhara, Japanese rugby union hooker (22 caps; Toshiba Brave Lupus), dies at 36
- 2021 "Dr." Lonnie Smith, American jazz Hammond B3 organist (George Benson Quartet; Lou Donaldson), dies of pulmonary fibrosis at 79 [1]
- 2021 B. Satyaji Rao, Indian cricket umpire (17 Tests 1960-79; 5 x Ranji Trophy finals), dies at 91
- 2021 Carlisle Floyd, American opera composer (Susanna; Prince of Players), dies at 95
- 2021 Eberhard Jüngel, German Lutheran theologian, dies at 86
- 2021 Tommy Kirk, American actor (Old Yeller), dies at 79
Coolio (1963-2022)
American Grammy Award-winning singer-rapper (Gangsta's Paradise), dies of accidental drug overdose at 59
- 2023 Dianne Feinstein (née Goldman), American politician (1st female mayor of San Francisco, 1978-88; longests serving female US Senator-D-CA, 1992-2023), dies at 90 [1]
- 2023 M. S. Swaminathan, Indian agricultural scientist, leader of the green revolution in India, dies at 98
- 2023 Mervyn Brown, British diplomat and historian of Madagascar, dies at 100
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