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426 deaths recorded on August 10 throughout history

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Antiquity 3
Medieval 27
610

Sinsharishkun

He didn't flee. When Nineveh fell in 612 BCE, Sinsharishkun reportedly burned himself alive inside his palace rather than face capture — a king choosing fire over chains. He'd inherited a crumbling empire, fighting off Babylonians, Medes, and internal rivals simultaneously. Three fronts. Not enough soldiers. By 610, the last Assyrian holdouts at Harran were gone too. His death effectively ended 300 years of Assyrian dominance. But the empire that replaced him — Babylon — lasted barely 75 more years itself.

794

Fastrada

She was Charlemagne's third wife, and she outlasted two queens before her. Medieval chroniclers blamed Fastrada personally for two separate conspiracies against Charlemagne — her cruelty, they claimed, drove noblemen to plot assassination. Charlemagne himself disagreed. He wrote that her death left him inconsolable, ordering prayers across the entire Frankish realm. She died in Frankfurt in 794, at just 29. And the woman history painted as a villain was mourned by one of the most powerful men alive.

796

Eanbald

Eanbald became Archbishop of York in 796, one of the most important ecclesiastical positions in England, at a time when Northumbrian political life was extremely unstable — three kings were killed or deposed in the decade before his appointment. He maintained the archdiocese through the turbulence, corresponded with Alcuin at Charlemagne's court, and tried to preserve ecclesiastical order when secular order was fragmenting. His death in 796 left the northern English church in another transition. The political crisis around York continued for years.

847

Al-Wathiq

Al-Wathiq ruled as the ninth Abbasid caliph for five years, presiding over a court in Samarra that was a center of scholarly and artistic activity. His death in 847 led to a succession that deepened the Turkish military's grip on Abbasid politics.

955

Conrad

Conrad the Red was Duke of Lorraine until he quarreled with Emperor Otto I — publicly, at a court assembly — and was stripped of the duchy. He then allied with Hungary against Otto and fought at the Battle of Lechfeld in 955, where Otto's forces destroyed the Hungarian army that had been raiding Germany for decades. Conrad fought on the Hungarian side. He drowned trying to cross the Lech river while fleeing. Otto won decisively and Conrad died as a traitor in the battle that made Otto the most powerful ruler in Europe.

1051

Drogo von Hauteville, Graf von Apulien

Drogo von Hauteville, Graf von Apulien

1153

Eustach IV., Graf von Boulogne

Eustach IV., Graf von Boulogne

1202

Ulrich II., Herzog von Kärnten

Ulrich II., Herzog von Kärnten

1241

Eleanor

Eleanor, the 'Fair Maid of Brittany,' spent nearly 40 years as a prisoner of the English crown because her claim to the throne threatened the reigning monarchs. Captured as a teenager and held in various castles, she was one of medieval England's longest-held royal captives.

1250

Eric IV of Denmark

His own brother did it. Eric IV of Denmark, called "Ploughpenny" because he taxed peasants for every plough they owned — a levy so despised it sparked open revolt — was murdered in 1250 on the orders of Abel, the sibling who wanted the throne. Stabbed on a boat near Schleswig. Abel got his crown. But he died just two years later fighting Frisians, and Danes later said God wouldn't let a fratricide reign. Eric's hated plough tax? It was eventually abandoned.

1270

Alan de la Zouche, englischer Militär und Adeliger

Alan de la Zouche, englischer Militär und Adeliger

1270

Raoul de Grosparmy, römisch-katholischer Bischof und Kardinal

Raoul de Grosparmy, römisch-katholischer Bischof und Kardinal

1284

Tekuder

Tekuder, the first Ilkhanate ruler to convert to Islam, met his end at the hands of his own nephew, Arghun, following a failed attempt to secure peace with the Mamluks. His execution ended a brief, volatile experiment in religious diplomacy and returned the Mongol state to its traditional, more aggressive stance toward its neighbors.

1309

Giovanni Boccamazza, Bischof und Kardinal

Giovanni Boccamazza, Bischof und Kardinal

1313

John Lech, englischer Geistlicher und Erzbischof von Dublin

John Lech, englischer Geistlicher und Erzbischof von Dublin

1316

Felim mac Aedh Ua Conchobair

Felim mac Aedh Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht, died fighting in 1316 during the Bruce invasion of Ireland — Edward Bruce, brother of Robert Bruce of Scotland, had landed with a Scottish army to support Irish resistance to English lordship. The country was in famine. Two warring forces and a famine in the same years produced catastrophic casualties. Felim had spent his reign in the complex politics of Connacht's internal power struggles as much as the external pressure from English lords. He died in that wider war.

1322

John of La Verna

He claimed to experience such intense divine ecstasy during Mass that he'd levitate. John of La Verna spent decades on a remote Apennine mountaintop in Tuscany, so devoted to Francis of Assisi's original poverty rule that he refused any softening of it — a stand that put him at odds with Church officials during the bitter Franciscan poverty debates. He reportedly went 30 days without food. His mountain hermitage, La Verna itself, still draws pilgrims today. The mystic who shook during prayer died at 63, largely forgotten by the institution he served.

1340

Elisabeth von Matzingen, Schweizer Äbtissin

Elisabeth von Matzingen, Schweizer Äbtissin

1341

Eleonore von Anjou, Königin von Sizilien

Eleonore von Anjou, Königin von Sizilien

1344

Leopold II.

Leopold II. von Habsburg, österreichischer Herzogssohn

1344

Simon I., Landesherr von Lippe

Simon I., Landesherr von Lippe

1346

Felipe de Borgoña, aristócrata francés (n.

Felipe de Borgoña, aristócrata francés (n. 1323).

1371

Akashi Kakuichi, japanischer buddhistischer Mönch und Dichter

Akashi Kakuichi, japanischer buddhistischer Mönch und Dichter

1410

Louis II

Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, was one of the senior French nobles who survived the Black Death, the Hundred Years' War's opening decades, and the fractious politics of the Valois court. He served on multiple military campaigns, was captured during the disastrous Battle of Nicopolis in 1396 against the Ottomans — an expedition that killed or captured much of the French nobility — and died in 1410 having ransom paid and returned home. He was 73, which was unusual longevity for a French noble in that era.

1432

Hans von Burghausen, deutscher Baumeister

Hans von Burghausen, deutscher Baumeister

1482

Amadeu da Silva, nobre e beato católico português (n.

Amadeu da Silva, nobre e beato católico português (n. 1431).

1487

Roberto Sanseverino d’Aragona, italienischer Graf und Condottiere

Roberto Sanseverino d’Aragona, italienischer Graf und Condottiere

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1500

Serafino de' Cimminelli, compositeur et poète italien (° 1466).

Serafino de' Cimminelli, compositeur et poète italien (° 1466).

1501

Heinrich Quentell, Kölner Buchdrucker

Heinrich Quentell, Kölner Buchdrucker

1517

Aymon de Montfalcon, Bischof von Lausanne

Aymon de Montfalcon, Bischof von Lausanne

1530

Konstantin Iwanowitsch Ostroschski, ruthenischer Knjas und Großhetman von Litauen

Konstantin Iwanowitsch Ostroschski, ruthenischer Knjas und Großhetman von Litauen

1535

Ippolito de' Medici

He was 25 years old and already finished. Ippolito de' Medici — illegitimate, ambitious, denied the Florentine rulership he'd schemed for — died in August 1535 under circumstances his enemies called poison. He'd ridden to meet Emperor Charles V personally, hoping to plead against his cousin Alessandro's tyranny over Florence. He never made it back. Titian had painted him just two years earlier in Hungarian hussar costume, sword in hand, looking every inch a ruler. He died looking like one too — just not of anything that mattered.

1536

Francis III

Francis III held the titles of Duke of Brittany and Dauphin of France simultaneously as the eldest son of King Francis I. His sudden death in 1536 at age 18 — rumored to be poisoning — elevated his younger brother Henry to become the future Henry II of France.

1539

Johannes Justus von Landsberg, deutscher Kartäusermönch

Johannes Justus von Landsberg, deutscher Kartäusermönch

1541

Hōjō Ujitsuna, japanischer Fürst und Kriegsherr

Hōjō Ujitsuna, japanischer Fürst und Kriegsherr

1546

William Thynne, englischer Höfling und Herausgeber

William Thynne, englischer Höfling und Herausgeber

1551

Hieronymus Nopp, deutscher evangelischer Theologe und Reformator

Hieronymus Nopp, deutscher evangelischer Theologe und Reformator

1566

Bartholomaeus Rieseberg, deutscher Theologe

Bartholomaeus Rieseberg, deutscher Theologe

1589

Martin Schenk von Nideggen, niederländischer Militär, Heerführer in verschiedenen Diensten

Martin Schenk von Nideggen, niederländischer Militär, Heerführer in verschiedenen Diensten

1599

Johann Münch, deutscher Rechtswissenschaftler

Johann Münch, deutscher Rechtswissenschaftler

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1601

Giovanni Alberti, peintre italien (° 19 octobre 1558).

Giovanni Alberti, peintre italien (° 19 octobre 1558).

1621

Grey Brydges, nobre e político inglês (n.

Grey Brydges, nobre e político inglês (n. 1580).

1628

Pieter de Vlaming van Oudshoorn, Amsterdamer Regent

Pieter de Vlaming van Oudshoorn, Amsterdamer Regent

1628

David Kollenberger, Bürgermeister von Heilbronn

David Kollenberger, Bürgermeister von Heilbronn

1633

Anthony Munday, escritor británico (n.

Anthony Munday, escritor británico (n. 1553).

1637

Miguel Luís de Meneses, 1.º Duque de Caminha (n.

Miguel Luís de Meneses, 1.º Duque de Caminha (n. 1565).

1637

Johann Gerhard

Johann Gerhard spent 30 years building the most comprehensive systematic Lutheran theology of his era. His Loci Theologici ran to nine volumes and took two decades to complete. Born in 1582, he died in 1637 having outlasted most of the Thirty Years' War — a war partly fought over the theology he'd spent his life defining.

1638

Lucas Osiander, deutscher Theologe, Professor und Kanzler der Universität Tübingen

Lucas Osiander, deutscher Theologe, Professor und Kanzler der Universität Tübingen

1638

Anton Heinrich, Graf von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Anton Heinrich, Graf von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

1645

Jürgen Pavels, Lübecker Ratsherr

Jürgen Pavels, Lübecker Ratsherr

1647

Rodrigo Caro, escritor español (n.

Rodrigo Caro, escritor español (n. 1573).

1649

João Pinto Ribeiro, juiz português (n.

João Pinto Ribeiro, juiz português (n. 1590).

1652

Georg Abel Ficker, kursächsischer Hof- und Justizrat, frühkapitalistischer Unternehmer und Rittergutbesitzer

Georg Abel Ficker, kursächsischer Hof- und Justizrat, frühkapitalistischer Unternehmer und Rittergutbesitzer

1653

Maarten Tromp

He flew a broom from his masthead. That's the story — that Tromp hoisted one after sweeping the English from the Channel, daring them to answer. Historians debate whether it actually happened. But Tromp's real record wasn't in doubt: 32 naval battles, most of them won. He died at the Battle of Scheveningen, shot by a musket ball on August 10, 1653, still commanding his flagship. His men didn't tell the crew he'd fallen until the fight was done.

1655

Lodewijk de Vadder, peintre flamand (° 8 avril 1605).

Lodewijk de Vadder, peintre flamand (° 8 avril 1605).

1655

Alfonso de la Cueva

He nearly brought down an entire republic with a whisper campaign. Alfonso de la Cueva, Spain's ambassador to Venice, allegedly orchestrated the 1618 Spanish Conspiracy — a plot to topple the Venetian government from within using mercenaries and bribed officials. Venice expelled him in disgrace. But Spain promoted him anyway, eventually making him a cardinal. He died at 83, having outlived the scandal by four decades. The man Venice tried to erase became one of the most powerful churchmen in Europe.

1659

Friedrich III., Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf

Friedrich III., Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf

1660

Esmé Stewart

Esme Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond, inherited one of the most prestigious titles in the Stuart peerage. His family's close ties to the Scottish and English crowns placed them at the center of 17th-century British court politics.

1666

Georg Friedrich vom Holtz zu Niederholz, Obristwachtmeister und Generalfeldzeugmeister im Dreißigjährigen Krieg

Georg Friedrich vom Holtz zu Niederholz, Obristwachtmeister und Generalfeldzeugmeister im Dreißigjährigen Krieg

1666

Frans Hals, pintor belga (n.

Frans Hals, pintor belga (n. 1585).

1668

Johann Erich Ostermann, deutscher Gräzist

Johann Erich Ostermann, deutscher Gräzist

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1706

Fjodor Alexejewitsch Golowin, russischer Diplomat

Fjodor Alexejewitsch Golowin, russischer Diplomat

1722

Giorgio Cornaro, Kardinal der römisch-katholischen Kirche und Bischof von Padua

Giorgio Cornaro, Kardinal der römisch-katholischen Kirche und Bischof von Padua

1723

William Craven, homme politique britannique (° 1700).

William Craven, homme politique britannique (° 1700).

1723

Guillaume Dubois

He started as a servant's son mopping floors in Brive-la-Gaillarde. Dubois climbed so relentlessly that by 1722 he held both the Archbishop of Cambrai's seat and France's top ministerial post simultaneously — while enemies called him "the devil's monkey" in pamphlets sold openly on Paris streets. He brokered the Triple Alliance of 1717, keeping France out of a war it couldn't afford. He died before enjoying his triumph long. But the kid who cleaned floors had briefly run an empire.

1728

Heinrich von Sanden, deutscher Arzt und Physiker

Heinrich von Sanden, deutscher Arzt und Physiker

1737

Antonio Cristofori, italienischer Maler und Musiker

Antonio Cristofori, italienischer Maler und Musiker

1742

Georg Philipp Rugendas, deutscher Maler und Kupferstecher

Georg Philipp Rugendas, deutscher Maler und Kupferstecher

1749

Paul Maurice de Torrenté, ecclésiastique et juriste sédunois (° 23 avril 1690).

Paul Maurice de Torrenté, ecclésiastique et juriste sédunois (° 23 avril 1690).

1759

Ferdinand VI of Spain

He died in a hunting lodge, not a palace — locked away for months, refusing food, howling at the walls after his beloved queen Barbara died. Ferdinand VI never remarried, never recovered, never really ruled again after her death in 1758. He'd spent his reign keeping Spain out of Europe's endless wars, a genuinely rare choice for an 18th-century king. No children survived him. His half-brother Charles inherited everything. Ferdinand's quiet neutrality bought Spain a decade of peace that vanished almost immediately after he was gone.

1759

Diego d’Aguilar, marranischer Finanzier und Hofjude in Wien

Diego d’Aguilar, marranischer Finanzier und Hofjude in Wien

1768

John Huxham, cirurgião britânico (n.

John Huxham, cirurgião britânico (n. 1672).

1782

Johann Gottlob Thierbach, deutscher Pädagoge

Johann Gottlob Thierbach, deutscher Pädagoge

1784

Allan Ramsay

He painted the king, but he argued with him too. Allan Ramsay, court painter to George III, was one of Britain's most celebrated portraitists — yet he spent his final decade writing political pamphlets, not holding brushes. A broken arm in 1773 essentially ended his painting career. He'd already completed roughly 300 portraits, including a coronation likeness of the king copied over 100 times across the empire. The man who defined how royalty looked to the world spent his last years arguing about how it should be governed.

1784

Allan Ramsay, pintor escocés (n.

Allan Ramsay, pintor escocés (n. 1713).

1792

Louis Jean-Baptiste Le Clerc, comte de Lassigny, aristocrate français du XVIIIe siècle (° 1758).

Louis Jean-Baptiste Le Clerc, comte de Lassigny, aristocrate français du XVIIIe siècle (° 1758).

1796

Ignaz Anton von Indermauer

Ignaz Anton von Indermauer served as an Austrian nobleman and government official during the late Habsburg era. He held administrative positions during the reign of Empress Maria Theresa and her successors.

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1802

Franz Aepinus

Franz Aepinus figured out that electricity and magnetism were related before most scientists were willing to accept the idea. His 1759 book on the topic was so advanced that very few people understood it. Born in 1724, he spent his later career in Russia advising Catherine the Great on educational reform. Unused talent has many rooms.

1802

Antonio Lolli, italienischer Violinvirtuose und Komponist

Antonio Lolli, italienischer Violinvirtuose und Komponist

1803

Joseph Galloway, Delegierter von Pennsylvania im Kontinentalkongress

Joseph Galloway, Delegierter von Pennsylvania im Kontinentalkongress

1806

Michael Haydn

He lived entirely in his older brother Joseph's shadow — and he knew it. Michael Haydn spent 43 years in Salzburg serving the same archbishop who'd made Mozart miserable, quietly producing over 800 works that almost nobody credited to him. Wolfgang himself borrowed one of Michael's compositions and submitted it as his own. When Michael died in 1806, he left behind 41 symphonies, 30 masses, and a stack of manuscripts that researchers are still untangling today. The "lesser Haydn" outlived Mozart by 15 years.

1813

Francisco Antonio García Carrasco, militar español, gobernador de Chile (n.

Francisco Antonio García Carrasco, militar español, gobernador de Chile (n. 1742).

1821

Johann Christoph Schreiter, deutscher evangelisch-lutherischer Theologe

Johann Christoph Schreiter, deutscher evangelisch-lutherischer Theologe

1824

Marie François Rouyer, französischer Général de division

Marie François Rouyer, französischer Général de division

1826

August Schumann, deutscher Buchhändler, Verleger und Lexikograf

August Schumann, deutscher Buchhändler, Verleger und Lexikograf

1828

Karl Franz von Lodron, letzter Fürstbischof von Brixen

Karl Franz von Lodron, letzter Fürstbischof von Brixen

1830

Guillaume-Frédéric-Philippe de Wurtemberg, duc de Wurtemberg (° 27 décembre 1761).

Guillaume-Frédéric-Philippe de Wurtemberg, duc de Wurtemberg (° 27 décembre 1761).

1830

Josef Dominik Škroup, tschechischer Komponist

Josef Dominik Škroup, tschechischer Komponist

1832

Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl, Schweizer General

Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl, Schweizer General

1832

Michael Frey, deutscher Komponist, Geiger und Kapellmeister

Michael Frey, deutscher Komponist, Geiger und Kapellmeister

1835

Claus Schall, dänischer Komponist

Claus Schall, dänischer Komponist

1839

Sir John St Aubyn

Sir John St Aubyn was the 5th Baronet, an English politician who inherited one of the more spectacular pieces of real estate in Britain: St Michael's Mount, a tidal island off the Cornish coast. Born in 1758, he spent years restoring the castle there. He died in 1839 with the Mount still in family hands.

1841

Hippolyte Monpou, compositeur français (° 12 janvier 1804).

Hippolyte Monpou, compositeur français (° 12 janvier 1804).

1843

Jakob Friedrich Fries, deutscher Philosoph

Jakob Friedrich Fries, deutscher Philosoph

1843

Robert Adrain, cientista e matemático estadunidense (n.

Robert Adrain, cientista e matemático estadunidense (n. 1775).

1845

Karl Wilhelm Naundorff, deutscher Uhrmacher, der behauptete, Ludwig XVII.

Karl Wilhelm Naundorff, deutscher Uhrmacher, der behauptete, Ludwig XVII. von Frankreich zu sein

1846

Christian Ludwig Ideler, deutscher Astronom

Christian Ludwig Ideler, deutscher Astronom

1851

Heinrich Eberhard Gottlob Paulus, deutscher evangelischer Theologe und Philosoph

Heinrich Eberhard Gottlob Paulus, deutscher evangelischer Theologe und Philosoph

1857

John Wilson Croker, britischer Parlamentsredner, Dichter und Journalist

John Wilson Croker, britischer Parlamentsredner, Dichter und Journalist

1859

George Thomas Staunton, explorador britânico (n.

George Thomas Staunton, explorador britânico (n. 1781).

1861

Friedrich Julius Stahl, deutscher Rechtsphilosoph, Jurist, preußischer Kronsyndikus und Politiker

Friedrich Julius Stahl, deutscher Rechtsphilosoph, Jurist, preußischer Kronsyndikus und Politiker

1861

Nathaniel Lyon, general estadunidense (n.

Nathaniel Lyon, general estadunidense (n. 1818).

1862

August von der Embde, deutscher Maler

August von der Embde, deutscher Maler

1862

Honinbo Shusaku

Honinbo Shusaku won 19 consecutive games at the castle tournament where the best Go players in Japan competed for the shogun's amusement. He was 21. He went on to win the castle tournament thirteen times and is still studied by professional players more than 150 years after his death. Born in Innoshima in 1829. The "ear-reddening move" — a play he made in one famous game that reportedly made his opponent's ears flush red with anxiety — is taught to Go students worldwide. He died of cholera in 1862.

1863

Julián Romea, actor y poeta español (n.

Julián Romea, actor y poeta español (n. 1813).

1864

Bartolomé Herrera, sacerdote peruano (n.

Bartolomé Herrera, sacerdote peruano (n. 1808).

1865

Nathaniel Bland, britischer Orientalist

Nathaniel Bland, britischer Orientalist

1870

Jules Pierre Rambur, französischer Arzt und Entomologe

Jules Pierre Rambur, französischer Arzt und Entomologe

1870

Joséphine Fodor, französische Opernsängerin

Joséphine Fodor, französische Opernsängerin

1872

Albert de Balleroy, französischer Maler

Albert de Balleroy, französischer Maler

1875

Karl Andree

Karl Andree was a German geographer and ethnographer who spent his career writing about global geography for general readers at a time when most geographical knowledge was locked in academic journals. His popular works brought world geography to German middle-class readers who might otherwise never encounter it. He died in 1875. Popular science writing was less fashionable than discovery, which meant writers like Andree did much of the work of spreading knowledge and received little of the credit.

1876

Edward William Lane, britischer Orientalist

Edward William Lane, britischer Orientalist

1880

José María Yáñez, général et homme politique mexicain, héros de la guerre d’indépendance contre l’Espagne (° 1803).

José María Yáñez, général et homme politique mexicain, héros de la guerre d’indépendance contre l’Espagne (° 1803).

1881

Theodor Bradsky, tschechischer Komponist

Theodor Bradsky, tschechischer Komponist

1881

Orville Hickman Browning, US-amerikanischer Politiker und Innenminister

Orville Hickman Browning, US-amerikanischer Politiker und Innenminister

1882

Carl Hinstorff, deutscher Verleger

Carl Hinstorff, deutscher Verleger

1882

Edward Henry Palmer, britischer Orientalist

Edward Henry Palmer, britischer Orientalist

1883

Édouard Dubufe, französischer Maler

Édouard Dubufe, französischer Maler

1883

Bernhard von Wüllerstorf-Urbair, österreichischer Admiral

Bernhard von Wüllerstorf-Urbair, österreichischer Admiral

1885

James Wilson Marshall, chercheur d’or à Sutter's Mill à l’origine de la ruée vers l'or en Californie (° 8 octobre 1810).

James Wilson Marshall, chercheur d’or à Sutter's Mill à l’origine de la ruée vers l'or en Californie (° 8 octobre 1810).

1886

Eduard Grell, compositeur et organiste allemand (° 6 novembre 1800).

Eduard Grell, compositeur et organiste allemand (° 6 novembre 1800).

1886

George Busk, chirurgien, zoologiste et paléontologue britannique (° 12 août 1807).

George Busk, chirurgien, zoologiste et paléontologue britannique (° 12 août 1807).

1888

Georg Weber, deutscher Philologe und Historiker

Georg Weber, deutscher Philologe und Historiker

1889

Arthur Böttcher

Arthur Bottcher was a German pathologist and anatomist who made significant contributions to the understanding of inner ear anatomy. Bottcher's cells and Bottcher's space in the cochlea are named after him — permanent markers in the anatomical vocabulary that outlast the scientists who discover them.

1889

Jan Jonker Afrikaner, Kaptein der Orlam-Afrikaner

Jan Jonker Afrikaner, Kaptein der Orlam-Afrikaner

1890

Pierre-Paul Stumpf, homme d’Église français, 98e évêque de Strasbourg de 1887 à sa mort (° 21 septembre 1822).

Pierre-Paul Stumpf, homme d’Église français, 98e évêque de Strasbourg de 1887 à sa mort (° 21 septembre 1822).

1890

John Boyle O'Reilly

John Boyle O'Reilly escaped from an Australian penal colony where he had been sent for Fenian activities, sailing to America where he became editor of The Boston Pilot and one of the most influential Irish-American voices of the 19th century. His poetry and journalism championed the causes of immigrants, African Americans, and Native Americans.

1894

Gumercindo Saraiva, militar brasileiro (n.

Gumercindo Saraiva, militar brasileiro (n. 1852).

1895

Felix Hoppe-Seyler, deutscher Chemiker und Physiologe

Felix Hoppe-Seyler, deutscher Chemiker und Physiologe

1896

Carlos Eugênio Fontana, escritor brasileiro (n.

Carlos Eugênio Fontana, escritor brasileiro (n. 1830).

1896

Marie Kahle-Kessler, deutsche Schauspielerin

Marie Kahle-Kessler, deutsche Schauspielerin

1896

Mirza Reza Kermani, revolucionario iraní (n.

Mirza Reza Kermani, revolucionario iraní (n. 1854).

1896

Otto Lilienthal

He'd made over 2,000 glider flights — then one gust of wind on August 9th snapped his control, and he fell 50 feet near Rhinow Hills. Broke his spine. Dead the next day. His final words, reportedly: "Sacrifices must be made." Lilienthal had spent 25 years building wings modeled on storks, filling notebooks with precise lift calculations that the Wright Brothers later studied obsessively. Without his published data, Kitty Hawk likely doesn't happen in 1903. The father of flight never flew under power. The students finished what he started.

1897

James William Abert, officier et explorateur américain (° 18 novembre 1820).

James William Abert, officier et explorateur américain (° 18 novembre 1820).

1898

Quintino de Lacerda, abolicionista brasileiro (n.

Quintino de Lacerda, abolicionista brasileiro (n. 1839).

1899

Joaquim José Afonso Alves, político brasileiro (n.

Joaquim José Afonso Alves, político brasileiro (n. 1815).

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1900

Arnold Syfrig, Schweizer Unternehmer und Politiker

Arnold Syfrig, Schweizer Unternehmer und Politiker

1900

Henry Gordon Burleigh, US-amerikanischer Politiker

Henry Gordon Burleigh, US-amerikanischer Politiker

1901

Otto von Faber du Faur, deutscher Maler

Otto von Faber du Faur, deutscher Maler

1904

Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau

Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau served as Prime Minister of France from 1899 to 1902 and is best remembered for the Law on Associations of 1901, which legalized trade unions and established the framework for nonprofit organizations in France. He also navigated the final stages of the Dreyfus Affair, working to restore civil order after the divisive scandal.

1904

Wilhelm Karlowitsch Withöft, russischer Admiral

Wilhelm Karlowitsch Withöft, russischer Admiral

1907

Hermann Ende, deutscher Architekt

Hermann Ende, deutscher Architekt

1907

محمد ظافر المدني، فقيه مالكي وصوفي شاذلي طرابلسي عثماني.

محمد ظافر المدني، فقيه مالكي وصوفي شاذلي طرابلسي عثماني.

1907

Alfred von Keßler, preußischer Offizier

Alfred von Keßler, preußischer Offizier

1910

Friedrich Carl Glaser, deutscher Maschinenbau-Ingenieur und Publizist

Friedrich Carl Glaser, deutscher Maschinenbau-Ingenieur und Publizist

1910

Joe Gans, US-amerikanischer Boxer und Weltmeister im Leichtgewicht

Joe Gans, US-amerikanischer Boxer und Weltmeister im Leichtgewicht

1910

Ernst von Wedel, Gutsbesitzer, Stiftshauptmann und preußischer Politiker

Ernst von Wedel, Gutsbesitzer, Stiftshauptmann und preußischer Politiker

1911

Jozef Israëls, peintre danois (° 27 janvier 1824).

Jozef Israëls, peintre danois (° 27 janvier 1824).

1912

Paul Wallot, deutscher Architekt

Paul Wallot, deutscher Architekt

1913

Johannes Linnankoski

Johannes Linnankoski wrote 'The Song of the Blood-Red Flower' (1905), which became one of the most internationally successful Finnish novels and was adapted into multiple films. His naturalistic depictions of Finnish rural life resonated across Scandinavia.

1914

Paul Adolph, deutscher Jurist und Politiker

Paul Adolph, deutscher Jurist und Politiker

1915

Henry Moseley

Henry Moseley discovered how to read the atomic number of an element from its X-ray spectrum. He was 26. In the space of two years, he rewrote the periodic table. Then World War I started. The British Army sent him to Gallipoli. He was killed by a sniper in 1915. He was 27. The loss is still described by scientists as one of the most costly of the 20th century.

1916

John J. Loud

John J. Loud patented the first ballpoint pen in 1888, designing a rolling ball-tip that could write on rough surfaces like leather and wood. His invention was too crude for everyday writing and expired without commercial success — it took another 50 years before Laszlo Biro perfected the design.

1916

Nazario Sauro, italienischer Marineoffizier

Nazario Sauro, italienischer Marineoffizier

1918

Erich Löwenhardt

Erich Löwenhardt plummeted to his death after a mid-air collision with a fellow German pilot during a dogfight over France. As the third-highest scoring German ace of the Great War with 54 victories, his loss deprived the Imperial German Air Service of a key tactical leader during the final, desperate months of the conflict.

1918

William P. Kellogg, US-amerikanischer Politiker

William P. Kellogg, US-amerikanischer Politiker

1919

Hermann Wette, deutscher Arzt und Schriftsteller

Hermann Wette, deutscher Arzt und Schriftsteller

1920

Ádám Politzer

Ádám Politzer developed the Politzer maneuver — a way of inflating the middle ear to treat hearing loss — and his own name became a medical verb. Born in 1835, he spent 45 years as a professor in Vienna building the field of otology almost single-handedly. He died in 1920 at 85, still publishing.

1920

James O'Neill, actor estadounidense de origen irlandés (n.

James O'Neill, actor estadounidense de origen irlandés (n. 1849).

1922

Reginald Dunne

Reginald Dunne faced the gallows in London for the assassination of British Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson. His execution intensified the bitter divisions of the Irish Civil War, as the Irish Republican Army viewed his death as a martyrdom that fueled further retaliatory violence against the newly formed Irish Free State government.

1923

Joaquín Sorolla, pintor español (n.

Joaquín Sorolla, pintor español (n. 1863).

1925

Eduard Arnhold, Berliner Unternehmer, Kunstmäzen und Philanthrop

Eduard Arnhold, Berliner Unternehmer, Kunstmäzen und Philanthrop

1925

Hedwig Greve, deutsche Malerin

Hedwig Greve, deutsche Malerin

1928

Rex Cherryman

Rex Cherryman arrived in Hollywood just as sound was arriving in film. Born in 1897, he made it to Broadway, then early movies. He died in 1928 at 31 — right before the talkies transformed everything he'd trained for. His career ended before the industry became what he'd been preparing for.

1929

Pierre Fatou

Pierre Fatou spent his career studying the behavior of complex functions — the mathematics of iteration, of what happens when you do the same thing to a number over and over. He never got the credit he deserved while alive. Born in 1878, he died in 1929. The Fatou set, a central concept in fractal geometry, carries his name. The Mandelbrot set owes him a debt.

1929

Aletta Jacobs

Aletta Jacobs was the first woman to attend a Dutch university and became the Netherlands' first female physician. She opened a free birth control clinic, fought for women's suffrage, and helped secure Dutch women's right to vote in 1919. She proved that every barrier she broke opened the door for those who followed.

1931

Richard Wettstein, österreichischer Botaniker

Richard Wettstein, österreichischer Botaniker

1932

Rin Tin Tin

Rin Tin Tin was pulled from a bombed-out German kennel by an American soldier in 1918. Within four years he was starring in Hollywood films and reportedly received more fan mail than any human actor at Warner Bros. Born in 1918, died 1932. He saved the studio from bankruptcy. A dog did that.

1932

Fritz Hampel, Pseudonym Slang, satirischer deutscher Schriftsteller, Journalist und Karikaturist

Fritz Hampel, Pseudonym Slang, satirischer deutscher Schriftsteller, Journalist und Karikaturist

1933

Alf Morgans

Alf Morgans served briefly as the 4th Premier of Western Australia in 1901, holding office for just three months during the transition to Australian federation. Born in Wales, he made his fortune in the Western Australian gold rush before entering politics.

1934

Ulrich Maag, Schweizer Automobilrennfahrer

Ulrich Maag, Schweizer Automobilrennfahrer

1934

Ignacio Sánchez Mejías, torero español (n.

Ignacio Sánchez Mejías, torero español (n. 1891).

1935

Jasper Bisbee, US-amerikanischer Old-Time-Musiker

Jasper Bisbee, US-amerikanischer Old-Time-Musiker

1937

Hans Gustav Röhr, deutscher Automobilpionier

Hans Gustav Röhr, deutscher Automobilpionier

1939

Carlo Galimberti, italienischer Gewichtheber, Olympiasieger

Carlo Galimberti, italienischer Gewichtheber, Olympiasieger

1940

Alessandro Bonci, italienischer Tenor

Alessandro Bonci, italienischer Tenor

1940

Hans-Caspar von Zobeltitz, deutscher Schriftsteller und Herausgeber

Hans-Caspar von Zobeltitz, deutscher Schriftsteller und Herausgeber

1941

Mario Amadori, italienischer pharmazeutischer Chemiker und Hochschullehrer

Mario Amadori, italienischer pharmazeutischer Chemiker und Hochschullehrer

1942

Albert Guillaume, pintor francês (n.

Albert Guillaume, pintor francês (n. 1873).

1942

Max Mendel, deutscher Kaufmann und Konsumgenossenschafter, Senator im Hamburger Senat

Max Mendel, deutscher Kaufmann und Konsumgenossenschafter, Senator im Hamburger Senat

1943

Anatoli Dobrodietski, aviateur soviétique (° 6 janvier 1923).

Anatoli Dobrodietski, aviateur soviétique (° 6 janvier 1923).

1943

Georg Busch, deutscher Bildhauer

Georg Busch, deutscher Bildhauer

1944

Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, deutscher Jurist, Widerstandskämpfer des 20.

Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, deutscher Jurist, Widerstandskämpfer des 20. Juli 1944

1944

Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg, deutscher Jurist, Widerstandskämpfer des 20.

Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg, deutscher Jurist, Widerstandskämpfer des 20. Juli 1944

1944

Alfred Kranzfelder, deutscher Marineoffizier, Widerstandskämpfer des 20.

Alfred Kranzfelder, deutscher Marineoffizier, Widerstandskämpfer des 20. Juli 1944

1944

Edmundo Pereira Lins, jornalista e magistrado brasileiro (n.

Edmundo Pereira Lins, jornalista e magistrado brasileiro (n. 1863).

1945

Robert H. Goddard

Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket in 1926 from a snow-covered field in Massachusetts. Most of the scientific establishment ignored him. The press called him the Moon Rocket Man and not as a compliment. Born in 1882, he died in 1945 — before anyone knew his work would make the Space Age possible. The Germans learned from his patents. So did NASA.

1946

Karl Veidt, deutscher evangelisch-lutherischer Theologe

Karl Veidt, deutscher evangelisch-lutherischer Theologe

1946

Jean Lamarque, militant syndicaliste et socialiste français (° 21 novembre 1871).

Jean Lamarque, militant syndicaliste et socialiste français (° 21 novembre 1871).

1947

Anton Schall, österreichischer Fußballspieler

Anton Schall, österreichischer Fußballspieler

1948

Andrew Brown

Andrew Brown played for Preston North End at a time when Preston was genuinely one of the best clubs in England. Born in Glasgow in 1870, he came south in the late Victorian football boom and spent his career in the English Football League. After retiring from play, he coached in South America — part of the wave of British football men who exported the game to a continent that had never seen it before. Died 1948.

1948

Emmy Hennings, poeta y novelista alemana, dadaísta (n.

Emmy Hennings, poeta y novelista alemana, dadaísta (n. 1885)

1948

Montague Summers

Montague Summers spent his career as an English clergyman who believed, in perfect seriousness, that witchcraft and vampires were real. He translated the Malleus Maleficarum — the 15th-century witch-hunting manual — and published serious academic volumes on werewolves. Born in 1880, died 1948. His books are still in print. History has a strange sense of humor.

1948

Emílio Almansi, físico e matemático italiano (n.

Emílio Almansi, físico e matemático italiano (n. 1869).

1948

Kan'ichi Asakawa

Kan'ichi Asakawa left Japan in 1899 and spent 50 years at Yale, becoming one of the first Japanese scholars to build a career in American academia. Born in 1873, he wrote extensively about feudalism and land systems in medieval Japan. When World War II started, he wrote letters urging peace between Japan and the US. No one listened.

1949

John Haigh, britischer Serienmörder

John Haigh, britischer Serienmörder

1949

Homer Burton Adkins

Homer Burton Adkins advanced the science of catalytic hydrogenation, developing techniques that became standard in industrial chemistry. His work at the University of Wisconsin on metal catalysts enabled the efficient production of everything from fuels to pharmaceuticals.

1950

Andrée Viollis, französische Journalistin

Andrée Viollis, französische Journalistin

1950

Adolf Wilhelm, österreichischer Epigraphiker und klassischer Philologe

Adolf Wilhelm, österreichischer Epigraphiker und klassischer Philologe

1951

Otaviano Romero Monteiro, compositor e maestro brasileiro (n.

Otaviano Romero Monteiro, compositor e maestro brasileiro (n. 1908).

1954

Robert Adair

Robert Adair moved from America to Britain and built a career as a character actor in British films from the 1930s through the 1950s. He appeared in dozens of productions, typically in supporting roles.

1955

Hans Andersag, deutscher Chemiker

Hans Andersag, deutscher Chemiker

1955

Wilhelm von Allwörden, deutscher Politiker der NSDAP, Hamburger Senator

Wilhelm von Allwörden, deutscher Politiker der NSDAP, Hamburger Senator

1958

Frank Demaree

Frank Demaree was an outfielder for the Chicago Cubs who appeared in three World Series — 1932, 1935, and 1938. The Cubs lost all three. Born in 1910, he hit .325 in 1936, one of the better seasons of his career. He died in 1958 having never held a championship ring. The Cubs wouldn't win one until 2016.

1959

Heinrich Pössenbacher, deutscher Möbelfabrikant

Heinrich Pössenbacher, deutscher Möbelfabrikant

1960

Oswald Veblen, US-amerikanischer Mathematiker

Oswald Veblen, US-amerikanischer Mathematiker

1960

Emil Strauß, deutscher Dichter

Emil Strauß, deutscher Dichter

1960

Hamide Ayşe Sultan

Hamide Ayse Sultan was an Ottoman princess born into the imperial dynasty during its final decades. She lived through the empire's collapse, the founding of the Turkish Republic, and the exile of the Ottoman royal family, witnessing the end of a 600-year dynasty.

1960

Frank Lloyd, cineasta angloestadounidense (n.

Frank Lloyd, cineasta angloestadounidense (n. 1886).

1961

Marion Mahony Griffin, US-amerikanische Architektin

Marion Mahony Griffin, US-amerikanische Architektin

1961

Julia Peterkin

Julia Peterkin won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1929 for "Scarlet Sister Mary," a novel about the Gullah community on a South Carolina plantation. She was a white woman writing about Black life in the rural South — work that was celebrated in its time but later reexamined for its outsider perspective on the community it depicted.

1962

Willi Schaeffers, deutscher Kabarettist und Schauspieler

Willi Schaeffers, deutscher Kabarettist und Schauspieler

1963

Estes Kefauver

He beat Eisenhower in the New Hampshire primary in 1952 — then lost the Democratic nomination to Adlai Stevenson anyway. Twice. Kefauver's 1950 televised crime hearings drew 30 million viewers, making organized crime a living-room conversation for the first time. He wore a coonskin cap campaigning through Tennessee. Odd choice for a Yale Law man. He died of a ruptured aortic aneurysm mid-Senate session, August 10, 1963. The hearings he ran left behind the first federal framework for prosecuting the mob.

1963

Ernst Wetter

Ernst Wetter served as President of Switzerland in 1939 — the year the country was surrounded by fascist powers on nearly every side. Born in 1877, he was a jurist and politician who navigated one of the most delicate neutrality calculations in modern European history. He died in 1963, the war long over, Switzerland still intact.

1964

Afonso Eduardo Reidy, arquiteto brasileiro (n.

Afonso Eduardo Reidy, arquiteto brasileiro (n. 1909).

1965

Sloan Doak, cavalier américain de concours complet (° 28 janvier 1886).

Sloan Doak, cavalier américain de concours complet (° 28 janvier 1886).

1965

Erich Rothacker, deutscher Philosoph und Soziologe

Erich Rothacker, deutscher Philosoph und Soziologe

1967

Vittorio Valletta, ingeniero italiano (n.

Vittorio Valletta, ingeniero italiano (n. 1883).

1968

Gabriel Hanot, französischer Fußballer, Journalist, Zeitungsinhaber

Gabriel Hanot, französischer Fußballer, Journalist, Zeitungsinhaber

1969

Rosemary LaBianca

Rosemary LaBianca ran a dress shop and, with her husband Leno, had just returned from a camping trip the night she was murdered. Born in 1930, she was 38. Members of the Manson Family had entered the wrong house — the wrong people, the wrong night, the wrong everything. She died not knowing why.

1969

János Kodolányi

Janos Kodolanyi was a Hungarian novelist and essayist who wrote about rural poverty and mystical themes, often drawing on the lives of peasants and marginalized communities in Hungary. His later works turned toward religious and historical subjects, and he remained a controversial figure in Hungarian literary circles.

1969

Leno LaBianca

Leno LaBianca was a Los Angeles grocery chain owner who became one of the most famous murder victims in American history through no fault of his own. Born in 1925, he and his wife Rosemary were killed by members of the Manson Family on August 10, 1969 — the night after the Tate murders. He had nothing to do with Charles Manson. Neither did anyone in that house.

1970

Joe Lapchick, basquetebolista estadunidense (n.

Joe Lapchick, basquetebolista estadunidense (n. 1900).

1970

John C. Raven, britischer Psychologe

John C. Raven, britischer Psychologe

1970

Bernd Alois Zimmermann, compositor alemán (n.

Bernd Alois Zimmermann, compositor alemán (n. 1918).

1971

Federico Callori di Vignale, cardinal italien de la Curie romaine (° 15 décembre 1890).

Federico Callori di Vignale, cardinal italien de la Curie romaine (° 15 décembre 1890).

1973

Walter Körte, deutscher Architekt

Walter Körte, deutscher Architekt

1974

Ivor Dean, britischer Schauspieler

Ivor Dean, britischer Schauspieler

1974

Frei Tito, frade brasileiro (n.

Frei Tito, frade brasileiro (n. 1945).

1974

Danny Mummert, US-amerikanischer Schauspieler

Danny Mummert, US-amerikanischer Schauspieler

1975

Maurice Zundel, Schweizer Geistlicher, Theologe und Philosoph

Maurice Zundel, Schweizer Geistlicher, Theologe und Philosoph

1976

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, pintor alemán (n.

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, pintor alemán (n. 1884).

1976

Bert Oldfield

Bert Oldfield was the Australian wicketkeeper who took 130 dismissals in Test cricket before retiring. Born in 1894, he was known for his quiet excellence behind the stumps. He died in 1976. His name is best remembered in connection with the Bodyline series of 1932-33, when he was hit in the head by a Harold Larwood delivery. He didn't blame the bowler. He blamed the captain who ordered the tactic.

1976

Paul Lücke, deutscher Bauminister und Innenminister

Paul Lücke, deutscher Bauminister und Innenminister

1976

Josef Mattauch, deutscher Physiker

Josef Mattauch, deutscher Physiker

1977

Eduard Roschmann, österreichischer Kriegsverbrecher in Lettland (Schlächter von Riga)

Eduard Roschmann, österreichischer Kriegsverbrecher in Lettland (Schlächter von Riga)

1979

José María Pinilla Fábrega, 34.

José María Pinilla Fábrega, 34. Staatspräsident von Panama

1979

Walter Gerlach

Walter Gerlach, along with Otto Stern, conducted one of the most important experiments in physics in 1922. They sent silver atoms through a magnetic field and found that the atoms split into two distinct beams instead of spreading out evenly. This proved that atomic spin was quantized — one of the foundational demonstrations of quantum mechanics. Born in Biebrich in 1889. Died 1979 at 89. The Stern-Gerlach experiment is still taught in every introductory quantum mechanics course.

1979

Dick Foran

Dick Foran made westerns. Lots of them. Born in 1910, he was a singing cowboy at Warner Bros. during the 1930s before the archetype got crowded with Gene Autry and Roy Rogers and everyone else. He pivoted to character roles and kept working for decades. He died in 1979 having appeared in over 100 films. Most of them forgotten. That's the job.

1979

Germán López Prieto, productor de cine español (n.

Germán López Prieto, productor de cine español (n. 1902).

1979

Géza Wertheim, luxemburgischer Bobfahrer und Tennisspieler

Géza Wertheim, luxemburgischer Bobfahrer und Tennisspieler

1980

Yahya Khan

He handed over power after losing half his country. Yahya Khan, the general who'd inherited Pakistan's presidency in 1969, authorized the military crackdown in East Pakistan that killed somewhere between 300,000 and 3 million people — estimates still vary wildly. Bangladesh was born from that catastrophe. He surrendered the presidency to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in December 1971, then spent years under house arrest in Rawalpindi. He died there in 1980. The man who broke Pakistan apart never stood trial for it.

1980

Gareth Evans, filósofo britânico (n.

Gareth Evans, filósofo britânico (n. 1946).

1982

Anderson Bigode Herzer

Anderson Bigode Herzer was a Brazilian transgender man who wrote "A Queda para o Alto" ("The Fall Upward"), documenting his experiences in FEBEM juvenile detention centers in Sao Paulo. The book became an important text in Brazilian discussions of youth incarceration and transgender identity. He died by suicide at 20.

1982

Peter de Mendelssohn, deutsch-britischer Schriftsteller, Historiker und Essayist

Peter de Mendelssohn, deutsch-britischer Schriftsteller, Historiker und Essayist

1982

José Nieto, spanischer Schauspieler

José Nieto, spanischer Schauspieler

1983

Ruben Rausing, schwedischer Erfinder und Unternehmer

Ruben Rausing, schwedischer Erfinder und Unternehmer

1983

Pinheiro de Azevedo, político português (n.

Pinheiro de Azevedo, político português (n. 1917)

1984

Milton Improta, economista e político brasileiro (n.

Milton Improta, economista e político brasileiro (n. 1910).

1985

Nate Barragar

Nate Barragar played football at USC and in the early NFL before serving as a sergeant in World War II. His dual identity as athlete and soldier reflects a generation of American men whose careers were interrupted — or defined — by wartime service.

1985

Gerhard Sevenster, niederländischer reformierter Theologe und Kirchenhistoriker

Gerhard Sevenster, niederländischer reformierter Theologe und Kirchenhistoriker

1986

Chuck McKinley, tenista estadounidense (n.

Chuck McKinley, tenista estadounidense (n. 1945).

1986

Alan Rouse

Alan Rouse was the first British mountaineer to summit an 8,000-meter peak, reaching the top of Broad Peak in 1983. He died descending K2 in 1986, trapped by a storm at Camp IV. His body was never recovered from the mountain.

1986

Hernando Sanabria Fernández, escritor e historiador boliviano (n.

Hernando Sanabria Fernández, escritor e historiador boliviano (n. 1909).

1986

Vratislav Effenberger, tschechischer Literaturtheoretiker

Vratislav Effenberger, tschechischer Literaturtheoretiker

1987

Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas

Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas served as Prime Minister of Greece for a single month in 1965, during the political crisis that preceded the 1967 military junta. His brief tenure reflected the instability of Greek parliamentary democracy in the 1960s, a period of constitutional crises and royal interference.

1987

Edmund Germer, inventor alemão (n.

Edmund Germer, inventor alemão (n. 1901).

1987

Calvin Culver, US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Pornodarsteller

Calvin Culver, US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Pornodarsteller

1988

Adela Rogers St. Johns, US-amerikanische Journalistin, Schriftstellerin und Drehbuchautorin

Adela Rogers St. Johns, US-amerikanische Journalistin, Schriftstellerin und Drehbuchautorin

1988

Rakhimzhan Qoshqarbaev, militar soviético (n.

Rakhimzhan Qoshqarbaev, militar soviético (n. 1924).

1988

Arnulfo Arias Madrid, político panameño (n.

Arnulfo Arias Madrid, político panameño (n. 1901).

1989

Alberto Sols, científico español (n.

Alberto Sols, científico español (n. 1917).

1990

Madre Eugénia Ravasio, religiosa italiana (n.

Madre Eugénia Ravasio, religiosa italiana (n. 1907).

1990

Jacobo Arenas, kolumbianischer Politiker und Guerillero

Jacobo Arenas, kolumbianischer Politiker und Guerillero

1991

Herbert Blankenhorn, deutscher Diplomat

Herbert Blankenhorn, deutscher Diplomat

1991

Karl Korn, deutscher Publizist, Journalist und Geisteswissenschaftler

Karl Korn, deutscher Publizist, Journalist und Geisteswissenschaftler

1991

Hans Jakob Polotsky, linguista e egiptólogo suíço (n.

Hans Jakob Polotsky, linguista e egiptólogo suíço (n. 1905).

1991

Luu Trong Lu Vietnamese poet and playwright (b. 19

Luu Trong Lu was a leading Vietnamese Romantic poet whose work in the 1930s and 1940s helped establish modern Vietnamese poetry. His verse captured longing, nature, and emotional intensity in a style that broke from classical Chinese literary forms and helped forge a distinctly Vietnamese literary voice.

1991

Ivo Braak, deutscher Autor, Rezitator und Pädagoge

Ivo Braak, deutscher Autor, Rezitator und Pädagoge

1992

Aribert Heim, médico austríaco (n.

Aribert Heim, médico austríaco (n. 1914).

1992

Teresa Cohen, US-amerikanische Mathematikerin

Teresa Cohen, US-amerikanische Mathematikerin

1992

Kurt A. Körber, deutscher Unternehmer und Mäzen

Kurt A. Körber, deutscher Unternehmer und Mäzen

1993

Irene Sharaff, US-amerikanische Kostümbildnerin

Irene Sharaff, US-amerikanische Kostümbildnerin

1993

Euronymous

He was found with 23 stab wounds. Euronymous, born Øystein Aarseth, had built Mayhem into Norway's most extreme metal band from a tiny Oslo record shop called Helvete — a genuine underground bunker where he sold black metal to devotees. His bandmate Varg Vikernes drove to his apartment and killed him, later claiming self-defense. Vikernes served 15 years. But the church burnings, the murders, the corpse-paint mythology Euronymous helped invent — all of it calcified into black metal's permanent identity the moment he died.

1993

Øystein Aarseth

Øystein Aarseth — known as Euronymous — was the guitarist and co-founder of Mayhem, the Norwegian black metal band that burned churches and made chaos into a genre identity. Born in 1968, he was murdered in 1993 by his bandmate Varg Vikernes. The violence he'd been performing on stage found him at home. He was 25.

1994

Marie Dollinger, deutsche Leichtathletin

Marie Dollinger, deutsche Leichtathletin

1994

Kay Petre, kanadische Automobilrennfahrerin und Journalistin

Kay Petre, kanadische Automobilrennfahrerin und Journalistin

1995

Jacques Couture, prêtre et homme politique québécois, ministre du Travail et de l’Immigration de 1976 à 1980 (° 23 no…

Jacques Couture, prêtre et homme politique québécois, ministre du Travail et de l’Immigration de 1976 à 1980 (° 23 novembre 1929).

1995

Florestan Fernandes, sociólogo brasileiro (n.

Florestan Fernandes, sociólogo brasileiro (n. 1920)

1995

Aldo Protti, barítono italiano (n.

Aldo Protti, barítono italiano (n. 1920).

1995

Willi Kobe, Schweizer evangelischer Geistlicher und Friedensaktivist

Willi Kobe, Schweizer evangelischer Geistlicher und Friedensaktivist

1995

Fay Honey Knopp, US-amerikanische Bürgerrechts- und Friedensaktivistin, sowie Gefängnis-Abolitionistin

Fay Honey Knopp, US-amerikanische Bürgerrechts- und Friedensaktivistin, sowie Gefängnis-Abolitionistin

1995

Leo Apostel, belgischer Philosoph

Leo Apostel, belgischer Philosoph

1995

Luis Procuna, matador mexicain (° 23 juillet 1923).

Luis Procuna, matador mexicain (° 23 juillet 1923).

1996

Adriano Mandarino Hypólito, bispo brasileiro (n.

Adriano Mandarino Hypólito, bispo brasileiro (n. 1918).

1996

Walter MacNutt, kanadischer Organist, Komponist, Chorleiter und Musikpädagoge

Walter MacNutt, kanadischer Organist, Komponist, Chorleiter und Musikpädagoge

1997

Conlon Nancarrow

Conlon Nancarrow spent decades composing music for player piano that human hands couldn't physically play. He punched his scores into piano rolls by hand, one hole at a time, building pieces of extraordinary complexity. Born in 1912, he died in 1997. MIDI eventually made his ideas playable on other instruments. He'd been writing the future for 50 years.

1997

Marie-Soleil Tougas, comédienne québécoise (° 3 mai 1970).

Marie-Soleil Tougas, comédienne québécoise (° 3 mai 1970).

1997

Jean-Claude Lauzon

Jean-Claude Lauzon made two films. Two. Un Zoo la nuit in 1987 and Léolo in 1992. Both were considered masterpieces of Québécois cinema. Born in 1953, he died in a plane crash in 1997 at 43, with whatever third film he was imagining still unwritten. Two films. That's the whole body of work.

1998

Mario Ezcurdia Camacho, periodista y politólogo mexicano (n.

Mario Ezcurdia Camacho, periodista y politólogo mexicano (n. 1925).

1998

Albert Schöchle, deutscher Gärtner und Sachbuchautor

Albert Schöchle, deutscher Gärtner und Sachbuchautor

1998

Sidney Fox, bioquímico estadunidense (n.

Sidney Fox, bioquímico estadunidense (n. 1912).

1999

Ernst Bader, deutscher Schauspieler, Liederdichter und Komponist

Ernst Bader, deutscher Schauspieler, Liederdichter und Komponist

1999

Fritz Westheider, deutscher Handballspieler, Handballtrainer und Leichtathlet

Fritz Westheider, deutscher Handballspieler, Handballtrainer und Leichtathlet

1999

Jennifer Paterson

Jennifer Paterson was one half of the BBC's "Two Fat Ladies" cooking duo with Clarissa Dickson Wright, riding a motorcycle with a sidecar between locations while preparing unapologetically rich British food. She was 71 when the show aired and died of lung cancer shortly after the second series, never having learned to cook anything low-fat.

1999

Bernardo Estornés Lasa, escritor y promotor de la cultura vasca (n.

Bernardo Estornés Lasa, escritor y promotor de la cultura vasca (n. 1907).

1999

Ernesto de Melo Antunes, militar y político portugués ideólogo de la Revolución de los Claveles (n.

Ernesto de Melo Antunes, militar y político portugués ideólogo de la Revolución de los Claveles (n. 1933).

1999

Acharya Baldev Upadhyaya

Acharya Baldev Upadhyaya spent his life documenting Sanskrit literature and Indian intellectual history. Born in 1899, he wrote over 50 books in Hindi and Sanskrit. He died in 1999 at nearly 100 — long enough to see India go from colony to nuclear power. His scholarship outlasted an empire.

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2000

Walter E. Lautenbacher, deutscher Modefotograf, gilt als Begründer des Berufsstands des Fotodesigners

Walter E. Lautenbacher, deutscher Modefotograf, gilt als Begründer des Berufsstands des Fotodesigners

2000

Gilbert Parkhouse

Gilbert Parkhouse played cricket for Glamorgan and rugby union for Swansea — a combination of sports that defines a certain kind of Welsh athlete. Born in 1925, he played seven Tests for England. He died in 2000. Glamorgan has had very few England internationals across its history. He was one.

2001

Otto Schulmeister, österreichischer Publizist, Chefredakteur und Herausgeber

Otto Schulmeister, österreichischer Publizist, Chefredakteur und Herausgeber

2001

Françoise Berd, actrice et productrice québécoise (° 2 mars 1923).

Françoise Berd, actrice et productrice québécoise (° 2 mars 1923).

2001

Lou Boudreau

Lou Boudreau was 24 when the Cleveland Indians made him their player-manager. That's not a typo. He managed from the dugout while playing shortstop, and in 1948 led Cleveland to the World Series — which they won. Born in 1917, he later became a broadcaster. He died in 2001. The 1948 Indians haven't won another title since.

2001

Alberto Beretta, frade e missionário católico ítalo-brasileiro (n.

Alberto Beretta, frade e missionário católico ítalo-brasileiro (n. 1916).

2001

Werner Pirchner, österreichischer Komponist

Werner Pirchner, österreichischer Komponist

2002

Michael Houser

Michael Houser co-founded Widespread Panic in Athens, Georgia in 1986 and spent 16 years building one of the longest-running jam bands in American music. Born in 1962, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2002 and died that August. He was 40. The band he left behind hasn't stopped touring.

2002

Eugene Odum, geólogo e ecólogo estadunidense (n.

Eugene Odum, geólogo e ecólogo estadunidense (n. 1913).

2002

Kristen Nygaard

Kristen Nygaard co-invented object-oriented programming. Not the term — the actual concept. His language SIMULA, developed in Norway in the 1960s, introduced classes, objects, and inheritance before most programmers knew those words existed. Born in 1926, he died in 2002. Every software developer alive today works in the world he made.

2003

Carmita Jiménez

Carmita Jiménez was a Puerto Rican singer who worked in the bolero and salsa traditions for decades. Born in 1944, she died in 2003 at 59. Her recordings circulated through the Spanish-speaking Caribbean long before streaming existed. Music that traveled by word of mouth and radio. The old way.

2003

Sarah Clackson, britische Papyrologin und Koptologin

Sarah Clackson, britische Papyrologin und Koptologin

2003

Jacques Deray, französischer Filmregisseur

Jacques Deray, französischer Filmregisseur

2003

Martín Clutet, director de televisión argentino (n.

Martín Clutet, director de televisión argentino (n. 1925).

2004

Václav Lídl, tschechischer Komponist

Václav Lídl, tschechischer Komponist

2005

Ilja Prachař, tschechischer Schauspieler

Ilja Prachař, tschechischer Schauspieler

2005

Jaroslav Koutecký, tschechischer Professor für physikalische Chemie

Jaroslav Koutecký, tschechischer Professor für physikalische Chemie

2006

Pierre Schwed, résistant français, spécialiste reconnu des questions de géostratégie (° 2 janvier 1923).

Pierre Schwed, résistant français, spécialiste reconnu des questions de géostratégie (° 2 janvier 1923).

2006

Irving São Paulo, brasilianischer Schauspieler

Irving São Paulo, brasilianischer Schauspieler

2006

Yasuo Takei, japanischer Bankier

Yasuo Takei, japanischer Bankier

2007

Tony Wilson

Tony Wilson signed Joy Division to Factory Records after watching them play at the Electric Circus in 1978. He also signed New Order, the Happy Mondays, and helped build the Haçienda nightclub, which defined the rave era in Britain. He did all of this while presenting regional news on Granada Television. Wilson put everything he had into Factory Records and ended up with nothing legally — he famously refused to have his artists sign contracts. Born in Salford in 1950. Died 2007 of kidney cancer at 57.

2007

Jean Rédélé

Jean Redele founded Alpine, the French sports car maker, after winning the Coupe des Alpes rally in a modified Renault 4CV. Alpine's lightweight, rear-engined cars won rallies across Europe and competed at Le Mans. Renault eventually absorbed the brand, reviving it decades later.

2007

Plácido Manaia Nunes, jornalista brasileiro (n.

Plácido Manaia Nunes, jornalista brasileiro (n. 1934).

2007

Eleu Salvador, dublador e ator brasileiro (n.

Eleu Salvador, dublador e ator brasileiro (n. 1932).

2007

Ahmed Bahaeddine Attia, réalisateur et producteur tunisien (° 26 mai 1945).

Ahmed Bahaeddine Attia, réalisateur et producteur tunisien (° 26 mai 1945).

2007

Renée de Tryon-Montalembert, religieuse et écrivaine française (° 8 mai 1920).

Renée de Tryon-Montalembert, religieuse et écrivaine française (° 8 mai 1920).

2007

Irene Morgan, militante pour les droits de l'homme afro-américaine (° 9 avril 1917).

Irene Morgan, militante pour les droits de l'homme afro-américaine (° 9 avril 1917).

2007

Chris Reyka

Chris Reyka served as a sergeant with the BSO — the Broward County Sheriff's Office — and died in the line of duty in 2007. Born in 1956, he was 51. The details of his service are largely local, known in the community he protected rather than beyond it. That's most of the people who wear a badge.

2007

James E. Faust, American lawyer and religious leader (born 1920)

James E. Faust, American lawyer and religious leader (born 1920)

2007

James E. Faust

James E. Faust served as Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 12 years. Born in 1920, he was a lawyer before becoming a full-time church leader. He died in 2007. The church he served had about 2 million members when he was born. By the time he died, it had 13 million.

2007

Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler

Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler broke racial barriers as one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, flying combat missions during World War II despite the segregation enforced by the military. His service helped dismantle the myth of Black inferiority in aviation, forcing the U.S. Air Force to integrate its ranks and opening the cockpit to generations of minority pilots.

2008

Felisberto Duarte, humorista e apresentador de televisão brasileiro (n.

Felisberto Duarte, humorista e apresentador de televisão brasileiro (n. 1938).

2008

Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes wrote the Shaft theme in 1971 and changed what film scoring sounded like. Wah-wah guitar, orchestral strings, drums driving the whole thing, the brass announcing menace — he built a sonic language for urban action that was immediately imitated. He won the Academy Award. He became an icon. But he'd spent the previous decade writing for other people: 'Soul Man,' 'Hold On I'm Comin',' dozens of hits for Sam & Dave and others at Stax Records. The academy saw his name on the marquee. The musicians knew his name behind the scenes.

2008

Alexandre Slobodyanik, pianiste américain (° 5 novembre 1941).

Alexandre Slobodyanik, pianiste américain (° 5 novembre 1941).

2009

Ede Király, patineur artistique hongrois (° 22 février 1926).

Ede Király, patineur artistique hongrois (° 22 février 1926).

2009

Ernest Glinne, homme politique belge (° 30 mars 1931).

Ernest Glinne, homme politique belge (° 30 mars 1931).

2009

Josef Burg, österreichischer Schriftsteller

Josef Burg, österreichischer Schriftsteller

2009

(ou 8 août) Yan Balinec, auteur et poète français (° 16 août 1928).

(ou 8 août) Yan Balinec, auteur et poète français (° 16 août 1928).

2009

Renzo Sambo, rameur italien (° 17 janvier 1942).

Renzo Sambo, rameur italien (° 17 janvier 1942).

2009

Urpo Korhonen, fondeur finlandais (° 8 février 1923).

Urpo Korhonen, fondeur finlandais (° 8 février 1923).

2009

Francisco Valdés Muñoz, jugador y entrenador de fútbol chileno (n.

Francisco Valdés Muñoz, jugador y entrenador de fútbol chileno (n. 1943).

2010

Adam Stansfield

Adam Stansfield played for Exeter City in English League One and was beloved by fans for his work ethic and commitment. He was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2010 and died at 31 — one of the youngest professional footballers to die of the disease. A charity in his name now funds cancer research.

2010

David L. Wolper

He turned down a network deal that would've made him rich — because he wanted to keep control of his documentaries. That stubbornness paid off. David Wolper produced over 350 films and television programs, including *Roots*, the 1977 miniseries that drew 130 million viewers and permanently changed how America talked about slavery on screen. He also produced the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic opening ceremony. But he started as a guy who couldn't sell his footage, so he just made his own company instead.

2010

Dana Dawson, chanteuse et actrice américaine (° 7 août 1974).

Dana Dawson, chanteuse et actrice américaine (° 7 août 1974).

2010

Armando Robles Godoy, cineasta, escritor y periodista peruano de origen estadounidense (n.

Armando Robles Godoy, cineasta, escritor y periodista peruano de origen estadounidense (n. 1923).

2010

Erwin Frühbauer, österreichischer Verkehrsminister

Erwin Frühbauer, österreichischer Verkehrsminister

2010

Markus Liebherr

He'd owned Southampton FC for barely a year when his heart gave out in August 2010. Markus Liebherr paid £14 million for a club rotting in League One, then quietly started paying off debts nobody outside the boardroom fully understood. He didn't live to see the promotion he'd funded. His daughter Katharina inherited both the club and the mission. Southampton reached the Premier League four years later. He bought a struggling port city's football club and never watched a single match in the top flight.

2011

Billy Grammer

Billy Grammer had a country hit with "Gotta Travel On" in 1958 and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. He was also a luthier who designed the Grammer Guitar, played by professionals who valued its craftsmanship.

2011

Moraíto Chico, guitarrista flamenco español (n.

Moraíto Chico, guitarrista flamenco español (n. 1957).

2011

Lilia Michel, actriz mexicana (n.

Lilia Michel, actriz mexicana (n. 1926).

2012

Ioan Dicezare

He flew when flying still killed you just for trying. Ioan Dicezare spent decades shaping Romania's military aviation, training the pilots who'd carry the country's air force through the Cold War's tense, watching decades. Born in 1916, he lived long enough to see propellers give way to jets, then jets give way to computers. He died in 2012 at 96. The planes he once mastered became museum pieces. But the pilots he shaped kept flying.

2012

James Lloyd Abbot

James Lloyd Abbot Jr. served as a rear admiral in the United States Navy, part of the officer corps that maintained American naval power during the Cold War. His career reflected decades of service in the world's largest navy during its period of unchallenged global dominance.

2012

Philippe Bugalski

Philippe Bugalski won the Rally Catalunya twice in the World Rally Championship, driving a Citroen Xsara on tarmac with a precision that made him one of the best asphalt specialists of his era. He died in 2012, and French rallying lost one of its most technically gifted drivers.

2012

Madeleine Leininger, US-amerikanische Pflegewissenschaftlerin

Madeleine Leininger, US-amerikanische Pflegewissenschaftlerin

2012

Irving Fein

Irving Fein managed George Burns and Jack Benny for decades, shaping two of the longest and most successful careers in American comedy. He helped orchestrate Burns' career revival at age 79 when Burns won an Oscar for "The Sunshine Boys" in 1975.

2012

William W. Momyer

He flew 84 combat missions in World War II, then commanded the 7th Air Force in Vietnam — but William "Spike" Momyer's most lasting fight was bureaucratic. He pushed relentlessly for unified air command in Southeast Asia, wresting control of strike missions from Army generals who wanted their own air assets. Congress eventually agreed with him. He died at 95, leaving behind a doctrine that still shapes how the U.S. Air Force allocates tactical air power today. The general who won his biggest battle on paper, not in the sky.

2012

Carlo Rambaldi

Carlo Rambaldi won three Academy Awards for special effects — for "Alien" (1979), "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (1982), and "King Kong" (1976). He designed E.T.'s face, one of the most recognizable creature designs in cinema history, and built the mechanical effects that brought it to life before CGI replaced practical work.

2012

William W. Momyer, American general and pilot (born 1916)

William W. Momyer, American general and pilot (born 1916)

2012

أحمد زيد السرحان، رئيس مجلس الأمة الكويتي.

أحمد زيد السرحان، رئيس مجلس الأمة الكويتي.

2013

Amy Wallace

Amy Wallace co-authored "The Book of Lists" with her father Irving Wallace and brother David Wallechinsky — a reference book that sold millions of copies in the 1970s and spawned an entire genre of list-based publishing. She also wrote a controversial memoir about her relationship with Carlos Castaneda.

2013

David C. Jones, American general (born 1921)

David C. Jones, American general (born 1921)

2013

William P. Clark

William P. Clark Jr. served as Ronald Reagan's National Security Advisor and was one of the president's most trusted confidants. A former rancher and judge with no foreign policy experience when appointed, he nonetheless shaped Reagan's Cold War strategy during a critical period of US-Soviet relations.

2013

Marcia Ascher, US-amerikanische Mathematikerin

Marcia Ascher, US-amerikanische Mathematikerin

2013

László Csatáry, ungarischer NS-Kriegsverbrecher

László Csatáry, ungarischer NS-Kriegsverbrecher

2013

Eydie Gormé

Eydie Gorme and husband Steve Lawrence were one of the great vocal duos of American pop music, performing together for over 50 years. Her solo hit "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" reached number seven in 1963. She won a Grammy for her Spanish-language album and was equally at home singing in English and Spanish.

2013

David C. Jones

He chaired the Joint Chiefs through some of the most turbulent years of the Cold War — then bit the hand that fed him. David C. Jones, Air Force general and two-term JCS Chairman, publicly called the Joint Chiefs system "dysfunctional" before Congress in 1982, while still in uniform. That testimony helped spark the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986, which restructured U.S. military command more fundamentally than anything since World War II. Jones didn't wait for retirement to say what needed saying.

2013

Jody Payne

Jody Payne played guitar in Willie Nelson's Family band for over 30 years, standing stage left at thousands of shows. He was the quiet professional in a band led by one of country music's most colorful personalities, and his steady rhythm guitar anchored the sound.

2013

Jonathan Dawson

He spent decades reconstructing lives that official records tried to forget. Jonathan Dawson, who died in 2013, built his career studying Australian social history — particularly the marginalized communities that mainstream narratives skipped over. Born in 1941, he worked through Griffith University, where he helped shape how a generation of students understood class, labor, and identity in Australian life. His research gave forgotten Australians a paper trail they never had. The archives remember him now in exactly the way he taught others to use them.

2014

Dotty Lynch

Dotty Lynch served as CBS News' political director for over a decade, becoming one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in American political journalism. She later taught at American University, training the next generation of political reporters.

2014

Gabriel Acosta Bendek, médico y político colombiano (n.

Gabriel Acosta Bendek, médico y político colombiano (n. 1931).

2014

Bob Wiesler

Bob Wiesler pitched for the New York Yankees and Washington Senators in the 1950s, compiling a modest record on teams that ranged from dynasty to doormat. He was a left-hander who spent more time in the minors than the majors — the typical career arc for pitchers on the margins.

2014

Kathleen Ollerenshaw

Kathleen Ollerenshaw was a deaf mathematician who made contributions to magic squares and combinatorial theory, publishing a major work on most-perfect pandiagonal magic squares at age 90. She also served as Lord Mayor of Manchester and was a tireless advocate for education of deaf children.

2014

Jim Command

Jim Command played for the Philadelphia Phillies in the early 1950s, a catcher and infielder on teams that were rebuilding after their surprise 1950 pennant. He later scouted for the Phillies, spending decades with the organization in various roles.

2014

Günter Junghans, deutscher Schauspieler

Günter Junghans, deutscher Schauspieler

2015

Buddy Baker

Buddy Baker was the first driver to exceed 200 mph on a closed course, running 200.447 mph at Talladega in 1970 in a Dodge Daytona. He won the 1980 Daytona 500 in a dominant performance and later became a respected NASCAR broadcaster, bringing a driver's perspective to commentary for over two decades.

2015

Endre Czeizel

He proved that a single vitamin could prevent birth defects — and the medical establishment didn't want to hear it. Endre Czeizel spent years running controlled trials in Hungary showing that folic acid, taken before conception, slashed neural tube defect rates by 70%. Doctors elsewhere called the methodology into question. He pressed on anyway. His findings eventually reshaped prenatal care worldwide, pushing governments to mandate folic acid fortification in flour. Millions of children were born without spina bifida because one stubborn Hungarian geneticist wouldn't drop it.

2015

Knut Osnes

Knut Osnes played for and later coached Rosenborg BK during its formative years, contributing to the club that would eventually dominate Norwegian football. His involvement in Norwegian football spanned the post-war era when the sport was becoming professionalized in Scandinavia.

2015

Eriek Verpale

Eriek Verpale was a Flemish poet and children's book author whose work explored memory, loss, and the textures of everyday Belgian life. His poetry was published in leading Dutch-language literary journals and earned him recognition within the Flemish literary community.

2015

Gerd Hauser, deutscher Bauphysiker

Gerd Hauser, deutscher Bauphysiker

2016

Arnold Finck, deutscher Agrarwissenschaftler

Arnold Finck, deutscher Agrarwissenschaftler

2016

Alexei Borissowitsch Marjin, sowjetischer Eishockeytorwart

Alexei Borissowitsch Marjin, sowjetischer Eishockeytorwart

2017

Karin Hertz, deutsche Bildhauerin

Karin Hertz, deutsche Bildhauerin

2017

Ruth Pfau

Ruth Pfau, a German nun and physician, spent over 50 years fighting leprosy in Pakistan, personally treating over 50,000 patients and building a network of 157 leprosy clinics. Her work helped Pakistan achieve WHO's criteria for leprosy elimination in 1996, and she was given a state funeral — the first for a foreign-born civilian in Pakistani history.

2017

Fritz Gautier, deutscher Politiker, MdEP, MdB

Fritz Gautier, deutscher Politiker, MdEP, MdB

2018

Louis Fajfrowski, joueur français de rugby à XV (° 6 décembre 1996)

Louis Fajfrowski, joueur français de rugby à XV (° 6 décembre 1996)

2018

Ingeborg Sörensen, niederdeutsche Autorin, Dolmetscherin, Übersetzerin und Sprachlehrerin

Ingeborg Sörensen, niederdeutsche Autorin, Dolmetscherin, Übersetzerin und Sprachlehrerin

2018

Mahmut Makal, türkischer Schriftsteller und Verleger

Mahmut Makal, türkischer Schriftsteller und Verleger

2019

Jeffrey Epstein

Jeffrey Epstein, a financier convicted of sex trafficking minors, was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell in August 2019 while awaiting trial on federal charges. His death — ruled a suicide — and his extensive connections to politicians, business leaders, and royalty fueled one of the most scrutinized cases in modern American history.

2019

Piero Tosi, vestuarista y decorador italiano (n.

Piero Tosi, vestuarista y decorador italiano (n. 1927).

2019

Radoslav Katičić, kroatischer Sprachwissenschaftler und Kulturhistoriker

Radoslav Katičić, kroatischer Sprachwissenschaftler und Kulturhistoriker

2019

Carlos Pérez de Rozas i Arribas, fotógrafo y periodista español (n.

Carlos Pérez de Rozas i Arribas, fotógrafo y periodista español (n. 1948).

2019

Chicho Sibilio, jugador de baloncesto dominicano nacionalizado español (n.

Chicho Sibilio, jugador de baloncesto dominicano nacionalizado español (n. 1958).

2020

Vladica Popović, jugoslawischer Fußballspieler und -trainer

Vladica Popović, jugoslawischer Fußballspieler und -trainer

2020

Jacobo Langsner, dramaturgo y escritor rumano nacionalizado uruguayo (n.

Jacobo Langsner, dramaturgo y escritor rumano nacionalizado uruguayo (n. 1927).

2020

Wilfried Küper, deutscher Rechtswissenschaftler

Wilfried Küper, deutscher Rechtswissenschaftler

2021

Eduardo Martínez Somalo, prélat espagnol (° 31 mars 1927).

Eduardo Martínez Somalo, prélat espagnol (° 31 mars 1927).

2021

Tony Esposito

He won the Calder Trophy as the NHL's best rookie at age 26 — older than most rookies by nearly half a decade. Tony Esposito had spent years buried in Montreal's system behind Ken Dryden's predecessor before Chicago finally gave him a net. He responded by posting 15 shutouts in his first full season, 1969–70. Fifteen. In one year. He'd go on to define the butterfly style for a generation of goalies. His number 35 hangs retired from the United Center rafters.

2021

Michel Laclotte, historien d'art et conservateur français (malouin et montalbanais), de musées, d'Orsay au Grand Louv…

Michel Laclotte, historien d'art et conservateur français (malouin et montalbanais), de musées, d'Orsay au Grand Louvre (° 27 octobre 1929).

2021

Henryk Hoser, polnischer Bischof

Henryk Hoser, polnischer Bischof

2021

Gun Ädel, schwedische Skilangläuferin

Gun Ädel, schwedische Skilangläuferin

2022

Vesa-Matti Loiri

Vesa-Matti Loiri was Finland's most beloved entertainer for over 50 years, dominating comedy, music, and film as an actor, singer, and comedian. He recorded dozens of albums, starred in the 'Uuno Turhapuro' film series, and was considered a national treasure.

2022

Karina Vismara, cantautora argentina de música folk (n.

Karina Vismara, cantautora argentina de música folk (n. 1990).

2022

Lydia de Vega, philippinische Leichtathletin

Lydia de Vega, philippinische Leichtathletin

2022

Fernando Chalana, futebolista português (n.

Fernando Chalana, futebolista português (n. 1959).

2023

Michela Murgia, italienische Schriftstellerin

Michela Murgia, italienische Schriftstellerin

2023

Antonella Lualdi, actriz y cantante italiana (n.

Antonella Lualdi, actriz y cantante italiana (n. 1931).

2023

Sebastian Neumeister, deutscher Romanist

Sebastian Neumeister, deutscher Romanist

2024

Dean Roberts, musicien de néo-zélandais (° 24 mars 1975).

Dean Roberts, musicien de néo-zélandais (° 24 mars 1975).

2024

Tuíre Kayapó, militante brésilienne des droits des autochtones (° 1969 ou 1970).

Tuíre Kayapó, militante brésilienne des droits des autochtones (° 1969 ou 1970).

2024

Peter Downsbrough, artiste contemporain américain (° 8 septembre 1940).

Peter Downsbrough, artiste contemporain américain (° 8 septembre 1940).

2024

Celestina Casapietra, soprano italienne (° 23 août 1938).

Celestina Casapietra, soprano italienne (° 23 août 1938).

2024

Jacques Delisle, homme de loi canadien (° 4 mai 1935).

Jacques Delisle, homme de loi canadien (° 4 mai 1935).

2024

Kunwar Natwar Singh, diplomático y político indio (n.

Kunwar Natwar Singh, diplomático y político indio (n. 1929).

2024

Rachael Lillis

Rachael Lillis voiced Misty and Jessie in the English dub of the Pokemon anime, giving two of the franchise's most recognizable characters their distinctive voices. Her work on the series from its 1998 debut helped define Pokemon for an entire generation of Western fans.

2024

Peggy Moffitt

Peggy Moffitt became one of the 1960s' most recognizable models through her collaboration with designer Rudi Gernreich, famously wearing his topless monokini bathing suit in 1964. Her geometric Vidal Sassoon haircut and avant-garde style made her a counterculture fashion icon.

2024

Christian Eichler, deutscher Ingenieur und Hochschullehrer

Christian Eichler, deutscher Ingenieur und Hochschullehrer

2024

Galina Zybina, athlète de lancers de javelot soviétique puis russe (° 22 janvier 1931).

Galina Zybina, athlète de lancers de javelot soviétique puis russe (° 22 janvier 1931).

2024

Roberto Morales, coureur cycliste espagnol (° 26 mars 1937).

Roberto Morales, coureur cycliste espagnol (° 26 mars 1937).

2025

Egon Henninger (85), nadador alemán (n.

Egon Henninger (85), nadador alemán (n. 1940).

2025

Manuel Lourenzo (82), actor, dramaturgo, autor y director teatral español (n.

Manuel Lourenzo (82), actor, dramaturgo, autor y director teatral español (n. 1943).

2025

Bobby Whitlock (77), cantante, tecladista de sesión y compositor estadounidense (n.

Bobby Whitlock (77), cantante, tecladista de sesión y compositor estadounidense (n. 1948), cofundador de la banda Bobby Whitlock, Derek and The Dominos.

2025

Anas Al-Sharif

Anas Al-Sharif was a Palestinian journalist and videographer who documented conditions in Gaza during the ongoing conflict. He was killed in 2025 at age 28, one of dozens of journalists who have died covering the war.

2025

Bertha Benedetti de Carbonell (78), periodista colombiana (n.

Bertha Benedetti de Carbonell (78), periodista colombiana (n. 1947).

2025

Yuri Butusov (63), director de teatro y actor ruso (n.

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