Did you know
Newley won the 1963 Grammy Award for Song of the Year for "What Kind of Fool Am I?
Notable Deaths on April 14
1999 — Anthony Newley
English singer-songwriter and actor (born 1931)
April 14 has 114 recorded notable deaths across history, from 911 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
114 source records
911 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on April 14
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1816 Bussa, a slave in British-ruled Barbados, leads a slave rebellion, for which he is remembered as the country's first national hero. Source
- 1991 The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President following its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. Source
- 1793 The French troops led by Léger-Félicité Sonthonax defeat the slaves settlers in the Siege of Port-au-Prince. Source
- 1958 The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours. Source
Did you know
The eldest son of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, he became Earl of Warwick through marriage, and was the wealthiest and most powerful English peer of his age, with political connections that went beyond the country's borders.
Did you know
Emmy Noether also proved Noether's first and second theorems, which are fundamental in mathematical physics.
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During his early, pre-Revolution period leading into 1917, Mayakovsky became renowned as a prominent figure of the Russian Futurist movement.
Did you know
Alice Miller's 1979 book The Drama of the Gifted Child caused a sensation and became an international bestseller upon the English publication in 1981.
More major people who died on April 14
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1471
Richard Neville
16th Earl of Warwick, English nobleman, known as "the Kingmaker" (born 1428)
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, 6th Earl of Salisbury, known as Warwick the Kingmaker, was an English nobleman, administrator, landowner of the House of Neville fortune and military commander.
1935
Emmy Noether
German-American mathematician and academic (born 1882)
Amalie Emmy Noether was a German mathematician who made many important contributions to abstract algebra. She also proved Noether's first and second theorems, which are fundamental in mathematical physics.
1930
Vladimir Mayakovsky
Georgian-Russian actor, playwright, and poet (born 1893)
Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky was a Russian poet, playwright, artist, and actor.
2010
Alice Miller
Polish-French psychologist and author (born 1923)
Alice Miller was a Polish-Swiss psychologist, psychoanalyst, and philosopher noted for her books on parental child abuse, translated into several languages. She was also a noted public intellectual.
2001
Jim Baxter
Scottish footballer (born 1939)
James Curran Baxter was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left half. He is generally regarded as one of the country's greatest ever players.
2001
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1927)
Hiroshi Teshigahara was a Japanese avant-garde filmmaker and artist from the Japanese New Wave era. He is best known for the 1964 film Woman in the Dunes.
2012
Émile Bouchard
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1919)
Joseph Émile Alcide "Butch" Bouchard was a Canadian ice hockey player who played defence with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League from 1941 to 1956.
1938
Gillis Grafström
Swedish figure skater and architect (born 1893)
Gillis Emanuel Grafström was a Swedish figure skater. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden.
2014
Wally Olins
English businessman and academic (born 1930)
Wallace Olins CBE was a British practitioner of corporate identity and branding. He co-founded Wolff Olins and Saffron Brand Consultants and was the chairman of both.
1345
Richard de Bury
English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of The United Kingdom (born 1287)
Richard de Bury, also known as Richard Aungerville or Aungervyle, was an English priest, teacher, bishop, writer, and bibliophile. He was a patron of learning and one of the first English collectors of books.
1843
Joseph Lanner
Austrian violinist and composer (born 1801)
Joseph Lanner was an Austrian dance music composer and dance orchestra conductor.
1322
Bartholomew de Badlesmere
1st Baron Badlesmere, English soldier and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1275)
Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere was an English soldier, diplomat, member of parliament, landowner and nobleman. He was the son and heir of Sir Gunselm de Badlesmere and Joan FitzBernard.
1911
Addie Joss
American baseball player and journalist (born 1880)
Adrian "Addie" Joss, nicknamed "the Human Hairpin", was an American professional baseball pitcher. He pitched for the Cleveland Bronchos of Major League Baseball, later known as the Naps, between 1902 and 1910.
2019
Bibi Andersson
Swedish actress (born 1935)
Berit Elisabet "Bibi" Andersson was a Swedish actress, best known for her frequent collaborations with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.
2013
R. P. Goenka
Indian businessman, founded RPG Group (born 1930)
Rama Prasad Goenka was the founder and chairman Emeritus of the RPG Group, a multi-sector Indian industrial conglomerate.
1578
James Hepburn
4th Earl of Bothwell, English husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (born 1534)
James Hepburn, 1st Duke of Orkney and 4th Earl of Bothwell, better known simply as Lord Bothwell, was the third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots.
2014
Nina Cassian
Romanian poet and critic (born 1924)
Nina Cassian was a Romanian poet, children's book writer, translator, journalist, accomplished pianist and composer, and film critic.
2012
Jonathan Frid
Canadian actor (born 1924)
John Herbert Frid, known as Jonathan Frid, was a Canadian actor, best known for his role as vampire Barnabas Collins on the gothic television soap opera Dark Shadows.
1070
Gerard
Duke of Lorraine (born c. 1030)
Gerard, also known as Gerard the Wonderful, was a Lotharingian nobleman.