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Darwin has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history and was honoured by burial in Westminster Abbey.
Notable Deaths on April 19
1882 — Charles Darwin
English biologist and theorist (born 1809)
April 19 has 89 recorded notable deaths across history, from 843 to 2026. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
89 source records
843 – 2026
Today in history
Major events on April 19
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1975 India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia. Source
- 1942 World War II: In German-occupied Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp. Source
- 1971 Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station. Source
- 1925 Colo-Colo, the most successful and popular soccer football team in the South American nation of Chile, was founded at the El Llano Stadium in San Miguel, Santiago, by footballer David Arellano and some of his teammates who had also left the Deportes Magallanes club. Source
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Benjamin Disraeli made the Conservatives the party most identified with the British Empire and military action to expand it, both of which were popular among British voters.
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Ballard first became associated with New Wave science fiction for post-apocalyptic novels such as The Drowned World (1962).
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" He served as Surgeon General of the Middle Department of the Continental Army and became a professor of chemistry, medical theory, and clinical practice at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Uesugi Kenshin was one of the most powerful daimyō of the Sengoku period.
More major people who died on April 19
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1881
Benjamin Disraeli
English journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1804)
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, was a British statesman, Conservative politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
2009
J. G. Ballard
English novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1930)
James Graham Ballard was an English novelist and short-story writer, satirist and essayist known for psychologically provocative works of fiction that explore the relations between human psychology, technology, sex and…
1813
Benjamin Rush
American physician and educator (born 1745)
Benjamin Rush was an American revolutionary, a Founding Father of the United States and signatory to the U.S.
1578
Uesugi Kenshin
Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1530)
Nagao Kagetora , later known as Uesugi Kenshin , was a Japanese daimyō (magnate). He was born into the Nagao clan, and after adoption into the Uesugi clan, ruled Echigo Province in the Sengoku period of Japan.
1999
Hermine Braunsteiner
Austrian-German SS officer (born 1919)
Hermine Braunsteiner Ryan was an Austrian SS Helferin and female camp guard at Ravensbrück and Majdanek concentration camps.
1588
Paolo Veronese
Italian painter (born 1528)
Paolo Caliari, known as Paolo Veronese, was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and mythology, such as The Wedding at Cana (1563) and The Feast in the…
2026
George Ariyoshi
American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Hawaii (born 1926)
George Ryoichi Ariyoshi was an American lawyer and politician who served as the third governor of Hawaii from 1974 to 1986.
1975
Percy Lavon Julian
American chemist and academic (born 1899)
Percy Lavon Julian was an American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants.
843
Judith of Bavaria
Frankish empress
Judith of Bavaria was the Carolingian empress as the second wife of Louis the Pious. Marriage to Louis marked the beginning of her rise as an influential figure in the Carolingian court.
1903
Oliver Mowat
Canadian politician, third Premier of Ontario, eighth Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (born 1820)
Sir Oliver Mowat was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Ontario Liberal Party leader. He served for nearly 24 years as the third premier of Ontario.
1044
Gothelo I
duke of Lorraine
Gothelo, called the Great, was the duke of Lower Lorraine from 1023 and of Upper Lorraine from 1033. He was also the margrave of Antwerp from 1005 and count of Verdun.
2023
Ron Hamilton
American musician (born 1950)
Ronald Allen Hamilton, also known as "Patch the Pirate", was an American Christian musician, composer, preacher, and radio personality.
2012
Levon Helm
American musician and actor (born 1940)
Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm was an American musician and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the three lead vocalists for The Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
1940
Jack McNeela
Irish Republican Army, died on hunger strike
Jack McNeela was an Irish republican and a senior member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) from Ballycroy, County Mayo, Ireland. McNeela was one of 22 Irish republicans who died on hunger-strike.
1988
Kwon Ki-ok
Korean pilot (born 1901)
Kwon Ki-ok was a Korean aviator. She is the first Korean female pilot and one of the first female pilots to fly in China. Her name in Chinese is Quan Jiyu.
2013
François Jacob
French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1920)
François Jacob was a French biologist. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Jacques Monod and André Lwoff "for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis." He and…
2021
Jim Steinman
American composer, lyricist (born 1947)
James Richard Steinman was an American composer, lyricist and record producer. He also worked as an arranger, pianist, and singer.
1833
James Gambier
1st Baron Gambier, Bahamian-English admiral and politician, 36th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (born 1756)
Admiral of the Fleet James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator.
1791
Richard Price
Welsh-English preacher and philosopher (born 1723)
Richard Price was a British moral philosopher, Nonconformist minister and mathematician.