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Graf Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall.
Notable Deaths on April 24
1891 — Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
German field marshal (born 1800)
April 24 has 81 recorded notable deaths across history, from 624 to 2026. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
81 source records
624 – 2026
Today in history
Major events on April 24
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- 1800 The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress". Source
- 1704 The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published. Source
- 1918 World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs. Source
- 1970 The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President. Source
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In October 1964, he commanded Voskhod 1, the first spaceflight to carry more than one crew member.
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Nicknamed the "Grand Old Man of Philippine Art," he was the first-ever to be recognized as a National Artist of the Philippines.
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Carpentier took a keen interest in Latin American politics and often aligned himself with revolutionary movements, such as Fidel Castro's Communist Revolution in Cuba in the mid-20th century.
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A 2002 survey by Review of General Psychology ranked Hall as the 72nd most cited psychologist of the 20th century, in a tie with Lewis Terman.
More major people who died on April 24
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1967
Vladimir Komarov
Russian pilot, engineer, and cosmonaut (born 1927)
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov was a Soviet test pilot, aerospace engineer, and cosmonaut. In October 1964, he commanded Voskhod 1, the first spaceflight to carry more than one crew member.
1972
Fernando Amorsolo
Filipino painter (born 1892)
Fernand Amorsolo y Cueto was a portraitist and painter of rural Philippine landscapes. Nicknamed the "Grand Old Man of Philippine Art," he was the first-ever to be recognized as a National Artist of the Philippines.
1980
Alejo Carpentier
Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (born 1904)
Alejo Carpentier y Valmont was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period.
1924
G. Stanley Hall
American psychologist and academic (born 1844)
Granville Stanley Hall was an American psychologist and educator who earned the first doctorate in psychology awarded in the United States of America at Harvard University in the nineteenth century.
1976
Mark Tobey
American-Swiss painter and educator (born 1890)
Mark George Tobey was an American painter. His densely structured compositions, inspired by Asian calligraphy, resemble Abstract expressionism, although the motives for his compositions differ philosophically from most…
2014
Shobha Nagi Reddy
Indian politician (born 1968)
Bhuma Shobha Nagi Reddy was an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh, India.
2005
Fei Xiaotong
Chinese sociologist and academic (born 1910)
Fei Xiaotong or Fei Hsiao-tung was a Chinese anthropologist and sociologist.
1967
Robert Richards
Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia (born 1885)
Robert Stanley Richards was an Australian politician. He served as premier of South Australia for two months in 1933, leading the Parliamentary Labor faction of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the aftermath of a…
2014
Tadeusz Różewicz
Polish poet and playwright (born 1921)
Tadeusz Różewicz was a Polish poet, playwright, writer, and translator.
1479
Jorge Manrique
Spanish poet (born 1440)
Jorge Manrique was a major Castilian poet, whose main work, the Coplas por la muerte de su padre , is still read today.
1288
Gertrude of Austria (born 1226)
Gertrude of Austria was a member of the House of Babenberg, Duchess of Mödling and later titular Duchess of Austria and Styria.
2024
Mike Pinder
British musician (born 1941)
Michael Thomas Pinder was an English rock musician. He was a founding member and the original keyboard player of the rock group the Moody Blues.
1938
George Grey Barnard
American sculptor (born 1863)
George Grey Barnard, often written George Gray Barnard, was an American sculptor who trained in Paris.
1779
Eleazar Wheelock
American minister and academic, founded Dartmouth College (born 1711)
Eleazar Wheelock was an American Congregational minister, orator, and educator in present-day Columbia, Connecticut, for 35 years before founding Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.
2015
Władysław Bartoszewski
Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1922)
Władysław Bartoszewski was a Polish professor of History, politician, social activist, journalist, writer, historian and insurgent.
1939
Louis Trousselier
French cyclist (born 1881)
Louis Trousselier was a French racing cyclist who won the 1905 Tour de France. His other major wins were Paris–Roubaix, also in 1905, and the 1908 Bordeaux–Paris.
1982
Ville Ritola
Finnish runner (born 1896)
Vilho "Ville" Eino Ritola was a Finnish long-distance runner. Known as one of the "Flying Finns", he won five Olympic gold medals and three Olympic silver medals in the 1920s.
1945
Ernst-Robert Grawitz
German physician and SS officer, facilitator of medical experiments on concentration camp inmates (born 1899)
Ernst-Robert Grawitz was a German physician and an SS functionary during the Nazi era.
1513
Şehzade Ahmet
Ottoman prince (born 1465)
Şehzade Ahmed was an Ottoman prince, son of Sultan Bayezid II and his concubine Bülbül Hatun.