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ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad III, more commonly known as ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn, son of Jalāl al-Dīn Ḥasan III, was the 26th Nizāri Isma'ilism Imām
Notable Deaths on December 1
118 people
217 – 2024
December 1 has seen 118 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 217 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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1255 — Muhammad III of Alamut
Nizari Ismaili Imam
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He ruled the Nizari Ismaili state from 1221 to 1255
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The intellectual life of Persia has been described as having flourished during his 34-year reign
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He was assassinated by an unknown perpetrator on 1 December 1255, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Rukn al-Din Khurshah, in 1255.
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By some accounts, he was considered a respected scholar and the spiritual and worldly leader of the Nisari Ismailis
'Nasi', Rabbi and editor of the Mishnah (born 135)
Judah ha-Nasi or Judah I, known simply as Rebbi or Rabbi, was a second-century rabbi and chief redactor and editor of the Mishnah. He lived from approximately 135 to 217 CE. He was a key leader of the Jewish community…
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217
660
Chinese governor and prince (born 891)
Gao Conghui, might have been born with or used the name Zhu Conghui (朱從誨), also known by his posthumous name as the Prince Wenxian of Nanping (南平文獻王), courtesy name Zunsheng (遵聖), was a ruler of Jingnan during the Five…
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948
Japanese statesman (born 920)
Fujiwara no Morotada was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.
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969
German bishop (born 975)
Thietmar, Prince-Bishop of Merseburg from 1009 until his death in 1018, was an important chronicler recording the reigns of German kings and Holy Roman Emperors of the Ottonian (Saxon) dynasty. Two of Thietmar's…
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1018
1135
Holy Roman Empress (born 1214)
Isabella of England was an English princess of the House of Plantagenet. She became Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Sicily, Italy and Germany from 1235 until her death as the third wife of Emperor Frederick II.
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1241
Mongol ruler of the Ilkhanate (born 1305)
Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, also spelled Abusaid Bahador Khan, Abu Sa'id Behauder, was the ninth ruler of the Ilkhanate, a division of the Mongol Empire that encompassed the present day countries of Iran, Azerbaijan,…
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1335
king of Sweden (born 1316)
Magnus Eriksson was King of Sweden from 1319 to 1364, King of Norway as Magnus VII from 1319 to 1355, and ruler of Scania from 1332 to 1360.
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1374
emperor of Japan (born 1377)
Emperor Go-Komatsu was the 100th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, and the sixth and final Emperor of the Northern Court.
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1433
Italian goldsmith and sculptor (born 1378)
Lorenzo Ghiberti was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Florence, a key figure in the Early Renaissance, best known as the creator of two sets of bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery, the later one called by…
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1455
1521
duchess of Savoy (born 1480)
Margaret of Austria was Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1507 to 1515 and again from 1519 until her death in 1530. She was the first of many female regents in the Netherlands. She was variously the Princess of…
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1530
Italian cardinal (born 1509)
Giovanni Morone was an Italian cardinal. He was named Bishop of Modena in 1529 and was created Cardinal in 1542 by Pope Paul III. As a cardinal, he resided in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace and was consulted by Saint…
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1580
English Roman Catholic priest, martyr and saint (born 1556)
Alexander Briant, SJ was an English Jesuit and martyr, executed at Tyburn.
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1581
English Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint (born 1540)
Edmund Campion, SJ was an English Jesuit priest and martyr. While conducting an underground ministry in officially Anglican England, Campion was arrested by priest hunters. Convicted of high treason, he was hanged,…
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1581
English Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint (born 1550)
Ralph Sherwin was an English Roman Catholic priest, executed in 1581. He is a Catholic martyr and saint.
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1581
infanta of Spain (born 1566)
Isabella Clara Eugenia, sometimes referred to as Clara Isabella Eugenia, was sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands, and the Free County of Burgundy, from 1598 to 1621, ruling jointly with her husband Archduke Albert VII…
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1633
Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1590)
Miguel de Vasconcelos e Brito was a Portuguese politician who served as the Secretary of State of the Kingdom of Portugal in the final years of the Iberian Union. He was assassinated during the Portuguese revolt of 1640.
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1640
French genealogist and historian (born 1592)
Pierre d'Hozier, seigneur de la Garde, was a French genealogist.
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1660
French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (born 1665)
Giacomo Filippo Maraldi was a French-Italian astronomer and mathematician. His name is also given as Jacques Philippe Maraldi.
Born in Perinaldo he was the nephew of Giovanni Cassini, and worked most of his life at the…
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1729
German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (born 1671)
Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr was a German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer.
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1750
English organist and composer (born 1696)
Maurice Greene was an English composer and organist. He was an admirer and friend of George Frideric Handel.
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1755
10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish politician (born 1710)
Henry David Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan,, styled Lord Auchterhouse until 1745, was a Scottish peer.
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1767
emperor and autocrat of Russia (born 1777)
Alexander I of Russia, nicknamed "the Blessed", was Emperor of Russia from 1801, the first King of Congress Poland from 1815, and the Grand Duke of Finland from 1809 to his death in 1825. He ruled Russia during the…
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1825
1865
Welsh geographer and surveyor (born 1790)
Sir George Everest was a British surveyor and geographer who served as Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843.
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1866
English lawyer and politician (born 1797)
Charles Gray Round was a barrister and the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for North Essex 1837–47. He also served as Recorder for Colchester, and as a magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for Essex, as well as being…
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1867
English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (born 1809)
William Swainson became the second, and last, Attorney-General of the Crown colony of New Zealand and instrumental in setting up the legal system of New Zealand. He was the first Speaker of the New Zealand Legislative…
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1884
Estonian poet and author (born 1864)
Juhan Liiv was an Estonian poet who is regarded as one of Estonia's most famous poets and prose writers.
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1913
American captain and historian (born 1840)
Alfred Thayer Mahan was a United States Navy (USN) officer and historian whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century." His 1890 book The Influence of Sea Power upon History,…
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1914
French priest and martyr (born 1858)
Charles de Foucauld, born as Charles Eugène, vicomte de Foucauld de Pontbriand, in religion Charles of Jesus, was a French monk, Catholic priest and hermit who lived among the Tuareg people in the Sahara in Algeria. He…
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1916
Belgian author and poet (born 1836)
Virginie (Marie) Loveling was a Flemish author of poetry, novels, essays and children's stories. She also wrote under the pseudonym W. E. C. Walter. She did write sentimentally early in her career but her later novels…
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1923
Colombian-American lawyer and poet (born 1888)
José Eustasio Rivera Salas was a Colombian lawyer and author primarily known for his national epic The Vortex.
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1928
Finnish painter (born 1865)
Pekka Halonen was a Finnish painter of landscapes and people in the national romantic and Realist styles.
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1933
Russian engineer and politician (born 1886)
Sergei Mironovich Kirov was a Russian and Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary. Kirov was an early revolutionary in the Russian Empire and a member of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic…
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1934
Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (born 1879)
Bernhard Woldemar Schmidt was an Estonian optician. In 1930 he invented the Schmidt telescope, which corrected for the optical errors of spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism, making possible for the first time…
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1935
Polish scientist and medical examiner (born 1867)
Leon Jan Wachholz (Wacholz) (June 20, 1867 – December 1, 1942) was a Polish scientist and medical examiner. He researched and taught as a professor of forensic and social medicine at the Jagiellonian University between…
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1942
Thai historian and educator (born 1862)
Prince Tisavarakumara, the Prince Damrong Rajanubhab was the founder of the modern Thai educational system as well as the modern provincial administration. He was an autodidact, a (self-taught) historian, and one of the…
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1943
Irish Republican executed by hanging (born 1918)
Charlie Kerins was a physical force Irish Republican, and Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Kerins was one of six IRA men who were executed by the Irish State between September 1940 and December 1944.…
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1944
English magician, poet, and mountaineer (born 1875)
Aleister Crowley was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, novelist, mountaineer, and painter. He founded the religion of Thelema, identifying himself as the prophet entrusted with guiding humanity into the…
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1947
English mathematician and theorist (born 1877)
Godfrey Harold Hardy was an English mathematician, known for his achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis. In biology, he is known for the Hardy–Weinberg principle, a basic principle of population…
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1947
English pianist and composer (born 1894)
Ernest John Smeed Moeran was an Anglo-Irish composer whose work was strongly influenced by English and Irish folk music of which he was an assiduous collector. His oeuvre includes orchestral pieces, concertos, chamber…
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1950
1954
American civil rights activist (born 1911)
Elizabeth Peratrovich was an American civil rights activist, Grand President of the Alaska Native Sisterhood, and a Tlingit who worked for equality on behalf of Alaska Natives. In the 1940s, her advocacy was credited as…
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1958
English-Indian geneticist and biologist (born 1892)
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, nicknamed "Jack" or "JBS", was a British-born scientist who later moved to India and acquired Indian citizenship. He worked in the fields of physiology, genetics, evolutionary biology, and…
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1964
Greek runner (born 1877)
Charilaos Vasilakos was a Greek athlete and the first man to win a marathon race. He also won a silver medal for a second place finish in marathon at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
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1964
Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (born 1887)
Nicolae Bretan was a Romanian opera composer, baritone, conductor, and music critic.
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1968
Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1921)
David Arugete, commonly known under his stage name Dario Moreno, was a Turkish-Jewish polyglot singer, an accomplished composer, lyricist, and guitarist. He attained fame and made a remarkable career centred in France…
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1968
Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (born 1886)
David Ben-Gurion was the primary national founder and first prime minister of the State of Israel. As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935, and later president of the Jewish Agency Executive, he was the de facto leader…
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1973
American baseball player and coach (born 1927)
Jacob Nelson Fox was an American professional baseball player. Fox was one of the best second basemen of all time, and the third-most difficult hitter to strike out in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. Fox played in…
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1975
Italian race car driver and engineer (born 1898)
Ernesto Maserati was an Italian automotive engineer and racer, with Maserati of Modena since its inception in Bologna on 14 December 1914, together with his brothers Alfieri Maserati (leader), Ettore Maserati, Bindo…
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1975
American journalist (born 1906)
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Halsted was an American writer who worked as a newspaper editor and in public relations. Halsted also wrote two children's books published in the 1930s. She was the eldest child and only daughter…
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1975
American author and illustrator (born 1929)
Russell George Manning was an American comic book artist who created the series Magnus, Robot Fighter and illustrated such newspaper comic strips as Tarzan and Star Wars. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall…
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1981
1984
American general and film producer (born 1912)
Frank McCarthy was the secretary of the General Staff of the United States Department of War during World War II; briefly United States Assistant Secretary of State for Administration in 1945; and later a distinguished…
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1986
American novelist, poet, and critic (born 1924)
James Arthur Baldwin was an American writer and civil rights activist who garnered acclaim for his essays, novels, plays, and poems. His 1953 novel Go Tell It on the Mountain has been ranked by Time magazine as one of…
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1987
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (born 1918)
George "Punch" Imlach was a Canadian ice hockey coach and general manager best known for his association with the Toronto Maple Leafs, whom he was with from 1958 to 1969, and again from 1979 to 1981, and the Buffalo…
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1987
American pastor and theologian (born 1904)
John Vernon McGee was an American ordained Presbyterian minister, pastor, Bible teacher, theologian, and radio minister.
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1988
American dancer and choreographer (born 1931)
Alvin Ailey Jr. was an American dancer, director, choreographer, and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT). He created AAADT and its affiliated Alvin Ailey American Dance Center as havens…
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1989
Canadian-English actress (born 1917)
Carla Lehmann was a Canadian stage, film and television actress.
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1990
Irish athlete (born 1906)
Patrick O'Callaghan was an Irish hammer thrower and double Olympic gold medallist. He was the first athlete from Ireland to win an Olympic medal under the Irish flag rather than the British flag.
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1991
American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
George Joseph Stigler was an American economist. He was the 1982 laureate in Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and is considered a key leader of the Chicago school of economics.
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1991
American singer-songwriter (born 1959)
Raymond Arthur Gillen was an American rock singer. He is best known for his work with Badlands, in addition to his stint with Black Sabbath in the mid-1980s and recording most of the vocals on Phenomena's Dream Runner…
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1993
English cricketer (born 1908)
William Howard Vincent "Hopper" Levett was an English cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper for Kent County Cricket Club between 1930 and 1947.
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1995
New Zealand-English actor (born 1907)
Colin Edward Livingstone Tapley was a New Zealand actor in both American and British films. Born in New Zealand, he served in the Royal Air Force and an expedition to Antarctica before winning a Paramount Pictures…
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1995
American general (born 1931)
Maxwell Reid Thurman was a United States Army general, who served as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army and commander of United States Army Training and Doctrine Command.
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1995
Canadian businessman (born 1928)
Peter Frederick Bronfman OC was a Canadian businessman and entrepreneur, born in Montreal, and member of the Toronto branch of Canada's wealthy Bronfman family. He attended Selwyn House School in Montreal and the elite…
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1996
Canadian banker and businessman (born 1929)
Michel Bélanger, was a Canadian businessman and banker.
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1997
French violinist (born 1908)
Stéphane Grappelli was a French jazz violinist. He is best known as a founder of the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the first all-string jazz bands. He has been…
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1997
American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (born 1920)
Endicott Howard Peabody was an American politician from Massachusetts. A Democrat, he served a single two-year term as the 62nd Governor of Massachusetts, from 1963 to 1965. His tenure is probably best known for his…
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1997
American poet and novelist (born 1899)
Janet Loxley Lewis was an American novelist, poet, and librettist. She was considered one of the finest American literary figures of the 20th century.
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1998
American director and producer (born 1909)
Ellis Roderick Dungan was an American film director, who was well known for working in Indian films, predominantly in Tamil cinema, from 1936 to 1950. He was an alumnus of the University of Southern California and moved…
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2001
American captain and author (born 1918)
Edward Latimer Beach Jr. was a United States Navy submarine officer and author.
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2002
American baseball player (born 1942)
David Arthur McNally was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from 1962 through 1975, most notably as a member of the Baltimore Orioles dynasty that won…
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2002
American economist and academic (born 1911)
Clark Kerr was an American economist and academic administrator. He was the first chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, and twelfth president of the University of California.
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2003
Italian bobsledder (born 1928)
Eugenio Monti was an Italian bobsledder and alpine skier. He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the bobsleigh, with ten World championship medals and 6 Olympic medals including two golds. He is…
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2003
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld was Prince of the Netherlands from 6 September 1948 to 30 April 1980 as the husband of Queen Juliana. They had four daughters together, including Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
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2004
Scottish footballer (born 1931)
William Dallas Fyfe Brown was a Scottish football goalkeeper.
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2004
English record producer and lyricist (born 1919)
Norman Newell was an English record producer and lyricist, who was mainly active in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also the co-writer of many notable songs. As an A&R manager for EMI, he worked with musicians such as…
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2004
American CIA officer (born 1938)
Gust Lascaris Avrakotos was an American case officer and the Afghanistan Task Force Chief at the Central Intelligence Agency.
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2005
English actress and playwright (born 1911)
Mary Hayley Bell, Lady Mills was an English actress and writer, married for 64 years to actor Sir John Mills. Her novel Whistle Down the Wind was adapted as a film, starring her teenaged daughter, actress Hayley Mills.
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2005
American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1922)
Freeman Victor Horner was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
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2005
French actress (born 1948)
Claude Marcelle Jorré, better known as Claude Jade, was a French actress. She starred as Christine in François Truffaut's three films Stolen Kisses (1968), Bed and Board (1970) and Love on the Run (1979). Jade acted in…
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2006
Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist, and historian (born 1937)
Bruce Graham Trigger was a Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist, and ethnohistorian. He was appointed the James McGill Professor at McGill University in 2001.
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2006
Australian tennis player and footballer (born 1929)
Kenneth Bruce McGregor was an Australian tennis player from Adelaide who won the Men's Singles title at the Australian Championships in 1952. He and his longtime doubles partner, Frank Sedgman, are generally considered…
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2007
British actor (born 1933)
Anthony Rodgers was an English actor and occasional director. He performed on stage, in film, in television dramas and sitcoms. He starred in several sitcoms, including Fresh Fields, its sequel French Fields, and May to…
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2007
Croatian-Argentine war crimes suspect, businessman, diplomat, and intelligence agent (born 1915)
Ivo Rojnica was a Croatian Ustaše official and intelligence agent who was active in the World War II Axis puppet state known as the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) from 1941 to 1945. After the war, he escaped to…
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2007
American actor (born 1938)
Paul Bernard Benedict was an American actor who made numerous appearances in television and films, beginning in 1965. He was known for his roles as The Number Painter on the PBS children's show Sesame Street and as the…
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2008
American businessman and religious leader (born 1917)
Joseph Bitner Wirthlin was an American businessman, religious leader and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was sustained to the Twelve on October 4, 1986,…
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2008
2010
American actor and producer (born 1929)
Hillard (Hilly) Elkins was an American theatre and film producer.
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2010
German author and critic (born 1929)
Christa Wolf was a German novelist and essayist. She is considered one of the most important writers to emerge from the former East Germany.
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2011
American football player (born 1987)
Jovan Henry Allen Belcher was an American professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played his entire three-year career with the Kansas City Chiefs before murdering his…
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2012
South African lawyer and judge, 18th Chief Justice of South Africa (born 1931)
Arthur Chaskalson SCOB, was President of the Constitutional Court of South Africa from 1994 to 2001 and Chief Justice of South Africa from 2001 to 2005. Chaskalson was a member of the defence team in the Rivonia Trial…
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2012
American basketball player and coach (born 1948)
Richard Raymond Majerus was an American basketball coach and TV analyst. He coached at Marquette University (1983–1986), Ball State University (1987–1989), the University of Utah (1989–2004), and Saint Louis University…
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2012
2012
American serial killer (born 1978)
Israel Keyes was an American serial killer, rapist, bank robber, burglar, arsonist, and kidnapper.
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2012
English drummer (born 1947)
Richard Coughlan was an English musician who was best known as the drummer and percussionist of the Canterbury scene progressive rock band Caravan. He was one of the founding members of the band in 1968 and remained…
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2013
American physicist and academic (born 1925)
Stirling Auchincloss Colgate was an American nuclear physicist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and a professor emeritus of physics at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology from 1965 to 1974, of which…
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2013
American soldier (born 1923)
Edward James "Babe" Heffron was a private with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army during World War II. Heffron was portrayed in the HBO…
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2013
Australian cartoonist and songwriter (born 1942)
Martin Ritchie Sharp was an Australian artist, cartoonist, songwriter and film-maker.
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2013
Argentinian violinist and composer (born 1926)
Mario Abramovich was an Argentine violinist and composer, considered an important figure linked to the music of tango.
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2014
Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic (born 1938)
Dimitrios Trichopoulos was a Mediterranean Diet expert and tobacco harms researcher. He was Vincent L. Gregory Professor of Cancer Prevention and Professor of Epidemiology, and a past chair of the Department of…
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2014
New Zealand-Australian author (born 1959)
Rocky Wood was a New Zealand-born Australian writer and researcher. He was best known for his books about horror author Stephen King. He was a freelance writer for over 35 years, and became the first author from outside…
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2014
Dutch physicist and computer scientist (born 1943)
Robert "Rob" Blokzijl was a Dutch physicist and computer scientist at the National Institute for Subatomic Physics (NIKHEF), and an early internet pioneer. He was founding member and chairman of RIPE, the Réseaux IP…
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2015
American physicist and engineer (born 1925)
Joseph Frederick Engelberger was an American physicist, engineer and entrepreneur. Often regarded as the "Father of Robotics". Licensing the original patent awarded to inventor George Devol, Engelberger developed the…
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2015
American basketball player (born 1930)
James Loscutoff Jr. was a professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A forward, Loscutoff played on seven Celtics championship teams between 1956 and 1964.
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2015
Australian footballer and coach (born 1940)
Trevor Obst was an Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) during the 1960s and 1970s.
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2015
2018
2018
English actress (born 1930)
Paula Tilbrook was an English actress who played Betty Eagleton in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale from 1994 to 2015.
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2019
American athlete (born 1948)
Arnie Paul Robinson Jr. was an American athlete. He won a bronze medal in the long jump at the 1972 Olympics and a gold medal in 1976.
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2020
American baseball player and coach (born 1938)
Gaylord Jackson Perry was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for eight teams from 1962 to 1983, becoming one of the most durable and successful pitchers in history. A five-time…
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2022
first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1981–2006) (born 1930)
Sandra Day O'Connor was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. Nominated by President Ronald Reagan, O'Connor was the…
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2023
Welsh snooker player and coach (born 1947)
Terence Martin Griffiths was a Welsh professional snooker player, coach, and commentator. He won several amateur championships, including the Welsh Amateur Championship in 1975 and consecutive English Amateur…
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2024
Australian cricketer and coach (born 1941)
Ian Ritchie Redpath MBE was an Australian international cricketer who played in 66 Test matches and five One Day Internationals between 1964 and 1976. Greg Chappell said he was one of only two players he knew who would…
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2024
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Muhammad III of Alamut — 26th Nizari Ismaili Shia Imam (1221–1255)
FeaturedMuhammad III of Alamut
Death year1255
Known forHe ruled the Nizari Ismaili state from 1221 to 1255
Deaths on this date118 (217 – 2024)
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