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Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna was an Indian politician who served as Minister of External Affairs of India from 2009 to October 2012
Notable Deaths on December 10
125 people
925 – 2025
December 10 has seen 125 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 925 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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2024 — S. M. Krishna
Indian politician and statesman, Minister of External Affairs, 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka, 19th Governor of Maharashtra (born 1932)
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He was the 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1999 to 2004 and the 19th Governor of Maharashtra from 2004 to 2008
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Krishna served as the Speaker of the Karnataka Vidhana Soudha from December 1989 to January 1993
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He was also a Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha member from 1971 to 2014
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In 2023, Krishna was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award of India.
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949
990
Byzantine emperor (born 1010)
Michael IV the Paphlagonian was Byzantine Emperor from 11 April 1034 to his death on 10 December 1041.
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1041
deposed Byzantine Emperor (born c.1002)
Nikephoros III Botaneiates, Latinized as Nicephorus III Botaniates, was Byzantine Emperor from 7 January 1078 to 1 April 1081. He became a general during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos, serving…
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1081
1310
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1445 until his death in 1454.
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1454
Italian painter (born 1397)
Paolo Uccello, born Paolo di Dono, was an Italian Renaissance painter and mathematician from Florence who was notable for his pioneering work on visual perspective in art. In his book Lives of the Most Excellent…
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1475
1508
English courtier (born 1514)
Thomas Culpeper was an English courtier and close friend of Henry VIII, and was related to two of his queens, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. He is known to have had many private meetings with Catherine during her…
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1541
English courtier (born c. 1513)
Francis Dereham was a Tudor courtier whose involvement with Henry VIII's fifth Queen, Catherine Howard, in her youth, prior to engagement with the king, was eventually found out and led to his arrest. The information of…
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1541
German theologian and writer
Caspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig was a German court adviser, theologian, writer, and preacher who became a Protestant Reformer and spiritualist. He was one of the earliest promoters of the Protestant Reformation in Silesia.
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1561
Italian composer and educator (born 1551)
Giulio Romolo Caccini was an Italian composer, teacher, singer, instrumentalist and writer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was one of the founders of the genre of opera, and one of the most…
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1618
English mathematician and academic (born 1581)
Edmund Gunter, was an English clergyman, mathematician, geometer and astronomer of Welsh descent. He is best remembered for his mathematical contributions, which include the invention of the Gunter's chain, the…
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1626
Italian organist, violinist, and composer (born 1594)
Tarquinio Merula was an Italian composer, organist, and violinist of the early Baroque era. Although mainly active in Cremona, stylistically he was a member of the Venetian school. He was one of the most progressive…
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1665
Portuguese soldier and politician (born 1663)
António Manoel de Vilhena was a Portuguese nobleman who was the 66th Prince and Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem from 19 June 1722 to his death in 1736. Unlike a number of the other Grand Masters, he…
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1736
Polish religious leader (born 1726)
Jacob Joseph Frank was a Polish-Jewish religious leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of the self-proclaimed messiah Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676) and also of the biblical patriarch Jacob. The religious authorities of…
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1791
German physicist and academic (born 1770)
Thomas Johann Seebeck was a German physicist who observed a relationship between heat and magnetism. Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted later called this phenomenon the thermoelectric effect.
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1831
French mineralogist and geologist (born 1787)
François Sulpice Beudant was a French mineralogist and geologist. The mineral beudantite was named after him.
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1850
Leopold I was the first king of the Belgians, reigning from 21 July 1831 until his death in 1865.
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1865
Japanese samurai and politician (born 1836)
Sakamoto Ryōma was a Japanese samurai, a shishi and influential figure of the Bakumatsu, and establishment of the Empire of Japan in the late Edo period.
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1867
Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (born 1833)
Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, inventor, engineer, and businessman. Nobel is known for inventing dynamite, as well as having bequeathed his fortune to establish the Nobel Prizes. He worked on various…
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1896
1909
English botanist and explorer (born 1817)
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For 20 years he served as director of the Royal Botanical…
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1911
English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1823)
Sir Mackenzie Bowell was the fifth prime minister of Canada, serving from 1894 to 1896.
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1917
American businessman, co-founded Dodge (born 1868)
Horace Elgin Dodge Sr. was an American automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company.
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1920
English meteorologist and author (born 1852)
Clement Lindley Wragge was an English meteorologist. He set up the Wragge Museum in Stafford following a trip around the world. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and in 1879 was elected Fellow of the…
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1922
Serbian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Serbia (born 1845)
Nikola Pašić was a Serbian and Yugoslav politician and diplomat. During his political career, which spanned almost five decades, he served five times as prime minister of Serbia and three times as prime minister of…
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1926
Scottish architect and painter (born 1868)
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist. His artistic approach had much in common with European Symbolism. His work, alongside that of his wife Margaret Macdonald, was…
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1928
American publisher and poet (born 1898)
Harry Crosby was an American poet and publisher regarded as a figure of the Lost Generation in American literature. He was the son of one of the richest banking families in New England, a Boston Brahmin, and the nephew…
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1929
Australian politician, 16th Premier of New South Wales (born 1857)
Sir Joseph Hector McNeil Carruthers was an Australian politician who served as Premier of New South Wales from 1904 to 1907.
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1932
English cricketer (born 1857)
Robert Abel, nicknamed "The Guv'nor", was a Surrey and England opening batsman who was one of the most prolific run-getters in the early years of the County Championship. He was the first England player to "carry his…
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1936
Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (born 1867)
Luigi Pirandello was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer most noted for his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic…
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1936
American gymnast and triathlete (born 1879)
John William Grieb was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in Philadelphia. In 1904 he won the gold medal in the gymnastics' team event and silver medal…
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1939
American captain and pilot (born 1915)
Colin Purdie Kelly Jr. was an American B-17 Flying Fortress pilot who flew bombing runs against the Japanese navy in the days following the attack on Pearl Harbor. He is remembered as one of the first American heroes of…
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1941
English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1922)
Captain John Henry Cound Brunt, was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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1944
German captain (born 1913)
Theodor Dannecker was a German SS-captain, a key aide to Adolf Eichmann in the deportation of Jews during World War II.
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1945
American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (born 1887)
Walter Perry Johnson, nicknamed "Barney" and "the Big Train", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 21-year baseball career in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed…
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1946
American newspaperman and short story writer (born 1884)
Alfred Damon Runyon was an American journalist and short-story writer.
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1946
South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (born 1896)
Na Hye-sŏk (Korean: 나혜석, April 28, 1896 – December 10, 1948) was a Korean feminist, poet, writer, painter, educator, and journalist. Her art name was Jeongwol. She was a pioneering Korean feminist writer and painter.…
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1948
English author and playwright (born 1869)
Algernon Henry Blackwood was an English broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, and among the most prolific ghost story writers in the history of the genre. The literary critic S. T. Joshi…
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1951
Indian-English scholar and translator (born 1872)
Abdullah Yusuf Ali was an Indian-British barrister who wrote a number of books about Islam, including an exegesis of the Qur'an. A supporter of the British war effort during World War I, Ali received the CBE in 1917 for…
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1953
Russian-Israeli poet and translator (born 1891)
David Shimoni was an Israeli poet, writer and translator.
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1956
Greek general (born 1891)
Napoleon Zervas was a Hellenic Army officer and resistance leader during World War II. He organized and led the National Republican Greek League (EDES), the second most significant, in terms of size and activity,…
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1957
American horse breeder, rancher, and philanthropist (born 1864)
Don Adolfo Camarillo was a prominent Californio philanthropist, ranchero, and horse breeder, known for founding the city of Camarillo, California, along with his brother Juan Camarillo Jr. Camarillo also donated the…
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1958
Indian historian and diplomat (born 1894)
Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, popularly known as Sardar K. M. Panikkar, was an Indian statesman and diplomat. He was also a professor, newspaper editor, historian and novelist. He was born in Travancore, then a princely…
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1963
American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1941)
Otis Ray Redding Jr. was an American singer and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. Nicknamed the…
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1967
Swiss theologian and author (born 1886)
Karl Barth was a Swiss Reformed theologian. Barth is best known for his commentary The Epistle to the Romans, his involvement in the Confessing Church, including his authorship of the Barmen Declaration, and especially…
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1968
Northern Irish lawyer and politician (born 1921)
George Forrest was a Northern Irish unionist politician from Tullyhogue Cookstown who served as MP for Mid Ulster in the House of Commons from 1956 until his death. One of twelve children of Joseph and Sarah-Jane…
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1968
American monk and author (born 1915)
Thomas Merton, religious name M. Louis, was an American Trappist monk, theologian, mystic, poet, and social activist. He was a professed member of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, near Bardstown, Kentucky, living…
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1968
Chinese politician and revolutionary (born 1892)
Chen Qiyou was a Chinese revolutionary and politician with the China Zhi Gong Party. Born to a prominent family in Haifeng County, he became interested in efforts to overthrow the Qing dynasty as a teenager and joined…
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1970
American poet, critic, and academic (born 1894)
Mark Van Doren was an American poet, writer and critic. He was a scholar and a professor of English at Columbia University for nearly 40 years, where he inspired a generation of influential writers and thinkers…
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1972
German-American microbiologist and academic (born 1922)
Wolf Vladimir Vishniac was an American microbiologist. He was the son of photographer Roman Vishniac and the father of astronomer Ethan Vishniac. Educated at Brooklyn College and Stanford University, he was a professor…
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1973
Japanese general (born 1890)
Toshinari Shōji was a major general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Pacific campaign in World War II.
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1974
American basketball player and coach (born 1901)
Adolph Frederick Rupp was an American college basketball coach. Nicknamed the "Baron of the Bluegrass", he coached the University of Kentucky Wildcats to four NCAA championships, one NIT championship, 27 Southeastern…
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1977
1978
1979
American actor and screenwriter (born 1899)
Freeman Fisher "Gozzie" Gosden was an American radio comedian, actor and pioneer in the development of the situation comedy form. He is best known for his work in the Amos 'n' Andy radio series.
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1982
Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (born 1901)
Jascha Heifetz was a Russian-American violinist, widely regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time. Born in Vilna, he was soon recognized as a child prodigy and was trained in the Russian violin school in…
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1987
American actor (born 1933)
Richard Salvatore Castellano was an American actor who is best remembered for his role in Lovers and Other Strangers and his subsequent role as Peter Clemenza in The Godfather.
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1988
English cricketer and coach (born 1911)
John Lawrence was a diminutive Yorkshire-born cricketing all-rounder whose middle or lower order batting and leg-break and googly bowling were of great importance to Somerset in the 10 cricket seasons immediately after…
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1988
English philanthropist and activist (born 1895)
Dorothy de Rothschild was an English philanthropist and activist for Jewish affairs who married into the wealthy Rothschild banking family.
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1988
American businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum (born 1898)
Armand Hammer was an American oil tycoon, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.
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1990
Austrian-American painter and academic (born 1901)
Martha Greta Kempton was an Austrian-American painter who was the White House artist during the Truman administration.
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1991
English tennis player and sportscaster (born 1908)
Daniel Maskell was an English tennis professional who later became a radio and television commentator on the sport. He was described as the BBC's "voice of tennis", and the "voice of Wimbledon".
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1992
American soprano (born 1902)
Alice Bigelow Tully was an American singer of opera and recital, music promoter, patron of the arts and philanthropist from New York. She was a second cousin of the American actress Katharine Hepburn.
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1993
English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education (born 1918)
Keith Sinjohn Joseph, Baron Joseph,, known as Sir Keith Joseph, 2nd Baronet, for most of his political life, was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a minister under four prime…
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1994
Canadian-American sprinter (born 1905)
Alexander S. Wilson was a Canadian sprinter who competed in both the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was born in Montreal and died in Mission, Texas, United States.
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1994
American rapper (born 1967)
Darren Robinson, also known as Big Buff, Buff Love, Buffy, The Human Beat Box, The Ox That Rocks, and DJ Doctor Nice, was a rapper, beatboxer, and actor who was a member of the 1980s hip hop group The Fat Boys. He,…
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1995
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1932)
Faron Young was an American country singer, musician, and songwriter from the early 1950s into the mid-1980s. His hits including "If You Ain't Lovin' " and "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" marked him as a honky-tonk…
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1996
Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (born 1943)
Richard Clare Danko was a Canadian musician, bassist, songwriter, and singer, best known as a founding member of the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
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1999
Croatian general and politician, 1st President of Croatia (born 1922)
Franjo Tuđman was a Croatian politician and historian who became the first president of Croatia, from 1990 until his death in 1999. He served following the country's independence from Yugoslavia. Tuđman also was the…
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1999
American historian of Spanish America (born 1912)
Woodrow Wilson Borah was an American historian of colonial Mexico, whose research contributions on demography, economics, and social structure made him a major Latin Americanist. With his 1999 death "disappears the last…
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1999
American actress (born 1919)
Marie Windsor was an American actress known for her femme fatale characters in the classic film noir features Force of Evil, The Narrow Margin and The Killing. Windsor's height created problems for her in scenes with…
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2000
Indian actor, singer, and producer (born 1911)
Ashok Kumar was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most successful actors in the history of Indian cinema. He is considered to be the first superstar of Indian cinema…
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2001
Swedish journalist and politician (born 1945)
Andres Küng was a Swedish journalist, writer, entrepreneur and politician of Estonian origin. He was born in Ockelbo in Gävleborg County to a family of refugees from Soviet occupied Estonia.
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2002
Scottish actor, director, and producer (born 1925)
Edward Ian MacNaughton was a Scottish actor, television producer and director, best known for his work with the Monty Python team.
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2002
Irish actor and director (born 1924)
Séan Joseph McClory was an Irish actor whose career spanned six decades and included well over 100 films and television series. He was sometimes billed as Shawn McGlory or Sean McGlory.
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2003
2004
American actress (born 1910)
Mary Jackson was an American character actress whose nearly fifty-year career began in 1950 and was spent almost entirely in television. She is best known for the role of the lovelorn Emily Baldwin in The Waltons and…
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2005
American poet, academic, and politician (born 1916)
Eugene Joseph McCarthy was an American politician, writer, and academic who represented Minnesota in both houses of the United States Congress for over 22 years, first in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949 to…
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2005
American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1940)
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Known for reaching a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, he is regarded as one of the greatest and…
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2005
English-American author and educator (born 1908)
Margaret Olivia Ensor Coolidge was a British-born American writer and educator. She published 27 books, many for young adults, including The Greek Myths (1949), her debut; The Trojan War (1952); Legends of the North…
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2006
Chilean general and dictator, 30th President of Chile (born 1915)
Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte was a Chilean army officer and military dictator who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. He led the military junta that overthrew President Salvador Allende in 1973 and established a…
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2006
Turkish businessman, founded Vakko (born 1913)
Vitali Hakko was a Turkish businessman, founder of the Vakko clothing business.
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2007
Russian soldier and physicist (born 1925)
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Teplyakov was a Russian experimental physicist known for his work on particle accelerators. Together with I.M. Kapchinsky, he invented the principle of the radio-frequency quadrupole (RFQ), which…
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2009
American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)
John Bennett Fenn was an American professor of analytical chemistry who was awarded a share of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002. He shared half of the award with Koichi Tanaka for their work in mass spectrometry.…
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2010
Armenian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1913)
Jakob Michael Hagopian was an Armenian-born American Emmy-nominated filmmaker.
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2010
American horse trainer and breeder (born 1921)
MacKenzie "Mack" Todd Miller was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and owner/breeder. During his forty-six-year career, he conditioned seventy-two stakes winners, including four Eclipse Award champions.
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2010
Bangladeshi academic and politician, 13th President of Bangladesh (born 1931)
Iajuddin Ahmed was the president of Bangladesh, serving from 2002 to 2009.
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2012
Spanish lawyer and politician (born 1930)
Antonio de León Cubillo Ferreira was a Spanish Independentist, politician, lawyer and militant from the Canary Islands.
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2012
English fashion designer (born 1942)
Thomas Steven Roberts was an English designer and fashion entrepreneur who operated independent retail outlets including pop art boutique, Mr Freedom, and the 1980s decorative arts and homewares store, Practical Styling.
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2012
English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936)
Alan James Coleman was an England-born Australian television series producer, screenwriter, director and former actor, active in his native United Kingdom as well as in Australia and New Zealand.
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2013
2013
2013
Indian politician and the titular Maharaja of Mysore(born 1946)
Srikanthadattā Narasimharājā Wadiyar was an Indian royal scion, politician, and fashion designer, who served as Member of Parliament from Mysore. He was the son of Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, the last king of…
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2013
2014
American diplomat, 19th United States Ambassador to Pakistan (born 1931)
Robert Bigger Oakley was an American diplomat whose 34-year career (1957–1991) as a Foreign Service Officer included appointments as United States Ambassador to Zaire, Somalia, and Pakistan and, in the early 1990s, as a…
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2014
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1925)
Robert Edward "Solly" Solinger was a professional ice hockey player who played 99 games in the National Hockey League. Born in Star City, Saskatchewan, he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings. He was…
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2014
American journalist and politician (born 1944)
Judy Baar Topinka was an American politician and member of the Republican Party from the U.S. State of Illinois.
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2014
Dutch cyclist (born 1944)
Gerard Vianen was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. A domestique for Joop Zoetemelk and Raymond Poulidor, he won one stage in the Tour de France and 3 stages in the Vuelta a España.
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2014
American race car driver and businessman (born 1948)
Ronald Rodgers Bouchard was an American NASCAR driver who was the 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year. His brother Ken Bouchard was the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year. His father-in-law, Ed Flemke,…
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2015
Canadian director and producer (born 1940)
Denis Héroux, was a Canadian film director and producer.
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2015
Honduran footballer (born 1989)
Arnold Fabián Peralta Sosa was a Honduran footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
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2015
American basketball player and coach (born 1928)
Adolph Schayes was an American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A top scorer and rebounder, he was a 12-time NBA All-Star and a 12-time All-NBA selection. Schayes…
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2015
American filmmaker (born 1937)
Bruce Alan Brown was an American documentary film director, known as an early pioneer of the surf film. He was the father of filmmaker Dana Brown.
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2017
British publicist (born 1943)
Maxwell Frank Clifford was an English publicist and convicted sex offender who was particularly associated with promoting "kiss and tell" stories in tabloid newspapers.
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2017
American Internet personality (born 1950)
Charles Marvin Green Jr., better known online as Angry Grandpa, was an American YouTuber. His videos have been featured on HLN's Dr. Drew, TruTV's Most Shocking, Rude Tube, and MTV's Pranked. Green's YouTube channel…
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2017
American minister (born 1924)
Curtis West Harris was an African-American minister, civil rights activist, and politician in Virginia, United States. Harris became the first African-American mayor of Hopewell, Virginia and was the recipient of…
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2017
American actor (born 1964)
Philip Anthony McKeon was an American child actor and radio personality, best known for his role as Tommy Hyatt, the son of the title character on the television sitcom Alice from 1976 to 1985.
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2019
American composer and musician (born 1922)
Gershon Kingsley was a German-American composer, a pioneer of electronic music and the Moog synthesizer, a partner in the electronic music duo Perrey and Kingsley, founder of the First Moog Quartet, and writer of…
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2019
American painter (born 1932)
Emily Mason was an American abstract painter and printmaker. Mason developed her individual approach to the Abstract Expressionist and color field painting traditions with her veils of color and spontaneous gestural…
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2019
American actor and wrestler (born 1958)
Tommy Debo "Tiny" Lister Jr. was an American actor and former professional wrestler. As a character actor, he is known for his roles as the neighborhood bully Deebo in the 1995 film Friday and its 2000 sequel, and as…
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2020
Lebanese-Brazilian financier (born 1938)
Joseph Safra was a Lebanese Brazilian banker and billionaire businessman of Syrian descent. He was Brazil's richest man and the richest banker in the world, running the Brazilian banking and investment empire, Safra…
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2020
American actress (born 1944)
Carol Joan Sutton was an American actress of theater, film and television. She was best known for her appearances in the films Steel Magnolias, Monster's Ball, and Ray.
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2020
English actress (born 1937)
Dame Barbara Windsor was an English actress. She was known for her roles in the Carry On films and for playing Peggy Mitchell in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders. She joined the cast of EastEnders in 1994 and won the…
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2020
American musician (The Monkees), songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist (born 1942)
Robert Michael Nesmith was an American musician, songwriter, and actor. He was best known as a member of the Monkees and co-star of their TV series of the same name (1966–1968). His songwriting credits with the Monkees…
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2021
American politician, 54th Governor of Kentucky (born 1931)
Julian Morton Carroll was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Kentucky. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 54th governor of Kentucky from 1974 to 1979, succeeding Wendell Ford, who…
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2023
American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1933)
Rocco Domenico "Rocky" Colavito Jr. was an American professional baseball player, coach, and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder from 1955 to 1968, most prominently…
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2024
American actor (born 1940)
Michael Cole was an American actor best known for his role as Pete Cochran on the television crime drama The Mod Squad (1968–1973).
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2024
2024
American stand-up comedian and voice actor (born 1975)
Jeffrey Garcia was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Best known for his roles in animation, he voiced Sheen Estevez in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius as well as its two Nickelodeon spin-off television show series—The…
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2025
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S. M. Krishna — Indian politician (1932–2024)
FeaturedS. M. Krishna
Death year2024
Known forHe was the 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1999 to 2004 and the 19th Governor of Maharashtra from 2004 to 2008
Deaths on this date125 (925 – 2025)
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