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Notable Deaths on December 24
134 people
36 – 2024
December 24 has seen 134 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 36 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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1999 — William C. Schneider
American aerospace engineer (born 1923)
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He joined NASA in June 1963 and served as the Gemini mission director for seven of the ten piloted Gemini missions
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From 1967 to 1968, he served as Apollo mission director and the Apollo program's deputy director for missions
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He then served from 1968 to 1974 as the Skylab program's director
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From 1974 to 1978, he worked as the Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Transportation Systems
emperor of Chengjia
AD 36 (XXXVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Allenius and Plautius. The denomination AD 36 for this year has been used since the…
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36
Sisinnius I of Constantinople was the Archbishop of Constantinople from 426 to 427.
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427
903
Chinese general
Shi Hongzhao, courtesy name Huayuan (化元), formally the Prince of Zheng (鄭王), was a major general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period Later Han state. Shi was one of the key officials that Later Han's…
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950
Chinese official
Wang Zhang was an official of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Later Han. Wang was one of the key officials that Later Han's founding emperor Liu Zhiyuan left in charge of the government during…
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950
950
Roger III, of the House of Hauteville, was the eldest son and heir of King Tancred of Sicily and Queen Sibylla. He was made Duke of Apulia, probably in 1189, shortly after his father's accession. In the summer of 1192…
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1193
1257
regent of Japan (born 1227)
Hōjō Tokiyori was the fifth shikken of the Kamakura shogunate in Japan.
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1263
Henry V the Blondell, called the Great, was the Count of Arlon from 1226 to his death, Lord of Ligny from 1240 to his death, Count of Luxembourg and Laroche from 1247 to his death, and the Marquis of Namur between 1256…
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1281
Scottish chronicler (born 1385)
Walter Bower was a Scottish canon regular and abbot of Inchcolm Abbey in the Firth of Forth, who is noted as a chronicler of his era. He was born about 1385 at Haddington, East Lothian, in the Kingdom of Scotland. In…
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1449
English composer (born 1390)
John Dunstaple was an English composer whose music helped inaugurate the transition from the medieval to the Renaissance periods. The central proponent of the Contenance angloise style, Dunstaple was the leading English…
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1453
Despot of Serbia (born 1377)
Đurađ Vuković Branković or George Branković served as the Serbian Despot from 1427 to 1456, making him one of the final rulers of medieval Serbia.
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1456
Polish scholar and theologian (born 1390)
John Cantius was a Polish Catholic priest, scholastic philosopher, physicist and theologian.
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1473
Portuguese explorer and politician, Governor of Portuguese India (born 1469)
Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese mariner, explorer and nobleman. His discovery of the first direct maritime route between Europe and India via the Cape of Good Hope and across the Indian Ocean from Malindi in Kenya to…
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1524
Christian theologian and reformer (born 1486)
Andreas Rudolph Bodenstein von Karlstadt, better known as Andreas Karlstadt, Andreas Carlstadt or Karolostadt, in Latin, Carolstadius, or simply as Andreas Bodenstein, was a German Protestant theologian, University of…
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1541
German nurse (born 1570)
Hester Jonas was a German midwife and cunning woman. She was executed for witchcraft and is known as the so-called Witch of Neuss.
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1635
1660
French painter and educator (born 1628)
Noël Coypel was a French painter, and was also called Coypel le Poussin, because he was heavily influenced by Poussin.
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1707
Toshiko , posthumously honored as Empress Go-Sakuramachi was the 117th monarch of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. She was named after her father Emperor Sakuramachi, with the word go (後) before…
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1813
Danish-German painter (born 1803)
Friedrich Bernhard Westphal was a German-Danish genre painter and illustrator. He was also known by his nickname Fritz Westphal.
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1844
English author and poet (born 1811)
William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1847–1848 novel Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of British society, and the 1844 novel The…
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1863
English painter and historian (born 1793)
Sir Charles Lock Eastlake was a British painter, gallery director, collector and writer of the 19th century. After a period as keeper, he was the first director of the National Gallery. From 1850 to 1865 he served as…
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1865
Mexican general and politician. President of Mexico (1846, 1859) and regent of the Second Mexican Empire (born 1797)
José Mariano Salas Barbosa was a Mexican soldier and politician who served twice as interim president of Mexico, once in 1846, during the Mexican–American War, and once in 1859 during the Reform War.
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1867
French paleontologist and geologist (born 1802)
Étienne Jules Adolphe Desmier de Saint-Simon, Vicomte d'Archiac was a French geologist and paleontologist.
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1868
Scottish physicist and engineer (born 1820)
William John Macquorn Rankine was a Scottish mathematician and physicist. He was a founding contributor, with Rudolf Clausius and William Thomson, to the science of thermodynamics, particularly focusing on its First…
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1872
American businessman and philanthropist (born 1795)
Johns Hopkins was an American merchant, investor, and philanthropist best known for funding the establishment of Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital, which have since become leading institutions for…
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1873
German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (born 1815)
Anna Juliane Bochkoltz was a German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer. She performed her first concert in 1843, then studied in Brussels and Paris. After singing concerts in Paris, London and Berlin, she…
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1879
Dutch pastor and poet (born 1819)
Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate was a Dutch divine, prose writer and poet.
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1889
Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia (born 1807)
Boyle Travers Finniss was the first premier of South Australia, serving from 24 October 1856 to 20 August 1857.
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1893
Lebanese priest and saint (born 1828)
Charbel Makhlouf, O.L.M. was a Lebanese Maronite monk and priest. During his life, he obtained a wide reputation for holiness, and for his ability to unite Christians, Muslims and Druze. He was a member of the Baladites.
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1898
Canadian-American businessman (born 1846)
James C. Corrigan was a Canadian-American businessman active in the shipping, petroleum refining, iron ore mining and selling, and steel manufacturing industries. He made and lost fortunes in the shipping and refining…
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1908
Scottish-American geologist, botanist, and author, founded Sierra Club (born 1838)
John Muir, also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks", was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist, and early advocate for…
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1914
American lieutenant and politician (born 1832)
Stephen Mosher Wood was an American politician. He Wood represented Chase County, Kansas in the Kansas House of Representatives in 1871 and 1875, and was a member of the Kansas Senate in 1876 after replacing S. R.…
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1920
1923
American shot putter, hammer thrower, and discus thrower (born 1879)
Wesley William Coe Jr., sometimes listed as William Wesley Coe Jr., was an American track and field athlete who competed principally in the shot put and also in the hammer throw, discus throw, and tug of war.
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1926
micropalaeontologist (born 1854)
Cavaliere dottore Carlo Fornasini was an Italian micropalaeontologist who specialised in Foraminifera ('forams'). He was a pioneer in using fossil forams to sequence marine sedimentary deposits by their relative dates;…
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1931
American warrior, educator and historian (born 1854)
Flying Hawk, also known as Moses Flying Hawk, was an Oglala Lakota warrior, historian, educator and philosopher. Flying Hawk's life chronicles the history of the Oglala Lakota people through the 19th and early 20th…
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1931
Austrian composer and educator (born 1885)
Alban Maria Johannes Berg was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively small oeuvre, he is…
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1935
German architect and urban planner (born 1880)
Bruno Julius Florian Taut was a renowned German architect, urban planner and author. He was active during the Weimar period and is known for his theoretical works as well as his building designs.
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1938
German composer (born 1858)
Siegfried Alkan was a German composer from Saarland in the Kingdom of Prussia. He was assaulted and his musical business was looted during the Kristallnacht.
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1941
French admiral and politician, 122nd Prime Minister of France (born 1881)
Jean Louis Xavier François Darlan was a French admiral and political figure. Born in Nérac, Darlan graduated from the École navale in 1902 and quickly advanced through the ranks following his service during World War I.…
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1942
American singer and comedian (born 1866)
Josephine Domingue Sabel was an American singer and comedian, billed as "The Queen of Song" in vaudeville.
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1945
French rugby player and tug of war competitor (born 1875)
Charles Gondouin was a French rugby union player and tug of war competitor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the French rugby union team, which won the gold medal. Gondouin studied at the…
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1947
American actress and producer (born 1894)
Norma Marie Talmadge was an American actress and film producer of the silent era. A major box-office draw for more than a decade, her career reached a peak in the early 1920s, when she ranked among the most popular…
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1957
American poet and academic (born 1895)
Robert Silliman Hillyer was an American poet and professor of English literature. He won a Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1934.
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1961
German mathematician (born 1896)
Wilhelm Friedrich Ackermann was a German mathematician and logician best known for his work in mathematical logic and the Ackermann function, an important example in the theory of computation.
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1962
German illustrator (born 1890)
Eveline Adelheid von Maydell was an ethnic German silhouette artist. Born in Iran, she studied drawing in Pärnu, Estonia, in Riga, Latvia and in St. Petersburg, Russia. She moved to the United States in 1922.
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1962
Trinidad-British journalist and activist (born 1915)
Claudia Vera Jones was a Trinidad and Tobago-born journalist and activist. As a child, she migrated with her family to the United States, where she became a Communist political activist, feminist and Black nationalist,…
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1964
English businessman (born 1895)
Sir John Paul Black held several senior positions in the British motor industry including chairman of Standard-Triumph.
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1965
American minister and theologian (born 1906)
William Marrion Branham was an American Christian minister and faith healer who initiated the post-World War II healing revival, and claimed to be a prophet with the anointing of Elijah, who had come to prelude Christ's…
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1965
American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (born 1913)
Burton Leo Baskin was an American businessman who co-founded the Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain in 1946 with business partner and brother-in-law Irv Robbins.
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1967
Polish-German entomologist and lepidopterist (born 1927)
Stanisław Błeszyński was a Polish entomologist and lepidopterist specializing in Crambidae, the grass moths.
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1969
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1907)
Cortelia Clark was an American blues singer and guitarist, known for his performances on the streets of Nashville. He won a Grammy Award for Best Folk Recording in 1967, for the album Blues in the Street, his only…
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1969
English soldier and author (born 1921)
Olivia Gwyneth Zoe FitzRoy, was a British author of children's books. She was the granddaughter of Muriel FitzRoy, 1st Viscountess Daventry, raised to the peerage as widow of Edward FitzRoy, the Speaker of the House of…
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1969
Norwegian journalist and politician (born 1896)
Alfred B. Skar was a Norwegian newspaper editor, writer, trade unionist and politician for the Labour and Communist parties.
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1969
German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist (born 1924)
Maria Koepcke was a German ornithologist known for her work with Neotropical bird species. Koepcke was a well-respected authority in South American ornithology and her work is still referenced today. For her efforts,…
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1971
English-American archaeologist and historian (born 1882)
Gisela Marie Augusta Richter was a British-American classical archaeologist and art historian. She was a prominent figure and an authority in her field.
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1972
German historian and author (born 1893)
Fritz Gause was a German historian, archivist, and curator described as the last great historian of his native city, Königsberg, East Prussia. Gause's most important work was his three-volume history of Königsberg, Die…
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1973
American composer and conductor (born 1911)
Bernard Herrmann was an American composer and conductor best known for his work in film scoring. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest film composers of all time. Alex Ross writes that "Over four decades, he…
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1975
Colombian author and educator (born 1917)
Samael Aun Weor, born Víctor Manuel Gómez Rodríguez, was a Colombian-Mexican teacher and author of over sixty books of esoteric spirituality. He formed a new religious movement under the banner of "Universal…
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1977
German admiral and politician, President of Germany (born 1891)
Karl Dönitz was a German naval officer and politician who, following the suicide of Adolf Hitler during the Second World War in April 1945, succeeded him as head of state of Germany during the Nazi era. He held the…
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1980
French author and poet (born 1897)
Louis Aragon was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the surrealist movement in France. He co-founded with André Breton and Philippe Soupault the surrealist review Littérature. He was also a novelist and…
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1982
English-American actor (born 1923)
Peter Sydney Ernest Lawford was an English-American actor.
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1984
American lawyer (born 1904)
Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith was an American gentleman farmer and the great-grandson of Abraham Lincoln. In 1975, he became the last known undisputed legal descendant of Lincoln when his sister, Mary Lincoln Beckwith,…
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1985
Canadian-American wrestler and manager (born 1927)
Camille Laurent "Tarzan" Tourville, better known by his ring name Tarzan "The Boot" Tyler, was a Canadian professional wrestler and manager. He was one-half of the first WWWF World Tag Team Champions, along with Luke…
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1985
American author (born 1911)
Gardner Francis Cooper Fox was an American writer known best for creating numerous comic book characters for DC Comics. He is estimated to have written more than 4,000 comics stories, including 1,500 for DC Comics. Fox…
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1986
Dutch journalist, economist, and politician, 45th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1919)
Johannes Marten den Uijl, better known as Joop den Uyl, was a Dutch politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1973 to 1977. He was a member of the Labour Party (PvdA). Den Uyl studied…
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1987
Sri Lankan-Indian actor, producer, and politician, 5th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (born 1917)
Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, popularly known by his initials M. G. R., was an Indian politician, actor, director, film producer, and philanthropist, who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 until his…
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1987
Indian author (born 1905)
Jainendra Kumar was a 20th-century Indian writer who wrote in Hindi. He wrote novels include Sunita and Tyagapatra. He was awarded one of India's highest civilian honours, the Padma Bhushan in 1971. He was awarded the…
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1988
Norwegian playwright and songwriter (born 1922)
Thorbjørn Egner was a Norwegian playwright, songwriter and illustrator known principally for his books, plays and musicals for children. He is principally associated with his narratives for children including Karius og…
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1990
American author (born 1912)
Virginia Louise Sorensen, also credited as Virginia Sorenson, was an American regionalist writer. Her role in Utah and Mormon literature places her within the "lost generation" of Mormon writers. She was awarded the…
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1991
American singer-songwriter and conga player (born 1945)
Robert Jay LaKind was an American conga player, vocalist, songwriter and occasional backup drummer with The Doobie Brothers. Originally a stage manager and lighting roadie for the band, he was invited to join as a…
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1992
Australian rugby league player (born 1968)
James Burlton Mathews was an Australian rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition.
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1992
1992
American minister and author (born 1898)
Norman Vincent Peale was an American Protestant clergyman, and an author best known for popularizing the concept of positive thinking, especially through his best-selling book The Power of Positive Thinking (1952). He…
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1993
American historian, author, and academic (born 1947)
John Eastburn Boswell was an American historian and a full professor at Yale University. Many of Boswell's studies focused on the issue of religion and homosexuality, specifically Christianity and homosexuality. Much of…
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1994
Italian actor (born 1916)
Rossano Brazzi was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He was known for playing roles that typified the suave, romantic leading man archetype, both in his native country and in Hollywood.
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1994
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1930)
James Arenson Komack was an American television producer, director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for producing several hit television series, including The Courtship of Eddie's Father, Chico and the Man,…
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1997
Chinese-Japanese actor and producer (born 1920)
Toshiro Mifune was a Japanese actor and producer. The recipient of numerous awards and accolades over a lengthy career, he is widely considered one of the greatest actors of all time. He often played heroic characters…
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1997
Canadian businessman, founded Quebecor (born 1925)
Pierre Péladeau was a Canadian businessman. He was the founder of Quebecor Inc., a Canadian media and telecommunications conglomerate in Quebec, Canada.
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1997
1998
American runner, coach, and businessman, co-founded Nike, Inc. (born 1911)
William Jay Bowerman was an American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike. Over his career, he trained 31 Olympic athletes, 51 All-Americans, 12 American record-holders, 22 NCAA champions and 16 sub-4 minute…
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1999
French soldier and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of France (born 1907)
Jacques-Maurice Couve de Murville was a French diplomat and politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1958 to 1968 and Prime Minister from 1968 to 1969 under the presidency of General de Gaulle. As foreign…
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1999
Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (born 1918)
João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo was a Brazilian military officer who served as the 30th president of Brazil from 1979 to 1985, and the last of the military regime that ruled the country following the 1964 Brazilian…
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1999
English businessman, co-founded the Cooper Car Company (born 1923)
John Newton Cooper was a co-founder, with his father Charles Cooper, of the Cooper Car Company. Born in Surbiton, Surrey, United Kingdom, he became an auto racing legend with his rear-engined chassis design that would…
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2000
Norwegian author and poet (born 1920)
Kjell Aukrust was a Norwegian author, poet, artist and humorist. Aukrust is principally known for his Flåklypa stories and Flåklypa drawings.
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2002
English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1938)
John Philip "Jake" Thackray was an English singer-songwriter, poet, humourist and journalist. Best known in the late 1960s and early 1970s for his topical comedy songs performed on British television, his work ranged…
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2002
American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1946)
Johnny Lane Oates was an American professional baseball player, coach, and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher for the Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles…
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2004
2006
Norwegian guitarist and composer (born 1961)
Kenneth Sivertsen was a Norwegian musician, composer, poet, and comedian.
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2006
American businessman (born 1908)
Frank Nicholas Stanton was an American broadcasting executive who served as the president of CBS between 1946 and 1971 and then as vice chairman until 1973. He also served as the chairman of the Rand Corporation from…
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2006
English lawyer and judge (born 1951)
Sir Nicholas Richard Pumfrey styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Pumfrey, was a British barrister. He served as a High Court judge for 10 years, and was promoted to the Court of Appeal little more than a month before his…
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2007
American businessman (born 1952)
George David Warrington was an American transportation official, who served New Jersey Transit for 28 years, latterly in the post of executive director.
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2007
British journalist (born 1921)
Ralph Harris was a British journalist and Reuters presidential correspondent. He was Reuters' official White House correspondent for the presidents from Truman until Reagan.
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2008
English playwright, screenwriter, director, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1930)
Harold Pinter was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanned more than 50 years. His…
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2008
Dutch journalist and politician (born 1923)
Marcus Bakker was a Dutch politician of the defunct Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN) now merged into the GroenLinks (GL) party and journalist.
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2009
Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela (born 1916)
Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodríguez was a Venezuelan politician and academician who was the 46th and 51st president of Venezuela from 1969 to 1974 and again from 1994 to 1999, thus becoming the longest serving…
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2009
American sportscaster (born 1939)
George Michael was an American broadcaster best known nationally for The George Michael Sports Machine, his sports highlights television program. Originally named George Michael's Sports Final when it began as a local…
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2009
German author and academic (born 1933)
Gero von Wilpert was a German author, a senior lecturer in German at the University of New South Wales and, from 1980, Professor of German at the University of Sydney.
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2009
English journalist and author (born 1926)
Elisabeth Beresford MBE, also known as Liza Beresford, was an English author of children's books. She is best known for creating The Wombles. Born into a literary family, she worked as a journalist, but struggled for…
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2010
Dutch footballer and manager (born 1922)
Frans de Munck was a Dutch football player and manager.
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2010
Brazilian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of São Paulo State (born 1938)
Orestes Quércia was a Brazilian politician who served as the 28th governor of São Paulo State.
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2010
Estonian composer and educator (born 1930)
Eino Tamberg was an Estonian composer whose works are performed internationally. He composed operas such as Cyrano de Bergerac, four symphonies, and several concertos. He taught composition for decades at the Estonian…
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2010
Dutch-German entertainer (born 1903)
Johan Marius Nicolaas Heesters, known professionally as Johannes Heesters, was a Dutch-German actor of stage, television and film, as well as a vocalist of numerous recordings and performer on the concert stage with a…
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2011
English-American composer and academic (born 1936)
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett was an English composer and pianist. He was noted for his musical versatility, drawing from such sources as jazz, romanticism, and avant-garde; and for his use of twelve-tone technique and…
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2012
American soldier and actor (born 1923)
Charles Edward Durning was an American actor who appeared in over 200 movies, television shows and plays. He received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Tony Award, in addition to nominations for…
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2012
American actor (born 1922)
Jack Klugman was an American actor of stage, film and television.
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2012
Irish poet and critic (born 1954)
Dennis O'Driscoll was an Irish poet, essayist, critic and editor. Regarded as one of the best European poets of his time, Eileen Battersby considered him "the lyric equivalent of William Trevor" and a better poet "by…
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2012
German-Canadian director, animator, and screenwriter (born 1924)
Frédéric Back was a French-Canadian artist and film director of short animated films. During a long career with Radio-Canada, the French-language service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, he was nominated for…
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2013
Chinese-American author and scholar (born 1923)
Ian Graeme Barbour was an American scholar on the relationship between science and religion. According to the Public Broadcasting Service his mid-1960s Issues in Science and Religion "has been credited with literally…
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2013
English haematologist and oncologist (born 1938)
John M. Goldman was a British haematologist, oncologist and medical researcher. A specialist in chronic myeloid leukaemia, Goldman conducted pioneering research into leukaemia treatment – he was instrumental in the…
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2013
English-American screenwriter and producer (born 1946)
Allan McKeown was a British television, film, and stage producer.
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2013
American clarinet player (born 1923)
Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco was an American jazz clarinetist. In addition to his work as a bandleader, DeFranco led the Glenn Miller Orchestra for almost a decade in the 1960s and 1970s.
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2014
Canadian lawyer and author (born 1944)
Edward Leonard Greenspan, was one of Canada's most famous defence lawyers, and a prolific author of legal volumes. His fame was owed to numerous high-profile clients and to his national exposure on the Canadian…
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2014
American lawyer and politician (born 1926)
Herbert Eugene Harris II was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia. He served three consecutive terms from 1975 to 1981.
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2014
Polish director and screenwriter (born 1953)
Krzysztof Krauze was a Polish film director, cinematographer and actor, best known for his thriller The Debt (1999).
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2014
Norwegian businesswoman and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture (born 1962)
Turid Birkeland was a Norwegian cultural executive and politician for the Labour Party. She was Minister of Culture in 1996–97. She was an author and also worked in television, including being chief of cultural…
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2015
Filipino journalist (born 1941)
Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc was a Filipino journalist and editor, notable for her role in overthrowing the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. She was an icon of democracy. Magsanoc was editor of the crusading weekly…
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2015
Chilean lawyer and politician, Chilean Minister of Justice (born 1911)
Adriana Margarita Olguín Büche was a Chilean lawyer and politician. She served as Minister of Justice under President Gabriel González Videla, becoming the first female cabinet minister in Latin America.
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2015
British musician (born 1948)
Richard John Parfitt, was an English musician, best known as a rhythm guitarist, singer and songwriter with rock band Status Quo.
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2016
2016
English author (born 1920)
Richard George Adams was an English novelist. He is best known for his debut novel Watership Down which achieved international acclaim. His other works included Maia, Shardik and The Plague Dogs. He studied Modern…
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2016
2016
American baseball player and coach (born 1935)
Gerald Donald Kindall was an American professional baseball player and college baseball player and coach. He was primarily a second baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) who appeared in 742 games played over nine…
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2017
Canadian-American model and actress (born 1949)
Heather Margaret Brotherston Menzies Urich was a Canadian actress known for her roles as Louisa von Trapp in the 1965 film The Sound of Music and Jessica 6 in the TV series Logan's Run.
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2017
Governor of Puebla (born 1973)
Martha Érika Alonso Hidalgo was a Mexican politician of the National Action Party (PAN) who served as the first female governor of Puebla from 14 December 2018 until her death ten days later in a helicopter crash. She…
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2018
former governor of Puebla (born 1968)
Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas was a Mexican politician affiliated at different times with both the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and the National Action Party (PAN). He was the governor of Puebla from February…
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2018
American politician and mayor of Meridian, Mississippi (born 1955)
Cheryl Merritt Barry was an American politician who served as mayor of Meridian, Mississippi. She was the first woman to hold that position.
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2023
American science fiction author (born 1944)
Richard Dirrane Bowes was an American author described as an "urban fantasist" whose stories tended to be "set in, and to evoke, a congested, magically altered New York." He won two World Fantasy Awards for his short…
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2023
Cook Islands rugby league footballer (born 1997)
Troy Junior Clifton Dargan was an Australian-born Cook Islands international rugby league footballer who played as a five-eighth or halfback. In 2020, Dargan played two games for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the…
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2023
American actor (born 2008)
Hudson Joseph Meek was an American child actor, known for his role as young Baby in the 2017 film Baby Driver.
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2024
American record producer (born 1942)
Richard Van Perry was an American record producer. He began his musical career as a performer while attending Poly Prep, his high school in Brooklyn. After graduating from college he rose through the late 1960s and…
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2024
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Known forHe served in the United States Naval Reserve 1942–1946 as an Aviation Machinist's Mate, 1st Class Petty Officer
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Burmese military forces commit the Mo So massacre, killing at least 44 civilians. Wikipedia →
2018
A helicopter crash kills Martha Érika Alonso, first female Governor of Puebla, Mexico, and her husband Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, former governor. Wikipedia →
2008
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The Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, begins a series of attacks against civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, massacring more than 400. Wikipedia →
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