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With Detroit, Wilson won the Stanley Cup four times
Notable Deaths on December 27
125 people
683 – 2024
December 27 has seen 125 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 683 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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2011 — Johnny Wilson
Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1929)
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He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Black Hawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and New York Rangers between 1950 and 1962
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After his playing career, he coached in the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings, Detroit, the Colorado Rockies, and Pittsburgh Penguins between 1969 and 1980
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He also coached the Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades and Cleveland Crusaders of the World Hockey Association between 1974 and 1976, and the Canadian national team at the 1977 World Championship
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John Edward Wilson was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and head coach
3rd emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty (born 628)
Emperor Gaozong of Tang, personal name Li Zhi, was the third emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty, ruling from 649 to 683; after January 665, he handed power over the empire to his second wife Empress Wu, and her decrees…
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683
Frankish bishop
Aeneas of Paris was bishop of Paris from 858 to 870. He is best known as the author of one of the controversial treatises against the Byzantines ("Greeks"), called forth by the encyclical letters of Photius. His…
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870
975
French duchess and regent
Emma of Blois was Duchess of Aquitaine by marriage to William IV, Duke of Aquitaine. She ruled Aquitaine as regent for her son, William V, Duke of Aquitaine, from 996 until 1004.
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1003
Byzantine abbot (born 910)
Nilus the Younger, also called Neilos of Rossano was a Griko monk and abbot from Calabria, Italy. He was the founder of Italo-Byzantine monasticism in southern Italy. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox…
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1005
Grand Prince of Kiev (born 1027)
Sviatoslav II Iaroslavich or Sviatoslav II Yaroslavich was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1073 until his death in 1076. He was a younger son of Yaroslav the Wise, the grand prince of Kiev. He is the progenitor of the…
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1076
Holy Roman Empress (born 1051)
Bertha of Savoy, also called Bertha of Turin, was Queen of Germany from 1066 and Holy Roman Empress from 1084 until 1087 as the first wife of Emperor Henry IV.
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1087
3rd Earl of March, English politician (born 1352)
Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and Earl of Ulster was an English magnate who was appointed Lieutenant of Ireland, but died after only two years in the post.
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1381
sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate (born c. 1470)
Mahmood Shah or Shihab-Ud-Din Mahmud was the sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate from 1482 until his death in 1518. His long rule is noted for the disintegration of the sultanate and the creation of the independent Deccan…
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1518
1543
Italian lawyer and jurist (born 1502)
Francesco Spiera was a Protestant Italian jurist. The manner of his death has been the subject of numerous religious tracts.
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1548
English minister and theologian (born 1535)
Thomas Cartwright was an English Puritan preacher and theologian.
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1603
Italian banker (born 1564)
Vincenzo Giustiniani was an aristocratic Italian banker, art collector and intellectual of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, known today largely for the Giustiniani art collection, assembled at the Palazzo…
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1637
Dutch diplomat (born 1572)[citation needed]
Baron Francis van Aarssens or Baron François van Aerssen, from 1611 on lord of Sommelsdijk, was a diplomat and statesman of the United Provinces.
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1641
Dutch bishop (born 1585)
Herman op den Graeff, also Hermann, was a Mennonite community leader from Krefeld.
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1642
English Jesuit missionary (born 1579)
Andrew White was an English Jesuit Catholic missionary who was involved in the founding of the Maryland colony. A chronicler of Colonial Maryland, his writings remain a primary source on the land, the Native Americans…
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1656
1660
Duchess of Savoy (born 1606)
Christine of France was Duchess of Savoy from 26 July 1630 to 7 October 1637 as the consort of Duke Victor Amadeus I. She was the daughter of Henry IV of France and sister of Louis XIII. Following her husband's death in…
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1663
French philosopher (born 1618)
Jacques Rohault was a French philosopher, physicist and mathematician, and a follower of Cartesianism.
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1672
Queen consort of Portugal (born 1646)
Dona Maria Francisca Isabel of Savoy was Queen of Portugal during her marriage to King Dom Afonso VI from 2 August 1666 to 24 March 1668 and, as the wife of Afonso's brother King Dom Peter II, from 12 September 1683…
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1683
English clergyman (born 1622)
Gervase Bryan was an English clergyman, an ejected minister of 1662.
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1689
French prelate (born 1621)
Henri de Villars was a French prelate, latterly Archbishop of Vienne from 1662 to his death.
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1693
naval officer in the Dutch (born 1634)
Henrik Span was a naval officer in the Dutch, Venetian and Danish navies. He reached the rank of Admiral in the Royal Danish Navy in 1683 and headed the Royal Danish Naval Dockyard in Copenhagen from 1690. In 1692, he…
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1694
Prussian field marshal and politician (born 1635)
Hans Albrecht von Barfus was a field marshal in the service of Brandenburg and Prussia, serving briefly as prime minister under King Frederick I.
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1704
French monk and scholar (born 1632)
Dom Jean Mabillon, was a French Benedictine monk and scholar of the Congregation of Saint Maur. He is considered the founder of the disciplines of palaeography and diplomatics.
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1707
3rd Earl of Scarsdale, English earl, politician (born 1654)
Robert Leke, 3rd Earl of Scarsdale was an English politician and courtier, styled Lord Deincourt from 1655 to 1681.
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1707
English printer (born 1663)
William Bowyer the elder, English printer, was apprenticed to a Miles Flesher in 1679, made a liveryman of The Stationers' and Newspaper Makers' Company in 1700, and nominated as one of the twenty printers allowed by…
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1737
French painter (born 1659)
Jacint Rigau-Ros i Serra, known in French as Hyacinthe Rigaud, was a Catalan-French baroque painter most famous for his portraits of Louis XIV and other members of the French nobility.
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1743
French engineer, invented the Pitot tube (born 1695)
Henri Pitot was a French hydraulic engineer and the inventor of the pitot tube.
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1771
Hessian colonel (born c. 1726)
Johann Gottlieb Rall was a German colonel best known for his command of Hessian troops at the Battle of Trenton during the American Revolutionary War.
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1776
Lord Kames, Scottish judge and philosopher (born 1697)
Henry Home, Lord Kames was a Scottish writer, philosopher and judge who played a major role in Scotland's Agricultural Revolution. A central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, he was a founding member of the…
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1782
Scottish minister and author (born 1718)
Hugh Blair FRSE was a Scottish minister of religion, author and rhetorician, considered one of the first great theorists of written discourse.
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1800
English religious leader (born 1750)
Joanna Southcott was a British self-described religious prophetess from Devon. A "Southcottian" movement continued in various forms after her death.
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1812
English essayist and poet (born 1775)
Charles Lamb was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847).
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1834
American soldier and politician (born 1793)
Stephen Fuller Austin was an American-born empresario, i.e. a person granted the right to settle on land in exchange for recruiting and taking responsibility for settling the eastern areas of the Tejas region of Mexico…
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1836
French pianist and composer (born 1785)
Alexandre Pierre-François Boëly was a French composer, organist, pianist, and violist.
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1858
Norwegian explorer (born 1871)
Eivind Astrup was a Norwegian explorer and writer. Astrup participated in Robert Peary's expedition to Greenland in 1891–92 and mapped northern Greenland. In the follow-up Greenland expedition by Peary during 1893–94 he…
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1895
English businessman and politician (born 1816)
Sir John Brown, British industrialist, was born in Sheffield. He was known as the Father of the South Yorkshire Iron Trade.
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1896
1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (born 1810)
William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong was an English engineer and industrialist who founded the Armstrong Whitworth manufacturing concern on Tyneside. He was also an eminent scientist, inventor and…
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1900
American chemist and engineer (born 1863)
Charles Martin Hall was an American inventor, businessman, and chemist. He is best known for his invention in 1886 of an inexpensive method for producing aluminium, which became the first metal to attain widespread use…
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1914
Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (born 1846)
Achilles Nikolayevich Alferaki was a Russian composer and politician of Greek descent. His brother was Sergei Alphéraky. He served as the mayor of Taganrog from 1880 to 1888.
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1919
French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (born 1832)
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French civil engineer. A graduate of École Centrale des Arts et Métiers, he made his name with various bridges for the French railway network, most famously the Garabit Viaduct. He is best…
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1923
Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (born 1866)
Agda Meyerson was a Swedish nurse who became an activist to improve the education, pay and working conditions of her profession. She served as vice chair of the Swedish Nursing Association in 1910 and on the board of…
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1924
Turkish poet, academic, and politician (born 1873)
Mehmet Akif Ersoy was a Turkish poet, writer, academic, politician, and the author of the Turkish National Anthem. Widely regarded as one of the premiere literary minds of his time, Ersoy is noted for his command of…
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1936
American geneticist and academic (born 1889)
Calvin Blackman Bridges was an American scientist known for his contributions to the field of genetics. Along with Alfred Sturtevant and Hermann Joseph Muller, Bridges was part of Thomas Hunt Morgan's famous "Fly Room"…
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1938
Polish-Russian poet and critic (born 1891)
Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam was a Russian and Soviet poet. He was one of the foremost members of the Acmeist school.
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1938
American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1874)
Zona Gale, also known by her married name, Zona Gale Breese, was an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright. She became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1921. The close relationship…
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1938
American painter (born 1877)
Rinaldo Cuneo, was an American artist known for his landscape paintings and murals. He was dubbed "the Painter of San Francisco".
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1939
Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (born 1887)
Ants Kurvits or Hans Kurvits was an Estonian military commander, reaching rank of major general. He participated in the Estonian War of Independence and later became the founder and long-time leader of the Estonian…
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1943
German-American painter and sculptor (born 1884)
Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer. Although he is classified as an Expressionist artist, he rejected both the term and the movement. In the 1920s, he was…
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1950
Australian priest, author, and educator (born 1878)
Monsignor Patrick Joseph Hartigan was an Australian Roman Catholic priest, educator, author and poet, writing under the name John O'Brien.
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1952
Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1887)
Mehmet Şükrü Saracoğlu was a Turkish politician, the fifth prime minister of Turkey and the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs during the early stages of World War II. He signed the German–Turkish Treaty of Friendship…
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1953
Polish poet and author (born 1894)
Julian Tuwim, known also under the pseudonym Oldlen as a lyricist, was a Polish poet, born in Łódź, then part of the Russian Partition. He was educated in Łódź and in Warsaw where he studied law and philosophy at Warsaw…
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1953
English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1881)
Vice-Admiral Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter, VC was a Royal Navy officer who was selected by his fellow officers and men to receive the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face…
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1955
Irish priest and lexicographer (born 1870)
Lambert McKenna S.J. was a Jesuit priest and writer.
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1956
German painter (born 1901)
Edgar Karl Alfons Ende was a German surrealist painter and father of the children's novelist Michael Ende.
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1965
Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
Lester Bowles Pearson was a Canadian politician, diplomat, and scholar who served as the 14th prime minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968. He also served as leader of the Liberal Party from 1958 to 1968 and as leader of…
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1972
Russian physicist and mathematician (born 1898)
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock was a Soviet physicist, who did foundational work on quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics.
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1974
American author (born 1908)
Amy Osborne Vanderbilt was an American authority on etiquette. In 1952 she published the best-selling book Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette. The book, later retitled Amy Vanderbilt's Etiquette, has been…
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1974
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)
Christopher Branford Bell was an American musician and singer-songwriter. Along with Alex Chilton, he led the power pop band Big Star through its first album #1 Record (1972). He also pursued a solo career throughout…
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1978
Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria (born 1932)
Houari Boumédiène was an Algerian military officer, revolutionary and politician who was the second head of state of independent Algeria from 1965 until his death in 1978. He served as Chairman of the Revolutionary…
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1978
1978
Afghan educator and politician, 2nd General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (born 1929)
Hafizullah Amin was an Afghan revolutionary and communist head of state, who served in that position for a little over three months, from September 1979 until his assassination. He organized the Saur Revolution of 1978…
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1979
American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (born 1899)
Hoagland Howard Carmichael was an American musician, composer, songwriter, actor, author and lawyer. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s and 1940s, and was among the first…
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1981
American pilot, astronaut, and politician (born 1931)
John Leonard Swigert Jr. was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, United States Air Force pilot, and politician. In April 1970, as command module pilot of Apollo 13, he became…
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1982
French racing driver (born 1946)
Jean Jacques Ferdinand Rondeau was a French race car driver and constructor, who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1980, in a car bearing his own name, an achievement which remains unique in the history of the race.
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1985
English-American historian and journalist (born 1904)
George Bubb Dangerfield was a British-born American journalist, historian, and the literary editor of Vanity Fair from 1933 to 1935. He is known primarily for his book The Strange Death of Liberal England (1935), a…
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1986
American historian and author (born 1892)
Dumas Malone was an American historian, minister, and biographer. A professor by occupation, Malone spent the majority of his career teaching at the University of Virginia (UVA), where he served as the Thomas Jefferson…
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1986
New Zealand writer and political activist (born 1897)
Rewi Alley was a New Zealand-born writer and political activist. A member of the Chinese Communist Party, he dedicated 60 years of his life to the cause and was a key figure in the establishment of Chinese Industrial…
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1987
1988
1992
Estonian chess player and philologist (born 1902)
Feliks (Felix) Kibbermann was an Estonian chess master, philologist of German, lexicographer, and pedagogue.
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1993
Estonian footballer (born 1911)
Evald Mikson was an Estonian athlete and police officer. A multi-sport athlete, he played basketball and football and was a goalkeeper for the Estonia national football team, winning seven caps between 1934 and 1938.…
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1993
Belgian racing driver (born 1918)
André Théodore Pilette, son of former Indy 500 participant Théodore Pilette, was a racing driver from Belgium. He participated in 14 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 17 June 1951.
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1993
English author and critic (born 1909)
Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey, better known as Fanny Cradock, was an English restaurant critic, television cook and writer. She frequently appeared on television, at cookery demonstrations and in print with her fourth…
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1994
Filipino lawyer and jurist (born 1902)
Jose Benedicto Luis Luna Reyes was a Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1954 to 1972.
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1994
Ukrainian-American pianist (born 1909)
Shura Cherkassky was a Russian-American concert pianist known for his performances of the romantic repertoire. His playing was characterized by a virtuoso technique and singing piano tone. For much of his later life,…
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1995
Armenian chess player and composer (born 1910)
Genrikh Kasparyan was an Armenian chess player. He is considered to have been one of the greatest composers of chess endgame studies.
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1995
American journalist and essayist (born 1914)
Brendan Gill was an American journalist. He wrote for The New Yorker for more than 60 years. Gill also contributed film criticism for Film Comment, wrote about design and architecture for Architectural Digest, and…
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1997
Northern Irish loyalist leader (born 1960)
William Stephen Wright, known as King Rat, was a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary leader who founded the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) during The Troubles. Wright had joined the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) in his…
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1997
American author and screenwriter (born 1950)
Michael McEachern McDowell was an American novelist and screenwriter. He was described by Stephen King as "the finest writer of paperback originals in America today." His best-known work is the screenplay for the Tim…
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1999
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)
George Roy Hill was an American film director. His films include Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and The Sting (1973), both starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Both films also earned him nominations for…
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2002
English actor (born 1934)
Sir Alan Arthur Bates was an English actor who came to prominence in the 1960s, when he appeared in films ranging from Whistle Down the Wind to the kitchen sink drama A Kind of Loving.
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2003
Puerto Rican-American baseball player (born 1962)
Iván Calderón Pérez was a Puerto Rican professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four teams from 1984 to 1993, and was named an All-Star in 1991. Listed at 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) and…
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2003
American guitarist (born 1930)
Walter Louis Garland, known professionally as Hank Garland, was an American guitarist and songwriter. He started as a country musician, played rock and roll as it became popular in the 1950s, and released a jazz album…
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2004
Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1953)
Benazir Bhutto was a Pakistani politician and stateswoman who served as the prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990, and again from 1993 to 1996. She was the first woman elected to head a democratic government in a…
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2007
Polish director and screenwriter (born 1922)
Jerzy Franciszek Kawalerowicz was a Polish film director, screenwriter and politician, having been a member of Polish United Workers' Party from 1954 until its dissolution in 1990 and a deputy in Polish parliament since…
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2007
Estonian author and poet (born 1920)
Jaan Kross was an Estonian writer. He won the 1995 International Nonino Prize in Italy.
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2007
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1939)
Delaine Alvin "Delaney" Bramlett was an American singer and guitarist. He was best known for his musical partnership with his wife Bonnie Bramlett in the band Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, which included a wide variety…
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2008
Mexican-American sculptor (born 1938)
Robert Graham was a Mexican-born American sculptor based in the state of California in the United States. His monumental bronzes commemorate the human figure, and are featured in public places across America.
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2008
Ukrainian-Russian composer and educator (born 1923)
Isaac Iosifovich Schwartz, also known as Isaak Shvarts, was a Soviet composer.
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2009
2011
English soldier, philosopher, and academic (born 1925)
Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett was an English academic described as "among the most significant British philosophers of the last century and a leading campaigner for racial tolerance and equality." He was, until…
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2011
American painter and educator (born 1928)
Helen Frankenthaler was an American abstract expressionist painter. She was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting. Having exhibited her work for over six decades, she spanned several…
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2011
Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)
Henry George Carey Jr. was an American actor. He appeared in more than 90 films, including several John Ford Westerns, as well as numerous television series.
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2012
Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (born 1938)
Lloyd Charmers was a Jamaican ska and reggae singer, keyboard player and record producer.
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2012
2012
Scottish astronomer and academic (born 1924)
Archie Edmiston Roy FRSE, FRAS was Professor Emeritus of Astronomy in the University of Glasgow.
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2012
Jr., American general and engineer (born 1934)
Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. was a United States Army general. While serving as the commander of United States Central Command, he led all coalition forces in the Gulf War against Ba'athist Iraq.
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2012
American race car driver (born 1947)
David "Salt" Walther was a driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. He also drove NASCAR stock cars and unlimited hydroplane boats, and was a car owner in USAC. Walther is best remembered for a crash at the…
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2012
English-Scottish biologist and academic (born 1933)
Richard Penry Ambler was an English molecular biologist who conducted groundbreaking research into the evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Ambler was the first scientist to publish an amino acid sequence of a…
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2013
Lebanese economist and politician, Lebanese Minister of Finance (born 1951)
Mohammad Chatah was a Lebanese economist and diplomat.
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2013
American soprano and educator (born 1929)
Gianna D'Angelo was an American coloratura soprano, primarily active in the 1950s and 1960s.
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2013
Canadian colonel, lawyer, and politician (born 1917)
John Ross Matheson was a Canadian politician, lawyer, and judge, who helped develop both the national flag of Canada and the Order of Canada.
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2013
Indian actor, philanthropist and a popular television presenter (born 1948)
Farooq Sheikh was an Indian actor, philanthropist and television presenter. He was best known for his work in Hindi films from 1973 to 1993 and for his work in television between 1988 and 2002. He returned to acting in…
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2013
American-Israeli religious leader, founded the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem (born 1939)
Ben Ammi Ben-Israel was an American-born Israeli spiritual leader. Inspired by the Black Hebrew Israelites in the United States, he founded the African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem, which claims that African…
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2014
Ecuadorian poet and academic (born 1939)
Ulises Estrella Moya was an Ecuadorian poet and the co-founder of Tzantzismo, a literary movement of the 1960s, Ecuador. He was also a devoted film researcher and programmer, who headed the film cinematheque of the…
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2014
2014
Belgian bacteriologist and politician (born 1920)
Karel Emiel Hubert, Baron Poma was a Belgian liberal and politician for the PVV.
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2014
Norwegian-American skier (born 1927)
Stein Eriksen was an alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Norway. Following his racing career, he was a ski school director and ambassador at various resorts in the United States.
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2015
American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1958)
David Lee Henderson, nicknamed "Hendu", was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, and…
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2015
American painter and sculptor (born 1923)
Ellsworth Kelly was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker associated with hard-edge painting, Color field painting and minimalism. His works demonstrate unassuming techniques emphasizing line, color and form,…
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2015
American basketball player and minister (born 1932)
Meadowlark Lemon was an American basketball player, actor, and Christian minister. For 22 years, he was known as the "Clown Prince" of the touring Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. He was a 2003 inductee into the…
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2015
Salvadoran footballer (born 1982)
Alfredo Alberto Pacheco, nicknamed "El Chele", was a Salvadoran footballer who had the record for most appearances on the El Salvador national football team when he was banned for life in 2013, for match-fixing while…
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2015
English-Australian singer-songwriter (born 1947)
Stephen Carlton Wright was an Australian singer, songwriter, and musician. Called Australia's first international pop star, he is best known for being the lead singer of the Easybeats, who are widely regarded as the…
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2015
American actress, screenwriter, author, producer, and speaker (born 1956)
Carrie Frances Fisher was an American actress and writer. She is best known for playing Princess Leia in the original Star Wars films (1977–1983) and reprised the role in The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017)—a…
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2016
Sri Lankan politician (born 1933)
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake was a Sri Lankan politician who served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2001 and again from 2005 to 2010, and also served as the Leader of the Opposition from 2001 to 2002. He was a…
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2016
Polish resistance fighter (born 1922)
Frank Blaichman, also known as Ephraim Blaichman, occasionally spelled Frank Bleichman, and in Polish Franek or Franciszek Blajchman, was a Polish-Jewish leader of a communist armed organization during World War II and…
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2018
American League of Legends player (born 1995)
Maria Creveling, better known as Remilia, was an American professional League of Legends player. She was the first woman and first transgender person to compete in the North American League of Legends Championship…
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2019
South Korean actor (born 1975)
Lee Sun-kyun was a South Korean actor. Internationally, he was best known for his role in Bong Joon-ho's Academy Award–winning film Parasite (2019), for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award along with his castmates.…
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2023
Austrian firearm engineer and founder of Glock (born 1929)
Gaston Glock was an Austrian engineer and businessman. He founded the company Glock in 1963. When he entered the 1980 competition for a new Austrian service pistol, he hired two engineers who had worked on the…
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2023
American sportscaster (born 1946)
Gregory Girard Gumbel was an American television sportscaster. He was best known for his various assignments for CBS Sports. Gumbel became the first African-American announcer to call play-by-play of a major sports…
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2024
Argentinian-English actress (born 1951)
Olivia Hussey was an Argentine and British actress. The daughter of Argentine singer Osvaldo Ribó, Hussey was born in Buenos Aires and spent most of her early life in her mother's native England. She aspired to become…
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2024
American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1941)
Charles Richard Shyer was an American filmmaker. Shyer's films are mainly comedies, often with a romcom overtone. His writing-directing credits include Private Benjamin (1980), Irreconcilable Differences (1984), Baby…
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2024
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Johnny Wilson — Canadian ice hockey player (1929–2011)
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Death year2011
Known forHe played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Black Hawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and New York Rangers between 1950 and 1962
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