Notable Deaths on December 30

Q: Who died on December 30?

Notable people who died on December 30 include: Pope Felix I, Egwin of Evesham, Tian Jun, Wang Shenzhi, Theodoric II.

Q: What is Doris Grau known for?

Doris Grau, American voice actor and script supervisor (born 1924)

105 people 274 – 2025

December 30 has seen 105 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 274 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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1995 — Doris Grau

American voice actor and script supervisor (born 1924)

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After moving to Hollywood in 1940, she began her career supervising film and television scripts

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She continued to do this until the 1990s and worked on films such as Point Blank and King Kong and television shows such as Cheers and The Tracey Ullman Show

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Doris Grau was an American actress and script supervisor from Brooklyn

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On the sitcom The Simpsons, she worked as a script supervisor and provided the voice of Lunchlady Doris and other minor characters.

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Grau did some acting in her later years, playing live-action and animated roles

Pope Felix I

Pope Felix I was the bishop of Rome from 5 January 269 to his death on 30 December 274. Born in Rome, he succeeded Pope Dionysius and is noted for his theological contributions, particularly a significant dogmatic…

274

Egwin of Evesham

bishop of Worcester

Egwin of Evesham was a Benedictine monk and, later, the third Bishop of Worcester in England. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church.

717

Tian Jun

Chinese warlord (born 858)

Tian Jun, courtesy name Dechen (德臣), was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord during the late medieval Tang dynasty, who ruled Ningguo Circuit at its military governor (jiedushi) from 892 to his death in…

903

Wang Shenzhi

founder of Min (born 862)

Wang Shenzhi, courtesy name Xintong (信通) or Xiangqing (詳卿), posthumous name Prince Zhongyi of Min (閩忠懿王) and also known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizu of Min (閩太祖), was the founding monarch of Min during…

925

Theodoric II

Duke of Lorraine

Theodoric II, called the Valiant, was the Duke of Lorraine from 1070 to his death. He was the son and successor of Gerhard and Hedwige of Namur. He is sometimes numbered Theodoric I if the Dukes of the House of…

1115

Bernard Gui

inquisitor (born 1261 or 1262)

Bernard Gui, also known as Bernardo Gui or Bernardus Guidonis, was a Limousin Dominican friar, Bishop of Lodève, and a papal inquisitor during the later stages of the Medieval Inquisition.

1331

Bonne of Berry

Regent of Savoy (born 1362)

Bonne of Berry was a French countess. She was Countess of Savoy by marriage to Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy. When she was widowed, she unsuccessfully claimed the regency during her son's minority against her…

1435

Louis III

Elector Palatine (born 1378)

Louis III, was an Elector Palatine of the Rhine from the house of Wittelsbach in 1410–1436.

1436

Edmund

Earl of Rutland, Irish politician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (born 1443)

Edmund, Earl of Rutland, was the fourth child and second surviving son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville. He was a younger brother of Edward, Earl of March, the future King Edward IV who came…

1460

Richard of York

3rd Duke of York (born 1411)

Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, also named Richard Plantagenet, was a leading English magnate and claimant to the throne during the Wars of the Roses. He was a member of the ruling House of Plantagenet by virtue of…

1460

Jakob Fugger

German banker and businessman (born 1459)

Jakob Fugger of the Lily, also known as Jakob Fugger the Rich or sometimes Jakob II, was a major German merchant, mining entrepreneur, and banker. He was a descendant of the Fugger merchant family located in the Free…

1525

Galeazzo Alessi

Italian architect, designed the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli (born 1512)

Galeazzo Alessi was an Italian architect from Perugia, known throughout Europe for his distinctive style based on his enthusiasm for ancient architecture. He studied drawing for civil and military architecture under the…

1572

Giovanni Battista Giraldi

Italian author and poet (born 1504)

Giovanni Battista Giraldi was an Italian novelist and poet. He appended the nickname Cinthio to his name and is commonly referred to by that name.

1573

Pope Innocent IX (born 1519)

Pope Innocent IX, born Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 October to 30 December 1591.

1591

Heinrich Bünting

German priest and cartographer (born 1545)

Heinrich Bünting was a German Protestant pastor and theologian. He is best known for his book of woodcut maps titled Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae first published in 1581.

1606

Job of Manyava

Ukrainian monk and saint (born 1550)

Job of Maniava, born Ivan Knyahynytskyi and named as a monk Ezekiel, was a Ukrainian Orthodox saint and an Orthodox clerical activist. He was a founder of Manyava Skete, a famous cell monastery in Ukraine.

1621

John Francis Regis

French priest and saint (born 1597)

John Francis Regis, SJ, commonly known Saint Regis, was a French Jesuit priest who was canonized in 1737. A tireless preacher and social reformer, Regis is best known for his work with at-risk women and orphans.

1640

Giovanni Baglione

Italian painter and historian of art (born 1566)

Giovanni Baglione was an Italian Late Mannerist and Early Baroque painter and art historian. Although a prolific painter, Baglione is best remembered for his encyclopedic collection of biographies of the other artists…

1643

Jan Baptist van Helmont

Flemish chemist, physiologist, and physician (born 1577)

Jan Baptist van Helmont was a chemist, physiologist, and physician from Brussels. He worked during the years just after Paracelsus and the rise of iatrochemistry, and is sometimes considered to be "the founder of…

1644

Ferdinand Charles

Archduke of Austria (born 1628)

Ferdinand Charles was the Archduke of Further Austria, including Tyrol, from 1632 to 1662. He was the firstborn son of Archduke Leopold V of Further Austria and Claudia de' Medici. Until 1646, his mother Claudia served…

1662

Nicholas Taaffe

6th Viscount Taaffe, Irish-Austrian soldier and courtier (born 1685)

Feldmarschall Nicholas Taaffe, Graf von Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe and 6th Baron of Ballymote, was an Irish-born courtier and soldier who served the Habsburgs in Lorraine and Austria.

1769

Maximilian III Joseph

Elector of Bavaria (born 1727)

Maximilian III Joseph, also known by his epithet "the much beloved" was a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke of Bavaria from 1745 to 1777. He was the last of the Bavarian branch of the House of Wittelsbach…

1777

Francesco Zuccarelli

Italian painter and academic (born 1702)

Giacomo Francesco Zuccarelli was an Italian artist of the late Baroque or Rococo period. He is considered to be the most important landscape painter to have emerged from his adopted city of Venice during the…

1788

Francis Lewis

Welsh-American merchant and politician (born 1713)

Francis Lewis was an American merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. He was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation as a representative of New York in the…

1803

Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre

Baron of Santo Ângelo, Brazilian poet and painter (born 1806)

Manuel José de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo, was a Brazilian Romantic writer, painter, architect, diplomat and professor, considered to be one of the first Brazilian editorial cartoonists ever. He is the…

1879

Martha Darley Mutrie

British painter (born 1824)

Martha Darley Mutrie was a British painter. Her paintings consisted mostly of fruit and flowers. She grew up in Manchester, England, and studied at the Manchester School of Design. Mutrie's works were shown at the Royal…

1885

José Rizal

Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author (born 1861)

José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was a Filipino nationalist, writer, and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is popularly considered a national hero of the…

1896

Josephine Butler

English feminist and social reformer (born 1828)

Josephine Elizabeth Butler was an English feminist and social reformer in the Victorian era. She campaigned for women's suffrage, the right of women to better education, the end of coverture in British law, the repeal…

1906

Thomas-Alfred Bernier

Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1844)

Thomas-Alfred Bernier was a Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician.

1908

Grigori Rasputin

Russian mystic (born 1869)

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was a Russian mystic and faith healer. He is best known for having befriended the imperial family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, through whom he gained considerable influence in…

1916

Jean Collas

French rugby player and tug of war competitor (born 1874)

Jean Collas 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. He also participated in the tug…

1928

Hans Niels Andersen

Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (born 1852)

Hans Niels Andersen was a Danish shipping magnate, businessman, diplomat and founder of the East Asiatic Company.

1937

Childe Wills

American engineer (born 1878)

Childe Harold Wills was an American engineer and businessman. He was an early associate of Henry Ford, one of the first employees of the Ford Motor Company, and the chief contributor to the design of the Model T. After…

1940

El Lissitzky

Russian photographer and architect (born 1890)

El Lissitzky was a Russian and Soviet artist, active as a painter, illustrator, designer, printmaker, photographer, and architect. He was an important figure of the avant-garde, helping develop suprematism with his…

1941

Romain Rolland

French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1866)

Romain Rolland was a French dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian and mystic who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915 "as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production and to the…

1944

Song Jin-woo

South Korean journalist and politician (born 1889)

Song Jin-woo was a Korean independence activist, journalist, and politician. His art name was Goha. He was the 3rd, 6th and 8th CEO of the Dong-a Ilbo and the founding leader of the Korea Democratic Party.

1945

Han van Meegeren

Dutch painter (born 1889)

Henricus Antonius "Han" van Meegeren was a Dutch painter and portraitist, considered one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century. Van Meegeren became a national hero after World War II when it was revealed…

1947

Alfred North Whitehead

English-American mathematician and philosopher (born 1861)

Alfred North Whitehead was an English mathematician and philosopher. He created the philosophical school known as process philosophy, which has been applied in a wide variety of disciplines, including ecology, theology,…

1947

Archduke Eugen of Austria (born 1863)

Archduke Eugen Ferdinand Pius Bernhard Felix Maria of Austria-Teschen was an Archduke of Austria and a Prince of Hungary and Bohemia. He was the last Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from the Habsburg dynasty.

1954

Rex Ingamells

Australian poet and author (born 1913)

Reginald Charles (Rex) Ingamells was an Australian poet, generally credited with being the leading light of the Jindyworobak Movement.

1955

Vincent Massey

Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada (born 1887)

Charles Vincent Massey was a Canadian diplomat and statesman who served as the 18th governor general of Canada from 1952 to 1959. Massey was the first governor general of Canada to be born in Canada.

1967

Trygve Lie

Norwegian journalist and politician, first Secretary-General of the United Nations (born 1896)

Trygve Halvdan Lie was a Norwegian politician, labour leader, government official and author. He served as Norwegian foreign minister during the critical years of the Norwegian government in exile in London from 1940 to…

1968

Sonny Liston

American boxer (born 1932)

Charles L. "Sonny" Liston, nicknamed "the Big Bear", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1953 to 1970. A dominant contender of his era, he became the undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1962 after…

1970

Jo Cals

Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1914)

Jozef Maria Laurens Theo "Jo" Cals was a Dutch politician of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 14 April 1965 until 22 November 1966.

1971

Vikram Sarabhai

Indian physicist and academic (born 1919)

Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai was an Indian physicist and astronomer who initiated space research and helped to develop nuclear power in India. Often regarded as the "Father of Indian space program", Sarabhai was honored with…

1971

Richard Rodgers

American playwright and composer (born 1902)

Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer who worked primarily in musical theater. With 43 Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers was one of the best-known American composers of the 20th…

1979

Alberto Vargas

Peruvian-American painter and illustrator (born 1896)

Joaquin Alberto Vargas y Chávez was a Peruvian-American painter of pin-up girls. These pin-ups are sometimes known as Vargas girls. He is often considered one of the most famous of the pin-up artists and one of the…

1982

Violette Cordery

English race car driver (born 1900)

Violette Cordery was a British racing driver and long distance record breaker.

1983

Era Bell Thompson

American journalist (born 1905)

Era Bell Thompson was an American writer and editor.

1986

Yuli Daniel

Russian author and poet (born 1925)

Yuli Markovich Daniel was a Russian writer and Soviet dissident known as a defendant in the Sinyavsky–Daniel trial in 1966.

1988

Isamu Noguchi

American sculptor and landscaper (born 1904)

Isamu Noguchi was an American artist, furniture designer and landscape architect whose career spanned six decades from the 1920s. Known for his sculpture and public artworks, Noguchi also designed stage sets for…

1988

Raghuvir Sahay

Indian author, poet, and critic (born 1929)

Raghuvir Sahay was an Indian Hindi poet, short-story writer, essayist, literary critic, translator, and journalist. He remained the chief-editor of the political-social Hindi weekly, Dinmaan, 1969–82. He obtained a…

1990

Romeo Muller

American actor, screenwriter, for screenplays like the 1964, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special) (born 1928)

Romeo Earl Muller, Jr. was an American screenwriter and actor most remembered for his screenplays for the Rankin/Bass Christmas specials including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, The Little Drummer Boy, Frosty the…

1992

İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil

Turkish lawyer and politician, 20th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1908)

İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil was a Turkish politician and diplomat who served as Acting President of Turkey in 1980, from the Justice Party. He also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs three times in the 1960s and 1970s.

1993

Irving "Swifty" Lazar

American talent agent (born 1907)

Irving Paul "Swifty" Lazar was an American lawyer, talent agent and dealmaker, representing both movie stars and authors.

1993

Giuseppe Occhialini

Italian-French physicist and academic (born 1907)

Giuseppe Paolo Stanislao "Beppo" Occhialini was an Italian experimental physicist who contributed to the discovery of the pion or pi-meson decay in 1947 with César Lattes and Cecil Powell, the latter winning the Nobel…

1993

Dmitri Ivanenko

Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (born 1904)

Dmitri Dmitrievich Ivanenko was a Soviet theoretical physicist of Ukrainian origin who made great contributions to the physical science of the twentieth century, especially to nuclear physics, field theory, and…

1994

Ralph Flanagan

American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1914)

Ralph Elias Flenniken, known professionally as Ralph Flanagan, was an American big band leader, pianist, composer, and arranger for the orchestras of Hal McIntyre, Sammy Kaye, Blue Barron, Charlie Barnet, and Alvino Rey.

1995

Lew Ayres

American actor (born 1908)

Lewis Frederick Ayres III was an American actor whose film and television career spanned 65 years. He is best known for starring as German soldier Paul Bäumer in the film All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and for…

1996

Shinichi Hoshi

Japanese author and illustrator (born 1926)

Shin’ichi Hoshi was a Japanese novelist and science fiction writer best known for his "short-short" science fiction stories, often no more than three or four pages in length, of which he wrote over 1000. He also wrote…

1997

Sam Muchnick

American wrestling promoter, co-founded the National Wrestling Alliance (born 1905)

Samuel Muchnick was an American professional wrestling promoter, long based in St. Louis, Missouri. He is often regarded as wrestling's equivalent of Pete Rozelle, and he was instrumental in establishing the National…

1998

Joff Ellen

Australian comedian and actor (born 1915)

Joff Ellen, was an Australian entertainer, TV pioneer, actor and comedian.

1999

Fritz Leonhardt

German engineer, co-designed the Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge and Fernsehturm Stuttgart (born 1909)

Fritz Leonhardt was a German structural engineer who made major contributions to 20th-century bridge engineering, especially in the development of cable-stayed bridges. His book Bridges: Aesthetics and Design is well…

1999

Des Renford

Australian swimmer (born 1927)

Desmond Robert Renford MBE was an Australian long-distance swimmer who swam the English Channel 19 times from 19 attempts. This was a record for successful crossings by an Australian until it was overtaken by Chloe…

1999

Sarah Knauss

American supercentenarian (born 1880)

Sarah DeRemer Knauss was an American supercentenarian. She is the oldest person ever from the United States and, on April 16, 1998, became the world's oldest living person. She is the third-oldest verified person ever,…

1999

Julius J. Epstein

American screenwriter and producer (born 1909)

Julius J. Epstein was an American screenwriter, who had a long career, best remembered for his screenplay, written with his twin brother, Philip, and Howard E. Koch, of the film Casablanca (1942), for which the writers…

2000

Mary Brian

American actress (born 1906)

Mary Brian was an American actress who made the transition from silent films to sound films.

2002

Eleanor J. Gibson

American psychologist and academic (born 1910)

Eleanor Jack Gibson was an American psychologist who focused on reading development and perceptual learning in infants. Gibson began her career at Smith College as an instructor in 1932, publishing her first works on…

2002

Mary Wesley

English author (born 1912)

Mary Aline Siepmann CBE, known by the pen name Mary Wesley, was an English novelist. During her career, she was one of Britain's most successful novelists, selling three million copies of her books, including ten…

2002

John Gregory Dunne

American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (born 1932)

John Gregory Dunne was an American writer. He began his career as a journalist for Time magazine before expanding into writing criticism, essays, novels, and screenplays. He often collaborated with his wife, Joan Didion.

2003

Artie Shaw

American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (born 1910)

Artie Shaw was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and author of both fiction and non-fiction.

2004

Eddie Barlow

South African cricketer and coach (born 1940)

Edgar John Barlow was a South African cricketer. Barlow was born in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, and played first-class cricket for Transvaal and Eastern Province from 1959–60 to 1967–68 before moving to Western…

2005

Rona Jaffe

American novelist (born 1932)

Rona Jaffe was an American novelist who published numerous works from 1958 to 2003. During the 1960s, she also wrote cultural pieces for Cosmopolitan.

2005

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi general and politician, fifth President of Iraq (born 1937)

Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003 during the United States-led invasion of Iraq. He previously served as the vice…

2006

Terry Peck

Falkland Islander police officer and spy (born 1938)

Terence John Peck was a member of the Falkland Islands Defence Force who during the 1982 Falklands War became a war hero by spying on the Argentine invaders, subsequently escaping to British lines, acting as a scout for…

2006

Michel Plasse

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1948)

Michel Pierre Plasse was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League from 1970 to 1982. He was selected first overall in the 1968 NHL Amateur Draft by the Montreal Canadiens.

2006

Rowland S. Howard

Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1959)

Rowland Stuart Howard was an Australian rock musician, guitarist and songwriter, best known for his work with the post-punk group The Birthday Party and his subsequent solo career.

2009

Abdurrahman Wahid

Indonesian journalist and politician, fourth President of Indonesia (born 1940)

Abdurrahman Wahid, more colloquially known as Gus Dur, was an Indonesian politician and Islamic religious leader who served as the fourth president of Indonesia, from his election in 1999 until he was removed from…

2009

Bobby Farrell

Dutch dancer and performer from Aruba (born 1949)

Roberto Alfonso "Bobby" Farrell was an Aruban dancer, singer and DJ. He was a member of the 1970s and 1980s disco group Boney M.

2010

Ronald Searle

English-French cartoonist (born 1920)

Ronald William Fordham Searle was an English artist and satirical cartoonist, comics artist, sculptor, medal designer and illustrator. He is perhaps best remembered as the creator of St Trinian's School and for his…

2011

Philip Coppens

Belgian-American journalist and author (born 1971)

Philip Coppens was a Belgian author, radio host, and commentator whose writings, speeches and television appearances focused on areas of fringe science and alternative history.

2012

Beate Sirota Gordon

Austrian-American director and producer (born 1923)

Beate Sirota Gordon was an Austrian and American performing arts presenter and women's rights advocate. Born in Vienna, Austria, she moved to the Empire of Japan in 1929 with her father, the pianist Leo Sirota. After…

2012

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Italian neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1909)

Rita Levi-Montalcini was an Italian neurobiologist. She was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with colleague Stanley Cohen for the discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF).

2012

Carl Woese

American microbiologist and biophysicist (born 1928)

Carl Richard Woese was an American microbiologist and biophysicist. Woese is famous for defining the Archaea in 1977 through a pioneering phylogenetic taxonomy of 16S ribosomal RNA, a technique that has revolutionized…

2012

Dennis Ferguson

Australian sex offender (born 1948)

Dennis Raymond Ferguson was an Australian sex offender convicted of child sexual abuse. In 1988, he kidnapped and sexually abused three children, and was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. Ferguson was forced by public…

2012

Kinnaird R. McKee

American admiral (born 1929)

Kinnaird Rowe McKee was an American United States Navy four star admiral who served as Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion from 1982 to 1988. He also served as Superintendent, United States Naval Academy from 1975 to…

2013

José María Maguregui

Spanish footballer and manager (born 1934)

José María Maguregui Ibarguchi was a Spanish football midfielder and coach.

2013

Eiichi Ohtaki

Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (born 1948)

Eiichi Ohtaki was a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He first became known as a member of the rock band Happy End, but was better known for his solo work which began in 1972. In 2003, Ohtaki…

2013

Johnny Orr

American basketball player and coach (born 1927)

John Michael Orr was an American basketball player and coach, best known as the head coach of men's basketball at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Michigan, and at Iowa State University. In the…

2013

Paul Sally

American mathematician and academic (born 1933)

Paul Joseph Sally, Jr. was a professor of mathematics at the University of Chicago, where he was the director of undergraduate studies for 30 years. His research areas were p-adic analysis and representation theory.

2013

Terry Becker

American actor, director, and producer (born 1921)

Terry Becker was an American film and television actor, director and producer.

2014

Jim Galloway

Scottish-Canadian clarinet player and saxophonist (born 1936)

James Braidie Galloway was a jazz clarinet and saxophone player. He based his career in Canada after emigrating from Scotland in the mid-1960s.

2014

Luise Rainer

German-born American-British actress (born 1910)

Luise Rainer was a German-born film actress. She was the first thespian to win multiple Academy Awards, and the first to win back-to-back; at the time of her death, thirteen days shy of her 105th birthday, she was the…

2014

Doug Atkins

American football player (born 1930)

Douglas Leon Atkins was an American professional football defensive end who played for the Cleveland Browns, Chicago Bears, and New Orleans Saints in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for…

2015

Howard Davis

Jr., American boxer and trainer (born 1956)

Howard Edward Davis Jr. was an American professional boxer. Growing up on Long Island as the eldest of 10 children, Davis first learned boxing from his father. After being inspired by a movie about Muhammad Ali, Davis…

2015

Mangesh Padgaonkar

Indian poet, playwright, and translator (born 1929)

Mangesh Keshav Padgaoankar was a legendary Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India.

2015

Howard Pawley

Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Manitoba (born 1934)

Howard Russell Pawley was a Canadian politician and professor who was the 18th premier of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988. Prior to his premiership, Pawley served in various ministerial positions.

2015

Erica Garner

American civil rights activist (born 1990)

Erica Garner-Snipes was an American activist who advocated for police reform, particularly in the use of force during arrests. Garner became involved in activism following the 2014 killing of her father, Eric Garner,…

2017

Dawn Wells

American actress, (born 1938)

Dawn Elberta Wells was an American actress. She was best known for her role as Mary Ann Summers in the sitcom Gilligan's Island.

2020

Barbara Walters

American journalist, producer, and author (born 1929)

Barbara Jill Walters was an American broadcast journalist and television personality. Known for her interviewing ability and popularity with viewers, she appeared as a host of numerous television programs, including…

2022

Bryan Ansell

British role-playing and wargame designer (born 1955)

Bryan Charles Ansell was a British role-playing and wargame designer. In 1985, he became managing director of Games Workshop, and eventually bought the company from Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. Ansell moved Games…

2023

Tom Wilkinson

English actor (born 1948)

Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson was an English actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations…

2023

Aki Yashiro

Japanese singer (born 1950)

Aki Yashiro , real name Akiyo Masuda , née Hashimoto , was a Japanese enka singer and painter. Her stage name "Yashiro" was adopted from her hometown Yatsushiro.

2023

Khaleda Zia

Bangladeshi Politician, Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh

Begum Khaleda Zia was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and the second female…

2025

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Known forAfter moving to Hollywood in 1940, she began her career supervising film and television scripts

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