Notable Deaths on January 11

Q: Who died on January 11?

Notable people who died on January 11 include: Pope Hyginus, Pope John VI (born 655), Emperor Kōnin of Japan (born 709), Staurakios, Michael I Rangabe.

Q: What is Jenő Buzánszky known for?

Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer and coach (born 1925)

133 people 140 – 2026

January 11 has seen 133 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 140 – 2026. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · January 11 — Wikipedia

2015 — Jenő Buzánszky

Hungarian footballer and coach (born 1925)

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In 1996, he became a deputy chairman of the Hungarian Football Federation.

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After 274 league games he retired as a player and became a coach

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He played as a right back for Hungary and during the 1950s he was a member of the legendary squad known as the Golden Team

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Jenő Buzánszky was a Hungarian football player and coach

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Other members of the team included Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, Sándor Kocsis, József Bozsik and Nándor Hidegkuti

Pope Hyginus

Bishop of Rome (born 74)

Year 140 (CXL) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Hadrianus and Caesar. The denomination 140 for this year has been used since the…

140

Pope John VI (born 655)

Pope John VI was the bishop of Rome from 30 October 701 to his death on 11 January 705. John VI was a Greek from Ephesus who reigned during the Byzantine Papacy. His papacy was noted for military and political…

705

Emperor Kōnin of Japan (born 709)

Emperor Kōnin was the 49th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Kōnin's reign lasted from 770 to 781; he reigned during the Nara period.

782

Staurakios

Byzantine emperor

Staurakios or Stauracius was the shortest-reigning Byzantine emperor, ruling for 68 days between 26 July and 2 October 811.

812

Michael I Rangabe

Byzantine emperor (born 770)

Michael I Rangabe was Byzantine emperor from 811 to 813. A courtier of Emperor Nikephoros I, he survived the disastrous campaign against the Bulgars and was preferred as imperial successor over Staurakios, who was…

844

Boso of Provence

Frankish nobleman

Boso of Provence was the first non-Carolingian pretender to the royal throne of West Francia in 879, who failed to achieve wider recognition, being accepted only in Lower Burgundy and Provence, where he ruled as king…

887

Cao

empress of Later Tang

Empress Cao, formally Empress Hewuxian (和武憲皇后), was an empress of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Later Tang. Her husband was Later Tang's second emperor Li Siyuan, and she was empress dowager…

937

Li Chongmei

prince of Later Tang

Li Chongmei, formally the Prince of Yong (雍王), was an imperial prince of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Later Tang, as a son of its last emperor Li Congke.

937

Li Congke

emperor of Later Tang (born 885)

Li Congke, also known in historiography as the Last Emperor of Later Tang (後唐末帝), Deposed Emperor of Later Tang (後唐廢帝), Wang Congke (王從珂), or Prince of Lu, childhood name Ershisan or, in short, Asan (阿三), was the last…

937

Liu

empress of Later Tang

Empress Liu, was an empress of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Later Tang. Her husband was Later Tang's last emperor Li Congke.

937

Constantine IX Monomachos

Byzantine emperor (born 1000)

Constantine IX Monomachos reigned as Byzantine emperor from June 1042 to January 1055. A member of the urban aristocracy, Constantine became emperor through marriage to the ruling empress Zoë Porphyrogenita in 1042. The…

1055

Egbert I

Margrave of Meissen

Egbert I was the Margrave of Meissen from 1067 until his early death the next year. Egbert was the Count of Brunswick from about 1038, when his father, Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia, died.

1068

Otto of Nordheim (born 1020)

Otto of Nordheim was Duke of Bavaria from 1061 until 1070. He was one of the leaders of the Saxon revolt of 1073–1075 and the Saxon revolt of 1077–1088 against King Henry IV of Germany.

1083

Swietopelk II

Duke of Pomerania

Świętopełk II, also known as Świętopełk II the Great, was the ruling Duke of Gdańsk from 1215 until his death. He was the first member of the Samborides to style himself dux from 1227 onwards.

1266

Thomas Charlton

Bishop of Hereford and Lord Chancellor of Ireland

Thomas Charlton was Bishop of Hereford, Lord High Treasurer of England, Lord Privy Seal, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He is buried in Hereford Cathedral in Hereford, Herefordshire, England.

1344

Eleanor of Lancaster

English noblewoman (born 1318)

Eleanor of Lancaster, Countess of Arundel was the fifth daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, and Maud Chaworth.

1372

Isidore Glabas

Metropolitan bishop of Thessalonica (born c. 1341)

Isidore Glabas was the metropolitan bishop of Thessalonica between 1380 and 1384, and again from 1386 until his death on 11 January 1396.

1396

Skirgaila

Grand Duke of Lithuania

Skirgaila, also known as Ivan/Iwan, was a regent of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania for his brother Jogaila from 1386 to 1392. He was the son of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his second wife Uliana of Tver.

1397

Domenico Ghirlandaio

Italian painter (born 1449)

Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi, professionally known as Domenico Ghirlandaio, was an Italian Renaissance painter born in Florence. Ghirlandaio was part of the so-called "third generation" of the Florentine…

1494

Pedro González de Mendoza

Spanish cardinal (born 1428)

Pedro González de Mendoza was a Spanish cardinal, statesman and lawyer. He served on the council of King Henry IV of Castile and in 1467 fought for him at the Second Battle of Olmedo. In 1468 he was named bishop of…

1495

Gaudenzio Ferrari

Italian painter and sculptor (born c. 1471)

Gaudenzio Ferrari was an Italian painter and sculptor of the Renaissance.

1546

Min Bin

king of Arakan (born 1493)

Min Bin was a king of Arakan, a former state in Myanmar (Burma), from 1531 to 1554, "whose reign witnessed the country's emergence as a major power". Aided by Portuguese mercenaries and their firearms, his powerful navy…

1554

Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar

Spanish poet and painter (born 1583)

Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar was a Spanish poet, scholar and painter in the Siglo de Oro.

1641

Charles Albanel

French priest, missionary, and explorer (born 1616)

Charles Albanel, born in Ardes or Auvergne, was a French missionary explorer in Canada, and a Jesuit priest. He was the first to travel by land to Hudson Bay from Tadoussac.

1696

Johann Georg Graevius

German scholar and critic (born 1632)

Johann Georg Graevius was a German classical scholar and critic. He was born in Naumburg, in the Electorate of Saxony.

1703

Pierre Jurieu

French priest and theologian (born 1637)

Pierre Jurieu was a French Protestant leader.

1713

Danilo I

Metropolitan of Cetinje (born 1670)

Danilo I Petrović-Njegoš was the Metropolitan of Cetinje between 1697 and 1735, the first de facto vladika of Montenegro, and the founder of the House of Petrović-Njegoš—which ruled Montenegro from 1697 to 1918. He…

1735

Hans Sloane

Irish-English physician and academic (born 1660)

Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet was an Anglo-Irish physician, naturalist, and collector. He had a collection of 71,000 items which he bequeathed to the British nation, thus providing the foundation of the British Museum,…

1753

Louis Bertrand Castel

French mathematician and philosopher (born 1688)

Louis Bertrand Castel was a French mathematician born in Montpellier, who entered the order of the Jesuits in 1703. Having studied literature, he afterwards devoted himself entirely to mathematics and natural…

1757

Louis-François Roubiliac

French-English sculptor (born 1695)

Louis-François Roubiliac was a French sculptor who worked in England. One of the four most prominent sculptors in London working in the rococo style, he was described by Margaret Whinney as "probably the most…

1762

Caspar Abel

German poet, historian, and theologian (born 1676)

Caspar Abel was a German theologian, historian and poet.

1763

Jean-Baptiste de Boyer

Marquis d'Argens, French philosopher and author (born 1704)

Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens was a French rationalist, author and critic of the Catholic Church, who was a close friend of Voltaire and spent much of his life in exile at the court of Frederick the Great.

1771

François Joseph Paul de Grasse

French admiral (born 1722)

Lieutenant général des armées navales François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly, KM was a French naval officer. He is best known for his crucial victory over the Royal Navy at the Battle of the…

1788

William Williams Pantycelyn

Welsh composer and poet (born 1717)

William Williams, Pantycelyn, also known as William Williams, Williams Pantycelyn or simply Pantycelyn, was generally seen as Wales's premier hymnist. He is also rated among the great literary figures of Wales, as a…

1791

Heraclius II of Georgia (born 1720)

Heraclius II, also known as The Little Kakhetian, of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the king (mepe) of the Kingdom of Kakheti from 1744 to 1762, and of the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti from 1762 until his death in 1798. In…

1798

Domenico Cimarosa

Italian composer and educator (born 1749)

Domenico Cimarosa was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School and of the Classical period. He wrote more than eighty operas, the best known of which is Il matrimonio segreto (1792); most of his operas are comedies.…

1801

Thomas Mullins

1st Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (born 1736)

Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.

1824

John Molson

Canadian businessman, founded the Molson Brewing Company (born 1763)

John Molson was an English-born brewer and entrepreneur in colonial Quebec, which during his lifetime became Lower Canada. In addition to founding Molson Brewery, he is known for building the first Canadian steamship…

1836

Francis Scott Key

American lawyer, author, and songwriter (born 1779)

Francis Scott Key was an American lawyer, author, and poet from Frederick, Maryland, best known as the author of the poem "Defence of Fort M'Henry", which was set to a popular British tune and eventually became the…

1843

Gustavus Vaughan Brooke

Irish actor (born 1818)

Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, commonly referred to as G. V. Brooke, was an Irish stage actor who enjoyed success in Ireland, England, and Australia.

1866

John Woolley

English minister and academic (born 1816)

John Woolley was an academic and clergyman, the first principal of the University of Sydney, Australia.

1866

Stuart Donaldson

English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (born 1812)

Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson was the first Premier of the Colony of New South Wales.

1867

Theodor Schwann

German physiologist and biologist (born 1810)

Theodor Schwann was a German physician and physiologist. His most significant contribution to biology is considered to be the extension of cell theory to animals. Other contributions include the discovery of Schwann…

1882

Georges-Eugène Haussmann

French urban planner (born 1809)

Georges-Eugène Haussmann, known as Baron Haussmann, was a French official who supervised a radical urban renewal programme of new boulevards, parks, and public works in Paris, referred to as Haussmann's renovation of…

1891

Johnny Briggs

English cricketer and rugby player (born 1862)

Johnny Briggs was an English left arm spin bowler who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club between 1879 and 1900 and remains the second-highest wicket-taker in the county's history after Brian Statham. In the early…

1902

William Sawyer

Canadian merchant and politician (born 1815)

William Sawyer was a lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Compton in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1871 to 1886 as a Conservative.

1904

Carl Jacobsen

Danish brewer and philanthropist (born 1842)

Carl Christian Hillman Jacobsen was a Danish brewer, art collector and philanthropist. Though often preoccupied with his cultural interests, Jacobsen was a shrewd and visionary businessman and initiated the transition…

1914

Steinar Schjøtt

Norwegian philologist and lexicographer (born 1844)

Steinar Schjøtt was a Norwegian educator, philologist and lexicographer.

1920

Constantine I of Greece (born 1868)

Constantine I was King of Greece from 18 March 1913 to 11 June 1917 and again from 19 December 1920 to 27 September 1922. The eldest son of George I of Greece, he succeeded to the throne following his father's…

1923

Thomas Hardy

English novelist and poet (born 1840)

Thomas Hardy was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wordsworth. He…

1928

Elfrida Andrée

Swedish organist, composer, and conductor (born 1841)

Elfrida Andrée was a Swedish organist, composer, and conductor. Her sister was the singer Fredrika Stenhammar.

1929

James Milton Carroll

American pastor, historian, and author (born 1852)

James Milton Carroll was an American Baptist pastor, leader, historian, author, and educator.

1931

Nuri Conker

Turkish colonel and politician (born 1882)

Mehmet Nuri Conker was a Turkish politician and an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army.

1937

Emanuel Lasker

German mathematician, philosopher, and chess player (born 1868)

Emanuel Lasker was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher. He was the second World Chess Champion, holding the title for 27 years, from 1894 to 1921, the longest reign of any officially recognised World…

1941

Galeazzo Ciano

Italian politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1903)

Gian Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari, was an Italian diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Italy under the government of his father-in-law, Benito…

1944

Eva Tanguay

Canadian singer (born 1879)

Eva Tanguay was a Canadian singer and entertainer who billed herself as "the girl who made vaudeville famous". She was known as "The Queen of Vaudeville" during the height of her popularity from the early 1900s until…

1947

Jean de Lattre de Tassigny

French general (born 1889)

Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny was a French général d'armée during World War II and the First Indochina War. He was posthumously elevated to the dignity of Marshal of France in 1952.

1952

Aureliano Pertile

Italian tenor and educator (born 1885)

Aureliano Pertile was an Italian lyric tenor. Many critics consider him one of the most exciting operatic artists of the inter-war period, and one of the most important tenors of the 20th century.

1952

Noe Zhordania

Georgian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Georgia (born 1868)

Noe Zhordania was a Georgian journalist and Menshevik politician. He played an eminent role in the socialist revolutionary movement in the Russian Empire, and later chaired the government of the Democratic Republic of…

1953

Roberta Fulbright

American businesswoman (born 1874)

Roberta Fulbright was an American businesswoman who consolidated her husband's business enterprises and became an influential newspaper publisher, editor, and journalist. She used her paper to push civic responsibility…

1953

Oscar Straus

Austrian composer (born 1870)

Oscar Nathan Straus was a Viennese composer of operettas, film scores, and songs. He also wrote about 500 cabaret songs, chamber music, and orchestral and choral works. His original name was actually Strauss, but for…

1954

Robert Garran

Australian lawyer and politician, Solicitor-General of Australia (born 1867)

Sir Robert Randolph Garran was an Australian lawyer who became "Australia's first public servant" – the first federal government employee after the federation of the Australian colonies. He served as the departmental…

1957

Elena Gerhardt

German soprano and actress (born 1883)

Elena Gerhardt was a German mezzo-soprano singer associated with the singing of German classical lieder, of which she was considered one of the great interpreters. She emigrated to London in October 1934.

1961

Arthur Nock

English-American scholar, theologian, and academic (born 1902)

Arthur Darby Nock was an English classicist and theologian, regarded as a leading scholar in the history of religion. He was a professor at Harvard University from 1930 until his death.

1963

Wally Pipp

American baseball player (born 1893)

Walter Clement Pipp Sr. was an American professional baseball player. A first baseman, Pipp played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, and Cincinnati Reds between 1913 and 1928.

1965

Alberto Giacometti

Swiss sculptor and painter (born 1901)

Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker, who was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. His work was particularly influenced by artistic styles such as Cubism and…

1966

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India (born 1904)

Lal Bahadur Shastri was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the prime minister of India from 1964 to 1966. He previously served as home minister from 1961 to 1963.

1966

Moshe Zvi Segal

Israeli linguist and scholar (born 1876)

Moshe Zvi (Hirsch) Segal was an Israeli rabbi, linguist and Talmudic scholar.

1968

Richmal Crompton

English author and educator (born 1890)

Richmal Crompton Lamburn was a popular English writer, best known for her Just William series of books, humorous short stories, and to a lesser extent adult fiction books.

1969

Padraic Colum

Irish poet and playwright (born 1881)

Padraic Colum was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's author and collector of folklore. He was one of the leading figures of the Irish Literary Revival.

1972

Max Lorenz

German tenor and actor (born 1901)

Max Lorenz was a German heldentenor famous for Wagnerian roles.

1975

Barbara Pym

English author (born 1913)

Barbara Mary Crampton Pym was an English novelist. In the 1950s, she published a series of social comedies, of which the best known are Excellent Women (1952) and A Glass of Blessings (1958). After a period of rejection…

1980

Beulah Bondi

American actress (born 1889)

Beulah Bondi was an American character actress; she often played eccentric mothers and later grandmothers and wives, although she was known for numerous other roles. She began her acting career as a young child in…

1981

Edward Buzzell

American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1895)

Edward Buzzell was an American film actor and director whose credits include Child of Manhattan (1933); Honolulu (1939); the Marx Brothers films At the Circus (1939) and Go West (1940); the musicals Best Foot Forward…

1985

William McKell

Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Governor-General of Australia (born 1891)

Sir William John McKell was an Australian politician who served as the 12th governor-general of Australia, in office from 1947 to 1953. He had previously been the 27th premier of New South Wales from 1941 to 1947, as…

1985

Sid Chaplin

English author and screenwriter (born 1916)

Sid Chaplin was an English writer whose works are mostly set in the north-east of England, in the 1940s and 1950s.

1986

Andrzej Czok

Polish mountaineer (born 1948)

Andrzej Czok was a Polish mountaineer best known for making the first winter ascent of Dhaulagiri on 21 January 1985 with Jerzy Kukuczka, and for the first ascent of the South Pillar route on Mount Everest in 1980. He…

1986

Albert Ferber

Swiss-English pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1911)

Albert Ferber was a Swiss pianist who had an international performing career that spanned four decades and took him across the world.

1987

Pappy Boyington

American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1912)

Gregory "Pappy" Boyington was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. A Marine aviator with the Pacific fleet in…

1988

Isidor Isaac Rabi

Polish-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1898)

Israel "Isidor" Isaac Rabi was an American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1944 "for his resonance method for recording the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei." He was also one of the first…

1988

Ray Moore

English radio host (born 1942)

William Raymond Moore was a British broadcaster, best known for hosting the early morning show on BBC Radio 2 between 1982 and 1988.

1989

Carolyn Haywood

American author and illustrator (born 1898)

Carolyn Haywood was an American writer and illustrator from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She created 47 children's books, most notably the series under the "Eddie" and "Betsy" titles.

1990

Carl David Anderson

American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)

Carl David Anderson was an American experimental physicist who shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics with Victor Hess for his discovery of the positron, which confirmed the existence of antimatter.

1991

Helmut Poppendick

German physician (born 1902)

Helmut Poppendick was a Nazi physician in the SS during World War II. After the war he was a defendant in the 1947 Doctors' Trial and accused of war crimes relating to human experimentation; he was acquitted on these…

1994

Josef Gingold

Belarusian-American violinist and educator (born 1909)

Josef Gingold was a Russian and American classical violinist and teacher who lived most of his life in the United States. At the time of his death he was considered one of the most influential violin masters in the…

1995

Onat Kutlar

Turkish author and poet (born 1936)

Onat Kutlar was a prominent Turkish writer and poet, founder of the Turkish Sinematek and cofounder of the Istanbul International Film Festival.

1995

Lewis Nixon

U.S. Army captain (born 1918)

Lewis Nixon III was a United States Army officer who, during World War II, served at the company, battalion, and regimental level with the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Nixon was portrayed…

1995

Theodor Wisch

German general (born 1907)

Theodor Peter Johann Wisch was a high-ranking member of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a commander of the SS Division Leibstandarte (LSSAH) and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron…

1995

Roger Crozier

Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1942)

Roger Allan Crozier was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He was a goaltender for fourteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Buffalo Sabres and Washington Capitals. During…

1996

Fabrizio De André

Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1940)

Fabrizio Cristiano De André was an Italian singer-songwriter and the most-prominent cantautore of his time. He is also known as Faber, a nickname given by the friend Paolo Villaggio, as a reference to his liking towards…

1999

Naomi Mitchison

Scottish author and poet (born 1897)

Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison, Baroness Mitchison was a Scottish novelist and poet. Often called a doyenne of Scottish literature, she wrote more than 90 books of historical and science fiction, travel writing and…

1999

Brian Moore

Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (born 1921)

Brian Moore, was a novelist and screenwriter from Northern Ireland who emigrated to Canada and later lived in the United States. He was acclaimed for the descriptions in his novels of life in Northern Ireland during and…

1999

Ivan Combe

American businessman, invented Clearasil (born 1911)

Ivan DeBlois Combe was the American inventor of personal-care products, most notably Clearasil and Odor Eaters. In 1949 he established his eponymous company Combe Incorporated in White Plains, New York.

2000

Bob Lemon

American baseball player and manager (born 1920)

Robert Granville Lemon was an American right-handed pitcher and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976.

2000

Betty Archdale

English-Australian cricketer and educator (born 1907)

Helen Elizabeth Archdale was an English-Australian sportswoman and educator. She was the inaugural Test captain of the England women's cricket team in 1934. A qualified barrister and Women's Royal Naval Service veteran,…

2000

Denys Lasdun

English architect, co-designed the Royal National Theatre (born 1914)

Sir Denys Louis Lasdun, was an English architect. Hailed as "the greatest English architect of the early heroic modern period", his most known work is the Royal National Theatre, on London's South Bank of the Thames,…

2001

Henri Verneuil

French-Armenian director and playwright (born 1920)

Henri Verneuil was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France. He was nominated for Oscar and Palme d'Or awards, and won Locarno International Film Festival, Edgar Allan Poe…

2002

Jože Pučnik

Slovenian sociologist and politician (born 1932)

Jože Pučnik was a Slovenian public intellectual, sociologist and politician. During the communist regime of Josip Broz Tito, he was one of the most outspoken Slovenian critics of dictatorship and lack of civil liberties…

2003

Spalding Gray

American actor, writer, and performance artist (born 1941)

Spalding Rockwell Gray was an American actor and writer. He is best known for driving autobiographical monologues that he wrote and performed for theater in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as for his film adaptations of…

2004

Solveig Dommartin

French-German actress (born 1961)

Solveig Dommartin was a French actress.

2007

Robert Anton Wilson

American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright (born 1932)

Robert Anton Wilson was an American writer, futurist, psychologist, and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized within Discordianism as an Episkopos, pope and saint, Wilson helped publicize Discordianism through his…

2007

Edmund Hillary

New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (born 1919)

Sir Edmund Percival Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of…

2008

Carl Karcher

American businessman, co-founded Carl's Jr. (born 1917)

Carl Nicholas Karcher was an American businessman who founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain, now owned by parent company Snow Star LP. Karcher served in the U.S. military during WWII.

2008

Miep Gies

Austrian-Dutch humanitarian (born 1909)

Hermine "Miep" Gies was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank, her family and four other Dutch Jews from the Nazis in an annex above Otto Frank's business premises during World War II. She was Austrian by birth,…

2010

Éric Rohmer

French director, screenwriter, and critic (born 1920)

Jean Marie Maurice Schérer or Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer, known as Éric Rohmer, was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and teacher. Rohmer was the last of the post-World War II…

2010

David Nelson

American actor, director, and producer (born 1936)

David Oswald Nelson was an American actor. He was the older brother of musician Ricky Nelson.

2011

Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan

Iranian physicist and academic (born 1980)

Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan was an Iranian nuclear scientist who was assassinated in 2012. He was also deputy of commerce at the Natanz nuclear power plant.

2012

Gilles Jacquier

French journalist and photographer (born 1968)

Gilles Jacquier was a French photojournalist and reporter for France Télévisions. Jacquier worked as a special correspondent for Envoyé spécial, one of France's best known documentary programs which airs on France 2. …

2012

Edgar Kaiser

Jr, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1942)

Edgar Fosburgh Kaiser Jr. was an American-Canadian financier and a former owner of the Denver Broncos American football team.

2012

Wally Osterkorn

American basketball player (born 1928)

Walter Raymond Osterkorn was an American professional basketball player.

2012

Steven Rawlings

English astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (born 1961)

Steven Gregory Rawlings was a British astrophysicist at the University of Oxford, where he held a professorship in astrophysics and a fellowship at St Peter's College. He studied physics and theoretical physics at St…

2012

David Whitaker

English composer and conductor (born 1931)

David Sinclair Whitaker was an English composer, songwriter, arranger, and conductor who was most active in the 1960s and 1970s.

2012

Guido Forti

Italian businessman, founded the Forti Racing Team (born 1940)

Guido Forti was the founder and team manager of the now-defunct Formula One team Forti.

2013

Nguyễn Khánh

Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd President of South Vietnam (born 1927)

Nguyễn Khánh was a Vietnamese military officer and politician. A general of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, he was the leader of South Vietnam from January 1964 until February 1965 while at the head of a military…

2013

Mariangela Melato

Italian actress (born 1941)

Mariangela Caterina Melato, sometimes billed as Maria Angela Melato, was an Italian actress. She is most remembered for her roles in films of director Lina Wertmüller, including The Seduction of Mimi (1972), Love and…

2013

Tom Parry Jones

Welsh chemist, invented the breathalyzer (born 1935)

Thomas Parry Jones OBE was a Welsh scientist, inventor and entrepreneur, who was responsible for developing and marketing the first handheld electronic breathalyser, winning the Queen's Award for Technological…

2013

Alemayehu Shumye

Ethiopian runner (born 1988)

Alemayehu Shumye Tafere was an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialised in marathon running.

2013

Aaron Swartz

American programmer and activist (born 1986)

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2013

Keiko Awaji

Japanese actress (born 1933)

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2014

Muhammad Habibur Rahman

Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (born 1928)

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2014

Chai Trong-rong

Taiwanese educator and politician (born 1935)

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2014

Ariel Sharon

Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1928)

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2014

Anita Ekberg

Swedish-Italian model and actress (born 1931)

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2015

Chashi Nazrul Islam

Bangladeshi director and producer (born 1941)

Chashi Nazrul Islam was a Bangladeshi film director and producer. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director twice for the films Shuvoda in 1986 and Hangor Nodi Grenade in 1997. He was awarded Ekushey Padak…

2015

Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle

American neuroscientist and academic (born 1918)

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2015

Monte Irvin

American baseball player (born 1919)

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2016

David Margulies

American actor (born 1937)

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2016

Adenan Satem

Malaysian politician and Chief Minister of Sarawak, Malaysia (born 1944)

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2017

Edgar Ray Killen

American murderer (born 1925)

Edgar Ray Killen was an American Ku Klux Klan organizer who planned and directed the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, three civil rights activists participating in the Freedom Summer of…

2018

Michael Atiyah

British-Lebanese mathematician (born 1929)

Sir Michael Francis Atiyah was a British-Lebanese mathematician specialising in geometry. His contributions include the Atiyah–Singer index theorem and co-founding topological K-theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal…

2019

Carole Cook

American actress and singer (born 1924)

Mildred Frances Cook, known professionally as Carole Cook, was an American actress, active on screen and stage, best known for appearances on Lucille Ball's comedy television series The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy.

2023

Richard Codey

American politician, 53rd Governor of New Jersey (born 1946)

Richard James Codey was an American politician who served as the 53rd governor of New Jersey from 2004 to 2006. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the New Jersey Senate from 1982 to 2024 and as the President…

2026

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Jenő Buzánszky — Hungarian football player and manager (1925–2015)

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Known forHe played as a right back for Hungary and during the 1950s he was a member of the legendary squad known as the Golden Team

Deaths on this date133 (140 – 2026)

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COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei: Municipal health officials in Wuhan announce the first recorded death from COVID-19. Wikipedia →

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