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Notable Deaths on January 30
95 people
680 – 2026
January 30 has seen 95 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 680 – 2026. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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2011 — John Barry
English composer and conductor (born 1933)
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This started a successful association between Barry and the Bond series that lasted for 25 years.
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He later developed an interest in composing and arranging music, making his début for television in 1958
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John Barry Prendergast was an English composer and conductor of film music
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Born in York, Barry spent his early years working in cinemas owned by his father
680
Peter I was the emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria from 27 May 927 to 969. Facing Bogomilism and rebellions by his brothers and also by Časlav Klonimirović early on in his reign, Peter secured more success later in life; he…
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970
1030
Emperor Takakura was the 80th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1168 through 1180.
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1181
Leonese lawyer and cardinal (born 1165)
Pelagio Galvani was a Leonese cardinal, and canon lawyer. He became a papal legate and leader of the Fifth Crusade.
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1240
Nicholas III of Saint-Omer was one of the most powerful and influential lords of Frankish Greece. He was hereditary Marshal of the Principality of Achaea, lord of one third of Akova and of one half of Thebes. He also…
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1314
1st Earl of Salisbury (born 1301)
William Montagu, alias de Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 3rd Baron Montagu, King of Man was an English nobleman and loyal servant of King Edward III.
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1344
1384
Portuguese historian and philosopher (born 1502)
Damião de Góis was a Portuguese diplomat, historian, musician, and humanist philosopher. A friend and student of Erasmus, Góis is considered one of the most influential intellectuals of the Portuguese Renaissance. He…
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1574
English criminal (born 1578)
Sir Everard Digby was a member of the group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Although he was raised in a Protestant household and married a Protestant, Digby and his wife…
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1606
English conspirator (born 1570)
John Grant was a member of the failed Gunpowder Plot, a conspiracy to replace the Protestant King James I of England with a Catholic monarch. Grant was born around 1570, and lived at Norbrook in Warwickshire. He married…
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1606
English conspirator (born 1565)
Robert Wintour and Thomas Wintour, also spelt Winter, were members of the Gunpowder Plot, a failed conspiracy to assassinate King James I. They were brothers, and related to other conspirators, such as their cousin,…
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1606
Scotland, and Ireland (born 1600)
Charles I was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.
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1649
Dutch mayor (born 1599)
Cornelis de Graeff, often named Polsbroek or de heer van (lord) Polsbroek during his lifetime, was an influential regent and Burgemeester of Amsterdam, statesman and diplomat of Holland and the Republic of the United…
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1664
Peter II Alexeyevich was Emperor of Russia from 1727 until 1730, when he died at the age of 14. He was the only son of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich and Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After Catherine I's death,…
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1730
Maltese linguist, historian and cleric (born 1712)
Canon Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis, often called de Soldanis, was a Maltese linguist, historian and cleric from the island of Gozo. He wrote the first lexicon and systematic grammar of the Maltese…
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1770
American seamstress, said to have designed the American Flag (born 1752)
Elizabeth Griscom Ross, also known by her second and third married names, Ashburn and Claypoole, was an American upholsterer who was credited by her relatives in 1870 with designing and making the first U.S. flag,…
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1836
1838
Dutch zoologist and ornithologist (born 1778)
Coenraad Jacob Temminck was a Dutch patrician, zoologist and museum director.
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1858
Emperor Kōmei was the 121st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Kōmei's reign spanned the years from 1846 through 1867, corresponding to the final years of the Edo period.
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1867
Irish author (born 1794)
William Carleton was an Irish writer and novelist. He is best known for his Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, a collection of ethnic sketches of the stereotypical Irishman.
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1869
English poet and herpetologist (born 1844)
Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy was a British poet and herpetologist. Of Irish descent, he was born in London. He is most remembered for his poem "Ode", from his 1874 collection Music and Moonlight, which begins with…
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1881
Crown Prince of Austria, heir apparent to the throne of Austria-Hungary (born 1858)
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria was the only son and third child of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. He was heir apparent to the imperial throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from birth. In…
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1889
Benedictine abbot (born 1858)
Columba Marmion O.S.B, born Joseph Aloysius Marmion was an Irish Benedictine monk and the third Abbot of Maredsous Abbey in Belgium. Beatified by Pope John Paul II on September 3, 2000, Columba was one of the most…
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1923
American actress (born 1896)
Barbara La Marr was an American film actress and screenwriter who appeared in twenty-seven films during her career between 1920 and 1926. La Marr was also noted by the media for her beauty, dubbed as the "Girl Who Is…
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1926
Danish physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1867)
Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger was a Danish physician and professor of anatomical pathology at the University of Copenhagen. He was the recipient of the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discovery of…
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1928
American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (born 1862)
Frank Nelson Doubleday, known to friends and family as "Effendi", founded the Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897, which later operated under other names. Starting work at the age of 14 after his father's business…
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1934
English botanist and physiologist (born 1866)
Frederick Frost Blackman FRS was a British plant physiologist.
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1947
Australian air marshal (born 1895)
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham,, nicknamed "Mary", was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. During the First World War, he was at Gallipoli with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, was discharged in New Zealand…
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1948
leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule (born 1869)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, and to…
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1948
American pilot and engineer, co-founded the Wright Company (born 1871)
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane. They made the first controlled,…
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1948
Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (born 1875)
Ferdinand Porsche was an Austrian-German automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche AG. He is best known for creating the first gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle (Lohner-Porsche), the Volkswagen Beetle, the Auto…
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1951
1958
German engineer and businessman; founded the Heinkel Aircraft Company (born 1888)
Dr. Ernst Heinkel was a German aircraft designer, manufacturer, Wehrwirtschaftsführer in Nazi Germany, and member of the Nazi Party. His company Heinkel Flugzeugwerke produced the Heinkel He 178, the world's first…
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1958
Brazilian physician and engineer (born 1894)
Manuel Dias de Abreu was a Brazilian physician and scientist, the inventor of abreugraphy, a rapid radiography of the lungs for screening tuberculosis. He is considered one of the most important Brazilian physicians,…
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1962
French pianist and composer (born 1899)
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among the best-known are the…
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1963
Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator (born 1912)
Jaan (Joann) Hargel was an Estonian conductor, music teacher, oboe and flute player.
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1966
Indian poet, playwright, and journalist (born 1889)
Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi, also called Pandit ji, was an Indian poet, writer, essayist, playwright and
who is particularly remembered for his participation in India's national struggle for independence and his…
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1968
Belgian friar, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)
Dominique Pire, O.P. was a Belgian Dominican friar whose work helping refugees in post-World War II Europe saw him receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1958. Pire delivered his Nobel lecture, entitled Brotherly Love:…
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1969
American economist and academic (born 1885)
Elizabeth Faulkner Baker was an American economist and academic who specialized in scientific management and the relationship between employment and technological change, especially the role of women.
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1973
Bissau-Guinean revolutionary (born 1943)
Ernestina "Titina" Silá was a Bissau-Guinean revolutionary. Recruited into the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), while she was a young woman, she joined in the Guinea-Bissau War of…
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1973
Estonian pianist and composer (born 1910)
Olav Roots was an Estonian conductor, pianist and composer.
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1974
French zoologist (born 1883)
Charles Alfred Paul Marais de Beauchamp, 5th Baron Soye, was a French zoologist.
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1977
American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1918)
Henry Roeland Byrd, better known as Professor Longhair or "Fess" for short, was an American singer and pianist who performed New Orleans blues. He was active in two distinct periods, first in the heyday of early rhythm…
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1980
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1912)
Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist from Centerville, Texas. In 2010, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him No. 71 on its list of the 100…
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1982
American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908)
John Bardeen was an American physicist. He is the only person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first in 1956 with William Shockley and Walter Brattain for their invention of the transistor; and again in…
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1991
American photographer and educator (born 1907)
Clifton Cedric Edom, often credited with the title "Father of Photojournalism", was prolific in the development of photojournalism education.
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1991
the last Queen of Yugoslavia (born 1921)
Alexandra was the last Queen of Yugoslavia as the wife of King Peter II.
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1993
French soldier and author (born 1912)
Pierre François Marie Louis Boulle was a French author. He is best known for two works, The Bridge over the River Kwai (1952) and Planet of the Apes (1963), that were both made into award-winning films.
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1994
American actor (born 1919)
Henry Richard "Huntz" Hall was an American radio, stage, and movie performer who appeared in the popular "Dead End Kids" movies, including Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), and in the later "Bowery Boys" movies, during…
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1999
American journalist (born 1909)
Edward Joseph Herlihy was an American newsreel narrator for Universal-International. He was also a long-time radio and television announcer for NBC, hosting The Horn and Hardart Children's Hour in the 1940s and 1950,…
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1999
French soldier and actor (born 1911)
Jean-Pierre Aumont was a French film and theatre actor. He was a matinée idol and a leading man during the 1930s, but his burgeoning career was interrupted by the Second World War. He served in the Free French Forces,…
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2001
English air marshal and pilot (born 1915)
Air Vice Marshal James Edgar Johnson, nicknamed "Johnnie", was an English Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot and flying ace who flew and fought during the Second World War.
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2001
American surgeon and educator (born 1915)
Dr. Joseph Ransohoff, II was a member of the Ransohoff family and a pioneer in the field of neurosurgery. In addition to training numerous neurosurgeons, his "ingenuity in adapting advanced technologies" saved many…
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2001
Swiss-American sociologist (born 1944)
Egon Mayer was a Swiss-born American sociologist and professor at Brooklyn College. He wrote a number of books on Jewish culture and history, including From Suburb to Shtetl (1979), The Court Jew: A Contribution to the…
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2004
Canadian-Scottish violinist (born 1971)
Martyn Bennett was a Canadian-Scottish musician who was influential in the evolution of modern Celtic fusion, a blending of traditional Celtic and modern music. He was a piper, violinist, composer and producer.…
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2005
American author and activist (born 1927)
Coretta Scott King was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader who was the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. from 1953 until his assassination in 1968. As an advocate for African-American equality, she was a…
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2006
American playwright and academic (born 1950)
Wendy Wasserstein was an American playwright. She was an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. She received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1989 for her play The…
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2006
American author and screenwriter (born 1917)
Sidney Sheldon was an American writer. He was prominent in the 1940s and 50s, first working on Broadway plays, and then in motion pictures, notably writing the successful comedy The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947),…
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2007
Mexican-American priest, founded the Legion of Christ and Regnum Christi (born 1920)
Marcial Maciel Degollado was a Mexican Catholic priest and sex offender. Maciel founded the Legion of Christ and the Regnum Christi movement. He was general director of the Legion from 1941 to 2005. Throughout most of…
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2008
American soldier, pastor, and politician, 49th Governor of Alabama (born 1933)
Harold Guy Hunt was an American politician who served as the 49th governor of Alabama from 1987 to 1993. He was the first Republican to serve as governor of the state since Reconstruction.
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2009
Kosovar accountant and politician (born 1960)
Fadil Ferati was a Kosovar political leader, he was the Mayor of Istok and vice-president of Democratic League of Kosovo and he was widely known as a politician who never lost any election.
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2010
American football player and soldier (born 1925)
Francis Xavier Aschenbrenner was a professional American football player for the Chicago Hornets and the Montreal Alouettes.
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2012
Dutch author (born 1947)
Maria Johanna Meijsing was a Dutch novelist. She won the AKO Literatuurprijs in 2000 for her novel De tweede man, and in 2008 the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for her novel Over de liefde. Doeschka Meijsing is the older…
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2012
Egyptian author and scholar (born 1920)
Gamal al-Banna was an Egyptian author, and trade unionist. He was the youngest brother of Hassan al-Banna (1906–49), founder of the Muslim Brotherhood. Al-Banna was considered a liberal scholar, known for his criticism…
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2013
American singer (born 1918)
The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews (1911–1967), soprano Maxene Anglyn Andrews…
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2013
American baseball player and coach (born 1931)
George Adrian "Red" Witt, was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball (1957–62) with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Angels and…
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2013
Polish general and photographer (born 1914)
Stefan Bałuk was a Polish general and photographer.
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2014
American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1939)
James Timothy Shaw, known as The Mighty Hannibal, was an American R&B, soul, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer. Known for his showmanship, and outlandish costumes often incorporating a pink turban,…
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2014
American political activist (born 1925)
Russell D. Hemenway was an American political activist. He is most well-known for his activities with the National Committee for an Effective Congress, a political action committee that he served as the national…
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2014
American composer and conductor (born 1937)
William Edward Motzing Jr. was an American composer, conductor, arranger and trombonist best known for the award-winning film and television scores and gold and platinum pop album arrangements he wrote in Australia. He…
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2014
American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1924)
Arthur Gardner Rankin Jr. was an American director, producer and screenwriter, who mostly worked in animation. Co-creator of Rankin/Bass Productions with his friend Jules Bass, he created stop-motion and traditional…
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2014
oldest known greater flamingo and Feast Festival 2021 mascot (h. c.1919–1933)
Greater, also known as Flamingo One and Flamingo 1, was the world's oldest greater flamingo, residing at the Adelaide Zoo in Adelaide, Australia. It was at least 83 years old, having arrived at the zoo from either Cairo…
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2014
Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright (born 1923)
Carl Djerassi was an Austrian-born Bulgarian-American pharmaceutical chemist, novelist, playwright and co-founder of Djerassi Resident Artists Program with Diane Wood Middlebrook. He is best known for his contribution…
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2015
Estonian academic, philosopher, and politician (born 1947)
Ülo Kaevats was an Estonian statesman, academic and philosopher.
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2015
English actress (born 1932)
Geraldine McEwan was an English actress, who had a long career in film, theatre and television. Michael Coveney described her, in a tribute article, as "a great comic stylist, with a syrupy, seductive voice and a…
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2015
Dutch cyclist (born 1923)
Gerardus "Gerrit" Petrus Voorting was a Dutch road cyclist who was active between 1947 and 1960. As an amateur he won the silver medal in the individual road race at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. In his…
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2015
Bulgarian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of Bulgaria (born 1935)
Zhelyu Mitev Zhelev was a Bulgarian politician and former dissident who served as the first democratically elected and non-Communist president of Bulgaria, from 1990 to 1997. Zhelev was one of the most prominent figures…
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2015
English actor (born 1926)
Francis Finlay was an English actor. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance as Iago in Othello (1965). His first leading television role came in 1971 in Casanova. This led to appearances on The…
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2016
Salvadorian politician, President of El Salvador (born 1959)
Francisco Guillermo Flores Pérez was a Salvadoran politician who served as the 39th President of El Salvador from 1 June 1999 to 1 June 2004 as a member of the conservative Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA). He…
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2016
American activist and politician (born 1923)
Georgia Davis Powers was an American politician who served for 21 years as a state senator in the Kentucky Senate. In 1967, she was the first African American elected to the senate. During her term, she was "regarded as…
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2016
French pedagogist and professor (born 1918)
Gaston Mialaret was a French educator, pedagogist and professor at the University of Caen. He contributed to the establishment of educational sciences at the university from 1967.
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2016
American actor and musician (born 1982)
Mark Wayne Salling was an American actor and musician known for his role as Noah "Puck" Puckerman on the television series Glee.
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2018
American actor (born 1928)
Richard Miller was an American character actor who appeared in more than 180 films, including many produced by Roger Corman. He later appeared in the films of directors who began their careers with Corman, including Joe…
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2019
2021
American television presenter and model (born 1991)
Cheslie Corrinne Kryst was an American television correspondent, model, and beauty pageant titleholder. She was also an attorney and a correspondent for the TV show Extra from October 2019 until her death. For her work…
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2022
American Pro Football Hall of Fame executive (born 1937)
Robert King Beathard Jr. was an American professional football executive who was the general manager for the Washington Redskins (1978–1988) and the San Diego Chargers (1990–2000) of the National Football League (NFL).…
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2023
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1939)
Robert Marvin Hull was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. His blond hair, skating speed, end-to-end rushes, and ability to shoot the puck at very…
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2023
American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1933)
Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero, known professionally as Chita Rivera, was an American actress, singer, and dancer. Rivera received numerous accolades including two Tony Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, and a Drama…
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2024
American figure skater and actor (born 1929)
Richard Totten Button was an American figure skater and skating analyst. He was a two-time Olympic champion and five-time consecutive world champion (1948–1952). He was also the only non-European man to have become…
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2025
Papua New Guinean politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (born 1939)
Sir Julius Chan was a Papua New Guinean politician who served as Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 1980 to 1982 and from 1994 to 1997. He was Member of Parliament for New Ireland Province, having won the seat in…
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2025
English singer-songwriter and actress (born 1946)
Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull was an English singer-songwriter and actress who achieved popularity in the 1960s with the release of her UK top 10 single "As Tears Go By". She became one of the leading female artists…
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2025
Filipino politician (born 1942)
Edcel Castelar Lagman Sr. was a Filipino human rights lawyer and politician from the province of Albay. He was elected as a member of the House from 1987 to 1998 and 2004 to 2013 and from 2016 up until his death. He…
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2025
Canadian-American actress, comedian and screenwriter (born 1954)
Catherine Anne O'Hara was a Canadian and American actress and comedian, whose career spanned over 50 years. O'Hara started in sketch and improvisational comedy in film and television before taking dramatic roles to…
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2026
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John Barry — English composer and conductor (1933–2011)
FeaturedJohn Barry
Death year2011
Known forBorn in York, Barry spent his early years working in cinemas owned by his father
Deaths on this date95 (680 – 2026)
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