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Following Henry V's death two years later he became a councillor for the new king, the nine-month-old Henry VI
Notable Deaths on July 10
109 people
138 – 2025
July 10 has seen 109 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 138 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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1460 — Humphrey Stafford
1st Duke of Buckingham, English commander and politician, Lord High Constable of England (born 1402)
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He joined the English campaign in France with King Henry V in 1420
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Stafford acted as a peacemaker during the factional politics of the 1430s, when Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, vied with Cardinal Beaufort for political supremacy
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Stafford also took part in the eventual arrest of Gloucester in 1447.
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Through his mother he was of royal descent from King Edward III, his great-grandfather, while from his father, he inherited, at an early age, the earldom of Stafford
138
Japanese politician
Soga no Iruka was the son of Soga no Emishi, a statesman in the Asuka Period of Japan.
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645
649
Frankish noblewoman
Amalberga of Temse was probably a Frisian venerated Christian woman who was likely a Frankish subject from the Ardennes, located in Francia. She was a consecrated virgin, and probably the superior abbess of nuns in a…
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772
Abbasid Princess
Zubaidah bint Ja`far ibn al-Mansur was the best known of the Abbasid princesses, and the wife and double cousin of Harun al-Rashid. She is particularly remembered for the series of wells, reservoirs and artificial pools…
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831
pope of the Catholic Church
Pope Benedict VII was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from October 974 to his death on 10 July 983.
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983
994
1086
1103
king of Hungary (born 1262)
Ladislaus IV, also known as Ladislaus the Cuman, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1272 to 1290. His mother, Elizabeth, was the daughter of a chieftain from the pagan Cumans who had settled in Hungary. At the age of…
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1290
2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, English nobleman (born c. 1413)
John Talbot was the 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, 2nd Earl of Waterford, 8th Baron Talbot, KG was an English nobleman and soldier and the son of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, 1st Earl of Waterford, 7th Baron Talbot,…
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1460
1461
1473
French nobleman (born 1400)
René I of Anjou was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1434 to 1480, who also reigned as King of Naples from 1435 to 1442. Having spent his last years in Aix-en-Provence, he is known in France as the Good King…
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1480
queen of Cyprus (born 1454)
Catherine Cornaro was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Cyprus, also holding the titles of Queen of Jerusalem and Queen of Armenia. She became queen consort of Cyprus by marriage to James II of Cyprus, and then regent…
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1510
1559
Italian noble (born 1553)
Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo or Leonor Álvarez de Toledo Osorio, more often known as "Leonora" or "Dianora", was the daughter of García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca, Duke of Fernandina. Leonora was born…
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1576
1584
archduke of Austria (born 1540)
Charles II Francis of Austria was an Archduke of Austria and a ruler of Inner Austria from 1564. He was a member of the House of Habsburg.
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1590
Italian organist and composer (born 1554)
Paolo Bellasio was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. He is generally considered to be a member of the Roman School, though unusually for the group he seems to have written only madrigals.
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1594
Spanish archbishop and academic (born 1538)
Joan Terès i Borrull was presbyter of Vic, auxiliary bishop of Morocco (1575–1579), bishop of Elne (1579–1586) and of Tortosa (1586–1587), and archbishop of Tarragona (1587–1603). He was viceroy of Catalonia (1602–1603)…
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1603
French commander (born 1571)
Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, 2nd Count of Bucquoy was a military commander who fought for the Spanish Netherlands during the Eighty Years' War and for the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
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1621
French librarian and scholar (born 1600)
Gabriel Naudé was a French librarian and scholar. He was a prolific writer who produced works on many subjects including politics, religion, history and the supernatural. In 1627, he published an influential book in the…
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1653
French priest and scholar (born 1643)
Louis Moréri was a French priest and encyclopedist. Moreri was the author of Le Grand Dictionaire historique, ou le mélange curieux de l'histoire sacrée et profane. At least 24 editions of the encyclopedia were…
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1680
1683
1686
English lawyer and minister (born 1704)
Richard Peters, born in Liverpool became an attorney, Anglican minister, and civil servant. In 1735 he emigrated to Pennsylvania, where he served in numerous posts for the Penn family, including on the Governor's…
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1776
French general (born 1754)
Gaspard Augustin René Bernard de Marigny was a French officer and Vendéen general.
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1794
English painter and academic (born 1724)
George Stubbs was an English painter, best known for his paintings of horses. Self-trained, Stubbs learnt his skills independently from other great artists of the 18th century such as Joshua Reynolds and Thomas…
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1806
French photographer and physicist, invented the daguerreotype (born 1787)
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was a French scientist, artist and photographer recognized for his invention of the eponymous daguerreotype process of photography. He became known as one of the fathers of photography.…
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1851
American author and educator (born 1779)
Clement Clarke Moore was an American writer, scholar and real estate developer. He is best known as author of the Christmas poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas", which first named each of Santa Claus's reindeer.
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1863
German architect and academic (born 1812)
Georg Hermann Nicolai was a German architect and educator, Professor of Architecture at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts on the Brühl Terrace in Dresden from 1850 until his death.
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1881
American chess player (born 1837)
Paul Charles Morphy was an American chess player. During his brief career in the late 1850s, Morphy was acknowledged as the world's greatest chess master. Later commentators have concluded that he was far ahead of his…
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1884
American organist and composer (born 1839)
Phoebe Knapp was an American composer of music for hymns and an organist. She composed the music for over five hundred hymns.
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1908
1915
1st Baron Fisher, British admiral (born 1841)
Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher,, commonly known as Jacky or Jackie Fisher, was a Royal Navy officer. Fisher was chiefly recognised as an innovator, strategist, and architect of naval reform…
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1920
French actress (born 1866)
Ève Lavallière was a French stage actress and later a noteworthy Catholic penitent and member of the Secular Franciscan Order.
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1929
15th president of Liberia (born 1854)
Arthur Barclay was the 15th president of Liberia from 1904 to 1912.
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1938
American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1890)
Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American blues and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer of Louisiana Creole descent. Morton was jazz's first arranger, proving that a genre…
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1941
English actor (born 1868)
Huntley Wright was an English stage and film actor, comedian, dancer and singer, best known for creating roles in many important Edwardian musical comedies.
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1941
American-Argentinian engineer (born 1882)
Richard Fontaine Maury was an American railway engineer and naturalized Argentine. He became known for the project of the Argentine "Ramal C-14" of the Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano and the touristic Tren a las…
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1950
Danish organist and composer (born 1893)
Rued Langgaard was a late-Romantic Danish composer and organist. His then-unconventional music was at odds with that of his Danish contemporaries but was recognized 16 years after his death.
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1952
Italian mob boss (born 1877)
Calogero Vizzini, also commonly known as "Don Calò", was a Sicilian Mafia boss of Villalba in the province of Caltanissetta, Sicily. He was considered to be one of the most influential and legendary Mafia bosses of…
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1954
1956
Norwegian actor and sculptor (born 1876)
Sæbjørn Buttedahl was a Norwegian stage and film actor who later found prominence as a sculptor.
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1960
Israeli rabbi and politician (born 1875)
Yehuda Leib Maimon was an Israeli rabbi, politician and leader of the Religious Zionist movement. He was Israel's first Minister of Religion.
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1962
English rugby player and sportscaster (born 1893)
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Blythe Thornhill Wakelam, known as Teddy Wakelam, was an English sports broadcaster and rugby union player who captained Harlequin F.C.
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1963
Icelandic academic and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (born 1908)
Bjarni Benediktsson was an Icelandic politician of the Independence Party who served as prime minister of Iceland from 1963 to 1970. He was born to Benedikt Sveinsson (1877–1954), a leader in the independence movement…
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1970
1971
American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1887)
Cora "Lovie" Austin was an American Chicago bandleader, session musician, composer, singer, and arranger during the 1920s classic blues era. She and Lil Hardin Armstrong are often ranked as two of the best female jazz…
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1972
Cypriot-born British mercenary in the Angolan Civil War (born 1951)
Costas Georgiou, also known by his alias Colonel Callan, was a Greek Cypriot turned-mercenary who was executed following the Luanda Trial for activities during the Angolan Civil War after being captured by MPLA forces.
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1976
American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Asia Society (born 1906)
John Davison Rockefeller III was an American philanthropist. Rockefeller was the eldest son and second child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller as well as a grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John…
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1978
American conductor (born 1894)
Arthur Fiedler was an American conductor known for his association with both the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops orchestras. With a combination of musicianship and showmanship, he made the Boston Pops one of the…
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1979
American author and screenwriter (born 1908)
Joseph Quincy Krumgold was an American writer of books and screenplays. He was the first person to win two annual Newbery Medals for the most distinguished new American children's book.
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1980
Dutch photographer (born 1950)
Fernando Pereira was a Portuguese-Dutch freelance photographer, who drowned when French intelligence (DGSE) detonated a bomb and sank the Rainbow Warrior, owned by the environmental organisation Greenpeace on 10 July…
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1985
Polish mountaineer and author (born 1940)
Tadeusz Piotrowski was a Polish mountaineer and author of several books related to the subject. He has been referred to as "perhaps the finest winter mountaineer of his day".
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1986
American record producer, critic, and activist (born 1910)
John Henry Hammond Jr. was an American record producer, civil rights activist, and music critic active from the 1930s to the early 1980s. As a talent scout, Hammond became one of the most influential figures in…
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1987
1989
American author and poet (born 1901)
Ruth Ida Krauss was an American writer of children's books, including The Carrot Seed, and of theatrical poems for adult readers. Many of her books are still in print.
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1993
1993
Turkish lawyer and politician (born 1908)
Mehmet Ali Aybar was a lawyer, member of the Turkish parliament, the second president of the Workers Party of Turkey, the founder and President of the Socialist Revolution Party, and a member of the Russell Tribunal…
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1995
1996
Indian journalist and politician (born 1909)
Vakkom Majeed was an Indian freedom fighter, politician and a former member of the Travancore-Cochin State Assembly. He was born into one of the most prominent aristocratic Muslim families in Travancore. Influenced by…
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2000
Canadian politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (born 1926)
Joseph Julien Jean-Pierre Côté was a Canadian parliamentarian and the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
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2002
Greek general (born 1943)
Evangelos Florakis was a Greek Army officer who rose to the rank of lieutenant general. After retiring from the Hellenic Army, from 2000 until his death in a helicopter accident in 2002 he commanded the Cypriot National…
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2002
American author (born 1933)
Laurence Mark Janifer was an American science fiction author, with a career spanning over 50 years.
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2002
English author (born 1908)
Winston Mawdsley Graham OBE, born Winston Grime, was an English novelist best known for the Poldark series of historical novels set in Cornwall, though he also wrote numerous other works, including contemporary…
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2003
Baron Shawcross, German-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1902)
Hartley William Shawcross, Baron Shawcross,, known from 1945 to 1959 as Sir Hartley Shawcross, was an English barrister and Labour politician who served as the lead British prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes…
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2003
Russian-American ballerina and actress (born 1922)
Pati Behrs Eristoff was a Russian-American prima ballerina and actress.
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2004
English author (born 1940)
Philip Nicholson, known by his pen name A. J. Quinnell, was an English novelist. He is best known for his novel Man on Fire, which has been adapted to film twice and a television series. Later in life he spent much of…
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2005
Chechen terrorist rebel leader (born 1965)
Shamil Salmanovich Basayev, also known by his kunya Abu Idris, was a Chechen guerrilla leader who served as a senior military commander in the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. He held the rank of brigadier…
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2006
Swedish politician (born 1920)
Lennart Villiam Bladh was a Swedish politician who served as member of the Riksdag (MP) from 1974 to 1985.
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2006
chancellor of Faridia University. (born 1964)
Abdul Rashid Ghazi was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and diplomat-turned Islamist dissident who served as Khatib of Lal Masjid, the Chief Executive of Jamia Faridia University, the Chairman of Defense of Human Rights…
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2007
American cartoonist and author (born 1949)
Douglas Nigel Marlette was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American editorial cartoonist who, at the time of his death, had also published two novels and was "finding his voice in writing long-length fiction." His popular…
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2007
Japanese-American wrestler and businessman, founded Benihana (born 1938)
Hiroaki Aoki , better known as Rocky Aoki, was a Japanese-American restaurateur, professional offshore powerboat racer and amateur wrestler. He was the founder of the Japanese cuisine restaurant chain Benihana and…
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2008
American golfer (born 1927)
Michael Souchak was an American professional golfer. He won fifteen events on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s and represented the United States for the Ryder Cup in 1959 and 1961.
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2008
Norwegian writer (born 1917)
Ebba Margareta Haslund Halvorsen was an American-Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, playwright, essayist, children's writer, literary critic, radio speaker and politician.
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2009
Canadian soprano and educator (born 1921)
Pierrette Alarie, was a French Canadian coloratura soprano. She was married to the French-Canadian tenor Léopold Simoneau.
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2011
French dancer and choreographer (born 1924)
Roland Petit was a French ballet company director, choreographer and dancer. He trained at the Paris Opera Ballet school, and became well known for his creative ballets.
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2011
2012
American lawyer and politician (born 1925)
Peter Nicholas Kyros was an American attorney, politician, and lobbyist who served as a Democratic U.S. representative from Maine from 1967 to 1975.
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2012
German-Dutch journalist and author (born 1938)
Berthe Meijer was a Dutch Holocaust survivor and author. In her memoir of her time imprisoned in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, she wrote of knowing Anne Frank, which was corroborated by other camp survivors. She was…
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2012
German lieutenant (born 1919)
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded for a wide…
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2012
Russian-German composer (born 1942)
Viktor Yevseyevich Suslin was a Russian composer. An associate of Sofia Gubaidulina's, together with her and Vyacheslav Artyomov he formed the improvisatory ensemble 'Astraea' in 1975. He emigrated to Germany in 1981.
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2012
American businessman (born 1920)
Philip Caldwell was the first person to run the Ford Motor Company who was not a member of the Ford family. He orchestrated one of the most dramatically successful turnarounds in business history.
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2013
Polish poet and linguist (born 1929)
Józef Gara was a miner who spoke an endangered language of Wilamowice, Wymysorys, which had only 70 native speakers, and created the Wymysorys alphabet. He also wrote poetry in Wymysorys. In 2003 he published Zbiór…
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2013
Spanish journalist (born 1958)
Concepción García Campoy, also known as Concha García Campoy, was a Spanish radio and television journalist and personality.
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2013
American lawyer and jurist (born 1922)
Caroline Duby Glassman was an American attorney and former jurist in the state of Maine. A native of Oregon, she completed college and law school in that state before moving to Portland, Maine, where she practiced law…
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2013
2013
Indian author and academic (born 1922)
Gokulananda Mahapatra was an Indian scientist and science fiction writer, who popularized science in the Odia language. Mahapatra has authored over 95 science fiction and children science books.
Some of his notable…
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2013
American lawyer and judge (born 1933)
Robert Cameron Broomfield was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
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2014
Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist (born 1918)
Juozas Petras Kazickas or Joseph P. Kazickas was a Lithuanian-American businessman, self-made multi-millionaire and philanthropist. With assets estimated worth over 3 billion litas, he was considered to be the…
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2014
American ecologist and academic (born 1939)
Paul Gillan Risser was an American ecologist and academic from Oklahoma. He served as president of Miami University and Oregon State University before becoming chancellor of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education.
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2014
Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (born 1912)
Zohra Mumtaz Sehgal was an Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer. Having begun her career as a member of a contemporary dance troupe, she transitioned into acting roles beginning in the 1940s. Sehgal appeared in…
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2014
American baseball player (born 1934)
Gloria June "Tippy" Schweigerdt was an American pitcher who played from 1950 through 1952 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m), 120 lb, she batted and threw…
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2014
Welsh-American actor and director (born 1944)
Roger Rees was a Welsh-American actor and director. He won an Olivier Award and a Tony Award for his performance as the lead in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. He also received Obie Awards for his role in…
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2015
Egyptian actor (born 1932)
Omar Sharif was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as his country's greatest male film star. He began his career in Egypt in the early 1950s. He is best known for his appearances in American, British, French, and…
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2015
Canadian tenor (born 1926)
Jonathan Stewart Vickers, known professionally as Jon Vickers, was a world renowned Canadian heldentenor.
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2015
German politician (born 1922)
Katharina Focke was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). She served as Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth from 1972 to 1976.
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2016
American author and television producer (born 1917)
Henry Morgenthau III was an American author and television producer, and scion of the Morgenthau dynasty and member of the Lehman family.
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2018
American former child actress known for playing Violet Beauregarde in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (born 1957)
Denise Marie Nickerson was an American actress. Starting her career as a child actress, at the age of 13, she starred as Violet Beauregarde in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. She later played Allison…
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2019
Dutch short track speed skater (born 1992)
Lara Victoria van Ruijven was a Dutch short track speed skater. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, she was part of the Dutch 3000 metres relay team that won a bronze medal. She won gold at the World Championships one year…
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2020
English footballer and manager (born 1935)
John Charlton was an English professional footballer and manager who played as a centre-back for Leeds United. He was part of the England national team that won the 1966 World Cup and managed the Republic of Ireland…
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2020
Canadian outlaw biker (born 1953)
Maurice Boucher was a Canadian gangster, convicted murderer, reputed drug trafficker, and outlaw biker. He was once president of the Quebec Nomads chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. Boucher led Montreal's…
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2022
American Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1932)
Joseph Henry Engle was an American pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut. He was the commander of two Space Shuttle missions including STS-2 in 1981, the program's second orbital flight. He also flew two…
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2024
Native American Artist (born 1935)
Alexan Simeon Janvier was a First Nations painter in Canada. A member of the Indian Group of Seven, he helped pioneer contemporary Aboriginal art in Canada.
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2024
American musician (born 1947)
David Allen Loggins was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known for his 1974 hit single "Please Come to Boston" as well as his 1984 duet with Anne Murray, "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do".
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2024
American political consultant (born 1942)
David Richmond Gergen was an American political commentator and longtime presidential adviser who served during the administrations of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. He was later a senior…
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2025
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Notable deaths
Who died on July 10?
Humphrey Stafford — English military leader (1402–1460)
FeaturedHumphrey Stafford
Death year1460
Known forThrough his mother he was of royal descent from King Edward III, his great-grandfather, while from his father, he inherited, at an early age, the earldom of Stafford
Deaths on this date109 (138 – 2025)
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