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Bahíyyih Khánum was the only daughter of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, and Ásíyih Khánum
Notable Deaths on July 15
113 people
756 – 2021
July 15 has seen 113 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 756 – 2021. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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1932 — Bahíyyih Khánum
Iranian writer and leader in the Baha'i faith (born 1846)
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She was born in 1846 with the given name Fatimih Sultan, and was entitled "Varaqiy-i-'Ulyá" or "Greatest Holy Leaf"
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Greatly favoured by Bahá'u'lláh, she is seen within the Baháʼí Faith as one of the greatest women to have lived
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According to Baháʼís, every dispensation has one particular holy woman or "immortal heroine"
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In the time of Jesus it was the Virgin Mary, the time of Muhammad it was his daughter Fatima Zahra and during the Báb's dispensation it was Táhirih
consort of Xuan Zong (born 719)
Yang Yuhuan, often known as Yang Guifei or Consort Yang, and known briefly by the Taoist nun name Taizhen (太真), was the beloved consort of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang during his later years. She is known as one of the Four…
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756
Persian mathematician and astronomer (born 940)
Abū al-Wafāʾ Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Ismāʿīl ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Būzjānī or Abū al-Wafā Būzhjānī was a Persian mathematician and astronomer who worked in Baghdad. He made important innovations in spherical…
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998
Grand prince of Kievan Rus' (born c. 958)
Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych, given the epithet "the Great", was Prince of Novgorod from 970 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015. The Catholic Church and the Eastern…
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1015
Italian bishop and saint (born 1221)
Bonaventure was an Italian Catholic Franciscan bishop, cardinal, scholastic theologian and philosopher.
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1274
Rudolf of Habsburg (1 May 1218 – 15 July 1291) was a German nobleman and the first member of the House of Habsburg to become King of the Romans, reigning from 1273 until his death. Born into a relatively minor noble…
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1291
Eric Magnusson was king of Norway from 1280 until 1299.
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1299
1381
titular Latin empress consort of Constantinople (born 1313)
Agnes of Durazzo was the wife of James of Baux, titular Latin Emperor of Constantinople. She was the last woman to claim the title of empress of the Latin Empire.
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1388
German ruler (born c. 1334)
Catherine of Henneberg was a Countess of Henneberg by birth and, from 1347, Margravine of Meissen and Landgravine of Thuringia by marriage. She was the wife of Frederick the Severe of the House of Wettin. Through her,…
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1397
1406
German Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (born 1360)
Ulrich von Jungingen was the 26th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1407 to 1410. His policy of confrontation with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland would spark the…
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1410
Queen of Scotland
Joan Beaufort was Queen of Scots from 1424 to 1437 as the spouse of King James I.
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1445
subject of Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa (born 1479)
Lisa del Giocondo was an Italian noblewoman and member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany. Her name was given to the Mona Lisa, her portrait commissioned by her husband and painted by Leonardo da Vinci in…
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1542
René of Chalon, also known as Renatus of Chalon, was a Prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht and Gelre.
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1544
Japanese daimyō (born 1514)
Shimazu Takahisa , a son of Shimazu Tadayoshi, was a daimyō during Japan's Sengoku period. He was the fifteenth head of the Shimazu clan.
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1571
Italian painter and illustrator (born 1560)
Annibale Carracci was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome. Along with his brother Agostino and cousin Ludovico, Annibale was one of the progenitors, if not founders of a leading strand…
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1609
seigneur de Brantôme, French soldier, historian and author (born 1540)
Pierre de Bourdeille, called the seigneur et abbé de Brantôme, was a French memoirist, soldier and biographer.
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1614
Italian architect (born 1570)
Girolamo Rainaldi was an Italian architect who worked mainly in a conservative Mannerist style, often with collaborating architects. He was a successful competitor of Bernini. His son, Carlo Rainaldi, became an even…
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1655
1st Duke of Monmouth, Dutch-born English general and claimant to the throne, executed (born 1649)
General James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, Duke of Buccleuch, was an English Army officer and courtier. Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the eldest illegitimate…
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1685
Russian ethnographer and politician (born 1686)
Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev was a Russian statesman, historian, philosopher, and ethnographer. He is known as the author of a book on Russian history titled The History of Russia, posthumously published in 1767. He also…
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1750
French painter (born 1705)
Carle or Charles-André van Loo was a French painter, son of the painter Louis-Abraham van Loo, a younger brother of Jean-Baptiste van Loo and grandson of Jacob van Loo. He was the most famous member of a successful…
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1765
French harpsichord player and composer (born 1715)
Jacques Duphly was a French harpsichordist and composer.
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1789
French sculptor (born 1741)
Jean-Antoine, chevalier Houdon was a French neoclassical sculptor.
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1828
English poet and politician (born 1802)
Winthrop Mackworth Praed —typically written as W. Mackworth Praed—was an English politician and poet.
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1839
French philologist and historian (born 1772)
Claude Charles Fauriel was a French historian, philologist and critic.
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1844
French nun, founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny (born 1779)
Anne-Marie Javouhey, SJC was a French nun who founded the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Cluny. She is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church. She is known as the Liberator of the Slaves in the New World, and as the mother…
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1851
Argentinian general and politician (born 1787)
Juan Felipe Ibarra was an Argentine soldier and politician.
He was one of the caudillos who dominated the Argentine interior during the formation of the national state,
and ruled the province of his birth for decades.
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1851
Austrian pianist and composer (born 1791)
Carl Czerny was an Austrian composer, teacher, and pianist of Czech origin whose music spanned the late Classical and early Romantic eras. His vast musical production amounted to over a thousand works and his books of…
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1857
Russian painter (born 1806)
Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov was a Russian painter who adhered to the waning tradition of Neoclassicism but found little sympathy with his contemporaries. He was born and died in St. Petersburg. He has been called the…
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1858
American circus performer (born 1838)
Charles Sherwood Stratton, better known by his stage name "General Tom Thumb", was an American with dwarfism who achieved great fame as a performer under circus pioneer P. T. Barnum.
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1883
Spanish author and poet (born 1837)
María Rosalía Rita de Castro, was a Galician poet and novelist, considered one of the most important figures of the 19th-century Spanish literature and modern lyricism. Widely regarded as the greatest Galician cultural…
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1885
Swiss author, poet and playwright (born 1819)
Gottfried Keller was a Swiss poet and writer of German literature. Best known for his novel Green Henry and his cycle of novellas called Seldwyla Folks, he became one of the most popular narrators of literary realism in…
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1890
French-American archbishop (born 1825)
Jean-Baptiste Salpointe was a French-born prelate who serve as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe in New Mexico in the United States from 1885 to 1894.
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1898
Russian playwright and short story writer (born 1860)
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short story writer. Widely considered one of the greatest writers of all time, his career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held…
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1904
German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852)
Hermann Emil Louis Fischer was a German chemist and 1902 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He discovered the Fischer esterification. He also developed the Fischer projection, a symbolic way of drawing…
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1919
Austrian author, poet, and playwright (born 1874)
Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist.
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1929
Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1845)
Leopold von Auer was a Hungarian violinist, academic, conductor, composer, and instructor. Many of his students went on to become prominent concert performers and teachers.
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1930
Irish-born American social activist (born 1849)
Leonora M. Kearney Barry was an Irish-American labor activist. As the only woman to hold national office within the Knights of Labor, she brought attention to the conditions of working women through her involvement in…
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1930
Russian-German economist and mathematician (born 1868)
Ladislaus Josephovich Bortkiewicz was a Russian economist and statistician of Polish ancestry. He wrote a book showing how the Poisson distribution, a discrete probability distribution, can be useful in applied…
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1931
South African poet and politician (born 1873)
Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, who published under his initials C.J. Langenhoven, was a South African poet who played a major role in the development of Afrikaans literature and cultural history. His poetry was one of…
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1932
American scholar, critic, and academic (born 1865)
Irving Babbitt was an American academic and literary critic, noted for his founding role in a movement that became known as the New Humanism, a significant influence on literary discussion and conservative thought in…
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1933
American cornet player (born 1890)
Freddie Keppard was an American jazz cornetist who once held the title of "King" in the New Orleans jazz scene. This title was previously held by Buddy Bolden and succeeded by Joe Oliver.
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1933
Swiss psychiatrist and physician (born 1857)
Paul Eugen Bleuler was a Swiss psychiatrist and eugenicist most notable for his influence on modern concepts of mental illness. He coined several psychiatric terms including schizophrenia, schizoid, autism, depth…
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1940
American giant, 8"11' 271 cm (born 1918)
Robert Pershing Wadlow, also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was an American man known for being the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. Wadlow was born and…
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1940
Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1910)
Wenceslao "Bintao" Quinito Vinzons Sr. was a Filipino patriot and leader of the Philippine armed resistance against the Japanese invasion in World War II. He was the youngest delegate to the 1935 Philippine…
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1942
Canadian botanist and academic (born 1885)
Brother Marie-Victorin, F.S.C., was a Canadian member of Brothers of the Christian Schools and a noted botanist in Quebec, Canada.
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1944
English cricketer and coach (born 1877)
William Charles "Razor" Smith was a Surrey slow bowler. Nicknamed "Razor" because of his extreme thinness, Smith was a frail man and prone to serious injury; he could rarely get through a full season's cricket, but when…
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1946
American soldier and songwriter (born 1893)
Walter Donaldson was a prolific American popular songwriter and publishing company founder, composing many hit songs of the 1910s to 1940s, that have become standards and form part of the Great American Songbook.
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1947
American general (born 1860)
John Joseph Pershing, nicknamed "Black Jack", was an American army general, educator, and founder of the Pershing Rifles. He served as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during World War I from…
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1948
Indian archbishop, founded the Order of the Imitation of Christ (born 1882)
Panikkervettil Thomas Panicker Geevarghese, known formally as Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, was a prominent Indian bishop and the first metropolitan archbishop and the founder of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. He was a…
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1953
American publisher and politician, 46th Governor of Ohio (born 1870)
James Middleton Cox was an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th and 48th governor of Ohio, and a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio. As the Democratic nominee for President of the United States…
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1957
a Russian lawyer and politician (born 1869)
Vasily Alekseyevich Maklakov was a Russian student activist, a trial lawyer and liberal parliamentary deputy, an orator, and one of the leaders of the Constitutional Democratic Party, notable for his advocacy of a…
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1957
Swiss-American composer and academic (born 1880)
Ernest Bloch was a Swiss-born American composer. Bloch was a preeminent artist in his day, and left a lasting legacy. He is recognized as one of the most significant Swiss composers in history. Several of his most…
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1959
Australian author and critic (born 1885)
Edward Vivian "Vance" Palmer was an Australian novelist, dramatist, essayist and critic.
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1959
1960
American singer and actor (born 1896)
Lawrence Mervil Tibbett was an American opera singer and recording artist who also performed as a film actor and radio personality. A baritone with large, deep, and dark-timbred voice. His dynamic range ranged from…
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1960
Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Alberta (born 1884)
John Edward Brownlee was the fifth premier of Alberta, serving from 1925 until 1934. Born in Port Ryerse, Ontario, he studied history and political science at the University of Toronto's Victoria College before moving…
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1961
1961
American lawyer and politician, 35th Governor of Arkansas (born 1908)
Francis Adams Cherry was an American politician and judge. A Democrat, he served as the 35th governor of Arkansas from 1953 to 1955. The Arkansas government was known for its honesty during his administration, though…
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1965
Turkish architect (born 1903)
Abdurrahman Seyfettin Arkan, Seyfi Nasih was a Turkish architect, the personal architect of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He was born in 1903 in Istanbul. He attended Kadikoy French School and Galatasaray High School. He was…
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1966
American labor reformer and researcher (born 1885)
Grace Hutchins was an American labor reformer and researcher, journalist, political activist and communist. She spent many years of her life writing about labor and economics, in addition to being a lifelong dedicated…
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1969
American journalist (born 1944)
Christine Chubbuck was an American television news reporter who worked for stations WTOG and WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida. She is best known for being the first person to die by suicide on a live television broadcast.
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1974
American journalist and author (born 1897)
Paul William Gallico was an American novelist and short story and sports writer. Many of his works were adapted for motion pictures. He is perhaps best remembered for The Snow Goose, his most critically successful book,…
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1976
Australian businessman and activist (born 1933)
Donald Bruce Mackay was an Australian businessman and anti-drug campaigner. He disappeared in 1977, but his body has never been found. In 1986, James Bazley was convicted for his murder.
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1977
Mexican academic and politician, 29th President of Mexico (born 1911)
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Bolaños was a Mexican politician and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as the President of Mexico from 1964 to 1970. Previously, he served as a member of the Chamber of…
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1979
Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1898)
Frédéric Dorion was a Quebec politician and chief justice. He led a group of Independent MPs in the House of Commons of Canada who were opposed to the implementation of conscription during World War II.
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1981
American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (born 1926)
William Everett Justis Jr. was an American pioneer rock and roll musician, composer, and musical arranger, best known for his 1957 Grammy Hall of Fame song, "Raunchy". As a songwriter, he was also often credited as Bill…
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1982
American harness racer and trainer (born 1923)
William Robert (Billy) Haughton was an American harness driver and trainer. He was one of only three drivers to win the Hambletonian four times, the only one to win the Little Brown Jug five times, and the only one to…
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1986
American librarian, author, and illustrator (born 1906)
Eleanor Estes was an American children's writer and a children's librarian. Her book Ginger Pye, for which she also created illustrations, won the Newbery Medal. Three of her books were Newbery Honor Winners, and one…
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1988
English footballer (born 1956)
Laurence Paul Cunningham was an English professional footballer who played as a winger. He notably played in England, France, and Spain, where he became the first-ever English player to sign for Real Madrid.
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1989
Yugoslav and Bosnian writer (born 1920)
Zaim Topčić was a Bosnian writer of novels. He twice won the Annual Award of the Association of Writers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the novels Lump of Sun and Black Snows.
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1990
English actress (born 1916)
Margaret Mary Day Lockwood was a British actress. One of Britain's most popular film stars of the 1930s and 1940s, her film appearances included The Lady Vanishes (1938), Night Train to Munich (1940), The Man in Grey…
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1990
Syrian poet and diplomat, 4th Syrian Ambassador to the United States (born 1910)
Omar Abu Risha was a Syrian poet and diplomat. He served as the Syrian ambassador to the United States from 1961 to 1964 and was a renowned poet who lyricized Fī Sabīli al-Majd , Syria's de facto national anthem.
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1990
American actor, singer, and game show host (born 1933)
Bernard Whalen "Bert" Convy was an American actor, singer, game-show panelist, and host known for Tattletales, Super Password, and Win, Lose or Draw.
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1991
Nauruan educator and politician, 1st President of Nauru (born 1922)
Hammer DeRoburt was a Nauruan politician and independence leader. He led negotiations for independence from Australia and the end of the country's status as a United Nations trust territory. He was subsequently elected…
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1992
Azerbaijani journalist and author (born 1960)
Chingiz Fuad oghlu Mustafayev was an independent Azerbaijani journalist, posthumously bestowed the title of National Hero of Azerbaijan. Mustafayev, with the medical degree and no formal background in journalism save…
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1992
Lithuanian basketball player (born 1924)
Justinas Lagunavičius was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas.
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1997
Italian fashion designer, founded Versace (born 1946)
Giovanni Maria "Gianni" Versace was an Italian fashion designer and businessman. He was the founder of Versace, an international luxury-fashion house that produces accessories, fragrances, make-up, home furnishings and…
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1997
Sri Lankan politician (born 1960)
Sarawanabavanandan Shanmuganathan was a Sri Lankan Tamil militant, politician and Member of Parliament.
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1998
Canadian opera singer and educator (born 1925)
Louis Quilico, was a Canadian opera singer. One of the leading dramatic baritones of his day, he was an ideal interpreter of the great Italian and French composers, especially Giuseppe Verdi. He was often referred to as…
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2000
Sri Lankan lawyer and civil servant (born 1917)
Coomarasamy Balasingham was a leading Ceylon Tamil civil servant.
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2001
Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist (born 1953)
Roberto Bolaño Ávalos was a Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist. In 1999, Bolaño won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel The Savage Detectives, and in 2008 he was posthumously awarded the…
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2003
American actress and singer (born 1904)
Elisabeth Margaret Welch was an American singer, actress, and entertainer, whose career spanned seven decades. Her best-known songs were "Stormy Weather", "Love for Sale" and "Far Away in Shanty Town". She was…
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2003
American businessman, founder of Hooters and Naturally Fresh, Inc. (born 1937)
Robert Howell Brooks was founder of Naturally Fresh, Inc. in 1966 in Atlanta, Georgia. He helped create the Hooters of America, Inc. restaurant chain that would eventually drive that company's rapid expansion in the…
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2006
Iranian archaeologist and academic (born 1942)
Alireza Shapour Shahbazi was a prominent Persian archaeologist, Iranologist and a world expert on Achaemenid archaeology. Shahbazi got a BA degree in and an MA degree in East Asian archaeology from SOAS. Shahbazi had a…
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2006
Hungarian canoe racer (born 1972)
György "Kolo" Kolonics was a Hungarian sprint canoeist who won two gold and two bronze medals at four Summer Olympics. He also won a record fifteen gold medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. He died from…
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2008
American politician and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (born 1926)
James Elmer Akins was the U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from September, 1973 to February, 1976, just in time to serve during the 1973 Oil Crisis of October, 1973 to March, 1974. Akins was a member of the Council on…
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2010
German landowner and politician (born 1928)
Friedrich "Fritz" Wilhelm Schnitzler was a German landowner and business manager, and also a local politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the founder of the agricultural association of the District of…
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2011
British-Australian actress (born 1917)
Georgette Lizette "Googie" Withers was an English dancer and actress, with a lengthy career spanning some 73 years in theatre, film, and television. She was a well-known actress and star of British films during and…
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2011
2012
Israeli-French actress (born 1919)
Tsilla Chelton was a French actress of theatre and film, famous for playing the main role in 1990 film Tatie Danielle, in which she was nominated for a César Awards and as an elderly Dominican in Sister Smile.
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2012
American football player (born 1960)
Grant Earl Feasel was an American professional football center in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts, Minnesota Vikings, and Seattle Seahawks.
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2012
English general (born 1920)
General Sir David William Fraser, was a senior British Army officer who served as Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 1978 until his retirement from military service in 1980. He was also a prolific…
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2012
American actress and singer (born 1917)
Celeste Holm was an American actress. Holm won an Academy Award for her performance in Elia Kazan's Gentleman's Agreement (1947), and was nominated for her roles in Come to the Stable (1949) and All About Eve (1950).…
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2012
Japanese director and screenwriter (born 1931)
Yoichi Takabayashi was a Japanese film director.
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2012
2013
American lawyer and politician (born 1944)
Henry English "Hank" Braden IV was a lawyer and politician.
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2013
American lawyer and judge (born 1956)
Thomas Frederick Greenwell was a judge of the Texas 319th District Court based in Corpus Christi in Nueces County, Texas. The first Republican to serve on the 319th court, Greenwell was first elected in 2002 and…
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2013
2013
2013
Ethiopian runner (born 1986)
Meskerem Legesse was an Ethiopian distance runner. She participated in the 1,500 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Legesse turned professional and participated in a number of U.S. events at various distances.
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2013
American computer scientist and academic (born 1962)
John Thomas Riedl was an American computer scientist and the McKnight Distinguished Professor at the University of Minnesota. His published works include highly influential research on the social web, recommendation…
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2013
Honduran author, poet, and diplomat (born 1933)
Óscar Acosta Zeledón was a Honduran writer, poet, critic, politician and diplomat.
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2014
American historian, political scientist, and author (born 1918)
James MacGregor Burns was an American historian and political scientist, presidential biographer, and authority on leadership studies. He was the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Government Emeritus at Williams College and…
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2014
American neuroscientist and academic (born 1926)
Edward Roy Perl was an American neuroscientist whose research focused on neural mechanisms of and circuitry involved in somatic sensation, principally nociception. Work in his laboratory in the late 1960s established…
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2014
American soldier and politician (born 1924)
Robert Aloysius Roe was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from November 4, 1969 to January 3, 1993.
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2014
Japanese-American economist and academic (born 1938)
Masahiko Aoki was a Japanese economist, Tomoye and Henri Takahashi Professor Emeritus of Japanese Studies in the Economics Department, and Senior Fellow of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Freeman…
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2015
Chinese politician, 4th Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1916)
Wan Li was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician who served as First Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1983 to 1988 and the 5th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's…
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2015
British actor (born 1926)
Aubrey Morris was a British actor known for his appearances in the films A Clockwork Orange and The Wicker Man.
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2015
Canadian singer (born 1933)
David Troy Somerville was a Canadian singer best known as the co-founder, and original lead singer, of The Diamonds, one of the most popular vocal groups of the 1950s.
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2015
American film and television actor (born 1928)
Martin James Landau was an American actor. His career began in the late 1950s, with early film appearances including a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959). His career breakthrough came with…
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2017
Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter (born 1956)
Peter Rudolf de Vries was a Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter. His television program Peter R. de Vries, misdaadverslaggever covered high-profile cases and set a Dutch television viewing record. For…
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2021
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Bahíyyih Khánum — Daughter of Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Baháʼí Faith, and Ásíyih Khánum
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Death year1932
Known forShe was born in 1846 with the given name Fatimih Sultan, and was entitled "Varaqiy-i-'Ulyá" or "Greatest Holy Leaf"
Deaths on this date113 (756 – 2021)
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