Notable people who died on July 24 include: Oswulf, Gao Ying, Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, Matilda of Tuscany (born 1046), Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (born 1053).

Notable Deaths on July 24

Q: What is Ahmad Shamloo known for?

Ahmad Shamloo, Iranian poet and journalist (born 1925)

2000 — Ahmad Shamloo

Iranian poet and journalist (born 1925)

July 24 has seen 82 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 759 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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Notable Deaths 82 people 759 – 2025

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Shamlou was arguably the most influential poet of modern Iran

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Bamdad ) was an Iranian poet, writer, and journalist

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His initial poetry was influenced by and in the tradition of Nima Yooshij

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In fact, Abdolali Dastgheib, Iranian literary critic, argues that Shamlou is one of the pioneers of modern Persian poetry and has had the greatest influence, after Nima, on Iranian poets of his era

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As the base, he uses the traditional imagery familiar to his Iranian audience through the works of Persian masters like Hafez and Omar Khayyam

Oswulf

king of Northumbria

Oswulf I was king of Northumbria from 758 to 759. He succeeded his father Eadberht, who had abdicated and joined the monastery at York. Oswulf's uncle was Ecgbert, Archbishop of York.

759

Gao Ying

Chinese politician (born 740)

Gao Ying (高郢), courtesy name Gongchu (公楚), was a Chinese politician during the Tang dynasty, who served as a chancellor during the reigns of Emperor Dezong and Emperor Shunzong.

811

Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid

Egyptian ruler (born 882)

Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Ṭughj ibn Juff ibn Yiltakīn ibn Fūrān ibn Fūrī ibn Khāqān, better known by the title al-Ikhshīd after 939, was an Abbasid commander and governor who became the autonomous ruler of Egypt and parts…

946

Matilda of Tuscany (born 1046)

Matilda of Tuscany, or Matilda of Canossa, also referred to as la Gran Contessa, was a member of the House of Canossa in the second half of the eleventh century. Matilda was one of the most important governing figures…

1115

Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (born 1053)

Emperor Shirakawa was the 72nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.

1129

Berthold of Hanover

Bishop of Livonia

Berthold of Hanover was a German Cistercian and Bishop of Livonia, who met his death in a crusade against the pagan Livonians.

1198

Jacob van Artevelde

Flemish statesman (born 1290)

Jacob van Artevelde, sometimes written in English as James van Artevelde, also known as The Wise Man and the Brewer of Ghent, was a Flemish statesman and political leader.

1345

Carlos

Prince of Asturias (born 1545)

Don Carlos, Prince of Asturias, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Philip II of Spain. His mother was Maria Manuela of Portugal, daughter of John III of Portugal. Carlos was known to be mentally unstable and…

1568

John Boste

English martyr and saint (born 1544)

John Boste is a saint in the Catholic Church, and one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

1594

Joris Hoefnagel

Flemish painter (born 1542)

Joris Hoefnagel or Georg Hoefnagel was a Flemish painter, printmaker, miniaturist, draftsman and merchant. He is noted for his illustrations of natural history subjects, topographical views, illuminations and…

1601

John Salusbury

Welsh politician and poet (born 1567)

Sir John Salusbury was a Welsh knight, politician and poet of the Elizabethan era. He is notable for his opposition to the faction of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and for his patronage of complex acrostic and…

1612

Ivan Ančić

Croatian Franciscan and religious writer (born 1624)

Ivan Ančić was a Croatian Franciscan priest and religious writer in the Catholic Revival tradition. Ančić, a native of Lipa in the region of Duvno, joined the Franciscan order in Bosnia and received an education in the…

1685

Benedetto Marcello

Italian composer and educator (born 1686)

Benedetto Giacomo Marcello was an Italian composer, writer, advocate, magistrate, and teacher.

1739

Nathaniel Lardner

English theologian and author (born 1684)

Nathaniel Lardner was an English Presbyterian minister and theologian.

1768

Matooskie

First Nations woman

Matooskie, also known as Anne "Nancy" McKenzie, was a First Nations woman of the Chipewyan (Dënesųłı̨né) nation in Canada. The daughter of Scottish-Canadian fur trader Roderick Mackenzie, Matooskie was abandoned by her…

1851

Martin Van Buren

American lawyer and politician, eighth President of the United States (born 1782)

Martin Van Buren was the eighth president of the United States, serving from 1837 to 1841. Van Buren co-founded the Democratic Party with Andrew Jackson and became Jackson's vice president from 1833 to 1837.

1862

Hermann Raster

German-American journalist and politician (born 1827)

Hermann Raster was an American editor, abolitionist, writer, and anti-temperance political boss who served as chief editor and part-owner of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung, a widely circulated newspaper in the German…

1891

Vicente Acosta

Salvadoran journalist and poet (born 1867)

Vicente Acosta was a Salvadoran poet.

1908

Sigismondo Savona

Maltese educator and politician (born 1835)

Sigismondo Savona was a Maltese educator and politician who played a prominent role in the Language Question which defined the politics of the Crown Colony of Malta in the late 19th century.

1908

Arkhip Kuindzhi

Ukrainian-Russian painter (born 1841)

Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi was a Russian landscape painter of Urum origin.

1910

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Japanese author (born 1892)

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , art name Chōkōdō Shujin (澄江堂主人), was a Japanese writer active in the Taishō period in Japan. He is regarded as the "father of the Japanese short story", and Japan's premier literary award, the…

1927

Sacha Guitry

French actor and director (born 1885)

Alexandre-Pierre Georges "Sacha" Guitry was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French actor, Lucien Guitry, and followed his…

1957

Wilfrid Noyce

English mountaineer and author (born 1917)

Cuthbert Wilfrid Francis Noyce was an English mountaineer and author. He was a member of the 1953 British Expedition that made the first ascent of Mount Everest.

1962

Constance Bennett

American actress and producer (born 1904)

Constance Campbell Bennett was an American stage, film, radio, and television actress and producer. She was a major Hollywood star during the 1920s and 1930s; during the early 1930s, she was the highest-paid actress in…

1965

Tony Lema

American golfer (born 1934)

Anthony David Lema was an American professional golfer who rose to fame in the mid-1960s and won a major title, the 1964 Open Championship at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. He died two years later at age 32…

1966

Witold Gombrowicz

Polish author and playwright (born 1904)

Witold Marian Gombrowicz was a Polish writer and playwright. His works are characterised by deep psychological analysis, a certain sense of paradox and absurd, anti-nationalist flavor. In 1937, he published his first…

1969

Peter de Noronha

Indian businessman, philanthropist, and civil servant (born 1897)

Chevalier Peter Bertram Cypriano Castellino de Noronha was a businessman and civil servant of Kanpur, India. He was knighted by Pope Paul VI in 1965 for his work for the Christian community in India.

1970

James Chadwick

English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891)

Sir James Chadwick was a British experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1935 for his discovery of the neutron. In 1941, he wrote the final draft of the MAUD Report, which inspired the U.S.…

1974

Peter Sellers

English actor and comedian (born 1925)

Peter Sellers was an English actor and comedian. He first came to prominence with his performances on the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show. Sellers was featured on a number of hit comic songs and became…

1980

Ezechiele Ramin

Italian missionary and martyr (born 1953)

Ezechiele "Lele" Ramin, MCCJ was an Italian Comboni missionary and artist. He was described as a martyr of charity by Pope John Paul II after his murder in Brazil while defending the rights of the farmers and the Suruí…

1985

Fritz Albert Lipmann

German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)

Fritz Albert Lipmann was a German-American biochemist and a co-discoverer in 1945 of coenzyme A. For this, together with other research on coenzyme A, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1953.

1986

Qudrat Ullah Shahab

Pakistani civil servant and author (born 1917)

Qudrat Ullah Shahab was an eminent Urdu writer, civil servant and diplomat from Pakistan.

1986

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Polish-American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)

Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Polish-born Jewish American novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, and translator in the United States. Some of his works were adapted for the theater. He wrote and published…

1991

Arletty

French actress and singer (born 1898)

Léonie Marie Julie Bathiat, known professionally as Arletty, was a French actress, singer, and fashion model. As an actress she is particularly known for classics directed by Marcel Carné, including Hotel du Nord…

1992

Sam Berger

Canadian lawyer and businessman (born 1900)

Samuel Berger, was a Canadian owner of the Canadian Football League's Ottawa Rough Riders and Montreal Alouettes and president of the CFL.

1992

Helen Cordero

Cochiti Pueblo (Native American) Pueblo potter (born 1915)

Helen Cordero was a Cochiti Pueblo potter from Cochiti, New Mexico. She was renowned for her storyteller pottery figurines, a motif she invented, based upon the traditional "singing mother" motif.

1994

George Rodger

English photographer and journalist (born 1908)

George William Adam Rodger was a British photojournalist. He was noted for his work in Africa, and for photographing mass deaths at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the end of the World War II.

1995

Alphonso Theodore Roberts

Vincentian cricketer and activist (born 1937)

Alphonso (Alfie) Theodore Roberts was a Vincentian political activist and cricketer.

1996

William J. Brennan Jr.

American colonel and jurist (born 1906)

William Joseph Brennan Jr. was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1956 to 1990. He was the eighth-longest serving justice in Supreme Court…

1997

Saw Maung

Burmese general and politician, seventh Prime Minister of Burma (born 1928)

Saw Maung was a Burmese military leader and statesman who served as Chairman of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) and Prime Minister of Burma from 1988 until 1992, when he was deposed by rival generals…

1997

Georges Dor

Canadian author, playwright, and composer (born 1931)

Georges Dor was a Canadian author, composer, playwright, singer, poet, translator, and theatrical producer and director.

2001

Richard Doll

English physiologist and epidemiologist (born 1912)

Sir William Richard Shaboe Doll was a British physician who became an epidemiologist in the mid-20th century and made important contributions to that discipline. He was a pioneer in research linking smoking to health…

2005

Albert Ellis

American psychologist and author (born 1913)

Albert Ellis was an American psychologist and psychotherapist who founded rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT). He held MA and PhD degrees in clinical psychology from Columbia University, and was certified by the…

2007

Nicola Zaccaria

Greek opera singer (born 1923)

Nicola Zaccaria, born Nicholas Angelos Zachariou was a Greek bass.

2007

Norman Dello Joio

American pianist and composer (born 1913)

Norman Dello Joio was an American composer active for over half a century. Best known for his choral music, he won a Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1957.

2008

Jack Le Goff

French equestrian (born 1931)

Jack Louis Joseph Marie Le Goff was a French equestrian, best known as the coach of the American three-day eventing team from 1970 to 1984. He coached the team to multiple international championships, winning 18…

2009

Alex Higgins

Northern Irish snooker player (born 1949)

Alexander Gordon Higgins was a Northern Irish professional snooker player and a two-time world champion, remembered as one of the most iconic figures in the sport's history. Nicknamed "Hurricane Higgins" for his rapid…

2010

Frank Dietrich

German politician (born 1966)

Frank Dietrich was a German politician and member of the CDU. He was a member of the final East German Volkskammer before reunification and from 1990 to 1994 was a member of the Landtag of Brandenburg.

2011

Dan Peek

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1950)

Daniel Milton Peek was an American musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the co-founder of the band America, and later a "pioneer" in contemporary Christian music.

2011

Harald Johnsen

Norwegian bassist and composer (born 1970)

Harald Gill Johnsen was a Norwegian jazz double bassist, known for his contributions in bands like Køhn/Johansen Sextet and Tord Gustavsen Trio, and a series of recordings with such as Sonny Simmons, Sigurd Køhn,…

2011

David Servan-Schreiber

French physician, neuroscientist, and author (born 1961)

David Servan-Schreiber was a French physician, neuroscientist and author. He was a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He was also a lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine…

2011

Skip Thomas

American football player (born 1950)

Alonzo "Skip" Thomas III, nicknamed "Dr. Death", was an American professional football player. A cornerback, Thomas played college football at Arizona Western Junior College before transferring to the University of…

2011

Chad Everett

American actor and director (born 1937)

Raymon Lee Cramton, known professionally as Chad Everett, was an American actor who appeared in more than 40 films and television series. He played Dr. Joe Gannon in the television drama Medical Center, which aired…

2012

Sherman Hemsley

American actor and singer (born 1938)

Sherman Alexander Hemsley was an American actor and comedian. He was known for his roles as George Jefferson on the CBS television series All in the Family and The Jeffersons (1975–1985), Deacon Ernest Frye on the NBC…

2012

Larry Hoppen

American singer and guitarist (born 1951)

Orleans is an American pop rock band formed in 1972 in Woodstock, New York, by John Hall, Larry Hoppen, and Wells Kelly. Larry's younger brother, bassist Lance Hoppen, and drummer Jerry Marotta joined the band in 1972…

2012

Robert Ledley

American physiologist and physicist, invented the CT scanner (born 1926)

Robert Steven Ledley, professor of physiology and biophysics and professor of radiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, pioneered the use of electronic digital computers in biology and medicine. In 1959, he…

2012

Themo Lobos

Chilean author and illustrator (born 1928)

Themístocles Nazario Lobos Aguirre, better known as Themo Lobos, was a Chilean cartoonist. He created the characters Máximo Chambónez, Ferrilo, Nick Obre, and Alaraco, with his most famous work being Mampato, a…

2012

John Atta Mills

Ghanaian lawyer and politician, President of Ghana (born 1944)

John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as the 11th president of Ghana from 2009 until his death in 2012. He was inaugurated on 7 January 2009, having defeated the governing…

2012

Gregorio Peces-Barba

Spanish jurist and politician (born 1938)

Gregorio Peces-Barba Martínez was a Spanish politician and jurist. He was one of the seven jurists who wrote the Spanish Constitution of 1978, acting as a representative of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.

2012

Garry Davis

American pilot and activist, created the World Passport (born 1921)

Sol Gareth "Garry" Davis was an international peace activist best known for renouncing his American citizenship and interrupting the United Nations in 1948 to advocate for world government as a way to end nationalistic…

2013

Fred Dretske

American philosopher and academic (born 1932)

Frederick Irwin "Fred" Dretske was an American philosopher noted for his contributions to epistemology and the philosophy of mind.

2013

Virginia E. Johnson

American psychologist and sexologist (born 1925)

Virginia E. Johnson was an American sexologist and a member of the Masters and Johnson sexuality research team. Along with her collaborator, William H. Masters, she pioneered research into the nature of human sexual…

2013

Pius Langa

South African lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of South Africa (born 1939)

Pius Nkonzo Langa SCOB was Chief Justice of South Africa from June 2005 to October 2009. Formerly a human rights lawyer, he was appointed as a puisne judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa upon its inception…

2013

Ik-Hwan Bae

Korean-American violinist and educator (born 1956)

Ik-Hwan Bae was a South Korean-born American concert violinist. A native of Seoul, he made his professional debut with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 12. He attended New York City's prestigious High…

2014

Dale Schlueter

American basketball player (born 1945)

Dale Wayne Schlueter was an American professional basketball player born in Tacoma, Washington.

2014

Hans-Hermann Sprado

German journalist and author (born 1956)

Hans-Hermann "Hannes" Sprado was a German journalist and author. Until his death he was editor-in-chief and publisher of the popular science magazine P.M. Magazin.

2014

Peg Lynch

American actress and screenwriter (born 1916)

Margaret Frances "Peg" Lynch was an American writer, actress, and sitcom creator. The BBC dubbed her, “the woman who invented sitcom”.

2015

Ingrid Sischy

South African-American journalist and critic (born 1952)

Ingrid Barbara Sischy was a South African-born American writer and editor who specialized in covering art, photography, and fashion. She rose to prominence as the editor of Artforum from 1979 to 1988, and was…

2015

Marni Nixon

American actress and singer (born 1930)

Margaret Nixon McEathron, known professionally as Marni Nixon, was an American soprano and ghost singer for featured actresses in musical films. She was the singing voice of leading actresses on the soundtracks of…

2016

Harshida Raval

Indian Gujarati playback singer

Harshida Raval was a singer from Gujarat, India. She had worked as a playback singer in Gujarati cinema as well as Sugam Sangeet and devotional music. She died on 24 July 2017 at Ahmedabad.

2017

Regis Philbin

American actor and television host (born 1931)

Regis Francis Xavier Philbin was an American television presenter, comedian, actor, and singer. Once called "the hardest-working man in show business", he held the Guinness World Record for the most hours spent on US…

2020

Dale Snodgrass

United States Naval Aviator and air show performer (born 1949)

Dale Snodgrass was a United States Navy aviator and air show performer who according to the Spokane Spokesman-Review was considered one of the greatest fighter pilots of all time.

2021

Rodney Alcala

American serial killer (born 1943)

Rodney James Alcala, also known as John Berger and John Burger, was an American serial killer and convicted sex offender who was sentenced to death in California for five murders committed between 1977 and 1979. He…

2021

David Warner

English actor (born 1941)

David Hattersley Warner was an English actor who portrayed a variety of villainous characters, as well as more sympathetic roles, in a career spanning six decades across stage and screen. His accolades include a…

2022

George Alagiah

BBC News journalist and broadcaster (born 1955)

George Maxwell Alagiah was a British newsreader, journalist and television presenter for the BBC. From 2007 until 2022, he was the presenter of the BBC News at Six and the main presenter of GMT on BBC World News from…

2023

Trevor Francis

Britain's first "£1 million football player" (born 1954)

Trevor John Francis was an English footballer who played as a forward for a number of clubs in England, the United States, Italy, Scotland and Australia. In 1979 he became Britain's first £1 million player following his…

2023

Shafin Ahmed

Bangladeshi bassist and singer-songwriter (born 1961)

Shafin Ahmed was a Bangladeshi rock bassist, singer-songwriter, record producer and politician. He was the lead singer, songwriter and bassist for the Bangladeshi rock band Miles, where he and his elder brother Hamin…

2024

Hamzah Haz

Indonesian journalist and politician, 9th Vice President of Indonesia (born 1940)

Hamzah Haz was an Indonesian politician who served as the ninth vice president of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004 under President Megawati Sukarnoputri. Prior to serving as vice president, Hamzah served as a cabinet…

2024

Dmytro Kiva

Ukrainian engineer and designer (born 1942)

Dmytro Semenovich Kiva was a Ukrainian engineer and academic who was a recipient of the Hero of Ukraine, Order of Merit and Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise. Additionally, he was once the President–General designer at…

2024

Hulk Hogan

American professional wrestler and actor (born 1953)

Terry Gene Bollea, better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, was an American professional wrestler and media personality. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most recognized wrestlers of all time, Hogan won…

2025

Cleo Laine

English singer and actress (born 1927)

Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth was a British singer and actress known for her scat singing. She was the wife of jazz composer and musician Sir John Dankworth and the mother of bassist Alec and singer Jacqui Dankworth.…

2025

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Ahmad Shamloo — Iranian poet and writer (1925–2000)

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