Notable people who died on July 7 include: Crescentius the Elder, Fujiwara no Akimitsu, Haakon II Sigurdsson, Tile Kolup, Benedict XI.

Notable Deaths on July 7

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Clarence Hudson White, American photographer and educator (born 1871)

98 people 984 – 2025

July 7 has seen 98 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 984 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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1925 — Clarence Hudson White

American photographer and educator (born 1871)

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While there he became interested in teaching photography and in 1914 he established the Clarence H

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As he became well known for his images, White was sought out by other photographers who often traveled to Ohio to learn from him

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White School of Photography, the first educational institution in America to teach photography as art

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After visiting the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, he took up photography

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In 1906 White and his family moved to New York City in order to be closer to Stieglitz and his circle and to further promote his own work

Crescentius the Elder

Italian politician and aristocrat

Crescentius the Elder, also known as Crescenzio de Theodora, was a politician and aristocrat in Rome who played a part in the papal appointments of Pope Benedict VI and Pope Boniface VII.

984

Fujiwara no Akimitsu

Japanese bureaucrat (born 944)

Fujiwara no Akimitsu

1021

Haakon II Sigurdsson

king of Norway (born 1147)

Haakon II Sigurdsson, also known as Haakon Herdebrei meaning Haakon Broadshoulder, was King of Norway from 1157 until 1162 during the civil war era in Norway.

1162

Tile Kolup

German impostor claiming to be Frederick II

Tile Kolup, also known as Dietrich Holzschuh, was an impostor who in 1284 began to pretend to be Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.

1285

Benedict XI

pope of the Catholic Church (born 1240)

Pope Benedict XI, born Nicola Boccasini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 October 1303 to his death on 7 July 1304.

1304

Edward I

king of England (born 1239)

Edward I, also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306 ruled Gascony as Duke of Aquitaine in his…

1307

Momchil

Bulgarian brigand and ruler

Momchil was a 14th-century Bulgarian brigand and local ruler. Initially a member of a bandit gang in the borderlands of Bulgaria, Byzantium and Serbia, Momchil was recruited by the Byzantines as a mercenary. Through his…

1345

Tilman Riemenschneider

German sculptor (born 1460)

Tilman Riemenschneider was a German woodcarver and sculptor active in Würzburg from 1483. A master in limewood and stone, he was one of the most prolific and versatile sculptors of the transition period between the Late…

1531

William Turner

British ornithologist and botanist (born 1508)

William Turner was an English divine and reformer, a physician and a natural historian. He has been called "the father of English botany". He studied medicine in Italy, and was a friend of the great Swiss naturalist…

1568

Sigismund II Augustus

Polish king (born 1520)

Sigismund II Augustus was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548. He was the first ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the last male…

1572

Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola

Italian architect, designed the Church of the Gesù and Villa Farnese (born 1507)

Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, often simply called Vignola, was one of the great Italian architects of 16th-century Mannerism. His two great masterpieces are the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Jesuits' Church of the…

1573

Mohammed Bagayogo

Malian scholar and academic (born 1523)

Mohammed Bagayogo Es Sudane Al Wangari Al Timbukti (1523-1593) was a scholar from Timbuktu, Songhai Empire. Baghayogho originated from among the Juula people, who are a Mande ethnic group composed of merchants and…

1593

Thomas Lucy

English politician (born 1532)

Sir Thomas Lucy was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1571 and 1585. He was a magistrate in Warwickshire, but is best known for his links to William Shakespeare. As a Protestant activist, he came…

1600

Penelope Blount

Countess of Devonshire, English noblewoman (born 1563)

Penelope Rich, Lady Rich, later styled Penelope Blount was an English court office holder. She served as lady-in-waiting to the English queen Anne of Denmark. She was the sister of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex,…

1607

Thomas Hooker

English minister, founded the Colony of Connecticut (born 1586)

Thomas Hooker was a prominent English colonial leader and Congregational minister, who founded the Connecticut Colony after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts. He was known as an outstanding speaker and an…

1647

William Stoughton

American judge and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (born 1631)

William Stoughton was a New England magistrate and colonial administrator in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was in charge of what have come to be known as the Salem Witch Trials, first as the chief justice of the…

1701

Henry Compton

English bishop (born 1632)

Henry Compton was an Anglican clergyman who served as the Bishop of London from 1675 to 1713.

1713

Alexei Petrovich

Russian tsarevich (born 1690)

Alexei Petrovich Romanov, was the Tsarevich of Russia, the eldest son of Tsar Peter I and his first wife, Eudoxia Lopukhina.

1718

Olivier Levasseur

French pirate (born 1690)

Olivier Levasseur, was a French pirate, nicknamed La Buse or La Bouche or in his early days for the speed and ruthlessness with which he always attacked his enemies as well as his ability to verbally attack his…

1730

Marthanda Varma

Raja of Attingal (born 1706)

Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma was the founding monarch of the southern Indian Kingdom of Travancore from 1729 until his death in 1758. He was succeeded by Rama Varma (1758–98).

1758

William Pulteney

1st Earl of Bath, English politician, Secretary at War (born 1683)

William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, was an English Whig politician and peer who sat in the British House of Commons from 1707 to 1742 when he was raised to the peerage as the Earl of Bath by George II of Great Britain.…

1764

Jeremiah Markland

English scholar and academic (born 1693)

Jeremiah Markland was an English classical scholar.

1776

François Hemsterhuis

Dutch philosopher and author (born 1721)

François Hemsterhuis was a Dutch writer on aesthetics and moral philosophy.

1790

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Irish playwright and poet (born 1751)

Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan was an Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1780 to 1812, representing the constituencies of Stafford, Westminster and…

1816

William Mulready

Irish genre painter (born 1786)

William Mulready was an Irish genre painter living in London. He is best known for his romanticising depictions of rural scenes, and for creating Mulready stationery letter sheets, issued at the same time as the Penny…

1863

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: execution of convicted conspirators

George Andrew Atzerodt was a German American repairman, Confederate sympathizer, and conspirator in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. He was assigned to assassinate Vice President Andrew Johnson, but…

1865

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: execution of convicted conspirators

David Edgar Herold was an American pharmacist's assistant and accomplice of John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. After the shooting, Herold accompanied Booth to the home of Samuel…

1865

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: execution of convicted conspirators

Lewis Thornton Powell was an American Confederate soldier who attempted to assassinate William Henry Seward as part of the Lincoln assassination plot. Wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, he later served in Mosby's…

1865

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: execution of convicted conspirators

Mary Elizabeth Surratt was an American boarding house owner in Washington, D.C., who was convicted of taking part in the conspiracy which led to the assassination of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Sentenced to…

1865

Henri Nestlé

German businessman, founded Nestlé (born 1814)

Henri Nestlé was a German-born Swiss confectioner and the founder of Nestlé, the world's largest food and beverage company.

1890

Johanna Spyri

Swiss author (born 1827)

Johanna Spyri was a Swiss author of novels, notably children's stories. She wrote the popular book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zürich, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in…

1901

Edward Burd Grubb Jr.

American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Spain (born 1841)

Edward Burd Grubb Jr. was a Union Army colonel and regimental commander in the American Civil War. He served in three regiments and commanded two of them. In recognition of his service, in 1866, he was nominated and…

1913

Cathal Brugha

Irish revolutionary and politician, active in the Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence; first Ceann Comhairle and first President of Dáil Éireann (born 1874)

Cathal Brugha was an Irish republican politician who served as Minister for Defence from 1919 to 1922, Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann in January 1919, the first president of Dáil Éireann from January 1919 to April 1919…

1922

Gösta Mittag-Leffler

Swedish mathematician and academic (born 1846)

Magnus Gustaf "Gösta" Mittag-Leffler was a Swedish mathematician. His mathematical contributions are connected chiefly with the theory of functions that today is called complex analysis. He founded the prestigious…

1927

Arthur Conan Doyle

British writer, creator of Sherlock Holmes (born 1859)

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a British writer and physician. He is best known for his four novels and fifty-six short stories about the fictional consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson,…

1930

Alexander Grin

Russian author (born 1880)

Aleksandr Stepanovich Grinevsky, better known by his pen name Alexander Green or Grin, was a Russian writer, notable for his romantic novels and short stories, mostly set in an unnamed fantasy land with a European or…

1932

Henry Eyster Jacobs

American theologian and educator (born 1844)

Henry Eyster Jacobs was an American religious educator, Biblical commentator and Lutheran theologian.

1932

Deacon White

American baseball player and manager (born 1847)

James Laurie "Deacon" White was an American baseball player who was one of the principal stars during the first two decades of the sport's professional era. The outstanding catcher of the 1870s during baseball's…

1939

Fats Navarro

American trumpet player and composer (born 1923)

Theodore "Fats" Navarro was an American jazz trumpet player and a pioneer of the bebop style of jazz improvisation in the 1940s. A native of Key West, Florida, he toured with big bands before achieving fame as a bebop…

1950

Ali Naci Karacan

Turkish journalist and publisher (born 1896)

Ali Naci Karacan was a Turkish journalist and publisher. He was involved in founding the Turkish daily newspapers Akşam (1918) and Milliyet (1955), and his family, including grandson Ali Naci Karacan, built up a…

1955

Gottfried Benn

German author and poet (born 1886)

Gottfried Benn was a German poet, essayist, and physician. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times. He was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize in 1951.

1956

Francis Browne

Irish priest and photographer (born 1880)

Francis Patrick Mary Browne, was a distinguished Irish Jesuit and a prolific photographer. His best-known photographs are those of the RMS Titanic and its passengers and crew which he took while a passenger on the ship;…

1960

Lillian Copeland

American discus thrower and shot putter (born 1904)

Lillian Copeland, née Lillian Drossin, was an American track and field Olympic champion athlete, who excelled in discus, javelin throwing, and shot put, setting multiple world records. She has been called "the most…

1964

Moshe Sharett

Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (born 1894)

Moshe Sharett was an Israeli politician who was Prime Minister of Israel from 1954 to 1955 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1948 to 1956. He signed the Israeli Declaration of Independence and was a principal…

1965

Jo Schlesser

French race car driver (born 1928)

Joseph Théodule Marie Schlesser was a French Formula One and sports car racing driver. He participated in three World Championship Grands Prix, including the 1968 French Grand Prix in which he was killed. He scored no…

1968

Dame Laura Knight

English artist (born 1877)

Dame Laura Knight was an English artist who worked in oils, watercolours, etching, engraving and drypoint. Knight was a painter in the figurative, realist tradition, who embraced English Impressionism. In her long…

1970

Claude Gauvreau

Canadian poet and playwright (born 1925)

Claude Gauvreau was a playwright, poet, sound poet, and polemicist. He was a member of the radical Automatist movement and a contributor to the revolutionary Refus Global Manifesto.

1971

Athenagoras I of Constantinople (born 1886)

Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I, born Aristocles Matthaiou Spyrou, was the 268th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from November 1948, until his death in July 1972, serving as the primus inter pares and…

1972

Max Horkheimer

German philosopher and sociologist (born 1895)

Max Horkheimer was a German philosopher and sociologist best known for his role in developing critical theory as director of the Institute for Social Research, commonly associated with the Frankfurt School.

1973

Veronica Lake

American actress (born 1922)

Constance Frances Marie Ockelman, known professionally as Veronica Lake, was an American film, stage, and television actress. Lake was best known for her femme fatale roles in films noir with Alan Ladd during the 1940s,…

1973

Francisco Mendes

Guinea-Bissau lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (born 1933)

Francisco Mendes, popularly known by his nom de guerre as Chico Té, was a Bissau-Guinean politician and revolutionary. He was the country's first Prime Minister and held that position from September 24, 1973, until he…

1978

Dore Schary

American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1905)

Isadore "Dore" Schary was an American playwright, director, and producer for the stage and a prolific screenwriter and producer of motion pictures. He directed one feature film, Act One, the film biography of his…

1980

Bon Maharaja

Indian guru and religious writer (born 1901)

Bhakti Hridaya Bon, also known as Swami Bon, was a disciple of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati and a guru in the Gaudiya Math following the philosophy of bhakti, specifically that of Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Gaudiya Vaishnava…

1982

George Oppen

American poet and author (born 1908)

George Oppen was an American poet, best known as one of the members of the Objectivist group of poets. He abandoned poetry in the 1930s for political activism and moved to Mexico in 1950 to avoid the attentions of the…

1984

Germaine Thyssens-Valentin

Dutch-French pianist (born 1902)

Germaine Thyssens-Valentin was a Dutch-born classical pianist of Franco-Dutch parentage, noted for her performances of French music. She studied under Gabriel Fauré at the Paris Conservatoire, and in the 1950s, after a…

1987

Bill Cullen

American television panelist and game show host (born 1920)

William Lawrence Frances Cullen was an American radio and television personality whose career spanned five decades. Known for appearing on game shows and later as a prolific game show host, he hosted 23 shows, earning…

1990

Cazuza

Brazilian singer and songwriter (born 1958)

Agenor de Miranda Araújo Neto, better known as Cazuza, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter, born in Rio de Janeiro. Along with Raul Seixas, Renato Russo and Os Mutantes, Cazuza, both while fronting Barão Vermelho and at…

1990

Rıfat Ilgaz

Turkish author, poet, and educator (born 1911)

Rıfat Ilgaz was a Turkish teacher, writer and poet. He became especially known for his novel "Hababam Sınıfı". He maintained a socialist line both in his writings and in his personal life. His magazine work, which…

1993

Mia Zapata

American singer (born 1965)

Mia Katherine Zapata was an American musician who was the lead vocalist and lyricist of the punk rock band The Gits. As part of the burgeoning Seattle music scene, she was noted for her powerful vocals and fiery stage…

1993

Carlo Chiti

Italian engineer (born 1924)

Carlo Chiti was an Italian racing car and engine designer best known for his long association with Alfa Romeo's racing department. He also worked for Ferrari and was involved in the design of the Ferrari 156 Sharknose…

1994

Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte

German general (born 1907)

Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte was a German paratroop officer during World War II who later served in the armed forces of West Germany, achieving the rank of General. Following the war, Heydte pursued…

1994

Moshood Abiola

Nigerian businessman and politician (born 1937)

Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, also known as M. K. O. Abiola, was a Nigerian business magnate, publisher, and politician. He was the honorary supreme military commander of the Oyo Empire and an aristocrat of…

1998

Vikram Batra

Param Vir Chakra, Indian Army personnel (born 1974)

Captain Vikram Batra PVC was an Indian Army officer. He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest military decoration, for his actions during the Kargil War. On 7 July 1999, Batra was killed while…

1999

Julie Campbell Tatham

American author (born 1908)

Julie Campbell Tatham was an American writer of children's novels, who also wrote for adults, especially on Christian Science. As Julie Campbell she was the creator of the Trixie Belden series and the Ginny Gordon…

1999

Kenny Irwin Jr.

American race car driver (born 1969)

Kenneth Dale Irwin Jr. was an American stock car racing driver. He had driven in all three NASCAR national touring series, and had two total victories, both in the Craftsman Truck Series. Before that, he raced in the…

2000

Fred Neil

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1936)

Fred Neil was an American folk singer-songwriter active in the 1960s and early 1970s. He is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material, particularly "Everybody's Talkin'", which became a hit for…

2001

Izhak Graziani

Bulgarian trumpet player and conductor (born 1924)

Izhak Graziani was an Israeli music conductor.

2003

Syd Barrett

English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946)

Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. Until his departure in 1968, he was Pink Floyd's frontman and primary songwriter, known for his…

2006

Juan de Ávalos

Spanish sculptor (born 1911)

Juan de Ávalos y García-Taborda was a Spanish sculptor.

2006

John Money

New Zealand-American psychologist and author (born 1921)

John William Money was a New Zealand American psychologist, sexologist and professor at Johns Hopkins University known for his research on human sexual behavior and gender.

2006

Anne McLaren

British scientist (born 1927)

Dame Anne Laura Dorinthea McLaren, was a British scientist who was a leading figure in developmental biology. She paved the way for women in science and her work helped lead to human in vitro fertilisation (IVF). She…

2007

Donald Michie

British scientist (born 1923)

Donald Michie was a British researcher in artificial intelligence. During World War II, Michie worked for the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, contributing to the effort to solve "Tunny", a German…

2007

Bruce Conner

American sculptor, painter, and photographer (born 1933)

Bruce Conner was an American artist who worked with assemblage, film, drawing, sculpture, painting, collage, and photography.

2008

Dorian Leigh

American model (born 1917)

Dorian Elizabeth Leigh Parker, known professionally as Dorian Leigh, was an American model and one of the earliest modeling icons of the fashion industry. She is considered one of the first supermodels, and was well…

2008

Allan W. Eckert

American historian and author (born 1931)

Allan Wesley Eckert was an American novelist and playwright who specialized in historical novels for adults and children, and was also a naturalist. His novel Incident at Hawk's Hill (1971) was initially marketed to…

2011

Dick Williams

American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1929)

Richard Hirschfeld Williams was an American left fielder, third baseman, manager, coach and front-office consultant in Major League Baseball (MLB). Known especially as a hard-driving, sharp-tongued manager from 1967 to…

2011

Dennis Flemion

American drummer (born 1955)

Dennis Flemion was a founding member, with his younger brother Jimmy, of the controversial independent rock band the Frogs. He was the primary percussionist for the band and was also a temporary member of the Smashing…

2012

Ronaldo Cunha Lima

Brazilian poet and politician (born 1936)

Ronaldo Cunha Lima was a Brazilian poet and politician. He served as the governor of Paraíba from 1991 to 1994.

2012

Doris Neal

American baseball player (born 1928)

Doris M. Neal was an infielder and outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5' 4", 128 lb., she batted and threw right handed.

2012

Jerry Norman

American sinologist and linguist (born 1936)

Jerry Lee Norman was an American sinologist and linguist known for his studies of varieties of Chinese, particularly Min varieties, and also of the Manchu language. Norman had a large impact on Chinese linguistics, and…

2012

Leon Schlumpf

Swiss politician (born 1927)

Leon Schlumpf was a Swiss politician and a member of the Swiss Federal Council (1979–1987).

2012

Artur Hajzer

Polish mountaineer (born 1962)

Artur Henryk "Słon” Hajzer was a Polish mountaineer. Hajzer summitted seven eight-thousanders, several via new routes and made the first winter climb of Annapurna on February 3, 1987.

2013

Robert Hamerton-Kelly

South African-American pastor, theologian, and author (born 1938)

Robert Gerald Hamerton-Kelly was a Christian theologian, ordained United Methodist pastor, ethics scholar, and author and editor of several books on religion and violence. He served as Dean of the Chapel at Stanford…

2013

Donald J. Irwin

American lawyer and politician, 32nd Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut (born 1926)

Donald Jay Irwin was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th district, Connecticut State Treasurer and mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut.

2013

Ben Pucci

American football player and sportscaster (born 1925)

Benito Modesto "Ben" Pucci was an American professional football tackle who played three seasons for the Buffalo Bisons, Chicago Rockets and Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) between 1946…

2013

Alfredo Di Stéfano

Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (born 1926)

Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé was an Argentine and naturalised Spanish professional footballer and manager who played as a forward, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and the greatest Real…

2014

Eduard Shevardnadze

Georgian general and politician, 2nd President of Georgia (born 1928)

Eduard Ambrosis dze Shevardnadze was a Soviet and Georgian politician and diplomat who governed Georgia for several non-consecutive periods from 1972 until his resignation in 2003 and also served as the final Soviet…

2014

Peter Underwood

Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Tasmania (born 1937)

Peter George Underwood, was an Australian jurist and the Governor of Tasmania from 2008 until his death in 2014. He was the Chief Justice of Tasmania from 2004 to 2008, having been a judge of the Supreme Court of…

2014

Maria Barroso

Portuguese actress and politician (born 1925)

Maria de Jesus Simões Barroso Soares, was a Portuguese actress, teacher and political and social activist, having been one of the founders of the Socialist Party (PS), in Germany, in 1973. As the wife of the 17th…

2015

Bob MacKinnon

American basketball player and coach (born 1927)

Robert MacKinnon was an American college and professional basketball coach. He coached three different professional teams in his career; the American Basketball Association's Spirits of St. Louis, and the NBA's Buffalo…

2015

Robert Downey Sr.

American actor and director (born 1936)

Robert John Downey Sr. was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. He was known for writing and directing the underground films Putney Swope (1969), a satire on the New York Madison Avenue advertising world,…

2021

Dilip Kumar

Indian film actor (born 1922)

Muhammad Yusuf Khan, known professionally as Dilip Kumar, was an Indian actor, writer and film producer best known for his work in Hindi cinema. Credited with pioneering method acting in cinema, he dominated Hindi…

2021

Jovenel Moïse

Haitian entrepreneur and politician, President of Haiti (born 1968)

Jovenel Moïse was a Haitian politician and businessman who served as the 48th president of Haiti from 2017 until his assassination in 2021. He assumed the presidency in February 2017 following his victory in the…

2021

Jane McAlevey

American labor organizer and author (born 1964)

Jane F. McAlevey was an American union organizer, author, and political commentator. She was a Senior Policy Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley's Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, and a…

2024

Wayne Dobson

English magician (born 1957)

Wayne Dobson was an English magician, who became well known through various television appearances in the late 1980s and 1990s. At the height of his fame, he had his own television series Wayne Dobson – A Kind of…

2025

Roman Starovoyt

Russian politician (born 1972)

Roman Vladimirovich Starovoyt was a Russian politician who served as Minister of Transport from May 2024 to July 2025. He had previously served as Governor of Kursk Oblast from 2019 to 2024, Deputy Minister of…

2025

Norman Tebbit

English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1931)

Norman Beresford Tebbit, Baron Tebbit, was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet from 1981 to 1987 as Secretary of State for Employment (1981–1983), Secretary…

2025

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Death year1925

Known forHe grew up in small towns in Ohio, where his primary influences were his family and the social life of rural America

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Boris Johnson announces his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party following days of pressure from the Members of Parliament (MPs) during the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis. Wikipedia →

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