Notable people who died on July 9 include: Empress Dowager Bian, Anastasius I Dicorus, Naga, Ariwara no Narihira, Ramiro Garcés.

Notable Deaths on July 9

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Zachary Taylor, American general and politician, 12th President of the United States (born 1784)

105 people 230 – 2025

July 9 has seen 105 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 230 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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1850 — Zachary Taylor

American general and politician, 12th President of the United States (born 1784)

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As a result, he won election to the White House despite his vague political beliefs

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Zachary Taylor was an American military officer and politician who was the 12th president of the United States, serving from 1849 until his death in 1850

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He died 16 months into his term from a stomach disease

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Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to the rank of major general and becoming a national hero for his victories in the Mexican–American War

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His top priority as president was to preserve the Union

Empress Dowager Bian

Cao Cao's wife (born 159)

Lady Bian, also known as Empress Dowager Bian or Grand Empress Dowager Bian, formally known as Empress Wuxuan, was an empress dowager and later grand empress dowager of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms…

230

Anastasius I Dicorus

Byzantine emperor (born 430)

Anastasius I Dicorus was Eastern Roman emperor from 491 to 518. A career civil servant, he came to the throne at the age of 61 after being chosen by Ariadne, the wife of his predecessor, Zeno. His reign was…

518

Naga

Japanese prince (born 637)

Prince Naga was a Japanese prince. He was the son of Emperor Tenmu and Princess Ōe, daughter of Emperor Tenji. His full brother was Prince Yuge.

715

Ariwara no Narihira

Japanese poet (born 825)

Ariwara no Narihira was a Japanese courtier and waka poet of the early Heian period. He was named one of both the Six Poetic Geniuses and the Thirty-Six Poetic Geniuses, and one of his poems was included in the Ogura…

880

Ramiro Garcés

king of Viguera

Ramiro Garcés was the first King of Viguera, since the establishment of the kingdom in 970 until his death in 981. He was the eldest son of García Sánchez I of Pamplona with his second wife, Teresa Ramírez of León. It…

981

Guido of Ravenna

Italian cartographer, entomologist and historian

Guido of Pisa was an Italian geographer from Pisa. In 1119 he edited and updated the Geographica, a geographic encyclopedia first created in the eighth century by the Anonymous of Ravenna. It followed in the tradition…

1169

Stephen Langton

English cardinal and theologian (born 1150)

Stephen Langton was an English cardinal of the Catholic Church and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1207 until his death in 1228. The dispute between King John of England and Pope Innocent III over his election was a major…

1228

Stephen Báncsa

Hungarian cardinal (born c. 1205)

Stephen (I) Báncsa was the first Hungarian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Prior to that, he served as Bishop of Vác from 1240 or 1241 to 1243, then Archbishop of Esztergom from 1242 until his creation as…

1270

Leopold III

Duke of Austria (born 1351)

Leopold III, known as the Just, a member of the House of Habsburg, was duke of Austria from 1365. As head and progenitor of the Leopoldian line, he ruled over the Inner Austrian duchies of Carinthia, Styria and Carniola…

1386

Jan van Eyck

Dutch painter (born 1359)

Jan van Eyck was an early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the supreme figures of the Early Northern…

1441

Robert Maxwell

5th Lord Maxwell, Scottish statesman (born c. 1493)

Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell was a Scottish nobleman, politician and soldier who was a member of the Council of Regency (1536) of the Kingdom of Scotland and Regent of the Isle of Arran. He was Lord High Admiral of…

1546

Maurice

Elector of Saxony (born 1521)

Maurice was Duke of Saxony from 1541 to 1553, who became Prince-Elector and Arch-Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire in 1547. Through shrewd political maneuvering, skillfully exploiting alliances and rivalries, he secured…

1553

Ferdinand IV

King of the Romans (born 1633)

Ferdinand IV was made and crowned King of Bohemia in 1646, King of Hungary and Croatia in 1647, and King of the Romans on 31 May 1653. He also served as Duke of Cieszyn.

1654

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville

Canadian captain and explorer (born 1661)

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville or Sieur d'Iberville was a French soldier, explorer, colonial administrator, and trader. He is noted for founding the colony of Louisiana in New France. He was born in Montreal to French…

1706

Gian Gastone de' Medici

Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1671)

Gian Gastone de' Medici was the seventh and last Medicean grand duke of Tuscany.

1737

John Oldmixon

English historian, poet, and playwright (born 1673)

John Oldmixon was an English historian.

1742

Philip V of Spain (born 1683)

Philip V was king of Spain from 1 November 1700 to 14 January 1724 and again from 6 September 1724 to his death in 1746. His total reign is the longest in the history of the Spanish monarchy, surpassing Philip IV.…

1746

Giovanni Bononcini

Italian cellist and composer (born 1670)

Giovanni Bononcini was an Italian Baroque composer, cellist, singer and teacher, one of a family of string players and composers. He was a rival to George Frederic Handel.

1747

Jonathan Mayhew

American minister (born 1720)

Jonathan Mayhew was a noted American Congregational minister at Old West Church, Boston, Massachusetts.

1766

Anna Morandi Manzolini

Spanish anatomist (born 1714)

Anna Morandi Manzolini was an Italian anatomist, anatomical wax modeler, and lecturer of anatomical design at the University of Bologna. She became internationally known for the production of anatomical wax models based…

1774

Henry Seymour Conway

English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (born 1721)

Field Marshal Henry Seymour Conway was a British Army officer and politician. A brother of the 1st Marquess of Hertford, and cousin of Horace Walpole, he began his military career in the War of the Austrian Succession.…

1795

Edmund Burke

Irish-English philosopher, academic, and politician (born 1729)

Edmund Burke was an Anglo-Irish writer, philosopher, and politician who is widely credited as the founder of the cultural and political philosophy of conservatism. Regarded as one of the most influential conservative…

1797

Cathinka Buchwieser

German operatic singer and actress (born 1789)

Katharina Buchwieser was a German operatic soprano and actress. She was known as Cathinka, and her married surname was Lacsny von Folkusfálva. She appeared at theatres of Vienna, the Theater an der Wien and the Theater…

1828

Báb

Persian religious leader, founded Bábism (born 1819)

The Báb was an Iranian religious leader who founded Bábism, and is also one of the central figures of the Baháʼí Faith. The Báb gradually and progressively revealed his claim in his extensive writings to be a…

1850

Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan

American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1794)

Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan was a 19th-century politician and lawyer who served briefly as United States Secretary of the Interior under President Millard Fillmore.

1852

Amedeo Avogadro

Italian chemist and academic (born 1776)

Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro, Count of Quaregna and Cerreto (, also, Italian: [ameˈdɛːo avoˈɡaːdro]; 9 August 1776 – 9 July 1856) was an Italian scientist, most noted for his contribution to molecular theory now…

1856

James Strang

American religious leader and politician (born 1813)

James Jesse Strang was an American religious leader, politician and self-proclaimed monarch. He served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1853 until his assassination.

1856

Paul Broca

French physician and anatomist (born 1824)

Paul Pierre Broca was a French physician, anatomist and anthropologist. He is best known for his research on Broca's area, a region of the frontal lobe that is named after him. Broca's area is involved with language.…

1880

Ignacio Carrera Pinto

Chilean captain (born 1848)

Ignacio Carrera Pinto (1848–1882) was a Chilean soldier and Captain of the 4th Company of the "Chacabuco" 6th Line Battalion who was killed in action at the Battle of La Concepción. A hero of the War of the Pacific,…

1882

Alphonse François Renard

Belgian geologist and photographer (born 1842)

Alphonse Francois Renard, Belgian geologist and petrographer, was born at Ronse, in East Flanders, on 27 September 1842. He was educated for the church of Rome, and from 1866 to 1869 he was superintendent at the…

1903

John Drew

Jr., American actor (born 1853)

John Drew Jr., commonly known as John Drew during his life, was an American stage actor noted for his roles in Shakespearean comedy, society drama, and light comedies. He was the eldest son of John Drew Sr., who had…

1927

King Camp Gillette

American businessman, founded the Gillette Company (born 1855)

King Camp Gillette was an American businessman who invented a bestselling safety razor and was the founder of the Gillette razor company. Gillette's innovation was the thin, inexpensive, disposable blade of stamped…

1932

Daniel Edward Howard

16th president of Liberia (born 1861)

Daniel Edward Howard was the 16th president of Liberia, serving from 1912 to 1920.

1935

Oliver Law

American commander (born 1899)

Oliver Law was an African-American communist and labor organizer, who fought for the Republic in the Spanish Civil War. Having previously served in the United States Army, he traveled to Spain and became commander of…

1937

Benjamin N. Cardozo

American lawyer and jurist (born 1870)

Benjamin Nathan Cardozo was an American lawyer and jurist who served on the New York Court of Appeals from 1914 to 1932 and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1932 until his death in…

1938

Lucjan Żeligowski

Polish-Lithuanian general and politician (born 1865)

Lucjan Żeligowski was a Polish general, politician, military commander and veteran of World War I, the Polish-Soviet War and World War II. He is mostly remembered for his role in Żeligowski's Mutiny and as head of a…

1947

Fritz Hart

English-Australian composer and conductor (born 1874)

Fritz Bennicke Hart was an English composer, conductor, teacher and unpublished novelist, who spent considerable periods in Australia and Hawaii.

1949

Harry Heilmann

American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1894)

Harry Edwin Heilmann, nicknamed "Slug", was an American baseball player and radio announcer. He played professional baseball for 19 years between 1913 and 1932, including 17 seasons in Major League Baseball with the…

1951

Don Beauman

English race car driver (born 1928)

Donald Bentley Beauman was a British racing driver who took part in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix.

1955

Adolfo de la Huerta

Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (born 1881)

Felipe Adolfo de la Huerta Marcor was a Mexican politician, the 45th President of Mexico from 1 June to 30 November 1920, following the assassination of President Venustiano Carranza, with Sonoran generals Álvaro…

1955

Ferenc Talányi

Slovene journalist and painter (born 1883)

Ferenc Talányi was a Slovene writer, journalist, and painter from Prekmurje.

1959

Whittaker Chambers

American spy and witness in Hiss case(born 1901)

Whittaker Chambers was an American author, journalist, and spy. After dropping out of Columbia University, Chambers joined the open Communist Party in 1925. He wrote and edited for the New Masses and the Daily Worker,…

1961

Georges Bataille

French philosopher, novelist, and poet (born 1897)

Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille was a French intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, and poetry, explored such…

1962

Eugen Fischer

German physician and academic (born 1874)

Eugen Fischer was a German professor of medicine, anthropology, and eugenics, and a member of the Nazi Party. He served as director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics, and also…

1967

Fatima Jinnah

Pakistani dentist and politician (born 1893)

Fatima Jinnah was a Pakistani politician, stateswoman, author, and activist. She was the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder and first governor-general of Pakistan.

1967

Sigrid Holmquist

Swedish actress (born 1899)

Sigrid Holmquist, also known by the diminutive "Sie" or "Bie" Holmquist was a Swedish actress during the silent film era. After three films in Sweden, she went to pursue a career in Hollywood. She appeared in 18 films…

1970

Karl Ast

Estonian author and politician (born 1886)

Karl Ast was an Estonian writer and politician.

1971

Robert Weede

American opera singer (born 1903)

Robert Weede was an American operatic baritone.

1972

Earl Warren

American jurist and politician, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (born 1891)

Earl Warren was an American attorney and politician who served as the 30th governor of California from 1943 to 1953, and as the 14th chief justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969. The Warren Court presided over a…

1974

Alice Paul

American activist (born 1885)

Alice Stokes Paul was an American Quaker, suffragette, suffragist, feminist, and women's rights activist, and one of the foremost leaders and strategists of the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States…

1977

Cornelia Otis Skinner

American actress and author (born 1899)

Cornelia Otis Skinner was an American writer and actress.

1979

Vinicius de Moraes

Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (born 1913)

Marcus Vinícius da Cruz e Mello Moraes, better known as Vinícius de Moraes and nicknamed "O Poetinha", was a Brazilian poet, diplomat, lyricist, essayist, musician, singer, and playwright. With his frequent and diverse…

1980

Edna Ernestine Kramer

American mathematician (born 1902)

Edna Ernestine Kramer Lassar, born Edna Ernestine Kramer, was an American mathematician and author of mathematics books.

1984

Charlotte

Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (born 1896)

Charlotte was Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 14 January 1919 until her abdication on 12 November 1964. Her reign is the longest of any Luxembourgish monarch since 1815 when the country was elevated to a Grand Duchy.

1985

Jimmy Kinnon

Scottish-American activist, founded Narcotics Anonymous (born 1911)

James Patrick Kinnon, commonly known as Jimmy Kinnon or "Jimmy K.", was one of the primary founders of Narcotics Anonymous (NA), a worldwide fellowship of recovering addicts. During his lifetime, he was usually…

1985

Patriarch Nicholas VI of Alexandria (born 1915)

Nicholas VI served as Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria between 1968 and 1986.

1986

Kelvin Coe

Australian ballet dancer (born 1946)

Kelvin Coe OBE was an Australian ballet dancer and the first male artist to be promoted from the corps de ballet in the Australian Ballet principal dancer. He died of AIDS-related illness in 1992.

1992

Eric Sevareid

American journalist (born 1912)

Arnold Eric Sevareid was an American author and CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977. He was one of a group of elite war correspondents who were hired by CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow and nicknamed "Murrow's Boys."…

1992

Metin Altıok

Turkish poet and educator (born 1940)

Metin Altıok was a Turkish poet of Alevi faith, who - together with 34 other people, mostly Alevi intellectuals - fell victim to the 1993 Sivas massacre.

1993

Bill Mosienko

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1921)

William Mosienko was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who was a right winger for 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Chicago Black Hawks from 1942 to 1955. He is best noted for recording the…

1994

Melvin Belli

American lawyer (born 1907)

Melvin Mouron Belli was an American lawyer and writer known as "The King of Torts" and by insurance companies as "Melvin Bellicose". He had many celebrity clients, including Zsa Zsa Gabor, Errol Flynn, Chuck Berry,…

1996

Robert de Cotret

Canadian politician, 56th Secretary of State for Canada (born 1944)

Jean Robert René de Cotret was a Canadian economist and politician.

1999

Doug Fisher

English actor (born 1941)

Douglas Marjoribanks Fisher was an English actor best known for playing Larry Simmonds in Man About the House (1973–1976), Sammy in the films The Stud (1978) and The Bitch (1979) and Jim Medhurst in London's Burning…

2000

Mayo Kaan

American bodybuilder (born 1914)

Mayo Kaan was a bodybuilder who claimed to be the original model for Superman. Mayo was the father of millionaire Valerie Kaan.

2002

Rod Steiger

American actor (born 1925)

Rodney Stephen Steiger was an American actor, noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile and crazed characters. Ranked as "one of Hollywood's most charismatic and dynamic stars", he is closely associated with…

2002

Paul Klebnikov

American journalist and historian (born 1963)

Paul Klebnikov was an American journalist and historian of Russia. He worked for Forbes magazine for more than 10 years and at the time of his death was chief editor of the Russian edition of Forbes. His murder in…

2004

Isabel Sanford

American actress (born 1917)

Eloise Gwendolyn "Isabel" Sanford was an American stage, film, and television actress and comedian best known for her role as Louise "Weezy" Mills Jefferson on the CBS sitcoms All in the Family (1971–1975) and The…

2004

Chuck Cadman

Canadian engineer and politician (born 1948)

Charles Cadman was a Canadian politician and Member of Parliament (MP) from 1997 to 2005, representing the riding of Surrey North in Surrey, British Columbia.

2005

Yevgeny Grishin

Russian speed skater (born 1931)

Yevgeny Romanovich Grishin was a Soviet and Russian speedskater. Grishin trained for the largest part of his speedskating career at CSKA Moscow. A four-time Olympian, he became European Champion in 1956, and won Olympic…

2005

Alex Shibicky

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1914)

Alexandre Dimitri Shibicky was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League from 1935 to 1946.

2005

Milan Williams

American keyboard player and producer (born 1948)

Milan B. Williams was an American keyboardist and a founding member of The Commodores.

2006

Charles Lane

American actor (born 1905)

Charles Lane was an American character actor and centenarian whose career spanned 76 years.

2007

Séamus Brennan

Irish accountant and politician, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (born 1948)

Séamus Brennan was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism from 2007 to 2008, Minister for Social and Family Affairs from 2004 to 2007, Minister for Transport from 1989 to 1992…

2008

Jessica Anderson

Australian author and playwright (born 1916)

Jessica Margaret Anderson was an Australian novelist and short story writer. Born in Gayndah, Anderson lived the bulk of her life in Sydney apart from a few years in London. She began her career writing short stories…

2010

Don Ackerman

American basketball player (born 1930)

Donald D. Ackerman was an American professional basketball player. He was nicknamed "Buddy" and also known as "Douglas".

2011

Facundo Cabral

Argentine singer-songwriter (born 1937)

Facundo Cabral was an Argentine singer-songwriter.

2011

Shin Jae-chul

South Korean-American martial artist (born 1936)

Jae-chul Shin was a Korean martial artist and founder of the World Tang Soo Do Association.

2012

Chick King

American baseball player (born 1930)

Charles Gilbert "Chick" King was an American Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Detroit Tigers (1954–1956), Chicago Cubs (1958–1959), and St. Louis Cardinals (1959).

2012

Terepai Maoate

Cook Islander physician and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (born 1934)

Sir Terepai Tuamure Maoate was Prime Minister of the Cook Islands from 18 November 1999 to 11 February 2002. He was a member of the Cook Islands Democratic Party.

2012

Eugênio Sales

Brazilian cardinal (born 1920)

Eugênio de Araújo Sales was a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church, having been elevated by Pope Paul VI on 28 April 1969. He served as archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro for thirty years until his…

2012

Markus Büchel

Liechtensteiner politician, 9th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (born 1959)

Markus Büchel was a lawyer and politician from Liechtenstein who served as Prime Minister of Liechtenstein in 1993. Serving for just under 7 months, he is the shortest serving prime minister in Liechtenstein's history.

2013

Andrew Nori

Solomon lawyer and politician (born 1952)

Andrew Nori was a Solomon Islands lawyer and politician, arguably best known for his role in the ethnic conflict on Guadalcanal in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

2013

Kiril of Varna

Bulgarian metropolitan (born 1954)

Metropolitan Kiril ; June 8, 1954 – July 9, 2013), was the Bulgarian Orthodox metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, Bulgaria.

2013

Barbara Robinson

American author and poet (born 1927)

Barbara Jean Robinson was an American author and writer of the children's books The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1972) and The Best School Year Ever (1994).

2013

Toshi Seeger

American activist, co-founded the Clearwater Festival (born 1922)

Toshi Seeger was an American filmmaker, producer and environmental activist. A filmmaker who specialized in the subject of folk music, her credits include the 1966 film Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison and the…

2013

Lorenzo Álvarez Florentín

Paraguayan violinist and composer (born 1926)

Lorenzo Álvarez Florentín was a Paraguayan composer and violinist.

2014

David Azrieli

Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1922)

David Joshua Azrieli was an Israeli-Canadian tycoon, real estate developer, architect, and philanthropist. With an estimated net worth of US$3.1 billion in March 2013, he was ranked by Forbes as the ninth-wealthiest…

2014

Eileen Ford

American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (born 1922)

Eileen Cecile Ford was an American modeling agency executive. Along with her husband Gerard "Jerry" Ford, she co-founded Ford Models in 1946, which emerged as one of the earliest and most successful modeling agencies in…

2014

John Spinks

English guitarist and songwriter (born 1953)

John Frederick Spinks was an English musician and songwriter. He was best known as the guitarist and songwriter for the Outfield.

2014

Christian Audigier

French fashion designer (born 1958)

Christian Audigier was a French fashion designer known for the Ed Hardy and Von Dutch clothing lines.

2015

Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Saudi Arabian economist and politician, Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1940)

Saud bin Faisal Al Saud, also known as Saud Al Faisal, was a Saudi Arabian statesman and diplomat who served as the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia from 1975 to 2015. He was a member of the Saudi royal family, a son of…

2015

William E. Dannemeyer

American politician (born 1929)

William Edwin Dannemeyer was a conservative American politician, activist, and author, known for his opposition to LGBT rights. He served seven terms as U.S. Representative from the 39th Congressional District of…

2019

Ross Perot

American businessman and politician (born 1930)

Henry Ross Perot was an American businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He was the founder and chief executive officer of Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems. He ran an independent campaign in the 1992 U.S.…

2019

Fernando de la Rúa

43rd President of Argentina (born 1937)

Fernando de la Rúa was an Argentine politician who served as the President of Argentina from 1999 until his resignation in 2001. A member of the Radical Civic Union, he previously served as national senator for Buenos…

2019

Rip Torn

American actor (born 1931)

Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. was an American actor whose career spanned roughly 60 years. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Marsh Turner in Cross Creek (1983). Torn's portrayal…

2019

Freddie Jones

English actor (born 1927)

Frederick Charles Jones was an English actor who had an extensive career in television, theatre and cinema productions for almost sixty years. In theatre, he originated the role of Sir in The Dresser; in film, he…

2019

John Gwynne

English reporter and commentator (born 1945)

Richard John Gwynne was an English teacher, sports commentator and reporter. He was best known for his darts commentary, and worked at Sky Sports for twenty years.

2022

Joe Bonsall

American country/gospel singer (born 1948)

Joseph Sloan Bonsall Jr. was an American singer who was tenor vocalist of the Oak Ridge Boys from 1973 to 2023. Besides charting numerous hits as a member of the Oak Ridge Boys, Bonsall had a solo hit guesting with…

2024

Diana Hill

New Zealand biochemist (born 1943)

Diana Florence Hill was a New Zealand biochemist and geneticist. She was an academic and full professor at the University of Otago, specialising in molecular genetics. Her team's work on the genetics of animal…

2024

Jim Inhofe

American politician (born 1934)

James Mountain Inhofe was an American politician who served from 1994 to 2023 as a United States senator from Oklahoma. A member of the Republican Party, he was the longest-serving U.S. senator from Oklahoma. He served…

2024

Maxine Singer

American biologist (born 1931)

Maxine Frank Singer was an American molecular biologist and science administrator. She was known for her contributions to solving the genetic code, her role in the ethical and regulatory debates on recombinant DNA…

2024

Jerzy Stuhr

Polish actor (born 1947)

Jerzy Oskar Stuhr was a Polish film and theatre actor. Considered one of the most popular, influential and versatile Polish actors and an icon of Polish cinema, he also worked as a screenwriter, film director, voice…

2024

Ian Blair

British police officer (born 1953)

Ian Warwick Blair, Baron Blair of Boughton, was a British police officer who held the position of Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 2005 to 2008.

2025

Glen Michael

British television presenter and entertainer (born 1926)

Cecil Edward Buckland, known professionally as Glen Michael, was a British children's television presenter and entertainer. He hosted the popular children's television show Glen Michael's Cartoon Cavalcade, which ran…

2025

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Zachary Taylor — President of the United States from 1849 to 1850

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