Notable people who died on June 10 include: Julia Drusilla, Liu Bei, Abul Abbas al-Saffah, Emperor Daizong of Tang (born 727), Odo I.

Notable Deaths on June 10

Q: What is Frederick I known for?

Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1122)

122 people 38 – 2025

June 10 has seen 122 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 38 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · June 10 — Wikipedia

1190 — Frederick I

Holy Roman Emperor (born 1122)

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His nickname of Barbarossa "was first used by the Florentines only in 1298 to differentiate the emperor from his grandson, Frederick II ..

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Frederick Barbarossa, also known as Frederick I, was the Holy Roman emperor from 1155 until his death in 1190

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He was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March 1152

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He was crowned King of Italy on 24 April 1155 in Pavia and emperor by Pope Adrian IV on 18 June 1155 in Rome

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Two years later, the term sacrum ("holy") first appeared in a document in connection with his empire

Julia Drusilla

Roman sister of Caligula (born 16 AD)

AD 38 (XXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Iulianus and Asprenas. The denomination AD 38 for this year has been used since…

Liu Bei

Chinese emperor (born 161)

Liu Bei, courtesy name Xuande (玄德), was a Chinese warlord in the late Eastern Han dynasty who later became the founding emperor of Shu Han, one of the Three Kingdoms of China.

223

Abul Abbas al-Saffah

Muslim caliph (born 721)

Abu al-ʿAbbās Abd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās, known by his laqab al-Saffah, was the first caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, one of the longest and most important caliphates in Islamic…

754

Emperor Daizong of Tang (born 727)

Emperor Daizong of Tang, personal name Li Yu, né Li Chu, was an emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty.

779

Odo I

Frankish nobleman

Odo I was the Count of Troyes from 852 to 859 and Count of Châteaudun through 871.

871

Cheng Rui

Chinese warlord

Cheng Rui, adoptive name Guo Yu, formally the Prince of Shanggu (上谷王), was a warlord late in the Chinese Tang dynasty who ruled Jingnan Circuit from 888 to 903, until he was defeated in battle. He was known to be a…

903

Dong Zhang

Chinese general

Dong Zhang was a Chinese military general and politician of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period Later Liang and Later Tang states. After submitting to Later Tang after Later Liang's destruction, he became…

932

Liu Yan

emperor of Southern Han (born 889)

Liu Yan, né Liu Yan (劉巖), also named Liu Zhi (劉陟) and briefly as Liu Gong (劉龔), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Gaozu of Southern Han (南漢高祖), was the first emperor of the Chinese Southern Han dynasty, one…

942

Ernest

Margrave of Austria (born 1027)

Ernest, known as Ernest the Brave, was the Margrave of Austria from 1055 to his death in 1075. He was a member of the House of Babenberg.

1075

Richenza of Northeim (born 1087)

Richenza of Northeim was Duchess of Saxony from 1106, Queen of Germany from 1125 and Holy Roman Empress from 1133 as the wife of Lothair of Supplinburg.

1141

Matilda of Brandenburg

Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (born 1210)

Matilda of Brandenburg, a member of the House of Ascania, was first Duchess consort of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1235 to 1252 by her marriage with the Welf duke Otto the Child.

1261

Kitabatake Akiie

Japanese governor (born 1318)

Kitabatake Akiie was a Japanese court noble, and an important supporter of the Southern Court during the Nanboku-chō Wars. He also held the posts of Commander-in-Chief of the Defense of the North, and Governor of Mutsu…

1338

Agnes of Austria (born 1281)

Agnes of Austria was Queen of Hungary by marriage to Andrew III of Hungary.

1364

Ernest

Duke of Austria (born 1377)

Ernest the Iron-Willed, a member of the House of Habsburg, ruled over the Inner Austrian duchies of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola from 1406 until his death. He was head of the Habsburg Leopoldian line from 1411.

1424

Joan of Navarre

Queen of England (born 1370)

Joan of Navarre, also known as Joanna was Duchess of Brittany by marriage to Duke John IV and later Queen of England as the wife of King Henry IV. Joan was a daughter of Charles II of Navarre and Joan of France. She…

1437

Idris Imad al-Din

supreme leader of Tayyibi Isma'ilism, scholar and historian (born 1392)

Idris Imad al-Din ibn al-Hasan al-Qurashi was the 19th Da'i al-Mutlaq of Tayyibi Isma'ilis from 1428 to 1468. A major religious and political leader in 15th-century Yemen, as well as a notable theologian, Idris was also…

1468

Alexander Barclay

English poet and author (born 1476)

Dr Alexander Barclay was a poet and clergyman of the Church of England, probably born in Scotland.

1552

Martin Agricola

German composer and theorist (born 1486)

Martin Agricola was a German composer of Renaissance music and a music theorist.

1556

Luís de Camões

Portuguese poet (born 1524–25)

Luís Vaz de Camões, sometimes rendered in English as Camoens or Camoëns, is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. His mastery of verse has been compared to that of Shakespeare, Milton,…

1580

Isabella Andreini

Italian actress (born 1562)

Isabella Andreini, also known as Isabella Da Padova, was an Italian actress and writer. Andreini was a member of the Compagnia dei Comici Gelosi, a touring theatre company that performed in Italy and France. The role of…

1604

John Popham

English politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1531)

Sir John Popham of Wellington, Somerset, was Speaker of the House of Commons, Attorney General and Lord Chief Justice of England.

1607

Alessandro Algardi

Italian sculptor (born 1598)

Alessandro Algardi was an Italian high-Baroque sculptor active almost exclusively in Rome. In the latter decades of his life, he was, along with Francesco Borromini and Pietro da Cortona, one of the major rivals of Gian…

1654

Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna

Swedish lawyer and politician (born 1635)

Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna was a Swedish politician.

1680

Bridget Bishop

Colonial Massachusetts woman hanged as a witch during the Salem witch trials (born 1632)

Bridget Bishop was a midwife and the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in 1692. Nineteen were hanged, and one, Giles Corey, was pressed to death. Altogether, about 200 people were tried.

1692

Thomas Hearne

English historian and author (born 1678)

Thomas Hearne or Hearn was an English diarist and prolific antiquary, particularly remembered for his published editions of many medieval English chronicles and other important historical texts.

1735

Joachim Ludwig Schultheiss von Unfriedt

German architect (born 1678)

Joachim Ludwig Schultheiss von Unfriedt was a German Baroque architect, official, and councillor most active in Königsberg and throughout the Kingdom of Prussia.

1753

Hsinbyushin

Burmese king (born 1736)

Hsinbyushin, also known as Maung Rwa or Prince of Myedu (မြေဒူးမင်း), was the third emperor of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1763 to 1776. The second son of the dynasty founder Alaungpaya is best known…

1776

Leopold Widhalm

Austrian instrument maker (born 1722)

Martin Leopold Widhalm was an Austrian or German luthier known for his work in Nuremberg. Charles Beare considers Widhalm to have been the most significant maker of violins in Germany during the 18th century not to be…

1776

Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte

French admiral (born 1720)

Lieutenant général des armées navales Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte was a French Navy officer. Over a career spanning 50 years, he served under Louis XV and Louis XVI and took part in 34 military engagements.…

1791

Charles Frederick

Grand Duke of Baden (born 1728)

Charles Frederick was Margrave, Elector and later Grand Duke of Baden from 1738 until his death.

1811

Hans Karl von Diebitsch

German-Russian field marshal (born 1785)

Hans Karl Friedrich Anton Graf von Diebitsch-Sabalkanski und Narten was a Prussian-born soldier serving as Russian field marshal. His dynasty is of Silesian origin. He stands among the most important military leaders of…

1831

André-Marie Ampère

French physicist and mathematician (born 1775)

André-Marie Ampère was a French physicist and mathematician who was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as electrodynamics. He made also important contributions in…

1836

Thomas Robert Bugeaud

French general and politician (born 1784)

Thomas Robert Bugeaud, marquis de la Piconnerie, duc d'Isly was a Marshal of France and Governor-General of Algeria during the French colonization. Born an aristocrat, he has a complex legacy, serving as a soldier…

1849

Robert Brown

Scottish botanist (born 1773)

Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist and paleobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope. His contributions include one of the earliest detailed…

1849

Mihailo Obrenović III

Prince of Serbia (born 1823)

Mihailo Obrenović III was the ruling Prince of Serbia from 1839 to 1842 and again from 1860 to 1868.

1868

Ernest Chausson

French composer (born 1855)

Amédée-Ernest Chausson was a French Romantic composer.

1899

Robert Williams Buchanan

Scottish poet, author, and playwright (born 1841)

Robert Williams Buchanan was a Scottish poet, novelist and dramatist. Several of his works were adapted into films.

1901

Jacint Verdaguer

Catalan priest and poet (born 1845)

Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló was a Spanish writer and priest, regarded as one of the greatest poets of Catalan literature and a prominent literary figure of the Renaixença, a cultural revival movement of the late Romantic…

1902

Richard Seddon

English-New Zealand politician, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1845)

Richard John Seddon was a New Zealand politician who served as the 15th premier of New Zealand from 1893 until his death. In office for thirteen years, he is to date New Zealand's longest-serving head of government.

1906

Edward Everett Hale

American minister, historian, and author (born 1822)

Edward Everett Hale was an American author, historian, and Unitarian minister, best known for his writings such as "The Man Without a Country", published in Atlantic Monthly, in support of the Union during the Civil…

1909

Ödön Lechner

Hungarian architect (born 1845)

Ödön Lechner was a Hungarian architect, one of the prime representatives of the Hungarian Szecesszió style, which was related to Art Nouveau in the rest of Europe, including the Vienna Secession. He is famous for…

1914

Arrigo Boito

Italian author, poet, and composer (born 1842)

Arrigo Boito was an Italian librettist, composer, poet and critic whose only completed opera was Mefistofele. Among the operas for which he wrote the libretti are Giuseppe Verdi's monumental last two operas Otello and…

1918

Pierre Loti

French soldier and author (born 1850)

Pierre Loti was a French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels and short stories.

1923

Giacomo Matteotti

Italian lawyer and politician (born 1885)

Giacomo Matteotti was an Italian socialist, anti-fascist politician and an opposition leader, who was the secretary of the Unitary Socialist Party (PSU) from 1922 to 1924. Born in the province of Rovigo in Fratta…

1924

Antoni Gaudí

Spanish architect, designed the Park Güell (born 1852)

Antoni Gaudí i Cornet was a Catalan architect and designer from Spain, widely known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernisme. Gaudí's works have a sui generis style, with most located in Barcelona, including his…

1926

Adolf von Harnack

German historian and theologian (born 1851)

Carl Gustav Adolf von Harnack was a Baltic German Lutheran theologian and prominent church historian. He produced many religious publications from 1873 to 1912. He was ennobled in 1914.

1930

Frederick Delius

English composer and educator (born 1862)

Frederick Theodore Albert Delius was an English composer. Born in Bradford in the north of England to a prosperous mercantile family, he resisted attempts to recruit him to commerce. He was sent to Florida in the United…

1934

John Bowser

English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of Victoria (born 1856)

Sir John Bowser, Australian politician, was the 26th Premier of Victoria. He was born in London, the son of an army officer, and arrived in Melbourne as a child with his family. He grew up at Bacchus Marsh and when he…

1936

Robert Borden

Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1854)

Sir Robert Laird Borden was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920. He is best known for his leadership of Canada during World War I.

1937

Albert Ogilvie

Australian politician, 28th Premier of Tasmania (born 1890)

Albert George Ogilvie was an Australian politician and Premier of Tasmania from 22 June 1934 until his death on 10 June 1939.

1939

Marcus Garvey

Jamaican journalist and activist, founded the Black Star Line (born 1887)

Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, through which he declared himself…

1940

Willem Jacob van Stockum

Dutch mathematician and academic (born 1910)

Willem Jacob van Stockum was a Dutch mathematician who made an important contribution to the early development of general relativity.

1944

Jack Johnson

American boxer (born 1878)

John Arthur Johnson, nicknamed the "Galveston Giant", was an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first black world heavyweight boxing champion (1908–1915). His 1910 fight against James J.…

1946

Alexander Bethune

Canadian businessman and politician, 12th Mayor of Vancouver (born 1852)

Alexander Bethune, merchant, was the 12th Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, serving from 1907 to 1908. He had previously served seven years as alderman.

1947

Sigrid Undset

Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1882)

Sigrid Undset was a Danish-born Norwegian novelist. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.

1949

Margaret Abbott

Indian-American golfer (born 1876)

Margaret Ives Abbott was an American amateur golfer. She was the first American woman to win an Olympic event: the women's golf tournament at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

1955

Angelina Weld Grimké

American journalist, poet, and playwright (born 1880)

Angelina Weld Grimké was an African-American journalist, teacher, playwright, and poet.

1958

Zoltán Meskó

Hungarian politician (born 1883)

Zoltán Meskó de Széplak was a leading Hungarian Nazi during the 1930s. He led his own Nazi movement during the early 1930s but faded from the political scene when Hungary became a member of the Axis powers.

1959

Timothy Birdsall

English cartoonist (born 1936)

Timothy Birdsall was an English cartoonist.

1963

Vahap Özaltay

Turkish footballer and manager (born 1908)

Vahap Özaltay or Vehâb Özaltay was a Turkish international footballer and track and field athlete.

1965

Spencer Tracy

American actor (born 1900)

Spencer Bonaventure Tracy was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the first actor to win two consecutive Academy…

1967

Michael Rennie

English actor (born 1909)

Michael Rennie was a British film, television and stage actor, who had leading roles in a number of Hollywood films, including his portrayal of the space visitor Klaatu in the science fiction film The Day the Earth…

1971

William Inge

American playwright and novelist (born 1913)

William Motter Inge was an American playwright and novelist, whose works typically feature solitary protagonists encumbered with strained sexual relations. With his portraits of small-town life and settings rooted in…

1973

Prince Henry

Duke of Gloucester (born 1900)

Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, was a member of the British royal family. He was the third son of King George V and Queen Mary, and was a younger brother of kings Edward VIII and George VI. He served as the 11th…

1974

Adolph Zukor

American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (born 1873)

Adolph Zukor was a Hungarian-American film producer best known as one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures. He produced one of America's first feature-length films, The Prisoner of Zenda, in 1913.

1976

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

German actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1945)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker, dramatist and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the major figures and catalysts of the New German Cinema movement. He…

1982

Halide Nusret Zorlutuna

Turkish author and poet (born 1901)

Halide Nusret Zorlutuna was a Turkish poet and novelist.

1984

Merle Miller

American author and playwright (born 1919)

Merle Dale Miller was an American writer, novelist, and author, who gained notability with his best-selling biography of Harry S. Truman, and as a pioneer in the gay rights movement.

1986

Elizabeth Hartman

American actress (born 1943)

Mary Elizabeth Hartman was an American actress of stage and screen. She debuted in the popular film A Patch of Blue (1965), playing a blind girl named Selina D'Arcy, opposite Sidney Poitier, a role for which she was…

1987

Louis L'Amour

American novelist and short story writer (born 1908)

Louis Dearborn L'Amour was an American novelist and short story writer. His books consisted primarily of Western novels, though he called his work "frontier stories". His most widely known Western fiction works include…

1988

Jean Bruller

French author and illustrator, co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit (born 1902)

Jean Marcel Adolphe Bruller was a French writer and illustrator who co-founded the publishing company Les Éditions de Minuit with Pierre de Lescure.

1991

Hachidai Nakamura

Chinese-Japanese pianist and composer (born 1931)

Hachidai Nakamura was a Japanese songwriter and jazz pianist.

1992

Les Dawson

English comedian, actor, writer and presenter (born 1931)

Leslie Dawson was an English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and pianist. He was known for his deadpan style, curmudgeonly persona, musical routines, and jokes about his mother-in-law and wife.

1993

George Hees

Canadian soldier, football player, and politician (born 1910)

George Harris Hees was a Canadian politician and businessman.

1996

Jo Van Fleet

American actress (born 1915)

Jo Van Fleet was an American stage, film, and television actress. During her long career, which spanned over four decades, she often played characters much older than her actual age. Van Fleet won a Tony Award in 1954…

1996

Jim Hearn

American baseball player (born 1921)

James Tolbert Hearn was an American professional baseball player who was a pitcher in Major League Baseball for 13 seasons (1947–1959). The right-hander was listed as 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and 205 pounds (93 kg).

1998

Hammond Innes

English author (born 1913)

Ralph Hammond Innes was a British novelist who wrote over 30 novels, as well as works for children and travel books.

1998

Hafez al-Assad

Syrian general and politician, 18th President of Syria (born 1930)

Hafez al-Assad was a Syrian politician and military officer who served as the president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000. He was previously the prime minister from 1970 to 1971 as well as the regional…

2000

Brian Statham

English cricketer (born 1930)

John Brian Statham, was an English professional cricketer from Gorton, in Manchester, who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club from 1950 to 1968 and for England from 1951 to 1965. As an England player, he took part…

2000

Leila Pahlavi

Princess of Iran (born 1970)

Leila Pahlavi was a princess of Iran and the youngest daughter of Mohammad Reza Shah and his third wife, Shahbanu Farah Pahlavi.

2001

John Gotti

American mobster (born 1940)

John Joseph Gotti Jr. was an American mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. He ordered and helped to orchestrate the murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano in December 1985 and took over the…

2002

Donald Regan

American colonel and politician, 11th White House Chief of Staff (born 1918)

Donald Thomas Regan was an American government official and business executive who served as the 66th United States secretary of the treasury from 1981 to 1985 and as the 11th White House chief of staff from 1985 to…

2003

Bernard Williams

English philosopher and academic (born 1929)

Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams was an English philosopher. His publications include Problems of the Self (1973), Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy (1985), Shame and Necessity (1993), and Truth and Truthfulness…

2003

Phil Williams

Welsh academic and politician (born 1939)

Philip James Stradling Williams was a Welsh politician for Plaid Cymru and scientist.

2003

Ray Charles

American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (born 1930)

Ray Charles Robinson was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians of the 20th century and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Genius".…

2004

Odette Laure

French actress and singer (born 1917)

Odette Laure was a French actress and cabaret singer. She appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1950 and 2001. She was nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for Daddy Nostalgia…

2004

Xenophon Zolotas

Greek economist and politician, 177th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1904)

Xenophon Euthymiou Zolotas was a Greek economist who served as an interim non-party Prime Minister of Greece.

2004

Curtis Pitts

American aircraft designer, designed the Pitts Special (born 1915)

Curtis Hardeman Pitts was an American aircraft designer, aircraft manufacturer, crop duster, and airport fixed-base operator. He became widely known and revered in the aerobatics community for his design of the Pitts…

2005

Augie Auer

American-New Zealand meteorologist (born 1940)

August Henry "Augie" Auer Jr was an American-born atmospheric scientist and meteorologist in New Zealand.

2007

Chinghiz Aitmatov

Kyrgyzstani author and diplomat (born 1928)

Chinghiz Torekulovich Aitmatov was a Kyrgyz author who wrote mainly in Russian, but also in Kyrgyz. He is one of the best known figures in Kyrgyzstan's literature.

2008

Stelios Skevofilakas

Greek footballer (born 1940)

Stelios Skevofilakas was a Greek professional footballer who played as a midfielder mostly for AEK Athens and later a manager.

2009

Basil Schott

American archbishop (born 1939)

Basil Myron Schott was the Archbishop of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh from 2002 until his death.

2010

Sigmar Polke

German painter and photographer (born 1941)

Sigmar Polke was a German painter and photographer. Polke experimented with a wide range of styles, subject matters and materials. In the 1970s, he concentrated on photography, returning to paint in the 1980s, when he…

2010

Brian Lenihan Jnr

Irish lawyer and politician, 25th Irish Minister for Finance (born 1959)

Brian Joseph Lenihan was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Finance from 2008 to 2011, Deputy leader of Fianna Fáil from March 2011 to June 2011, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform…

2011

Piero Bellugi

Italian conductor (born 1924)

Piero Bellugi was an Italian orchestral conductor.

2012

Warner Fusselle

American sportscaster (born 1944)

Warner Fusselle was an American sportscaster remembered for contributions to the television shows This Week in Baseball and Major League Baseball Magazine, and for his memorable Southern voice. He was an announcer for…

2012

Will Hoebee

Dutch songwriter and producer (born 1947)

Will Hoebee was a Dutch record producer and songwriter. In late 1981, he married José Hoebee. Benny Neyman, Saskia & Serge, Gheorghe Zamfir, David Soul and Nana Mouskouri were among the acts he produced.

2012

Georges Mathieu

French painter and academic (born 1921)

Georges Mathieu was a French abstract painter, art theorist, and member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He is considered one of the fathers of European lyrical abstraction, a trend of informalism.

2012

Joshua Orwa Ojode

Kenyan politician (born 1958)

Joshua Orwa Ojode was a Kenyan politician. He was first appointed to parliament on June 28, 1994 to represent the Ndhiwa Constituency for the National Development party. In 2007 he joined the Orange Democratic Movement.…

2012

George Saitoti

Kenyan economist and politician, 6th Vice-President of Kenya (born 1945)

George Musengi Saitoti, E.G.H. was a Kenyan politician, businessman and American- and British-trained economist, mathematician and development policy thinker.

2012

Sudono Salim

Chinese-Indonesian businessman, founded Bank Central Asia (born 1916)

Sudono Salim or Lim Sioe Liong, also known as Om (Uncle) Liem was an Indonesian banker and businessman. He was the richest individual in Indonesia. He was the founder and chairman of the conglomerate Salim Group before…

2012

Gordon West

English footballer (born 1943)

Gordon West was an English professional football goalkeeper. He won three international caps in a career that included a long stint at Everton.

2012

Doug Bailey

American political consultant (born 1933)

Doug Bailey was an American political consultant and founder of The Hotline, a bipartisan, daily briefing on American politics.

2013

Enrique Orizaola

Spanish footballer and coach (born 1922)

Enrique Orizaola Velázquez was a Spanish football player and coach.

2013

Barbara Vucanovich

American lawyer and politician (born 1921)

Barbara Farrell Vucanovich was an American Republican politician from Nevada. She was the first woman from Nevada elected to the United States House of Representatives, in which she served seven terms representing…

2013

Marcello Alencar

Brazilian lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Rio de Janeiro (born 1925)

Marcello Nunes de Alencar was a Brazilian politician and lawyer. Alencar served as the Governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro from 1995 until 1999, as well as two tenures as Mayor of Rio de Janeiro from 1983 to 1986…

2014

Gary Gilmour

Australian cricketer and manager (born 1951)

Gary John Gilmour was an Australian cricketer who played in 15 test matches and five One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1973 and 1977. He was a part of the Australian squad that finished as runners-up at the 1975…

2014

Robert M. Grant

American theologian and academic (born 1917)

Robert McQueen Grant was an American academic theologian and the Carl Darling Buck Professor Emeritus of Humanities and of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of Chicago. His scholarly work focused on…

2014

Jack Lee

American radio host and politician (born 1920)

Jackson "Jack" Lee was an American radio broadcaster and politician. In 1971, Lee became the first Republican Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina, of the 20th Century. He served as the city's Mayor for two…

2014

Robert Chartoff

American film producer and philanthropist (born 1933)

Robert Irwin Chartoff was an American film producer and philanthropist.

2015

Wolfgang Jeschke

German author and publisher (born 1936)

Wolfgang Jeschke was a German science fiction author and editor at Heyne Verlag. In 1987, he won the Harrison Award for international achievements in science fiction.

2015

Christina Grimmie

American singer-songwriter (born 1994)

Christina Victoria Grimmie was an American singer, songwriter, and internet personality. In 2009, she began posting covers of popular songs on YouTube. After releasing her debut EP, Find Me (2011), her YouTube channel…

2016

Gordie Howe

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1928)

Gordon Howe was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. From 1946 to 1980, he played 26 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and six seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA); his first 25 seasons were…

2016

Julia Perez

Indonesian singer and actress (born 1980)

Yuli Rachmawati, better known as Julia Perez, abbreviated as Jupe, was an Indonesian singer, model, and actress. In the early 2010s, she became known for her outspoken statements against conservative Muslim clerics, who…

2017

Neal E. Boyd

American singer, winner of the 2008 season of America's Got Talent (born 1975)

Neal Evans Boyd was an American singer who developed an interest in opera after listening to the performances of the Three Tenors. Despite being raised in conditions of poverty within the U.S. state of Missouri, he…

2018

Claudell Washington

American baseball player (born 1954)

Claudell Washington was an American baseball outfielder who played seventeen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, New York Mets, Atlanta Braves,…

2020

Ted Kaczynski

American mathematician and domestic terrorist (born 1942)

Theodore John Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, was an American mathematician and domestic terrorist. A mathematics prodigy, he abandoned his academic career in 1969 to pursue a reclusive primitive lifestyle and…

2023

Victims in the 2024 Chikangawa Dornier 228 crash:

Saulos Klaus Chilima was a Malawian economist and politician who served as Vice President of Malawi from 2014 to 2019 and again from 2020 until his death in 2024. Chilima assumed office on 28 June 2020, winning the…

2024

Victims in the 2024 Chikangawa Dornier 228 crash:

Patricia Shanil Dzimbiri was a Malawian politician, teacher, and First Lady of Malawi from 1999 until 2004 as the then-wife of former President Bakili Muluzi. She later represented the Balaka West Constituency in the…

2024

Steele Hall

Australian politician, 36th Premier of South Australia (born 1928)

Raymond Steele Hall was an Australian politician who served as the 36th Premier of South Australia from 1968 to 1970. He also served in the federal Parliament as a senator for South Australia from 1974 to 1977 and…

2024

Suchinda Kraprayoon

Thai army general, 19th Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1933)

Suchinda Kraprayoon was a Thai military officer and politician who was the 19th prime minister of Thailand for several weeks in 1992.

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Frederick I — Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190

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Known forHe was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March 1152

Deaths on this date122 (38 – 2025)

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Eleven people are killed, including the perpetrator, and eleven others are injured, in a mass shooting at a secondary school in Graz, Austria. Wikipedia →

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A plane crash in Malawi leaves 10 people dead, including the country's Vice President Saulos Chilima. Wikipedia →

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Opportunity rover, sends it last message back to Earth. The mission was finally declared over on February 13, 2019. Wikipedia →

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