Notable people who died on June 14 include: Ōtomo no Otomaro, Methodius I, Guadamir, Aron, Emperor Qinzong of the Song dynasty (born 1100).

Notable Deaths on June 14

Q: What is Antoine known for?

Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (born 1489)

105 people 809 – 2025

June 14 has seen 105 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 809 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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1544 — Antoine

Duke of Lorraine (born 1489)

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Antoine, known as the Good, was Duke of Lorraine from 1508 until his death in 1544

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Antoine succeeded in freeing Lorraine from the Holy Roman Empire with the Treaty of Nuremberg of 1542

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In 1544, while Antoine suffered from an illness, the Duchy of Lorraine was invaded by Emperor Charles V's army on their way to attack France

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Raised at the French court, Antoine would campaign in Italy twice: once under Louis XII and the other with Francis I

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During the German Peasants' War, he would defeat two armies while retaking Saverne and Sélestat

Ōtomo no Otomaro

Japanese general (born 731)

Ōtomo no Otomaro was a Japanese general of the Nara period and of the early Heian period. He was the first to hold the title of sei-i taishōgun. The title of Shōgun was bestowed by Emperor Kanmu in 794. Some believe he…

809

Methodius I

patriarch of Constantinople

Methodius I of Constantinople or Methodios I was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 11 March 843 to 14 June 847. He was born in Syracuse and died in Constantinople. His feast day is celebrated on June 14 in…

847

Guadamir

bishop of Vic (Spain)

Guadamir was the bishop of Vic from 948 until his death.

957

Aron

Bulgarian nobleman

Aron was a Bulgarian noble, brother of Emperor Samuel of Bulgaria and third son of komes Nicholas. After the fall of the eastern parts of the country under Byzantine occupation in 971, he and his three brothers David,…

976

Emperor Qinzong of the Song dynasty (born 1100)

Emperor Qinzong of Song, personal name Zhao Huan, was the ninth emperor of the Song dynasty of China and the last emperor of the Northern Song dynasty.

1161

Günther von Schwarzburg

German king (born 1304)

Günther XXI von Schwarzburg, disputed King of Germany, was a descendant of the counts of Schwarzburg.

1349

Simon Sudbury

English archbishop (born 1316)

Simon Sudbury was Bishop of London from 1361 to 1375, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1375 until his death, and in the last year of his life Lord Chancellor of England. He met a violent death during the Peasants' Revolt…

1381

Giovanni Borgia

2nd Duke of Gandía, Italian son of Pope Alexander VI (born 1474)

Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandía was the second child of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei and a member of the House of Borgia. He was the brother of Cesare, Gioffre, and Lucrezia Borgia. Giovanni Borgia…

1497

John III of Navarre (born 1469)

John III was King of Navarre from 1484 until his death in 1516 as the husband and co-ruler of Queen Catherine.

1516

Carpentras

French composer (born 1470)

Carpentras was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was famous during his lifetime, and was especially notable for his settings of the Lamentations which remained in the repertory of the Papal Choir throughout the…

1548

Shibata Katsuie

Japanese samurai (born 1522)

Shibata Katsuie or Gonroku (権六) was a Japanese samurai and military commander during the Sengoku period. He was retainer of Oda Nobuhide. He served Oda Nobunaga as one of his trusted generals, was severely wounded in…

1583

Jacob Kroger

German goldsmith, hanged in Edinburgh for stealing the jewels of Anne of Denmark.

Jacob Kroger, was a German goldsmith who worked for Anne of Denmark in Scotland and stole her jewels.

1594

Orlande de Lassus

Flemish composer and educator (born 1532)

Orlando di Lasso was a composer of the late Renaissance. The chief representative of the mature polyphonic style in the Franco-Flemish school, Lasso stands with William Byrd, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and Tomás…

1594

Henry Vane the Younger

English-American politician, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (born 1613)

Sir Henry Vane, often referred to as Harry Vane and Henry Vane the Younger to distinguish him from his father, was an English politician and colonial administrator. He was briefly present in North America, serving one…

1662

Marin le Roy de Gomberville

French author and poet (born 1600)

Marin le Roy, sieur du Parc et de Gomberville was a French poet and novelist.

1674

Guillaume Courtois

French painter and illustrator (born 1628)

Guillaume Courtois or italianized as Guglielmo Cortese, called Il Borgognone or Le Bourguignon, was a Free Burgundian-Italian painter, draughtsman and etcher. He was mainly active in Rome as a history and staffage…

1679

Colin Maclaurin

Scottish mathematician (born 1698)

Colin Maclaurin was a Scottish mathematician who made important contributions to geometry and algebra. He is also known for being a child prodigy and holding the record for being the youngest professor. The Maclaurin…

1746

Francis Seymour-Conway

1st Marquess of Hertford, English courtier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1718)

Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford was a British courtier and politician who served as the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1765.

1794

Louis Desaix

French general (born 1768)

Louis Charles Antoine Desaix was a French general and military leader during the French Revolutionary Wars. According to the usage of the time, he took the name Louis Charles Antoine Desaix de Veygoux. He was considered…

1800

Jean-Baptiste Kléber

French general (born 1753)

Jean-Baptiste Kléber was a French army officer and architect who served in the War of the Bavarian Succession and French Revolutionary Wars. After serving for one year in the French Royal Army, he joined the Imperial…

1800

Benedict Arnold

American general during the American Revolution later turned British spy (born 1741)

Benedict Arnold was an American-born British military officer who served during the American Revolutionary War. He fought with distinction for the American Continental Army and rose to the rank of major general before…

1801

Pierre Charles L'Enfant

French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. (born 1754)

Pierre "Peter" Charles L'Enfant was a French-American artist, professor, and military engineer. In 1791, L'Enfant designed the baroque-styled plan for the development of Washington, D.C., after it was designated to…

1825

Giacomo Leopardi

Italian poet and philosopher (born 1798)

Count Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi was an Italian poet, philosopher, essayist, and philologist. Considered the greatest Italian poet of the 19th century and one of the greatest authors…

1837

Leonidas Polk

American general and bishop (born 1806)

Leonidas Polk was a Confederate general, a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana and founder of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America, which separated from the Episcopal Church of…

1864

Mary Carpenter

English educational and social reformer (born 1807)

Mary Carpenter was an English educational and social reformer. The daughter of a Unitarian minister, she founded a ragged school and reformatories, bringing previously unavailable educational opportunities to poor…

1877

Edward FitzGerald

English poet and author (born 1809)

Edward FitzGerald or Fitzgerald was an English poet and writer. His most famous poem is the first and best-known English translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, which has kept its reputation and popularity since…

1883

Alexander Ostrovsky

Russian director and playwright (born 1823)

Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 original plays, Ostrovsky "almost single-handedly created a…

1886

Dewitt Clinton Senter

American politician, 18th Governor of Tennessee (born 1830)

Dewitt Clinton Senter was an American politician who served as the 18th governor of Tennessee from 1869 to 1871. He had previously served in the Tennessee House of Representatives (1855–1861), where he opposed secession…

1898

William Le Baron Jenney

American architect and engineer, designed the Home Insurance Building (born 1832)

William Le Baron Jenney was an American architect and engineer known for building the first skyscraper in 1884.

1907

Bartolomé Masó

Cuban soldier and politician (born 1830)

Bartolomé de Jesús Masó Márquez was a Cuban politician and military patriot for Cuban independence from the colonial power of Spain, and later President of the República en Armas.

1907

Frederick Stanley

16th Earl of Derby, English captain and politician, 6th Governor General of Canada (born 1841)

Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Colonial Secretary from 1885 to 1886 and Governor General of Canada from 1888 to 1893. An avid…

1908

Adlai Stevenson I

American lawyer and politician, 23rd Vice President of the United States (born 1835)

Adlai Ewing Stevenson I was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 23rd vice president of the United States from 1893 to 1897 under President Grover Cleveland. A member of the Democratic Party, Stevenson…

1914

João Simões Lopes Neto

Brazilian author (born 1865)

João Simões Lopes Neto was a Brazilian regionalist writer from Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul.

1916

Max Weber

German sociologist and economist (born 1864)

Maximilian Carl Emil Weber was a German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist who was one of the central figures in the development of sociology and the social sciences more generally. His ideas…

1920

Isabelle Bogelot

French philanthropist (born 1838)

Isabelle Bogelot was a French philanthropist and feminist.

1923

Mary Cassatt

American-French painter (born 1843)

Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker. She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, but lived most of her adult life in France, where she befriended Edgar Degas and exhibited with the Impressionists.…

1926

Ottavio Bottecchia

Italian cyclist (born 1894)

Ottavio Bottecchia was an Italian cyclist and the first Italian winner of the Tour de France.

1927

Jerome K. Jerome

English author (born 1859)

Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886) and Second…

1927

Emmeline Pankhurst

English activist and academic (born 1857)

Emmeline Pankhurst was a British political activist who organised the British suffragette movement and helped women to win the right to vote in Great Britain and Ireland in 1918. In 1999, Time named her as one of the…

1928

Dorimène Roy Desjardins

Canadian businesswoman, co-founded Desjardins Group (born 1858)

Marie-Clara Dorimène Roy Desjardins and her husband, Alphonse Desjardins, were the co-founders of the Caisses populaires Desjardins, a forerunner of North American credit unions. She was appointed honorary member of the…

1932

Justinien de Clary

French target shooter (born 1860)

Count Clary was a French sport shooter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century in trap shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the bronze medal in the trap…

1933

G. K. Chesterton

English essayist, poet, playwright, and novelist (born 1874)

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English Christian apologist writer. Chesterton's wit, paradoxical style, and defence of tradition made him a dominant figure in early 20th-century literature.

1936

Hans Poelzig

German architect, painter, and designer, designed the IG Farben Building (born 1869)

Hans Poelzig was a German architect, painter and set designer.

1936

John Logie Baird

Scottish-English physicist and engineer (born 1888)

John Logie Baird was a Scottish inventor, electrical engineer and innovator who demonstrated the world's first mechanical television system on 26 January 1926. He went on to invent the first publicly demonstrated colour…

1946

Jorge Ubico

21st President of Guatemala (born 1878)

Jorge Ubico Castañeda, nicknamed Number Five or also Central America's Napoleon, was a Guatemalan military officer, politician, and dictator who served as the president of Guatemala from 1931 to 1944.

1946

Albert II

rhesus macaque, animal astronaut, and first mammal in space

Albert II was a male rhesus macaque monkey who was the first primate and first mammal to travel to outer space. He flew from Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States, to an altitude of 83 miles (134 km)…

1949

Tom Cole

Welsh-American racing driver (born 1922)

Thomas Lionel Howard Cole, Jr., also known as Tom Cole or Tommy Cole, was a British-American racing driver and co-creator of the Cadillac-Allard sports car. Afflicted by childhood polio, he served in non-combat roles in…

1953

Salvatore Quasimodo

Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (born 1901)

Salvatore Quasimodo was an Italian poet and translator, awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times". Along with…

1968

Carlos P. Garcia

8th President of the Republic of the Philippines (born 1896)

Carlos Polestico García, often referred to by his initials CPG, was the eighth president of the Philippines, serving from 1957 to 1961. He served as the fourth Vice President of the Philippines from 1953 to 1957.

1971

Dündar Taşer

Turkish soldier and politician (born 1925)

Dündar Taşer was a Turkish soldier and politician who was a leading figure in Turkish nationalism.

1972

Robert Middleton

American actor (born 1911)

Robert Middleton was an American film and television actor known for his large size, beetle-like brows, and deep, booming voice, usually in the portrayal of ruthless villains.

1977

Alan Reed

American actor, original voice of Fred Flintstone (born1907)

Alan Reed was an American actor, best known as the original voice of Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones and various spinoff series. He also appeared in many films, including Days of Glory, The Tarnished Angels,…

1977

Ahmad Zahir

Afghan singer-songwriter (born 1946)

Ahmad Zahir was an Afghan singer, songwriter and composer. Dubbed the "Elvis of Afghanistan", he is widely considered the all-time greatest singer of Afghanistan. The majority of his songs were in Dari followed by…

1979

Charles Miller

American saxophonist and flute player (born 1939)

Charles William Miller was an American musician best known as the saxophonist and flutist for the multicultural California funk band War. Notably, Miller provided lead vocals as well as saxophone on the band's Billboard…

1980

Khan Bahadur Abdul Hakim

Bangladeshi mathematician (born 1905)

Khan Bahadur Abdul Hakim CIE was a Bangladeshi educationist, mathematician and writer. He was the former Dhaka Division school inspector. He was awarded both Khan Sahib and Khan Bahadur by the British Raj. He later…

1985

Jorge Luis Borges

Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator (born 1899)

Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known works, Ficciones (transl.…

1986

Alan Jay Lerner

American composer and songwriter (born 1918)

Alan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre both for the stage…

1986

Stanisław Bareja

Polish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1929)

Stanisław Sylwester Bareja was a Polish filmmaker. Some of his films have reached cult status in Poland.

1987

Erna Berger

German soprano and actress (born 1900)

Erna Berger was a German lyric coloratura soprano. She was best known for roles such as Queen of the Night and Konstanze.

1990

Peggy Ashcroft

English actress (born 1907)

Dame Edith Margaret Emily "Peggy" Ashcroft was an English actress whose career spanned more than six decades, both on screen and stage.

1991

Lionel Grigson

English pianist, composer, and educator (born 1942)

Lionel Grigson was an English jazz pianist, cornettist, trumpeter, composer, writer and teacher, who in the 1980s started the jazz course at the Guildhall School of Music. As Simon Purcell wrote in The Independent,…

1994

Henry Mancini

American composer and conductor (born 1924)

Henry Mancini was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist, best known as a composer of film and television scores. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four…

1994

Marcel Mouloudji

French singer and actor (born 1922)

Marcel André Mouloudji was a French singer, actor, and writer who was born in Paris and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He sang songs written by Boris Vian and Jacques Prévert.

1994

Els Aarne

Ukrainian-Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (born 1917)

Elze Janovna Paemurru, pseudonymously known as Els Aarne, was an Estonian composer, pianist and pedagogue, primarily during the Soviet Union.

1995

Rory Gallagher

Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1948)

William Rory Gallagher was an Irish musician, singer, and songwriter. Regarded as "Ireland's first rock star", he is known for his virtuosic style of guitar playing and live performances. He has sometimes been referred…

1995

Roger Zelazny

American author and poet (born 1937)

Roger Joseph Zelazny was an American fantasy and science fiction writer known for his short stories and novels focusing on mythology and various religions, best known for The Chronicles of Amber series. He won the…

1995

Noemí Gerstein

Argentinian sculptor and illustrator (born 1908)

Noemí Gerstein was an Argentine sculptor, illustrator and plastic artist.

1996

Richard Jaeckel

American actor (born 1926)

Richard Jaeckel was an American character actor of film and television whose career spanned six decades. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor with his role in the 1971 adaptation of Ken…

1997

Bernie Faloney

American-Canadian football player and sportscaster (born 1932)

Bernie Faloney was a professional football player in the Canadian Football League and an outstanding American college football player for the Maryland Terrapins. Born in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, Faloney is a member of…

1999

Attilio Bertolucci

Italian poet and author (born 1911)

Attilio Bertolucci was an Italian poet and writer. He was the father of film directors Bernardo and Giuseppe Bertolucci.

2000

June Jordan

American author and activist (born 1936)

June Millicent Jordan was an American poet, essayist, teacher, and activist. In her writing she explored issues of gender, race, immigration, and representation.

2002

Dale Whittington

American race car driver (born 1959)

Dale Lindsey Whittington was an American racing driver. Born in Farmington, New Mexico, he was the youngest of four sons born to 1950s race car owner Dick Whittington. Dale Whittington had 3 sons: R.D Whittington, Dale…

2003

Ulrich Inderbinen

Swiss mountaineer and guide (born 1900)

Ulrich Inderbinen was a Swiss mountain guide famous for his longevity and love for mountain climbing. He had been on the top of Matterhorn over 370 times and made his last ascent of it when he was 90. Though he was not…

2004

Carlo Maria Giulini

Italian conductor and director (born 1914)

Carlo Maria Giulini was an Italian conductor. From the age of five, when he began to play the violin, Giulini's musical education was expanded when he began to study at Italy's foremost conservatory, the Conservatorio…

2005

Mimi Parent

Canadian-Swiss painter (born 1924)

Mimi Parent was a Canadian surrealist artist. For many years she lived and worked in Paris, France. Her art is known for its symbolism, and the metaphorical use of existing objects, including human hair.

2005

Monty Berman

English director, producer, and cinematographer (born 1913)

Nestor Montague Berman was an English producer, writer, cinematographer, and director of film and television. He was best known for his work at ITC Entertainment, particularly in collaboration with Dennis Spooner, where…

2006

Jean Roba

Belgian author and illustrator (born 1930)

Jean Roba was a Belgian comics author from the Marcinelle school. His best-known work is Boule et Bill.

2006

Ruth Graham

Chinese-American author, poet, and painter (born 1920)

Ruth McCue Bell Graham was an American Christian author. She was born in Qingjiang, Jiangsu, China, the second of five children. Her parents, Virginia Leftwich Bell and L. Nelson Bell, were medical missionaries at the…

2007

Robin Olds

American general and pilot (born 1922)

Robin Olds was an American fighter pilot and general officer in the United States Air Force (USAF). He was a "triple ace", with a combined total of 16 victories in World War II and the Vietnam War. He retired in 1973 as…

2007

Kurt Waldheim

Secretary-General of the United Nations, Austrian politician, 9th President of Austria (born 1918)

Kurt Josef Waldheim was an Austrian politician and diplomat. Waldheim was the secretary-general of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981 and the president of Austria from 1986 to 1992.

2007

Bob Bogle

American musician (born 1934)

Robert Lenard Bogle was an American musician who was a founding member of the instrumental rock band the Ventures. He and Don Wilson founded the group in 1958. Bogle was the lead guitarist and later bassist of the…

2009

William McIntyre

Canadian soldier, lawyer, and judge (born 1918)

William Rogers McIntyre, was a Canadian Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

2009

Peter Archer

Baron Archer of Sandwell, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales (born 1926)

Peter Kingsley Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell,, was a British lawyer and Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1966 until 1992, when he became a life peer. Between 1974 and 1979 he was Solicitor…

2012

Bob Chappuis

American football player and soldier (born 1923)

Robert Richard Chappuis was an American football player who played halfback and quarterback for the University of Michigan Wolverines in 1942, 1946, and 1947. His college years were interrupted by service in the U.S.…

2012

Margie Hyams

American pianist and vibraphone player (born 1920)

Marjorie Hyams was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, and arranger. She began her career as a vibraphonist in the 1940s, playing with Woody Herman, the Hip Chicks, Mary Lou Williams, Charlie Ventura, and George…

2012

Karl-Heinz Kämmerling

German pianist and academic (born 1930)

Karl-Heinz Kämmerling was a German academic teacher of classical pianists, who trained pianists at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover for careers as performers and…

2012

Carlos Reichenbach

Brazilian director and producer (born 1945)

Carlos Oscar Reichenbach Filho was a Brazilian filmmaker.

2012

Gitta Sereny

Austrian-English historian, journalist, and author (born 1921)

Gitta Sereny, CBE was an Austrian-British biographer, historian, and investigative journalist who became known for her interviews and profiles of infamous figures, including Mary Bell, who was convicted in 1968 of…

2012

Elroy Schwartz

American screenwriter and producer (born 1923)

Elroy Schwartz was an American comedy and television writer.

2013

Alberto Cañas Escalante

Costa Rican journalist and politician (born 1920)

Alberto Cañas Escalante was a politician, writer, intellectual, public servant, and journalist from San José, Costa Rica. He is known as one of the most important figures in the cultural, political, and social life of…

2014

Isabelle Collin Dufresne

French actress (born 1935)

Isabelle Collin Dufresne, known professionally as Ultra Violet, was a French-American artist, actress, and writer. She initially studied and worked with Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí before relocating to New York,…

2014

Robert Lebeck

German photographer and journalist (born 1929)

Robert Lebeck was an award-winning German photojournalist.

2014

James E. Rogers

American lawyer, businessman, and academic (born 1938)

James E. Rogers was an American entrepreneur and former attorney. He served as interim chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education and the University of Arizona College of Law carries his name.

2014

Richard Cotton

Australian geneticist and academic (born 1940)

Richard Cotton AM was an Australian medical researcher and founder of the Murdoch Institute and the Human Variome Project. Cotton focused on the prevention and treatment of genetic disorders and birth defects.

2015

Anne Nicol Gaylor

American activist, co-founded the Freedom From Religion Foundation (born 1926)

Anne Nicol Gaylor was an American atheist and reproductive rights advocate. She co-founded the Freedom from Religion Foundation and an abortion fund for Wisconsin women. She wrote the book Abortion Is a Blessing and…

2015

Qiao Shi

Chinese politician (born 1924)

Qiao Shi was a Chinese politician and one of the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He was a member of the party's top decision-making body, the Politburo Standing Committee, from 1987 to 1997. He was a…

2015

Ann Morgan Guilbert

American actress and singer (born 1928)

Ann Morgan Guilbert, sometimes credited as Ann Guilbert, was an American television and film actress and comedian who portrayed a number of roles from the 1950s on, most notably as Millie Helper in 61 episodes of the…

2016

Gilles Lamontagne

Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (born 1919)

Joseph Georges Gilles Claude Lamontagne was a Canadian politician who held a number of offices both in Quebec and federally. A Liberal, he was Mayor of Quebec City (1965–1977), Postmaster General of Canada (1978–1979),…

2016

Sushant Singh Rajput

Indian film actor (born 1986)

Sushant Singh Rajput was an Indian actor best known for his work in Hindi cinema. He earned acclaim for his performances in several notable films, including Kai Po Che! (2013), Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015), M.S.…

2020

A. B. Yehoshua

Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright (born 1936)

Avraham Gabriel "Boolie" Yehoshua was an Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright. The New York Times called him the "Israeli Faulkner". Underlying themes in Yehoshua's work are Jewish identity, the tense relations…

2022

Dudu Myeni

South African businesswoman (born 1963)

Duduzile "Dudu" Cynthia Myeni was a South African businesswoman, a chairperson of South African Airways SOC Limited, and executive chairperson of the Jacob Zuma Foundation since September 2008.

2024

George Nethercutt

American lawyer, author, and politician (born 1944)

George Rector Nethercutt Jr. was an American lawyer, author, and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he rose to national attention upon his election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994, when he…

2024

Afa Ah Loo

Samoan fashion designer

Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, better known as Afa Ah Loo, was a Samoan fashion designer. He competed on season 17 of Project Runway.

2025

Melissa Hortman

American lawyer and politician (born 1970)

Melissa Anne Hortman was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 61st speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, she represented northern parts of the…

2025

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Known forRaised at the French court, Antoine would campaign in Italy twice: once under Louis XII and the other with Francis I

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The Grenfell Tower fire, a catastrophic fire in a high-rise apartment building in North Kensington, London, UK, leaves 72 people dead and another 74 injured. Wikipedia →

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Republican U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana, and three others, are shot and wounded while practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game. Wikipedia →

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