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Hamilton led the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan from 1949 until he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1957 general election
Notable Deaths on June 29
108 people
226 – 2025
June 29 has seen 108 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 226 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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2004 — Alvin Hamilton
Canadian lieutenant and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Agriculture (born 1912)
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He served as Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources, 1957 to 1960
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He was Minister of Agriculture, 1960 to 1963, where he promoted wheat sales to China.
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Francis Alvin George Hamilton was a Canadian politician
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That election brought the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to power under John Diefenbaker
226
general of the Tang Dynasty
Yang Shili (楊師立) was a general of the Chinese Tang dynasty, who came to control Dongchuan Circuit as its military governor (jiedushi) due to his association with the powerful eunuch Tian Lingzi. He later had a fall out…
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884
Duke of Saxony (born 995)
Bernard II was the Duke of Saxony between 1011 and 1059, the third of the Billung dynasty as a son of Bernard I and Hildegard. Besides his position in Saxony, he had the rights of a count in Frisia.
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1059
Prince of Antioch (born 1115)
Raymond of Poitiers was Prince of Antioch from 1136 to 1149. He was the younger son of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, and his wife Philippa, Countess of Toulouse, born in the very year that his father the Duke began his…
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1149
King of the Isles
Óláfr Guðrøðarson was a twelfth-century King of Mann and the Isles. As a younger son of Guðrøðr Crovan, King of Dublin and the Isles, Óláfr witnessed a vicious power struggle between his elder brothers in the aftermath…
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1153
1252
philosopher (born c.1217)
Henry of Ghent, also known as Henricus de Gandavo and Henricus Gandavensis, was a scholastic philosopher who acquired the nickname of Doctor Solemnis.
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1293
Spanish philosopher (born 1235)
Ramon Llull, sometimes anglicized as Raymond Lully, was a Catholic philosopher, theologian, poet, missionary, apologist and former knight, born in Palma de Majorca. He invented a philosophical system known as the Art,…
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1315
duchess consort of Brittany, throne claimant of Savoy (born 1310)
Joan of Savoy, was Duchess consort of Brittany by marriage to John III, Duke of Brittany. Joan was the claimant to the County of Savoy upon the death of her father in 1329 until 1339.
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1344
Czech priest and reformer
Milíč of Kroměříž was a Czech Catholic priest and the most influential preacher of the emerging Bohemian Reformation in the 14th century. Together with other Bohemian preachers and writers of that time, he paved in a…
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1374
Janus was King of Cyprus and titular King of Armenian Cilicia and Jerusalem from 1398 to 1432.
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1432
Countess of Richmond and Derby (born 1443)
Lady Margaret Beaufort was a major figure in the Wars of the Roses of the late 15th century, and mother of Henry VII of England, the first Tudor monarch. She was also a second cousin of Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard…
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1509
Aztec ruler (born 1466)
Moctezuma Xocoyotzin, retroactively referred to in European sources as Moctezuma II, and often called Montezuma, was the ninth emperor of the Aztec Empire, reigning from 1502 or 1503 to 1520. Through his marriage with…
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1520
Japanese samurai (born 1515)
Baba Nobuharu , also known as Baba Nobufusa , was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. He was known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen".
When Takeda Shingen took Fukashi castle in 1550, he…
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1575
Danish politician, Chancellor of Denmark (born 1535)
Niels Kaas was a Danish politician who served as Chancellor of Denmark from 1573 until his death. He was influential in the negotiation of the Peace of Stettin and in the upbringing of Christian IV. Kaas also played an…
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1594
Italian cardinal and archivist (born 1564)
Scipione Cobelluzzi was an Italian cardinal, archivist and librarian. He was chief archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives, from 17 February 1618 until his death on 29 June 1626.
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1626
1646
Japanese philosopher, academic, and politician (born 1657)
Arai Hakuseki was a Confucianist, scholar-bureaucrat, academic, administrator, writer and politician in Japan during the middle of the Edo period, who advised the shōgun Tokugawa Ienobu. His personal name was Kinmi or…
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1725
American-English poet, pastor, and physician (born circa 1642)
Edward Taylor was a colonial American poet, pastor and physician of English origin. His work remained unpublished for some 200 years but since then has established him as one of the foremost writers of his time. His…
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1729
French composer and conductor (born 1660)
André Campra was a French composer and conductor of the Baroque era. The leading French opera composer in the period between Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean-Philippe Rameau, Campra wrote several tragédies en musique and…
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1744
English businessman and philanthropist (born 1693)
Ralph Allen was a British postmaster, merchant and philanthropist best known for his reforms to Britain's postal system. Born in St Columb Major, Cornwall, he moved to Bath, Somerset to work in the municipal post…
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1764
1779
Prussian minister and politician (born 1757)
Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, commonly known as Baron vom Stein, was a Prussian statesman who introduced the Prussian reforms, which paved the way for the unification of Germany. He promoted the abolition…
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1831
French prince (born 1775)
Lucien Bonaparte, 1st Prince of Canino and Musignano, was a French politician and diplomat of the French Revolution and the Consulate. He served as Minister of the Interior from 1799 to 1800 and as the president of the…
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1840
American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State (born 1777)
Henry Clay was an American lawyer, statesman, and diplomat who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. He was the seventh House speaker as well as the ninth secretary of state. Clay…
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1852
1853
American physician and humanitarian (born 1803)
John B. Gorrie was a Saint Kitts and Nevis born American medical doctor and scientist, credited as the inventor of mechanical refrigeration.
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1855
English physician and endocrinologist (born 1793)
Thomas Addison was an English physician and medical researcher. He is traditionally regarded as one of the "great men" of Guy's Hospital in London.
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1860
English poet and translator (born 1806)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime and frequently anthologised after her death. Her work received renewed attention…
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1861
Indian poet and playwright (born 1824)
Michael Madhusudan Dutt was a Bengali poet and playwright. He is considered one of the pioneers of Bengali literature. He is immortal in Bengali literature for his Kapotakka Nod poem, which is included in the SSC…
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1873
Ferdinand I was Emperor of Austria from March 1835 until his abdication in December 1848. He was also King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia, King of Lombardy–Venetia and holder of other lesser titles. Due to his passive…
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1875
English biologist (born 1825)
Thomas Henry Huxley was an English biologist and anthropologist who specialised in comparative anatomy. He has become known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
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1895
Russian mathematician and academic (born 1827)
Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin was a Russian clergyman and mathematician of the second half of the 19th century, known for his achievements in number theory. He discovered the ninth perfect number and its odd prime factor,…
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1900
Greek painter and academic (born 1837)
Konstantinos Volanakis was a Greek painter. He is known as one of the greatest Greek seascape painters. Another notable seascape painter was Ioannis Altamouras.
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1907
José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros, O.F.S. was a Venezuelan physician and active member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. Born in Isnotú, Trujillo State, he became a highly renowned doctor, more so after his death.…
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1919
Canadian poet and physician (born 1850)
Charles-Nérée Beauchemin was a French Canadian regionalist poet and physician from Yamachiche, near Trois-Rivières, Quebec. He was part of Quebec's Le Terroir school of poetry.
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1931
American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1887)
Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle was an American silent film actor, director, and screenwriter. He started at the Selig Polyscope Company and eventually moved to Keystone Studios, where he worked with Mabel Normand and…
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1933
Irish-American baseball player and manager (born 1873)
John Joseph O'Neill was an Irish born catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1902–03), Chicago Cubs (1904–05) and Boston Beaneaters (1906). He batted and threw right-handed.
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1935
Slovene priest and missionary (born 1872)
János Szlepecz was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest, dean, and writer. He wrote in the Prekmurje Slovene dialect and also in Hungarian.
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1936
1940
Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Poland (born 1860)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski was a Polish pianist, composer, philanthropist, and statesman. As a politician and diplomat, Paderewski was vital to securing international recognition of the newly formed Second Polish Republic in…
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1941
German politician, Mayor of Marburg (born 1864)
Paul Troje was a German politician and from 1893 to 1907 the mayor of Einbeck and from 24 August 1907 until 30 September 1924 mayor of Marburg.
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1942
Greek politician, 115th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1860)
Themistoklis Sofoulis or Sophoulis was a prominent centrist and liberal Greek politician from Samos Island, who served three times as Prime Minister of Greece, with the Liberal Party, which he led for many years.
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1949
German painter and academic (born 1881)
Hermann Max Pechstein was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and a member of the Die Brücke group. He fought on the Western Front during World War I and his art was classified as Degenerate Art by the Nazis.…
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1955
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1885)
Francis Alexis Patrick was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, head coach, manager, and executive. Along with his brother Lester, he founded the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), the first major…
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1960
American historian (born 1883)
Charles Lyon Chandler was an American consul and historian of Latin America–United States relations. A Harvard graduate who came to South America in the Consular Service, he became a student and proponent of…
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1962
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1928)
Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and bandleader. Primarily an alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and flautist, Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to gain…
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1964
Italian boxer and actor (born 1906)
Primo Carnera was the first Italian Heavyweight Champion boxer, holding the title from 1933 to 1934. Nicknamed the Ambling Alp, he was best known for his immense size and status as one of the most physically imposing…
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1967
American actress (born 1933)
Jayne Mansfield was an American actress, Playboy Playmate, and singer. Mansfield was a sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s, and was known for her numerous publicity stunts, her buxom figure, and her personal life.…
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1967
Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (born 1919)
Moïse Kapenda Tshombe was a Congolese businessman and politician. He served as the president of the secessionist State of Katanga from 1960 to 1963 and as prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1964…
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1969
Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist (born 1908)
Néstor Mesta Chayres was an acclaimed tenor in Mexico and a noted interpreter of Spanish songs, boleros and Mexican romantic music on the international concert stage. He was widely commended for his artistic renditions…
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1971
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947)
Timothy Charles Buckley III was an American musician. He began his career based in folk rock, but subsequently experimented with genres such as psychedelia, jazz, the avant-garde, and funk.
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1975
1978
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1945)
Lowell Thomas George was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He was the primary guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the rock band Little Feat. Before forming Little Feat, he…
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1979
Peruvian historian (born 1903)
Jorge Alfredo Basadre Grohmann was a Peruvian historian known for his extensive publications about the independent history of his country. He served during two different administrations as Minister of Education and was…
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1980
English-Australian painter (born 1912)
Sir George Russell Drysdale, also known as Tass Drysdale, was an Australian artist. He won the prestigious Wynne Prize for Sofala in 1947, and represented Australia at the Venice Biennale in 1954. He was influenced by…
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1981
French fashion designer, founded Balmain (born 1914)
Pierre Alexandre Claudius Balmain was a French fashion designer and founder of leading post-war fashion house Balmain. Known for sophistication and elegance, he described the art of dressmaking as "the architecture of…
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1982
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1886)
Henry King was an American actor and film director. Widely considered one of the finest and most successful filmmakers of his era, King was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Director and directed seven films…
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1982
Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia (born 1897)
Frank Joseph Scott Wise AO was a Labor Party politician who was the 16th Premier of Western Australia. He took office on 31 July 1945 in the closing stages of the Second World War, following the resignation of his…
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1986
American author and screenwriter (born 1916)
Irving Wallace was an American best-selling author and screenwriter. He was known for his heavily researched novels, many with a sexual theme.
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1990
Algerian soldier and politician, President of Algeria (born 1919)
Mohamed Boudiaf, also called Si Tayeb el Watani, was an Algerian politician and statesman, and one of the founders of the revolutionary National Liberation Front (FLN) that led the Algerian War of Independence…
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1992
Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (born 1946)
Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez, better known as Héctor Lavoe, was a Puerto Rican salsa singer. Widely regarded as one of salsa's most important and influential vocalists, Lavoe played a pivotal role in popularizing the…
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1993
1994
American actress (born 1921)
Julia Jean "Lana" Turner was an American actress. Over a career spanning nearly five decades, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a film actress, as well as for her highly publicized personal life. In the…
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1995
American actor (born 1927)
William Edward Hickey was an American actor. He is best known for his Academy Award-nominated role as Don Corrado Prizzi in the John Huston film Prizzi's Honor (1985), as well as Uncle Lewis in National Lampoon's…
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1997
Scottish campaigner for the arts and environment of Orkney (born 1909)
Marjorie Linklater was a Scottish campaigner for the arts and environment on the island of Orkney. She gave up acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art to get involved in conservation, education, and health matters…
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1997
German pianist and composer (born 1936)
Horst Jankowski was a classically trained German pianist, most famous for his internationally successful easy listening music.
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1998
1999
American screenwriter and producer (born 1937)
Allan Carr was an American producer and manager of stage and screen. He was nominated for numerous awards, winning a Tony Award and two People's Choice Awards, and was named Producer of the Year by the National…
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1999
Italian actor and director (born 1922)
Vittorio Gassman, popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter.
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2000
Baroness Birdwood, Canadian-English publisher and politician (born 1913)
Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood, born Joan Pollock Graham, was a British far-right political activist who took part in a number of movements, and was described as the "largest individual distributor of racist and…
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2000
American singer and actress (born 1928)
Rosemary Clooney was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me", "Mambo Italiano",…
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2002
American actress (born 1907)
Katharine Houghton Hepburn was an American actress whose career as a leading lady on stage and screen spanned six decades. Known for her headstrong independence, spirited personality, and outspokenness, she cultivated a…
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2003
American physician and biochemist (born 1935)
Bernard Macy Babior was an American physician and research biochemist.
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2004
Argentinian director and screenwriter (born 1959)
Fabián Bielinsky was an Argentine film director.
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2006
Canadian-American theatre director, actor, and dean (born 1919)
Lloyd George Richards was a Canadian-American theatre director, and actor. While head of the National Playwrights Conference, he helped cultivate many of the most famous theater writers of the 20th century. He was also…
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2006
American football player and coach (born 1954)
Randy J. Walker was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Miami University from 1990 to 1998 and at Northwestern University from 1999 to 2005, compiling a career head…
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2006
American soldier and author (born 1930)
Fred Thomas Saberhagen was an American science fiction and fantasy author most famous for his Berserker series of science fiction short stories and novels.
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2007
American journalist and critic (born 1943)
Joel Steven Siegel was an American film critic for the ABC morning news show Good Morning America for over 25 years. The winner of multiple Emmy Awards, Siegel also worked as a radio disc jockey and an advertising…
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2007
American, target shooter and boot-maker (born 1925)
Joseph Lee Bowman was an American marksman called "The Straight Shooter", considered to have been a guardian of Texas and Western frontier culture. He was also an Eagle Scout, Army soldier, and bootmaker.
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2009
Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic (born 1904)
Kaikhosru Dhunjibhoy Sethna was an Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic. He published more than 50 books. He was known by the diminutive Kekoo, but wrote his poetry under nom de plume of Amal…
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2011
Singaporean politician, Singaporean Minister of Health (born 1918)
Yong Nyuk Lin was a Singaporean politician who served as the Minister for Communications between 1968 and 1975, Minister for Health between 1963 and 1968, and Minister for Education between 1959 and 1963.
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2012
American political scientist and academic (born 1919)
Vincent Alfred Ostrom was an American political economist, the founding director of the Ostrom Workshop based at Indiana University, and the Arthur F. Bentley Professor Emeritus of Political Science. He and his wife,…
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2012
Chilean triple jumper (born 1911)
Hans Werner "Juan" Reccius Ellwanger was a Chilean athlete who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He competed in the men's triple jump event, but did not advance beyond the qualifying round.
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2012
American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1926)
Floyd O. Temple was the head coach of the University of Kansas baseball team from 1954 to 1981. He also managed and played in the minor leagues in the early 1950s.
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2012
Irish footballer and manager (born 1937)
Peter Joseph Fitzgerald was an Irish professional footballer who played as a forward.
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2013
American-Canadian football player, coach, and manager (born 1929)
Jack "Jocko" Gotta was an American-born Canadian professional football player, coach, and general manager.
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2013
Italian astrophysicist and author (born 1922)
Margherita Hack was an Italian astrophysicist and science communicator. The asteroid 8558 Hack, discovered in 1995, was named in her honour.
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2013
Colombian politician (born 1956)
Gilma Jiménez was a Colombian politician. She was a member of the Senate for Bogotá.
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2013
South African cricketer (born 1960)
Damian Basil D'Oliveira was a South African-born English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Worcestershire, and was the Academy Director of Worcestershire County Cricket Club.
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2014
Irish author, poet, and playwright (born 1947)
Dermot Healy was an Irish novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer. A member of Aosdána, Healy was also part of its governing body, the Toscaireacht. Born in Finea, County Westmeath, he lived in County Sligo,…
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2014
Egyptian lawyer and judge (born 1950)
Hisham Muhammad Zaki Barakat was Attorney General of Egypt from 2013 to 2015. During his term as state prosecutor, he was responsible of thousands of controversial prosecutions, including several widely deemed…
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2015
Czech footballer and coach (born 1931)
Josef Masopust was a Czech football player and coach. He played as midfielder and was a key player for Czechoslovakia, helping them reach the 1962 FIFA World Cup Final. He was capped 63 times, scoring ten goals for his…
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2015
French businessman and politician, French Minister of the Interior (born 1927)
Charles Victor Pasqua was a French businessman and Gaullist politician. He was Interior Minister from 1986 to 1988, under Jacques Chirac's cohabitation government, and also from 1993 to 1995, under the government of…
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2015
Springbok cyclist and five times South African National Rally Champion (born 1933)
Jan Hettema was a South African cyclist. He competed in three events at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was also a successful rally driver and won the South African National Rally Championship five times. He was killed…
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2016
French entrepreneur and chairman of Montpellier HSC from 1974 to his death (born 1943)
Louis Nicollin was a French entrepreneur and director of the Nicollin Company, which specializes in the collection and reprocessing of household and industrial waste. Nicollin notably served as chairman of Montpellier…
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2017
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1957)
David John Semenko was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach, scout, and colour commentator. During his National Hockey League (NHL) career, Semenko played for the Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers and…
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2017
American comic writer and illustrator (born 1927)
Stephen John Ditko was an American comic book artist best known for being the co-creator of Marvel superheroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. He also made notable contributions to the character of Iron Man, introducing…
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2018
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
Carl Reiner was an American actor, author, comedian, director, and screenwriter whose career spanned seven decades. His awards and honors include 12 Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and the Mark Twain Prize for…
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2020
American rap artist (born 1988)
Injury Reserve was an American hip-hop group founded in Tempe, Arizona, in 2012. The group consisted of rappers Ritchie with a T and Stepa J. Groggs, alongside producer Parker Corey.
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2020
Ethiopian singer, songwriter (born 1986)
Hachalu Hundessa was an Ethiopian singer, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Hachalu played a significant role in the 2014–2016 Oromo protests that led to Abiy Ahmed taking charge of the Oromo Democratic Party and…
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2020
American captain and politician, 13th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1932)
Donald Henry Rumsfeld was an American politician, businessman, and naval officer, who served as the 13th United States secretary of defense from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and again as the 21st secretary…
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2021
American Marine Corps warrant officer, last living Medal of Honor recipient from World War II (born 1923)
Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams was a United States Marine Corps Reserve warrant officer and United States Department of Veterans Affairs veterans service representative who received the Medal of Honor, the United…
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2022
American actor (born 1934)
Alan Wolf Arkin was an American actor, filmmaker and musician. In a career spanning seven decades, he received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Tony Award as…
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2023
Princess Dowager of Morocco (born 1946)
Princess Hajja Lalla Latifa was the wife of King Hassan II of Morocco, and the mother of Princess Lalla Meryem, King Mohammed VI, Princesses Lalla Asma and Lalla Hasna, and Prince Moulay Rachid.
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2024
Malaysian-Scottish journalist and author (born 1927)
Henderson Alexander "Sandy" Gall was a Scottish journalist, author and Independent Television News (ITN) news presenter whose career as a journalist spanned more than 50 years. He began his career in journalism as a…
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2025
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Known forHamilton led the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan from 1949 until he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1957 general election
Deaths on this date108 (226 – 2025)
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