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Princess Kaʻiulani was a Hawaiian royal, the only child of Princess Miriam Likelike, and the last heir apparent to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom
Notable Deaths on March 6
117 people
190 – 2025
March 6 has seen 117 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 190 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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1899 — Kaʻiulani of Hawaii (born 1875)
Kaʻiulani of Hawaii (born 1875)
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After the death of her mother, Kaʻiulani was sent to Europe at age 13 to complete her education under the guardianship of British businessman and Hawaiian sugar investor Theo H
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She had not yet reached her eighteenth birthday when the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom altered her life
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The Committee of Safety rejected proposals from both her father Archibald Scott Cleghorn, and provisional president Sanford B
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Dole, to seat Kaʻiulani on the throne, conditional upon the abdication of Liliʻuokalani
Liu Bian, also known as Emperor Shao of Han and the Prince of Hongnong, was the 13th emperor of the Eastern Han dynasty in China. He became emperor around the age of 13 upon the death of his father, Emperor Ling, and…
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190
653
Frankish bishop and saint
Chrodegang was the Frankish Bishop of Metz from 742 or 748 until his death. He served as chancellor for his kinsman, Charles Martel. Chrodegang is claimed to be a progenitor of the Frankish dynasty of the Robertians. He…
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766
Chinese official and chancellor
Lu Guangqi (盧光啟), courtesy name Zizhong (子忠), was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty, who briefly served as chancellor from 901 to 902, while Emperor Zhaozong was under the physical control of the warlord Li…
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903
903
1070
Italian saint (born 1235)
Rose of Viterbo, TOSF, was a young woman born in Viterbo, then a contested commune of the Papal States. She spent her brief life as a recluse, and was outspoken in her support of the papacy. Otherwise leading an…
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1251
1st Baron Grey de Ruthyn
Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Ruthin was summoned to parliament in 1324. He saw much service as a soldier.
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1353
French abbess and saint in the Catholic Church (born 1381)
Colette of Corbie, PCC was a French abbess and the foundress of the Colettine Poor Clares, a reform branch of the Order of Saint Clare, better known as the Poor Clares. She is honored as a saint in the Catholic Church.…
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1447
Venetian admiral and statesman (born 1393)
Alvise Loredan was a Venetian nobleman of the Loredan family. At a young age he became a galley captain, and served with distinction as a military commander, with a long record of battles against the Ottomans, from the…
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1466
Ruler of Tver (born 1458)
Ivan Ivanovich or Ioann Ioannovich, also known as Ivan the Young, was the eldest son and heir of Ivan III of Russia from his first marriage to Maria of Tver. In 1471, he was given the title of grand prince by his father…
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1490
3rd Earl Rivers
Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers succeeded his brother, Anthony Woodville, as the third Earl Rivers. He was the son of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. Richard was the brother of the…
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1491
Spanish explorer and diplomat (born 1440)
Pedro Arias de Ávila was a Spanish soldier and colonial administrator. He led the first great Spanish expedition to the mainland of the Americas. There, he served as governor of Panama (1514–1526) and Nicaragua…
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1531
English playwright (born 1584)
Francis Beaumont was a dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre, most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher.
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1616
English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1694)
Henry Pelham was a British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1743 until his death in 1754. He was the younger brother of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, who served in…
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1754
1st Earl of Darlington, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (born 1705)
Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, PC (Ire), known as Lord Barnard between 1753 and 1754, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1726 to 1753 when he succeeded to a peerage as Baron Barnard.
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1758
1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (born 1690)
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, was an English lawyer and politician who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. He was a close confidant of the Duke of Newcastle, Prime Minister between 1754 and 1756 and…
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1764
French historian and author (born 1713)
Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, also known as Abbé Raynal, was a French writer, former Catholic priest, and man of letters during the Age of Enlightenment.
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1796
James Butler Bonham was a 19th-century American soldier who died at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. He was a second cousin of William B. Travis and was a messenger of the Battle of the Alamo. His…
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1836
James Bowie was an American military officer, landowner and slave trader who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution. He was among the Americans who died at the Battle of the Alamo. Stories of him as a fighter…
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1836
David Crockett was an American politician, militia officer and frontiersman. Often referred to in popular culture as the "King of the Wild Frontier", he represented Tennessee in the United States House of…
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1836
William Barret "Buck" Travis was a Texian Army officer and lawyer. He is known for helping set the Texas Revolution in motion during the Anahuac disturbances and defending the Alamo Mission during the battle of the…
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1836
3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish colonel and diplomat, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (born 1778)
Lieutenant-General Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry,, was an Anglo-Irish nobleman, soldier and politician. He served in the French Revolutionary Wars, in the suppression of the Irish Rebellion of 1798,…
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1854
English priest, historian, and philosopher (born 1794)
William Whewell was an English polymath. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. In his time as a student there, he achieved distinction in both poetry and mathematics.
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1866
American-English author and educator (born 1834)
Charles Farrar Browne was an American humor writer, better known under his nom de plume, Artemus Ward. Ward was the character of an illiterate rube with "Yankee common sense", whom Browne also played in public…
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1867
American novelist and poet (born 1832)
Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for writing the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871), and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised in New…
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1888
Norwegian novelist and activist (born 1813)
Jacobine Camilla Collett was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as being one of the first…
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1895
German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (born 1834)
Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler was a German engineer, industrial designer and industrialist. He was a pioneer of internal-combustion engines and automobile development. He invented the high-speed liquid petroleum-fueled…
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1900
American surveyor, judge, and politician, 3rd Confederate States of America Secretary of the Treasury (born 1818)
John Henninger Reagan was an American politician from Texas. A Democrat, Reagan resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives when Texas seceded from the United States and joined the Confederate States of America. He…
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1905
1905
Latvian colonel (born 1882)
Oskars Kalpaks was the commander of 1st Latvian Independent Battalion, also known as "Kalpaks Battalion".
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1919
Turkish author and educator (born 1884)
Ömer Seyfettin, was a Turkish writer from the late 19th to early 20th century, considered to be one of the greatest modern Turkish authors. His work is much praised for simplifying the Turkish language from the Persian…
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1920
American conductor and composer (born 1854)
John Philip Sousa was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known primarily for US military marches. He is known as "The March King". Among Sousa's best-known marches are "The Stars and Stripes…
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1932
Czech-American lawyer and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (born 1873)
Anton Joseph Cermak was an American politician who served as the 44th Mayor of Chicago from 1931 until he was fatally wounded in 1933 by Giuseppe Zangara, who was trying to assassinate President-elect Franklin D.…
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1933
American colonel, lawyer, and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (born 1841)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1902 to 1932. Holmes is one of the most widely cited and influential Supreme Court justices in American…
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1935
German mathematician and academic (born 1852)
Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann was a German mathematician who proved in 1882 that π (pi) is a transcendental number, meaning it is not a root of any nonzero polynomial with rational coefficients.
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1939
Canadian priest, psychologist, and author (born 1875)
Francis Arthur Powell Aveling MC ComC was a Canadian psychologist and Catholic priest. He married Ethel Dancy of Steyning, Sussex in 1925.
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1941
American sculptor and academic, designed Mount Rushmore (born 1867)
John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum was an American sculptor best known for his work on Mount Rushmore. He is also associated with various other public works of art across the U.S., including Stone Mountain in Georgia,…
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1941
American author, poet, and academic (born 1914)
Ross Franklin Lockridge Jr. was an American writer known for his novel Raintree County (1948). The novel became a bestseller and has been praised by readers and critics alike. Some have considered it a "Great American…
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1948
First Black woman doctor in Savannah, Georgia (born 1865)
Alice Woodby McKane was the first woman to work as a medical doctor in Savannah, Georgia. She was not only known as a physician but also as a politician and an author. She and her husband Cornelius McKane contributed an…
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1948
French engineer and politician, 15th President of France (born 1871)
Albert François Lebrun was a French politician who served as President of France from 1932 to 1940. He was the last president of the Third Republic. He was a member of the centre-right Democratic Republican Alliance…
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1950
Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (born 1893)
Ivor Novello was a Welsh actor, dramatist, singer and composer who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century.
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1951
Ukrainian playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1880)
Volodymyr Kyrylovych Vynnychenko was a Ukrainian statesman, political activist, writer, playwright and artist who served as the first prime minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic. Prior to his entry onto the stage…
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1951
German SS general, and executed war criminal (born 1895)
Jürgen Stroop was a German SS commander and perpetrator of the Holocaust during the Nazi era, who served as SS and Police Leader in occupied Poland and Greece from 1942–1943 and 1943–1944. He held the rank of…
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1952
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, British-born German nobleman and Nazi politician (born 1884)
Charles Edward was at various points in his life a British prince and royal duke, a German duke, and a Nazi politician. He was the last ruling Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a state of the German Empire, from 30 July…
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1954
Azerbaijani scholar and politician (born 1884)
Mahammad Amin Akhund Haji Molla Alakbar oghlu Rasulzade was an Azerbaijani politician, journalist and the head of the Azerbaijani National Council. He is mainly considered the founder of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic…
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1955
English singer-songwriter and actor (born 1904)
George Formby was an English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, comic songs, usually…
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1961
Paul was King of Greece from 1 April 1947 until his death on 6 March 1964.
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1964
American actress (born 1889)
Margaret Dumont was an American stage and film actress. She is best remembered as the comic foil to the Marx Brothers in seven of their films; Groucho Marx called her "practically the fifth Marx brother."
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1965
English author and educator, founded the Bedales School (born 1865)
John Haden Badley was an English author, educator, and founder of Bedales School, which claims to have become the first coeducational boarding public school in England in 1893.
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1967
American actor and singer (born 1901)
Nelson Ackerman Eddy was an American actor and baritone singer who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs. A…
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1967
Hungarian composer, linguist, and philosopher (born 1882)
Zoltán Kodály was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, music pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is well known internationally as the creator of the Kodály method of music education.
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1967
American actor (born 1915)
William DeWolf Hopper Jr. was an American stage, film, and television actor. The only child of actor DeWolf Hopper and actress and Hollywood columnist Hedda Hopper, he appeared in more than 80 feature films in the 1930s…
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1970
American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)
Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck was an American writer and humanitarian. She is best known for The Good Earth, the best-selling novel in the United States in 1931 and 1932, which won her the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In…
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1973
American anthropologist and author (born 1924)
Ernest Becker was an American cultural anthropologist and author of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Denial of Death.
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1974
American boxer (born 1903)
Max Everitt Rosenbloom was an American professional boxer, actor, and television personality. Nicknamed "Slapsy Maxie", he was inducted into The Ring's Boxing Hall of Fame in 1972, the International Jewish Sports Hall…
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1976
American religious leader (born 1903)
Alvin Rulon Dyer was an apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as a member of the church's First Presidency from 1968 to 1970.
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1977
English cricketer and coach (born 1893)
George Geary was a first-class cricketer who played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team. Primarily a bowler, he took 46 wickets in 14 Tests.
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1981
Indian politician and member of the Lok Sabha (born 1921)
Ramchandra Kashinath Mhalgi (1921-1982), commonly known as Rambhau Mhalgi, was an Indian politician and a member of the Lok Sabha.
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1981
1982
American boxer (born 1961)
William Ray Collins Jr. was an American professional boxer who competed from 1981 to 1983. He was undefeated before his career was cut short after his final fight when he sustained serious injuries against Luis Resto in…
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1984
German pastor and theologian (born 1892)
Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller was a German theologian and Lutheran pastor. He opposed the Nazi regime during the late 1930s, and was sent to a concentration camp for his affiliation with the Confessing Church…
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1984
American admiral (born 1893)
Homer Norman Wallin was a vice admiral in the United States Navy, best known for his salvage of ships sunk in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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1984
Dominican-American actor and producer (born 1905)
Henry Wilcoxon was a British-American actor and film producer, born in the British West Indies. He was best known as part of the stock company of director Cecil B. DeMille, playing both leading men and supporting roles,…
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1984
American painter (born 1887)
Georgia Totto O'Keeffe was an American modernist painter and draftswoman whose career spanned seven decades and whose work remained largely independent of major art movements. Called the "Mother of American modernism",…
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1986
Provisional IRA volunteer (born 1957)
Mairéad Farrell was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). She was shot and killed by the Special Air Service in Gibraltar during Operation Flavius.
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1988
Provisional IRA volunteer (born 1957)
Daniel McCann was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), who was shot dead by the British Army on 6 March 1988 whilst being accused of attempting to plant a car bomb in Gibraltar.
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1988
Provisional IRA volunteer (born 1965)
Seán Savage was a member of the Provisional IRA who was shot dead by the British Army whilst allegedly attempting to plant a car bomb in Gibraltar. The car believed to hold the bomb planted by Savage and his fellow…
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1988
Greek actress and politician, 9th Greek Minister of Culture (born 1920)
Maria Amalia "Melina" Mercouri was a Greek actress, singer, activist, and politician. She came from a prominent political family for multiple generations. She received an Academy Award nomination and won a French Cannes…
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1994
Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (born 1918)
Cheddi Berret Jagan was a Guyanese politician and dentist who was first elected Chief Minister in 1953 and later Premier of British Guiana from 1961 to 1964. He later served as President of Guyana from 1992 to his death…
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1997
Jamaican soldier, pilot, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (born 1924)
Michael Norman Manley was a Jamaican politician, trade unionist and journalist who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Jamaica, from 1972 to 1980, and from 1989 to 1992. Manley championed a democratic socialist…
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1997
English author (born 1912)
Ursula Torday, was a British writer of some 60 gothic, romance and mystery novels from 1935 to 1982. She also used the pseudonyms of Paula Allardyce, Charity Blackstock, Lee Blackstock, and Charlotte Keppel. In 1961,…
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1997
Bahrain king (born 1933)
Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa was a Bahraini royal who served as the first Emir of Bahrain from 1961 until his death in 1999.
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1999
Canadian actor (born 1928)
John Colicos was a Canadian actor. He was noted for his Shakespearean roles on stage, particularly with the Stratford Festival, but became well-known to science fiction fans for his roles as Klingon commander Kor on…
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2000
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1969)
Bryan Charles Fogarty was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played for the Quebec Nordiques, Pittsburgh Penguins and Montreal Canadiens. He set several records while in the junior leagues and was a high draft choice…
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2002
2004
American actress (born 1909)
Frances Marion Dee was an American actress. Her first film was the musical Playboy of Paris (1930). She starred in films An American Tragedy (1931), Little Women (1933) and Becky Sharp (1935). She is perhaps also known…
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2004
German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906)
Hans Albrecht Eduard Bethe was a German-American physicist who made major contributions to nuclear physics, astrophysics, quantum electrodynamics and solid-state physics, and received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1967…
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2005
American baseball player and trainer (born 1920)
Daniel Lewis Gardella was an American professional baseball player who played most of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career as a left fielder with the New York Giants from 1944 to 1945. Born in New York City, he batted…
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2005
English radio host (born 1943)
Richard Anthony Crispian Francis Prew Hope-Weston, known professionally as Tommy Vance, was an English radio broadcaster. He was an important factor in the rise of the new wave of British heavy metal, along with…
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2005
American actress (born 1918)
Muriel Teresa Wright was an American actress. She won the 1942 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Carol Beldon in Mrs. Miniver. She was nominated for the same award in 1941 for her debut work in…
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2005
Chilean activist and political figure (born 1938)
Gladys del Carmen Marín Millie was a Chilean activist and political figure. She was Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Chile (PCCh) (1994–2002) and then president of the PCCh until her death. She was a staunch…
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2005
American journalist and activist (born 1924)
Anne McCarty Braden was an American civil rights activist, journalist, and educator dedicated to the cause of racial equality. She and her husband bought a suburban house for an African American couple during Jim Crow.…
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2006
American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1960)
Kirby Puckett was an American professional baseball player. He played his entire 12-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career for the Minnesota Twins (1984–1995). Puckett was instrumental in helping the Twins to win World…
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2006
Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1939)
Ali Ibrahim "Ali Farka" Touré was a Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians. His music blends traditional Malian music and its derivative,…
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2006
French photographer and theorist (born 1929)
Jean Baudrillard was a French Marxist sociologist and philosopher with an interest in cultural studies. He is best known for his analyses of media, contemporary culture, and technological communication, as well as his…
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2007
American businessman, co-founded E & J Gallo Winery (born 1909)
Ernest J. Gallo was an American businessman and philanthropist. Gallo co-founded the E & J Gallo Winery in Modesto, California.
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2007
Ghanaian cardinal (born 1918)
Peter Porekuu Dery, originally Porekuu Der, was a Ghanaian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Tamale from 1974 to 1994, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2006. He was the Bishop of Wa…
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2008
Filipino rapper, producer, and actor (born 1964)
Francis Durango Magalona, also known as Francis M, was a Filipino rapper, songwriter, and actor. He is regarded as an influential figure in Pinoy hip hop.
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2009
Nigerian footballer (born 1984)
Endurance Idahor was a Nigerian professional football player who played for Sudanese club Al-Merreikh. On 6 March 2010, Idahor collapsed during a league game and later died on his way to the hospital.
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2010
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1962)
Frederick Mark Linkous was an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known as leader of Sparklehorse. He was also known for his collaborations with such artists as Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Daniel…
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2010
American philanthropist and activist (born 1911)
Elizabeth Boynton Millard was a writer, artist, political activist, philanthropist, and a feminist. She is known for her feminist publication "Woman against Myth", as well as her involvement with the United States…
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2010
governor of Chuuk State, Micronesia (born 1933)
Sasao H. Gouland was the governor of Chuuk State, Micronesia from 1990 to June 1996.
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2011
East Timorese politician, 1st President of East Timor (born 1937)
Francisco Xavier do Amaral was an East Timorese politician. A founder of the Frente Revolucionária de Timor Leste Independente (Fretilin), Amaral was sworn in as the first President of East Timor when the country, then…
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2012
American businessman and politician (born 1934)
Donald Milford Payne Sr. was an American politician who was the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district from 1989 until his death in 2012. He was a member of the Democratic Party. The district…
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2012
American baseball player (born 1929)
Helen Kiely was a pitcher and an outfield/infield utility who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m), 121 lb, she batted and threw right-handed.
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2012
2013
Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1936)
Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, OC was a Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter. Focusing his career exclusively on his native Canada, he is credited with writing more than 300 songs and has released four…
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2013
2013
American biochemist and academic (born 1930)
William Wallace Cleland (January 6, 1930 – March 6, 2013, often cited as W. W. Cleland, and known almost universally as "Mo Cleland", was a University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemistry professor. His research was…
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2013
Ethiopian educator and politician (born 1969)
Alemayehu Atomsa was an Ethiopian politician who served as the president of the Oromia Region, the largest of the country's regions, from 2010 until his resignation due to illness in 2014, from which he died in Bangkok,…
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2014
American soldier and surgeon (born 1925)
Frank Wilson Jobe was an American orthopedic surgeon and co-founder of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic. Jobe pioneered both elbow ligament replacement and major reconstructive shoulder surgery for baseball players.
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2014
English-American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1921)
Sheila Margaret MacRae was an English-born American actress, singer, and dancer.
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2014
American lawyer and politician (born 1946)
Martin Luther Nesbitt Jr. was a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate. He represented the 49th district. An attorney from Asheville, North Carolina, Nesbitt was elected to eleven terms in the state House before…
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2014
Italian philosopher, author, and poet (born 1924)
Manlio Sgalambro was an Italian philosopher, writer, and poet born in Lentini.
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2014
American minister and academic (born 1928)
Fred Brenning Craddock Jr. was Bandy Distinguished Professor of Preaching and New Testament Emeritus in the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He was an ordained minister of the Christian Church from rural…
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2015
Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Bihar (born 1921)
Ram Sundar Das was an Indian freedom fighter, politician and former Chief Minister of Bihar state. He was a two-time Member of Parliament from Hajipur constituency.
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2015
Puerto Rican-American basketball player and politician (born 1926)
Enrique "Coco" Alberto Vicéns Sastre was a Puerto Rican professional basketball player that also served as senator-at-large in the Puerto Rico State Legislature from 1973 until 1978. He played for the Leones de Ponce…
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2015
American actress, 42nd First Lady of the United States (born 1921)
Nancy Davis Reagan was an American actress who was First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. She was the second wife of Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States.
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2016
American horse trainer and breeder (born 1937)
Sheila Varian was an American breeder of Arabian horses who lived and worked at the Varian Arabians Ranch near Arroyo Grande, California. She grew up with a strong interest in horses, and was mentored in horsemanship by…
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2016
American actor and historian (born 1932)
Robert Jolin Osborne was an American film historian, author, actor and the primary television host for the premium cable channel Turner Classic Movies (TCM) for over twenty years.
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2017
Australian science fiction critic and encyclopedist (born 1939)
Peter Douglas Nicholls was an Australian literary scholar and critic. He was the creator and a co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction with John Clute.
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2018
Dutch engineer and inventor (born 1926)
Lodewijk Frederik Ottens, known as Lou Ottens, was a Dutch engineer and inventor, best known as the inventor of the cassette tape, and for his work in helping to develop the compact disc. Ottens was employed by Philips…
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2021
British nurse (born 1929)
Graham Pink was a nurse and whistleblower at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, Greater Manchester.
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2021
Australian professional wrestler (born 1992)
Broderick Shepherd was an Australian professional wrestler, best known by the ring name Australian Suicide, who worked for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), where he was an AAA World Cruiserweight Champion. Before…
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2025
British guitarist (born 1955)
Brian James was an English punk rock guitarist, who was a founding member of the Damned as well as of the Lords of the New Church.
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2025
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Kaʻiulani of Hawaii (born 1875) — Princess of the Hawaiian Islands (1875–1899)
FeaturedKaʻiulani of Hawaii (born 1875)
Death year1899
Known forShe was the niece of King Kalākaua and Queen Liliʻuokalani
Deaths on this date117 (190 – 2025)
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