Notable Deaths on October 10

Q: Who died on October 10?

Notable people who died on October 10 include: Germanicus, Paulinus of York, Abbas ibn Ali, Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn, Habib ibn Madhahir.

Q: What is Stephen Gately known for?

Stephen Gately, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1976)

2009 — Stephen Gately

Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1976)

October 10 has seen 131 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 19 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · October 10 — Wikipedia

Notable Deaths 131 people 19 – 2025

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All of Boyzone's studio albums during Gately's lifetime hit number one in the United Kingdom, their third being their most successful internationally

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With Boyzone, Gately had a record-breaking sixteen-consecutive singles enter the top five of the UK Singles Chart

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He released a solo album in 2000, after the group's initial break-up, which charted in the UK top ten and yielded three UK hit singles, including the top three hit "New Beginning"

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In 2008, he rejoined his colleagues as Boyzone reformed for a series of concerts and recordings.

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Stephen Patrick David Gately was an Irish singer who, with Ronan Keating, was co-lead singer of the pop group Boyzone

Germanicus

Roman general (born 15 BC)

The 10s decade ran from January 1, AD 10, to December 31, AD 19.

Paulinus of York

English bishop and missionary

Paulinus was a Roman missionary and the first Bishop of York. A member of the Gregorian mission sent in 601 by Pope Gregory I to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism, Paulinus arrived in…

644

Abbas ibn Ali

son of Imam Ali

Al-Abbas ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib, also known by the kunya Abu al-Fadl, was a son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, who was the fourth caliph in Sunni Islam (r. 656–661) and the first imam in Shia Islam. His mother was Fatima bint…

680

Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn

son of Al-Husayn

Ali al-Akbar ibn al-Husayn, commonly known as simply Ali al-Akbar, was the son of Layla bint Abi Murra and Husayn ibn Ali, the third Shia imam and the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Aged between eighteen and…

680

Habib ibn Madhahir

Habib ibn Muzahir was a member of the Banu Asad clan and a companion of Ali, Hasan ibn Ali, and Husayn ibn Ali. He was among those in Kufa who invited Husayn ibn Ali to the city. When the people of Kufa broke their…

680

Husayn ibn Ali

third Shia Imam and grandson of Muhammad (born 626)

Husayn ibn Ali was an Alid political and religious leader. The second son of Ali and Fatima and a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as a younger brother of Hasan ibn Ali, Husayn is regarded as the third…

680

Pope Valentine (born 800)

Pope Valentine was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States for two months in 827. He was unusually close to his predecessor, Eugene II, rumoured to be Valentine's father or lover, and became pope before being…

827

Wang Lingmou

chancellor of Wu

Wang Lingmou was a close associate of Xu Zhigao, the regent of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Wu. As Xu's close associate, Wang served as a chancellor of Wu late in its history, and urged Xu to…

937

Al-Hafiz

Fatimid imam-caliph (born 1074/77)

Abūʾl-Maymūn ʿAbd al-Majīd ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Mustanṣir, better known by his regnal name as al-Ḥāfiẓ li-Dīn Allāh, was the eleventh Fatimid caliph, ruling over Egypt from 1132 to his death in 1149, and the 21st imam of…

1149

Adela of Ponthieu

Countess of Surrey

Adela of Ponthieu, also known as Ela, was the daughter of William III, Count of Ponthieu and Helie of Burgundy. She became Countess of Surrey, then Countess of Salisbury, by marriage.

1174

Frederick II

Duke of Lorraine

Frederick II was the Duke of Lorraine from 7 April 1206 until his death in 1213. He was the son of Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine and Wierzchoslawa Ludmilla of Greater Poland. He succeeded his father as Duke of Lorraine…

1213

Patrick Dunbar

8th Earl of Dunbar

Patrick IV, 8th Earl of Dunbar and 1st Earl of March, sometimes called Patric[k] of Dunbar or Patric de Dunbar, and nicknamed "Black-beard", was the most important magnate in the Borders region of Scotland. He was one…

1308

Hugh IV of Cyprus (born 1295)

Hugh IV was King of Cyprus from 31 March 1324 to his abdication, on 24 November 1358 and, nominally, King of Jerusalem, as Hugh II, until his death. The son of Guy, Constable of Cyprus, and Eschiva of Ibelin, Hugh…

1359

Peter II

Duke of Bourbon (born 1438)

Peter II, Duke of Bourbon, was the son of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, and Agnes of Burgundy, and a member of the House of Bourbon. He and his wife Anne of France ruled as regents during the minority of Charles VIII of…

1503

Bayinnaung

Burmese king (born 1516)

Bayinnaung Kyawhtin Nawrahta was King of Burma from 30 April 1550 until his death in 1581, during the Toungoo dynasty. His reign is considered one of the most momentous in Burmese history, famously described as "the…

1581

Abel Tasman

Dutch merchant and explorer (born 1603)

Abel Janszoon Tasman was a Dutch seafarer and explorer, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He was the first European to reach New Zealand, which he named…

1659

Isaac de Benserade

French author and poet (born 1613)

Isaac de Benserade was a French poet and playwright.

1691

David Gregory

Scottish mathematician and astronomer (born 1659)

David Gregory FRS was a Scottish mathematician and astronomer. He was professor of mathematics at the University of Edinburgh, and later Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford, and a proponent of…

1708

Pierre Le Pesant

sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist and academic (born 1646)

Pierre le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert or Boisguillebert was a French lawmaker and a Jansenist, one of the inventors of the notion of an economic market.

1714

Antoine Coysevox

French sculptor (born 1640)

Charles Antoine Coysevox was a French sculptor in the Baroque and Louis XIV style, best known for his sculpture decorating the gardens and Palace of Versailles and his portrait busts.

1720

William Cowper

1st Earl Cowper, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1665)

William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, was an English politician who became the first Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Cowper was the son of Sir William Cowper, 2nd Baronet, of Ratling Court, Kent, a Whig member of…

1723

Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil

French politician, Governor of New France (born 1643)

Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil was a French military officer who served as Governor General of New France from 1703 to 1725, throughout Queen Anne's War and Father Rale's War.

1725

John Potter

English archbishop and academic (born 1674)

John Potter was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1737 to 1747.

1747

Granville Elliott

English general (born 1713)

Major-General Granville Elliott, 1st Count Elliott was a British military officer who served with distinction in several other European armies and subsequently in the British Army. He fought at the Battle of Minden…

1759

Lionel Sackville

1st Duke of Dorset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1688)

Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset was a British politician who served as Lord President of the Council from 1745 to 1751. He also twice served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1730 to 1737 and again from…

1765

Francesco Antonio Zaccaria

Italian historian and theologian (born 1714)

Francesco Antonio Zaccaria was an Italian theologian, historian, and prolific writer.

1795

Gabriel Prosser

American rebel leader (born 1776)

Gabriel's Rebellion was a planned slave rebellion in the Richmond, Virginia, area in the summer of 1800. Information regarding the revolt was leaked before its execution, and Gabriel, an enslaved blacksmith who planned…

1800

Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (born 1772)

Prince Frederick Louis Christian "Ferdinand" of Prussia, was a Prussian prince, soldier, composer and pianist. Prince Louis Ferdinand fought in the Napoleonic Wars. The 1927 German film Prinz Louis Ferdinand depicts his…

1806

Ugo Foscolo

Italian author and poet (born 1778)

Ugo Foscolo, born Niccolò Foscolo, was an Italian writer, revolutionary and poet.

1827

Charles Fourier

French philosopher and academic (born 1772)

François Marie Charles Fourier was a French philosopher, an influential early socialist thinker, and one of the founders of utopian socialism. Some of his views, held to be radical in his lifetime, have become…

1837

George Washington Parke Custis

American author and playwright (born 1781)

George Washington Parke Custis was an American antiquarian, author, and playwright. He was a veteran of the War of 1812. His father John Parke Custis served in the American Revolution with then-General George…

1857

William H. Seward

American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (born 1801)

William Henry Seward was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869 and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States senator. A determined opponent of the…

1872

Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy

Russian author, poet, and playwright (born 1817)

Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, often referred to as A. K. Tolstoy, was a Russian poet, novelist, and playwright. He is considered to be the most important nineteenth-century Russian historical dramatist,…

1875

Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville

French geologist and meteorologist (born 1814)

Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville was a geologist and meteorologist.

1876

Lip Pike

American baseball player and manager (born 1845)

Lipman Emanuel "Lip" Pike the "Iron Batter", was an American star of 19th-century baseball in the United States. His brother, Israel Pike, played briefly for the Hartford Dark Blues during the 1877 season.

1893

William Robinson (Canadian architect)

Canadian architect and land surveyor (b. 1812)

William Robinson was an Irish-born Canadian architect and land surveyor. Born in New Ross, County Wexford, Robinson emigrated to Upper Canada with his family in 1836. While the family settled in Burford, Robinson spent…

1894

Lorenzo Snow

American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1814)

Lorenzo Snow was an American religious leader who served as the fifth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1898 until his death. Snow was the last president of the LDS Church in the 19th…

1901

Adolphus Busch

German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (born 1839)

Adolphus Busch was the German-born co-founder of Anheuser-Busch with his father-in-law, Eberhard Anheuser. He introduced numerous innovations, building the success of the company in the late 19th and early 20th…

1913

Katsura Tarō

Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1848)

Prince Katsura Tarō was a Japanese statesman and general who served as prime minister of Japan from 1901 to 1906, from 1908 to 1911, and from 1912 to 1913. He was a genrō, or senior statesman who helped dictate policy…

1913

Carol I of Romania (born 1839)

Carol I or Charles I of Romania, nicknamed the King of Independence ; was the monarch of Romania from 1866 to his death in 1914, ruling as Prince (Domnitor) from 1866 to 1881, and as King from 1881 to 1914. He was…

1914

Henry Dobson

Australian politician, 17th Premier of Tasmania (born 1841)

Henry Dobson was an Australian politician, who served as a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly and later of the Australian Senate. He was the 17th Premier of Tasmania from 17 August 1892 to 14 April 1894.

1918

Andreas Karkavitsas

Greek physician and author (born 1866)

Andreas Karkavitsas or Carcavitsas was a Greek novelist. He was a naturalist, like Alexandros Papadiamantis.

1922

Andrés Avelino Cáceres

Peruvian general, President of Peru (born 1836)

Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray was a Peruvian politician and general who served as the President of Peru, from 1886 to 1890 as the 27th president, and again from 1894 to 1895 as the 30th. He is considered a Peruvian…

1923

August Kitzberg

Estonian author and playwright (born 1855)

August Kitzberg was an Estonian writer.

1927

Gustave Whitehead

German-American pilot and engineer (born 1874)

Gustave Albin Whitehead was a German–American aviation pioneer. Between 1897 and 1915, he designed and built gliders, flying machines, and engines. Controversy surrounds published accounts and Whitehead's own claims…

1927

Adolf Engler

German botanist and academic (born 1844)

Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler was a German botanist. He is notable for his work on plant taxonomy and phytogeography, such as Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, edited with Karl A. E. von Prantl.

1930

Gustave Loiseau

French painter (born 1865)

Gustave Loiseau was a French Post-Impressionist painter, remembered above all for his landscapes and scenes of Paris streets.

1935

Abul Kasem

Bengali politician (born 1872)

Abul Kasem was a Bengali politician.

1936

Berton Churchill

Canadian-American actor and singer (born 1876)

Berton Churchill was a Canadian stage and film actor.

1940

Arnold Majewski

Finnish military hero of Polish descent (killed in action) (born 1892)

Karl Arnold Woldemar Majewski was a legendary Finnish cavalry officer of Polish origin.

1942

Ted Horn

American race car driver (born 1910)

Eylard Theodore Horn was an American racing driver. Widely considered one of the greatest racers of his era, he was the first person in history to win the AAA National Championship three times consecutively, doing so in…

1948

Chikuhei Nakajima

Japanese engineer, businessman, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (born 1884)

Chikuhei Nakajima , was a Japanese businessman, naval engineer, naval officer, and politician who was most notable for having founded Nakajima Aircraft Company in 1917, a major supplier of airplanes in the Empire of…

1949

Erima Harvey Northcroft

New Zealand general, lawyer, and judge (born 1884)

Sir Erima Harvey Northcroft was a New Zealand lawyer, judge, and military leader. His papers from the Tokyo War Crimes Trial are held by the University of Canterbury.

1953

Karl Genzken

German physician and convicted war criminal (born 1885)

Karl August Genzken was a Nazi physician who committed medical atrocities on prisoners of several concentration camps. He was an SS-Gruppenführer of the Waffen-SS and the Chief of the Medical Office of the Waffen-SS.…

1957

Stancho Belkovski

Bulgarian-Polish architect (born 1891)

Stancho Belkovski, was a Bulgarian architect.

1962

Roy Cazaly

Australian footballer and coach (born 1893)

Roy Cazaly was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also represented Victoria and Tasmania in interstate football and, after his…

1963

Édith Piaf

French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1915)

Édith Giovanna Gassion, known as Édith Piaf, was a French singer and lyricist. She is regarded as France's greatest popular singer and one of the most celebrated performers in the world. She is best known for performing…

1963

Eddie Cantor

American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1892)

Edward "Eddie" Cantor was an American comedian, actor, dancer, singer, songwriter, film producer, screenwriter and author. Cantor was one of the prominent entertainers of his era.

1964

Heinrich Neuhaus

Ukrainian-Russian pianist and educator (born 1888)

Heinrich Gustav Neuhaus was a Russian and Soviet pianist and teacher. Part of a musical dynasty, he was of German descent. He taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1922 to 1964. Neuhaus was also awarded the People's…

1964

Charlotte Cooper

English-Scottish tennis player (born 1870)

Charlotte "Chattie" Reinagle Cooper Sterry was an English female tennis player who won five singles titles at the Wimbledon Championships and in 1900 became Olympic champion. In winning in Paris on 11 July 1900, she…

1966

Louise Thuliez

French school teacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II, and author (born 1881)

Louise Thuliez was a French schoolteacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II and author.

1966

Édouard Daladier

French captain and politician, 105th Prime Minister of France (born 1884)

Édouard Daladier was a French Radical-Socialist (centre-left) politician, who was the Prime Minister of France in 1933, 1934 and again from 1938 to 1940.

1970

John Cawte Beaglehole

New Zealand historian and scholar (born 1901)

John Cawte Beaglehole was a New Zealand historian who is most known for the editing of James Cook's three journals of exploration, together with the writing of a widely praised biography of Cook, published posthumously.

1971

Ludwig von Mises

Ukrainian-American economist and sociologist (born 1881)

Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises was an Austrian and American political economist and philosopher of the Austrian school. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on the social contributions of classical liberalism and the…

1973

Joseph Wulf

German-Polish historian (born 1912)

Joseph Wulf was a German-Polish Jewish historian. A survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp, he was the author of several books about Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, including Das Dritte Reich und die Juden ;…

1974

Silvana Armenulić

Bosnian singer and actress (born 1939)

Zilha Armenulić, professionally known as Silvana Armenulić, was a Yugoslav singer, songwriter, and actress. Dubbed the “Queen of Sevdalinka” (“kraljica sevdalinke”), she was one of the most prominent performers of…

1976

Mirsada Mirjana Bajraktarević

Bosnian singer-songwriter (born 1951)

Mirsada Bajraktarević, known professionally as Mirjana Bajraktarević, was a Bosnian sevdalinka singer and songwriter. She was the sister of Silvana Armenulić and Dina Bajraktarević. Mirjana and Silvana died in a car…

1976

Angelo Muscat

Maltese-English actor (born 1930)

Angelo Muscat was a Maltese-born British character actor. He is primarily remembered for his role as the silent butler in the 1967 television series The Prisoner.

1977

Ralph Marterie

Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1914)

Ralph Marterie was an Italian big-band leader born in Acerra, Italy.

1978

Ralph Metcalfe

American sprinter and politician (born 1910)

Ralph Harold Metcalfe Sr. was an American track and field sprinter and politician. He jointly held the world record in the 100-meter dash and placed second in that event in two Olympics, first to Eddie Tolan in 1932 at…

1978

Christopher Evans

English psychologist, computer scientist, and author (born 1931)

Christopher Riche Evans was a British computer scientist and author.

1979

Paul Paray

French organist, composer, and conductor (born 1886)

Paul Marie-Adolphe Charles Paray was a French conductor, organist and composer. After winning France's top musical award, the Prix de Rome, he fought in the First World War and was a prisoner of war for nearly four…

1979

Jean Effel

French painter and journalist (born 1908)

Jean Effel, real name François Lejeune, was a French painter, caricaturist, illustrator and journalist. Mostly he considered himself to be a journalist and political commentator. His pseudonym is created by his initials…

1982

Ralph Richardson

English actor (born 1902)

Sir Ralph David Richardson was an English actor who, with John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier, was one of the trinity of male actors who dominated the British stage for much of the 20th century. He worked in films…

1983

Yul Brynner

Russian-American actor (born 1920)

Yuliy Borisovich Briner, known professionally as Yul Brynner, was a Russian and American actor. He was known for his portrayal of King Mongkut in the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical The King and I (1951), for…

1985

Orson Welles

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1915)

George Orson Welles was an American actor and filmmaker. Remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre, he is considered among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.

1985

Gleb Wataghin

Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic (born 1899)

Gleb Wataghin was an Italian theoretical and experimental physicist and a great scientific leader who gave a great impulse to the teaching and research on physics in two continents: in the University of São Paulo, São…

1986

Behice Boran

Turkish Marxist politician, author and sociologist (born 1910)

Behice Boran was a Turkish Marxist-Leninist politician, author and sociologist. As a dissenting political voice from the far-left, Boran was repeatedly imprisoned for her work and died in exile after the Turkish…

1987

Tom Murton

American penologist and activist (born 1928)

Thomas O. Murton was a penologist best known for his wardenship of the prison farms of Arkansas. In 1969, he published an account of the endemic corruption there which created a national scandal, and which was…

1990

Nikolaos Pavlopoulos

Greek sculptor and academic (born 1909)

Nikolaos Pavlopoulos was a Greek sculptor and writer. His education in his years in Volos, he learned himself with calligraphy, music and theatre. When he finished at the Practical Lyceum at Volos, he moved to Athens…

1990

Dorothy Stanley

American educator (born 1924)

Dorothy Amora Stanley was an American educator, consultant, Miwok activist, and politician. Trained in Northern Miwok culture during her youth, she became involved in Native American affairs – particularly the Tuolumne…

1990

Nickolaus Hirschl

Austrian wrestler, discus thrower, and shot putter (born 1906)

Nickolaus "Mickey" Hirschl was an Austrian Olympic-medal-winning wrestler. He was also a European heavyweight wrestling champion, and for 10 years he held the title of Austrian heavyweight wrestling champion. He was…

1991

Michael J. S. Dewar

Indian-born American theoretical chemist, developer of the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model (born 1918)

Michael James Steuart Dewar was an American theoretical chemist.

1997

Clark Clifford

American captain, lawyer, and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1906)

Clark McAdams Clifford was an American lawyer who served as an important political adviser to Democratic presidents Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Jimmy Carter. His official government…

1998

Marvin Gay Sr.

American minister (born 1914)

Marvin Pentz Gay Sr. was an American Pentecostal minister. He was the father of recording artists Marvin Gaye and Frankie Gaye and gained notoriety after shooting and killing his son Marvin Jr. on April 1, 1984,…

1998

Tommy Quaid

Irish hurler and manager (born 1957)

Tommy Quaid was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling at various times with his local clubs Feohanagh-Castlemahon and Effin and was the goalkeeper on the Limerick senior inter-county team from 1976 until 1993. Quaid…

1998

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (born 1916)

Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan politician who served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1960 to 1965, from 1970 to 1977, and from 1994 to 2000. A…

2000

Eddie Futch

American boxer and trainer (born 1911)

Eddie Futch was an American boxing trainer. Among the fighters he trained are Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes, and Trevor Berbick, four of the five men to defeat Muhammad Ali. Futch also trained Riddick Bowe and…

2001

Vasily Mishin

Russian engineer (born 1917)

Vasily Pavlovich Mishin was a Russian engineer in the former Soviet Union, and a prominent rocket pioneer, best remembered for the failures in the Soviet space program that took place under his management.

2001

Eila Hiltunen

Finnish sculptor (born 1922)

Eila Vilhelmina Hiltunen was a Finnish sculptor. She is most famous for the Sibelius Monument (1967). A statue by Hiltunen resembling a smaller version of the Sibelius Monument stands on the grounds of the United…

2003

Eugene Istomin

American pianist (born 1925)

Eugene George Istomin was an American pianist. He was a winner of the Leventritt Award and recorded extensively as a soloist and in a piano trio in which he collaborated with Isaac Stern and Leonard Rose.

2003

Ken Caminiti

American baseball player (born 1963)

Kenneth Gene Caminiti was an American professional baseball third baseman who spent 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Houston Astros, San Diego Padres (1995–1998), Texas Rangers (2001) and Atlanta…

2004

Christopher Reeve

American actor, producer, and activist (born 1952)

Christopher D'Olier Reeve was an American actor, activist, director, and author. He amassed many stage and screen credits in his 34-year career, including playing the title character in the Superman film series…

2004

Arthur H. Robinson

American geographer and cartographer (born 1915)

Arthur H. Robinson was an American geographer and cartographer, who was a professor in the Geography Department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1947 until he retired in 1980. He was a prolific writer and…

2004

Maurice Shadbolt

New Zealand author and playwright (born 1932)

Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt was a New Zealand writer and occasional playwright.

2004

Wayne C. Booth

American educator and critic (born 1921)

Wayne Clayson Booth was an American literary critic and rhetorician. He was the George Pullman Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in English Language & Literature and the College at the University of Chicago. His…

2005

Milton Obote

Ugandan politician, 2nd President of Uganda (born 1925)

Apollo Milton Obote was a Ugandan politician who served as the Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and the president of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and later from 1980 to 1985.

2005

Michael John Rogers

English ornithologist and academic (born 1932)

Michael ('Mike') John Rogers was an English ornithologist and Honorary Secretary to the British Birds Rarities Committee.

2006

Ian Scott

Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1934)

Ian Gilmour Scott was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1992 who represented the downtown Toronto ridings of St. David and St. George—St.…

2006

Kazuyoshi Miura

Japanese businessman (born 1947)

Kazuyoshi Miura was a Japanese businessman who was accused of being involved in the killing of his wife, Kazumi Miura. The prolonged legal battle, lasting decades, ended with his death, ruled a suicide, in October 2008.

2008

Solomon Burke

American singer-songwriter and preacher (born 1940)

Solomon Vincent McDonald Burke was an American singer who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues as one of the founding fathers of soul music in the 1960s. He has been called "a key transitional figure bridging R&B and…

2010

Joan Sutherland

Australian-Swiss soprano and actress (born 1926)

Dame Joan Alston Sutherland was an Australian dramatic coloratura soprano known for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s to the 1980s.

2010

Jagjit Singh

Indian singer-songwriter (born 1941)

Jagjit Singh was an Indian composer, singer and musician. He composed and sang in numerous languages and is credited for the revival and popularity of ghazal, an Indian classical art form, by choosing poetry that was…

2011

Sam Gibbons

American captain and politician (born 1920)

Samuel Melville Gibbons was an American liberal politician from the state of Florida, who served in the Florida State House of Representatives, Florida State Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented…

2012

Alex Karras

American football player, wrestler, and actor (born 1935)

Alexander George Karras was an American professional football player, professional wrestler, sportscaster, and actor. He was a four-time Pro Bowl selection playing defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions of the National…

2012

Piotr Lenartowicz

Polish philosopher and educator (born 1934)

Piotr Lenartowicz was a Polish philosopher, vitalist, professor of philosophy at the Jesuit University of Philosophy and Education Ignatianum, jesuit.

2012

Basil L. Plumley

American sergeant (born 1920)

Basil Leonard Plumley was an American soldier who served in the United States Army for over three decades, rising to the rank of command sergeant major. He was a combat veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the…

2012

Mark Poster

American philosopher and educator (born 1941)

Mark Poster was Professor Emeritus of History and Film and Media Studies at UC Irvine, where he also taught in the Critical Theory Emphasis. He was pivotal to "bringing French critical theory to the U.S., and went on to…

2012

Kyaw Zaw

Burmese commander and politician (born 1919)

Kyaw Zaw was one of the founders of the Tatmadaw and a member of the Thirty Comrades who trained in Japan in the struggle for independence from Britain. He was also one of the leaders of the Communist Party of Burma,…

2012

Scott Carpenter

American commander, pilot, and astronaut (born 1925)

Malcolm Scott Carpenter was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, astronaut, and aquanaut. He was one of the Mercury Seven astronauts selected for NASA's Project Mercury in April…

2013

Jay Conrad Levinson

American author and educator (born 1933)

Jay Conrad Levinson was an American business writer, known as author of the 1984 book Guerrilla Marketing.

2013

Sohei Miyashita

Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (born 1927)

Sohei Miyashita was a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Health and Welfare from 1998 to 1999, Director-General of the Environmental Agency from 1994 to 1995 and Director-General of the Defense Agency from…

2013

Cal Smith

American singer and guitarist (born 1932)

Calvin Grant Shofner, known professionally as Cal Smith, was an American country musician.

2013

Olav Dale

Norwegian saxophonist and composer (born 1958)

Olav Dale was a Norwegian composer, orchestra leader and jazz saxophonist. In addition to saxophone he played other woodwinds. He received little formal education in music, but he completed studies at the Voss Folk High…

2014

Damiana Eugenio

Filipino author and academic (born 1921)

Damiana Ligon Eugenio was a Filipino female author and professor who was known as the Mother of Philippine Folklore, a title she received in 1986. Apart from teaching at the University of the Philippines, she has…

2014

Valeri Karpov

Russian ice hockey player (born 1971)

Valeri Yevgenievich Karpov was an ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League and National Hockey League. He competed for Traktor Chelyabinsk and HC CSKA Moscow in Russia before moving to North America. He…

2014

Lari Ketner

American football and basketball player (born 1977)

Lari Arthur Ketner was an American professional basketball player. A 6-foot-9-inch (2.06 m), 277-pound (126 kg) forward/center, Ketner played college basketball for the UMass Minutemen, and was selected by the Chicago…

2014

Pavel Landovský

Czech actor, director, and playwright (born 1936)

Pavel Landovský, nicknamed Lanďák, was a Czech actor, playwright, and director. He was a prominent dissident under the communist regime of former Czechoslovakia.

2014

Ed Nimmervoll

Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (born 1947)

Edward Charles Nimmervoll né Eduard Nimmervoll was an Australian music journalist, author and historian. He worked on rock and pop magazines Go-Set (1966–1974) and Juke Magazine (1975–1992) both as a journalist and as…

2014

Diepreye Alamieyeseigha

Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa State (born 1952)

Diepreye Solomon Peter "D.S.P." Alamieyeseigha was a Nigerian politician who was the first civilian Governor of Bayelsa State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 9 December 2005.

2015

Hilla Becher

German photographer and educator (born 1934)

Hilla Becher was a German conceptual photographer. Becher was well known for her industrial photographs, or typologies, with longtime collaborator and husband, Bernd Becher. Her career spanned more than 50 years and…

2015

Manorama

Indian (Tamil) actress (born 1937)

Gopishantha, better known by her stage name Manorama, also called Aachi, was an Indian actress, comedian and playback singer who had appeared in more than 1500 films and 5000 stage performances predominantly in the…

2015

Steve Mackay

American saxophonist and composer (born 1949)

Steve Mackay was an American tenor saxophonist best known for his membership in the Stooges. His performances are showcased on three songs on the band's second album, Fun House (1970).

2015

Sybil Stockdale

American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (born 1924)

Sybil Elizabeth Stockdale was an American campaigner for families of Americans missing in South East Asia.

2015

Donn Fendler

American author and speaker (born 1926)

Donn Charles Fendler was an American author and public speaker. Born in Rye, New York, Fendler, at the age of 12, became separated from his family and was lost on Maine's Mount Katahdin in July 1939. His disappearance…

2016

Abdul Qadeer Khan

Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical scientist (born 1936)

Abdul Qadeer Khan was a Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer. He is colloquially known as the "father of Pakistan's atomic weapons program".

2021

Mulayam Singh Yadav

Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (born 1939)

Mulayam Singh Yadav was an Indian politician, schoolmaster, lecturer and a socialist figure and the founder of the Samajwadi Party. Over the course of his political career spanning more than six decades, he served for…

2022

Fleur Adcock

New Zealand poet (born 1934)

Fleur Adcock was a New Zealand poet, editor and translator. Born in Papakura, New Zealand, and raised partly in England, Adcock spent most of her adult life in the United Kingdom, where she became a prominent figure in…

2024

Ethel Kennedy

American philanthropist (born 1928)

Ethel Kennedy was an American human rights advocate. She was the widow of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, a sister-in-law of U.S. president John F. Kennedy, and a daughter of businessman George Skakel.

2024

John Lodge

English singer-songwriter and bassist (born 1943)

John Charles Lodge was an English musician who was the bass guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and a songwriter for the longstanding progressive rock band the Moody Blues. Joining the group in 1966, he contributed to many of…

2025

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Stephen Gately — Irish pop singer (1976–2009)

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Known forAll of Boyzone's studio albums during Gately's lifetime hit number one in the United Kingdom, their third being their most successful internationally

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Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Wikipedia →

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Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida, and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage. Wikipedia →

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The National Fire and Rescue Administration is founded, replacing the China Fire Services [zh] and the People's Armed Police Forestry Corps [zh] as China's primary firefighting agency. Wikipedia →

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