Notable Deaths on October 19

Q: Who died on October 19?

Notable people who died on October 19 include: Frithuswith, Conrad I, John, Bohemond VII, Yusuf I.

Q: What is N. C. Wyeth known for?

N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator (born 1882)

112 people 727 – 2025

October 19 has seen 112 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 727 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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1945 — N. C. Wyeth

American painter and illustrator (born 1882)

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Wyeth created more than 3,000 paintings and illustrated 112 books — 25 of them for Scribner's, the Scribner Classics, which is the body of work for which he is best known

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Wyeth, who was both a painter and an illustrator, understood the difference, and said in 1908, "Painting and illustration cannot be mixed—one cannot merge from one into the other."

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Newell Convers Wyeth was an American painter and illustrator

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Wyeth was a realist painter at a time when the camera and photography began to compete with his craft

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Sometimes seen as melodramatic, his illustrations were designed to be understood quickly

Frithuswith

English saint (born 650)

Year 727 (DCCXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 727 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the…

727

Conrad I

King of Burgundy (born c. 925)

Conrad I, called the Peaceful, was King of Burgundy from 937 until his death in 993.

993

John

King of England (born 1166)

John was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Empire and contributing…

1216

Bohemond VII

Count of Tripoli

Bohemond VII was the count of Tripoli and nominal prince of Antioch from 1275 to his death. The only part left of the Principality of Antioch was the port of Latakia. He spent much of his reign at war with the Templars…

1287

Yusuf I

Sultan of Granada (born 1318)

Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf ibn Ismail, known by the regnal name al-Muayyad billah, was the seventh Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada on the Iberian Peninsula. The third son of Ismail I, he was Sultan between 1333 and…

1354

Cansignorio della Scala

Lord of Verona (born 1340)

Cansignorio della Scala was Lord of Verona from 1359 until 1375, initially together with his brother Paolo Alboino.

1375

John Charleton

4th Baron Cherleton (born 1362)

John Charlton , 4th Baron Charlton of Powys was an English noble.

1401

John de Mowbray

2nd Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of England (born 1392)

John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, 3rd Earl of Nottingham, 8th Baron Mowbray, 9th Baron Segrave KG, Earl Marshal was an English nobleman and soldier. He was a younger son of the first Duke of Norfolk and Lady…

1432

Francesco I de' Medici

Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1541)

Francesco I was the second Grand Duke of Tuscany, ruling from 1574 until his death in 1587. He was a member of the House of Medici.

1587

Philip Howard

20th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (born 1537)

Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel was an English nobleman. He was canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1970, as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Howard lived mainly during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; he was…

1595

Martin Delrio

Flemish theologian and author (born 1551)

Martin Anton Delrio SJ was a Dutch Jesuit theologian. He studied at numerous institutions, receiving a master's degree in law from Salamanca in 1574. After a period of political service in the Spanish Netherlands, he…

1608

Jacobus Arminius

Dutch Reformed theologian (born 1560)

Jacobus Arminius was a Dutch Reformed minister and theologian during the Protestant Reformation period whose views became the basis of Arminianism and the Dutch Remonstrant movement. He served from 1603 as professor in…

1609

Fujiwara Seika

Japanese philosopher and educator (born 1561)

Fujiwara Seika was a Japanese Neo-Confucian philosopher and writer during the Edo period.

1619

Marcin Kazanowski

Polish politician (born 1566)

Marcin Kazanowski, was a Polish noble and magnate.

1636

Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten

Dutch painter (born 1627)

Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten was a Dutch Golden Age painter, who was also a poet and author on art theory.

1678

Thomas Browne

English physician and author (born 1605)

Sir Thomas Browne was an English polymath and author of varied works which reveal his wide learning in diverse fields including science, medicine, religion and the esoteric. His writings display a deep curiosity towards…

1682

Godfrey Kneller

German-English painter (born 1646)

Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet was a German-born British painter. The leading portraitist in England during the late Stuart and early Georgian eras, he served as court painter to successive English and British…

1723

Jonathan Swift

Irish satirist and essayist (born 1667)

Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. He was the author of the satirical prose novel Gulliver's Travels (1726) and the creator of the fictional island of Lilliput. He is…

1745

Andrea Belli

Maltese architect and businessman (born 1703)

Andrea Belli was a Maltese architect and businessman. He designed several Baroque buildings, including Auberge de Castille in Valletta, which is now the Office of the Prime Minister of Malta.

1772

Lyman Hall

American physician and politician, 16th Governor of Georgia (born 1724)

Lyman Hall was an American Founding Father, physician, clergyman, and statesman who signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia. Hall County is named after him. He was one of four…

1790

Michel de Beaupuy

French general (born 1755)

Armand-Michel Bacharetie de Beaupuy was a French soldier. He rose in rank to command an infantry division during the Wars of the French Revolution. He was killed at the Battle of Emmendingen. His surname is one of the…

1796

Józef Poniatowski

Polish general (born 1763)

Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski was a Polish military officer and politician who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

1813

Paolo Mascagni

Italian physician and anatomist (born 1755)

Paolo Mascagni was an Italian physician and anatomist. He is most well known for publishing the first complete description of the lymphatic system.

1815

Aleksey Koltsov

Russian poet and author (born 1808)

Aleksey Vasilievich Koltsov was a Russian poet who has been called a Russian Burns. His poems, frequently placed in the mouth of women, stylize peasant-life songs and idealize agricultural labour. Koltsov earnestly…

1842

Marie Thérèse of France (born 1778)

Marie-Thérèse was the eldest child of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette of France, and their only child to reach adulthood. In 1799, she married her cousin Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, the eldest son of…

1851

William Sprague III

American businessman and politician, 14th Governor of Rhode Island (born 1799)

William Sprague, also known as William III or William Sprague III, was a politician and industrialist from the U.S. state of Rhode Island, serving as the 14th Governor, a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator. He was…

1856

Luís I of Portugal (born 1838)

Dom Luís I, known as "the Popular" was King of Portugal from 1861 to 1889.

1889

George Pullman

American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (born 1831)

George Mortimer Pullman was an American engineer and industrialist. He designed and manufactured the Pullman sleeping car and founded a company town in Chicago for the workers who manufactured it. This ultimately led to…

1897

Carl Frederik Tietgen

Danish businessman and philanthropist, founded GN Store Nord (born 1829)

Carl Frederik Tietgen was a Danish financier and industrialist. He played an important role in the industrialisation of Denmark as the founder of numerous prominent Danish companies, many of which are still in operation…

1901

Virgil Earp

American marshal (born 1843)

Virgil Walter Earp was an American lawman. He was both deputy U.S. marshal and the city marshal of Tombstone, in the Arizona Territory when he led his younger brothers Wyatt and Morgan, and Doc Holliday, in a…

1905

Robert Hugh Benson

English Catholic priest and novelist (born 1871)

Robert Hugh Benson AFSC KC*SG KGCHS was an English Catholic priest and writer. First an Anglican priest, he was received into the Catholic Church in 1903 and ordained therein the next year. He was also a prolific writer…

1914

Ioannis Frangoudis

Greek general and target shooter (born 1863)

Ioannis Frangoudis was a Greek Cypriot Military officer, athlete and Olympic shooter. He served in the Hellenic Army reaching the rank of Colonel, and represented the kingdom of Greece in the 1896 Summer Olympics in…

1916

Harold Lockwood

American actor (born 1887)

Harold A. Lockwood was an American silent film actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most popular matinée idols of the early film period during the 1910s.

1918

Louis Zborowski

English race car driver and engineer (born 1895)

Louis Vorow Zborowski was a British racing driver and automobile engineer, best known for creating a series of aero-engined racing cars known as the "Chitty-Bang-Bangs", which provided the inspiration for Ian Fleming's…

1924

Ludvig Karsten

Norwegian painter (born 1876)

Ludvig Karsten was a Norwegian painter. He was a neo-impressionist influenced by Edvard Munch, Henri Matisse and contemporary French painting. He first participated at the Autumn exhibition in Kristiania in 1901, and…

1926

Lu Xun

Chinese author and critic (born 1881)

Lu Xun, pen name of Zhou Shuren, born Zhou Zhangshou, was a Chinese writer. A leading figure of modern Chinese literature, he wrote in both vernacular and literary Chinese as a novelist, literary critic, essayist, poet,…

1936

Ernest Rutherford

New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1871)

Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, was a New Zealand physicist and chemist who was a pioneering researcher in both atomic and nuclear physics. He has been described as "the father of nuclear physics" and…

1937

Camille Claudel

French sculptor and illustrator (born 1864)

Camille Rosalie Claudel was a French sculptor known for her figurative works in bronze and marble. She died in relative obscurity. Later in the 20th century, she gained renewed attention and recognition for the…

1943

Dénes Kőnig

Hungarian mathematician (born 1884)

Dénes Kőnig was a Hungarian mathematician of Hungarian Jewish heritage who worked in and wrote the first textbook on the field of graph theory.

1944

Plutarco Elías Calles

Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico (born 1877)

Plutarco Elías Calles was a Mexican politician and military officer who served as the 47th president of Mexico from 1924 to 1928. After the assassination of Álvaro Obregón, Calles founded the Institutional Revolutionary…

1945

Edna St. Vincent Millay

American poet and playwright (born 1892)

Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American lyrical poet and playwright. Millay was a renowned social figure and noted feminist in New York City during the Roaring Twenties and beyond. She also wrote prose under the…

1950

Edward S. Curtis

American ethnologist and photographer (born 1868)

Edward Sheriff Curtis was an American photographer and ethnologist whose work focused on the American West and Native American people. Sometimes referred to as the "Shadow Catcher", Curtis traveled the United States to…

1952

Isham Jones

American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (born 1894)

Isham Edgar Jones was an American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter.

1956

Hjalmar Dahl

Finnish journalist, translator and writer (born 1891)

Hjalmar Karl Emil Dahl was a Swedish-speaking Finnish journalist, translator and author.

1960

George Wallace

Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1895)

George Stephenson "Onkus" Wallace, was an Australian comedian, actor, vaudevillian and radio personality. During the early to mid-20th century, he was one of the most famous and successful Australian comedians on both…

1960

Şemsettin Günaltay

Turkish historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1883)

Mehmet Şemsettin Günaltay was a Turkish historian, politician, and Prime Minister of Turkey from 1949 to 1950.

1961

Sergey Biryuzov

Marshal of the Soviet Union (born 1904)

Sergey Semyonovich Biryuzov was a Marshal of the Soviet Union and Chief of the General Staff.

1964

Nettie Palmer

Australian poet and critic (born 1885)

Janet Gertrude "Nettie" Palmer was an Australian poet, essayist and Australia's leading literary critic of her day. She corresponded with women writers and collated the Centenary Gift Book which gathered together…

1964

Christopher Vane

10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (born 1888)

Christopher William Vane, 10th Baron Barnard,, was a British peer and military officer.

1964

Edward Willis Redfield

American painter and educator (born 1869)

Edward Willis Redfield was an American Impressionist landscape painter and member of the art colony at New Hope, Pennsylvania. He is best known today for his impressionist scenes of the New Hope area, often depicting…

1965

Lacey Hearn

American sprinter (born 1881)

Lacey Earnest Hearn was an American athlete and middle distance runner who competed in the early twentieth century. Individually he specialized in the 1500 Metres, and he won a bronze medal in Athletics at the 1904…

1969

Lázaro Cárdenas

Mexican general and politician, 44th President of Mexico (born 1895)

Lázaro Cárdenas del Río was a Mexican revolutionary, army officer, and politician who served as the 51st president of Mexico from 1934 to 1940. Previously, he served as a general in the Constitutional Army during the…

1970

Gig Young

American actor (born 1913)

Gig Young was an American actor. He was active in film, television, and theatre from the late 1930's through the 1970's, and was initially known for his portrayals of characters with "light-hearted sophistication." He…

1978

Maurice Bishop

Aruban-Grenadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Grenada (born 1944)

Maurice Rupert Bishop was a Grenadian revolutionary, politician and the leader of the New JEWEL Movement (NJM), a party that sought to prioritise socio-economic development, education and true black liberation. The NJM…

1983

Jerzy Popiełuszko

Polish priest and activist (born 1947)

Jerzy Aleksander Popiełuszko was a Polish Roman Catholic priest who became associated with the opposition Solidarity trade union in communist Poland. He was murdered in 1984 by three agents of the Security Service, who…

1984

Alfred Rouleau

Canadian businessman (born 1915)

Alfred Rouleau, was a Canadian businessman and President of the Fédération du Québec des Caisses Populaires Desjardins, Quebec's largest credit union.

1985

Dele Giwa

Nigerian journalist, co-founded Newswatch Magazine (born 1947)

Dele Giwa was a Nigerian journalist, editor, and founder of Newswatch magazine.

1986

Samora Machel

Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (born 1933)

Samora Moisés Machel was a Mozambican politician and revolutionary. A socialist in the tradition of Marxism–Leninism, he served as the first President of Mozambique from the country's independence in 1975 until his…

1986

Jacqueline du Pré

English cellist and educator (born 1945)

Jacqueline Mary du Pré was a British cellist, widely regarded as one of the preeminent cellists of the 20th century. Born in Oxford, she began studying at the Guildhall School of Music in the mid-1950s with William…

1987

Hermann Lang

German race car driver (born 1909)

Hermann Albert Lang was a German racing driver who raced motorcycles, Grand Prix cars, and sports cars.

1987

Son House

American singer and guitarist (born 1902)

Edward James "Son" House Jr. was an American Delta blues singer and guitarist, noted for his highly emotional style of singing and slide guitar playing.

1988

Magnus Pyke

English scientist and television host (born 1908)

Magnus Alfred Pyke was an English nutritional scientist, governmental scientific adviser, writer and presenter. He worked for the UK Ministry of Food, the post-war Allied Commission for Austria, and different food…

1992

Martha Raye

American actress and comedian (born 1916)

Martha Raye was an American comic actress and singer whose career spanned six decades across film, theater, and television. Her wide smile and energetic comedic style earned her the nickname "The Big Mouth."

1994

Don Cherry

American trumpet player (born 1936)

Donald Eugene Cherry was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist. Beginning in the late 1950s, he had a long tenure performing in the bands of saxophonist Ornette Coleman, including on the…

1995

Harilaos Perpessas

Greek pianist and composer (born 1907)

Harilaos Perpessas was a Greek-German composer of the Postmodern period.

1995

Shamsuddin Qasemi

Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (born 1935)

Shamsuddin Qasemi was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, politician, author and educationist. He was the founding president of the Khatme Nabuwwat Andolan Council, former secretary-general of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam…

1996

Glen Buxton

American guitarist and songwriter (born 1947)

Glen Edward Buxton was an American guitarist who played lead guitar for the rock band Alice Cooper. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 90 on its list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". In 2011,…

1997

Ken Wood

inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer (born 1916)

Kenneth Wood was an English engineer, entrepreneur and businessman. He is best known as the founder of the Kenwood Manufacturing Company and for the development of the eponymous Kenwood Chef food mixer.

1997

James C. Murray

American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1917)

James Cunningham Murray was a U.S. representative from Illinois from 1955 to 1957. He graduated from De Paul University Law School in 1940 and subsequently worked as a lawyer. He served in the United States Army Air…

1999

Nathalie Sarraute

Russian-French lawyer and author (born 1900)

Nathalie Sarraute was a French writer and lawyer. She was nominated in 1969 for the Nobel Prize in Literature by Nobel Committee member Lars Gyllensten.

1999

Nikolay Rukavishnikov

Russian physicist and astronaut (born 1932)

Nikolai Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 10, Soyuz 16, and Soyuz 33. Two of these missions, Soyuz 10 and Soyuz 33, were intended to dock with…

2002

Road Warrior Hawk

American wrestler (born 1957)

Michael James "Mike" Hegstrand was an American professional wrestler. He was best known as Road Warrior Hawk, one half of the tag team known as the Road Warriors, with Road Warrior Animal. Outside of the Road Warriors,…

2003

Alija Izetbegović

Bosniak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (born 1925)

Alija Izetbegović was a Bosnian politician, Islamic philosopher and author who served as the president of the presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 to 1996. He later served as the first chairman…

2003

Margaret Murie

American environmentalist and author (born 1902)

Margaret Elizabeth Thomas "Mardy" Murie was an American naturalist, writer, adventurer, and conservationist. Dubbed the "Grandmother of the Conservation Movement" by both the Sierra Club and the Wilderness Society, she…

2003

Nello Pagani

Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (born 1911)

Cirillo Pagani, nicknamed "Nello", was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver. He was born in Milan, Lombardy, and died in Bresso.

2003

Ryan Dallas Cook

American trombonist (born 1982)

Suburban Legends are an American ska punk band that formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1998 and later based themselves in nearby Santa Ana. After building a fanbase in the Orange County ska scene through their…

2005

James Glennon

American cinematographer (born 1942)

James "Jim" Glennon was an American cinematographer.

2006

Phyllis Kirk

American actress (born 1927)

Phyllis Kirk was an American actress.

2006

Winifred Asprey

American mathematician and computer scientist (born 1917)

Winifred "Tim" Alice Asprey was an American mathematician and computer scientist. She was one of only around 200 women to earn PhDs in mathematics from American universities during the 1940s, a period of women's…

2007

Randall Forsberg

American activist and author (born 1943)

Dr. Randall Caroline Forsberg led a lifetime of research and advocacy on ways to reduce the risk of war, minimize the burden of military spending, and promote democratic institutions. Her career started at the Stockholm…

2007

Michael Maidens

English footballer (born 1987)

Michael Douglas Maidens was a British professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He started his career with Hartlepool United in 2004, making his debut in the League Cup against Crystal Palace in September 2004.

2007

Jan Wolkers

Dutch author, sculptor, and painter (born 1925)

Jan Hendrik Wolkers was a Dutch author, sculptor and painter. Wolkers is considered by some to be one of the "Great Four" writers of post-World War II Dutch literature, alongside Willem Frederik Hermans, Harry Mulisch…

2007

Richard Blackwell

American actor, fashion designer, and critic (born 1922)

Richard Blackwell, also known as Mr. Blackwell, was an American fashion critic, journalist, television and radio personality, artist, former child actor, and former fashion designer. He was the creator of the "Ten Worst…

2008

Howard Unruh

American murderer (born 1921)

Howard Barton Unruh was an American mass murderer who shot and killed thirteen people and injured three others during a twelve-minute walk through a one-block span of his neighborhood in Camden, New Jersey, on September…

2009

Joseph Wiseman

Canadian-American actor (born 1918)

Joseph Wiseman was a Canadian-American theatre, film and television actor. He starred as the villain Julius No in the first James Bond film, Dr. No, in 1962. He was also known for his role as crime boss Manny Weisbord…

2009

Tom Bosley

American actor (born 1927)

Thomas Edward Bosley was an American actor, television personality and entertainer. Bosley is best known for portraying Howard Cunningham on the ABC sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984) for which he received a Primetime Emmy…

2010

Kakkanadan

Indian author (born 1935)

George Varghese Kakkanadan, commonly known as Kakkanadan, was an Indian short-story writer and novelist in the Malayalam language. His works broke away from the neo-realism that dominated Malayalam literature through…

2011

Lincoln Alexander

Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (born 1922)

Lincoln MacCauley Alexander was a Canadian lawyer and politician who became the first Black Canadian to be a member of Parliament in the House of Commons, a federal Cabinet Minister, a Chair of the Worker's Compensation…

2012

Wissam al-Hassan

Lebanese general (born 1965)

Wissam Adnan al-Hassan was a brigadier general at the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) and the head of its intelligence-oriented Information Branch. Seen as a leading Sunni figure in Lebanon, he was also a key…

2012

Wiyogo Atmodarminto

Indonesian general and politician, 10th Governor of Jakarta (born 1922)

Wiyogo Atmodarminto or better known as Bang Wi, is an Indonesian military figure, diplomat and politician. He served as Governor of Jakarta, the country's capital, from 1987–1992. Previously, he served as the Indonesian…

2012

Mike Graham

American wrestler (born 1951)

Edward Michael Gossett, better known as Mike Graham, was an American professional wrestler who was the son of Eddie Graham.

2012

Fiorenzo Magni

Italian cyclist (born 1920)

Fiorenzo Magni was an Italian professional road racing cyclist.

2012

John Bergamo

American drummer and composer (born 1940)

John Bergamo was an American percussionist and composer known for his film soundtrack contributions and his work with numerous other notable performers. From 1970 until his death, he was the coordinator of the…

2013

Noel Harrison

English singer, actor, and skier (born 1934)

Noel John Christopher Harrison was an English actor and singer. In the 1950s, he was a member of the British Olympic skiing team. In 1968, Harrison had a top-10 hit in the UK Singles Chart with "The Windmills of Your…

2013

Ronald Shannon Jackson

American drummer and composer (born 1940)

Ronald Shannon Jackson was an American jazz drummer from Fort Worth, Texas. A pioneer of avant-garde jazz, free funk, and jazz fusion, he appeared on over 50 albums as a bandleader, sideman, arranger, and producer.…

2013

Mikihiko Renjō

Japanese author (born 1948)

Mikihiko Renjō was a Japanese writer, winner of the Naoki Prize. He was also an ordained priest within the Ōtani-ha branch of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism.

2013

Mahmoud Zoufonoun

Iranian-American violinist and composer (born 1920)

Ostad ("Master") Mahmoud Zoufonoun was an Iranian-born American musician accomplished in the art of Persian traditional music.

2013

John Holt

Jamaican singer-songwriter (born 1947)

John Kenneth Holt OD was a Jamaican reggae singer who first found fame as a member of The Paragons, before establishing himself as a solo artist.

2014

Stephen Paulus

American composer (born 1949)

Stephen Paulus was an American Grammy Award winning composer, best known for his operas and choral music. His style is essentially tonal, and melodic and romantic by nature.

2014

Raphael Ravenscroft

English saxophonist and composer (born 1954)

Raphael Ravenscroft was a British musician, composer and author. He is best known for playing the saxophone riff on Gerry Rafferty's 1978 song "Baker Street".

2014

Serena Shim

Lebanese-American journalist (born 1984)

Serena Shim was a Lebanese-American journalist for Press TV. While covering the Siege of Kobanê as a war correspondent, she died in a car crash in Suruç, Turkey.

2014

Bill Daley

American football player and sportscaster (born 1919)

William Edward Daley was an All-American fullback who played for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers from 1940 to 1942 and for the University of Michigan Wolverines in 1943. The Gophers were national champions in…

2015

Fleming Mackell

Canadian ice hockey player and singer (born 1929)

Fleming David Mackell was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played with two Stanley Cup winners in his 13-season National Hockey League career.

2015

Ali Treki

Libyan politician and diplomat, Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1938)

Ali Abdussalam Treki was a Libyan diplomat in Muammar Gaddafi's regime. Treki served as one of Libya's top diplomats from the 1970s till the 2011 Libyan Civil War. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1976 to 1982…

2015

Phil Chess

Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (born 1921)

Philip Chess was a Polish-born American record company executive, the founder of Chess Records alongside his brother Leonard.

2016

Giovanni Steffè

Italian rower (born 1928)

Giovanni Steffè was an Italian rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

2016

Umberto Lenzi

Italian film director (born 1931)

Umberto Lenzi was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and novelist.

2017

Deborah Orr

Scottish journalist (born 1962)

Deborah Jane Orr was a British journalist who worked for The Guardian, The Independent and other publications.

2019

Jack Angel

American voice actor (born 1930)

Jack Angel was an American voice actor and radio personality. Angel voiced characters in shows by Hasbro and Hanna-Barbera such as Super Friends, The Transformers and G.I. Joe and was involved in numerous productions by…

2021

Atsushi Sakurai

singer from Japanese rock band Buck-Tick (born 1966)

Atsushi Sakurai was a Japanese musician. He was the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band Buck-Tick from 1985 until his death in 2023. Initially joining as their drummer in 1983, Sakurai fronted the band…

2023

Daniel Naroditsky

American chess grandmaster (born 1995)

Daniel Aaron "Danya" Naroditsky was an American chess grandmaster, commentator, and content creator. During his career, he was widely considered one of the best speed chess players in the world and was consistently…

2025

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N. C. Wyeth — American illustrator and painter (1882–1945)

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Known forHe was a student of Howard Pyle and became one of America's most well-known illustrators

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