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Notable Deaths on October 3
107 people
42 BC – 2025
October 3 has seen 107 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 42 BC – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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1611 — Charles
Duke of Mayenne (born 1554)
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He fought at the siege of Poitiers for the crown in 1569, and crusaded against the Ottomans in 1572
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He travelled with Anjou when he was elected as king of the Commonwealth and was a member of his court there until early 1574 when he departed on crusade again
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During 1576, he married Henriette de Savoie-Villars, securing a sizable inheritance in the south west, and the title of Admiral on the death of her father in 1578
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Mayenne was granted full command of a royal army during the seventh war of religion in 1580, besieging the Protestant stronghold of La Mure successfully, and clearing several holdout towns after the peace
Roman politician (born 85 BC)
Gaius Cassius Longinus was a Roman senator and general best known as a leading instigator of the plot to assassinate Julius Caesar on 15 March 44 BC. He was the brother-in-law of Brutus, another leader of the…
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Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
Elias I of Antioch was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 709 until his death in 723. He is commemorated as a saint by the Syriac Orthodox Church in the Martyrology of Rabban Sliba, and…
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723
queen of the Franks
Ermengarde of Hesbaye, probably a member of the Robertian dynasty, was Carolingian empress from 813 and Queen of the Franks from 814 until her death as the wife of the Carolingian emperor Louis the Pious.
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818
Tabaristan emir
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Zayd ibn Muḥammad ibn Ismaʿīl ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Zayd, also known as al-Dāʿī al-Ṣaghīr, was an Alid who succeeded his brother, Hasan, as ruler of the Zaydid dynasty of Tabaristan in 884. Little…
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900
Frankish abbot
Saint Gérard founded Brogne Abbey and reformed eighteen others according to the Benedictine Rule.
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959
Iziaslav I Yaroslavich was Prince of Turov and Grand Prince of Kiev.
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1078
Italian friar and saint (born 1181 or 1182)
Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, known as Francis of Assisi, was an Italian mystic, poet and Catholic friar who founded the religious order of the Franciscans. Inspired to lead a Christian life of poverty, he became a…
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1226
Welsh prince (born 1238)
Dafydd ap Gruffudd, also known as Dafydd III, was a Prince of Gwynedd until after the death of his brother, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, when he proclaimed himself as the Prince of Wales from 11 December 1282. He became a…
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1283
1369
English noble (born 1360)
Eleanor de Bohun was the elder daughter and co-heiress, of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (1341–1373) and Joan Fitzalan, a daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel and his second wife Eleanor of…
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1399
Elisabeth of France, or Elisabeth of Valois, was Queen of Spain as the third wife of Philip II of Spain. She was the eldest daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici.
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1568
1596
Georgian commander and politician (born 1570)
Giorgi Saakadze was a Georgian politician and military commander who played an important role in the politics of the early 17th-century Georgia. He is credited with playing off the rival Ottoman and Persian empires…
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1629
Swiss-Italian clergyman and theologian (born 1576)
Giovanni Diodati or Deodati was a Genevan-born Italian Calvinist theologian and translator. His translation of the Bible into Italian from Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Syriac sources became the reference version used by…
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1649
Dutch linguist and academic (born 1612)
Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn was a Dutch scholar. Born in Bergen op Zoom, he was professor at the University of Leiden. He discovered the similarity among Indo-European languages, and supposed the existence of a primitive…
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1653
English captain (born 1584)
Myles Standish was an English military officer and colonist. He was hired as military adviser for Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts, United States, by the Pilgrims. Standish accompanied the Pilgrims on the…
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1656
Scottish theologian and politician, 2nd Governor of East Jersey (born 1648)
Robert Barclay was a Scottish Quaker, one of the most eminent writers belonging to the Religious Society of Friends and a member of the Clan Barclay. He was a son of Col. David Barclay, Laird of Urie, and his wife, Lady…
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1690
English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (born 1633)
Sir Joseph Williamson, PRS was an English civil servant, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1665 and 1701 and in the Irish House of Commons between 1692 and 1699. He was…
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1701
1795
marquis de Ségur, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (born 1724)
Philippe Henri, Marquis de Ségur was a French military officer who was Marshal of France and Secretary of State for War under King Louis XV and later King Louis XVI. He was a grandson of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans,
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1801
1833
American tribal leader (born 1767)
Mahkatêwe-meshi-kêhkêhkwa, known in English as Black Hawk, was a Sauk leader and warrior who lived in the future Midwestern United States. Although he had inherited an important historic sacred bundle from his father,…
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1838
American painter and curator (born 1778)
Rembrandt Peale was an American artist and museum keeper. A prolific portrait painter, he was especially acclaimed for his likenesses of presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Peale's style was influenced by…
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1860
Swedish ballerina (born 1777)
Hedvig "Hedda" Katarina Hjortsberg also known as Hedda Koersner was a Swedish ballerina who starred for the Royal Swedish Ballet. She was the sister of the Swedish actor Lars Hjortsberg.
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1867
American engineer, invented the sewing machine (born 1819)
Elias Howe Jr. was an American inventor best known for his creation of the modern lockstitch sewing machine.
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1867
Swedish artist (born 1818)
Thora Johanna Ulrika Thersner was a Swedish graphic artist and illustrator who was known for contributing half of the illustrations of the Fordna och närvarande Sverige topographical volumes, which her father began.
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1867
1873
American archbishop (born 1814)
James Roosevelt Bayley was an American Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Newark (1853–1872) and as Archbishop of Baltimore (1872–1877).
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1877
Mexican general and president (1855) (born 1800)
José María Rómulo Díaz de la Vega Fuentes was a Mexican military officer and politician. As commander of the garrison in Mexico City, he was the de facto president of Mexico in 1855, after the resignation of President…
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1877
American mathematician and religious leader (born 1811)
Orson Pratt Sr. was an American religious leader and mathematician who was an original member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Christ. After the succession crisis Pratt continued in the Quorum of…
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1881
German historian and cardinal (born 1824)
Joseph Hergenröther was a German Church historian and canonist, and the first Cardinal-Prefect of the Vatican Archive.
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1890
French mathematician and theorist (born 1842)
François Édouard Anatole Lucas was a French mathematician. Lucas is known for his study of the Fibonacci sequence and the Tower of Hanoi. The related Lucas sequences and Lucas numbers are named after him.
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1891
English author and poet (born 1834)
William Morris was an English textile designer, poet, artist, writer, and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts movement. He was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile…
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1896
American engineer (born 1835)
Jacob Nash Victor, son of Henry Clay Victor and Gertrude Nash, was a civil engineer who worked as General Manager of the California Southern Railroad, a subsidiary of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Victor…
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1907
American dentist (born 1833)
Lucy Hobbs Taylor was an American dentist, known for being the first woman to graduate from dental school.
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1910
Australian suffragist (born 1856)
Rosetta Jane "Rose" Birks (1856–1911) was a social reformer and philanthropist who played a key role in South Australian women's suffrage.
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1911
Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter (born 1865)
Eduardo di Capua was an Italian composer, singer and songwriter.
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1917
American actress (born 1894)
Jeanne Eagels was an American stage and film actress. Eagels appeared in many Broadway productions, and in the emerging medium of sound films. She was posthumously nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for…
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1929
German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1878)
Gustav Ernst Stresemann was a German statesman during the Weimar Republic who served as chancellor of Germany from August to November 1923 and as foreign minister from 1923 to 1929. His most notable achievement was the…
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1929
Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1865)
Carl August Nielsen was a Danish composer, conductor, and violinist, widely recognized as his country's most prominent composer.
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1931
American football player and coach (born 1869)
John William Heisman was an American sportsman, writer, and actor. He was a player and coach of American football, baseball, and basketball, and served as the head football coach at Oberlin College, Buchtel College,…
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1936
English composer and poet (born 1883)
Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax was an English composer, poet, and author. His prolific output includes songs, choral music, chamber pieces, and solo piano works, but he is best known for his orchestral music. In addition…
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1953
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (born 1892)
Tochigiyama Moriya was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 27th yokozuna from 1918 until 1925. Generally he is considered one of the pioneers of modern sumo. He remains the lightest yokozuna in…
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1959
Turkish general (born 1877)
Refet Bele, also known as Refet Bey or Refet Pasha was a Turkish military commander. He served in the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army, where he retired as a general.
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1963
American actor (born 1914)
Zachary Scott was an American actor who was known for his roles as villains and "mystery men".
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1965
Swedish physicist and academic (born 1896)
Rolf Maximilian Sievert was a Swedish medical physicist whose major contribution was in the study of the biological effects of ionizing radiation.
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1966
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1912)
Woodrow Wilson Guthrie was an American singer, songwriter, and composer widely considered one of the most significant figures in American folk music. His work focused on themes of American socialism and anti-fascism and…
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1967
English organist, composer, and conductor (born 1895)
Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent was an English conductor, organist and composer widely regarded as Britain's leading conductor of choral works. The musical ensembles with which he was associated included the Ballets…
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1967
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1902)
Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James was an American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. AllMusic stated: "Coupling an oddball guitar tuning set against eerie, falsetto vocals, James' early recordings could…
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1969
Greek-French sociologist and philosopher (born 1936)
Nicos Poulantzas was a Greek-French Marxist political philosopher and sociologist. In the 1970s, he became a leading figure in the structuralist Marxist school of thought. He is best known for his theoretical work on…
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1979
Estonian footballer (born 1907)
Friedrich Karm was an Estonian international footballer who scored 9 goals in 13 games for the Estonian national side. He was also a bandy player.
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1980
Estonian-German missionary (born 1887)
Anna Hedvig Büll was a missionary from Estonia who helped to save the lives of several thousand Armenian orphans during the Armenian genocide.
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1981
American baseball player and manager (born 1912)
Vincent Paul DiMaggio was an American Major League Baseball center fielder. During a 10-year baseball career, he played for the Boston Bees (1937–1938), Cincinnati Reds (1939–1940), Pittsburgh Pirates (1940–1945),…
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1986
French playwright and screenwriter (born 1910)
Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a French dramatist and screenwriter whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 production of…
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1987
Finnish painter (born 1947)
Huugo Kalervo Palsa, known as Kalle, was a Finnish artist whose style has been described as fantastic expressionism, often influenced by depictions of sexuality.
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1987
Bavarian lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria (born 1915)
Franz Josef Strauss was a German politician. He was the long-time chairman of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) from 1961 until 1988, member of the federal cabinet in different positions between 1953 and 1969…
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1988
Italian-Monegasque businessman (born 1960)
Stefano Casiraghi was an Italian offshore powerboat racer, socialite, and businessman. He was the second husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco; he died during a racing accident defending his 1990 Class 1 World…
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1990
American soprano and educator (born 1914)
Eleanor Steber was an American operatic soprano. Steber is noted as one of the first major opera stars to have achieved the highest success with training and a career based in the United States.
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1990
Greek actress, poet, and author (born 1940)
Katerina Gogou was a Greek poet, author and actress.
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1993
American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1960)
Gary Ivan Gordon was a master sergeant in the United States Army and a recipient of the Medal of Honor. At the time of his death in the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993, he was a non-commissioned officer in the United States…
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1993
American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1958)
Randall David Shughart was a United States Army Delta Force operator who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Mogadishu, during Operation Gothic Serpent in October 1993.
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1993
American producer and screenwriter (born 1923)
John C. Champion was an American producer and screenwriter.
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1994
American actor (born 1907)
Walter Clarence "Dub" Taylor Jr. was an American character actor who from the 1940s into the 1990s worked extensively in films and on television, often in Westerns but also in comedies. He is the father of actor and…
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1994
Indian author and politician (born 1906)
Mylai Ponnuswamy Sivagnanam, popularly known as Ma.Po.Si., was an Indian politician, freedom fighter, and the founder of the political party Tamil Arasu Kazhagam. He wrote more than 100 books.
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1995
Nigerian politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State (born 1908)
Michael Adekunle Ajasin was a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Ondo State from 1979 to 1983 on the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) platform during the Nigerian Second Republic.
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1997
English-American actor (born 1928)
Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall was an English and American actor, whose career spanned over 270 screen and stage roles across more than 60 years.
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1998
Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (born 1921)
Akio Morita was a Japanese entrepreneur and co-founder of Sony along with Masaru Ibuka.
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1999
American singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1947)
Benjamin Orr was an American musician. He was best known as the bassist, co-lead vocalist, and co-founder of the band the Cars. He sang lead vocals on several of their hits, including "Just What I Needed", "Let's Go",…
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2000
Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)
Kostas Hatzichristos or Costas Hajihristos was a Greek actor.
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2001
American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1943)
Bruce Weigert Paltrow was an American television and film director and producer. He was the husband of actress Blythe Danner, and the father of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and screenwriter/director Jake Paltrow.
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2002
American actress (born 1924)
Florence Stanley was an American actress of stage, film, and television. She is best known for her roles in Barney Miller (1975–1977) and its spinoff Fish (1977–1978), My Two Dads (1987–1990), and Nurses (1991–1994),…
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2003
American sculptor, author, and illustrator (born 1907)
William Steig was an American cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children's books, best known for the picture book Shrek!, which inspired the film series of the same name, as well as others that included Sylvester…
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2003
American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1960)
John Joseph Cerutti was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays and Detroit Tigers between 1985 and 1991, and was later a broadcaster for the Blue Jays.
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2004
American actress (born 1927)
Jeanette Helen Morrison, known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress, businesswoman and author. Leigh was established as one of the earliest scream queens for starring in horror films, and is also known…
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2004
English actor and screenwriter (born 1929)
Ronald William George Barker was an English actor, comedian and writer. He was known for roles in British comedy television series such as The Frost Report, The Two Ronnies, Porridge, and Open All Hours.
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2005
Turkish general (born 1918)
Nurettin Ersin was a Turkish general. He was the Commander of the 6th Corps during the 1974 invasion of Cyprus, and the Commander of the Turkish Army during the 1980 Turkish coup d'état. After the coup he was a member…
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2005
Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (born 1919)
Lucilla Matthew Andrews Crichton was a British writer of 33 romance novels from 1954 to 1996. As Lucilla Andrews she specialised in hospital romances, and under the pen names Diana Gordon and Joanna Marcus wrote mystery…
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2006
English mathematician and physicist (born 1916)
John Crank was a mathematical physicist, best known for his work on the numerical solution of partial differential equations.
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2006
Australian runner (born 1942)
Peter George Norman was an Australian track athlete. He won the silver medal in the 200 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, with a time of 20.06 seconds, which remained the Oceania 200 m record for more…
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2006
Filipino bishop (born 1937)
Alberto Baldovino Ramento was the ninth supreme bishop and a former chairperson of the Supreme Council of Bishops of the Philippine Independent Church or Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI). He was known by the…
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2006
Indian journalist, author, and academic (born 1930)
Moolayil Narayana Vijayan, popularly known as Vijayan Mash was an Indian academic, orator, columnist and writer of Malayalam literature. Known for his leftist ideals and oratorical skills, Vijayan was the president of…
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2007
Estonian poet and translator (born 1929)
Vladimir Beekman was an Estonian writer, poet and translator.
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2009
Canadian-American businessman (born 1925)
Bernard Georges "Ben" Mondor was a Canadian-born American business executive and baseball executive, best known as the owner of the Pawtucket Red Sox from 1977 until his death.
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2010
Filipino lawyer and jurist (born 1921)
Abraham Florendo Sarmiento Sr. was a Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1987 to 1991. An active figure in the political opposition against the martial law…
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2010
Indian theologian and scholar (born 1931)
Muhammad Abdul Haq Ansari was an Islamic scholar from India. He was the Amir (president) of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) from 2003 to 2007. He was the member of Central Advisory Council of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind. He was…
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2012
American physicist and astrophysicist (born 1916)
Robert Frederick Christy was a Canadian-American theoretical physicist and later astrophysicist who was one of the last surviving people to have worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II. He briefly served as…
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2012
English footballer (born 1921)
Albert James "Albie" Roles was an English footballer who played as a full back for Southampton. His career was interrupted by the Second World War and, as a result, he only made one Football League and four FA Cup…
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2012
Nigerian footballer (born 1978)
Sanni Sari Abacha was a Nigerian footballer who played as a sweeper. He died in 2013.
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2013
Russian basketball player and coach (born 1944)
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov was a Russian professional basketball player, most noted for playing for CSKA Moscow and the senior Soviet Union national basketball team. He is considered to be one of the best European…
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2013
English cryptologist, historian, and academic (born 1922)
Irene Joan Thirsk was a British economic and social historian, specialising in the history of agriculture. She was the leading British early modern agrarian historian of her era, as well as an important social and…
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2013
New Zealand comedian and television host (born 1963)
David Ewen Gilmour, commonly known as Ewen Gilmour, was a New Zealand comedian and television presenter. Usually sporting long brown hair with a goatee and wearing a jacket and jeans, he was a self-described Westie.
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2014
American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (born 1933)
Benedict Joseph Groeschel, C.F.R. was an American Franciscan friar, Catholic priest, retreat master, author, psychologist, activist, and television host. He hosted the television talk program Sunday Night Prime on the…
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2014
French footballer (born 1931)
Jean-Jacques Lucien Élie Antoine Marcel was a French footballer who played defender. He was an integral part of the French national teams of the 1950s.
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2014
American businessman (born 1954)
Kevin Metheny was an American radio and cable network executive who began his career as on-air talent and went on to direct programming and audience research at many radio stations and in a number of broadcast…
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2014
Belgian author (born 1929)
Raymond De Belser, pseudonym Ward Ruyslinck, was a Belgian writer. He is the son of Leo De Belser and Germaine Nauwelaers. His father was a librarian at an oil company, and Ward Ruyslinck grew up in a Roman Catholic…
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2014
English soldier and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1917)
Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey was a British Labour Party politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979 and as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970; he remains the…
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2015
Pakistani historian and author (born 1943)
Major (Retd.) Muhammad Nawaz Khan, was a Pakistani writer, historian, columnist, and poet of the English, Pashto and Urdu languages. His work had mostly been focused on history of the Pashtuns, the Gandhara civilization…
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2015
Pakistani philosopher and judge (born 1925)
Javid Iqbal was a Pakistani writer, philosopher and senior justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He was internationally known for his acclaimed publications on philosophy of law and modern Islamic philosophy in…
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2015
2021
Romanian businessman and billionaire (born 1953)
Dan Petrescu was a Romanian businessman and billionaire, among the richest people in Romania. Born in 1953 in Bucharest, Petrescu studied at the Politehnica University of Bucharest. After graduating, Petrescu married…
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2021
American mobster, Gambino crime family (born 1929)
Thomas Francis Gambino was an Italian-American New York City mobster and a longtime caporegime of the Gambino crime family who successfully controlled lucrative trucking rackets in the New York City Garment District. He…
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2023
French actor, writer and director (born 1952)
Michel Blanc was a French actor, writer and director. He is noted for his roles of losers and hypochondriacs. He is frequently associated with Le Splendid, which he co-founded, along with Thierry Lhermitte, Josiane…
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2024
French comics creator and writer (born 1938)
Pierre Christin was a French comics creator and writer.
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2024
Brazilian journalist and television anchor (born 1927)
Cid Moreira was a Brazilian journalist and television anchor who was active from 1947 onwards. He was born in Taubaté, São Paulo, and was mostly recognized for his work as the main anchor on Rede Globo's primetime news…
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2024
Irish politician (born 1937)
Mary O'Rourke was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Leader of the Seanad and Leader of Fianna Fáil in the Seanad from 2002 to 2007, Deputy leader of Fianna Fáil from 1994 to 2002, Minister for Public…
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2024
English actress and singer (born 1929)
Dame Katherine Patricia Routledge was an English actress and singer. She was best known for her role as Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC One comedy series Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995), for which she was twice nominated…
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2025
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Charles — 16th-century French nobleman and military leader in the Wars of Religion
FeaturedCharles
Death year1611
Known forBorn in 1554, the second son of François de Lorraine, duke of Guise and Anne d'Este, Mayenne inherited his fathers' position of Grand Chambellan in 1563 upon his death
Deaths on this date107 (42 BC – 2025)
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