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He served as the first president of Angola from 1975 to 1979, after leading the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) during the war for independence
Notable Deaths on September 10
116 people
210 BC – 2024
September 10 has seen 116 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 210 BC – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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1979 — Agostinho Neto
Angolan politician, 1st President of Angola (born 1922)
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He led the MPLA during the beginning of the Angolan Civil War, which began in 1975 and lasted until 2002
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António Agostinho Neto Kilamba was an Angolan communist revolutionary, politician and poet
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An author of several books, he is considered Angola's preeminent poet
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His birthday is celebrated as National Heroes' Day, a public holiday in Angola.
first emperor of China (born 259 BC)
Qin Shi Huang was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of China. He invented the title huángdì rather than reuse the existing title for "king" ; the new title was used by monarchs in China and other…
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empress of the Chinese Sui dynasty (born 544)
Dugu Qieluo or Dugu Jialuo, formally Empress Wenxian (文獻皇后), was an empress of the Sui dynasty of China. She was the wife of Emperor Wen, who, on account of his love and respect for her, as well as an oath they made…
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602
official of the Chinese Tang dynasty
Guo Zhengyi was a Chinese politician of the Tang dynasty of China, serving as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Gaozong and the regency of Emperor Gaozong's wife Empress Wu over their son Emperor Zhongzong.
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689
imperial prince of the Chinese Tang dynasty (born c. 680)
Li Chongfu (李重福) was an imperial prince of the Chinese Tang dynasty. He was a son of Emperor Zhongzong, but was not favored during Emperor Zhongzong's reign and was exiled. After Emperor Zhongzong's death in 710 and a…
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710
Frankish margrave (born c. 865)
Baldwin II was the second margrave of Flanders, ruling from 879 to 918. He was nicknamed the Bald (Calvus) after his maternal grandfather, Emperor Charles the Bald.
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918
Chinese general (born 885)
Gao Xingzhou (高行周), courtesy name Shangzhi (尚質), formally Prince Wuyi of Qin (秦武懿王), was a Chinese military general, monarch, and politician who served the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period Jin, Later Tang, Later…
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952
954
Holy Roman Empress (born 1102)
Empress Matilda, also known as Empress Maud, was Holy Roman Empress as the consort of Emperor Henry V from 1110 until his death in 1125, and was subsequently a claimant to the English throne during the civil war known…
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1167
1197
5th Earl of Devon, English politician
William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon, of Tiverton Castle and Plympton Castle, both in Devon, was feudal baron of Plympton in Devon.
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1217
1281
Italian mystic and saint (born 1245)
Nicholas of Tolentino, OSA known as the "Patron of Holy Souls", was an Italian Catholic mystic who is invoked as an advocate for the souls in Purgatory, especially during Lent and the month of November. He was a member…
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1306
Emperor Go-Nijō was the 94th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from 1301 to his death in 1308.
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1308
King of Albania
Robert II of Taranto, of the Angevin family, Prince of Taranto (1331–1346), King of Albania (1331–1332), Prince of Achaea (1332–1346), and titular Latin Emperor.
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1364
Louis I of Hungary, also known as Louis the Great or Louis the Hungarian, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1342 and King of Poland from 1370 until his death in 1382. He was the first child of Charles I of Hungary…
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1382
Countess of Penthievre and Duchess of Brittany (born 1319)
Joan of Penthièvre, sometimes called Joan the Lame, reigned as Duchess of Brittany together with her husband, Charles of Blois, between 1341 and 1364. Her ducal claims were contested by the House of Montfort, which…
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1384
Duke of Burgundy (born 1371)
John I was a scion of the French royal family who ruled the Burgundian State as the Duke of Burgundy from 1404 until his assassination in 1419. He played a key role in French national affairs during the early 15th…
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1419
Italian cardinal and humanist (born 1422)
Jacopo Piccolomini-Ammannati, or Giacomo Piccolomini was an Italian Renaissance cardinal and humanist.
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1479
Italian warlord (born 1422)
Federico da Montefeltro, also known as Federico III da Montefeltro KG, was one of the most successful mercenary captains (condottieri) of the Italian Renaissance. He became the lord of Urbino in 1444, and ruled the city…
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1482
Duke of Savoy (born 1480)
Philibert II, nicknamed the Handsome or the Good, was the Duke of Savoy from 1497 until his death.
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1504
English theologian and scholar (born 1467)
John Colet was an English Catholic priest, and educational pioneer.
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1519
English politician (born 1501)
Sir Anthony Denny was Groom of the Stool to King Henry VIII of England, thus his closest courtier and confidant. In 1539 he was appointed a gentleman of the privy chamber and was its most prominent member in King…
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1549
English admiral and politician (born 1542)
Sir Richard Grenville, also spelt Greynvile, Greeneville, and Greenfield, was an English privateer and explorer. Grenville was lord of the manors of Stowe, Cornwall and Bideford, Devon. He subsequently participated in…
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1591
Welsh bishop and translator (born 1545)
William Morgan was a Welsh Bishop of Llandaff and of St Asaph, and the translator of the first version of the whole Bible into Welsh from Greek and Hebrew.
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1604
Italian organist and composer (born 1545)
Luzzasco Luzzaschi was an Italian composer, organist, and teacher of the late Renaissance. He was born and died in Ferrara, and despite evidence of travels to Rome it is assumed that Luzzaschi spent the majority of his…
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1607
Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (born 1609)
Henrietta Maria of France was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from her marriage to King Charles I on 13 June 1625 until his execution on 30 January 1649. She was the mother of Charles II and James II and VII.…
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1669
English activist (born 1609)
Gerrard Winstanley was an English Protestant religious reformer, political philosopher, and activist during the period of the Commonwealth of England. Winstanley was the leader and one of the founders of the English…
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1676
Filipino nun, founded the Religious of the Virgin Mary (born 1663)
Ignacia del Espíritu Santo luco, also known as "Mother Ignacia" was a Filipino religious sister of the Catholic Church. She was known for her acts of piety and religious poverty and founded the Congregation of the…
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1748
French mathematician and physicist (born 1706)
Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet was a French mathematician and physicist.
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1749
Croatian missionary and explorer (born 1703)
Fernando Consag, known in his native Croatian as Ferdinand Konščak, was a Croatian Jesuit missionary, explorer and cartographer, who spent most of his life in Mexico, in Baja California.
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1759
English philosopher, historian, and novelist (born 1759)
Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer and philosopher best known for her advocacy of women's rights. Until the late twentieth century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed several unconventional personal…
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1797
Irish-New Zealand soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (born 1792)
Captain William Hobson was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator who served as the first governor of New Zealand from 1841 to 1842. He was a co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi which he, as Crown…
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1842
American wife of John Tyler, 11th First Lady of the United States (born 1790)
Letitia Christian Tyler was the first lady of the United States from 1841 to 1842 as the first wife of President John Tyler. After meeting in 1808, the two married in 1813. Tyler managed their plantation in Virginia…
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1842
American minister and educator (born 1787)
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was an American educator. Along with Laurent Clerc and Mason Cogswell, he co-founded the first permanent institution for the education of the deaf in North America, and he became its first…
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1851
Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (born 1788)
Simon Sechter was an Austrian music theorist, composer, conductor, and organist. He is best known as a strict music teacher, whose many students included Anton Bruckner, Sigismond Thalberg, and Henri Vieuxtemps. In…
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1867
Prince of Monaco (born 1818)
Charles III was Prince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois from 20 June 1856 to his death. He was the founder of the famous casino in Monte Carlo, as his name in Monegasque and Italian was Carlo III. He was born in Paris,…
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1889
American physician and naturalist (born 1804)
David Humphreys Storer was an American physician and naturalist. He served as dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard Medical School from 1855 to 1864.
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1891
Elisabeth, nicknamed Sisi, was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Franz Joseph I on 24 April 1854 until her assassination in 1898.
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1898
American baseball player (born 1861)
Louis Rogers "Pete" Browning, nicknamed "Gladiator" and "the Louisville Slugger", was an American professional baseball center fielder and left fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1882 to 1894. He…
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1905
Canadian physician and politician, 3rd Premier of Quebec (born 1822)
Sir Charles-Eugène-Napoléon Boucher de Boucherville was a Canadian politician and medical doctor. He twice served as the premier of Quebec.
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1915
Indian philosopher and author (born 1879 )
Bagha Jatin or Baghajatin, born Jatindranath Mukherjee ; 7 December 1879 – 10 September 1915) was an Indian independence activist.
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1915
Australian journalist and publisher, founded the Archibald Prize (born 1856)
Jules François Archibald was an Australian journalist and publisher, best known for co-founding and editing The Bulletin, Australia's most popular magazine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was also the…
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1919
English poet and activist (born 1840)
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, sometimes spelt Wilfred, was an English poet and writer. He and his wife Lady Anne Blunt travelled in the Middle East and were instrumental in preserving the Arabian horse bloodlines through their…
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1922
Indian poet and playwright (born 1887)
Sukumar Ray was a Bengali writer and poet from British India. He is remembered mainly for his writings for children. He was the son of children's story writer Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury and the father of Indian…
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1923
Russian mathematician and academic (born 1869)
Dmitri Fyodorovich Egorov was a Russian and Soviet mathematician known for contributions to the areas of differential geometry and mathematical analysis. He was President of the Moscow Mathematical Society (1923–1930).
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1931
Italian-American gangster (born 1886)
Salvatore Maranzano, nicknamed Little Caesar, was an Italian-American mobster from the town of Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, and an early Cosa Nostra boss who led what later would become the Bonanno crime family in…
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1931
Italian race car driver (born 1892)
Giuseppe Campari was an Italian opera singer and Grand Prix motor racing driver.
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1933
Italian race car driver (born 1898)
Baconin Borzacchini was an Italian racing driver who often competed under the nom de course Mario Umberto Borzacchini.
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1933
Polish race car driver (born 1899)
Count Stanisław Michel Frederic Marie Czaykowski, also known as Stanislas Czaykowski and Stanislaus Czaykowski was a Polish Grand Prix motor racing driver.
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1933
German-English pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1850)
Sir Isidor George Henschel was a German-born British baritone, pianist, conductor, composer and academic teacher. First trained as a pianist, he was a concert singer who sometimes sang to his own accompaniment. He was a…
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1934
American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana (born 1893)
Huey Pierce Long Jr., nicknamed "The Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. He was…
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1935
Russian author and playwright (born 1892)
Sergei Mikhailovich Tretyakov was a Soviet Russian constructivist writer, playwright, poet, and special correspondent for Pravda.
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1937
English businessman, founded Crufts (born 1852)
Charles Alfred Cruft was a British showman who founded the Crufts dog show. Charles first became involved with dogs when he began to work at Spratt's, a manufacturer of dog biscuits. He rose to the position of general…
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1938
German general (born 1888)
Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig was a German general in the Waffen-SS who participated in the invasion of Poland. He was the first general to be killed in World War II. Roettig held the ranks of Generalmajor der…
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1939
British-Australian soldier and Jewish recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1890)
Issy Smith was a British-Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to eligible forces of the Commonwealth and United Kingdom.
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1940
Ferdinand I was the monarch of Bulgaria from 1887 to 1918, reigning as Prince of Bulgaria from 1887 to 1908 and Tsar of Bulgaria from 1908 until his abdication in 1918. Under his rule, Bulgaria entered the First World…
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1948
Lebanese engineer and architect, designed the Beirut City Hall (born 1866)
Youssef Aftimus was a Lebanese civil engineer and architect who specialized in Moorish Revival architecture. Aftimus was the leading Lebanese architect and urban planner during the first half of the twentieth century,…
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1952
German tenor and actor (born 1908)
Peter Anders was a German operatic tenor who sang a wide range of parts in the German, Italian, and French repertories. He began by singing lyric roles and later took dramatic roles with equal success. He was also a…
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1954
American actor and singer (born 1880)
Leopoldo Antonio Carrillo was an American actor, vaudevillian, political cartoonist, and conservationist.
He was notable for playing Pancho in the television series The Cisco Kid (1950–1956) and in several films.
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1961
German race car driver (born 1928)
Wolfgang Alexander Albert Eduard Maximilian Reichsgraf Berghe von Trips, also known as Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips, was a German racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1956 to 1961. Nicknamed "Taffy", von…
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1961
American spiritual leader (born 1880)
Father Divine, also known as Reverend M. J. Divine, was an American spiritual leader from about 1907 until his death in 1965. His full self-given name was Reverend Major Jealous Divine, and he was also known as "the…
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1965
German mathematician and statistician (born 1891)
Emil Julius Gumbel was a German mathematician and political writer.
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1966
1968
Italian-American actress and singer (born 1932)
Anna Maria Pierangeli, known internationally by the stage name Pier Angeli, was an Italian actress, model and singer. She won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress for her debut role in the 1950 film Tomorrow Is Too…
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1971
American author and playwright (born 1884)
Cornelia Lynde Meigs (1884–1973) was an American writer of fiction and biography for children, teacher of English and writing, historian and critic of children's literature. She won the Newbery Medal for her 1933…
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1973
Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator (born 1899)
Hans Swarowsky was an Austrian conductor of Hungarian birth.
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1975
English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)
Sir George Paget Thomson was a British experimental physicist who shared the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics with Clinton Davisson "for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals." His father,…
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1975
American screenwriter and novelist (born 1905)
James Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter who scripted many award-winning films, including Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Roman Holiday (1953), Spartacus (1960), and Exodus (1960). One of the Hollywood Ten, he…
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1976
Swiss-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
Felix Bloch was a Swiss–American theoretical physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics with Edward Mills Purcell "for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and…
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1983
English author (born 1904)
Norah Ethel Lofts was a 20th-century British writer. She also wrote under the pen names Peter Curtis and Juliet Astley. She wrote more than fifty books. Although specializing in historical fiction and "known for her…
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1983
American heaviest man (born 1941)
Jon Brower Minnoch was an American man who is reported as the heaviest recorded human in history, weighing approximately 1,400 lb at his peak. Obese since childhood, Minnoch normally weighed 800–900 lb during his adult…
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1983
South African lawyer and politician, 4th State President of South Africa (born 1915)
Balthazar Johannes Vorster, better known as John Vorster, was a South African politician who served as the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978 and the fourth State President of South Africa from 1978 to…
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1983
Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1893)
Ernst Julius Öpik was an Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist who spent the second half of his career (1948–1981) at the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland. He is best known for his pioneering work on solar system…
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1985
Scottish footballer and manager (born 1922)
John Stein was a Scottish football player and manager. He was the first manager of a club from a Northern European country to win the European Cup, with Celtic in 1967. Stein also guided Celtic to nine successive…
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1985
Estonian chess player (born 1937)
Boris Rõtov was a Russian-Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Championship (1978).
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1987
American psychotherapist and author (born 1916)
Virginia Satir was an American author, clinical social worker and psychotherapist, recognized for her approach to family therapy. Her pioneering work in the field of family reconstruction therapy honored her with the…
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1988
Australian tennis player (born 1908)
John Herbert Crawford, was an Australian tennis player during the 1930s. He was the World No. 1 amateur for 1933, during which year he won the Australian Open, the French Open, and Wimbledon, and was runner-up at the…
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1991
1994
American actress (born 1922)
Joanne Dru was an American film and television actress, known for such films as Red River, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, All the King's Men, and Wagon Master.
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1996
1996
Indian-Pakistani journalist and author (born 1921)
Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah was a Pakistani writer and journalist. Begum Hamidullah was a pioneer of Pakistani literature and journalism in English, and also of feminism in Pakistan. She was Pakistan's first female editor…
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2000
American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Transportation (born 1927)
Brockman Adams was an American lawyer and politician. A Democratic Party member from the state of Washington, Adams served as United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington for U.S. Presidents John F.…
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2004
Austrian mathematician and cosmologist (born 1919)
Sir Hermann Bondi was an Austrian-British mathematician and cosmologist.
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2005
American singer and guitarist (born 1924)
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown was an American singer and multi-instrumentalist from Louisiana. He was best-known as a blues performer, but his music was often eclectic and also touched on genres including country, jazz and…
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2005
American golfer (born 1918)
Patricia Jane Berg was an American professional golfer. She was a founding member and the first president of the LPGA. Her 15 major title wins remains the all-time record for most major wins by a female golfer. She is a…
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2006
Tongan king (born 1918)
Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV was King of Tonga from 1965 until his death in 2006. He was the tallest and heaviest Tongan monarch, weighing 209.5 kg (462 lb) and measuring 196 cm.
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2006
English businesswoman, founded The Body Shop (born 1942)
Dame Anita Lucia Roddick was a British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner, best known as the founder of The Body Shop, The Body Shop International Limited, a cosmetics company producing…
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2007
Irish politician (born 1930)
Joe Sherlock was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 2002 to 2007, 1987 to 1992 and 1981 to 1982. He was a Senator for the Labour Panel from 1993 to 1997.
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2007
American businessman (born 1925)
Theodore John Stepien was an American businessman who owned the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1980 to 1983. Born in Pittsburgh in 1925, he became wealthy as the founder of…
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2007
American actress (born 1917)
Jane Wyman was an American actress. A star of both movies and television, she received an Academy Award for Best Actress, four Golden Globe Awards and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 1960 she received…
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2007
Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1929)
Gérald A. Beaudoin was a Canadian lawyer and Senator.
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2008
English conductor (born 1930)
Vernon George "Tod" Handley was a British conductor, known in particular for his support of British composers.
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2008
American actor (born 1923)
Clifford Parker Robertson III was an American actor whose career in film and television spanned over six decades. Robertson portrayed a young John F. Kennedy in the 1963 film PT 109, and won the 1968 Academy Award for…
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2011
Chilean journalist (born 1934)
Raquel Teresa Correa was a Chilean journalist who spent the main part of her career with the newspaper El Mercurio. She was well known for her interviews and reporting, and was the recipient of Chile's National Prize…
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2012
American captain, lawyer, and politician (born 1938)
Robert Alton Gammage was an American politician, having served as a Democrat in the Texas House of Representatives, the Texas State Senate, and the United States House of Representatives.
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2012
American actor and stuntman (born 1935)
William Lance LeGault Sr. was an American actor and musician. He was best known as U.S. Army Colonel Roderick Decker in the 1980s American television series The A-Team.
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2012
English director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter (born 1933)
Stanley A. Long was an English exploitation cinema and sexploitation filmmaker. He was also a driving force behind the VistaScreen stereoscopic (3D) photographic company. He was a writer, cinematographer, editor, and…
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2012
English actor and playwright (born 1922)
Albert John Moffatt was an English character actor and playwright, known for his portrayal of Hercule Poirot on BBC Radio in twenty-five productions and for a wide range of stage roles in the West End from the 1950s to…
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2012
American journalist and actor (born 1940)
John James Hambrick was an American broadcast journalist, reporter, actor, voice over announcer and TV documentary producer.
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2013
Syrian politician, Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1925)
Ibrahim Makhous, was a Syrian Baathist politician who sat on the Regional Command from 1966 to 1970. He served as foreign minister during Salah Jadid's rule.
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2013
2013
2013
Canadian general (born 1933)
Lieutenant-General John Elwood "Jack" Vance, was a Canadian Forces officer who became Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in Canada.
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2013
Spanish banker and businessman (born 1934)
Emilio Botín-Sanz de Sautuola y García de los Ríos, iure uxoris Marquess of O'Shea was a Spanish banker. He was the executive chairman of Spain's Grupo Santander. In 1993 his bank absorbed Banco Español de Crédito…
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2014
American actor (born 1939)
Richard Dawson Kiel was an American actor. Standing 7 feet 1.5 inches (2.17 m) tall, he was notable for portraying Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979), and Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore (1996). Other…
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2014
American mathematician and academic (born 1932)
Edward Nelson was an American mathematician. He was professor in the Mathematics Department at Princeton University. He was known for his work on mathematical physics and mathematical logic. In mathematical logic, he…
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2014
American baseball player (born 1926)
George Elwell Spencer was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. A right-hander, he was primarily a relief pitcher for the New York Giants and the Detroit Tigers. Spencer stood 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) tall and…
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2014
American religious leader and academic (born 1944)
Paul Kay Sybrowsky was the president of Southern Virginia University (SVU) from June 1, 2012 until August 31, 2014. He was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2005 until 2011. He…
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2014
American psychologist and academic (born 1918)
Norman Louis Farberow was an American psychologist, and one of the founding fathers of modern suicidology. He was among the three founders in 1958 of the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center, which became a base of…
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2015
Swiss typeface designer (born 1928)
Adrian Johann Frutiger was a Swiss typeface designer who influenced the direction of type design in the second half of the 20th century. His career spanned the hot metal, phototypesetting and digital typesetting eras.…
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2015
Lebanese general (born 1927)
Antoine Lahad was a Lebanese military officer and the leader of the South Lebanon Army (SLA) from 1984 until 2000, when the army withdrew from Southern Lebanon and was dissolved.
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2015
British actress (born 1938)
Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg was an English actress of stage and screen. Her roles include Emma Peel in the TV series The Avengers (1965–1968); Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife of James Bond, in On Her Majesty's…
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2020
British embryologist (born 1944)
Sir Ian Wilmut was an English embryologist and the chair of the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He was the leader of the research group that in 1996 first cloned a mammal from…
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2023
American soul/funk singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (born 1946)
Howard Stanley Beverly, known as Frankie Beverly, was an American singer, songwriter, and producer known primarily for his recordings with the soul and funk band Maze. He formed Maze, originally called Raw Soul, in his…
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2024
American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to China (born 1936)
James Ralph Sasser was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney from Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party, he served three terms as a member of the United States Senate from 1977 to 1995, and was Chairman…
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2024
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Agostinho Neto — President of Angola from 1975 to 1979
FeaturedAgostinho Neto
Death year1979
Known forHe served as the first president of Angola from 1975 to 1979, after leading the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) during the war for independence
Deaths on this date116 (210 BC – 2024)
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