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A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Watson as the 17th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.
Notable Deaths on September 25
121 people
1066 – 2023
September 25 has seen 121 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 1066 – 2023. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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1958 — John B. Watson
American psychologist and academic (born 1878)
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Watson advanced this change in the psychological discipline through his 1913 address at Columbia University, titled Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It
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He was also the editor of Psychological Review from 1910 to 1915
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John Broadus Watson was an American psychologist who popularized the scientific theory of behaviorism, establishing it as a psychological school
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Through his behaviorist approach, Watson conducted research on animal behavior, child rearing, and advertising, as well as conducting the controversial "Little Albert" experiment and the Kerplunk experiment
Norwegian king (born 1015)
Harald Sigurdsson, also known as Harald III and given the epithet Hardrada in the sagas, was King of Norway from 1046 to 1066. He unsuccessfully claimed the Danish throne until 1064 and the English throne in 1066.…
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1066
Norwegian princess
Maria Haraldsdotter was a Norwegian princess, as the daughter of Harald Hardrada and Elisiv of Kiev. She is the first known Norwegian to have been named Maria.
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1066
English son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex (born c. 1029)
Tostig Godwinson was an Anglo-Saxon Earl of Northumbria and brother of King Harold Godwinson. After being exiled by his brother, Tostig supported the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada's invasion of England, and was killed…
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1066
Duke of Aquitaine (born 1025)
William VIII, born Guy-Geoffrey (Gui-Geoffroi), was Duke of Gascony (1052–1086), and then Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitiers between 1058 and 1086, succeeding his brother William VII (Pierre-Guillaume).
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1086
French nobleman (born c. 1025)
Simon I of Montfort or Simon de Montfort was a French nobleman. He was born in Montfort l'Amaury, near Paris, and became its lord. He was the son of Amaury I de Montfort and Bertrade. At his death he was buried about 20…
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1087
Japanese shōgun (born 1301)
Prince Morikuni was the ninth and last shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.
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1333
Japanese poet (born 1290)
Jakushitsu Genkō was a Japanese Rinzai master, poet, flute player, and first abbot of Eigen-ji. His poetry is considered to be among the finest of Zen poetry. He traveled to China and studied Ch'an with masters of the…
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1367
French knight (born 1330)
Sir Jean de Carrouges IV was a French knight who governed estates in Normandy as a vassal of Count Pierre d'Alençon and who served under Admiral Jean de Vienne in several campaigns against the Kingdom of England. He…
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1396
French general and admiral (born 1341)
Jean de Vienne was a French knight, general and Admiral of France during the Hundred Years' War.
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1396
Italian soldier and politician (born 1447)
Piero Capponi was an Italian statesman and military leader from Florence; he is celebrated for his bold defiance of the King of France in 1494.
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1496
Philip the Handsome, also called Philip the Fair, was ruler of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1482, including the counties of Artois, Burgundy and Charolais from 1493, and the first king of Castile from the House of…
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1506
Pope Clement VII was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 November 1523 to his death on 25 September 1534. Deemed "the most unfortunate of the popes", Clement VII's reign was marked by a…
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1534
Dutch author and poet (born 1511)
Johannes Secundus was a Neo-Latin poet of Dutch nationality.
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1536
German bishop (born 1490)
Georg von Blumenthal was a German Prince-Bishop of Ratzeburg and Bishop of Lebus. He also served as a Privy Councillor of the Margraviate of Brandenburg and Chancellor of the University of Frankfurt (Oder), commonly…
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1550
German Gnesio-Lutheran theologian (born 1527)
Tilemann Heshusius was a Gnesio-Lutheran theologian and Protestant reformer.
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1588
German physician, scholar, and reformer (born 1525)
Caspar Peucer was a German reformer, physician, and scholar of Sorbian origin.
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1602
English noblewoman and woman of letters (born 1575)
Lady Arbella Stuart was an English noblewoman who was considered a possible successor to Elizabeth I. During the reign of James VI and I, she married William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, another claimant to the…
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1615
Emperor Go-Yōzei was the 107th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Go-Yōzei's reign spanned the years 1586 through to his abdication in 1611, corresponding to the transition between the…
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1617
Spanish priest, philosopher, and theologian (born 1548)
Francisco Suárez was a Spanish Jesuit priest, philosopher and theologian, one of the leading figures of the School of Salamanca movement. His work is considered a turning point in the history of second scholasticism,…
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1617
English writer (born 1561)
Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke was among the first Englishwomen to gain notice for her poetry and her literary patronage. By the age of 39, she was listed with her brother Philip Sidney and with Edmund Spenser and…
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1621
English bishop and scholar (born 1555)
Lancelot Andrewes was an English bishop and scholar, who held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. During the latter's reign, Andrewes served successively as Bishop of…
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1626
1st Marquis of the Balbases, Italian general and politician, Governor of the Duchy of Milan (born 1569)
Ambrogio Spinola Doria, 1st Marquess of Los Balbases and 1st Duke of Sesto was an Italian nobleman from the Republic of Genoa and a celebrated general in the service of the Spanish Empire. He distinguished himself in…
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1630
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, was a German regent, Electress of Bavaria by marriage to Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, and co-regent of the Electorate of Bavaria during the minority of her son Ferdinand Maria,…
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1665
1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish general (born 1658)
Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, 10th Earl of Argyll was a Scottish peer.
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1703
Canadian-English general (born 1714)
Major-General John Bradstreet was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served in King George's War, the French and Indian War and Pontiac's War. He was born in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, to a British…
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1774
Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (born 1728)
Johann Heinrich Lambert was a polymath from the Republic of Mulhouse, at that time allied to the Swiss Confederacy, who made important contributions to the subjects of mathematics, physics, philosophy, astronomy and map…
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1777
American soldier and publisher (born 1719)
William Bradford was a printer, soldier, and leader during the American Revolution from Philadelphia.
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1791
Danish politician and diplomat (born 1710)
Count Adam Gottlob von Moltke was a German-born Danish courtier, politician and diplomat who was a favourite of Frederick V of Denmark-Norway. Moltke was born at Riesenhof in Mecklenburg. His son, Joachim Godske Moltke,…
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1792
French pastor (born 1718)
Paul Rabaut was a French pastor of the Huguenot "Church of the Desert". He was regarded by many as the leader and director of the proscribed church. He was a peacemaker and a scholar despite, due to persecution, living…
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1794
Swedish singer, harpsichord player, and composer (born 1783)
Charlotta Antonia "Charlotte Antoinette" Seuerling, was a blind Swedish concert singer, harpsichordist, composer and poet, known as "The Blind Song-Maiden". She was active in Sweden, Finland and Russia. Her last name is…
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1828
Austrian composer (born 1804)
Johann Baptist Strauss I, also known as Johann Strauss Sr., the Elder or the Father, was an Austrian composer of the Romantic Period. He was famous for his light music, namely waltzes, polkas, and galops, which he…
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1849
American rancher, co-developed the Goodnight–Loving Trail (born 1812)
Oliver Loving was an American rancher and cattle driver. Together with Charles Goodnight, he developed the Goodnight–Loving Trail. He was mortally wounded by Comanches while on a cattle drive.
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1867
German author (born 1817)
Marie Louise von François was a German writer, best known for her historical novel Die letzte Reckenburgerin (1871). She was a friend and correspondent of Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach and Conrad Ferdinand Meyer.
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1893
Canadian journalist and politician, 11th Premier of Québec (born 1832)
Félix-Gabriel Marchand was a journalist, author, notary and politician in Quebec, Canada. He was the 11th premier of Quebec from May 24, 1897, to September 25, 1900.
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1900
American general and politician, 15th Governor of Illinois (born 1817)
John McAuley Palmer was an American politician. He was an Illinois resident, a general who fought for the Union during the American Civil War, the 15th governor of Illinois, and presidential candidate of the National…
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1900
English general and politician, Governor of Malta (born 1835)
General Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle was a British Army officer best known for his travels through the United States during the American Civil War. Whilst holding the rank of "Captain and Lieutenant Colonel" he spent…
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1901
French educator and politician (born 1853)
Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, known as Godefroy Cavaignac, was a French politician.
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1905
Irish revolutionary, rebel commander, died on hunger strike (born 1885)
Thomas Patrick Ashe was an Irish revolutionary and politician. He was a member of the Gaelic League, the Gaelic Athletic Association, the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) and a founding member of the Irish Volunteers.
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1917
Russian general (born 1857)
Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev was an Imperial Russian Army general during World War I and the Russian Civil War. Between 1915 and 1917, he served as Tsar Nicholas II's Chief of Staff of the Stavka, and after the…
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1918
English songwriter and bandleader (born 1862)
Herbert Henry Howard Booth was a Salvation Army officer, the third son of five children to William and Catherine Booth (Mumford), who later went on to serve as an independent evangelist. He oversaw the Limelight…
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1926
American cartoonist, created The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown (born 1863)
Richard Felton Outcault was an American cartoonist. He was the creator of the series The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown and is considered a key pioneer of the modern comic strip.
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1928
American baseball player and manager (born 1879)
Miller James Huggins was an American professional baseball player and manager. Huggins played second base for the Cincinnati Reds (1904–1909) and St. Louis Cardinals (1910–1916). He managed the Cardinals (1913–1917) and…
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1929
American journalist and author (born 1885)
Ringgold Wilmer Lardner was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre. His contemporaries—Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, and F.…
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1933
1938
Turkish soldier and politician (born 1885)
Ali Saip Ursavaş, also known as Ali Saib Bey was an Ottoman officer of Kurdish origin, having served in the Ottoman and Turkish armies, and one of the early key members of CHP.
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1939
American polo player, golfer, and race car driver (born 1867)
Foxhall Parker Keene was an American thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder, a world and Olympic gold medallist in polo, and an amateur tennis player. He was rated the best all-around polo player in the United States…
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1941
Scottish-Canadian soccer player (born 1880)
Alexander Noble Hall, sometimes known as Sandy Hall, was a professional soccer player who played as a centre forward in the Scottish League for Dunfermline Athletic, Dundee, Motherwell, and St Bernard's. Born in…
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1943
Austrian physician (born 1879)
Hans Eppinger Jr. was an Austrian physician of part-Jewish descent who performed experiments upon Nazi concentration camp prisoners.
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1946
Martha Maria Norelius was a Swedish-born American competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder in five different freestyle swimming events.
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1955
American author and educator (born 1873)
Emily Post was an American author, novelist, and socialite who wrote about etiquette.
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1960
1961
German eugenicist and academic (born 1891)
Hans Friedrich Karl Günther, popularly known as Hans F. K. Günther, was a German writer, advocate of scientific racism and eugenicist in the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. He was also known as "Rassengünther" or…
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1968
American author and screenwriter (born 1903)
Cornell George Hopley Woolrich was an American novelist and short story writer. He sometimes used the pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley.
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1968
German-Swiss author and translator (born 1898)
Erich Maria Remarque was a German novelist. His landmark novel All Quiet on the Western Front (1928), based on his experience in the Imperial German Army during World War I, was an international bestseller which created…
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1970
American captain, jurist, and politician, Associate Supreme Court Justice (born 1886)
Hugo Lafayette Black was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1927 to 1937 and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971. A member of the…
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1971
Argentine poet (born 1936)
Flora Alejandra Pizarnik was an Argentine poet. Her idiosyncratic and thematically introspective poetry has been considered "one of the most unusual bodies of work in Latin American literature", and has been recognized…
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1972
English drummer and songwriter (born 1948)
John Henry Bonham was an English musician who was the drummer of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Noted for his speed, power, fast single-footed kick drumming, distinctive sound, and feel for groove, he is regarded as one of…
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1980
Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1895)
Lewis Milestone was a Russian-American film director, screenwriter, and producer active during the Golden Age of Hollywood. He twice won the Academy Award for Best Director, for Two Arabian Knights (1927) and All Quiet…
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1980
Estonian author and poet (born 1883)
Marie Under was an Estonian poet. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature 16 times in 15 separate years.
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1980
Leopold III was King of the Belgians from 23 February 1934 until his abdication on 16 July 1951. At the outbreak of World War II, Leopold tried to maintain Belgian neutrality, but after the German invasion in May 1940,…
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1983
Canadian-American actor (born 1897)
Walter Davis Pidgeon was a Canadian-American actor. A major leading man during the Golden Age of Hollywood, known for his "portrayals of men who prove both sturdy and wise," Pidgeon earned two Academy Award nominations…
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1984
Indian-Canadian trade union leader and activist (born 1917)
Darshan Singh Canadian was a Sikh trade union activist and communist organizer in Canada and India.
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1986
Canadian union leader and politician (born 1909)
Donald MacDonald was a Canadian social democratic politician and trade unionist who led the Nova Scotia Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and was elected as a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1941. In…
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1986
Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1896)
Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov , sometimes Semenov, Semionov or Semenoff was a Soviet physicist and chemist. Semyonov was awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on the mechanism of chemical transformation.
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1986
1986
American actress (born 1906)
Mary Astor was an American actress. Although her career spanned several decades, she may be best remembered for her performance as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon (1941).
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1987
Welsh actor and playwright (born 1905)
George Emlyn Williams, CBE was a Welsh writer, dramatist and actor.
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1987
American farmer and businessman (born 1937)
William Alton Carter was an American farmer, businessman and brewer. The younger brother of U.S. President Jimmy Carter, he promoted Billy Beer and Peanut Lolita; and he was a candidate for mayor of Plains, Georgia.
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1988
Estonian-American orientalist and scholar (born 1909)
Arthur Võõbus was an Estonian theologian, orientalist, scholar, author, professor, and church historian.
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1988
Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (born 1897)
Prafulla Chandra Sen was an Indian politician and independence activist who was Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1962 to 1967.
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1990
German SS captain, known as the "Butcher of Lyon" (born 1913)
Niklaus Barbie was a German officer of the Schutzstaffel and Sicherheitsdienst who worked in Vichy France during World War II. He became known as the "Butcher of Lyon" for having personally tortured prisoners—primarily…
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1991
1991
Serbian musician (born 1961)
Ivan "Ivica" Vdović, also known as Vd, was a Serbian musician, drummer of Yugoslav rock bands such as Suncokret, Šarlo Akrobata and Katarina II.
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1992
Welsh footballer and manager (born 1928)
David Lloyd Bowen was a Welsh football player and manager, who captained his country to their first ever World Cup finals, in 1958.
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1995
American dentist and author (born 1891)
Annie Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany was an American dentist and civil rights pioneer. She was the subject, along with her elder sister, Sadie, of the oral history, Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1993),…
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1995
Canadian singer and actress (born 1916)
Hélène Baillargeon (1916–1997) was a Canadian singer, actor, and folklorist probably best known as the host of the CBC Television show Chez Hélène from 1959 to 1973.
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1997
French pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1912)
Jean René Désiré Françaix was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator known for his prolific output and vibrant style. Françaix composed for various genres, and is particularly known for his chamber…
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1997
American author (born 1930)
Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley was an American author of fantasy, historical fantasy, science fiction, and science fantasy novels and is best known for the Arthurian fiction novel The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover…
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1999
Iraqi translator and politician (born 1953)
Aqila al-Hashimi was an Iraqi politician who served on the Iraqi Governing Council.
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2003
American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1934)
Herbert George Gardner was an American commercial artist, cartoonist, playwright and screenwriter.
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2003
Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
Franco Modigliani was an Italian-American economist and the recipient of the 1985 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. He was a professor at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Carnegie Mellon University, and MIT…
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2003
American writer and literary editor (born 1927)
George Ames Plimpton was an American writer. He is known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review, as well as his patrician accent. He was known for "participatory journalism," including accounts…
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2003
2005
Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1956)
Madeline-Ann Aksich, was a Canadian businesswoman, philanthropist, artist and founder of the International Children's Institute. On May 1, 2001 she was appointed to the Order of Canada for her humanitarian work. After…
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2005
American golfer (born 1939)
George William Archer was an American professional golfer who won 13 events on the PGA Tour, including one major championship, the Masters in 1969.
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2005
Russian-American psychologist and ecologist (born 1917)
Urie Bronfenbrenner was a Russian-born American psychologist best known for using a contextual framework to better understand human development. This framework, broadly referred to as 'ecological systems theory', was…
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2005
Pakistani linguist and critic (born 1912)
Ghulam Mustafa Khan, SI was a Pakistani researcher, literary critic, linguist, author, scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics, educationist and religious and spiritual leader belonging to Naqshbandi order of Sufism.
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2005
American psychiatrist and author (born 1936)
Morgan Scott Peck (1936–2005) was an American psychiatrist and best-selling author who wrote the book The Road Less Traveled, published in 1978.
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2005
Austrian lawyer and politician (born 1921)
Friedrich Peter was an Austrian politician who served as chairman of the Freedom Party of Austria from 1958 to 1978. He was an active Nazi between 1938 and 1945 and an SS-Obersturmführer of the Waffen-SS.
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2005
American target shooter and author (born 1920)
John Dean "Jeff" Cooper was a United States Marine Corps officer and firearms instructor. He was the creator of the "modern technique" of handgun shooting, and an expert on the use and history of small arms.
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2006
American author and poet (born 1957)
John Milo "Mike" Ford was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, game designer, and poet.
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2006
Palestinian physician and politician (born 1919)
Haidar Abdel-Shafi was a Palestinian physician, community leader and political leader. He was the head of the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid Conference of 1991 and served in the Palestinian Legislative Council for…
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2007
German-American art dealer (born 1924)
André Emmerich was a German-born American gallerist who specialized in the color field school and pre-Columbian art while also taking on artists such as David Hockney and John D. Graham.
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2007
Nauruan politician, 23rd President of Nauru (born 1932)
Derog Gioura was a Nauruan political figure. He was President of the Republic of Nauru (acting) in 2003.
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2008
Spanish pianist (born 1923)
Alicia de Larrocha y de la Calle was a Spanish pianist and composer. She was considered one of the great piano legends of the 20th century. Reuters called her "the greatest Spanish pianist in history", Time "one of the…
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2009
Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1946)
Pierre Falardeau was a Québécois film and documentary director, pamphleteer and noted activist for Quebec independence.
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2009
Kenyan environmentalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1940)
Wangarĩ Maathai was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on planting trees, environmental conservation, and…
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2011
American composer and songwriter (born 1927)
Billy Barnes was a composer, lyricist and actor from Los Angeles, California. Barnes may be best known for his theatrical revues and his recurring role as Mr. Edlin on the television series Mad About You.
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2012
2012
2012
Mexican academic and politician (born 1962)
Alonso José Ricardo Lujambio Irazábal was a Mexican academic and politician who served as Secretary of Public Education in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón.
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2012
American singer (born 1927)
Howard Andrew Williams was an American singer. He recorded 43 albums in his career, of which 15 have been gold certified and three platinum certified. He was also nominated for six Grammy Awards. He hosted the Andy…
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2012
English footballer, coach, and manager (born 1940)
Ronald Fenton was an English football player, coach and manager. He played as an inside forward and made nearly 200 appearances in the Football League.
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2013
2013
American poet and academic (born 1932)
José Montoya was a poet and an artist from Sacramento, California. He was one of the most influential Chicano bilingual poets. He has published many well-known poems in anthologies and magazines, and served as…
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2013
American guitarist and composer (born 1915)
Sebastian "Billy" Mure was an American session musician, guitarist, and songwriter who recorded several albums in the 1950s and 1960s in a variety of styles, including surf, Hawaiian, swing, pop, twist, garage rock,…
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2013
Italian-Argentinian lawyer and politician (born 1938)
Pablo Federico Verani was an Italian-born Argentine politician, formerly of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) who served as Governor of Río Negro from 1995 to 2003.
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2013
Canadian psychiatrist and academic, co-founded Haven Institute (Gabriola Island, Canada) (born 1930)
Bennet Randall Wong, was a Canadian psychiatrist, author and lecturer who co-founded the Haven Institute, a residential experiential learning centre on the west coast of Canada, with Jock McKeen. His writings focused on…
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2013
Haitian-Canadian educator and politician (born 1943)
Ulrick Chérubin was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Amos, Quebec, from 2002 until his death in 2014. He was one of the first Black Canadians to be elected a mayor in Quebec.
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2014
Bosnian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1951)
Sulejman Tihić was a Bosnian politician who served as the 4th Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2006. He also served as the second president of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA)…
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2014
English high jumper (born 1920)
Dorothy Jennifer Beatrice Tyler, MBE was a British athlete who competed mainly in the high jump.
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2014
Italian Roman Catholic prelate (born 1936)
Claudio Baggini was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop.
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2015
American general (born 1929)
John Rogers Galvin was an American army general who served as the sixth dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a member of the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century.
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2015
American baseball player and manager (born 1944)
Thomas Henry Kelley was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians and the Atlanta Braves in parts of seven seasons spanning 1964–1973. Listed at 6' 0" [1.80 m], 185 lb. [84 kg],…
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2015
Israeli journalist (born 1939)
Mordechai (Moti) Kirschenbaum was an Israeli media personality and documentarian.
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2015
Cuban-American baseball player (born 1992)
José Delfín Fernández Gómez was a Cuban-born American professional baseball right-handed pitcher who played four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a member of the Miami Marlins from 2013 until his death in…
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2016
American golfer (born 1929)
Arnold Daniel Palmer was an American professional golfer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history. Since embarking on a professional career in 1955, he won…
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2016
Jordanian writer and political activist (born 1960)
Nahed Hattar was a Jordanian writer and political activist.
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2016
Czech actor (born 1936)
Jan Tříska was a Czech actor who played over 160 roles across stage, film, and television. He worked in the United States after emigrating there in the 1970s, but later returned to his native country following the…
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2017
Scottish actor (born 1933)
David Keith McCallum was a Scottish actor and musician. After varied film roles in his native Britain, he gained wide recognition in the 1960s for playing secret agent Illya Kuryakin on the American television series…
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2023
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John B. Watson — American psychologist (1878–1958)
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Death year1958
Known forWatson advanced this change in the psychological discipline through his 1913 address at Columbia University, titled Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It
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