Notable Deaths on September 29

Q: Who died on September 29?

Notable people who died on September 29 include: Leudwinus, Lothair I, William of Tyre, Arnaud Amalric, Guido I da Montefeltro.

Q: What is Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková known for?

Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková, Czech botanist and zoologist (born 1877)

141 people 722 – 2025

September 29 has seen 141 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 722 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · September 29 — Wikipedia

1937 — Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková

Czech botanist and zoologist (born 1877)

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She studied zoology and wrote her dissertation on fat bodies in the arthropods and in 1901 became the first woman to be awarded a doctorate

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Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková was the first female Czech botanist and zoologist

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Josef had inspired her own studies but she worked under Frantisek Vejdovsky (1849–1939)

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She cut back on her studies in 1906 after the birth of her daughter.

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Baborová was born in Prague in a school teacher's family and learned many languages at a young age

Leudwinus

Frankish archbishop and saint (born 660)

Saint Leudwinus, Count of Treves founded an abbey in Mettlach. He was Archbishop of Treves and Laon. As patron saint of the Mettlach parish, his relics are carried through the town by procession at the annual Pentecost…

722

Lothair I

Carolingian emperor (born 795)

Lothair I was a 9th-century Emperor of the Carolingian Empire and King of Italy (818–855) and Middle Francia (843–855).

855

William of Tyre

Archbishop of Tyre (born 1130)

William of Tyre was a medieval prelate and chronicler. As archbishop of Tyre, he is sometimes known as William II to distinguish him from his predecessor, William I, the Englishman, a former prior of the Church of the…

1186

Arnaud Amalric

Papal legate who allegedly promoted mass murder

Arnaud Amalric, also known as Arnaud Amaury, was a Cistercian abbot who played a prominent role in the Albigensian Crusade. It is purported that prior to the massacre of Béziers, Amalric, when asked how to distinguish…

1225

Guido I da Montefeltro

Italian military strategist (born 1223)

Guido da Montefeltro was an Italian military strategist and lord of Urbino. He became a friar late in life, and was condemned by Dante Alighieri in his Divine Comedy for giving false or fraudulent counsel.

1298

John de Warenne

6th Earl of Surrey, English general (born 1231)

John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey was a prominent English nobleman and military commander during the reigns of Henry III of England and Edward I of England. During the Second Barons' War he switched sides twice,…

1304

Charles I

Duke of Brittany (born 1319)

Charles of Blois-Châtillon, nicknamed "the Saint", was the legalist Duke of Brittany from 1341 until his death, via his marriage to Joan, Duchess of Brittany and Countess of Penthièvre, holding the title against the…

1364

Izz al-Din ibn Rukn al-Din Mahmud

malik of Sistan

Izz al-Din was the Mihrabanid malik of Sistan from 1352 until 1380. He was the son of Rukn al-Din Mahmud.

1382

Andrew Stewart

Scottish bishop (born 1442)

Andrew Stewart was a 15th-century Scottish prelate and administrator.

1501

Gustav I of Sweden (born 1496)

Gustav Eriksson Vasa, also known as Gustav I, was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560. He was previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm (Riksföreståndare) from 1521, during the Swedish War of…

1560

Lorenzo Ruiz

Filipino martyr and saint (born 1600)

Lorenzo Ruiz, also called Saint Lorenzo of Manila, was a Filipino Catholic layman and a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. A Chinese Filipino, he became his country's protomartyr after his execution in Japan by…

1637

René Goupil

French missionary and saint (born 1608)

René Goupil,, was a French Jesuit lay missionary who became a lay brother of the Society of Jesus shortly before his death. He was the first of the eight North American Martyrs of the Roman Catholic Church to receive…

1642

William Stanley

6th Earl of Derby, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire (born 1561)

William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby was an English nobleman and politician. Stanley inherited a prominent social position that was both dangerous and unstable, as his mother was heir to Queen Elizabeth I under the Third…

1642

George Haliburton

Scottish bishop (born 1635)

George Haliburton was a Scottish cleric and Jacobite. He was both Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of King's College, Aberdeen.

1715

Michael Denis

Austrian poet and author (born 1729)

Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael Denis, also: Sined the Bard, was an Austrian Catholic priest and Jesuit, who is best known as a poet, bibliographer, and lepidopterist.

1800

Michael Hillegas

American politician, 1st Treasurer of the United States (born 1728)

Michael Hillegas was an American merchant and politician who served as the first Treasurer of the United States from 1775 to 1789.

1804

Ferdinand VII of Spain (born 1784)

Ferdinand VII was King of Spain during the early 19th century. He reigned briefly in 1808 and then again from 1813 to his death in 1833. Before 1813, he was known as el Deseado, and after, as el Rey Felón.

1833

David Keith Ballow

Scottish-Australian doctor (born 1804)

David Keith Ballow was the government medical officer in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and the first doctor to establish a private practice in Brisbane.

1850

Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska

Polish composer and pianist (born 1829 or 1834)

Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, also known as Tekla Bądarzewska was a Polish composer and pianist. She composed mainly for the piano and is internationally known for her composition A Maiden's Prayer.

1861

William "Bull" Nelson

American general (born 1824)

William "Bull" Nelson was a United States naval officer who became a Union general during the American Civil War.

1862

Sterling Price

American major general and politician (born 1809)

Sterling Price was an American politician and military officer who was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army, fighting in both the Western and Trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War. He rose to…

1867

Bernhard von Langenbeck

German surgeon and academic (born 1810)

Bernhard Rudolf Konrad von Langenbeck was a German surgeon known as the developer of Langenbeck's amputation and founder of Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery.

1887

Louis Faidherbe

French general and politician (born 1818)

Louis Léon César Faidherbe was a French general and colonial administrator. He created the Senegalese Tirailleurs when he was governor of Senegal.

1889

Thomas F. Bayard

American lawyer, politician and diplomat (born 1828)

Thomas Francis Bayard was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat from Wilmington, Delaware. A Democrat, he served three terms as the United States senator from Delaware and made three unsuccessful bids for the…

1898

Samuel Fenton Cary

American lawyer and politician (born 1814)

Samuel Fenton Cary was an American politician who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio and significant temperance movement leader in the 19th century. Cary became well known nationally as a…

1900

William McGonagall

Scottish poet and actor (born 1825)

William McGonagall was a Scottish poet and public performer. He gained notoriety as an exceptionally poor poet who exhibited no recognition of or concern for his peers' opinions of his work. McGonagall wrote about 200…

1902

Émile Zola

French journalist, author, and playwright (born 1840)

Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical…

1902

Alfred Nehring

German zoologist and paleontologist (born 1845)

Alfred Nehring was a German zoologist and paleontologist. He was a founding professor of zoology at the Royal agricultural university in Berlin.

1904

Alexander Hay Japp

Scottish author, journalist and publisher (born 1836)

Alexander Hay Japp was a Scottish author, journalist and publisher.

1905

Machado de Assis

Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (born 1839)

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, sometimes called Bruxo do Cosme Velho, was a pioneer Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer, widely regarded as the greatest writer of Brazilian literature. In 1897,…

1908

Rebecca Harding Davis

American author and journalist (born 1831)

Rebecca Blaine Harding Davis was an American author and journalist. She was a pioneer of literary realism in American literature. She graduated valedictorian from Washington Female Seminary in Pennsylvania. Her most…

1910

Winslow Homer

American painter, illustrator, and engraver (born 1836)

Winslow Homer was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters of 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in American art in…

1910

Rudolf Diesel

German engineer, invented the diesel engine (born 1858)

Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel was a German inventor and mechanical engineer, best known for inventing the diesel engine, which burns diesel fuel; both are named after him.

1913

John F. Lacey

American politician (born 1841)

John Fletcher Lacey was an eight-term Republican United States congressman from Iowa's 6th congressional district. He was also the author of the Lacey Act of 1900, which made it a crime to ship illegal game across state…

1913

Luther Orlando Emerson

American musician, composer and music publisher (born 1820)

Luther Orlando Emerson was an American musician, composer and music publisher.

1915

Rudi Stephan

German composer (born 1887)

Rudi Stephan was a German composer of great promise who was considered one of the leading talents of his generation. He was killed in action during World War I.

1915

Lawrence Weathers

Australian soldier (born 1890).

Lawrence Carthage Weathers, was a New Zealand-born Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in battle that could be awarded to a member of the Australian armed forces at the time. His…

1918

Edward Pulsford

English-Australian politician and free-trade campaigner (born 1844)

Edward Pulsford was an English-born Australian politician and free-trade campaigner.

1919

Walther Penck

German geologist and geomorphologist (born 1888)

Walther Penck was a geologist and geomorphologist known for his theories on landscape evolution. Penck is noted for criticizing key elements of the Davisian cycle of erosion, concluding that the process of uplift and…

1923

Léon Bourgeois

French police officer and politician, 64th Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1851)

Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois was a French statesman. His ideas influenced the Radical Party regarding a wide range of issues.

1925

Runar Schildt

Finnish author (born 1888)

Ernst Runar Schildt was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author from Helsinki. His son was art historian and author Göran Schildt. Although Schildt wrote his books in Swedish, they have also been translated into Finnish,…

1925

Arthur Achleitner

German journalist and author (born 1858)

Arthur Achleitner was a German writer. His works are noteworthy because he describes local customs and peculiarities of the people in the Austrian and Bavarian Alps, and the Mediterranean regions of the former…

1927

Willem Einthoven

Indonesian-Dutch physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)

Willem Einthoven was a Dutch medical doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiograph in 1895 and received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1924 for it.

1927

John Devoy

Irish-American Fenian rebel leader (born 1842)

John Devoy was an Irish republican rebel and journalist who owned and edited The Gaelic American, a New York weekly newspaper, from 1903 to 1928.

1928

Ernst Steinitz

German mathematician (born 1871)

Ernst Steinitz was a German mathematician.

1928

Ilya Repin

Ukrainian-Russian painter and illustrator (born 1844)

Ilya Yefimovich Repin was a Ukrainian-born Russian painter. He became one of the most renowned artists in Russia in the 19th century. His major works include Barge Haulers on the Volga (1873), Religious Procession in…

1930

William Orpen

Irish artist (born 1878)

Major Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen was an Irish artist who mainly worked in London. Orpen was a fine draughtsman and a popular, commercially successful painter of portraits for the well-to-do in Edwardian…

1931

Jean-François Delmas

French bass-baritone (born 1861)

Jean-François Delmas, or Francisque Delmas was a French bass-baritone who created roles in many French operas including Athanaël in Thaïs.

1933

Winifred Holtby

English novelist and journalist (born 1898)

Winifred Holtby was an English novelist and journalist, now best known for her novel South Riding, which was posthumously published in 1936.

1935

Ray Ewry

American triple jumper (born 1873)

Raymond Clarence Ewry was an American track and field athlete who won eight gold medals at the Olympic Games and two gold medals at the Intercalated Games. This puts him among the most successful Olympians of all time.

1937

Douglas Crawford McMurtrie

American typeface designer, graphic designer, historian and author (born 1888)

Douglas Crawford McMurtrie was an American typeface designer, graphic designer, historian, author and bibliographer of printing.

1944

Rosa Olitzka

German-American contralto singer (born 1873)

Rosa Olitzka was a German-born contralto singer. She sang with the Metropolitan Opera from 1895 to 1901, and with the Chicago Opera from 1910 to 1911.

1949

Thomas Cahill

American soccer player and coach (born 1864)

Thomas W. Cahill was one of the founding fathers of soccer in the United States, and is considered the most important administrator in U.S. Soccer before World War II. Cahill formed the United States Football…

1951

John Cobb

English race car driver and pilot (born 1899)

John Rhodes Cobb was an early to mid 20th century English racing motorist. He was three times holder of the World Land Speed Record, in 1938, 1939 and 1947, set at Bonneville Speedway in Utah, US. He was awarded the…

1952

C. H. Douglas

British engineer (born 1879)

Major Clifford Hugh Douglas, MIMechE, MIEE, was a British engineer, economist and pioneer of the social credit economic reform movement.

1952

Ernst Reuter

German politician (born 1889)

Ernst Rudolf Johannes Reuter was a German politician who was the mayor of West Berlin from 1948 to 1953, during the Cold War. He played a significant role in unifying the divided sectors of Berlin and publicly and…

1953

Louis Leon Thurstone

American psychologist (born 1887)

Louis Leon Thurstone was an American pioneer in the fields of psychometrics and psychophysics. He conceived the approach to measurement known as the law of comparative judgment, and is well known for his contributions…

1955

Hubert Maitland Turnbull

British pathologist (born 1875)

Hubert Maitland Turnbull FRS was a British pathologist.

1955

Anastasio Somoza García

Nicaraguan politician, 21st President of Nicaragua (born 1896)

Anastasio Somoza García was the leader of Nicaragua from 1936 until his assassination in 1956. He was officially the 21st President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1937 to 1 May 1947 and from 21 May 1950 until his…

1956

Aarre Merikanto

Finnish composer (born 1893)

Aarre Merikanto was a Finnish composer.

1958

Bruce Bairnsfather

British humorist and cartoonist (born 1887)

Captain Charles Bruce Bairnsfather was a prominent British humorist and cartoonist. His best-known cartoon character is Old Bill. Bill and his pals Bert and Alf featured in Bairnsfather's "Fragments from France"…

1959

John Baillie

Scottish theologian (born 1886)

John Baillie was a Scottish theologian, a Church of Scotland minister and brother of theologian Donald Macpherson Baillie.

1960

Vladimir Dimitrov

Bulgarian artist (born 1882)

Vladimir "the Master/Maystora" Dimitrov Poppetrov was a Bulgarian painter, draughtsman and teacher. He is considered one of the most talented 20th century Bulgarian painters and probably the most remarkable stylist in…

1960

John Goodwin

British soldier and medical practitioner, 14th Governor of Queensland (born 1871)

Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Herbert John Chapman Goodwin, was a British soldier and medical practitioner, who served as the Governor of Queensland from 1927 to 1932.

1960

Bernard Gimbel

American businessman (born 1885)

Bernard Feustman Gimbel was an American businessman and president of the Gimbels department store.

1966

Carson McCullers

American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (born 1917)

Carson McCullers was an American novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet. Her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940), explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts in a small…

1967

Edward Everett Horton

American actor (born 1886)

Edward Everett Horton, Jr. was an American character actor and comedian. He had a long career in film, theater, radio, television, and voice work for animated cartoons.

1970

Gilbert Seldes

American writer and cultural critic (born 1893)

Gilbert Vivian Seldes was an American writer and cultural critic. Seldes served as the editor and drama critic of the seminal modernist magazine The Dial and hosted the NBC television program The Subject is Jazz (1958).…

1970

Kathleen Clarke

Irish politician and activist (born 1878)

Kathleen Clarke was a founder member of Cumann na mBan, a women's paramilitary organisation formed in Ireland in 1914, and one of very few people privy to the plans of the Easter Rising in 1916. She was the wife of Tom…

1972

W. H. Auden

English-American poet, playwright, and critic (born 1907)

Wystan Hugh Auden was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry is noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form, and content.…

1973

Gladys Skelton

Australian-British poet, novelist and playwright (born 1885)

Gladys Skelton was an Australian and United Kingdom poet, novelist and playwright who wrote using the pseudonym John Presland.

1975

Casey Stengel

American baseball player and manager (born 1890)

Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder and manager, best known as the manager of the championship New York Yankees of the 1950s and later, the expansion New York Mets.…

1975

Robert McKimson

American animator and illustrator (born 1910)

Robert Porter McKimson Sr. was an American animator and illustrator, best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. Cartoons and later DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.…

1977

Alexander Tcherepnin

Russian-American composer and pianist (born 1899)

Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin was a Russian-born composer and pianist.

1977

Francisco Macías Nguema

Equatoguinean politician, 1st President of Equatorial Guinea (born 1924)

Francisco Macías Nguema, often referred to as Macías Nguema or simply Macías, was an Equatoguinean politician who served as the first president of Equatorial Guinea from the country's gaining of independence in 1968,…

1979

Ivan Wyschnegradsky

Russian composer (born 1893)

Ivan Alexandrovich Wyschnegradsky, was a Russian composer primarily known for his microtonal compositions. For most of his life, from 1920 onwards, Wyschnegradsky lived in Paris.

1979

Harold Alexander Abramson

American physician (born 1889)

Harold Alexander Abramson was an American physician, remembered as a proponent of therapeutic LSD. He played a significant role in the CIA's MKULTRA program to investigate the possible applications for LSD.

1980

Bill Shankly

Scottish footballer and manager (born 1913)

William Shankly was a Scottish football player and manager who is best known for his time as manager of Liverpool. Shankly brought success to Liverpool, gaining promotion to the First Division and winning three League…

1981

Frances Yates

English historian (born 1899)

Dame Frances Amelia Yates was an English historian of the Renaissance who wrote on the history of esotericism.

1981

A. L. Lloyd

English folk singer (born 1908)

Albert Lancaster Lloyd, usually known as A. L. Lloyd or Bert Lloyd, was an English folk singer and collector of folk songs, and as such was a key figure in the British folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s. While Lloyd is…

1982

Monty Stratton

American baseball player and coach (born 1912)

Monty Franklin Pierce Stratton was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was born in Palacios, Texas and lived in Greenville, Texas, for part of his life. His major league career…

1982

Alan Moorehead

Australian war correspondent and author (born 1910)

Alan McCrae Moorehead, was a war correspondent and author of popular histories, most notably two books on the nineteenth-century exploration of the Nile, The White Nile (1960) and The Blue Nile (1962). Australian-born,…

1983

Geater Davis

American singer and songwriter (born 1946)

Vernon "Geater" Davis was an American soul singer and songwriter. He has been described as "one of the South's great lost soul singers, an impassioned stylist whose voice was a combination of sweetness and sandpaper…

1984

Hal Porter

Australian novelist, playwright and poet (born 1911)

Harold Edward "Hal" Porter was an Australian novelist, playwright, poet, and short story writer. He is known for his 1963 memoir, The Watcher on the Cast Iron Balcony. The Hal Porter Short Story Competition continues to…

1984

Henry Ford II

American businessman (born 1917)

Henry Ford II, commonly known as "Hank the Deuce," was an American businessman in the automotive industry. He was the oldest son of Edsel Ford I and oldest grandson of Henry Ford. He served as president of the Ford…

1987

Charles Addams

American cartoonist (born 1912)

Charles Samuel Addams was an American cartoonist known for his darkly humorous and macabre characters. Some of his recurring characters became known as the Addams Family, and were popularized through various adaptations.

1988

Gussie Busch

American businessman (born 1899)

August Anheuser "Gussie" Busch Jr. was an American brewing magnate who built the Anheuser-Busch into the largest brewery in the world by 1957; he served as company chairman from 1946 to 1975.

1989

Georges Ulmer

Danish-French singer-songwriter and actor (born 1919)

Georges Ulmer (1919–1989) was a Danish-born composer, librettist, and actor who became a naturalized French citizen. He was born Jørgen Frederik Ulmer on 16 February 1919 in Copenhagen, Denmark, and died on 29 September…

1989

Grace Zaring Stone

American novelist and short-story writer (born 1891)

Grace Zaring Stone was an American novelist and short-story writer. She is perhaps best known for having three of her novels made into films: The Bitter Tea of General Yen, Winter Meeting, and Escape. She also used the…

1991

Jean Aurenche

French screenwriter (born 1904)

Jean Aurenche was a French screenwriter. During his career, he wrote 80 films for directors such as René Clément, Bertrand Tavernier, Marcel Carné, Jean Delannoy and Claude Autant-Lara. He is often associated with the…

1992

William H. Sebrell Jr.

American nutritionist, 7th Director of the National Institutes of Health (born 1901)

William H. Sebrell Jr. was an American nutritionist.

1992

Don West

American writer, poet, educator, trade union organizer and civil-rights activist (born 1906)

Donald Lee West was an American writer, poet, educator, trade union organizer, civil-rights activist and a co-founder of the Highlander Folk School.

1992

Gordon Douglas

American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1907)

Gordon Douglas Brickner was an American film director and actor, who directed many different genres of films over the course of a five-decade career in motion pictures.

1993

Madalyn Murray O'Hair

American atheist and activist (born 1919)

Madalyn Murray O'Hair was an American activist who supported atheism, separation of church and state, and feminism. In 1963, she founded American Atheists and served as its president until 1986, after which her son Jon…

1995

Shūsaku Endō

Japanese author (born 1923)

Shūsaku Endō was a Japanese author who wrote from the perspective of a Japanese Catholic. Internationally, he is known for his 1966 historical fiction novel Silence, which was adapted into a 2016 film of the same name…

1996

Sven-Eric Johanson

Swedish composer and organist (born 1919)

Sven Eric Emanuel Johanson (10 December 1919 - 29 September 1997) was a Swedish composer and organist.

1997

Roy Lichtenstein

American painter and sculptor (born 1923)

Roy Fox Lichtenstein was an American artist. A leading figure of the Pop Art movement, he is best known for his large-scale paintings inspired by comic books, advertisements, and mass-produced imagery. Lichtenstein's…

1997

Edith Ballinger Price

American writer and illustrator (born 1897)

Edith Ballinger Price (1897–1997) was a prolific writer and illustrator of children's books, best known for the imaginative stories and illustrations she created for 37 different books and stories. The granddaughter of…

1997

Tom Bradley

American lieutenant and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (born 1917)

Thomas Bradley was an American politician, athlete, police officer, and lawyer who served as the 38th mayor of Los Angeles from 1973 to 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, he was Los Angeles' first black mayor,…

1998

C. David Marsden

British neurologist (born 1938)

(Charles) David Marsden, FRS was a British neurologist who made a significant contribution to the field of movement disorders. He was described as 'arguably the leading academic neurologist and neuroscientist of his…

1998

Bruno Munari

Italian artist, designer, and inventor (born 1907)

Bruno Munari was "one of the greatest actors of 20th-century art, design and graphics". He was an Italian artist, designer, and inventor who contributed fundamentals to many fields of visual arts in modernism, futurism,…

1998

Edward William O'Rourke

American bishop (born 1917)

Edward William O'Rourke was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Peoria in Illinois from 1971 to 1990.

1999

John Grant

English journalist and politician (born 1932)

John Douglas Grant was a British politician who served as an MP of the United Kingdom parliament from 1970 to 1983. He was as a member of the Labour Party until he left in 1981 to join the new Social Democratic Party…

2000

Mabel Fairbanks

American figure skater and coach (born 1915)

Mabel Fairbanks was an American figure skater and coach. As an African American and Native American woman she paved the way for other minorities to compete in the sport of figure skating such as Tai Babilonia, Debi…

2001

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu

South Vietnamese military officer and politician, 2nd President of South Vietnam (born 1923)

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who was the president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975. He was a general in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (RVNAF), became head of a…

2001

Richard Sainct

French motorcycle racer (born 1970)

Richard Sainct was a French rally raid motorcycle rider, best known for his three victories on The Paris-Dakar rally in 1999, 2000 and 2003.

2004

Patrick Wormald

English historian (born 1947)

Charles Patrick Wormald was a British historian born in Neston, Cheshire, son of historian Brian Wormald.

2004

Patrick Caulfield

English painter and academic (born 1936)

Patrick Joseph Caulfield,, was an English painter and printmaker known for his bold canvases, which often incorporated elements of photorealism within a pared-down scene. Examples of his work are Pottery and Still Life…

2005

Austin Leslie

American chef and author (born 1934)

Austin Leslie was an internationally famous New Orleans, Louisiana, chef whose work defined 'Creole Soul'. He died in Atlanta, Georgia, at the age of 71 after having been evacuated from New Orleans; he had been trapped…

2005

Walter Hadlee

New Zealand cricketer and manager (born 1915)

Walter Arnold Hadlee was a New Zealand cricketer and Test match captain. He played domestic first-class cricket for Canterbury and Otago. Three of his five sons, Sir Richard, Dayle and Barry played cricket for New…

2006

Michael A. Monsoor

American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1981)

Michael Anthony Monsoor was a United States Navy SEAL who was killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom during the Battle of Ramadi when he dove onto a grenade to shield his fellow SEALs, sacrificing his own life. He was…

2006

Louis-Albert Vachon

Canadian cardinal (born 1912)

Louis-Albert Vachon, was a Canadian educator, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and Archbishop of Quebec.

2006

Lois Maxwell

Canadian actress (born 1927)

Lois Ruth Maxwell was a Canadian actress. She was best known for portraying Miss Moneypenny in the first 14 Eon-produced James Bond films (1962–1985), from Dr. No in 1962 to A View to a Kill in 1985.

2007

Katsuko Saruhashi

Japanese geochemist (born 1920)

Katsuko Saruhashi (猿橋勝子, Saruhashi Katsuko; March 22, 1920 – September 29, 2007) was a Japanese geochemist who created tools that let her take some of the first measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in seawater.…

2007

Hayden Carruth

American poet and critic (born 1921)

Hayden Carruth was an American poet, literary critic and anthologist. He taught at Syracuse University.

2008

Tony Curtis

American actor (born 1925)

Tony Curtis was an American actor with a career that spanned six decades, achieving the height of his popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 films, in roles covering a wide range of genres.…

2010

Greg Giraldo

American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1965)

Gregory Carlos Giraldo was an American stand-up comedian, television personality, and lawyer. He is remembered for his appearances on Comedy Central's televised roast specials, and for his work on that network's…

2010

Sylvia Robinson

American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1936)

Sylvia Robinson, known mononymously as Sylvia, was an American singer and record producer. Robinson achieved success as a performer on two R&B chart toppers: as half of Mickey & Sylvia with the 1957 single "Love Is…

2011

Neil Smith

Scottish geographer and academic (born 1954)

Neil Robert Smith was a Scottish geographer and Marxist academic. He was Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and winner of numerous awards,…

2012

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger

American publisher (born 1926)

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Sr. was an American publisher and a businessman. Born into a prominent media and publishing family, Sulzberger became publisher of The New York Times in 1963 and chairman of the board of The New…

2012

Malcolm Wicks

English academic and politician (born 1947)

Malcolm Hunt Wicks was a British Labour Party politician and academic specialising in social policy. He was a member of parliament (MP) from 1992, first for Croydon North West and then for Croydon North, until his death…

2012

Harold Agnew

American physicist and engineer (born 1921)

Harold Melvin Agnew was an American physicist, best known for having flown as a scientific observer on the Hiroshima bombing mission and, later, as the third director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

2013

S. N. Goenka

Indian teacher of Vipassanā meditation (born 1924)

Satya Narayana Goenka was an Indian teacher of vipassanā meditation. Born in Burma to an Indian family, he learnt Vipassana from Sayagyi U Ba Khin, retired from business in 1962 during business nationalization by…

2013

Marcella Hazan

Italian cooking writer (born 1924)

Marcella Hazan was an Italian cooking writer whose books were published in English. Her cookbooks are credited with introducing the public in the United States and the United Kingdom to the techniques of traditional…

2013

Mary Cadogan

English author (born 1928)

Mary Cadogan was an English author. She wrote extensively on popular and children's literature, including biographies of the creator of William Brown from Just William, Billy Bunter.

2014

John Ritchie

New Zealand composer and educator (born 1921)

John Anthony Ritchie was a New Zealand composer and professor of music at the University of Canterbury.

2014

Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Saudi Arabian prince (born 1932)

Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was a Saudi Arabian businessman and politician. A member of the House of Saud, he became a close ally of King Abdullah. In different periods Prince Nawwaf held significant government posts,…

2015

Hellmuth Karasek

Czech-German journalist, author, and critic (born 1934)

Hellmuth Karasek was a German journalist, literary critic, novelist, and the author of many books on literature and film. He was one of Germany's best-known feuilletonists.

2015

Phil Woods

American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1931)

Philip Wells Woods was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer.

2015

Miriam Defensor Santiago

Filipina politician (born 1945)

Miriam Palma Defensor-Santiago was a Filipino politician and lawyer who served in all three branches of the Philippine government: judicial, executive, and legislative. Defensor Santiago was known for being a long…

2016

Tom Alter

Indian actor (born 1950)

Thomas Beach Alter was an American–Indian actor who worked in Indian cinema. He was best known for his works in Hindi cinema, and Indian theatre. In 2008, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.

2017

Otis Rush

American blues guitarist and singer (born 1934)

Otis Rush Jr. was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. His distinctive guitar style featured a slow-burning sound and long bent notes. With qualities similar to the styles of other 1950s artists Magic Sam…

2018

Martin Bernheimer

German-American music critic (born 1936)

Martin Bernheimer was a German and American classical music critic. Described as "a widely respected and influential critic, who [was] particularly knowledgeable about opera and the voice", Bernheimer was the chief…

2019

Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Kuwaiti Emir (born 1929)

Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was the Emir of Kuwait from 24 January 2006 until his death in 2020.

2020

Helen Reddy

Australian-American singer, actress, and activist (born 1941)

Helen Maxine Reddy was an Australian-American singer, actress, television host, and activist. Born in Melbourne to a show business family, Reddy started her career as an entertainer at age four. She sang on radio and…

2020

Kathleen Booth

British computer scientist and mathematician (born 1922)

Kathleen Hylda Valerie Booth was a British computer scientist and mathematician who co-wrote the first assembly language and co-designed the assembler and autocode for the first computer systems at Birkbeck College,…

2022

Akissi Kouamé

Ivorian army officer (born 1955)

Brigadier-General Akissi Kouamé was an Ivorian army officer. She joined the army's medical service in 1981, whilst still a medical student. Kouamé became the first woman in the army to qualify as a paratrooper and in…

2022

Ozzie Virgil Sr.

Dominican baseball player and coach (born 1932)

Osvaldo José Virgil Pichardo was a Dominican professional baseball player and coach. He was the first person from the Dominican Republic to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) post-integration, appearing in 324 MLB…

2024

Patrick Murray

British actor (born 1956)

Patrick Noel Murray was a British actor. He was best known for playing Mickey Pearce in the British sitcom television series Only Fools and Horses from 1983 to 2003. He also had roles in ITV Playhouse (1977), Scum and…

2025

Alan McDonald

Scottish Church Minister (born 1951)

Alan Douglas McDonald was a Scottish parish minister who was the moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, from the Assembly of May 2006 until May 2007.

2025

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Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková — Czech botanist and zoologist (1877-1937)

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Known forBaborová was born in Prague in a school teacher's family and learned many languages at a young age

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