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A prolific run scorer, Hill scored 3,412 runs in Test cricket—a world record at the time of his retirement—at an average of 39.21 per innings, including seven centuries
Notable Deaths on September 5
123 people
590 – 2024
September 5 has seen 123 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 590 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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1945 — Clem Hill
Australian cricketer and footballer (born 1877)
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In 1902, Hill was the first batsman to make 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year, a feat that would not be repeated for 45 years
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His innings of 365*, scored against New South Wales for South Australia in 1900–01, was a Sheffield Shield record for 27 years
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Clement Hill was an Australian cricketer who played 49 Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1896 and 1912
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The South Australian Cricket Association named a grandstand at the Adelaide Oval in his honour in 2003 and he was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2005
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1235
Hungarian oligarch
Amadeus Aba or Amade Aba was a Hungarian oligarch in the Kingdom of Hungary who ruled de facto independently the northern and north-eastern counties of the kingdom. He held the office of Palatine several times, and he…
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1311
count of Étampes (born 1305)
Charles d'Évreux was the son of Louis, Count of Évreux and Margaret of Artois.
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1336
Spanish explorer
Toribio Alonso de Salazar was a Spanish navigator of Basque origin, who was the first Westerner to arrive on the Marshall Islands on 21 August 1526.
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1526
Sixth and last Queen of Henry VIII of England (born c. 1512)
Catherine Parr was Queen of England and Ireland as the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 12 July 1543 until Henry's death on 28 January 1547. Catherine was the final queen consort of the…
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1548
German Protestant reformer (born 1497)
Katharina Schütz Zell was a Protestant reformer and writer during the Protestant Reformation. She was one of the first Protestant women to marry a clergyman. Katharina lived all of her life in Strasbourg. Strasbourg was…
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1562
Bishop of London (born c. 1500)
Edmund Bonner was Bishop of London from 1539 to 1549 and again from 1553 to 1559. Initially an instrumental figure in the schism of Henry VIII from Rome, he was antagonised by the Protestant reforms introduced by the…
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1569
French politician, Chancellor of France (born 1529)
Pomponne de Bellièvre, seigneur de Grignon was a French statesman, chancellor of France (1599–1605).
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1607
Italian singer-songwriter (born 1585)
Domenico Allegri was an Italian composer and singer of the early Baroque Roman School. He was the second son of the Milanese coachman Costantino Allegri, who lived in Rome with his family, and was a younger brother of…
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1629
1734
English merchant and philanthropist (born 1712)
Jonas Hanway, FRSA, was an English merchant, writer and philanthropist. He was the first male Londoner to carry an umbrella and was a noted opponent of tea drinking. Hanway created seventy-four printed works, mostly…
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1786
French general and author (born 1741)
Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos was a French novelist, official, Freemason and army general, best known for writing the epistolary novel Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782).
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1803
French flute player and composer (born 1759)
François Devienne was a French composer of the Classical period and professor for flute at the Paris Conservatory.
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1803
Austrian actor and playwright (born 1790)
Ferdinand Raimund was an Austrian actor and playwright.
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1836
French architect and interior decorator (born 1764)
Charles Percier was a neoclassical French architect, interior decorator and designer, who worked in a close partnership with Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, originally his friend from student days. For work undertaken…
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1838
French sociologist and philosopher (born 1798)
Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte was a French philosopher, mathematician and writer who formulated the doctrine of positivism. He is often regarded as the first philosopher of science in the modern sense of…
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1857
Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile (born 1790)
Manuel José Blanco y Calvo de Encalada was a vice-admiral in the Chilean Navy, a political figure, and Chile's first President (Provisional) (1826).
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1876
American tribal leader (born 1849)
Crazy Horse was a Lakota war leader of the Oglala band. He took up arms against the United States federal government to fight against encroachment by White American settlers on Native American territory and to preserve…
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1877
Jr., United States Army cavalry officer (born 1822)
George Stoneman Jr. was an American military officer and politician who served as the 15th governor of California from 1883 to 1887.
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1894
Canadian-American nurse, soldier, and spy (born 1841)
Sarah Emma Edmonds was a British North America-born woman who claimed to have served as a man with the Union Army as a nurse and spy during the American Civil War. Although recognized for her service by the United…
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1898
Slovenian physicist and academic (born 1853)
Ignacij Klemenčič was a Carniolan (Slovenian) physicist.
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1901
German anthropologist, pathologist, and biologist (born 1821)
Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow was a German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician. He is known as "the father of modern pathology" and as the founder of social…
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1902
Austrian physicist and philosopher (born 1844)
Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann was an Austrian mathematician and theoretical physicist. His greatest achievements were the development of statistical mechanics and the statistical explanation of the second law of…
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1906
French chemist (born 1864)
Louis Bouveault was a French scientist who became professor of organic chemistry at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Paris.
He is known for the Bouveault aldehyde synthesis and the Bouveault–Blanc reduction.
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1909
Jr., American LTG (Army), Medal of Honor recipient (born 1845)
Arthur MacArthur Jr. was a lieutenant general of the United States Army. He became the military Governor-General of the American-occupied Philippines in 1900; his term ended a year later due to clashes with the civilian…
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1912
Austrian-Polish physicist and mountaineer (born 1872)
Marian Smoluchowski was a Polish physicist who worked in the territories of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was a pioneer of statistical physics and made significant contributions to the theory of Brownian motion and…
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1917
American actor (born 1893)
Robert Emmett Harron was an American motion picture actor of the early silent film era. Although he appeared in over 200 films, he is perhaps best remembered for his roles in the D.W. Griffith directed films The Birth…
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1920
1922
German journalist and politician (born 1890)
Karl Harrer was a German journalist and politician, one of the founding members of the German Workers' Party (DAP) in January 1919, the predecessor to the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, more commonly…
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1926
American soldier, businessman, and philanthropist (born 1849)
Robert Means Thompson was a United States Navy officer, business magnate, philanthropist and a president of the American Olympic Association. He is the namesake of the destroyer USS Thompson (DD-627).
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1930
Scottish footballer (born 1909)
John Thomson was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Celtic and the Scotland national football team. He died as a result of an accidental collision with Rangers player Sam English during an Old Firm…
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1931
Spanish journalist, author, and playwright (born 1866)
Francisco López Acebal was a Spanish novelist, playwright and journalist.
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1932
German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1889)
Paul Bern was a German-born American film director, screenwriter and producer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), where he became the assistant to producer Irving Thalberg. He helped launch the career of Jean Harlow, whom he…
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1932
Russian-Australian businessman, founded Myer Stores (born 1878)
Sidney Myer was a Belarusian-born Australian businessman and philanthropist, best known for founding Myer, Australia's largest chain of department stores.
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1934
French poet and critic (born 1859)
Gustave Kahn was a French Symbolist poet and art critic. He was also active, via publishing and essay-writing, in defining Symbolism and distinguishing it from the Decadent Movement.
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1936
Canadian religious sister (born 1869)
Kathleen Fanny O'Melia, also known as Sister Mary of the Angels, Sister Mary Stella, and O'Melia-san, was an English-born teacher, social worker, and lay missionary for the Church of England and the Catholic Church in…
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1939
French soldier and pilot (born 1917)
François de Labouchere, born at Saint-Jean-le-Vieux (Ain) on 18 September 1917 and killed in air-to-air combat on 5 September 1942, was a French pilot of the Second World War.
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1942
American physicist and chemist (born 1881)
Richard Chace Tolman was an American mathematical physicist and physical chemist who made many contributions to statistical mechanics and theoretical cosmology. He was a professor at the California Institute of…
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1948
Argentine-German agronomist and politician, convicted war criminal (born 1895)
Richard Walther Darré was one of the leading Nazi "blood and soil" ideologists and served as Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture. As the National leader for agricultural policy, he was a high-ranking functionary in…
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1953
German lawyer and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (born 1860)
Eugen Schiffer was a German lawyer and liberal politician. He served as Minister of Finance and deputy head of government in the Weimar Republic from February to April 1919. From October 1919 to March 1920, he was again…
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1954
Australian footballer and coach (born 1911)
Haydn William Bunton was an Australian rules footballer who represented Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL), Subiaco in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), and Port Adelaide in the South Australian…
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1955
American academic (born 1861)
Lewis Ellsworth Akeley was an American academic. He served in various roles at the University of South Dakota (USD) between 1887 and his retirement in 1933, including as lecturer of various topics, including physics and…
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1961
Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (born 1882)
Thomas Johnston was a prominent Scottish socialist journalist who became a politician of the early 20th century, a member of the Labour Party, a member of parliament (MP) and government minister – usually with Cabinet…
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1965
Hungarian golfer, tennis player, and architect (born 1879)
Dezső Lauber was a Hungarian all-round sportsman and architect. He was born in Pécs and died in Budapest.
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1966
German-Austrian race car driver (born 1942)
Karl Jochen Rindt was a racing driver who competed under the Austrian flag in Formula One from 1964 to 1970. Rindt won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1970 with Lotus, and remains the only driver to have…
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1970
Australian cricketer and businessman (born 1897)
Alan Falconer Kippax was a cricketer for New South Wales (NSW) and Australia. Regarded as one of the great stylists of Australian cricket during the era between the two World Wars, Kippax overcame a late start to Test…
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1972
American baseball player and coach (born 1889)
John Frank Fournier was an American professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Robins, and Boston Braves from…
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1973
American microbiologist (born 1881)
Alice Catherine Evans was an American microbiologist. She became a researcher at the U.S. Department of Agriculture where she investigated bacteriology in milk and cheese. She proved that Bacillus abortus caused the…
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1975
Belgian poet and activist (born 1897)
Marcel Thiry was a French-speaking Belgian poet. During World War I, he and his brother Oscar served in the Belgian Expeditionary Corps in Russia.
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1977
Italian cardinal (born 1884)
Alberto di Jorio was a cardinal of the Catholic Church and for many years along with the layman Bernardino Nogara the powerhouse behind the growing wealth of the Vatican and the Istituto per le Opere di Religione.
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1979
1980
English captain and pilot (born 1910)
Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader, was a Royal Air Force flying ace during the Second World War, who achieved great success despite loss of the lower part of both his legs after a 1931 air crash, one…
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1982
Chinese politician (born 1911)
Meng Qingshu, also known as Roza Vladimirovna Osetrova was a Chinese politician, member of the 28 Bolsheviks and wife of the Chinese Communist Party active leader, Wang Ming.
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1983
Indonesian politician and diplomat, 3rd Vice President of Indonesia (born 1917)
Adam Malik Batubara was an Indonesian politician, diplomat, and journalist, who served as the third vice president of Indonesia from 1978 until 1983, under President Suharto. Previously, he served in a number of…
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1984
American psychic and author (born 1929)
Dorothy Jane Roberts was an American author and poet, who claimed to be psychic and a spirit medium channeling a personality who called himself "Seth." Her publication of the Seth texts, known as the Seth Material,…
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1984
Estonian engineer (born 1914)
Johannes Rudolph Hint was an Estonian scientist and the only person to create and successfully run a limited company under the communist planned economy of the Soviet Union. With his company, Dessim Ltd, he earned…
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1985
Indian flight purser, known for her heroic actions on Pan Am Flight 73, during which she was killed (born 1963)
Neerja Bhanot was an Indian flight attendant. On 5 September 1986, she saved a large number of passengers on board Pan Am Flight 73, which had been hijacked by four terrorists from the Abu Nidal Organization after it…
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1986
German actor and singer (born 1913)
Karl Gerhart "Gert" Fröbe was a German actor who appeared in over 100, mostly German-produced films. He was best known in English-speaking countries for his work as the title character in the James Bond film Goldfinger…
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1988
Welsh-Australian chemical engineer (born 1905)
Sir John Philip Baxter was a British-Australian chemical engineer. He was the second director of the University of New South Wales from 1953, continuing as vice-chancellor when the position's title was changed in 1955.…
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1989
1990
American cartoonist and publisher, co-founded Eisner & Iger (born 1903)
Samuel Maxwell "Jerry" Iger was an American cartoonist and art-studio entrepreneur. With business partner Will Eisner, he co-founded Eisner & Iger, a comic book packager that produced comics on demand for new publishers…
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1990
Bulgarian politician (born 1896)
Ivan Mihaylov Gavrilov, also known as Vancho Mihaylov, was a Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary in interwar Macedonia and the last leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO).
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1990
Indian author and poet (born 1931)
Sharad Joshi was an Indian poet, writer, satirist and a dialogue and scriptwriter in Hindi films and television. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1990.
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1991
American author and poet (born 1910)
Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction.
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1992
French cinematographer (born 1914)
Claude Renoir was a French cinematographer. He was the son of actor Pierre Renoir, the grandson of painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and the nephew of director Jean Renoir.
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1993
Israeli mathematician and scholar (born 1921)
Shimshon Avraham Amitsur was an Israeli mathematician. A leading figure in twentieth-century noncommutative algebra, he is best known for his wide-ranging contributions to ring theory, including the theory of rings with…
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1994
Australian politician (born 1946)
John Paul Newman was an Australian politician who served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1986 until his assassination in 1994.
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1994
Indonesian comedian, actor, and singer (born 1939)
Benyamin Sueb was an Indonesian comedian, actor and singer. He released 46 studio albums and starred in more than 50 films. He received two Citra Awards for Intan Berduri in 1973 and Si Doel Anak Modern in 1977.
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1995
Indian music composer (born 1922)
Salil Chowdhury was an Indian music director, songwriter, lyricist, writer and poet who predominantly composed for Bengali, Hindi and Malayalam films. He composed music for films in 13 languages. This includes over 75…
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1995
Indian bishop (born 1926)
Basil Salvadore D'Souza was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore from 22 March 1965 until his death on 5 September 1996. He was the longest-serving bishop in the diocese's history.
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1996
1997
American actor (born 1926)
Eddie Little Sky, also known as Edward Little, was an American actor. A citizen of the Oglala Lakota tribe Eddie had parts in 36 feature films and over 60 television shows, mainly westerns in the role of a Native…
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1997
Hungarian conductor and director (born 1912)
Sir Georg Solti was a Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor, known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt, and London, and as a long-serving music director of the Chicago Symphony…
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1997
Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, and saint, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)
Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and a Catholic saint.
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1997
Canadian radio host (born 1909)
Ferdinand Biondi, was a French Canadian radio broadcaster.
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1998
Jr., Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Transport (born 1922)
Willem "Wim" Drees Jr. was a Dutch politician of the Democratic Socialists '70 (DS'70) party and economist.
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1998
Danish interior designer (born 1926)
Verner Panton is considered one of Denmark's most influential 20th-century furniture and interior designers. During his career, he created innovative and futuristic designs in a variety of materials, especially…
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1998
1998
English historian and politician, Minister for Defence Procurement (born 1928)
Alan Kenneth Mackenzie Clark was a British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), author and diarist. He served as a junior minister in Margaret Thatcher's governments at the Departments of Employment, Trade and…
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1999
American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1914)
Allen Albert Funt was an American television producer, director, writer and television personality, best known as the creator and host of Candid Camera from the 1940s to 1980s, as either a regular television show or a…
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1999
Canadian businessman and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (born 1921)
Bryce Stuart Mackasey was a Canadian politician and diplomat. He served as twice a Member of Parliament, as a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec, and as ambassador to Portugal.
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1999
Guyanese cricketer and politician (born 1942)
Roy Clifton Fredericks was a West Indian cricketer who played Test cricket from 1968 to 1977. He was a member of the squad which won the 1975 Cricket World Cup.
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2000
American chef and author (born 1914)
Justin Elmer Wilson was a Southern American chef and humorist known for his brand of Cajun-inspired cuisine, humor and storytelling.
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2001
Croatian economist and academic (born 1912)
Vladimir Žerjavić was a Croatian economist and demographer who published a series of historical articles and books during the 1980s and 1990s on demographic losses in Yugoslavia during World War II and of Axis forces…
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2001
American cosmologist and astronomer (born 1935)
David Todd Wilkinson was an American cosmologist, specializing in the study of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB).
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2002
Canadian-American singer and actress (born 1927)
Gisèle MacKenzie was a Canadian-American singer, actress, and commercial spokesperson, best known for her performances on the US television program Your Hit Parade.
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2003
Chilean general (born 1917)
Roberto Urbano Viaux Marambio was a Chilean Army General and the primary planner of two attempted coups d'état in Chile in 1969 and 1970. The first was against President Eduardo Frei Montalva, and the second sought to…
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2005
American engineer and politician (born 1941)
Jennifer Jill Dunn was an American politician and engineer who served six terms as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005, representing Washington's 8th congressional…
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2007
American lawyer and politician (born 1939)
Paul Eugene Gillmor was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the U.S. representative from the 5th congressional district of Ohio from 1989 until his death in 2007.
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2007
Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1976)
Thomas Hansen was a Norwegian alternative country musician performing under the name Saint Thomas.
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2007
American pastor and author (born 1930)
Dennis James Kennedy was an American Presbyterian pastor, evangelist, Christian broadcaster, and author. He was the senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from 1960 until his death…
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2007
Greek director and screenwriter (born 1939)
Nikos Georgiou Nikolaidis was a Greek film director, screenwriter, film producer, writer, theatre director, assistant director, record producer, television director, and commercial director. He is usually considered a…
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2007
Nigerian lawyer and activist (born 1938)
Chief Abdul-Ganiyu "Gani" Oyesola Fawehinmi,, SAN, was a Nigerian author, publisher, philanthropist, social critic, human and civil rights lawyer, and politician.
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2009
Australian author and academic (born 1932)
Hedley Beare was an Australian educator, administrator and author. He led the creation of the Northern Territory and ACT education systems. Beare wrote, co-wrote or edited 18 books and contributed 40 book chapters and…
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2010
Belgian-Dutch poet and painter (born 1922)
Corneille – Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, better known under his pseudonym Corneille, was a Dutch artist.
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2010
2012
Russian-American actress and author (born 1946)
Victoria Fyodorova was a Russian-American actress and author. She was born shortly after World War II to Jackson Tate (1898–1978), then a captain in the United States Navy, and Russian actress Zoya Fyodorova…
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2012
English jockey and journalist (born 1929)
John Geoffrey Tristram Lawrence, 4th Baron Trevethin and 2nd Baron Oaksey, was a British aristocrat, amateur jockey and horse racing journalist and TV presenter. He was twice British Champion Amateur Jump Jockey, before…
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2012
American lawyer and politician (born 1950)
Edwin H. Bideau III was a lawyer, farmer, rancher, and Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 9th district.
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2013
English pilot, journalist, and author (born 1922)
Geoffrey George Goodman was a British journalist, broadcaster and writer. Following periods on the News Chronicle and the Daily Herald, he was a senior journalist on the Daily Mirror from 1969 to 1986. Goodman was…
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2013
American journalist and academic (born 1975)
Isamu Jordan was an American journalist, musician, and professor. When he was 15 years old, he joined the staff of The Spokesman-Review, where he wrote articles for Our Generation, the teen section of the newspaper.…
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2013
American journalist (born 1930)
Bruce Alexander Morton was an American television news correspondent for both CBS News and CNN in a career which spanned over 40 years.
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2014
German mathematician, author, and academic (born 1964)
Mara Dicle Neusel was a mathematician, author, teacher and an advocate for women in mathematics. The focus of her mathematical work was on invariant theory, which can be briefly described as the study of group actions…
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2014
Malaysian-Singaporean businessman, founded Eng Wah Global (born 1923)
Goh Eng Wah was a film distributor, and one of the pioneers in Singapore's cinema industry. He founded Eng Wah Global Pte Ltd, a cinema operator specialising in Chinese movies imported from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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2015
Indian singer-songwriter (born 1964)
Aadesh Shrivastava was a music composer and playback singer who worked in Indian films. Initially, he had worked as a drummer to music composers including R. D. Burman, Rajesh Roshan before working independently as a…
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2015
American baseball player and businessman (born 1929)
Chester K. Stranczek was an American businessman, politician, and former Minor League Baseball player who was the mayor of Crestwood, Illinois, for 39 years, from 1969 to 2007. He drew national attention during his…
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2015
American actor (born 1925)
Hugh O'Brian was an American actor and humanitarian who starred in the ABC Western television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961) and the NBC action television series Search (1972–1973). His notable…
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2016
American lawyer, writer, and political activist (born 1924)
Phyllis Stewart Schlafly was an American attorney and activist who was nationally prominent in conservatism. She opposed feminism, gay rights, and abortion, and campaigned against the ratification of the Equal Rights…
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2016
Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate (born 1920)
Nicolaas Bloembergen was a Dutch–American physicist recognized for his work in developing driving principles behind nonlinear optics for laser spectroscopy. During his career, he was a professor at Harvard University…
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2017
Indian Gujarati writer and journalist (born 1934)
Bhagwatikumar Sharma was an Indian author and journalist who wrote in Gujarati. Born in Surat and educated in languages, he edited a daily for several years. He wrote novels, short stories, poetry, essays and criticism.…
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2018
Brazilian actress (born 1926)
Beatriz Segall was a Brazilian actress. One of her most notable works is the role of Odete Roitman on the telenovela Vale Tudo (1988), considered the greatest villain in the history of Brazilian television.
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2018
Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist (born 1940)
Francisco Benjamín López Toledo was a Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist. In a career that spanned seven decades, Toledo produced thousands of works of art and became widely regarded as one of Mexico's most…
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2019
English singer, member of Girls Aloud (born 1981)
Sarah Harding was an English singer, model, and actress. Her professional career began in 2002 when she successfully auditioned for the ITV reality series Popstars: The Rivals, during which Harding won a place in the…
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2021
Ugandan athlete (born 1991)
Rebecca Cheptegei was a Ugandan cross country, long-distance and marathon runner, who was the national record holder in the latter discipline and a former world champion in mountain running.
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2024
English musician (born 1938)
Brian Keith "Herbie" Flowers was an English musician specialising in bass guitar, double bass and tuba. He was a member of groups including Blue Mink, T. Rex and Sky and was also a prolific session musician.
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2024
Indian historian of mathematics (born 1935)
Radha Charan Gupta was an Indian historian of mathematics, specialising in the history of Indian mathematics.
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2024
2024
American rapper (born 1990)
Dequantes Devontay Lamar, known professionally as Rich Homie Quan, was an American rapper. Beginning his career in 2011, Lamar first saw mainstream success with his 2013 single "Type of Way", which peaked at number 50…
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2024
French film director and screenwriter (born 1967)
Laurent Tirard was a French film director and screenwriter.
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2024
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Death year1945
Known forHe captained the Australian team in ten Tests, winning five and losing five
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