Notable Deaths on September 9

Q: Who died on September 9?

Notable people who died on September 9 include: Adalbert von Babenberg, Olaf I, Kang Kam-ch'an, William the Conqueror, Conrad II.

Q: What is Robert Askin known for?

Robert Askin, Australian sergeant and politician, 32nd Premier of New South Wales (born 1907)

111 people 906 – 2025

September 9 has seen 111 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 906 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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1981 — Robert Askin

Australian sergeant and politician, 32nd Premier of New South Wales (born 1907)

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Sir Robert William Askin, was an Australian politician and the 32nd premier of New South Wales from 1965 to 1975, the first representing the Liberal Party

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He was born in 1907 as Robin William Askin, but always disliked his first name and changed it by deed poll in 1971

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Before being knighted in 1972, however, he was generally known as Bob Askin

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Born in Sydney in 1907, Askin was educated at Sydney Technical High School

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After serving as a bank officer and as a sergeant in the Second World War, Askin joined the Liberal Party and was elected to the seat of Collaroy at the 1950 election.

Adalbert von Babenberg

Frankish nobleman

Adalbert of Babenberg was a member of the Frankish Popponids. He was the son of Margrave Henry I of Babenberg and either Ingeltrude or Judith of Friuli.

906

Olaf I

king of Norway

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1000

Kang Kam-ch'an

Korean general (born 948)

Kang Kamch'an was a medieval Korean government official and military commander during the early days of the Goryeo period (918–1392). Even though he was a career scholar and government official, he is best known for his…

1031

William the Conqueror

English king (born c. 1028)

William the Conqueror, sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England, reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was Duke of Normandy from 1035 onward. By 1060, following…

1087

Conrad II

duke of Bohemia

Conrad II Otto, a member of Přemyslid dynasty, was the first margrave of Moravia from 1182 to 1189 and duke of Bohemia from 1189 until his death.

1191

Yaroslav of Tver

Russian Grand Prince (born 1230)

Yaroslav III Yaroslavich was the first Prince of Tver from 1247, and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1263 until his death in 1271. All the later princes of Tver descended from him.

1271

Ingrid of Skänninge

Swedish abbess and saint

Ingrid of Skänninge was a Swedish prioress. She founded Skänninge Abbey, a nunnery belonging to the Order of Preachers, in 1272. Her feast day is on 2 September.

1282

Kunigunda of Halych

queen regent of Bohemia (born 1245)

Kunigunda of Halych was Queen consort of Bohemia. She was a member of the House of Chernigov and a daughter of Rostislav Mikhailovich.

1285

James I

king of Cyprus (born 1334)

James I was the youngest son of King Hugh IV of Cyprus and by 1369 held the title "Constable of Jerusalem." When his nephew Peter II died in 1382, he became King of Cyprus. James was also crowned King of Jerusalem in…

1398

Robert Harling

English knight

Sir Robert Harling was an English early member of the landed gentry, a soldier, and political strongman. The Norfolk villages of East Harling, West Harling, Harling Market and Larling were greatly under his control. He…

1435

Edward

king of Portugal (born 1391)

Edward, also called Edward the Philosopher King or the Eloquent, was the King of Portugal from 1433 until his death. He was born in Viseu, the son of John I of Portugal and Philippa of Lancaster. Edward was the oldest…

1438

Chenghua

emperor of China (born 1447)

The Chenghua Emperor, personal name Zhu Jianshen, changed to Zhu Jianru in 1457, was the ninth emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1464 to 1487. He succeeded his father, Emperor Yingzong.

1487

Francis II

duke of Brittany (born 1433)

Francis II was Duke of Brittany from 1458 to his death. He was the grandson of John IV, Duke of Brittany. A recurring theme in Francis' life would be his quest to maintain the quasi-independence of Brittany from France.…

1488

Notable Scottish casualties of the Battle of Flodden

James IV was King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. He inherited the throne at the age of fifteen on the death of his father, James III, at the Battle of Sauchieburn,…

1513

Notable Scottish casualties of the Battle of Flodden

George Douglas, Master of Angus was a Scottish Nobleman. The son of Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus and Elizabeth Boyd, daughter of Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd, he was born at Tantallon Castle and died at the Battle…

1513

Notable Scottish casualties of the Battle of Flodden

Sir William Douglas of Glenbervie, Knt. was a Scottish nobleman, who fell at Flodden.

1513

Notable Scottish casualties of the Battle of Flodden

William Graham, 1st Earl of Montrose was a Scottish Lord of Parliament, who was raised to an earldom by James IV of Scotland and who died with his monarch at the Battle of Flodden.

1513

Notable Scottish casualties of the Battle of Flodden

Sir Alexander Lauder of Blyth, Knt. was Provost of Edinburgh almost continually from 1500 to 1513. He was Commissioner to the Scottish Parliament, 1504–06, and an Auditor of the Exchequer in Scotland. He appears to…

1513

Notable Scottish casualties of the Battle of Flodden

Alexander Stewart was an illegitimate son of King James IV of Scotland by his mistress Marion Boyd. He was the King's eldest illegitimate child. He was an elder brother of Catherine Stewart, his only full sibling, and…

1513

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Dutch painter (born 1525)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder was among the most significant artists of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes ; he was a pioneer in presenting both…

1569

Humphrey Gilbert

English explorer and politician (born 1539)

Sir Humphrey Gilbert was an English adventurer, explorer, member of parliament and soldier who served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and was a pioneer of the English colonial empire in North America and the…

1583

Anna Jagiellon

Polish queen (born 1523)

Anna Jagiellon was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania from 1575 to 1587.

1596

George Carey

2nd Baron Hunsdon, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (born 1547)

George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon was the eldest son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon and Anne Morgan. His father was first cousin to Elizabeth I of England. In 1560, at the age of 13, George matriculated at Trinity…

1603

Eleanor de' Medici

Italian noblewoman (born 1567)

Eleanor de' Medici was a Duchess of Mantua by marriage to Vincenzo I Gonzaga. She served as regent of Mantua 1595, 1597 and 1601, when Vincenzo served in the Austrian campaign in Hungary, and in 1602, when he left for…

1611

Nakagawa Hidenari

Japanese daimyō (born 1570)

Nakagawa Hidenari (中川秀成) was a Japanese daimyō in the Azuchi–Momoyama to Edo period. He was the 2nd son of Nakagawa Kiyohide.

1612

Paul de Chomedey

Sieur de Maisonneuve, French soldier, founded Montreal (born 1612)

Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Ville-Marie, now the city of Montreal.

1676

Henry Marten

English lawyer and politician (born 1602)

Henry Marten was a Member of Parliament from Oxford, who sat in the English House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1653. An ardent republican, he was jailed by Parliament during the First English Civil War…

1680

Charles de Saint-Évremond

French-English soldier, author, and critic (born 1610)

Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis, seigneur de Saint-Évremond was a French soldier, hedonist, essayist and literary critic. After 1661, he lived in exile, mainly in England, as a consequence of his attack on French…

1703

Johann Lorenz von Mosheim

German historian and author (born 1694)

Johann Lorenz von Mosheim or Johann Lorenz Mosheim was a German Lutheran church historian.

1755

William Paterson

Irish-American judge and politician, 2nd Governor of New Jersey (born 1745)

William Paterson was an American statesman, lawyer, jurist, and signer of the United States Constitution. He was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, the second governor of New Jersey, and a Founding…

1806

John Singleton Copley

American-English colonial and painter (born 1738)

John Singleton Copley was an American-born British painter active in both the Thirteen Colonies and England. He is believed to have been born in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, to Richard and Mary Singleton…

1815

James Weddell

Belgian-English sailor and navigator (born 1787)

James Weddell was a British sailor, navigator and seal hunter who in February 1823 sailed to latitude of 74° 15′ S- a record 7.69 degrees or 532 statute miles south of the Antarctic Circle- and into a region of the…

1834

Augustin Pyramus de Candolle

Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic (born 1778)

Augustin Pyramus de Candolle was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle had established a new genus,…

1841

Jules Grévy

French politician, 4th President of the French Republic (born 1813)

François Judith Paul Grévy, known as Jules Grévy, was a French lawyer and politician who served as President of France from 1879 to 1887. He was a leader of the Moderate Republicans, and given that his predecessors were…

1891

Friedrich Traugott Kützing

German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist (born 1807)

Friedrich Traugott Kützing was a German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist.

1893

Stéphane Mallarmé

French poet and critic (born 1842)

Étienne Mallarmé, known professionally as Stéphane Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French Symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early…

1898

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

French painter and illustrator (born 1864)

Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa, known as Toulouse-Lautrec, was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator. His immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris…

1901

Ernest Wilberforce

English bishop (born 1840)

Ernest Roland Wilberforce was an Anglican clergyman and bishop. From 1882 to 1896 he was the first Anglican Bishop of Newcastle upon the diocese's creation, and from 1896 to 1907 he was Bishop of Chichester.

1907

E. H. Harriman

American businessman and philanthropist (born 1848)

Edward Henry Harriman was an American financier and railroad executive.

1909

Lloyd Wheaton Bowers

American lawyer and politician, United States Solicitor General (born 1859)

Lloyd Wheaton Bowers was an American lawyer.

1910

Albert Spalding

American baseball player, manager, and businessman, co-founded Spalding (born 1850)

Albert Goodwill Spalding was an American pitcher, manager, and executive in the early years of professional baseball, and the co-founder of the Spalding sporting goods company. He was born and raised in Byron, Illinois,…

1915

Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca

Brazilian president (born 1855)

Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca was a Brazilian field marshal and politician who served as the eighth president of Brazil between 1910 and 1914. He was a nephew of marshal Deodoro da Fonseca, the first president of Brazil,…

1923

Roger Fry

English painter and critic (born 1866)

Roger Eliot Fry was an English painter and critic, and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Establishing his reputation as a scholar of the Old Masters, he became an advocate of more recent developments in French painting,…

1934

Hans Spemann

German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1869)

Hans Spemann was a German embryologist who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1935 for his student Hilde Mangold's discovery of the effect now known as embryonic induction, an influence, exercised by…

1941

Adele Kurzweil

Austrian Holocaust victim (born 1925)

Adele "Dele" Kurzweil was an Austrian girl of Jewish origin who was tracked down by Nazi Germany and murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp at arrival. Her fate became widely known after suitcases had been discovered…

1942

Carlo Bergamini

Italian admiral (born 1888)

Carlo Bergamini was an Italian admiral.

1943

Charles McLean Andrews

American historian, author, and academic (born 1863)

Charles McLean Andrews, Ph.D, L.H.D. was an American historian and professor at Yale University whose Colonial Period of American History, vol. 1 of 4, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1935. Among his other…

1943

Max Ehrmann

American poet and lawyer (born 1872)

Max Ehrmann was an American writer, poet, and attorney from Terre Haute, Indiana, widely known for his 1927 prose poem "Desiderata". He often wrote on spiritual themes.

1945

Victor Hémery

French racing driver (born 1876)

Victor Théodore Eugène Hémery was a French racing driver. He was the winner of the Vanderbilt Cup in 1905.

1950

Carl Friedberg

German pianist and educator (born 1872)

Carl Rudolf Hermann Friedberg was a German pianist and teacher of Jewish origin.

1955

Charlie Macartney

Australian cricketer and soldier (born 1886)

Charles George Macartney was an Australian cricketer who played in 35 Test matches between 1907 and 1926. He was known as "The Governor-General" in reference to his authoritative batting style and his flamboyant…

1958

Ramón Fonst

Cuban fencer (born 1883)

Ramón Fonst Segundo was a Cuban fencer who competed in the early 20th century. He was one of the greatest world fencers, individual and by team; he was born and died in Havana. He became the first non-European and the…

1959

Jussi Björling

Swedish tenor (born 1911)

Johan Jonatan "Jussi" Björling was a Swedish tenor. One of the leading operatic singers of the 20th century, Björling appeared for many years at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and less frequently at the major…

1960

Edwin Linkomies

Finnish academic, professor and the Prime Minister of Finland (born 1894)

Edwin Johannes Hildegard Linkomies was Prime Minister of Finland from March 1943 to August 1944, and one of the seven politicians sentenced to five and a half years in prison as responsible for the Continuation War, on…

1963

Willy Mairesse

Belgian racing driver (born 1928)

Willy Mairesse was a Formula One and sports-car driver from Belgium. He participated in 13 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 19 June 1960. He achieved one podium and scored a total of seven championship…

1969

Johannes Brenner

Estonian footballer (born 1906)

Johannes Brenner was an Estonia football forward, who played for ESS Kalev Tallinn, Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi and the Estonia national football team.

1975

John McGiver

American actor (born 1913)

John Irwin McGiver was an American character actor who made more than a hundred appearances in television and motion pictures over a two-decade span from 1955 to 1975.

1975

Mao Zedong

Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician, 1st Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (born 1893)

Mao Zedong was a Chinese revolutionary, politician, writer, political theorist and the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC). He led China from the PRC's establishment in October 1949 until his death in…

1976

Hugh MacDiarmid

Scottish linguist, poet, and author (born 1892)

Christopher Murray Grieve, best known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid, was a Scottish poet, journalist, essayist and political figure. He is considered one of the principal forces behind the Scottish Renaissance and has…

1978

Jack L. Warner

Canadian-American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (born 1892)

Jack Leonard Warner was a Canadian-born American film executive, who was the president and driving force behind the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. Warner's career spanned over 55 years, surpassing that of…

1978

Norrie Paramor

English composer, conductor, and producer (born 1914)

Norman William "Norrie" Paramor was a British record producer, composer, arranger, pianist, bandleader, and orchestral conductor. He is best known for his work with Cliff Richard and the Shadows, both together and…

1979

John Howard Griffin

American journalist and author (born 1920)

John Howard Griffin was an American journalist and author from Texas who wrote about and championed racial equality. He is best known for his 1959 project to temporarily pass as a black man and journey through the Deep…

1980

Jacques Lacan

French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist (born 1901)

Jacques Marie Émile Lacan was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. Described as "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud", Lacan gave annual seminars in Paris from 1952 to 1980 and published papers that…

1981

Yılmaz Güney

Palme d'Or award-winning Kurdish film director, scenarist, actor, novelist and activist (born 1937)

Yılmaz Güney was a Kurdish film director, screenwriter, novelist, actor and communist political activist. He quickly rose to prominence in the Turkish film industry. Many of his works were made from a far-left…

1984

Neil Davis

Australian photographer and journalist (born 1934)

Neil Brian Davis was an Australian combat cameraman who was recognised for his work as a photojournalist during the Vietnam War and other conflicts in the region. He was killed in Bangkok on 9 September 1985, while…

1985

Paul Flory

American chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)

Paul John Flory was an American chemist and Nobel laureate who was known for his work in the field of polymers, or macromolecules. He was a pioneer in understanding the behavior of polymers in solution, and won the…

1985

Antonino Votto

Italian conductor (born 1896)

Antonino Votto, sometimes spelt Antonio Votto, was an Italian operatic conductor and vocal coach. Votto developed an extensive discography with the Teatro alla Scala in Milan during the 1950s, when EMI produced the bulk…

1985

Magda Tagliaferro

Brazilian pianist and educator (born 1893)

Magdalena Maria Yvonne Tagliaferro was a Brazilian pianist.

1986

Nicola Abbagnano

Italian philosopher and academic (born 1901)

Nicola Abbagnano was an Italian existential philosopher.

1990

Samuel Doe

Liberian field marshal and politician, 21st President of Liberia (born 1951)

Samuel Kanyon Doe was a Liberian politician and military officer who served as the 21st President of Liberia from 1986 until his execution in 1990. He ruled Liberia as Chairman of the People's Redemption Council (PRC)…

1990

Alexander Men

Russian priest and scholar (born 1930)

Alexander Vladimirovich Men was a Soviet Russian Orthodox Church priest, Soviet dissident, scholar of theology and the Bible, and author of works on theology, history of religion, the fundamentals of Christian doctrine,…

1990

Larry Noble

English comedian and actor (born 1914)

Larry Noble was a Lebanese-born British stage comedian and actor best known for starring in the Whitehall farces with Brian Rix. He starred in the original production of Reluctant Heroes and as the chirpy French jockey…

1993

Helen O'Connell

American singer (born 1920)

Helen O'Connell was an American singer, actress, and hostess, described as "the quintessential big band singer of the 1940s".

1993

Patrick O'Neal

American actor (born 1927)

Patrick Wisdom O'Neal was an American actor and restaurateur.

1994

Bill Monroe

American singer-songwriter (born 1911)

William Smith Monroe was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter who created the bluegrass music genre. For this reason, he is often called the "Father of Bluegrass".

1996

Richie Ashburn

American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1927)

Don Richard Ashburn, also known by the nicknames "Putt-Putt", "the Tilden Flash", and "Whitey", was an American professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as a…

1997

John Hackett

Australian-English general and author (born 1910)

General Sir John Winthrop Hackett, was an Australian-born British soldier, painter, university administrator, author and in later life, a commentator.

1997

Burgess Meredith

American actor, director, and producer (born 1907)

Oliver Burgess Meredith was an American actor and filmmaker whose career encompassed radio, theater, film, and television.

1997

Lucio Battisti

Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1943)

Lucio Battisti was an Italian singer-songwriter and composer. He is widely recognized for songs that defined the late 1960s and 1970s era of Italian songwriting.

1998

Bill Cratty

American dancer and choreographer (born 1951)

Bill Cratty was an American modern dancer and choreographer.

1998

Arie de Vroet

Dutch footballer and manager (born 1918)

Arie de Vroet was a Dutch footballer who was active as a left winger. De Vroet made his debut at Feijenoord and also played for Le Havre AC and FC Rouen. He also represented the Netherlands at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

1999

Catfish Hunter

American baseball player (born 1946)

James Augustus "Catfish" Hunter was an American professional baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB). From 1965 to 1979, he was a pitcher for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees. Hunter is…

1999

Ruth Roman

American actress (born 1922)

Ruth Roman was an American actress of film, stage, and television.

1999

Julian Critchley

English lawyer and politician (born 1930)

Sir Julian Michael Gordon Critchley was a British journalist, author and Conservative Party politician. He was the member of parliament for Rochester and Chatham from 1959 to 1964 and Aldershot from 1970 to 1997.

2000

Ahmad Shah Massoud

Afghan commander and politician, Afghan Minister of Defense (born 1953)

Ahmad Shah Massoud was an Afghan military leader and politician. Known as the "Lion of Panjshir", he was the foremost commander of the Afghan mujahideen against Soviet occupation during the Soviet–Afghan War from 1979…

2001

Edward Teller

Hungarian-American physicist and academic (born 1908)

Edward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and chemical engineer who is known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb" and one of the creators of the Teller–Ulam design inspired by Stanisław…

2003

Don Willesee

Australian telegraphist and politician, 29th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (born 1916)

Donald Robert Willesee was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served as a Senator for Western Australia from 1950 to 1975. He held ministerial office in the Whitlam…

2003

Ernie Ball

American guitarist and businessman (born 1930)

Ernie Ball was an American entrepreneur and musician who developed guitar-related products. Ball began as a club and local television musician and entrepreneur, building an international business in guitars and…

2004

Caitlin Clarke

American actress (born 1952)

Caitlin Clarke was an American actress best known for her roles as Valerian in the 1981 fantasy film Dragonslayer and Charlotte Cardoza in the 1998–1999 Broadway musical Titanic.

2004

Gérard Brach

French director and screenwriter (born 1927)

Gérard Brach was a French screenwriter best known for his collaborations with the film directors Roman Polanski and Jean-Jacques Annaud. He directed two movies: La Maison and Le Bateau sur l'herbe.

2006

Richard Burmer

American composer and engineer (born 1955)

Richard Steven Burmer was an American composer, engineer, sound designer, musician and ethnomusicologist. His work with electronic music combined with musical styles and instruments from around the world formed his own…

2006

Matt Gadsby

English footballer (born 1979)

Matthew John Gadsby was an English professional footballer. Born in Sutton Coldfield, he played for Walsall, Mansfield Town, Kidderminster Harriers, Forest Green and Hinckley United as a defender and midfielder.

2006

William Bernard Ziff Jr.

American businessman, founded Ziff Davis (born 1930)

William Bernard "Bill" Ziff Jr. was an American publishing executive. His father, William Bernard Ziff Sr., was the co-founder of Ziff Davis Inc. and when the elder Ziff died in 1953, Ziff took over the management of…

2006

Verghese Kurien

Indian engineer and businessman, founded Amul (born 1921)

Verghese Kurien was an Indian dairy engineer and social entrepreneur. He led initiatives that contributed to the extensive increase in milk production in India termed as the White Revolution.

2012

John McCarthy

Australian footballer (born 1989)

John Shane McCarthy was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

2012

Mike Scarry

American football player and coach (born 1920)

Michael Joseph "Mo" Scarry was an American football player and coach. He grew up in Pennsylvania, and played football in college at Waynesburg College in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania and went on to join the Cleveland Rams…

2012

Ron Tindall

English footballer and manager (born 1935)

Ronald Albert Ernest Tindall was an English footballer who played as a striker. He was also an accomplished cricketer, playing for Surrey.

2012

Sunila Abeysekera

Sri Lankan scholar and activist (born 1952)

Sunila Abeysekera was a Sri Lankan human rights campaigner. She worked on women's rights in Sri Lanka and in the South Asia region for decades as an activist and scholar. Quitting a career as a singer, Abeysekera…

2013

Alberto Bevilacqua

Italian director and screenwriter (born 1934)

Alberto Bevilacqua was an Italian writer and filmmaker. Leonardo Sciascia, an Italian writer and politician, who read Bevilacqua's first collection of stories, The Dust on the Grass (1955), was impressed and published…

2013

Saul Landau

American journalist, director, and author (born 1936)

Saul Landau was an American journalist, filmmaker and commentator. He was also a professor emeritus at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, where he taught history and digital media.

2013

Montserrat Abelló i Soler

Spanish poet and translator (born 1918)

Montserrat Abelló i Soler was a Catalan poet and translator. During the Spanish Civil War, she lived in exile in France, England and Chile.

2014

Firoza Begum

Bangladeshi singer (born 1930)

Firoza Begum was a Bangladeshi Nazrul Geeti singer. She was awarded the Independence Day Award in 1979 by the government of Bangladesh.

2014

Graham Joyce

English author and educator (born 1954)

Graham William Joyce was a British writer of speculative fiction and the recipient of numerous awards, including the O. Henry Award, the World Fantasy Award, and six times the British Fantasy Award for both his novels…

2014

Annemarie Bostroem

German poet, playwright, and songwriter (born 1922)

Annemarie Bostroem was a German poet, playwright, and lyricist. She lived most recently in the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood of Berlin.

2015

Einar H. Ingman Jr.

American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1929)

Einar Harold Ingman Jr. was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Third Battle of Wonju in the Korean War.

2015

K. Kunaratnam

Sri Lankan physicist and academic (born 1934)

Kanthia Kunaratnam was a Sri Lankan Tamil physicist, academic and former vice-chancellor of the University of Jaffna.

2015

John Cassaday

American comic book artist and writer (born 1971)

Johnny Mac Cassaday was an American comic book artist, writer, and television director. He was best known for his work on the critically acclaimed Planetary with writer Warren Ellis, where his art style conveyed a sense…

2024

James Earl Jones

American actor (born 1931)

James Earl Jones was an American actor. A pioneer for black actors in the entertainment industry, he was acclaimed for his performances on stage and screen. Jones is one of the few performers to achieve the EGOT. He was…

2024

Caterina Valente

Italian-French singer and dancer (born 1931)

Caterina Germaine Maria Valente was an Italian-French multilingual singer, guitarist, and dancer. She spoke six languages and sang in thirteen. While she was best known as a performer in Europe, Valente spent part of…

2024

Mark Norell

American vertebrate paleontologist (born 1957).

Mark Allen Norell was an American vertebrate paleontologist. He was the chairman of paleontology and a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History up until his death in 2025. He is best known as the…

2025

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Robert Askin — Australian politician

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Death year1981

Known forHe was born in 1907 as Robin William Askin, but always disliked his first name and changed it by deed poll in 1971

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1981 — Robert Askin

Sir Robert William Askin, was an Australian politician and the 32nd premier of New South Wales from 1965 to 1975, the first representing the Liberal Party

He was born in 1907 as Robin William Askin, but always disliked his first name and changed it by deed poll in 1971

Before being knighted in 1972, however, he was generally known as Bob Askin

Born in Sydney in 1907, Askin was educated at Sydney Technical High School

After serving as a bank officer and as a sergeant in the Second World War, Askin joined the Liberal Party and was elected to the seat of Collaroy at the 1950 election.

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