1816 – Elizabeth Hamilton, British author (Cats: A Celebration), dies at 68
1875 – Isaac Singer, American inventor of the first practical home sewing machine, dies at 63
1927 – William Ashley, English economic historian (The Economic Organisation of England), dies at 67
1930 – Glenn Curtiss, American aviation pioneer and airplane builder, dies at 52
1946 – James Maxton, Scottish politician, Leader of the Independent Labour Party, dies at 61
1977 – René de Vos, Dutch actor and composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven), dies at 79
1998 – John Hopkins, English TV, film and stage writer (Z-Cars), dies at 67
2003 – James E. Davis, New York City councilman (murdered) (b. 1962)
2005 – Myron Floren, American accordionist (The Lawrence Welk Show), dies at 85
2008 – Kurt Furgler, Swiss politician, President of the Confederation (1977, 1981 and 1985), dies at 84
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 22nd July 2025
1461 – Charles VII, King of France (1422-61) who drove the English out from Northern France, dies at 58
1676 – Clement X [Emilio Altieri], Italian Pope (1670-76), dies at 86
1852 – Auguste Marmont, French marshal, dies at 77
1909 – D v Liliencron, writer, dies at 65
1929 – Édouard Empain, Belgian railway builder (Paris Metro; Heliopolis), dies at 76
1979 – Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (Budapest Honvéd), dies at 49
1980 – Fred Kaps [Abram Bongers], Dutch magician (ISM World Champion 1950, 1955 and 1961), dies of cancer at 54
1982 – Sonny Stitt [Edward Hammond Boatner Jr], American jazz saxophonist (Blows the Blues), dies of cancer at 58
1998 – Hermann Prey, German bass-baritone, dies at 69
2004 – Sacha Distel, French singer (“Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head” cover), dies at 71
Famous Deaths for 21st July 2025
1855 – Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish romantic poet (Blommorna (The Flowers), Lycksalighetens Ö (The Island of Bliss)) and historian (Svenska Siare och Skalder), dies at 65
1928 – Ellen Alice Terry, British Shakespearean actress and director (Imperial Theatre), dies at 81
1950 – Albert Riemenschneider, American pianist, educator, musicologist, and founder of America’a oldest Bach Festival, dies at 71
1957 – Rockley Wilson, English cricket spin bowler (1 Test, 3 wickets; Cambridge University, Yorkshire CCC), dies at 78
1970 – Bob Kalsu, American NFL football player, 1968 (Buffalo Bills), and US Army officer, killed in action in Vietnam at 25
1982 – Dave Garroway, American TV host (Today Show, 1951-61), dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound at 69
1984 – Michael Osborne, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Axe), dies at 34
1990 – Rich Vogler, American auto racer (most combined wins in USAC history [171]), dies in a race crash at 39
2003 – John Davies, New Zealand sports executive (President NZOC 2000-03) and athlete (Olympic bronze 1500m 1964), dies of melanoma at 65
2022 – Jim Lynch, American College Football HOF linebacker (Notre Dame; AFL–NFL World C’ship Game 1970; Kansas City Chiefs), dies at 76
Famous Deaths for 20th July 2025
1156 – Toba, 74th Emperor of Japan (1107-23), dies at 53
1201 – Agnes of France, Queen of France, dies [or 7/18]
1454 – John II of Castile, King of Castile and León (1406-54), dies at 49
1524 – Claude of France, Duchess of Brittany and wife of Francis I of France, dies at 24
1937 – Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor and electrical engineer who pioneered work on long distance radio transmission (Nobel 1909), dies of a heart attack at 63
1944 – Friedrich Olbricht, German general (July 20th plotter), executed
1944 – Arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71
1983 – Frank Reynolds, American news anchor (ABC Evening News, 1968-70; World New Tonight, 1977-83), dies at 59
1997 – Linda Stirling, college prof/B movie actress (Pretender), dies at 75
2007 – Bill Flemming, American journalist and sportscaster (ABC’s Wide World of Sports), dies at 80
Famous Deaths for 19th July 2025
1415 – Philippa of Lancaster, Queen of Portugal as wife of King John I (1387-1415), dies of the plague at 55
1543 – Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII of England
1947 – U Razak, Burmese politician, assassinated along six other independence leaders (now called Martyr’s Day) at 49
1958 – Robert Earl Hughes, American man who became heaviest known human (485 kg), dies at 32
1990 – Lluís Maria Millet, Catalan composer, and musical director (Catalan Orfeón, 1945-77), dies at 84
1996 – David Nicolson, British businessman and politician (Chairman of BTR Industries-1969), dies at 73
1996 – Pran Nath Chhuttani, Indian physician and teacher, dies at 81
1996 – Owen Tudor Williams, English civil engineer (built UK motorways including Spaghetti junction, dies at 79
2011 – Sheila Burrell, British actress (Black Orchid, Paranoiac, Laughter in Dark), dies at 89
2015 – Van Alexander [Alexander Van Vliet Feldman], American composer, arranger (“A-Tisket, A-Tasket”), and orchestra leader (Dean Martin Show), dies at 100
Famous Deaths for 18th July 2025
1610 – Caravaggio [Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio], Italian painter (Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy), dies at 38
1643 – François Duquesnoy, French sculptor (statue of Saint Andrew in the transept of St Peter’s), dies at 46
1833 – Joseph Kam, Dutch Christian missionary in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia, dies at 63
1989 – Donnie Moore, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1985 California Angels), dies by suicide at 35
1990 – Gerry Boulet, French Canadian rock singer (Offenbach; Rendez-vous doux), dies of colon cancer at 44
1991 – André Cools, Belgian Minister of Budget, murdered at 63
1996 – Hans Fellner, bookseller, dies at 71
2007 – George Caiazzo, American professional wrestler
2008 – Tauno Marttinen, Finnish composer (Dalai Lama Concerto; Elegia), dies at 95
2024 – Abner Haynes, American football running back (AFL MVP 1960; First-team All-AFL 1960, 61, 62; Kansas City Chiefs), dies at 86
Famous Deaths for 17th July 2025
1753 – Andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies
1826 – Joseph Graetz, German organist, composer, and music educator, dies at 65
1864 – Daniel McCook Jr, American Brigadier General (Union Army), dies at 29
1887 – Dorothea Dix, American pioneering nurse and social activist who created the first American mental asylums, dies at 85
1958 – Henri Farman, British-French aviator who broke several aviation records, dies at 84
1989 – Heinz Risse, German writer, dies at 91
1996 – Alan McGilvray, Australian cricketer (NSW 1933-37) and radio commentator (1935-85), dies at 85
2009 – Walter Cronkite, American broadcast journalist and news anchor (CBS Evening News 1962-81), dies of cerebrovascular disease at 92
2023 – Palhinha, Brazilian soccer forward (16 caps; Cruzeiro, Corinthians, Atlético Mineiro) and manager (SC Corinthians, União São João, Al-Tai), dies at 73
2023 – Robert Budzynski, French soccer defender (11 caps; RC Lens, FC Nantes), dies at 83
Famous Deaths for 16th July 2025
1482 – John van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies
1947 – Horatio Mbelle, South African interpreter, community leader and politician, dies in Pretoria at 77
1979 – Alfred Deller, English countertenor (b. 1912)
1990 – Sidney Torch, English composer, conductor and theater organist, dies from an intentional medication overdose at 82
1995 – Peter Francis de Sautoy, publisher, dies at 83
1995 – Patsy Ruth Miller, American actress (Quebec, Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds), dies at 91
1997 – Dora Maar [Markovitch], French photographer, painter, poet, model, and lover of Pablo Picasso, dies at 89
2004 – George Busbee, Governor of Georgia (b. 1927)
2022 – Michel David-Weill, French investment banker (Lazard Frère), dies at 89
2022 – Hobie Billingsley, American ISHOF diving coach (Indiana University 1959-89; 6 x NCAA team championships; US Olympic team 1968, 72, 76), dies from myasthenia gravis at 95
Famous Deaths for 15th July 2025
1381 – John Ball, English priest who played a prominent role in the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, hung, drawn and quartered at about 42 or 43
1750 – Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman, dies at 73
1782 – Farinelli [Carlo Broschi], Italian castrato (considered one of the great opera singers), dies at 77
1930 – Leopold von Auer, Hungarian-American violinist, dies at 85
1957 – James M. Cox, American politician, 46th and 48th Governor of Ohio (1913-15, 1917-21) and Representative, dies at 87
1979 – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican politician (President of Mexico 1964-70), dies of cancer at 68
1986 – Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (Hambletonian x 4; Little Brown Jug x 5; Messenger Stakes x 7), dies from head injuries in fall at Yonkers Raceway at 62
1992 – Henk van der Molen, Dutch guitarist, composer, and writer (Martine Bijl), dies
1992 – Chingiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijan’s most noted journalist (b. 1960)
1993 – Bobby Kent, alleged Florida bully murdered by his friends (b. 1973)
Famous Deaths for 14th July 2025
664 – Deusdedit of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (655-664), 1st Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury
1723 – Claude Fleury, French priest and historian, dies at 82
1780 – Charles Batteux, French philosopher, dies at 67
1959 – Grock [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown and circus director, dies at 79
1974 – Carl Spaatz, American World War II general and 1st Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, dies at 83
1983 – Jack MacBryan, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Cambridge University CC, Somerset CCC) and field hockey player (Olympic gold GB and Ireland 1920), dies at 90
1989 – Herman D. Koppel, Danish pianist and composer, dies at 89
1994 – Robert Jungk, Austrian writer, journalist and peace campaigner (The Nuclear State), dies at 81
2000 – Meredith MacRae, American actress (Petticoat Junction. 1966-70- “Billie Jo”; My Three Sons, 1964-66 – “Sally”), and talk show host, dies of brain cancer at 55
2008 – Hugh Lloyd, British actor (Hugh and I, Punch and Judy Man), dies at 85