1629 – Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Danish physician, theologian, writer on anatomy, dies at 44
1844 – Johann Baptist Gansbacher, Austrian composer, dies at 66
1881 – John Clifford Pemberton, American lieutenant general in Confederate Army charged with defending Vicksburg, dies at 66
1923 – Asger Hamerik [Hammerich], Danish composer, and educator (Peabody Institute, 1878-91), dies at 80
1943 – Kurt Huber, German college professor and member of anti-Nazi resistance group Weisse Rose (White Rose), executed by guillotine at 50
1956 – Vladimir Grigor’yevich Zakharov, Soviet-Russian composer, dies at 54
1986 – Joseph “Coke” Escovedo, Mexican-American percussionist (Santana; Malo; Azteca), dies from cirrhosis at 45
1988 – Huub Bals, Dutch film promotor, dies at 51
2007 – Zdeněk Lukáš, Czech composer, dies at 78
2023 – Carlin Glynn, American actress (won a Tony for “The Best Little Whorehouse”), dies at 83
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 12th July 2025
1633 – Simon Besler, German composer, dies at 49
1640 – Henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies
1708 – William of Nassau de Zuylenstein, Earl of Rochford, Dutch soldier and diplomat, dies
1953 – Joseph Jongen, Belgian organist and composer (Symphonie concertante, Op. 81), dies at 79
1983 – Chris Wood, British rock saxophone and flute player (Traffic; Ginger Baker’s Air Force, Jimi Hendrix), dies of pneumonia at 39
1993 – Dan Eldon, British-Kenyan photojournalist, killed in Somalia while working for Reuters at 22
1995 – Alan David Marks, American concert pianist, dies of cancer at 49
2010 – Harvey Pekar, American comic book writer (American Splendor), dies at 70
2020 – Wim Suurbier, Dutch soccer right back (60 caps; Ajax 392 games) and manager (LA Heat, TB Rowdies), dies of a cerebral haemorrhage at 75
2024 – Evan Wright, American reporter and author (Generation Kill), commits suicide at 59
Famous Deaths for 11th July 2025
1775 – Simon Boerum, American Continental Congressman (b. 1724)
1906 – Grace Brown American factory worker, drowned by her boyfriend Chester Gillette, later a famous court case, dies at 20
1962 – Owen D. Young, American industrialist (RCA) and diplomat (Young Plan), dies at 87
1967 – Guy Favreau, French Canadian lawyer, politician and judge, dies at 50
1994 – Alan David Melville, polymath, dies at 82
1994 – Charles “Lefty” Edwards, saxophonist, dies at 67
2005 – Frances Langford, American singer (I’m In The Mood For Love), entertainer (Armed Forces Hour; USO tours), actress (All-American Co-Ed; Born To Dance), and philanthropist, dies of congestive heart failure at 92
2007 – Alfonso López Michelsen, 24th President of Colombia (1974-78), dies at 94
2010 – Bob Sheppard, American public address announcer (MLB: NY Yankees 1951–2007; NFL: NY Giants 1956–2006), dies at 99
2024 – Monte Kiffin, American football coach (Super Bowl XXXVII TB Buccaneers DC; NCAA C’ship 1970, 71 University of Nebraska DC), dies at 84
Famous Deaths for 10th July 2025
1086 – Knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered
1584 – William I of Orange, Dutch nobleman and revolutionary known as ‘the Silent’ who led the revolt against Spanish rule and founded the House of Orange-Nassau (Prince of Orange, 1544-84), assassinated at 51 by Balthasar Gérard in Delft, Holland
1838 – Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43
1963 – Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster (BBC) and rugby union player (captain Harlequin RFC), dies at 70
1965 – Jacques Audiberti, French poet and playwright (Le cavalier seul), dies at 66
1978 – Michel Gusikoff, American violinist, concert master, and composer, dies at 85
1994 – Otto Bonsema, Dutch soccer striker (6 caps; Velocitas 1897, GVAV) and manager (SC Heerenveen, GVAV, BV Veendam), dies at 84
2003 – Hartley Shawcross, British lawyer and politician, prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, dies at 101
2012 – Paul Turok, American composer (Ragtime Caprice; Aspects of Lincoln and Liberty), educator, and music critic, dies at 82
2021 – Jimmy Gabriel, Scottish soccer midfielder (2 caps; Everton, Southampton) and coach (Seattle Sounders; SJ Earthquakes, Seattle Storm, Everton), dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 80
Famous Deaths for 9th July 2025
1441 – Jan van Eyck, Flemish painter (The Ghent Altarpiece), dies
1639 – Entonius Walaeus, Dutch Calvinist theologist, dies at 65
1893 – William Scotton, English cricketer (wicket in 15 Tests for Eng), commits suicide at 37
1948 – James Baskett, American actor (Song of the South) 1st African American male to receive an Oscar, dies of heart failure related to diabetes at 44
1967 – Douglas MacLean, silent film comedian turned producer, dies at 77
1977 – Alice Paul, American suffragist who founded the National Woman’s Party (NWP), dies at 92
1979 – Betty Evans Grayson, American softball pitcher (National Softball Hall of Fame 1959; Chicago Queens), dies at 53
1996 – Melvin Belli, American lawyer known as “The King of Torts” and “Melvin Bellicose”, dies at 88
2021 – Boris Dmitriyevich Andreyev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 80
2023 – Luis Suárez, Spanish soccer midfielder (32 caps; Barcelona, Inter Milan, Sampdoria) and manager (Spain 1988-91; Cagliari, SPAL, Como, Inter Milan, Deportivo La Coruña), dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 8th July 2025
1716 – Robert South, English churchman (b. 1634)
1850 – Adolphus Frederick, British prince and field marshal, 1st Duke of Cambridge, 7th son of George III, dies at 76
1949 – Antun Sa’ada [Antoun Saadeh], Syrian politician (Syrian Social Nationalist Party), executed by firing squad in Lebanon at 45
1949 – Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli, Italian composer, dies at 66
1950 – Othmar Spann, Austrian economist and sociologist (Wahre State), dies at 71
1962 – Georges Bataille, French writer known for ” Story of the Eye” and philosopher, dies at 64
1994 – Christian-Jaque [Christian Maudet], French film director (Fearless Little Soldier, Race for Life, The Pearls of the Crown), dies at 89
2002 – Ward Kimball, American animator (one of Disney’s Nine Old Men), dies at 88
2012 – Ernest Borgnine [Ermes Borgnino], American Academy Award-winning actor (Marty; From Here To Eternity; ; McHale’s Navy; The Poseidon Adventure), dies from renal failure at 95
2015 – Ernie Maresca, American singer and songwriter (“Runaround Sue”; “The Wanderer”), dies at 76
Famous Deaths for 7th July 2025
1865 – David Herold, American pharmacist’s assistant who was part of the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln, executed by hanging at 23
1907 – James McGranahan, American composer, dies at 67
1925 – Clarence Hudson White, American photographer, dies at 54
1932 – Henry Eyster Jacobs, American Lutheran theologian, dies at 87
1973 – Veronica Lake [Constance Ockleman], American actress (Sullivan’s Travels, I Married a Witch), dies from hepatitis and acute kidney injury at 50
1976 – Walter Giesler, American soccer coach (b. 1910)
1982 – Bep Bakhuys, Dutch soccer striker (23 caps, 28 goals; Metz), dies at 73
1997 – Jerry Doggett, American sportscaster, 1956-87 (Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers), dies at 80
2017 – Lala Rukh, Pakistani activist and abstract artist (Women’s Action Forum), dies at 69
2020 – Dannes Coronel, Ecuadorian soccer defender (27 caps; El Nacional), dies from a heart attack at 47
Famous Deaths for 6th July 2025
1758 – George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, British general
1961 – Scott LaFaro, American jazz bassist (Bill Evans Trio), dies in a car accident at 25
1972 – Vincent Valentine, West Indian cricket pace bowler (England 1933), dies
1986 – Jagjivan Ram, Indian independence activist and politician, dies at 78
1992 – Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne and Guinness brewing heir, dies at 86
1994 – Geoffrey McQueen, English TV writer (The Bill), dies at 46
1996 – Kathy Ahern, American golfer (Women’s PGA C’ship 1972), dies of breast cancer at 47
2005 – Richard Verreau, Canadian tenor (b. 1926)
2009 – Johnny Collins, British folk and maritime music singer (b. 1938)
2017 – Heinz Schneiter, Swiss soccer defender (44 caps; BSC Young Boys) and manager (FC Thun, BSC Young Boys), dies at 82
Famous Deaths for 5th July 2025
1316 – Infante Ferdinand of Majorca (b. 1278)
1862 – Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist, dies at 62
1871 – Cristina Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess and politician, dies at 63
1969 – Ben Alexander, American actor (Dragnet, All Quiet on the Western Front), dies of natural causes at 58
1989 – Ernesto Halffter, Spanish classical and film score composer (Rapsodia portuguesa; is Don Quixote de la Mancha), and conductor, dies at 84
2005 – Baloo Gupte, Indian cricket leg spin bowler (3 Tests, 3 wickets; Bombay, Bengal, Railways), dies at 70
2011 – Cy Twombly, American artist (b. 1928)
2016 – Alirio Díaz, Venezuelan guitarist, composer, and musicologist, dies at 92
2020 – Willi Holdorf, German athlete (Olympic gold, United Team of Germany, decathlon 1964), dies at 80
2024 – Yvonne Furneaux [Scatcherd], British actress (La Dolce Vita; Repulsion), dies at 98
Famous Deaths for 4th July 2025
1648 – Antoine Daniel, French Jesuit missionary and martyr, dies at 47
1672 – Ambrosius Reiner, German composer, dies at 67
1891 – Hannibal Hamlin, American attorney and 15th Vice President of U.S. (1861-65), dies at 81
1910 – Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (discovered canals of Mars), dies at 75
1950 – William C. Fownes Jr, American golfer and administrator (US Amateur C’ship 1910; President US Golf Ass’n 1926-27), dies at 72
1970 – Harold Vanderbilt, American yachtsman and America’s Cup winner (1930, 34, 37), dies at 85
1986 – Flor Peeters, Flemish organist (St. Rumbold’s Cathedral – Mechelen, 1923-86), composer (Lied Symphony), and pedagogue, dies on his 83rd birthday
1993 – Charles Crain, actor, dies in Hollywood at 83
2002 – Mansoor Hekmat, Iranian politician (b. 1951)
2022 – Janusz Kupcewicz, Polish soccer midfielder (20 caps; KS Arka Gdynia, ASSE Saint-Étienne), dies from a stroke at 66