1891 – Franco Faccio, Italian composer and conductor, dies at 51
1928 – Ellen Alice Terry, British Shakespearean actress and director (Imperial Theatre), dies at 81
1952 – Silvio Cator, Haitian athlete and long jumper (Olympic silver 1928), dies at 51
1957 – Bernard Spooner, American businessman, head of the Spooner Armor Company (armored vests manufacturer), dies at 67
1962 – G. M. Trevelyan [George Macaulay Trevelyan], British historian and academic, dies at 86
1968 – Ruth St. Denis, American modern dance pioneer and teacher (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91
1973 – Russell Hardie, American actor (Sequoia, In Old Kentucky), dies after long illness at 69
1990 – Sacha Piteoff, Swiss-French actor and stage director, dies of heart failure at 70
2015 – Theodore Bikel, Austrian-American stage and screen singer and actor (The Sound of Music; Fiddler On The Roof; The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming; 200 Motels), folk singer (co-founder Newport Folk Festival), and political activist, dies at 91
2022 – Uwe Seeler, German soccer striker (72 caps West Germany; Hamburger SV 476 games, 404 goals), dies at 85
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 20th July 2026
1825 – Joseph-Denis Doche, French organist, composer, and conductor, dies at 58
1866 – Emilio Faà di Bruno, Italian naval captain, goes down with his ship (Re d’italia) in the Battle of Lissa at 46
1945 – Paul Valéry [Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry], French author, philosopher and poet (La Jeune Parque), dies at 73
1962 – George MacAulay Trevelyan, English royal historian, dies at 86
1966 – Julien Carette, French actor (Sylvia and the Phantom), dies of burns at 68
1968 – Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies at 60
1998 – June Byers, American professional wrestler (b. 1922)
2009 – Ria Brieffies, Dutch pop singer (Dolly Dots – “Love Me Just a Little Bit More (Totally Hooked on You)”, “P.S.”), dies of lung cancer at 52
2012 – Sir Alastair Burnet [James William Alexander Burnet], British journalist and broadcaster (News at Ten), dies at 84
2015 – Elio Fiorucci, Italian fashion designer, dies at 80
Famous Deaths for 19th July 2026
1543 – Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII of England
1852 – Anne François Mellinet, French-Belgian general (Antwerp), dies at 83
1918 – Joost van Vollenhoven, Dutch-French colonial administrator (French West Africa) and solider, dies in the Second Battle of the Marne at 40
1951 – Max Ettinger, Jewish-German composer (Jiddische Requiem), dies at 77
1954 – Jean Roger-Ducasse, French composer, dies at 81
1990 – Lluís Maria Millet, Catalan composer, and musical director (Catalan Orfeón, 1945-77), dies at 84
1992 – Allen Newell, American computer scientist (Logic Theory Machine, General Problem Solver, Turing Award), dies at 65
1995 – Michael Andrews, British painter, dies at 66
2003 – Pierre Graber, Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1970–1978), dies at 94
2014 – Peter Marquardt, American actor (El Mariachi), dies at 50
Famous Deaths for 18th July 2026
1944 – George A Hartland, British politician (MP, Norwich, 1931-35), dies at 60
1968 – Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist (Nobel 1938), dies at 76
1970 – Lucien d’Azambuja, French astronomer (studied the solar chromosphere), dies at 86
1990 – Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Astérix, Tintin), dies at 79
1990 – Yoon Boseon, President of South Korea (b. 1897)
1991 – André Cools, Belgian Minister of Budget, murdered at 63
1994 – Gottfried Reinhardt [Goldmann], German/American director, dies at 83
2002 – Louis Laberge, Quebec labour union leader, dies at 78
2020 – [James] Keith Sonnier, American performance artist and sculptor (Palm Saw Tooth Blatt; Ba-O-Ba), dies at 78
2024 – Lou Dobbs, American broadcast journalist and conservative political pundit (CNN, 1980-99 and 2001-09; Fox Business, 2011-21), dies at 78
Famous Deaths for 17th July 2026
521 – Magnus Felix Ennodius, bishop and Latin poet (b. 474)
1763 – Wenzel Raimund Birck, Austrian organist and composer at the court of Marie Theresa, dies at 45
1859 – Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, German-born Queen of Portugal (1858-59), dies of diphtheria at 22
1918 – Alexei Trupp, Russian footman and assistant of Tsar Nicholas II, executed at 62
1970 – Juano Hernandez, Puerto Rican stage and film actor (St Louis Blues; Stars In My Crown), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 73
1994 – Sutan Takdir Alishahbana, Indonesian linguist and writer (Poedjangga Baroe), dies at 86
2011 – David Ngoombujarra, Australian actor (b. 1967)
2016 – Gary S. Paxton [Larry Wayne Stevens], American musician and songwriter (“Monster Mash”; “Alley Oop”), dies at 77
2023 – Nicholas Goodison, British businessman (CEO of TSB Group; Chairman of London Stock Exchange, 1976-86), and arts supporter (Chairman of the Courtauld Institute of Art, 1982-2002; Chair and of the National Art Collections Fund, 1986 -2002), dies at 97
2025 – Claude Teisseire, French rugby league centre (17 Tests; AS Carcassonne, FC Lézignan), dies at 94
Famous Deaths for 16th July 2026
1890 – Gottfried Keller, German-Swiss novelist and poet, dies at 70
1897 – Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, dies at 1897
1972 – Max Zehnder, Swiss composer, dies at 70
1976 – Carmelo Soria, Spanish diplomat assassinated in 1976 by the Chilean DINA
1982 – Patrick Dewaere, French actor (Les Valseuses, Get Out Your Handkerchiefs), commits suicide at 35
1991 – Robert Motherwell, American painter (Elegies to Spanish Rep), dies at 76
1999 – John F. Kennedy Jr, American magazine publisher (George), lawyer and son of JFK, dies in a plane crash at 38
2001 – Terry Gordy, American professional wrestler, dies at 40
2007 – Tom Brooks, Australian cricket umpire (23 Tests 1970-78), dies at 88
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 2026
1411 – Johannes Parvus [Jean Petit], French theologist, dies
1782 – Robert Wainwright, English composer and church organist, dies at 33
1857 – Carl Czerny, Czech-Austrian pianist, composer (Schule der Virtuosen), student of Ludwig van Beethoven, and teacher of Franz Liszt, dies at 66
1940 – Robert Wadlow, American who was world’s tallest known person (8’11.1″), dies at 22
1982 – Bill Justis, American musician and producer (Raunchy), dies of cancer at 58
1986 – Florence Halop, American actress (Night Court, 1985-86 -“Florence”; St Elsewhere, 1984-85), dies of lung cancer at 63
1992 – Johnny Martin, Australian cricketer (NSW and Australian bowler), dies at 60
1993 – Bobby Kent, alleged Florida bully murdered by his friends (b. 1973)
2003 – Elisabeth Welch, American born British-based singer (“Stormy Weather”, “Over the Moon”), and actress, dies at 99
2011 – Googie Withers, English actress and dancer (The Lady Vanishes), dies at 94
Famous Deaths for 14th July 2026
664 – Deusdedit of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (655-664), 1st Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury
1762 – Cornelis Hop, Amsterdams regent and diplomat, dies at 77
1789 – Bernard-René de Launay, French governor of the Bastille prison, murdered during the storming of the Bastille (b.1740)
1876 – Thomas Hazlehurst, English Methodist chapel builder, dies at 60
1902 – William Still, African-American abolitionist, businessman and conductor of the Underground Railroad, dies at 80
1953 – Richard von Mises, Austrian scientist and mathematician (probability theory), dies at 70
1980 – Felix Berezin, Russian physicist and mathematician (Berezin integral), dies at 49
1984 – Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter (Shaft; The French Connection), dies at 56
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
2022 – Pleun Strik, Dutch soccer defender (8 caps, FIFA World Cup 1974 runner-up; PSV Eindhoven 270 games), dies at 78
Famous Deaths for 13th July 2026
939 – Leo VII, Italian Pope (936-39), dies
1621 – Albert VII, Archduke of Austria and cardinal-archbishop of Toledo, dies at 61
1628 – Robert Shirley, English adventurer (b. 1581)
1640 – Henry Casimir I, Dutch count of Nassau-Dietz and Stadholder of Freisland, dies a day after being injured at the Battle of Hulst at 28
1844 – Johann Baptist Gansbacher, Austrian composer, dies at 66
1903 – August Reissmann, Prussian composer, dies at 77
1973 – Willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon), dies from a heart attack at 72
1981 – Kirby Stone, American jazz combo leader (Kirby Stone Four – “Baubles Bangles and Beads”), dies at 63
2007 – Zdeněk Lukáš, Czech composer, dies at 78
2013 – Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and singer (Glee; Monte Carlo), dies of heroin and alcohol overdose at 31
Famous Deaths for 12th July 2026
1892 – Cyrus West Field, American financier noted for success of 1st transatlantic cable, dies at 72
1917 – François Fournier, Swiss-French postage stamp forger, dies at 71
1961 – Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (b. 1879)
1983 – Chris Wood, British rock saxophone and flute player (Traffic; Ginger Baker’s Air Force, Jimi Hendrix), dies of pneumonia at 39
1988 – Joshua Logan, Broadway producer (South Pacific), dies at 79 of palsy
1994 – James Bysse Joll, British historian, dies at 76
2009 – Donald MacCormick, British broadcaster, dies at 70
2010 – Harvey Pekar, American comic book writer (American Splendor), dies at 70
2022 – Jan Wijn, Dutch classical pianist and pedagogue, dies at 88
2024 – Khalid “Billy” Ibadulla, Pakistani cricket batsman (4 Tests; 1 x 100, HS 166; Warwickshire, Otago) and broadcaster (TVNZ), dies at 88