1881 – Nathan Clifford, American statesman, diplomat and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, dies at 77
1934 – Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian right-wing politician (Chancellor, 1932-34), assassinated by Nazis at 41
1973 – Louis St. Laurent, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (Liberal: 1948-57), dies of natural causes at 91
1987 – Charles Stark “Doc” Draper, American Scientist and Engineer who headed the team that invented the Apollo Guidance Computer and inertial navigation technology for aircraft, space vehicles, and submarines, dies at 85
1992 – Hope Miller, American actress (Bwana Devil), dies of breast cancer at 63
2003 – John Schlesinger, English stage and Academy Award-winning film director (Midnight Cowboy; Darling), dies at 77
2003 – Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical engineer, dies at 91
2006 – Carl Brashear, first African-American U.S Navy Master Diver (b. 1931)
2013 – Mike Shipley, Australian audio engineer, and record producer of rock and country music (Paper Airplane), dies of an apparent suicide at 56
2018 – Lord Browne-Wilkinson [Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson], British politician and jurist (UK Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 1998-2000), dies at 88
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 24th July 2025
1739 – Benedetto Marcello, Italian author and composer (Lettera Famigliare), dies on 53rd birthday
1819 – Sophie Gail, French singer and composer, dies at 43
1846 – Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, French King of the Netherlands (1806-10), dies at 67
1910 – Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian landscape painter, dies at 69
1995 – Jerzy Bonawentura Toeplitz, Ukrainian-Polish filmmaker and film educator (Polish Film School), dies at 94
1996 – Jock Wallace, Scottish soccer manager (Berwick Rangers, Rangers, Leicester City, Motherwell, Sevilla), dies from Parkinson’s disease at 60
1997 – Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (Alien 3, Kes), dies of a brain tumor at 63
1997 – William J. Brennan, Jr. American Supreme Court judge (1956-90), dies at 91
2001 – Georges Dor [Dore], French Canadian author, playwright, radio broadcaster, singer and songwriter, dies at 70
2023 – Leny Andrade, Brazilian samba, bossa nova and jazz singer, dies of Lewy body dementia at 80
Famous Deaths for 23rd July 2025
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
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