238 – Pupienus, Roman Emperor ruled 3 months with Balbinus, murdered by the Praetorian guard at about 70
1844 – Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer and 6th child of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, dies at 53
1918 – Ernest William Christmas, Australian painter (b. 1863)
1973 – Eileen Percy, Irish silent film actress (Wicked, Backstage), dies at 72
1984 – Fred Waring, American bandleader, conductor, and Waring Blender namesake, dies at 84
1985 – James F Nolan, actor (Dante), dies of cancer at 69
1996 – Jason Thirsk, American punk rock bassist (Pennywise), dies of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot at 28
1997 – Chuck Wayne [Jagelka], America session and bebop jazz guitarist (Woody Herman’s First Herd; George Shearing Quintet; Gil Evans; Tony Bennett), dies of emphysema at 74
2006 – Jim Olin, American politician (Rep-D-VA, 1983-93), dies at 86
2008 – Eric Varley, British politician and cabinet minister, dies at 75
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 28th July 2024
1527 – Rodrigo de Bastidas, Spanish conquistador (founded city of Santa Marta), murdered by some of his men
1655 – Suzuki Shosan, Samurai/monk/propagator of Zen Buddhism, dies at 76
1718 – Etienne Baluze, French scholar (b. 1630)
1746 – John Peter Zenger, German born journalist and printer working in New York, involved in 1st amendment fight, dies at 48
1844 – Joseph Bonaparte, older brother of Napoleon I and King of Naples and Spain, dies at 76
1878 – George Law Curry, American newspaper publisher and Governor of Oregon, dies at 58
1965 – Minor Watson, American actor (Woman of the Year, Viva Cisco Kid), dies at 75
1980 – Cecil Burleigh, American violinist, composer (Sonnets of Autumn; Boyhood Recollections), and educator (University of Wisconsin, 1921-55), dies at 95
1991 – Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer who was exiled in the Netherlands, dies at 45
2007 – Jim LeRoy, American aerobatics pilot, dies in a plane crash at the Dayton airshow at 46
Famous Deaths for 27th July 2024
1844 – John Dalton, English physicist and chemist who developed the atomic theory of matter and researched colour blindness, dies at 77
1968 – Anton van Duinkerken [Willem Jan Marie Anton Asselbergs], Dutch poet and academic, dies at 65
1972 – Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Austrian-Japanese politician, dies at 77
1992 – Max Dupain, Australian photographer (“Sunbaker”), dies at 81
1994 – Kevin Carter, South African photojournalist and Pulitzer Prize winner (member of the Bang-Bang Club), commits suicide at 33
1997 – Isabel Dean, English actress (Five Days One Summer Virgin Island, Ransom), dies at 79
2011 – Ágota Kristóf, Hungarian writer (The Notebook), dies at 75
2012 – Tony Martin, American singer, dies from natural causes at 98
2015 – A. P. J. [Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen] Abdul Kalam, Indian scientist and politician, 11th President of India (2002-07), dies at 83
2018 – Vladimir Voinovich, Russian writer and dissident (Moscow 2042), dies of a heart attack at 85
Famous Deaths for 26th July 2024
1925 – Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician (Begriffsschrift), dies at 76
1956 – Miguel Bernal Jiménez, Mexican organist, composer and pedagogue (Tata Vasco; Tres Cartas de México), dies of a heart attack at 46
1988 – Fazlur Rahman, Pakistani modernist scholar, dies at 68
1993 – Matthew Ridgway, American general (World War II, Korean War, NATO Supreme Commander) and Chief of Staff of the US Army (1953-55), dies of cardiac arrest at 98
1998 – (David Allan) “Chico” Ryan, American rock bassist and singer (Sha Na Na, 1973-98), dies at 50
2000 – John Tukey, American statistician (b. 1915)
2007 – Lars Forssell, Swedish writer, member of the Swedish Academy (b. 1928)
2009 – Merce Cunningham, American choreographer (Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus), dies at 90
2016 – Miss Cleo [Youree Dell Harris], American psychic (Psychic Readers Network), dies of colon cancer at 53
2017 – June Foray, American voice actress (Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Cinderella, Cindy Lou Who), dies at 99
Famous Deaths for 25th July 2024
1539 – Lorenzo Campeggi(east), archbishop of Bologna and diplomat, dies at 65
1794 – André Chenier, French poet (Avis aux Francais sur leurs), executed by guillotine during French Revolution at 31
1934 – Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist Insurrectionary leader, dies at 45
1952 – Herbert Murrill, British organist, composer (The Song of the Birds; Carillon), and educator (Royal Academy of Music, 1933-52), dies of cancer at 43
1983 – Jerome Moross, American composer (Frankie and Johnny), dies at 69
1984 – Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton, American rhythm-and-blues singer and songwriter (“Hound Dog”; “Ball and Chain”; “Stronger Than Dirt”), dies of heart and liver disorders at 57
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
2008 – Jeff Fehring, Australian rules footballer (b. 1955)
2011 – Arsene Souffriau, Belgian pioneering electronic music composer, dies at 86
2018 – Judith Appelbaum, American magazine and newspaper editor and educator, dies at 78
Famous Deaths for 24th July 2024
446 – St Proclus, patriarch and archbishop of Constantinople, dies
1115 – Matilda of Tuscany, Countess of Canossa, feudal margravine dies at 68 or 69
1756 – George Vertue, English engraver, dies at about 72
1812 – Joseph Schuster, German composer, dies at 63
1954 – Mary Church Terrell, American educator and civil rights activist (co-founder and President National Association of Colored Women, dies at 90
1960 – Hans Albers, German actor (Blue Angel), dies at 68
1974 – Ernest Milton, American-British actor (Julius Caesar, Cat Girl), dies at 84
1996 – Howard Vernon, Swiss actor (Love and Death, Delicatessen), dies at 82
2001 – Georges Dor [Dore], French Canadian author, playwright, radio broadcaster, singer and songwriter, dies at 70
2011 – Dan Peek, American rock vocalist and guitarist (America), dies at 60
Famous Deaths for 23rd July 2024
1948 – D.W. Griffith, American film director and producer (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 73
1955 – Cordell Hull, American Secretary of State (1933-44) who established United Nations (Nobel Peace Prize 1945), dies at 83
1955 – Betsy van Es, Flemish actress (Un soir de joie), dies at 55
1964 – Jan de Vries, Dutch scholar of Germanic linguistics and Germanic mythology, dies at 74
1980 – Sarto Fournier, Mayor of Montreal (b. 1908)
1994 – Aad Ivens, Dutch checkers player, dies at 80
1997 – Chūhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (Olympic gold triple jump 1932; only person to have held WRs in both long jump and triple jump), dies at 93
2002 – William Luther Pierce, American author and activist, dies at 68
2012 – Sally Ride, American astronaut and 1st American woman in space, dies of pancreatic cancer at 61
2021 – John Cornell, Australian screenwriter (Paul Hogan Show; Crocodile Dundee), and director (Crocodile Dundee II),. dies from complications related to Parkinson’s disease at 80
Famous Deaths for 22nd July 2024
1880 – Anna Caroline Oury (née De Belleville), German concert pianist and composer, dies at 74
1920 – William Kissam Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1849)
1922 – John Motley Morehead III, American chemist (commercial production of calcium carbide, important for welding), dies at 67
1950 – Mackenzie King, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (1921-30, and 1935-48), dies of pneumonia at 75
1980 – Fred Kaps [Abram Bongers], Dutch magician (ISM World Champion 1950, 1955 and 1961), dies of cancer at 54
1992 – Wayne McLaren, American stuntman, rodeo performer, model and actor best known for playing the Marlboro Man, dies of lung cancer at 51
2000 – Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author, dies at 74
2005 – Eugene Record American songwriter and singer (The Chi-Lites) (b. 1940)
2020 – Carlton Haselrig, American football guard (Pro Bowl 1992; Pittsburgh Steelers) and wrestler (6 x NCAA titles; Pitt-Johnstown), dies from liver disease at 54
2022 – David Moores, British football executive (Chairman Liverpool FC 1991-2007; Honorary Life President), dies at 76
Famous Deaths for 21st July 2024
1540 – John I Zapolyai, Prince of Transslvania and King of Hungary, dies
1946 – Gualberto Villarroel, Bolivian military officer (President of Bolivia 1943-46), killed and lynched in La Paz riots at 37
1957 – Rockley Wilson, English cricket spin bowler (1 Test, 3 wickets; Cambridge University, Yorkshire CCC), dies at 78
1976 – Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British ambassador to Ireland, assassinated by the IRA at 54
1986 – Virginia Hewitt, American actress (Carol-Space Patrol), dies of cancer at 60
1986 – Ernest Maas, American screenwriter (b. 1892)
1991 – Theodore Wilson, American actor dies after a stroke at 47
2012 – James D. Ramage, American Naval Aviator in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War, dies at 96
2022 – Paddy Hopkirk, Irish rally driver (Monte Carlo Rally 1964), dies at 89
2022 – Uwe Seeler, German soccer striker (72 caps West Germany; Hamburger SV 476 games, 404 goals), dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 20th July 2024
985 – Antipope Boniface VII [Franco Ferrucci] (974, 984–985), dies at unknown age
1201 – Agnes of France, Queen of France, dies [or 7/18]
1547 – Beatus Rhenanus [Beatus Birt], German humanist, classical scholar and friend of Erasmus, dies bequeathing his significant library to city of Sélestat, at 80
1573 – Lancelot van Brederode, Dutch general of the “water beggars” rebellion, beheaded by the Spanish
1866 – Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function), dies at 39
1898 – Yuri Karlovich Arnold, Russian composer, dies at 86
1954 – Blair Moody, American journalist (US Senator (D)-Michigan, 1951-52), dies at 52
2000 – Roberto Suárez Gómez, Bolivian drug lord called the “King of Cocaine” whose story was the basis of the movie “Scarface”, dies of a heart attack at 68
2019 – Peter McNamara, Australian tennis player (Australian Open doubles 1979, Wimbledon doubles 1980, 82), dies of prostate cancer at 64
2021 – Jerry Granelli, American-Canadian jazz drummer (Vince Guaraldi Trio; Mose Allison), dies at 80