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Notable Deaths in History

Remember the remarkable individuals who left their mark on history. Browse notable deaths by date.

Showing 108 matching dates.
January 1
6 deaths

Hank Williams dies

January 2
5 deaths

Daryl Dragon

January 3
5 deaths

Eric Jerome Dickey

January 4
5 deaths

Glynis Johns

January 5
5 deaths

Kim Mi-soo

January 6
5 deaths

Ashli Babbitt

January 7
5 deaths

Michael Apted

January 8
5 deaths

Pat Dalton

January 9
5 deaths

Bob Saget

January 10
5 deaths

JosΓ© JimΓ©nez

January 11
5 deaths

Adenan Satem

January 12
5 deaths

Lisa Marie Presley

January 13
5 deaths

Bryan Monroe

January 14
5 deaths

Spanky Manikan

January 15
6 deaths

Rosa Luxemburg dies

January 16
5 deaths

Pedro Trebbau

January 17
5 deaths

Lucile Randon dies

January 18
5 deaths

Francisco Gento

January 19
5 deaths

Richard Levins

January 20
5 deaths

Sibusiso Moyo

January 21
5 deaths

Louie Anderson

January 22
5 deaths

Ursula K. Le Guin

January 23
5 deaths

Hal Holbrook

January 24
5 deaths

Helena Kmieć

January 25
5 deaths

Stephen P. Cohen

January 26
5 deaths

Mike Connors

January 27
5 deaths

Countess Maya von SchΓΆnburg-Glauchau

January 28
5 deaths

Alexander Chancellor

January 29
3 deaths

Salwan Momika

January 30
5 deaths

Dick Button death

January 31
5 deaths

Vic Howe

February 1
5 deaths

Dustin Diamond

February 2
5 deaths

K. Viswanath

February 3
5 deaths

Julie Adams

February 4
5 deaths

Kim In-hyeok

February 5
5 deaths

Γ–rs SiklΓ³si

February 6
5 deaths

Lata Mangeshkar

February 7
5 deaths

John Dingell

February 8
5 deaths

Marty Schottenheimer

February 9
5 deaths

Reg E. Cathey

February 10
5 deaths

Larry Flynt

February 11
5 deaths

Donald Spoto

February 12
6 deaths

Charles Schulz dies

February 13
5 deaths

Ricardo Arias CalderΓ³n

February 14
5 deaths

Ruud Lubbers

February 15
5 deaths

Raquel Welch

February 16
5 deaths

Gustavo Noboa

February 17
5 deaths

Paquita la del Barrio

February 18
5 deaths

Flavio Bucci

February 19
5 deaths

Umberto Eco dies

February 20
5 deaths

Andreas Brehme

February 21
5 deaths

Mireya Arboleda

February 22
5 deaths

Brody Stevens

February 23
5 deaths

Tony Earl

February 24
5 deaths

Katherine Johnson

February 25
5 deaths

Farrah Forke

February 26
5 deaths

Sheppard Frere

February 27
5 deaths

Steve Folkes

February 28
5 deaths

David Johansen

February 29
6 deaths

Wenn V. Deramas

March 1
5 deaths

Iris Apfel

March 2
5 deaths

Billy Herrington

March 3
5 deaths

Roger Bannister

March 4
5 deaths

Javier PΓ©rez de CuΓ©llar

March 5
5 deaths

Vlada Divljan

March 6
5 deaths

Peter Nicholls

March 7
5 deaths

Lynne Stewart

March 8
5 deaths

Kate Wilhelm

March 9
5 deaths

Jo Min-ki

March 10
5 deaths

Ken Adam

March 11
6 deaths

Slobodan Miloőević dies

March 12
5 deaths

Willie Barrow

March 13
5 deaths

Death of William Hurt

March 14
5 deaths

Jake Phelps

March 15
5 deaths

Vittorio Gregotti

March 16
5 deaths

Lewis Rowland

March 17
5 deaths

Mike MacDonald

March 18
5 deaths

Chuck Berry

March 19
5 deaths

Roger Agnelli

March 20
5 deaths

John Sattler

March 21
5 deaths

Death of Nawal El Saadawi

March 22
5 deaths

Johan van Hulst

March 23
5 deaths

Miroslava Breach

March 24
5 deaths

Dagny Carlsson

March 25
5 deaths

Floyd Cardoz

March 26
7 deaths

Ludwig van Beethoven dies

March 27
5 deaths

Death of Mother Angelica

March 28
5 deaths

Death of Didier Ratsiraka

March 29
5 deaths

Death of John Kerin

March 30
5 deaths

Death of G. Gordon Liddy

March 31
5 deaths

Shirley Burkovich

April 1
5 deaths

Lou Conter

April 2
5 deaths

Jerry Abbott

April 3
5 deaths

June Brown

April 4
4 deaths

Death of Lynne Reid Banks

April 15
1 deaths

Abraham Lincoln dies

April 23
1 deaths

William Shakespeare dies

May 8
1 deaths

Gustave Flaubert dies

June 6
1 deaths

Carl Jung dies

July 4
2 deaths

Thomas Jefferson dies

July 20
1 deaths

Guglielmo Marconi dies

August 6
1 deaths

Thousands die in Hiroshima

September 11
1 deaths

Salvador Allende dies

October 12
1 deaths

Robert E. Lee dies

November 9
1 deaths

Charles de Gaulle dies

November 22
1 deaths

John F. Kennedy assassinated

December 7
1 deaths

Pearl Harbor casualties

December 25
1 deaths

Joan MirΓ³ dies

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