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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[800]] – [[Berowulf]], bishop of [[Bishopric of Würzburg|Würzburg]] * [[862]] – [[Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi]], Muslim military leader (born c. 790) *[[1241]] – [[Fujiwara no Teika]], Japanese poet *[[1290]] – [[Margaret, Maid of Norway]] Queen of Scotland (born 1283) *[[1313]] – [[Gottfried von Hagenau]], Alsatian theologian, medical doctor, and poet *[[1327]] – [[Cecco d'Ascoli]], Italian encyclopaedist, physician and poet (born 1257) *[[1328]] – [[Ibn Taymiya]], Islamic scholar and philosopher of Harran (born 1263) *[[1345]] – [[William II, Count of Hainaut]] *[[1371]] – [[Jovan Uglješa]], Serbian despot *[[1413]] – [[Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria]] (born 1337) *[[1417]] – [[Francesco Zabarella]], Italian cardinal (born 1360) *[[1468]] – [[Juan de Torquemada (cardinal)|Juan de Torquemada]], Spanish cardinal and theologian (born 1388) *[[1536]] – [[Didier de Saint-Jaille]], 46th Grandmaster of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] *[[1588]] – [[Amias Paulet]], Governor of Jersey (born 1532) *[[1600]] – [[Claude Le Jeune]], French composer (born 1530) ===1601–1900=== *[[1620]] – [[Taichang Emperor]] of China (born 1582) *[[1623]] – [[Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire]] (born 1540) *[[1626]] – [[Wakisaka Yasuharu]], Japanese daimyō (born 1554) *[[1716]] – [[Antoine Parent]], French mathematician and theorist (born 1666) *[[1764]] – [[Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro]], Spanish monk and scholar (born 1676) *[[1800]] – [[William Billings]], American composer and educator (born 1746) *[[1802]] – [[Jurij Vega]], Slovene mathematician and physicist (born 1754) *[[1820]] – [[Daniel Boone]], American hunter and explorer (born 1734) *[[1825]] – [[José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, Marquis of Torre Tagle]], Peruvian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Peru (born 1779)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Basadre |first=Jorge |year=2005 |orig-year=First published 1939 |title=Historia de la República del Perú (1822–1933) |volume=1 |page=98 |edition=9th |language=es |trans-title=History of the Republic of Peru (1822–1933) |location=Lima |publisher=El Comercio |isbn=978-612-306-354-2}}</ref> *[[1846]] – [[Thomas Clarkson]], English abolitionist (born 1760)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC – History – Thomas Clarkson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/clarkson_thomas.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref> *[[1868]] – [[August Ferdinand Möbius]], German mathematician and astronomer (born 1790) *[[1877]] – [[Hermann Grassmann]], German mathematician and physicist (born 1809) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Levi Strauss]], German-American businessman, founded [[Levi Strauss & Co.]] (born 1829) *[[1904]] – [[Lafcadio Hearn]], Greek-Japanese author and academic (born 1850) * 1904 – [[John Fitzwilliam Stairs]], Canadian businessman and politician (born 1848) *[[1922]] – [[Charles Wade]], Australian politician, 17th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (born 1863) *[[1935]] – [[Andy Adams (writer)|Andy Adams]], American author (born 1859) * 1935 – [[Iván Persa]], Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (born 1861) *[[1937]] – [[Bessie Smith]], American singer and actress (born 1894) *[[1943]] – [[Henri Fertet]], [[French Resistance]] fighter (born 1926)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ordredelaliberation.fr/fr/compagnons/henri-fertet |title=Henri Fertet |website=[[Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération]] |language=fr |access-date=2019-12-01}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Béla Bartók]], Hungarian pianist and composer (born 1881) *[[1946]] – [[William Strunk Jr.]], American author and educator (born 1869) *[[1947]] – [[Hugh Lofting]], English-American author and poet (born 1886) *[[1951]] – [[Hans Cloos]], German geologist and academic (born 1885) *[[1952]] – [[George Santayana]], Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (born 1863) *[[1953]] – [[Xu Beihong]], Chinese painter and educator (born 1895) *[[1954]] – [[Ellen Roosevelt]], American tennis player (born 1868) *[[1957]] – [[Arthur Powell Davies]], American minister and author (born 1902) *[[1959]] – [[S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th [[Prime Minister of Sri Lanka]] (born 1899) * 1959 – [[Leslie Morshead]], Australian general (born 1889) * 1959 – [[Teodor Ussisoo]], Estonian furniture designer and educator (born 1878) *[[1961]] – [[Charles Erwin Wilson]], American politician, [[United States Secretary of Defense|5th United States Secretary of Defense]] (born 1890)<ref name="Historical Office Charles E. Wilson">{{cite web |url=https://history.defense.gov/Multimedia/Biographies/Article-View/Article/571268/charles-e-wilson/ |title=Charles E. Wilson – Dwight D. Eisenhower Administration |work=Office of the Secretary of Defense – Historical Office}}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[James Fitzmaurice (pilot)|James Fitzmaurice]], Irish soldier and pilot (born 1898) *[[1968]] – [[Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin]], Polish-Israeli neurologist and physician (born 1902) * 1968 – [[Daniel Johnson Sr.]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th [[Premier of Quebec]] (born 1915) * 1968 – [[Władysław Kędra]], Polish pianist (born 1918) *[[1972]] – [[Charles Correll]], American actor and screenwriter (born 1890) *[[1973]] – [[Samuel Flagg Bemis]], American historian and author (born 1891) * 1973 – [[Ralph Earnhardt]], American race car driver (born 1928) * 1973 – [[Anna Magnani]], Italian actress and singer (born 1908) *[[1976]] – [[Leopold Ružička]], Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1887) *[[1977]] – [[Uday Shankar]], Indian dancer and choreographer (born 1900) *[[1978]] – [[Manne Siegbahn]], Swedish physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1886) *[[1979]] – [[Arthur Hunnicutt]], American actor (born 1910) *[[1982]] – [[Alec Hurwood]], Australian cricketer (born 1902) *[[1984]] – [[Paquirri]], Spanish bullfighter (born 1948) * 1984 – [[John Facenda]], American sportscaster (born 1913) *[[1987]] – [[Ramang]], Indonesian footballer and manager (born 1928) * 1987 – [[Herbert Tichy]], Austrian geologist, journalist, and mountaineer (born 1912) *[[1988]] – [[Branko Zebec]], Croatian and Yugoslav football player and coach (born 1929) *[[1989]] – [[Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay]], Indian singer-songwriter and producer (born 1920) *[[1990]] – [[Hiram Abas]], Turkish intelligence officer (born 1932) * 1990 – [[Alberto Moravia]], Italian author and critic (born 1907) *[[1991]] – [[Billy Vaughn]], American singer and bandleader (born 1919) *[[1995]] – [[Kalju Pitksaar]], Estonian chess player (born 1931) *[[1996]] – [[Nicu Ceaușescu]], Romanian politician (born 1951) *[[1997]] – [[Dorothy Kingsley]], American screenwriter and producer (born 1909)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Dorothy Kingsley |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-dorothy-kingsley-1233896.html |website=The Independent |access-date=26 October 2021 |language=en |date=23 October 2011}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Betty Carter]], American singer (born 1930) *[[1999]] – [[Oseola McCarty]], American philanthropist (born 1908) *[[2000]] – [[Richard Mulligan]], American actor (born 1932) * 2000 – [[Baden Powell de Aquino]], Brazilian guitarist and composer (born 1937) *[[2002]] – [[Nils Bohlin]], Swedish engineer, invented [[three-point safety belt]] (born 1920)<ref>{{cite web | title=Inventor of three-point seat belt dies | work=Deathwatch | url=http://slick.org/deathwatch/mailarchive/msg00869.html | accessdate=August 1, 2005 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051110014724/http://slick.org/deathwatch/mailarchive/msg00869.html | archivedate=November 10, 2005 }}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Shawn Lane]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1963) * 2003 – [[Robert Palmer]], English singer-songwriter (born 1949) *[[2004]] – [[Marianna Komlos]], Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (born 1969) *[[2005]] – [[Helen Cresswell]], English author and screenwriter (born 1934) *[[2006]] – [[Byron Nelson]], American golfer and coach (born 1912) * 2006 – [[Iva Toguri D'Aquino]], American wartime propaganda broadcaster (born 1916) *[[2007]] – [[Bill Wirtz]], American businessman (born 1929) *[[2008]] – [[Marc Moulin]], Belgian keyboard player, producer, and journalist (born 1942) * 2008 – [[Paul Newman]], American actor, director, producer, and businessman (born 1925) *[[2010]] – [[Terry Newton]], English rugby player (born 1978) * 2010 – [[Gloria Stuart]], American actress (born 1910) *[[2011]] – [[Bob Cassilly]], American sculptor, founded the [[City Museum]] (born 1949) *[[2012]] – [[M'el Dowd]], American actress and singer (born 1933) * 2012 – [[Sylvia Fedoruk]], Canadian physicist and politician, 17th [[Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan]] (born 1927) * 2012 – [[Eugene Genovese]], American historian and author (born 1930) * 2012 – [[Sam Steiger]], American journalist and politician (born 1929) *[[2013]] – [[Azizan Abdul Razak]], Malaysian politician, 10th [[List of Menteris Besar of Kedah|Menteri Besar of Kedah]] (born 1944) * 2013 – [[Seánie Duggan]], Irish hurler (born 1922) * 2013 – [[Mario Montez]], Puerto Rican-American actor (born 1935) * 2013 – [[Sos Sargsyan]], Armenian actor and director (born 1929) *[[2014]] – [[Jim Boeke]], American football player and coach (born 1938) * 2014 – [[Sam Hall (writer)|Sam Hall]], American screenwriter (born 1921) * 2014 – [[Gerald Neugebauer]], American astronomer and physicist (born 1932) * 2014 – [[Tamir Sapir]], Georgian-American businessman (born 1946) *[[2015]] – [[Eudóxia Maria Froehlich]], Brazilian zoologist (born 1928) * 2015 – [[Sidney Phillips]], American soldier, physician, and author (born 1924) * 2015 – [[Ana Seneviratne]], Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (born 1927) *[[2016]] – [[Toughie (frog)|Toughie]], [[endling|last known]] [[Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog]] (h. {{floruit|2005}})<ref>{{cite news |last=Daley |first=Jason |date=October 4, 2016 |title=Adiós, Toughie: The Last Known Rabb's Fringe-Limbed Tree Frog Dies in Atlanta |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/adios-toughie-last-rabbs-fringe-limbed-tree-frog-dies-atlanta-180960671/ |work=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]] |location= |access-date=June 26, 2023 |quote=Since his discovery in 2005, Toughie the frog has been the face of amphibian extinction}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Jacques Chirac]], French politician, President of France (born 1932)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-13299221?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cywd23g0g3wt/obituaries&link_location=live-reporting-story|title=Chirac: A life in French politics|website=BBC News |date =2019-09-26|access-date =2019-10-06}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[John Ashton (actor)|John Ashton]], American actor (born 1948)<ref>{{cite web|title='Beverly Hills Cop' Actor John Ashton Dead at 76|url=https://www.tmz.com/2024/09/29/beverly-hills-cop-john-ashton-dead/|website=TMZ|date=September 29, 2024}}</ref>
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