People who died on March 24 88
Harun al-Rashid
d. 809 (b. 763)
Harun al-Rashid, Arab caliph (b. 763)
Wulfred
d. 832
Wulfred, archbishop of Canterbury
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Hugh III of Cyprus
d. 1284 (b. 1235)
Hugh III of Cyprus (b. 1235)
Odon de Pins
d. 1296
Odon de Pins, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
Catherine of Vadstena
d. 1381 (b. 1332)
Catherine of Vadstena, Swedish saint (b. 1332)
Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster
d. 1394
Constance of Castile, claimant to the throne of Castile
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Walter Hilton
d. 1396 (b. 1340)
Walter Hilton, English mystic and saint (b. 1340)
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Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk
d. 1399
Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk (b.c. 1320)
James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas
d. 1443 (b. 1371)
James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas (b. 1371)
Pope Nicholas V
d. 1455 (b. 1397)
Pope Nicholas V (b. 1397)
Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire
d. 1499 (b. 1470)
Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (d. 1498)
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Hosokawa Harumoto
d. 1563 (b. 1514)
Hosokawa Harumoto, Japanese daimyo (b. 1514)
Joseph ben Ephraim Karo
d. 1575 (b. 1488)
Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, Spanish-Portuguese rabbi and author (b. 1488)
Elizabeth I of England
d. 1603 (b. 1533)
Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603)
Samuel Scheidt
d. 1653 (b. 1587)
Samuel Scheidt, German organist and composer (b. 1587)
Pieter de Hooch
d. 1684 (b. 1629)
Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter (b. 1629)
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
d. 1773 (b. 1694)
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1773)
John Harrison
d. 1776 (b. 1693)
John Harrison, English carpenter and clockmaker, invented the Marine chronometer (b. 1693)
Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux
d. 1824 (b. 1753)
Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux, French lawyer (b. 1753)
Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet
d. 1838
Abraham Hume, English floriculturist and Tory politician (b. 1748/49)
Antoine-Henri Jomini
d. 1869 (b. 1779)
Antoine-Henri Jomini, French-Russian general (b. 1779)
Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse
d. 1881 (b. 1817)
Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist and mineralogist (d. 1881)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
d. 1882 (b. 1807)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and educator (d. 1882)
Ivan Kramskoi
d. 1887 (b. 1837)
Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and critic (b. 1837)
Vsevolod Garshin
d. 1888 (b. 1855)
Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)
Jules Verne
d. 1905 (b. 1828)
Jules Verne, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1905)
John Millington Synge
d. 1909 (b. 1871)
John Millington Synge, Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1909)
Margaret Lindsay Huggins
d. 1915 (b. 1848)
Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Anglo-Irish astronomer and author (d. 1915)
Karol Olszewski
d. 1915 (b. 1846)
Karol Olszewski, Polish chemist, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1915)
Enrique Granados
d. 1916 (b. 1867)
Enrique Granados, Spanish pianist and composer (d. 1916)
Phan Chu Trinh
d. 1926 (b. 1872)
Phan Châu Trinh, Vietnamese activist (b. 1872)
Édouard Branly
d. 1940 (b. 1844)
Édouard Branly, French physicist and academic (b. 1844)
Orde Wingate
d. 1944 (b. 1903)
Orde Wingate, English general (d. 1944)
Alexander Alekhine
d. 1946 (b. 1892)
Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (b. 1892)
Carl Schuhmann
d. 1946 (b. 1869)
Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, wrestler, and weightlifter (d. 1946)
Sigrid Hjertén
d. 1948 (b. 1885)
Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish painter and illustrator (b. 1885)
James Rudolph Garfield
d. 1950 (b. 1865)
James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1865)
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1887
d. 1951 (b. 1887)
Lorna Hodgkinson, Australian educator and educational psychologist (d. 1951)
Mary of Teck
d. 1953 (b. 1867)
Mary of Teck (d. 1953)
Jean Goldkette
d. 1962 (b. 1899)
Jean Goldkette, French-American pianist and bandleader (b. 1899)
Auguste Piccard
d. 1962 (b. 1884)
Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (d. 1962)
Arne Jacobsen
d. 1971 (b. 1902)
Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed Aarhus City Hall and Radisson Blu Royal Hotel (d. 1971)
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Arthur Metcalfe (public servant)
d. 1971 (b. 1895)
Arthur Metcalfe, Australian public servant (b. 1895)
Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
d. 1976 (b. 1887)
Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal (b. 1887)
Óscar Romero
d. 1980 (b. 1917)
Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (d. 1980)
Sam Jaffe
d. 1984 (b. 1891)
Sam Jaffe, American actor (b. 1891)
Raoul Ubac
d. 1985 (b. 1910)
Raoul Ubac, French painter, sculptor, photographer and engraver (b. 1910)
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Turhan Feyzioğlu
d. 1988 (b. 1922)
Turhan Feyzioğlu, Turkish academic and politician, 27th Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1922)
Ray Goulding
d. 1990 (b. 1922)
Ray Goulding, American comedian and radio host (b. 1922)
John Kerr (governor-general)
d. 1991 (b. 1914)
John Kerr, Australian politician, 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991)
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Albert Arlen
d. 1993 (b. 1905)
Albert Arlen, Australian pianist, composer, actor, and playwright (b. 1905)
John Hersey
d. 1993 (b. 1914)
John Hersey, American journalist and author (d. 1993)
Joseph Needham
d. 1995 (b. 1900)
Joseph Needham, English historian and academic (b. 1900)
Gertrud Scholtz-Klink
d. 1999 (b. 1902)
Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German politician (b. 1902)
Birdie Tebbetts
d. 1999 (b. 1912)
Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (b. 1912)
Muriel Young
d. 2001 (b. 1928)
Muriel Young, English television host and producer (b. 1928)
César Milstein
d. 2002 (b. 1927)
César Milstein, Argentinian-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
Bob Said
d. 2002 (b. 1932)
Bob Said, American race car driver and bobsled racer (d. 2002)
Hans Hermann Groër
d. 2003 (b. 1919)
Hans Hermann Groër, Austrian cardinal (b. 1919)
Rudra Rajasingham
d. 2006 (b. 1926)
Rudra Rajasingham, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (d. 2006)
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Chalmers Alford
d. 2008 (b. 1955)
Chalmers Alford, American guitarist (b. 1955)
Neil Aspinall
d. 2008 (b. 1941)
Neil Aspinall, Welsh-English record producer and manager (b. 1941)
Rafael Azcona
d. 2008 (b. 1926)
Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
Hal Riney
d. 2008 (b. 1932)
Hal Riney, American businessman, founded Publicis & Hal Riney (d. 2008)
Richard Widmark
d. 2008 (b. 1914)
Richard Widmark, American actor (b. 1914)
George Kell
d. 2009 (b. 1922)
George Kell, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2009)
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Hans Klenk
d. 2009 (b. 1919)
Hans Klenk, German race car driver (b. 1919)
Gábor Ocskay
d. 2009 (b. 1975)
Gábor Ocskay, Hungarian ice hockey player (b. 1975)
Robert Culp
d. 2010 (b. 1930)
Robert Culp, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
Jim Marshall (photographer)
d. 2010 (b. 1936)
Jim Marshall, American photographer (b. 1936)
Paul Callaghan
d. 2012 (b. 1947)
Paul Callaghan, New Zealand physicist and academic (b. 1947)
Nick Noble (singer)
d. 2012 (b. 1926)
Nick Noble, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
Barbara Anderson (writer)
d. 2013 (b. 1926)
Barbara Anderson, New Zealand author (d. 2013)
Inge Lønning
d. 2013 (b. 1938)
Inge Lønning, Norwegian theologian, academic, and politician (b. 1938)
Gury Marchuk
d. 2013 (b. 1925)
Gury Marchuk, Russian physicist, mathematician, and academic (b. 1925)
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Paolo Ponzo
d. 2013 (b. 1972)
Paolo Ponzo, Italian footballer (b. 1972)
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Deke Richards
d. 2013 (b. 1944)
Deke Richards, American songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
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Mohamed Yousri Salama
d. 2013 (b. 1974)
Mohamed Yousri Salama, Egyptian dentist and politician (b. 1974)
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Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow
d. 2013 (b. 1912)
Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow, English diplomat (b. 1912)
Oleksandr Muzychko
d. 2014 (b. 1962)
Oleksandr Muzychko, Ukrainian activist (b. 1962)
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John Rowe Townsend
d. 2014 (b. 1922)
John Rowe Townsend, English author and scholar (b. 1922)
David A. Trampier
d. 2014 (b. 1954)
David A. Trampier, American illustrator (b. 1954)
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Yehuda Avner
d. 2015 (b. 1928)
Yehuda Avner, English-Israeli diplomat (b. 1928)
Germanwings Flight 9525
d. 2015 (b. 1960)
notable deaths of the Germanwings Flight 9525 crash:
Oleg Bryjak, Kazakhstani-German opera singer (b. 1960)
Maria Radner, German opera singer (b. 1981)
Johan Cruyff
d. 2016 (b. 1947)
Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2016)
Garry Shandling
d. 2016 (b. 1949)
Garry Shandling, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1949)
Oleg Bryjak
d. ?
Maria Radner
d. ?