Personnes décédées le Avril 21 101
Emperor Xian of Han
d. 234 (b. 181)
Empereur Xian de Han, empereur chinois (b. 181)
Liuvigild
d. 586
Liuvigild, roi des Wisigoths
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Odgar
d. 847
Odgar, archevêque franc de Mayence
Bardas
d. 866
Bardas, régent de facto de l'Empire byzantin
Bajkam
d. 941
Bajkam, régent de facto du califat abbasside
Pope Alexander II
d. 1073
Pape Alexandre II
Anselm of Canterbury
d. 1109 (b. 1033)
Anselme de Canterbury, archevêque et saint italo-anglais (b. 1033)
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Stephen, Count of Tréguier
d. 1136
Stephen, comte de Tréguier, noble breton (b. c. 1058/62)
Peter Abelard
d. 1142 (b. 1079)
Petrus Abelardus, philosophe et théologien français (b. 1079)
Maria of Montpellier
d. 1213 (b. 1182)
Marie de Montpellier, dame de Montpellier, reine d'Aragon (b. 1182)
Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine
d. 1329 (b. 1282)
Frédéric IV, duc de Lorraine (né en 1282)
Henry VII of England
d. 1509 (b. 1457)
Henry VII d'Angleterre (b. 1457)
Petrus Apianus
d. 1557 (b. 1495)
Petrus Apianus, mathématicien et astronome allemand (né en 1495)
Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
d. 1574 (b. 1519)
Cosme Ier de Médicis, grand-duc de Toscane (d. 1574)
Sen no Rikyu
d. 1591 (b. 1522)
Sen no Rikyū, maître japonais de la cérémonie du thé (b. 1522)
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Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi
d. 1650 (b. 1607)
Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi, samouraï japonais (b. 1607)
Jan Boeckhorst
d. 1668
Jan Boeckhorst, peintre flamand (c. 1604)
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Jean Racine
d. 1699 (b. 1639)
Jean Racine, poète et dramaturge français (d. 1699)
Philippe de La Hire
d. 1719 (b. 1640)
Philippe de La Hire, mathématicien et astronome français (b. 1640)
Antoine Hamilton
d. 1720 (b. 1646)
Antoine Hamilton, soldat et écrivain irlandais-français (b. 1646)
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Robert Beverley, Jr.
d. 1722 (b. 1673)
Robert Beverley, Jr., historien et écrivain anglais (b. 1673)
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Prince Eugene of Savoy
d. 1736 (b. 1663)
Prince Eugène de Savoie (d. 1736)
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Thomas Tickell
d. 1740 (b. 1685)
Thomas Tickell, poète anglais (d. 1740)
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Francesco Zerafa
d. 1758 (b. 1679)
Francesco Zerafa, architecte maltais (b. 1679)
Joseph Winston
d. 1815 (b. 1746)
Joseph Winston, soldat et homme politique américain (b. 1746)
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Johann Friedrich Pfaff
d. 1825 (b. 1765)
Johann Friedrich Pfaff, mathématicien et académicien allemand (d. 1825)
Ivan Nabokov
d. 1852 (b. 1787)
Ivan Nabokov, général russe (né en 1787)
Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet
d. 1863 (b. 1782)
Sir Robert Bateson, 1er baronnet, homme politique irlandais (b. 1782)
Vikramatji Khimojiraj
d. 1900 (b. 1819)
Vikramatji Khimojiraj, souverain indien (b. 1819)
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Mark Twain
d. 1910 (b. 1835)
Mark Twain, romancier, humoriste et critique américain (d. 1910)
Manfred von Richthofen
d. 1918 (b. 1892)
Manfred von Richthofen, capitaine et pilote allemand (d. 1918)
Eleonora Duse
d. 1924 (b. 1858)
Eleonora Duse, actrice italo-américaine (d. 1924)
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Robert Bridges
d. 1930 (b. 1844)
Robert Bridges, poète et dramaturge anglais (d. 1930)
Friedrich Gustav Piffl
d. 1932 (b. 1864)
Friedrich Gustav Piffl, cardinal bohémien (b. 1864)
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Muhammad Iqbal
d. 1938 (b. 1877)
Muhammad Iqbal, philosophe, poète et homme politique pakistanais (d. 1938)
Fritz Manteuffel
d. 1941 (b. 1875)
Fritz Manteuffel, gymnaste allemand (b. 1875)
Walter Model
d. 1945 (b. 1891)
Walter Model, maréchal de camp allemand (né en 1891)
John Maynard Keynes
d. 1946 (b. 1883)
John Maynard Keynes, économiste, philosophe et académicien anglais (d. 1946)
Aldo Leopold
d. 1948 (b. 1887)
Aldo Leopold, écologiste et auteur américain (né en 1887)
Leslie Banks
d. 1952 (b. 1890)
Leslie Banks, acteur, réalisateur et producteur anglais (d. 1952)
Emil Leon Post
d. 1954 (b. 1897)
Emil Leon Post, mathématicien et logicien polono-américain (né en 1897)
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Charles MacArthur
d. 1956 (b. 1895)
Charles MacArthur, dramaturge et scénariste américain (d. 1956)
Edward Victor Appleton
d. 1965 (b. 1892)
Edward Victor Appleton, physicien et académicien anglo-écossais, prix Nobel (d. 1965)
François Duvalier
d. 1971 (b. 1907)
François Duvalier, médecin et homme politique haïtien, 40e président d'Haïti (né en 1907)
Arthur Fadden
d. 1973 (b. 1894)
Arthur Fadden, comptable et homme politique australien, 13e Premier ministre d'Australie (b. 1894)
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Kemal Tahir
d. 1973 (b. 1910)
Kemal Tahir, journaliste et auteur turc (né en 1910)
Chic Harley
d. 1974 (b. 1894)
Chic Harley, joueur de football américain (d. 1974)
Gummo Marx
d. 1977 (b. 1893)
Gummo Marx, vaudevillien et agent artistique américain (b. 1893)
Thomas Wyatt Turner
d. 1978 (b. 1877)
Thomas Wyatt Turner, biologiste et académicien américain (b. 1877)
Alexander Oparin
d. 1980 (b. 1894)
Alexander Oparin, biochimiste et académicien russe (b. 1894)
Sohrab Sepehri
d. 1980 (b. 1928)
Sohrab Sepehri, poète et peintre iranien (b. 1928)
Walter Slezak
d. 1983 (b. 1902)
Walter Slezak, acteur et chanteur austro-américain (b. 1902)
Marcel Janco
d. 1984 (b. 1895)
Marcel Janco, artiste roumano-israélien (b. 1895)
Hristo Prodanov
d. 1984 (b. 1943)
Hristo Prodanov, ingénieur et alpiniste bulgare (b. 1943)
Rudi Gernreich
d. 1985 (b. 1922)
Rudi Gernreich, créateur de mode austro-américain, inventeur du Monokini (d. 1985)
Tancredo Neves
d. 1985 (b. 1910)
Tancredo Neves, banquier et homme politique brésilien, Premier ministre du Brésil (b. 1910)
Marjorie Eaton
d. 1986 (b. 1901)
Marjorie Eaton, peintre et actrice américaine (b. 1901)
Salah Jahin
d. 1986 (b. 1930)
Salah Jahin, poète, dramaturge et compositeur égyptien (b. 1930)
Gustav Bergmann
d. 1987 (b. 1906)
Gustav Bergmann, philosophe autrichien-américain de la Vienna Circle (d. 1987)
James Kirkwood, Jr.
d. 1989 (b. 1924)
James Kirkwood, Jr., dramaturge et auteur américain (d. 1989)
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Erté
d. 1990 (b. 1892)
Erté, illustrateur et designer russo-français (d. 1990)
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Willi Boskovsky
d. 1991 (b. 1909)
Willi Boskovsky, violoniste et chef d'orchestre autrichien (b. 1909)
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Zora Arkus-Duntov
d. 1996 (b. 1909)
Zora Arkus-Duntov, ingénieure belgo-américaine (d. 1996)
Dzhokhar Dudayev
d. 1996 (b. 1944)
Dzhokhar Dudayev, général et politicien tchétchène, 1er président d'Ichkeria (b. 1944)
Abdul Hafeez Kardar
d. 1996 (b. 1925)
Abdul Hafeez Kardar, joueur de cricket pakistanais (b. 1925)
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Jimmy Snyder (sports commentator)
d. 1996 (b. 1919)
Jimmy Snyder, commentateur sportif américain (d. 1996)
Jean-François Lyotard
d. 1998 (b. 1924)
Jean-François Lyotard, sociologue et philosophe français (b. 1924)
Buddy Rogers (actor)
d. 1999 (b. 1904)
Buddy Rogers, acteur et musicien américain (d. 1999)
Nina Simone
d. 2003 (b. 1933)
Nina Simone, chanteuse-compositrice, pianiste et activiste américaine (née en 1933)
Mary McGrory
d. 2004 (b. 1918)
Mary McGrory, journaliste et auteure américaine (d. 2004)
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Gerry Marshall
d. 2005 (b. 1941)
Gerry Marshall, pilote de course anglais (d. 2005)
Johnny Checketts
d. 2006 (b. 1912)
Johnny Checketts, commandant et pilote néo-zélandais (b. 1912)
T. K. Ramakrishnan
d. 2006 (b. 1922)
T. K. Ramakrishnan, homme politique indien (b. 1922)
Telê Santana
d. 2006 (b. 1931)
Telê Santana, footballeur et entraîneur brésilien (d. 2006)
Lobby Loyde
d. 2007 (b. 1941)
Lobby Loyde, guitariste, auteur-compositeur et producteur australien (b. 1941)
Gustav Lorentzen
d. 2010 (b. 1947)
Gustav Lorentzen, chanteur-compositeur et guitariste norvégien (b. 1947)
Juan Antonio Samaranch
d. 2010 (b. 1920)
Juan Antonio Samaranch, homme d'affaires espagnol, 7e président du Comité international olympique (d. 2010)
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Kanagaratnam Sriskandan
d. 2010 (b. 1930)
Kanagaratnam Sriskandan, ingénieur et fonctionnaire sri-lankais (d. 2010)
Catharina Halkes
d. 2011 (b. 1920)
Catharina Halkes, théologienne et académicienne néerlandaise (b. 1920)
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Doris Betts
d. 2012 (b. 1932)
Doris Betts, auteure et académicienne américaine (b. 1932)
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Charles Colson
d. 2012 (b. 1931)
Charles Colson, avocat et homme politique américain (d. 2012)
Albert Falco
d. 2012 (b. 1927)
Albert Falco, capitaine et plongeur français (b. 1927)
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Charles Higham (biographer)
d. 2012 (b. 1931)
Charles Higham, auteur et poète anglo-américain (b. 1931)
Jerry Toppazzini
d. 2012 (b. 1931)
Jerry Toppazzini, joueur et entraîneur de hockey sur glace canadien (b. 1931)
Chrissy Amphlett
d. 2013 (b. 1959)
Chrissy Amphlett, chanteuse-compositrice et actrice australienne (b. 1959)
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Shakuntala Devi
d. 2013 (b. 1929)
Shakuntala Devi, mathématicienne et astrologue indienne (d. 2013)
Leopold Engleitner
d. 2013 (b. 1905)
Leopold Engleitner, auteur et éducateur autrichien (d. 2013)
Gordon D. Gayle
d. 2013 (b. 1917)
Gordon D. Gayle, général et historien américain (b. 1917)
Herb Gray
d. 2014 (b. 1931)
Herb Gray, avocat et homme politique canadien, 7e vice-premier ministre du Canada (d. 2014)
Janet Gray Hayes
d. 2014 (b. 1926)
Janet Gray Hayes, femme politique américaine, 60e maire de San Jose (b. 1926)
George H. Heilmeier
d. 2014 (b. 1936)
George H. Heilmeier, ingénieur américain (d. 2014)
Win Tin
d. 2014 (b. 1930)
Win Tin, journaliste et homme politique birman, cofondateur de la Ligue nationale pour la démocratie (né en 1930)
M. H. Abrams
d. 2015 (b. 1912)
M. H. Abrams, auteur, critique et universitaire américain (d. 2015)
Steve Byrnes
d. 2015 (b. 1959)
Steve Byrnes, commentateur sportif et producteur américain (b. 1959)
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John Moshoeu
d. 2015 (b. 1965)
John Moshoeu, footballeur et entraîneur sud-africain (b. 1965)
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
d. 2015 (b. 1927)
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, homme politique indien, gouverneur de l'Assam (b. 1927)
Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters
d. 2015 (b. 1920)
Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters, général canadien (b. 1920)
Betsy von Furstenberg
d. 2015 (b. 1931)
Betsy von Furstenberg, actrice germano-américaine (b. 1931)
Prince (musician)
d. 2016 (b. 1958)
Prince, chanteur-compositeur américain, multi-instrumentiste, producteur et acteur (d. 2016)
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Ugo Ehiogu
d. 2017 (b. 1972)
Ugo Ehiogu, footballeur et entraîneur anglais (d. 2017)
Vivian Maier
d. ?