Nurlana Aliyeva dead at age 79, public figure
Nurlana Aliyeva died on July 1, 2026. She was a filoloq. Tags Scientists, 01 July 2026, Aliyeva, Azerbaijan, Nurlana, July 1, July 2026
Famous Dead Scientists: Recent Scientist Deaths and Obituaries
Over 9,000 obituaries of famous dead scientists. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Puviarasu dead at age 96, Indian poet
Puviarasu, an Indian poet and translator, died on June 30, 2026, at the age of 96. Born in 1930 in a village near Udumalpet, he was born S. Jagannathan and…
Ervin László dead at age 94, American philosopher
Ervin László, the Hungarian-born American philosopher and writer, died on June 29, 2026, at age 94. Born in Budapest on May 12, 1932, he studied at the Franz Liszt Academy…
Salman Nadwi dead at age 72, Indian Islamic scholar
Salman Nadwi, an Indian Islamic scholar and professor, died on June 29, 2026. He was 72. Born in 1954 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, he served as dean of the Faculty…
Tom Siddon dead at age 84, Canadian politician
Tom Siddon, a Canadian politician and former MP who served from 1978 to 1993, died on June 28, 2026, at age 84. Born Thomas Edward Siddon in Drumheller, Alberta, on…
Sergei Sorokin dead at age 93, American cytologist
Sergei Sorokin died on June 27, 2026, in Winchester. He was a scientist. Born on April 13, 1933, in Winchester, he was the son of sociologist Pitirim Sorokin. Tags Scientists,…
Valery Fabrikant dead at age 86, Belarusian-born Canadian academic and convicted mass murderer
Valery Fabrikant, a Belarusian-born Canadian academic and convicted mass murderer, died on June 27, 2026. Born Valery Iosifovich Fabrikant in Minsk on January 28, 1940, he became an associate professor…
Mykola Frolov dead at age 67, Ukrainian politician and academic administrator
Mykola Frolov, a Ukrainian politician and academic administrator, died on June 27, 2026, at the age of 67. Born in Zaporizhzhia on January 9, 1959, he became a prominent figure…
Kairat Kadyrzhanov dead at age 80, Kazakh scientist
Kairat Kadyrzhanov died on June 26, 2026. He was a scientist born on December 5, 1945, in Taldyqorğan. Further details about his career were not provided in the available record.…
Huno Rätsep dead at age 98, public figure
Huno Rätsep, an Estonian linguist and longtime University of Tartu professor, died on June 26, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Tartu on December 28, 1927, he graduated…
John T. Pawlikowski dead at age 85, American Servite priest
John T. Pawlikowski, an American Servite priest and professor emeritus of social ethics at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, died on June 26, 2026. He was 85. A member of…
Gail Bowen dead at age 84, Canadian playwright and writer
Gail Bowen, a Canadian playwright and writer best known for the Joanne Kilbourn mystery series, died on June 26, 2026. She was 83. Born Gail Dianne Bowen in Toronto on…
Cui Kun dead at age 100, Chinese academic, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
Cui Kun died on June 26, 2026. Tags Scientists, 26 June 2026, China, Cui, Kun, June 2026, June 26
Wang Luolin dead at age 88, Chinese politician and academic administrator
Wang Luolin, a Chinese politician and academic administrator, died on June 26, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in June 1938 in Wuchang, Hubei, he studied economics at Peking…
Milena Flodrová dead at age 91, Czech historian
Milena Flodrová died on June 25, 2026. She was a Czech historian. Tags Scientists, 25 June 2026, Czechia, Milena, Flodrová, June 2026, June 25
Salomó Marquès dead at age 84, Spanish academic and writer
Salomó Marquès, a Spanish academic and writer, died on June 25, 2026, at the age of 84. Born in L'Escala on February 4, 1942, he built a career in education,…
Stefano Piano dead at age 85, Italian indologist and historian of religion
Stefano Piano died on June 24, 2026. He was an Italian linguist, historical linguist, Indologist and university teacher. Born in Silvano d'Orba on March 1, 1941, he taught at the…
Roy Goode dead at age 93, English lawyer
Roy Goode, the English legal scholar who founded the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, died on June 24, 2026, at the age of 93.…
Rudolf Samusev dead at age 86, Russian anatomist
Rudolf Samusev died June 23, 2026. He was a scientist. Tags Scientists, 23 June 2026, Rudolf, Russia, Samusev, Virgo, Volgograd, June 2026, June 23
Maurice-Ruben Hayoun dead at age 75, French philosopher
Maurice-Ruben Hayoun, a French philosopher, historian and writer, died on June 23, 2026, at the age of 75. Born on September 21, 1950, in Agadir, he was known for his…
Petro Volvach dead at age 87, Ukrainian scientist and writer
Petro Volvach died on June 22, 2026. Tags Scientists, Writers, 22 June 2026, Petro, Ukraine, Volvach, June 2026, June 22
Gustavus Simmons dead at age 95, American cartographer
Gustavus Simmons, an American cryptographer and mathematician, died on June 22, 2026, at age 95. Born in West Virginia on October 27, 1930, he studied at Deep Springs College before…
Alan Greenspan dead at age 100, American economist
Alan Greenspan, the American economist who served as chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006, died on June 22, 2026, at age 100. Born in New York City…
Miloš Trapl dead at age 91, Czech historian and writer
Miloš Trapl died on June 22, 2026. Tags Scientists, Writers, 22 June 2026, Czechia, Trapl, June 2026, June 22, Miloš
Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr. dead at age 93, American medical researcher
Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr., an American physician and medical researcher whose work helped define inherited cancer risk, died on June 22, 2026. He was 93. Born in Boston on Jan.…
Mohammad Guliyev dead at age 82, public figure
Mohammad Guliyev died on June 22, 2026. Tags Scientists, 22 June 2026, Azerbaijan, Guliyev, Mohammad, June 2026, June 22
András Simor dead at age 87, Hungarian poet
András Simor, a Hungarian poet and writer, died on June 21, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Budapest on July 5, 1938, he studied at Kölcsey Ferenc Gimnázium…
Jim Battle dead at age 88, American football player
Jim Battle, an American football player who competed in the NFL and CFL, died on June 21, 2026, at age 88. Battle played guard in professional football after his college…
Katja Rost dead at age 50, German sociologist
Katja Rost died on June 20, 2026. Tags Scientists, 20 June 2026, Germany, Katja, Rost, June 20, June 2026
Geraldene Felton dead at age 100, American academic
Geraldene Felton died June 20, 2026. Tags Scientists, 20 June 2026, America, Felton, Geraldene, June 20, June 2026
Sami al-Oraydi dead at age 52, public figure
Sami al-Oraydi, a Jordanian sharia official, died on June 20, 2026. Born in Amman in 1973, he was also known as Abu Mahmoud al-Shami and was educated at the University…
Ivan Khitskov dead at age 89, Russian economist
Ivan Khitskov died June 20, 2026. He was a scientist. Tags Scientists, 20 June 2026, Ivan, Khitskov, Pisces, Russia, June 20, June 2026
Haruhiro Yamashita dead at age 87, Japanese Olympic gymnast
Haruhiro Yamashita, a Japanese Olympic gymnast, died on June 19, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Uwajima on November 11, 1938, he represented Japan at the 1964 Summer…
Gábor Bona dead at age 77, Hungarian historian
Gábor Bona died on June 19, 2026. He was a Hungarian historian. Tags Scientists, 19 June 2026, Bona, Hungary, Gábor, June 19, June 2026
Elizabeth Arnold dead at age 66, American journalist
Elizabeth Arnold, an American journalist who was NPR’s national political correspondent and later a professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage, died June 18, 2026, of complications from endometrial cancer.…
Natalia Belitser dead at age 87, Ukrainian biologist and human rights expert
Natalia Belitser died on June 18, 2026. Tags Scientists, 18 June 2026, Belitser, Natalia, Ukraine, June 18, June 2026
François Englert dead at age 93, Belgian theoretical physicist
François Englert, the Belgian theoretical physicist who shared the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics, died on June 18, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in Etterbeek, near Brussels, on…
Wulf Herzogenrath dead at age 82, German art historian and art curator
Wulf Herzogenrath, the German art historian and art curator, died on June 18, 2026, at the age of 82. Born on March 23, 1944, in Rathenow, Germany, he became a…
Daniel Castellano dead at age 53, Venezuelan journalist, writer and researcher
Daniel Castellano, a Venezuelan journalist, writer and researcher, died on June 18, 2026. Born in Caracas on November 20, 1972, and also known as Daniel Alirio Castellano Amarista, he studied…
Bob Jolly dead at age 95, New Zealand veterinary scientist, Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zeal…
Bob Jolly, a New Zealand veterinary scientist and academic, died on June 18, 2026, aged 95. Born Robert Dudley Jolly in Hamilton on October 1, 1930, he built his career…
Sam Y. Zamrik dead at age 93, Syrian-American engineer
Sam Y. Zamrik, a Syrian-American mechanical engineer and emeritus professor at Pennsylvania State University, died on June 18, 2026, at the age of 93. Also known as Sam Yusuf Zamrik,…
Tony Brown dead at age 93, American journalist
Tony Brown, the American journalist best known for the syndicated television program Tony Brown's Journal, died on June 17, 2026. He was 93. Born William Anthony Brown on April 11,…
Manuel Benza Pflücker dead at age 82, Peruvian politician
Manuel Benza Pflücker, a Peruvian politician and sociologist, died on June 17, 2026. He was 82. Born in Lima on April 16, 1944, Benza was a member of the Revolutionary…
Carlo Ginzburg dead at age 87, Italian historian
Carlo Ginzburg, an Italian historian and leading figure in microhistory, died on June 17, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Turin on April 15, 1939, he became known…
Alfred Bayer dead at age 93, German politician
Alfred Bayer, a German politician and longtime Christian Social Union of Bavaria representative, died on June 16, 2026, at age 93. Born in Munich on March 8, 1933, he studied…
Camillo Ruini dead at age 95, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal
Camillo Ruini, the Italian Roman Catholic cardinal who led the Italian Episcopal Conference from 1991 to 2007 and served as cardinal vicar of Rome from 1991 to 2008, died on…
Peter Kampits dead at age 83, Austrian philosopher
Peter Kampits, an Austrian philosopher and author who taught at the University of Vienna, died on June 16, 2026. He was 83. Born in Vienna on January 1, 1942, Kampits…
Claude Bardos dead at age 86, French mathematician
Claude Bardos, a French mathematician who specialized in mathematical physics, died on June 16, 2026, at the age of 86. Born on April 4, 1940, he earned a doctorate from…
Michael Kapovich dead at age 63, Russian-American mathematician
Michael Kapovich, a Russian-American mathematician who worked at the University of California, Davis, died on June 16, 2026. He was 63. Born in Khabarovsk on March 13, 1963, and also…
Juliet Gardiner dead at age 83, British historian and writer
Juliet Gardiner, a British historian and writer, died on June 16, 2026, at the age of 83. She was a commentator on British social history from Victorian times through the…
Robert Thurman dead at age 84, American Buddhist writer and academic
Robert Thurman, an American Buddhist writer and academic, died on June 16, 2026, at age 84. Born Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman in New York City on August 3, 1941, he…
Alexander Rabinowitch dead at age 91, American historian
Alexander Rabinowitch, an American historian whose scholarship on the Bolsheviks and the Russian Revolution of 1917 made him a leading authority in the field, died on June 16, 2026. He…
Slavenko Saletović dead at age 78, Serbian theatre director
Slavenko Saletović, a Serbian theatre director and professor, died on June 15, 2026, at the age of 78. Born in Visoko on May 11, 1948, he studied at the Academy…
Peter Littlewood dead at age 71, British physicist
Peter Littlewood, a British physicist and professor at the University of Chicago, died on June 15, 2026, at the age of 71. Known for his work on polariton condensation and…
Peter Schuster dead at age 85, Austrian theoretical chemist
Peter Schuster, the Austrian theoretical chemist known for his work on molecular evolution, died on June 15, 2026. He was 85. Born in Vienna on March 7, 1941, Schuster studied…
Piero Amerio dead at age 92, Italian psychologist
Piero Amerio died on June 15, 2026. He was an academic. Tags Scientists, 15 June 2026, Amerio, Aries, Italy, Piero, June 15, June 2026
J. Michael Criley dead at age 95, American medical researcher
J. Michael Criley, an American cardiologist and medical researcher, died on June 15, 2026. He was 95. A professor emeritus at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Criley was…
Beatrice Lumpkin dead at age 107, American organizer
Beatrice Lumpkin, an American union organizer, activist, professor and writer, died on June 15, 2026, at the age of 107. Born Beatrice Shapiro on August 3, 1918, in The Bronx,…
Telê Ancona Lopez dead at age 87, Brazilian academic
Telê Ancona Lopez died on June 15, 2026. She was a Brazilian literary scholar who worked at the University of São Paulo and its Institute of Brazilian Studies. Born in…
Craig Fennie dead at age 54, American applied physicist
Craig Fennie, an American physicist and applied physicist, died on June 14, 2026. He was 54. Fennie was a professor in the School of Applied and Engineering Physics at Cornell…
Ivan Rektor dead at age 77, neuroscientist and academic
Ivan Rektor died on June 14, 2026. He was a Slovak neurologist, neuroscientist and academic at CEITEC, Masaryk University. His death was reported without further details. Tags Doctors, Scientists, 14…
Josep Maria Sans i Travé dead at age 78, Spanish archivist and historian
Josep Maria Sans i Travé, a Spanish archivist and historian, died on June 14, 2026, at the age of 78. Born in 1947 in Solivella, he earned a degree in…
Annick Chartreux dead at age 83, French composer
Annick Chartreux, a French composer, died on June 13, 2026, at the age of 83. Born Anne-Marie Chartreux in Nancy in 1942, she studied at the Conservatoire Régional du Grand…
Rosamond McKitterick dead at age 77, British medieval historian
Rosamond McKitterick, a British medieval historian and university teacher, died on June 13, 2026, at the age of 77. Born Rosamond Deborah Pierce in Chesterfield on May 31, 1949, she…
Felix Kreichman dead at age 77, Russian economist and politician
Felix Kreichman died on June 13, 2026, at the age of 77. He was a Russian economist and politician. Born on June 8, 1949, in Tiraspol, he studied at Samara…
Luisa Muraro dead at age 85, Italian academic and philosopher
Luisa Muraro, the Italian academic and philosopher, died on June 13, 2026, a day before her 86th birthday. Born in Montecchio Maggiore on June 14, 1940, she studied at the…
Umer Chapra dead at age 93, Pakistani-Saudi economist
Umer Chapra, a Pakistani-Saudi economist and adviser, died on June 13, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in Bombay on February 1, 1933, he was also known as Muhammad…
Joseph LaPalombara dead at age 101, American political scientist
Joseph LaPalombara, an American political scientist whose work focused on comparative politics, interest groups and the foreign investments of global firms, died on June 12, 2026. He was 101. A…
Antony Jameson dead at age 91, British aerospace scientist
Antony Jameson, a British aerospace scientist and engineer, died on June 11, 2026. Born Guy Antony Jameson in Gillingham, England, he became known for his work in computational fluid dynamics…
Lynn Leibovitz dead at age 67, American judge
Lynn Leibovitz, an American judge who served as an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, died on June 11, 2026, at age 67. Born in…
María Ángeles Mezquíriz Irujo dead at age 97, Spanish archaeologist and museologist
María Ángeles Mezquíriz Irujo, a Spanish archaeologist and museologist, died on June 11, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Falces, Spain, on February 1, 1929, she built a…
Natalino Irti dead at age 90, Italian academic and jurist
Natalino Irti died on June 11, 2026. He was an Italian academic and jurist. Tags Lawyers, Scientists, 11 June 2026, Irti, Italy, Natalino, June 11, June 2026
Ren Yanshen dead at age 80, Chinese politician and academic
Ren Yanshen, a Chinese politician and academic, died on June 10, 2026. He was 80. Ren served as deputy party secretary of Jiangsu Province and as vice chairman of the…
Arthur Buikema dead at age 85, American biologist and ecologist
Arthur Buikema, an American biologist and ecologist, died June 10, 2026, at age 85. Born Arthur Louis Buikema Jr. on February 4, 1941, in Cook County, Illinois, he was raised…
Jaroslav Macháček dead at age 96, Czech academic and translator
Jaroslav Macháček, a Czech academic and translator, died on June 10, 2026. Tags Scientists, 10 June 2026, Czechia, Jaroslav, June 10, June 2026, Macháček
Jean Ziegler dead at age 92, Swiss politician
Jean Ziegler, the Swiss politician, died on June 10, 2026, at the age of 92. Born Hans Ziegler on April 19, 1934, in Thun, he built a public career that…
Charles Mistretta dead, American medical physicist
Charles Mistretta, an American medical physicist and emeritus professor of medical physics, died on June 9, 2026. Known as Chuck Mistretta, he earned a doctorate in high energy physics from…
Jerzy Bańczerowski dead at age 88, Polish professor of Philology
Jerzy Bańczerowski, a Polish professor of philology, died on June 9, 2026, at the age of 88. Born on October 28, 1938, in Ożarów, he built a career in general…
Richard Scolyer dead at age 59, brain cancer
Richard Scolyer, an Australian pathologist and melanoma researcher, died on June 7, 2026, at age 59. Born in Launceston in 1966, he became a senior staff specialist in tissue pathology…
Robert Ricklefs dead at age 83, American ornithologist
Robert Ricklefs, an American ornithologist and ecologist, died on June 7, 2026, at age 83. Born Robert Eric Ricklefs on June 6, 1943, in San Francisco, he was educated at…
Robert Louis Wilken dead at age 89, American historian
Robert Louis Wilken, an American historian and former Lutheran minister, died on June 7, 2026, at age 89. Born in New Orleans in 1936, he became William R. Kenan Jr.…
Gordon S. Wood dead at age 92, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789–1815), Puli…
Gordon S. Wood, an American historian whose books included The Radicalism of the American Revolution and Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789–1815, died on June 7,…
Wolfgang Schleidt dead at age 98, Austrian scientist
Wolfgang Schleidt, an Austrian scientist and zoologist, died on June 7, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Vienna on December 18, 1927, he worked in the areas of…
Abdul Ganiyu Ambali dead at age 68, vice chancellor of University of Ilorin
Abdul Ganiyu Ambali, the Nigerian academic who served as vice chancellor of the University of Ilorin from 2012 to 2017, died on June 6, 2026. He was 68. Born in…
Alan Riding dead at age 82, British journalist
Alan Riding, a British journalist and author who spent much of his career with The New York Times, died on June 6, 2026. He was 82. Born in Rio de…
Alan Hale dead at age 67, American astronomer
Alan Hale, an American astronomer known for co-discovering Comet Hale–Bopp, died on June 6, 2026. He was 67. Born in Tachikawa, Japan, on March 7, 1958, while his father was…
Dieter Wunderlich dead at age 88, German linguist
Dieter Wunderlich died on June 6, 2026. He was a German university teacher and linguist. Tags Scientists, 06 June 2026, Dieter, Gemini, Germany, Wunderlich, June 2026, June 6
Manoa Rasigatale dead at age 78, Fijian politician and historian
Manoa Rasigatale, a Fijian politician and historian, died on June 5, 2026, at age 78. Born on July 11, 1947, he also worked as a journalist, musician and television personality.…
Inman Harvey dead at age 26, British computer scientist
Inman Harvey, a British computer scientist and senior lecturer at the University of Sussex, died on June 5, 2026. Born on January 1, 2000, Harvey worked in computer science and…
Michael Shur dead at age 83, Soviet-born American physicist and academic
Michael Shur, a Soviet-born American physicist and academic, died on June 5, 2026. He was 83. Shur was born on November 13, 1942, in Kamensk-Uralsky, then in the USSR, and…
Olufemi Majekodunmi dead at age 86, British-Nigerian architect
Olufemi Majekodunmi, the British-Nigerian architect, died on June 5, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in London on May 1, 1940, he was also known as Olufemi Adetokunbo Majekodunmi.…
Roar Arntzen dead at age 78, Norwegian engineer
Roar Arntzen, a Norwegian engineer, died on June 5, 2026, at the age of 78. Born on November 23, 1947, he grew up in Rosenborg and Byåsen and earned the…
Michael Tate dead at age 80, senator, and Catholic priest
Michael Tate, the Australian politician, senator and Catholic priest who served in the Senate from 1978 to 1993, died on June 5, 2026, at the age of 80. Born Michael…
Peter Klopfer dead at age 95, German-American zoologist
Peter Klopfer, a German-American zoologist and professor emeritus of biology at Duke University, died on June 5, 2026, at the age of 95. Born Peter Hubert Klopfer in Berlin on…