Stephen H., died aged 92
American political scientist Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Famous Dead Scientists: Recent Scientist Deaths and Obituaries
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Helen Peters passes away at age 83
Canadian academic Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Justin Taylor dies at 82
New Zealand priest and historian Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
M. Hafizuddin Khan death at age 89
M. Hafizuddin Khan, a Bangladeshi bureaucrat and former 6th comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh, died on January 21, 2026. Born in 1936 or 1937 in Sirajganj, Bengal Province, British…
René V. dies at age 97
American psychologist Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Henri Dorion has died at age 90
Canadian academic and geographer Died on Tuesday January 20th 2026
Frank Kolb, died aged 80
German historian and academic Died on Tuesday January 20th 2026
Deborah Cameron dead at age 67
Deborah Jane Cameron, a British linguist and feminist, died on January 20, 2026, at the age of 67. She held the Rupert Murdoch Professorship in Language and Communication at Worcester…
Vicki L. Hanson died at age -1
Vicki L. Hanson, an American computer scientist, died on January 20, 2026. She was noted for her research on human-computer interaction and accessibility, and for her leadership in broadening participation…
Death of Daniel Moerman at age 84
American medical anthropologist and ethnobotanist Died on Tuesday January 20th 2026
Sir Christopher died at age 95
British art historian and curator Died on Tuesday January 20th 2026
Johannes Fried, died aged 83
German historian Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Death of Sanal Badmaev at age 93
Russian scientist Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Obituary: Manuel Fernández, dead at age 95
Spanish academic and journalist Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Marcial Fernández passed away at age 84
Spanish academic Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Jaan Ross dead at age 68
Estonian musicologist and psychologist Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Muhammad Bashir dead at age 75
Nigerian Islamic scholar Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Gladys West died at age 95
American mathematician Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Stuart Altman, died aged 88
American economist Died on Sunday January 18th 2026
Patrick Corrigan dies at 69
American psychologist and writer Died on Sunday January 18th 2026
Clare Cooper Marcus passed away at age 91
Clare Cooper Marcus, an American educator in landscape architecture and architecture, died on January 18, 2026, at age 91. She was a pioneer in the study of social issues in…
Yury Yemelyanov passes away at age 88
Russian historian and author Died on Saturday January 17th 2026
James Petras has died at age 89
James Petras, an American sociologist and academic, died on January 17, 2026. He was the Bartle Professor emeritus of sociology at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York, and an adjunct…
W. John McDonald, died aged 89
W. John McDonald, a Canadian physicist and academic administrator, died on January 17, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, in 1936, he earned degrees from the…
Murad Hasratyan passed away at age 90
Armenian architectural historian Died on Saturday January 17th 2026
Mieczysław Mąkosza has died at age 91
Polish organic chemist Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Death of Deirdre Jordan at age 99
Australian academic and educator Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Olena Hrechanina passes away at age 90
Ukrainian scientist Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Olena Grechanina dead at age 90
Ukrainian scientist Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Rudolf Urc obituary: died at age 88
Slovak director of documentary and animated films and academic Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Alfred Blumstein died at age 95
American scientist Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Daniel Colson passed away at age 82
French sociologist and academic Died on Thursday January 15th 2026
Death of Jean Rossier at age 81
Belgian biologist and academic Died on Thursday January 15th 2026
Catherine Duprat death at age 90
French historian Died on Thursday January 15th 2026
Namirembe Bitamazire death at age 84
Ugandan academic and politician Died on Thursday January 15th 2026
Richard Hynes died at age 81
British biologist Died on Thursday January 15th 2026
Vicki L. death at age 75
American academic and librarian Died on Thursday January 15th 2026
Kristi Kiick dies at 58
American academic Died on Thursday January 15th 2026
Obituary: Robert V., dead at age 72
American mathematician Died on Wednesday January 14th 2026
Bennie Carlton dies at age 91
American archaeologist Died on Wednesday January 14th 2026
Eleni Varikas dies at 76
Greek-born French political philosopher and academic Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Allyn Bromley died at age 97
American visual artist and art educator Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Mario Rigutti death at age 99
Italian astronomer Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Obituary: Louis E., dead at age 82
American chemist Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Obituary: Nelson Manrique, dead at age 77
Peruvian historian and sociologist Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Stephen E. obituary: died at age 80
American philosopher Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Jean-Luc Domenach passes away at age 80
French historian Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Gabriel Barkay death at age 81
Israeli archaeologist Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Pedro A. Sanchez dies at age 85
Pedro A. Sanchez, an American soil scientist and former director at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, died on January 12, 2026. He was 85. Sanchez served as director of the Agriculture…
Takashi Ono passes away at age 97
Japanese-born American mathematician Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Edith M., died aged 96
American chemist Died on Sunday January 11th 2026
Ivan Štampach dies at age 79
Czech religionist and theologian Died on Sunday January 11th 2026
Nelly Chatué obituary: died at age 41
Cameroonian computer scientist Died on Sunday January 11th 2026
Musa Gibril dead at age 79
Gambian economist and politician Died on Sunday January 11th 2026
Orazio Svelto death at age 89
Italian physicist Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Sergey Daniel passes away at age -1
Soviet art historian Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Zhang Shaokang dies at 90
Chinese scholar Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Ang Ziming died at age 65
Chinese professor Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Zhou Liwei obituary: died at age 94
Chinese electro-optics professor Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Carmen Arnold obituary: died at age -1
Switzerland numismatist and archaeologist Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Hessy Levinsons has died at age 91
German chemist and child model Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Johannes Fabian, died aged 88
German anthropologist Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Herbert Beck, died aged 84
German art historian Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Ted Nichols dies at 97
Ted Nichols, an American composer, conductor and arranger best known for his work on Hanna-Barbera productions including The Flintstones and Jonny Quest, died on January 9, 2026, at age 97.…
David Quail passes away at age 88
South African politician and educator Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Fazl-ur-Raheem Ashrafi dead at age 81
Pakistani Islamic scholar Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Roger Guesnerie dies at 82
French economist and academic Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Herbet Beck, died aged 84
German art historian Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Guðmundur Oddur died at age 70
Icelandic artist and academic Died on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Céline Bellot has died at age 55
Canadian criminologist and academic Died on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Jiří Witzany dies at age 84
Czech academic and former rector of ČVUT (2000–2006) Died on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Arthur Stockwin passes away at age 90
Arthur Stockwin, a British political scientist who specialised in the politics and foreign policy of Japan, died on January 7, 2026. Born in Birmingham on November 28, 1935, he studied…
Raj Kumar Pathria died at age 92
Raj Kumar Pathria, an Indian-American physicist and Urdu poet, died on January 7, 2026, at the age of 92. He was a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo…
Baghir Suleimanov death at age 66
Azerbaijani petroleum scientist Died on Tuesday January 6th 2026
Obituary: Baghir A., dead at age 66
Azerbaijani academic Died on Tuesday January 6th 2026
Samuel O. obituary: died at age 88
American doctor and academic Died on Tuesday January 6th 2026
Maulana Fazl-ur-Raheem passes away at age 81
Pakistani Islamic scholar Died on Monday January 5th 2026
Herbert Beck passes away at age 84
Herbert Beck, a German art historian and museum director, died on January 5, 2026, at the age of 84. He served as director of the Liebieghaus and the Städel. Beck…
Jitamitra Prasad passed away at age 80
Indian historian and archaeologist Died on Sunday January 4th 2026
Andrzej Paczkowski dies at 87
Polish historian Died on Saturday January 3rd 2026
Amal Fathullah passes away at age 76
Indonesian Muslim scholar Died on Saturday January 3rd 2026
Yehezkel Dror passed away at age 97
Austrian-born Israeli political scientist Died on Saturday January 3rd 2026
Volodymyr Marchenko dies at 103
Ukrainian mathematician Died on Friday January 2nd 2026
Death of Patrick Duffy at age 105
Patrick Duffy, the British politician who served as a Member of Parliament and president of the NATO Assembly, died on January 2, 2026, aged 105. A Labour Party politician and…
Mohamed Harbi, died aged 92
Algerian historian Died on Thursday January 1st 2026
Imants Freibergs passes away at age 91
Latvian computer scientist Died on Thursday January 1st 2026
Mohammed Harbi dies at age 92
Mohammed Harbi, an Algerian historian and former member of the National Liberation Front during the Algerian War of Independence, died on January 1, 2026. Born on June 16, 1933, in…
Ion H., died aged 85
Romanian ethnologist and literary historian Died on Wednesday December 31st 2025
Enno Hallek dies at age 94
Enno Hallek, a Swedish artist and academic, died on December 31, 2025, at the age of 94. Born in Rohuküla, Estonia, on November 7, 1931, he moved with his family…
Francis Hallé obituary: died at age 87
Francis Hallé, the French botanist and biologist, died on December 31, 2025, at the age of 87. He was a specialist in tropical rainforests and tree architecture, and is best…
Dean C. Jessee dies at 96
Dean C. Jessee, an American historian of the early Latter Day Saint movement and a leading expert on the writings of Joseph Smith Jr., died on December 31, 2025. Born…
Alexandra Wedgwood died at age 87
British architectural historian Died on Tuesday December 30th 2025
Francisco Fernández has died at age 79
Spanish politician and economist Died on Tuesday December 30th 2025
Mate Meštrović has died at age 95
Mate Meštrović, a Croatian-American journalist, died on December 30, 2025, in Zagreb at the age of 95. Also known as Matthew Mestrovic and Matthew Meštrović, he was born in Zagreb…
Death of Killing of Monique and Spencer Tepe at age 39
Monique Tepe, an American early childhood educator, was shot dead on December 30, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio. She and her husband, Spencer Tepe, were found dead inside their home after…
Laurence Thomas, died aged 76
American philosopher Died on Tuesday December 30th 2025
Elías Barreiro dead at age 95
Cuban guitarist and academic Died on Tuesday December 30th 2025
Syed Mukhtaruddin passes away at age -1
Pakistani Islamic scholar Died on Monday December 29th 2025
René Racine obituary: died at age 87
Canadian astronomer and academic Died on Monday December 29th 2025