a Brazilian politician and deputy from 1975 to 1991, died on May 8, 2026, at age 99. Born Joaquim de Melo Freire on January 11, 1927, in Passos, Brazil, he was an economist who served in the Chamber of Deputies… · 08 May 2026 · May 2026
a British archaeologist and historian, died on May 8, 2026, aged 82. Born on September 28, 1943, she was known for her work at archaeological sites in Orkney and for guidebooks she wrote for the HMSO and Historic Environment Scotland… · 08 May 2026 · May 2026
a French biologist and member of the French Academy of Sciences, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 95. Born on February 7, 1931, in Mulhouse, France, he founded the Institute for Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Biology… · 07 May 2026 · May 2026
a Taiwanese-American electrical engineer, died on May 7, 2026. He was a professor emeritus at Princeton University. Born in Shanghai, China, on September 25, 1934, Liu earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University in 1954 and… · 07 May 2026 · May 2026 · Libra
a Swiss politician and theologian who served as a member of the National Council from 1987 to 1998, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Bern on May 12, 1938, she was a member of… · 07 May 2026 · May 2026
a Lithuanian physicist, died on May 6, 2026, at age 75. He was also a habilitated doctor of physical sciences, university professor and independent researcher. Born on July 15, 1950, in Užšustis in the Šilutė district of the Lithuanian SSR,… · 06 May 2026 · May 2026
a Rwandan academic, singer, YouTuber and political activist, died on May 6, 2026, of a drug overdose. Karasira was an ethnic Tutsi whose parents were killed in the Rwandan genocide in 1994. He said he blamed forces of the Rwandan… · 06 May 2026 · May 2026 · Cancer
a Moldovan politician, agronomist and professor who served as Minister of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment in 2018, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 69. He held the post in the Filip Cabinet and was described as… · 06 May 2026 · May 2026
a Russian scientist known for his work in atmospheric physics, died on May 6, 2026. He was a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and later of Russia from 1987, served as editor-in-chief of Izvestiya, Atmospheric… · 06 May 2026 · Aquarius · May 2026
a Russian chemist, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Leningrad on April 20, 1932, he was a member of the Russian Academy of Science from 1990. Rusanov graduated from Leningrad State University and later… · 06 May 2026 · May 2026 · Taurus
a Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician who served as a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPA from 2002 to 2007, died on May 5, 2026, after being shot. He was 64. Tarangzai was a senior member of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam – F and also… · 05 May 2026 · May 2026
an American lawyer and policy analyst, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 71. He was also a columnist and served as an analyst for The Heartland Institute. Ferrara was formerly general counsel for the American Civil Rights… · 05 May 2026 · May 2026
a Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician who served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2002 to 2007, died on May 5, 2026, after being shot. He was born in 1961 in Turangzai, in Charsadda District,… · 05 May 2026 · May 2026
an American-born Canadian sociologist, died on May 4, 2026. He was 87. Stebbins was professor emeritus at the University of Calgary and served as associate editor for Leisure and Voluntaristics Review: Brill Research Perspectives. He published more than 300 research… · 04 May 2026 · May 2026
a Russian-Israeli physicist and Jewish educator, died on May 4, 2026, at age 94. He was known in the scientific community as a pioneer in magnetohydrodynamics and in the Jewish world as an author, translator, publisher, and educator. Born in… · 04 May 2026 · May 2026
a Moldovan ecologist and biologist and member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, died on May 4, 2026, at the age of 77. Born on August 17, 1948, in Logănești, he was known for his research in ecology and… · 04 May 2026 · May 2026 · Leo
an American mathematician and historian of mathematics, died on May 3, 2026. He was known for his work in finite group theory and representation theory and served as a professor of mathematics at the University of Oregon. Curtis received a… · 03 May 2026 · May 2026
a Slovenian historian, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Gorizia, Italy, to an upper middle class Slovene family, he moved with his family to the Yugoslav side of the Yugoslav–Italian border in 1947 and… · 03 May 2026 · May 2026
a New Zealand physicist, died on May 3, 2026, aged 83. He was known for his work on ring lasers and had research interests including the foundations of relativity and symmetry in quantum mechanics. Stedman received the Hector Medal in… · 03 May 2026 · May 2026
a Polish politician and senator from 1989 to 1993, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Nowy Sącz on June 26, 1946, he was a physicist by occupation. He served in the Senate from 1989… · 03 May 2026 · May 2026
a Norwegian Church of Norway clergyman and bishop of Nidaros from 1991 to 2008, died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 84. Born in Oslo on June 19, 1941, he was a theologian and served as Preses of… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026
a French flutist, died on May 2, 2026, at age 92. Born in Paris on January 20, 1934, he was one of the best-known flutists of the French school. He studied under Gaston Crunelle and Marcel Moyse, won first prizes… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026
an American space scientist, died on May 2, 2026, at age 84. Weisskopf was an astrophysicist who, until his retirement from NASA at the end of May 2022, served as project scientist for NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and chief scientist… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026
an American poet and philosopher, died on May 2, 2026. Born on October 17, 1950, in Philadelphia, she was the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy, African American Studies and English at Pennsylvania State University and a member of the… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026 · Libra
an American political scientist and sinologist, died on May 2, 2026. He was professor emeritus of political science at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, and was known for his work on modern Chinese politics, Asian international… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026 · Libra
an American poet, critic and literary historian, died on May 2, 2026, at age 91. He was also a ballet historian and performer, and his work spanned poetry, essay, short story, fiction and solo performance. Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts,… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026 · Cancer
an American academic administrator and former interim president of Florida A&M University, died on May 2, 2026. She was 88. Bryant served as interim president of Florida A&M from January 2005 to May 2007 and was the first woman to… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026
an Australian musician, died on May 1, 2026, aged 40, from bowel cancer. He was also an interdisciplinary artist, artistic director, researcher and teaching artist. Sollis founded and directed The Griffyn Ensemble in the early 2000s, serving as its artistic… · 01 May 2026 · May 2026
an American translator, died on May 1, 2026. She was a translator of modern Japanese literature whose fiction and nonfiction translations won numerous awards. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1948, she studied Japanese literature at the University of Michigan… · 01 May 2026 · Capricorn · May 2026
an American sinologist, died on May 1, 2026, at age 79. He specialized in Chinese literature, particularly Tang dynasty poetry and comparative poetics, and taught Chinese literature and comparative literature at Harvard University, where he was James Bryant Conant University… · 01 May 2026 · May 2026
an American attorney and emeritus law professor, died on May 1, 2026, at age 90. He was best known for his work in connection with drafting the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, known as RICO, and for scholarship on… · 01 May 2026 · May 2026
the Bulgarian philosopher and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Iowa, died on May 1, 2026. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, on April 2, 1933, he was a Bulgarian-born American philosopher whose work focused on metaphysics, epistemology and… · 01 May 2026 · May 2026
French statistician and epidemiologist, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 90. He served as president of Inserm from 1982 to 1996 and as president of the Research Institute for Development from 1997 to 2001. Lazar was born… · 01 May 2026 · May 2026 · Lazăr
an Indonesian diplomat and law scholar, died on April 29, 2026, at the age of 72. He served as Indonesia’s ambassador to Germany from 2009 to 2013 and later as President Joko Widodo’s special envoy for Indonesian-Malaysian maritime delimitation from… · 29 April 2026 · April 2026 · Tangerang · Libra
a Russian computer scientist, died on April 29, 2026. He was 63. Born in Moscow on May 25, 1962, Voevodin studied at Moscow State University, where he graduated with honors from the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics in 1984.… · 29 April 2026 · April 2026
Baron Harries of Pentregarth, the British Anglican clergyman and life peer who served as Bishop of Oxford from 1987 to 2006 and sat in the House of Lords from 2006, died on April 29, 2026, aged 89. Born on 2… · 29 April 2026 · April 2026
an American genomics researcher and founder of Celera Corporation and the J. Craig Venter Institute, died on April 29, 2026, at age 79 from complications from cancer. Venter, born John Craig Venter in Salt Lake City, Utah, led one of… · 29 April 2026 · April 2026
an American genomics researcher and founder of Celera Corporation and the J. Craig Venter Institute, died on April 29, 2026, of complications from cancer. He was 79. Venter was known for leading one of the first draft sequences of the… · 29 April 2026 · April 2026
an Israeli-born British antiques dealer, died on April 28, 2026, at the age of 61 from renal cancer. Born in Haifa on January 29, 1965, he was also a historian and was known for exposing thefts of artefacts from the… · 28 April 2026 · April 2026
a Brazilian liver surgeon, died on April 28, 2026, at the age of 95. He specialized in liver diseases and was professor emeritus at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (FMUSP). In July 1989, Raia became… · 28 April 2026 · April 2026 · Virgo
an American chemist known for discovering glyphosate, died on April 27, 2026. Born on December 21, 1929, in Springfield, he worked at Monsanto Company, where he discovered the herbicide in 1970. The chemical later became the active ingredient in Roundup,… · 27 April 2026 · Sagittarius · April 2026
an American sociologist, died on April 27, 2026, at age 90 from pancreatic cancer. Born Zelda Finkelstein in Philadelphia on March 12, 1936, she was a writer and activist whose scholarly work focused on the sociology of higher education, particularly… · 27 April 2026 · April 2026 · Pisces
a Hungarian-American psychologist and author, died on April 27, 2026, at age 98. Born Edith Eva Elefánt on September 29, 1927, in Budapest, Hungary, she was a clinical psychologist and a specialist in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. Eger… · 27 April 2026 · April 2026
a Sri Lankan Buddhist scholar, died on April 26, 2026. Born in 1934 in British Ceylon, he was known for his work in Buddhist Studies, with particular specialisation in Early Buddhism and Theravada Abidhamma. He earned a First Class Bachelor… · 26 April 2026 · April 2026 · Cancer
British horticulturalist and professor, died on April 26, 2026, at the age of 63. He was professor of planting design and urban horticulture at the University of Sheffield and worked on naturalistic planting design, sustainable urban drainage landscapes, and green… · 26 April 2026 · April 2026
an American politician and educator, died on April 26, 2026. He was 83. Born in Billings, Montana, on December 9, 1942, Hunt served in the Washington State legislature from 2001 to 2025. He represented the 22nd District in the Washington… · 26 April 2026 · April 2026
a Russian scientist and politician, died on April 26, 2026, at the age of 84. He was also an ecologist, a professor, and a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Grachev held a doctorate in engineering and served… · 26 April 2026 · April 2026
a Brazilian promoter, author and music researcher, died on April 26, 2026. He was identified with work connected to the album "Skylab," a 1999 release by Brazilian musician Rogério Skylab that was later referred to as Skylab I. Petrillo’s name… · 26 April 2026 · April 2026
an American psychologist, died on April 26, 2026, at age 86. He was known for his research in cognitive development, psychology of science, and educational psychology, including work on computational models of cognitive development and dual space search theory of… · 26 April 2026 · April 2026
the Estonian-American linguist and comparative mythologist, died on April 25, 2026. He was 94. Born in Tallinn, Estonia, on January 24, 1932, Puhvel specialized in Indo-European studies. After earning his Ph.D. in comparative linguistics at Harvard University, he joined the… · 25 April 2026 · Los Angeles · April 2026 · Aquarius
a Mexican sociologist, died on April 25, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Guadalajara in 1955, she was a Mexican academic known for researching social norms, human emotions, and the relationship between communication, culture, and politics in Latin… · 25 April 2026 · April 2026
a Singaporean computer scientist, died on April 25, 2026. He was 64 or 65. Ooi was known for work on systems including GEOQL, BestPeer, Apache SINGA, BlockBench and NeurDB, as well as research in learnable function, filter and refine, and… · 25 April 2026 · April 2026
a Polish Roman Catholic nun and philosopher, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Kraśnik, Poland, on August 5, 1928, she was a member of the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of… · 24 April 2026 · April 2026
a Polish cell biologist and swimmer, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 89. Born on January 1, 1937, he was affiliated with Jagiellonian University as both a student and an employer, according to available records. He is… · 24 April 2026 · April 2026 · Capricorn
a Polish sociologist and politician, died on April 23, 2026, in a traffic collision. He was 36. Born in Sosnowiec on May 9, 1989, he studied sociology at the University of Silesia in Katowice. Litewka served on the Sosnowiec City… · 23 April 2026 · April 2026
an Albanian writer and politician, died on April 23, 2026, at the age of 89. He was a novelist, poet, social critic, literary critic and professor at the University of Prishtina. Qosja was a prolific literary critic and literary historian… · 23 April 2026 · April 2026
an Italian philosopher and politician, died on April 22, 2026 · 22 April 2026 · April 2026
an Italian philosopher, died on April 21, 2026 · 21 April 2026 · April 2026
an American political scientist and academic, died on April 21, 2026. He was 96 or 97. Hacker was a professor in the department of political science at Queens College in New York and had taught at Cornell before taking that… · 21 April 2026 · April 2026
the Belgian feminist author and economist, died on April 20, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Kortrijk in 1934, she studied law and economics at Leuven University and was the only female editor of the student newspaper, writing… · 20 April 2026 · April 2026
a Dutch astronomer, died on April 20, 2026, at the age of 84. Born Mattheus Wilhelmus Maria de Graauw in Kerkdriel on March 10, 1942, he studied astronomy at Utrecht University and received his Ph.D. there in 1975 under Henk… · 20 April 2026 · April 2026
Baron Hunt of Chesterton, a British meteorologist and life peer, died on April 20, 2026, aged 84. He was born in Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, British India, on September 5, 1941. Hunt served as Director General and Chief Executive of the… · Vascular Dementia · 20 April 2026 · April 2026
Algerian academic and politician who served as minister of higher education and scientific research in 2020, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 81. He was an Algerian scholar, researcher and author who took office as minister of… · 19 April 2026 · April 2026
German conductor and founder of the Tölzer Knabenchor, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia, on June 19, 1937, he was also an academic teacher. Schmidt-Gaden studied conducting with Kurt Eichhorn in… · 19 April 2026 · April 2026
the French historian and literary critic, died on April 19, 2026. He was 93. Born in Marseille in 1932, Benrekassa was a longtime professor at Paris Diderot University. He specialized in the 18th century, with particular attention to the works… · 19 April 2026 · April 2026 · Carpentras · Capricorn
an American ceramic artist, died on April 18, 2026. Dean Lester Schwarz was also a painter, historian, writer, publisher and teacher, and he co-founded the South Bear School in 1970, where he helped promote a tradition of functional studio pottery.… · 18 April 2026 · April 2026 · Aquarius
an American jazz trumpeter and educator, died on April 18, 2026, at age 80. Born Stanton Davis, Jr. in New Orleans on November 10, 1945, he studied at the Berklee College of Music from 1967 to 1969 and at the… · 18 April 2026 · April 2026
2026. He was an Italian philosopher and historian of philosophy. His work placed him within two closely connected fields of study, philosophy and its history · 17 April 2026 · April 2026 · April 17
an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 1993, died on April 17, 2026, at age 82. Born in Olney, Illinois, on March 25, 1944, he was also a lawyer and educator from Illinois.… · 17 April 2026 · April 2026
2026. He was an Italian archaeologist and paleontologist · 16 April 2026 · April 2026 · April 16
a Pakistani philosopher and political activist, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 96. Born on January 13, 1930, in British India, he was also a lawyer, inventor and former politician in Pakistan. He invented the Sagar Veena,… · 16 April 2026 · April 2026
a Ukrainian-born Austrian pianist, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 80. Born in Odessa, then in the Ukrainian SSR, he received his first piano lessons from his mother at age five. He studied at the Central Music… · 16 April 2026 · April 2026
an Italian politician and sociologist, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Padua on November 30, 1933, she graduated from the University of Padua in 1956 with a degree in sociology and later studied at… · 16 April 2026 · April 2026
the American broadcast executive who served as president of National Public Radio from 1998 to 2008, died on April 15, 2026, of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 85. Klose also worked as a journalist, author and academic administrator. Born… · Russia · Alzheimer's Disease · 15 April 2026 · April 2026
a Japanese legal scholar and academic, died on April 15, 2026, at the age of 94. He specialized in administrative law and served as an honorary professor at the University of Tokyo. Shiono was also a member of the Japan… · 15 April 2026 · April 2026
the British historian, economist and life peer who sat in the House of Lords from 1991, died on April 15, 2026, aged 86. Known as a British economic historian and author, he was best known for his three-volume biography of… · 15 April 2026 · April 2026
the British Army lieutenant general and military physician, died on April 15, 2026, aged 92. Lieutenant-General Sir Peter John Beale was born on 18 March 1934 in Romford, London, and was educated at St Paul's Cathedral School and Felsted School… · 15 April 2026 · April 2026
a Finnish art critic, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 95. He was also an art historian and writer and was a member of Finland’s Swedish-speaking community. Kruskopf served as director of the Nordic Art Centre near… · 14 April 2026 · April 2026
an American jazz organist and pianist, died on April 14, 2026, at age 72. Daniel Lee Wall Jr. was born on September 7, 1953, and was also a university professor. While still in high school, he led his own small… · 14 April 2026 · April 2026
a Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Kondoa since 2011, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 64. Born on April 1, 1962, in Arusha, then Tanganyika, he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Dodoma… · 14 April 2026 · April 2026
a Chinese-born American computer scientist and academic, died on April 14, 2026. He was 91. Born in Wuhan, China, on April 22, 1934, Kuo came to the United States in 1950 and finished high school in New York City the… · 14 April 2026 · April 2026
an Israeli mathematician and computer scientist, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 94. Born on September 1, 1931, in Breslau, Germany, Rabin was known for work including the Rabin cryptosystem, the Rabin fingerprint, the Rabin signature algorithm,… · 14 April 2026 · April 2026
a Czechoslovak-born Israeli author, psychologist and former lawmaker, died on April 14, 2026. He was 89. Born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, in 1936, Breznitz served as a member of the Knesset from 2006 to 2007. He was also a former professor… · 14 April 2026 · April 2026
an American academic and professor of law emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Law School, died on April 14, 2026, at age 95. He was also honorary professor of law at the National Law University Delhi. Galanter previously served as… · 14 April 2026 · April 2026
a French philosopher and historian, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Berlin, Germany, on December 20, 1928, she specialized in stoicism, neoplatonism, and ancient philosophy more broadly. In 1978, she won the Victor Cousin… · 13 April 2026 · April 2026
a Swiss philosopher, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Lausanne on September 1, 1931, to Elisabeth Feer and Hans de Muralt, he studied at the University of Paris and later taught medieval philosophy at… · 13 April 2026 · April 2026
a Scottish-Australian mathematician and professor, died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 84. Death was announced on that date. Born on September 5, 1941, in Cockenzie and Port Seton, Scotland, he later emigrated to Tasmania, Australia, with his… · 12 April 2026 · April 2026
an American artist, curator and educator, died on April 11, 2026, at age 87. Born in Oakland, California, on October 28, 1938, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1960 and qualified… · 11 April 2026 · April 2026
2026. He was a German board game designer and geologist. His work spanned both fields, reflecting a career that combined science and game design · 11 April 2026 · April 2026 · April 11
2026. He was a Czech professor, water manager and hydrotechnician. His work was associated with these fields, according to the information provided · 11 April 2026 · April 2026 · April 11
an American philosopher, died on April 10, 2026. He was 88. McBride was the Arthur G. Hansen Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University. He was known for his work in political philosophy and philosophy of law · 10 April 2026 · April 2026
an American basketball player who played for the Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers and Chicago Bulls, died on April 10, 2026, at age 84. Born Gerald W. Ward on September 6, 1941, he was a 6-foot-4 guard who starred at Boston… · 10 April 2026 · April 2026
a Syrian novelist and poet, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in 1931 in Bab Tuma, Damascus, she was also a writer, academic and politician. Khoury graduated from Damascus University with a bachelor’s degree in… · France · 10 April 2026 · April 2026
a British academic who worked in the United States, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in London in 1938, he studied mathematics at the University of Nottingham and later taught at Bristol University for 20… · 10 April 2026 · April 2026
a New Zealand agricultural economist, died on April 10, 2026, aged 96. Born in Morrinsville on 2 November 1929, he completed a master’s degree at Massey University in 1964. He was an academic at Massey University from 1968 to 1983… · 10 April 2026 · April 2026
a French translation scholar, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 91. She further developed the Interpretive Theory of Translation with Danica Seleskovitch, who first proposed the theory, and published several works on translation and interpreting pedagogy. Her… · 10 April 2026 · April 2026 · Marianne,
2026. He was a Russian physicist and politician who served as a people's deputy of the Soviet Union from 1989 to 1991 · 09 April 2026 · April 2026 · April 9
a Norwegian psychologist and essayist, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 100. Born in Bergen on November 23, 1925, she also worked as a novelist and children's author. Ramm was married twice, first to Wilhelm Ernst Ramm… · 09 April 2026 · April 2026
a German-born Israeli mathematician and geophysicist, died on April 9, 2026. He was 97. Born in Berlin on November 4, 1928, he was a professor of mathematics and geophysics at the Weizmann Institute of Science from 1964 and also served… · 09 April 2026 · April 2026