Helmut Lethen death at age 87
Helmut Lethen, the German Germanist and cultural scholar, died on August 13, 2026, aged 87. Born in Mönchengladbach in 1939, he studied at universities in Bonn, Amsterdam and Berlin after…
Famous Dead Scientists: Recent Scientist Deaths and Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries of famous dead scientists. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Jacques Wallage died at age 79
Jacques Wallage, the Dutch politician who served as a Labour Party (PvdA) member of the House of Representatives and later as mayor of Groningen, died on August 13, 2026, aged…
Brendan Myers dies at age 52
Brendan Myers, a Canadian philosopher and author, died on August 13, 2026, aged 52. Also known as Brendan Cathbad Myers, he was recognized for work in environmental philosophy, Druidry and…
Gregor Benko passed away at age 82
Gregor Benko, the American music historian behind the International Piano Archives, died on August 13, 2026, aged 82. Born in Cleveland on August 4, 1944, he built a career as…
Arthur Bodson has died at age 94
Arthur Bodson, the Belgian philologist and academic who served as rector of the University of Liège from 1985 to 1997, died on August 12, 2026, aged 94. Born Arthur Léon…
Bernard Pottier passes away at age 101
Bernard Pottier, the French linguist and academic, died on August 12, 2026, aged 101. Born in Paris on September 29, 1924, he studied at the École pratique des hautes études…
Gianpaolo Bellini death at age 91
Gianpaolo Bellini, the Italian experimental physicist known for his work in low-background neutrino detection and the Borexino experiment, died on August 12, 2026, aged 91. Born in Milan on June…
Kai Krüger dies at age 86
Kai Krüger, the Norwegian jurist and academic who was a professor of law at the University of Bergen, died on August 12, 2026, aged 86. Born in Copenhagen on May…
Death of Tulio Ramírez Padilla at age 66
Tulio Ramírez Padilla, Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate and canonist who served as auxiliary bishop of Caracas from 2012 to 2020 and as bishop of Guarenas from 2020, died on August…
David Charles obituary: died at age 26
David Charles, the British philosopher, died on August 12, 2026, aged 26. Known professionally as David Owain Maurice Charles, he taught philosophy and classics at Yale University and held posts…
Obituary: Yehuda Lapidot, dead at age 97
Yehuda Lapidot, an Israeli historian and biochemist, died on August 11, 2026, aged 97. Born in Mandatory Palestine on August 13, 1928, he studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem…
Death of Tomasz Szarota at age 86
Tomasz Szarota, the Polish historian and publicist, died on August 11, 2026, aged 86. Born in Warsaw on January 2, 1940, he focused his work on the history of World…
Carol Cass dies at age 83
Carol Cass, an American-born Canadian medical researcher, died on August 11, 2026, aged 83. A research scientist in oncology, she led Alberta's Cross Cancer Institute from 2003 to 2010 and…
Alaksandar Milinkievič has died at age 79
Alaksandar Milinkievič, a Belarusian politician and opposition figure, died on August 11, 2026, aged 79. Born in Hrodna on July 25, 1947, he was a physicist, ethnologist, university teacher, historian,…
M. P. Parameswaran passes away at age 91
M. P. Parameswaran, the Indian physicist, nuclear engineer and educationist who played an important role in the Indian nuclear programme, died on August 11, 2026, aged 91. Born in Kiralur…
Ward Churchill dies at age 78
Ward Churchill, the American academic, activist and writer known for his controversial work on political dissent and Native Americans, died on August 11, 2026, aged 78. Born Ward LeRoy Churchill…
Natalia Trubnikova death at age 71
Natalia Trubnikova, a Russian ballerina and actress, died on August 10, 2026, aged 71. Born in Moscow on July 17, 1955, she trained at the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts…
Miguel Mancera obituary: died at age 93
Miguel Mancera, the Mexican economist who directed the Bank of Mexico from 1982 to 1998, died on August 10, 2026, aged 93. Also known as Miguel Mancera Aguayo, he was…
Kurt Danziger dead at age 100
Kurt Danziger, a German-born Canadian academic whose work shaped the history of psychology, died on August 10, 2026, aged 100. Born in Wrocław on June 3, 1926, he studied at…
Death of Edward B. Fort at age 95
Edward B. Fort, an American academic administrator who served as chancellor of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University from 1981 to 1999, died on August 9, 2026, aged 95.…
Erkki Pystynen has died at age 96
Erkki Pystynen, the Finnish politician who served as speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 1983 to 1986, died on August 9, 2026, aged 96. Born Erkki Topias Pystynen in…
Obituary: David H. Lund, dead at age 86
David H. Lund, an American philosopher and writer, died on August 9, 2026, aged 86. Born David Herbert Lund in Roseau, Minnesota, on October 23, 1939, he studied at the…
Obituary: Ivo Šlaus, dead at age 94
Ivo Šlaus, the Croatian physicist and politician, died on August 8, 2026, aged 94. Born in Split in 1931, he studied physics at the University of Zagreb, earning a B.Sc.…
Rachel Naomi Remen, died aged 88
Rachel Naomi Remen, an American pediatrician, died on August 8, 2026, aged 88. Born in New York City on February 8, 1938, she became known as an author and teacher…
C. J. Binks dead at age 94
C. J. Binks, the Tasmanian writer and educator known also as Christopher John Binks, died on August 8, 2026, aged 94. A long-time figure in Tasmanian education, he taught at…
Andrzej Gąsiorowski, died aged 75
Andrzej Gąsiorowski, a Polish academic and historian, died on August 7, 2026, aged 75. He worked as a research scientist at the Stutthof concentration camp Museum in Sztutowo and as…
Hà Đình Đức death at age 86
Hà Đình Đức, a Vietnamese biologist known for his work on the Hoan Kiem turtle, died on August 7, 2026, aged 86. Born on March 23, 1940, in Thọ Xuân…
Wimal Dissanayake died at age 86
Wimal Dissanayake, a Sri Lankan writer, literary critic and scholar of Asian cinema and communication theory, died on August 7, 2026, aged 86. He was known as a creative writer…
Whitney Chadwick passes away at age 83
Whitney Chadwick, the American art historian and educator whose work examined contemporary art, modernism, Surrealism and questions of gender and sexuality, died on August 6, 2026, aged 83. She taught…
Death of Tom Rockmore at age 84
Tom Rockmore, an American philosopher who wrote extensively on German idealism, died on August 6, 2026, aged 84. A scholar of the history of philosophy as well as philosophy itself,…
Death of Harry C. Dorn at age 82
Harry C. Dorn, an American chemist who spent five decades on the faculty at Virginia Tech, died on August 6, 2026, aged 82. Dorn, whose full name was Harry Conrad…
Rashid al-Rajih death at age 81
Rashid al-Rajih, a Saudi academic and politician, died on August 6, 2026, aged 81. Born in Turubah, Saudi Arabia, in 1944, he was a Saudi national who studied at the…
Daniel Sivan, died aged 76
Daniel Sivan, a professor and Moroccan-born Israeli linguist, died on August 6, 2026, at age 76. Born in Casablanca on August 21, 1949, he was known as an emeritus professor…
Kuulo Kalamees dies at age 92
Kuulo Kalamees, an Estonian mycologist, died on August 6, 2026, aged 92. Born in Tartu on April 15, 1934, he studied at the University of Tartu and went on to…
Bruno Battisti, died aged 88
Bruno Battisti D'Amario, the Italian classical guitarist and composer, died on August 5, 2026, aged 88. Born in Rome on October 5, 1937, he was also a teacher and became…
Oleksii Yukov obituary: died at age 40
Oleksii Yukov, a Ukrainian war archaeologist and head of the volunteer group Platzdarm, died on August 5, 2026, aged 40, after being killed by a landmine. Known formally as Oleksii…
Death of Manfred Rühl at age 92
Manfred Rühl, a German higher education teacher and communication scholar, died on August 5, 2026, aged 92. Born in Nuremberg on December 31, 1933, he studied economics and social sciences…
Eugene Stockton has died at age 91
Eugene Stockton, an Australian priest, died on August 5, 2026, aged 91. He was also an archaeologist, scholar, Aboriginal chaplain, teacher and educator who spent many years in the Blue…
Laurence E. Nyquist passes away at age 87
Laurence E. Nyquist, an American planetary scientist, died on August 5, 2026, aged 87. He was known for work on the chronometry of planetary materials, research that helped scientists better…
Rustem Zhantiev passes away at age 88
Rustem Zhantiev, a Russian scientist and entomologist, died on August 5, 2026, aged 88. Born in Yalta on October 11, 1937, he specialized in the systematics, ecology and physiology of…
Oladele Awobuluyi death at age 89
Oladele Awobuluyi, a Nigerian linguist, professor and author known for his work in Yoruba linguistics, African linguistics and language policy, died on August 5, 2026, aged 89. Born on July…
Ken Mitchell dies at age 85
Ken Mitchell, the Canadian poet, novelist and playwright who helped shape Saskatchewan’s literary life, died on August 5, 2026, aged 85. Born Kenneth Ronald Mitchell in Moose Jaw on December…
Jarosław Stolicki passed away at age 63
Jarosław Stolicki, a Polish historian and academic, died on August 4, 2026, aged 63. He was a professor of the humanities and taught at Jagiellonian University, where he also studied…
Victor Niederhoffer passed away at age 82
Victor Niederhoffer, an American investor and writer, died on August 4, 2026, aged 82. Born in Brooklyn on December 10, 1943, he was also known as a statistician, economist and…
Daniele Amati passed away at age 94
Daniele Amati, the Italian theoretical physicist who specialized in particle physics, died on August 4, 2026, aged 94. Born in Rome on August 11, 1931, he earned his Ph.D. in…
Klaus Hänsch death at age 87
Klaus Hänsch, the German politician who served as a member and president of the European Parliament, died on August 4, 2026, aged 87. Born on December 15, 1938, in Szprotawa,…
Joseph C. Paradi died at age 85
Joseph C. Paradi, a Hungarian-born Canadian academic and professor at the University of Toronto, died on August 4, 2026, aged 85. He was a senior professor of chemical engineering at…
Robin Middleton death at age 94
Robin Middleton, the British architectural historian and professor emeritus of Columbia University, died on August 3, 2026, aged 94. Born in South Africa on September 30, 1931, he trained as…
Uladzimir Shymau dead at age 77
Uladzimir Shymau, a Belarusian politician and minister of economy, died on August 3, 2026, aged 77. He was born on November 29, 1948, and was known in Belarus as an…
Uladzimir Shymau dead at age 77
Uladzimir Shymau, a Belarusian economist and politician who served as minister of economy from 1996 to 2002, died on August 3, 2026, aged 77. Born in Radolivka on November 29,…
Death of Iván Szelényi at age 88
Iván Szelényi, the Hungarian-American sociologist and university teacher who became a leading figure in the study of social and economic change, died on August 3, 2026, aged 88. Born in…
Sir Anthony Kenny dies at age 95
Sir Anthony Kenny, the British philosopher known for work in the philosophy of mind, ancient and scholastic philosophy, the philosophy of religion and Wittgenstein studies, died on August 3, 2026,…
Farrokh Saidi has died at age 96
Farrokh Saidi, an Iranian surgeon and academic, died on August 2, 2026, aged 96. Born in Tehran on November 22, 1929, he studied at Cornell University from 1947 to 1950…
Bill Goichberg died at age 83
Bill Goichberg, an American chess player, died on August 2, 2026, at age 83. Widely known in chess circles as both a master and a tournament organizer, he founded the…
Marcel J. Mélançon, died aged 88
Marcel J. Mélançon, a Canadian bioethicist and academic, died on August 1, 2026, at age 88. Born in Saint-Barnabé-Nord on April 3, 1938, he was also known as Marcel Melançon…
Rom Kostřica, died aged 77
Rom Kostřica, a Czech professor of otorhinolaryngology and former member of the Czech parliament, died on August 1, 2026, aged 77. Born in Brno on March 13, 1949, he studied…
Line Bareiro death at age 75
Line Bareiro, the Paraguayan political scientist, died on August 1, 2026, aged 75. Born in Asunción on August 30, 1950, she became known as a political scientist, lawyer and human…
Antonio Mazzi passed away at age 96
Antonio Mazzi, an Italian Roman Catholic priest, died on July 31, 2026, aged 96. Born in Verona in 1929, he became known as a presbyter, educator and writer, and devoted…
Dragiša Milojković died at age 55
Dragiša Milojković, a Serbian film and television actor, died on July 31, 2026, aged 55. Born in Jagodina in 1971, he studied acting in Novi Sad in the class of…
Marģers Vestermanis, died aged 100
Marģers Vestermanis, the Latvian Holocaust survivor and historian who founded the museum Jews in Latvia and later served as its former director, died on July 30, 2026, aged 100. Born…
Igor Sharapov obituary: died at age 65
Igor Sharapov, a Russian trumpeter and teacher, died on July 30, 2026, aged 65. Born in Leningrad on June 19, 1961, he went on to become a soloist with the…
Kazimira Prunskienė obituary: died at age 83
Kazimira Prunskienė, the Lithuanian politician who served as prime minister and later as minister of agriculture, died on July 30, 2026, aged 83. Born in Vasiuliškė on February 26, 1943,…
Death of Sokrat Khanyan at age 96
Sokrat Khanyan, the Armenian poet and literary critic, died on July 30, 2026, aged 96. Born on January 22, 1930, in Ağbulaq, he was also known as a translator, prose…
Obituary: Václav Větvička, dead at age 88
Václav Větvička, a Czech botanist and publicist, died on July 30, 2026, at age 88. Born in Prague on January 13, 1938, he was also described as a biologist and…
Eugene Benson died at age 98
Eugene Benson, a writer and Canadian professor of English, died on July 30, 2026, aged 98. Born in Northern Ireland in 1928, he went on to build a career as…
Johanna Fernández dead at age 55
Johanna Fernández, an American historian and associate professor of history at Baruch College, died on July 30, 2026, aged 55. A Dominican-American scholar based in New York City, she focused…
Death of James Munkres at age 95
James Munkres, an American mathematician known for his work in topology and the Hungarian algorithm, died on July 30, 2026, aged 95. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he studied at Nebraska…
Cairns Craig dies at 77
Cairns Craig, the Scottish literary scholar who specialised in Scottish and modernist literature, died on July 29, 2026, aged 77. Born Robert Cairns Craig in Kilmarnock in 1949, he built…
Howard H. Pattee died at age 99
Howard H. Pattee, an American biologist and academic, died on July 29, 2026, aged 99. Born in Pasadena, California, in 1926, he studied at Stanford University, earning his degree in…
Thaw Kaung death at age 88
Thaw Kaung, a Burmese librarian and historian, died on July 29, 2026, aged 88. Known also as Sithu Thaw Kaung, he was born in Yangon on December 17, 1937, and…
Jochen Bohl, died aged 76
Jochen Bohl, a German theologian and Lutheran bishop, died on July 29, 2026, aged 76. Born in Lüdenscheid on April 19, 1950, he served as bishop of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church…
Erik Olssen has died at age 84
Erik Olssen, the New Zealand historian whose work examined the links between social structures, politics and ideas, died on July 29, 2026, aged 84. Born in Hamilton on December 14,…
Harry Mitchell died at age 86
Harry Mitchell, an American politician and educator who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011, died July 29, 2026, aged 86. A Democrat, he represented Arizona’s…
Erwin Engeler died at age 96
Erwin Engeler, a Swiss mathematician and computer scientist, died on July 28, 2026, aged 96. Engeler did pioneering work on the connections between logic, computer science and scientific computation during…
Death of G. Thomas Goodnight at age 77
G. Thomas Goodnight, an American scholar and communication theorist, died on July 28, 2026, at age 77. Born in Houston, Texas, he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from…
Konrad Beikircher passed away at age 80
Konrad Beikircher, the German cabaret artist, musician and author, died on July 28, 2026, aged 80. Born Konrad Johann Aloysia Beikircher in Bruneck, South Tyrol, he built a career that…
Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza passed away at age 95
Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza, the Colombian journalist and writer who also worked as a diplomat, died on July 28, 2026, aged 95. Born in Tunja in 1932, he was identified in…
Tom Chadbon death at age 80
Tom Chadbon, the English actor best known for work in British television and appearances in Doctor Who, Tess and Casino Royale, died on July 27, 2026, aged 80. Born in…
Lucy López death at age 96
Lucy López, the Chilean high jumper who won silver in the women’s high jump at the 1951 Pan American Games, died on July 27, 2026, aged 96. López Cruz, born…
Death of Léon Strauss at age 98
Léon Strauss, the French historian and academic who specialized in the history of Alsace, died on July 27, 2026, aged 98. Born in Sarrebourg on August 14, 1927, he studied…
Frank Tusa, died aged 79
Frank Tusa, an American bassist and composer, died on July 26, 2026, aged 79. Born in New York City on April 1, 1947, he became known as a jazz double-bassist,…
Gilberto Cárdenas dead at age 79
Gilberto Cárdenas, an American sociologist and art collector, died on July 26, 2026, at age 79. He was born in San Gabriel, California, and was identified with work in sociology…
Bachtiar Aly passes away at age 76
Bachtiar Aly, an Indonesian professor, politician and diplomat, died on July 26, 2026, aged 76. Born in Banda Aceh on December 21, 1949, he built a career that combined academic…
Milan Knížák passed away at age 86
Milan Knížák, the Czech artist, musician and performer who led the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and later directed the National Gallery Prague, died on July 26, 2026. Born…
Obituary: Ravan A. G. Farhâdi, dead at age 96
Ravan A. G. Farhâdi, the Afghan academic and diplomat who served as Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United Nations from 1993 to 2006, died on July 26, 2026. He was 96.…
Isabel McBryde passes away at age 92
Isabel McBryde, the Australian archaeologist who helped shape the study of Aboriginal archaeology in Australia, died on July 26, 2026, aged 92. Born in Fremantle on July 16, 1934, she…
Thomas Hines passes away at age 90
Thomas Hines, the American architectural historian and educator, died on July 26, 2026, at age 90. Born Thomas Spight Hines, Jr., in Oxford, Mississippi, he taught at the University of…
Obituary: Rosemary Crumlin, dead at age 93
Rosemary Crumlin, an Australian art historian and educator, died on July 25, 2026, aged 93. Born Rosemary Anne Crumlin in Sydney, she was a Sister of Mercy, art historian, educator…
Ayo Bamgbose dead at age 94
Ayo Bamgbose, the Nigerian academic linguist and first professor of linguistics in Nigeria, died on July 25, 2026. Born on January 27, 1932, he was known for contributions to education…
Leung Choi-yuen died at age 75
Leung Choi-yuen, a Hong Kong television producer, died on July 25, 2026. Known in the industry as Uncle Choi, he worked at TVB as both a producer and a production…
Māzin Mubārak has died at age 95
Māzin Mubārak, a Syrian writer and scholar of Arabic, died on July 25, 2026, aged 95. He was regarded as one of Syria’s leading grammarians, served as a member of…
Jean Mesqui passed away at age 74
Jean Mesqui, a French castellologist, civil engineer and art historian, died on July 24, 2026, aged 74. Born Jean Antoine André Marie Joseph Mesqui in Paris on May 27, 1952,…
Clemente Marconi passes away at age 60
Clemente Marconi, an Italian archaeologist and art historian known for his work on Greek art and archaeology and the excavations at Selinunte, died on July 24, 2026. Born in Rome…
Allan Warrack death at age 89
Allan Warrack, a professor and politician, died on July 24, 2026, at age 89. A Canadian politician born in Calgary on May 24, 1937, he served in the Legislative Assembly…
Joseph Santamaria obituary: died at age 78
Joseph Santamaria, an Australian judge and lawyer, died on July 23, 2026, aged 78. Born in Melbourne on July 14, 1948, Joseph Gerard Santamaria KC served as a judge of…
Pavel Jungwirth passes away at age 60
Pavel Jungwirth, a Czech physical chemist and academic, died on July 23, 2026, at the age of 60. Born in Prague on May 20, 1966, he studied at the Faculty…
K. Ali Kutty Musliyar passed away at age 81
K. Ali Kutty Musliyar, an Indian Islamic scholar, died on July 23, 2026. Born on February 23, 1945, in Thirurkad in what is now Kerala’s Malappuram district, he became a…
Karen Busby dies at age 67
Karen Busby, a lawyer, feminist and former professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba whose work focused on queer issues, reproductive rights, constitutional law and civil…
Vasily Parkhomchuk has died at age 79
Vasily Parkhomchuk, a Russian physicist and specialist in accelerator and charged-particle storage ring physics, died on July 23, 2026. Born on September 1, 1946, in Torchyn, he studied at Novosibirsk…