Piotr Oczko dies at age 53
Piotr Oczko, a Polish scholar of English and Dutch studies, literature and art historian, and translator, died on July 15, 2026. Born in Kraków on January 1, 1973, he studied…
Famous Dead Scientists: Recent Scientist Deaths and Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries of famous dead scientists. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
John Esposito dies at age 86
John Esposito, the American academic and scholar of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies, died on July 15, 2026. Born John Louis Esposito on May 19, 1940, in Brooklyn, he taught…
Richard J. Estes passed away at age 85
Richard J. Estes, an American academic and professor emeritus of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, died on July 15, 2026, at the age…
Ihor Losiev died at age 71
Ihor Losiev, a Ukrainian political scientist and publicist, died on July 15, 2026. Born in Sevastopol on March 10, 1955, he became known as a columnist, journalist, and scholar of…
Ackbar Abbas dead at age 84
Ackbar Abbas, a Hong Kong literary scholar and professor of comparative literature, died on July 15, 2026. Born in Kennedy Town in 1942, he taught at the University of California,…
Elena Baranová, died aged 80
Elena Baranová, a Slovak linguist and philologist, died on July 14, 2026. Born on October 12, 1945, in Martin, then part of Czechoslovakia, she focused much of her scholarly work…
Hans Michael Maitzen, died aged 83
Hans Michael Maitzen, an Austrian astronomer, died on July 14, 2026, at the age of 83. Born in Graz on March 28, 1943, he studied astronomy, mathematics and physics at…
Márton Flander, died aged 41
Márton Flander, a Hungarian triathlete and economist, died on July 14, 2026. Born in Baja on March 5, 1985, he began competing in triathlon in 2002 and went on to…
Harry Swinney obituary: died at age 87
Harry Swinney, the American physicist known for work in pattern formation and fluid dynamics experiments, died on July 13, 2026. Born in Opelousas, Louisiana, on April 10, 1939, he was…
Hervé Hasquin passes away at age 83
Hervé Hasquin, a Belgian historian, university professor and politician, died on July 13, 2026, at the age of 83. Born in Charleroi on December 31, 1942, he taught at the…
Jo Wan-kyu passed away at age 98
Jo Wan-kyu, a South Korean politician who served as minister of education from 1992 to 1993, died on July 13, 2026, at the age of 98. Born on February 11,…
Death of Barry Dickins at age 76
Barry Dickins, an Australian author, artist, actor, educator and journalist, died on July 13, 2026, aged 76. Born in Reservoir in Melbourne, he became known for historical dramas and for…
Michael Stürmer dead at age 87
Michael Stürmer, the German historian known for his work on the history of the German Empire and his role in the Historikerstreit of the 1980s, died on July 13, 2026.…
Death of Mary Morello at age 102
Mary Morello died on July 12, 2026, at the age of 102. An American activist and founder of Parents for Rock and Rap, she was also known as the mother…
Obituary: Gita Upadhyay, dead at age 87
Gita Upadhyay, an Indian writer and translator from Assam, died on July 12, 2026, at the age of 87. Born on February 14, 1939, in Gangmouthan in what is now…
Kent Carpenter, died aged 73
Kent Carpenter, an American marine biologist who spent much of his career based in the Philippines, died on July 12, 2026. Born on January 20, 1953, he earned a bachelor’s…
Kent E. Carpenter has died at age 73
Kent E. Carpenter, an American marine biologist and professor of biological sciences at Old Dominion University, died on July 12, 2026. He was a researcher in marine biology and ichthyology…
Rui Resende dead at age 88
Rui Resende, the Brazilian actor known for work in film and television, died on July 12, 2026. Born José Pereira Rezende Filho in Araguari in 1937, he began his career…
Rui Rezende dies at age 88
Rui Rezende, the Brazilian actor known for roles in "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands" and "Roque Santeiro," died on July 12, 2026. He was 88. Born José Pereira Rezende…
Susumu Tonegawa died at age 86
Susumu Tonegawa, the Japanese biologist who won the 1987 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering V(D)J recombination, died on July 11, 2026. Born in Nagoya on September 5,…
Gunter Stein dies at 84
Gunter Stein, a German-American electrical engineer, died on July 11, 2026. Born on July 16, 1941, in Bordesholm, Germany, he emigrated to the United States with his family in 1954.…
Yahiya Emerick has died at age 55
Yahiya Emerick, an American author and scholar, died on July 11, 2026. Born John Joseph Emerick, he became known as a prolific American Muslim writer and educator whose work focused…
Đorđe Kadijević passed away at age 93
Đorđe Kadijević died on July 10, 2026, at age 93. He was a Serbian film director, screenwriter and art critic. Born in Šibenik on January 6, 1933, Kadijević also worked…
Obituary: Mark B. Wise, dead at age 72
Mark B. Wise, the Canadian-American theoretical physicist whose work helped shape heavy quark effective theory, died on July 10, 2026. Born on November 9, 1953, he conducted research in elementary…
Obituary: Eva Røine, dead at age 97
Eva Røine, the Norwegian psychologist, actress, author and former beauty pageant titleholder, died on July 10, 2026. Born in Mysen on December 11, 1928, she was first known in younger…
Obituary: José Bada Panillo, dead at age 97
José Bada Panillo died on July 9, 2026. He was a Spanish politician who served as minister of culture and education of Aragon from 1983 to 1987. Tags Politicians, Scientists,…
Olev Raju dead at age 78
Olev Raju died on July 9, 2026. He was an Estonian politician and economist who served as a member of parliament from 1995 to 2003. Born in Tartu on January…
Obituary: Robert E. Cohen, dead at age 79
Robert E. Cohen, an American chemical engineer and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, died on July 9, 2026, aged 79, of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was known…
Obituary: Kathy Muehlemann, dead at age 76
Kathy Muehlemann, an American abstract painter and professor of art, died on July 9, 2026, at age 76. Born in Austin in 1950, she earned a B.F.A. from Empire State…
Assaf Razin, died aged 85
Assaf Razin died on July 8, 2026. He was an Israeli economist, academic and author. Razin taught at Tel Aviv University and Cornell University, and was recognized as a Fellow…
Jesper Bøje Christensen dead at age 81
Jesper Bøje Christensen, the Danish harpsichordist and music researcher known for his work on basso continuo, died on July 8, 2026, at age 81. Born in Copenhagen on December 3,…
Béla Kádár passes away at age 92
Béla Kádár died on July 8, 2026, at the age of 92. He was a Hungarian economist and politician. Born in Pécs on March 21, 1934, Kádár also worked as…
Obituary: Ihor Zvarych, dead at age 73
Ihor Zvarych died on July 8, 2026. He was a Ukrainian politician. Tags Politicians, Scientists, 08 July 2026, Ihor, Scorpio, Ukraine, Zvarych, July 2026, July 8
Béla Kádár passes away at age 92
Béla Kádár died on July 8, 2026. He was a Hungarian economist and politician. Tags Politicians, Scientists, 08 July 2026, Hungary, Béla, July 2026, July 8, Kádár
Henry O. Pollak dies at 98
Henry O. Pollak, the Austrian-American mathematician, died on July 8, 2026, aged 98. Born Henry Otto Pollak in Vienna on December 13, 1927, he was educated at Yale University and…
Musharrof Husain Khan has died at age 92
Musharrof Husain Khan, a university academic and professor, died on July 7, 2026, aged 92. Also known as M. H. Khan, he was a Bangladeshi academic who served as the…
Alberto Lettieri has died at age 67
Alberto Lettieri died on July 6, 2026. He was an Argentine historian and academic who taught and conducted research at the University of Buenos Aires and the National Scientific and…
John Van Antwerp Fine Jr. obituary: died at age 86
John Van Antwerp Fine Jr., a professor of history and scholar of Balkan and Byzantine studies, died on July 6, 2026. He was 86. Fine taught for decades at the…
Saverio “Sonny” death at age 94
Saverio "Sonny" Morea died on July 6, 2026. He was an American aerospace engineer and aviator, and his work also included service as a scientist, aircraft pilot and military flight…
Death of Vladimir Okrepilov at age 82
Vladimir Okrepilov died on July 6, 2026. He was a Russian economist and academic. Born in Saint Petersburg on February 23, 1944, Okrepilov worked in economics and taught at several…
Death of Erminio Gius at age 88
Erminio Gius died on July 6, 2026. He was a psychologist. Tags Scientists, 06 July 2026, Erminio, Gemini, Gius, July 2026, July 6
Herman Chernoff passed away at age 103
Herman Chernoff died July 6, 2026. He was an American mathematician. Tags Scientists, 06 July 2026, America, Cancer, Chernoff, Herman, July 2026, July 6
Mike Wallace passes away at age 83
Mike Wallace died on July 5, 2026. He was an American historian. Tags Scientists, 05 July 2026, America, Cancer, Mike, Wallace, July 2026, July 5
Piatro Sadoŭski dies at 85
Piatro Sadoŭski died on July 5, 2026. He was a Belarusian diplomat and politician. Born on February 2, 1941, Sadoŭski also worked as a linguist. His career included service in…
Abul Kashem Fazlul Haq dead at age 85
Abul Kashem Fazlul Haq died on July 5, 2026. He was a professor and writer. Tags Scientists, Writers, 05 July 2026, Abul, Haq, Libra, July 2026, July 5
Petr Šmolka has died at age 80
Petr Šmolka died on July 5, 2026. He was a Czech psychologist and marriage counselor. His work focused on relationships and family life. Tags Scientists, 05 July 2026, Czechia, Petr,…
Obituary: Eutimio Martino, dead at age 101
Eutimio Martino died on July 5, 2026. He was a Spanish Jesuit priest, philosopher and writer. Martino was also known as a historian, theologian, Catholic priest, poet, university teacher and…
Walt Odets dies at age 79
Walt Odets died July 5, 2026. He was an American psychologist and author. Born in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, 1947, Odets was a clinical psychologist who also wrote books.…
Linda McCarriston obituary: died at age 82
Linda McCarriston, an American poet and longtime University of Alaska Anchorage professor, died on July 5, 2026, aged 82. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, she taught creative writing and literary arts…
George Benedek obituary: died at age 97
George Benedek, an American physicist who helped develop quasi-elastic light scattering spectroscopy and taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, died on July 5, 2026. He was 97. Born on…
David Emil Mungello, died aged 82
David Emil Mungello died on July 4, 2026. He was an American historian. Tags Scientists, 04 July 2026, America, Capricorn, David, Mungello, July 2026, July 4
Shahed Kamal died at age 85
Shahed Kamal, a Bangladeshi journalist and teacher, died on July 4, 2026. He was 85. Known in cultural circles as Shamim Mama, Kamal worked as a senior news editor at…
Robert B. Sloan passes away at age 77
Robert B. Sloan died on July 3, 2026. He was an American academic and theologian. Born on January 1, 1949, Sloan was also known as Robert Bryan Sloan, Jr. Tags…
József Tóth passed away at age 93
József Tóth died on July 3, 2026. He was a Hungarian hydrogeologist and academic. He was 93. Tags Scientists, 03 July 2026, Cancer, Hungary, József, July 2026, July 3, Tóth
Obituary: Apostolos Papageorgiou, dead at age 89
Apostolos Papageorgiou died on July 2, 2026. He was a Greek academic. Tags Scientists, 02 July 2026, Apostolos, Greece, Papageorgiou, July 2, July 2026
Bernd Rauschenbach obituary: died at age 73
Bernd Rauschenbach died on July 2, 2026. He was a German literary scholar and writer. Tags Scientists, Writers, 02 July 2026, Bernd, Germany, Rauschenbach, July 2, July 2026
Alexandru Madgearu dies at age 62
Alexandru Madgearu died on July 2, 2026. Tags Scientists, 02 July 2026, Alexandru, Madgearu, Romania, July 2, July 2026
Death of Lilly Marcou at age 89
Lilly Marcou, a French historian and researcher, died on July 1, 2026, aged 89. Of Romanian origin, she specialised in the history of communism and built much of her career…
Death of Hans Aarsleff at age 100
Hans Aarsleff died on July 1, 2026. He was a Danish linguist and academic. Born on July 19, 1925, Aarsleff was a university teacher who taught at the University of…
Anthony M. Trozzolo passed away at age 96
Anthony M. Trozzolo died on July 1, 2026. He was an American chemist. Tags Scientists, 01 July 2026, America, Anthony, Capricorn, Trozzolo, July 1, July 2026
Puviarasu dead at age 96
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…
Obituary: Yves-Marie Bercé, dead at age 89
Yves-Marie Bercé died on June 30, 2026. He was a French historian. Tags Scientists, 30 June 2026, France, Bercé, June 2026, June 30, Yves-Marie
Death of Viktor Sagaradze at age 84
Viktor Sagaradze died on June 30, 2026. He was a Russian physicist. Tags Scientists, 30 June 2026, Libra, Russia, Sagaradze, Viktor, June 2026, June 30
Karel Pexidr passed away at age 96
Karel Pexidr died on June 29, 2026. He was a Czech writer, lawyer, philosopher and composer of classical music. Born on November 4, 1929, Pexidr was known for his work…
Ervin László dies at age 94
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 died at age 72
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…
Gregor McLennan has died at age 74
Gregor McLennan died on June 29, 2026. He was a British sociologist. Tags Scientists, 29 June 2026, Britain, Gregor, Libra, June 2026, June 29, McLennan
Tom Siddon death at age 84
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 dies at age 93
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 has died at age 86
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 passes away at age 67
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…
C. Robin Ganellin has died at age 92
C. Robin Ganellin died on June 27, 2026. He was a British medicinal chemist whose work was recognized with election as a Fellow of the Royal Society and other honors.…
Rob Scheller has died at age 98
Rob Scheller, the Dutch art historian and professor of art history at the University of Amsterdam, died on June 27, 2026. Born in Amsterdam in 1927 as Robert Wouter Hans…
Kairat Kadyrzhanov died at age 80
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.…
Obituary: Huno Rätsep, dead at age 98
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 passes away at age 85
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 dies at age 84
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 has died at age 100
Cui Kun died on June 26, 2026. Tags Scientists, 26 June 2026, Cancer, China, Cui, Kun, June 2026, June 26
Christopher Robert Hallpike dies at age 88
Christopher Robert Hallpike, a British-born Canadian anthropologist and emeritus professor of anthropology at McMaster University in Ontario, died on June 26, 2026. Born on April 19, 1938, Hallpike was known…
Věra Linhartová has died at age 88
Věra Linhartová, the Czech writer and art historian, died on June 26, 2026, at age 88 in Paris. Born in Brno on March 22, 1938, she studied art history at…
Death of David B. Danbom at age 79
David B. Danbom, an American historian and author, died on June 26, 2026, aged 79. He taught agricultural history at North Dakota State University from 1974 to 2010 and was…
Annie Baglin dies at age 87
Annie Baglin died on June 26, 2026. She was a French astrophysicist. Tags Scientists, 26 June 2026, Annie, Baglin, France, June 2026, June 26
Alain Roux died at age 91
Alain Roux died on June 26, 2026. He was a French historian and sinologist who taught at Paris 8 University and the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales. Born…
Wang Luolin obituary: died at age 88
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…
Obituary: Milena Flodrová, dead at age 91
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, died aged 84
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,…
Salomó Marquès, died aged 84
Salomó Marquès died on June 25, 2026. He was a Spanish educationist, professor and writer, and also worked as a pedagogue, historian and author. Born in L'Escala on February 4,…
Stefano Piano, died aged 85
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, died aged 93
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
Rudolf Samusev died June 23, 2026. He was a scientist. Tags Scientists, 23 June 2026, Rudolf, Russia, Samusev, Virgo, Volgograd, June 2026, June 23
Joanne Glasser dead
Joanne Glasser, an American educator and academic administrator who served as president of Eastern Kentucky University and later Bradley University, died on June 23, 2026. She was the first woman…
Maurice-Ruben Hayoun dies at age 75
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…
Valmai Holt, died aged 90
Valmai Holt died on June 23, 2026. She was a British military historian. Tags Scientists, 23 June 2026, Britain, Holt, Valmai, June 2026, June 23
John P. Reardon passes away at age 88
John P. Reardon died June 23, 2026. Tags Scientists, 23 June 2026, America, John, Reardon, June 2026, June 23
Obituary: Petro Volvach, dead at age 87
Petro Volvach died on June 22, 2026. Tags Scientists, Writers, 22 June 2026, Petro, Sagittarius, Ukraine, Volvach, June 2026, June 22
Gustavus Simmons passes away at age 95
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 obituary: died at age 100
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 passed away at age 91
Miloš Trapl died on June 22, 2026. Tags Scientists, Writers, 22 June 2026, Czechia, Trapl, June 2026, June 22, Miloš
Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr. obituary: died at age 93
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.…