Lubomír Šik, a Czech regional historian, died on March 5, 2026. Born in Litovel on February 2, 1928, he graduated from the industrial school in Šumperk in 1949 after World War II. He later worked in the Křižík turntable production… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026 · Ľubomír
László Vincze, a Hungarian educator and politician, died on March 5, 2026. He was 74. Born on February 19, 1952, in Csongrád, Hungary, Vincze served as a member of the National Assembly for Csongrád (Csongrád County Constituency IV) from 1998… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Eli Shamir, an Israeli mathematician and computer scientist, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 91. He was the Jean and Helene Alfassa Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Born Eliahu Shamir in… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Alexander Guts, a Russian mathematician, died on March 4, 2026. Born on August 30, 1947, in Berlin, then part of the Soviet occupation zone, he published more than 500 works and about 30 books and textbooks on mathematics, computer science,… · 04 March 2026 · March 2026
Daniel Migliore, an American theologian and author who was professor emeritus of theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, died on March 4, 2026. Born in 1935, he earned a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and received an M.A.… · 04 March 2026 · March 2026
Philip Low, an American chemist and the Ralph C. Corley Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Purdue University, died March 4, 2026, at age 78. A prolific researcher, he contributed to numerous drug discoveries and was credited as one of the… · 04 March 2026 · March 2026
Bernard Rands, the British-born American composer and professor, died on March 4, 2026. He was 92. Born in Sheffield, England, on March 2, 1934, Rands wrote orchestral works and chamber music, often with a vocal element, as well as a… · 04 March 2026 · March 2026
Alfredo Bengzon, a Filipino physician, educator and public official, died on March 3, 2026. Also known as Alfredo R. A. Bengzon, he served as vice-president for the Professional Schools of Ateneo de Manila University, dean of the Ateneo School of… · 03 March 2026 · March 2026
Andrea Weiss, an American rabbi and author, died on March 3, 2026. She was ordained at Hebrew Union College in 1993 and later served there as associate professor of Bible, director of the Rabbinical School, and provost from 2018 into… · 03 March 2026 · March 2026
Jack Chambers, a Canadian linguist and expert on language variation and change, died on March 2, 2026, at age 87. Born John Kenneth Chambers in Grimsby, Ontario, he played an important role in research on Canadian English beginning in the… · Britain · 02 March 2026 · March 2026
Klaus Müller, a German Marxian economist and academic, died on March 2, 2026. Born on August 10, 1944, in Ursprung, now part of Lugau in Saxony, he studied financial and international economics at the Hochschule für Ökonomie Berlin. In 1973,… · 02 March 2026 · March 2026 · Muller
Hélène Mouchard-Zay, a French academic and writer, died on March 2, 2026, at age 85. Born in Rabat on August 27, 1940, she was the daughter of Madeleine and Jean Zay. Her father was imprisoned by the Vichy regime and… · 02 March 2026 · March 2026
Janardan Waghmare, an Indian educationist and politician, died on March 2, 2026. He was 91. Waghmare served as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra and was also president of the Latur Municipal Council. He was the… · 02 March 2026 · March 2026
Ivan Hall, the British architectural historian, died on March 2, 2026, aged 93. Hall specialised in the architecture of John Carr and had lifelong interests in neoclassical architecture, the conservation of historic buildings, particularly in Beverley and Hull, and the… · 02 March 2026 · March 2026 · Iván
Alice Chien Chang, a Taiwanese molecular biologist and neuroscientist, died on March 2, 2026. She taught at National Yang-Ming Medical College, National Yang-Ming University, and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. In 1976, she and her collaborators published research on… · 02 March 2026 · March 2026
Christine Johnson McPhail, an American academic administrator and the thirteenth president of St. Augustine's University, died on March 1, 2026, at age 80. Born in Tyler, Texas, on February 1, 1946, she was the daughter of Mary and Otis Johnson.… · 01 March 2026 · March 2026
Bob Power, an American record producer and music engineer, died on March 1, 2026, at age 73. Born Robert Power in Chicago on April 5, 1952, he was also an audio engineer, composer, arranger, performer and music educator. His engineering… · 01 March 2026 · March 2026
Alexander Tzonis, a Greek-French architect, author and researcher, died on March 1, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Athens on November 8, 1937, he made contributions to architectural theory, history and design cognition, bringing together scientific and humanistic… · 01 March 2026 · March 2026
Lidia Erokhina, a Russian economist, died on March 1, 2026. Born on December 13, 1955, in Penza Oblast, she was a member of the Komsomol. In 1978, she graduated with honors from the Moscow Institute of Technology with a degree… · 01 March 2026 · March 2026
Dagfinn Føllesdal, a Norwegian-born American academic and philosopher, died on March 1, 2026. He was the Clarence Irving Lewis Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Stanford University and professor emeritus at the University of Oslo. Born Dagfinn Kåre Føllesdal in Askim,… · 01 March 2026 · March 2026
Konstantin Bogdanov, a Russian anthropologist and philologist, died on March 1, 2026. He was born on March 30, 1963, in Leningrad, USSR, later Saint Petersburg, Russia. Bogdanov studied classical philology and Russian language and literature at Saint Petersburg State University.… · 01 March 2026 · March 2026
Josep Perarnau, a Spanish theologian, died on March 1, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Avinyó, Catalonia, Spain, on July 8, 1928, he was a Catalan priest, theologian and historian. Perarnau studied theology at the Pontifical University of… · 01 March 2026 · March 2026
Vyacheslav Klepikov, a Ukrainian nuclear physicist, died on March 1, 2026, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, at the age of 76. He was also a professor and a doctor of physical and mathematical sciences. Born in Kharkiv on July 13, 1949, Klepikov… · 01 March 2026 · March 2026
John Joseph Scarisbrick MBE, a British historian who taught at the University of Warwick, died on February 28, 2026, aged 97. Born in London on October 6, 1928, he studied at The John Fisher School and Christ's College, Cambridge, after… · 28 February 2026 · February 2026
Rémy Scheurer, a Swiss politician, died on February 28, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Neuchâtel on March 11, 1934, he was a member of the Swiss Liberal Party (PLS). He studied at the University of Neuchâtel and… · 28 February 2026 · February 2026
Lars Lallerstedt, a Swedish industrial designer and pioneer in the field in Sweden, died on February 28, 2026. Born on June 5, 1938, he worked across a range of design areas, including barn-construction concepts for Alfa Laval from 1984, medical… · 28 February 2026 · February 2026
Patricia Schady, a British astrophysicist, died on February 28, 2026. She specialized in gamma-ray bursts and their host galaxies and was a senior lecturer at the University of Bath at the time of her death. Schady was born in the… · 28 February 2026 · February 2026
Mario Buhagiar, a Maltese art historian and author, died on February 28, 2026, aged 81. He was a professor in the history of art at the University of Malta and for 25 years headed the university’s History of Art Department,… · 28 February 2026 · February 2026
Michael F. Robinson, an English composer, died on February 28, 2026. Born in Gloucester on March 3, 1933, he was also a musicologist and academic best known for his scholarly work on Italian opera, particularly Neapolitan opera of the 17th… · 28 February 2026 · February 2026
Karlen G. Adamyan, an Armenian cardiologist, died on February 28, 2026, at the age of 89. Born on January 19, 1937, in Leninakan, Armenian SSR, USSR, he graduated from Yerevan State Medical Institute in 1959. He later served as a… · 28 February 2026 · February 2026 · Karlén
Robin Weiss, the British molecular biologist and influential scientist in virology and cancer biology, died on February 27, 2026, aged 86. His research focused on retroviruses, and he was noted for important discoveries related to HIV. Weiss was a Fellow… · 27 February 2026 · February 2026
Andrzej Trautman, a Polish mathematical physicist, died on February 27, 2026, at age 93. Born in Warsaw on January 4, 1933, he contributed to classical gravitation and general relativity. His work included the Robinson–Trautman gravitational waves and the Trautman recovery… · 27 February 2026 · February 2026
David Botstein, an American biologist, died on February 27, 2026. He was director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University from 2003 to 2013 and held the Anthony B. Evnin Professorship of Genomics. From 2013 to 2023,… · 27 February 2026 · February 2026
Malcolm Budd, an English philosopher, died on February 26, 2026. Budd studied mathematics and philosophy at Jesus College, Cambridge, and taught at University College London from 1970 until 2001. He was appointed the Grote Professor of the Philosophy of Mind… · Britain · 26 February 2026 · February 2026
Ardis E. Parshall, an American historian and independent researcher of Latter-day Saint history, died on February 26, 2026. She published her research on the blog Keepapitchinin and worked for The Salt Lake Tribune as a historical writer from 2005 to… · 26 February 2026 · February 2026
T. K. Oommen, an Indian sociologist, died on February 26, 2026. Also known as Tharailath Koshy Oommen, he was Professor Emeritus at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University. He was an author and teacher and… · 26 February 2026 · February 2026
Carl H. Brans, an American mathematical physicist best known for his work on gravitation and the Brans–Dicke theory, died on February 26, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Dallas, Texas, on December 13, 1935, he graduated from Loyola… · 26 February 2026 · February 2026
Piero Barucci, the Italian academic, economist and politician who served as Minister of Treasury from 1992 to 1994, died on February 26, 2026, in Florence, Italy, at the age of 92. Born in Florence on 29 June 1933, he earned… · 26 February 2026 · February 2026
Bevan Morris, an Australian-born American academic and politician who served as president of Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, for 36 years and was a founder of the Natural Law Party, died on February 26, 2026, at age 76.… · 26 February 2026 · February 2026
Takeshi Amemiya, a Japanese economist, died on February 25, 2026. Born in Tokyo on March 29, 1935, he specialized in econometrics and the economy of ancient Greece. Amemiya was the Edward Ames Edmonds Professor of Economics emeritus and a professor… · 25 February 2026 · February 2026
Charlie Smith Dannelly, an American politician and retired educator, died on February 25, 2026. He served as a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate from 1994 to 2013, representing the 33rd and later the 38th district, which included constituents… · 25 February 2026 · February 2026
Carol Walker, an American mathematician and mathematics textbook author, died on February 25, 2026. Born Carol Lee Walker on August 19, 1935, in Martinez, California, she studied music education at the University of Colorado Boulder and later earned graduate training… · 25 February 2026 · February 2026
Ora Kedem, an Austrian-born Israeli chemist and professor emerita, died on February 25, 2026. She was 101. Kedem taught at the Weizmann Institute of Science and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and received the 1961 Israel Prize for life sciences.… · 25 February 2026 · February 2026
William E. Connolly, an American political theorist, died on February 25, 2026. Born William Eugene Connolly on January 6, 1938, in Flint, Michigan, he was known for his work on democracy, pluralism and capitalism. Connolly was the Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of… · 25 February 2026 · February 2026
Abdul Majid Arfaei, an Iranian researcher and elamitologist, died on February 25, 2026, at the age of 86. Also known as Abdul Majid Arfaee, he was born on September 1, 1939, in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, Iran. He was known… · 25 February 2026 · February 2026
Roman Kofman, the Ukrainian conductor, violinist and composer, died on February 24, 2026, at age 89. Born in Kyiv in 1936, he was a music educator and was named a People's Artist of Ukraine in 2003. He was internationally known… · 24 February 2026 · February 2026
Stephen Koch, an American writer, novelist, essayist, historian and teacher, died on February 24, 2026, at age 84. Born Stephen Bayard Koch on May 8, 1941, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, he wrote numerous books of cultural history, two novels and… · 24 February 2026 · February 2026
Elaine Ingham, an American microbiologist, died on February 24, 2026. She was a soil biology researcher and the founder of Soil Foodweb Inc. and the Soil Foodweb School. Ingham was known for her work in soil microbiology and research on… · 24 February 2026 · February 2026
Czech historian of philosophy · 22 February 2026 · February 2026 · February 22 · Czech
Ali Babachahi, an Iranian poet and writer, died on February 23, 2026, at age 83. Born in Bushehr in 1942, he was also a researcher and literary critic. Babachahi published more than 50 literary works and was known as one… · 23 February 2026 · February 2026
Stephanie Kugelman, an American advertising executive and branding expert, died on February 23, 2026, in New York City at age 78. She was a past vice chairman and chief strategic officer of Young & Rubicam Inc., where her career began… · Britain · 23 February 2026 · February 2026
Nicolaas Marinus Hugenholtz, a Dutch physicist and academic, died on February 23, 2026. He was a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Groningen from 1960 to 1989. Born in Wormerveer on 26 April 1924, he studied physics at… · 23 February 2026 · February 2026
Têtêvi Godwin Tété-Adjalogo, a Togolese historian and politician, died on February 23, 2026, at the age of 98. He was a member of the Democratic Convention of African Peoples (CDPA) and a founding member of the party. Born on January… · 23 February 2026 · February 2026
Joan Huber, an American sociologist and professor of sociology at Ohio State University, died on February 22, 2026. Born on October 17, 1925, in Bluffton, Ohio, she taught at the University of Notre Dame from 1967 to 1971 and later… · 22 February 2026 · February 2026
Eugene G. Sander, an American academic and former president of the University of Arizona, died on February 22, 2026, at the age of 90. He served as president from 2011 to 2012 after the resignation of Robert N. Shelton, and… · 22 February 2026 · February 2026
Hans-Dieter Sues, a German-born American paleontologist and Senior Research Geologist and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, died on February 22, 2026, at age 70. He was born… · 22 February 2026 · February 2026
Daryl Jackson, Australian architect and educator, died on February 21, 2026, aged 89. Daryl Sanders Jackson AO was responsible for a number of notable designs, working alone and with partners from the late 1960s into the 2010s. Born in Clunes,… · 21 February 2026 · February 2026
Vicente L. Rafael, a Filipino historian and professor of Southeast Asian history at the University of Washington, Seattle, died on February 21, 2026. He was 70. Rafael received his B.A. in history and philosophy from Ateneo de Manila University in… · 21 February 2026 · February 2026
MaryAnn Bin-Sallik, an Australian Indigenous Djaru elder and academic, died on February 21, 2026, aged 85. Born in Broome, Western Australia, on 2 November 1940, she moved with her family to Darwin at age nine. After training as a nursing… · 21 February 2026 · February 2026
František Mezihorák, a Czech university pedagogue and politician, died on February 20, 2026, at the age of 88. Born on October 6, 1937, in Vracov, Czechoslovakia, he was a professor and a member of the Czech Social Democratic Party. Mezihorák… · 20 February 2026 · February 2026
David Judge, a British political scientist and writer, died on February 20, 2026, at the age of 75 from oesophageal cancer. He was based at the University of Strathclyde, where he was Emeritus Professor in the School of Government and… · 20 February 2026 · February 2026
Mutumba Mainga, a Zambian historian and politician, died on February 20, 2026. Born in 1938, she was the first Zambian woman to gain a PhD, the first Zambian woman to lecture at the University of Zambia, and the first Zambian… · 20 February 2026 · February 2026
Alexander Avdonin, a Russian geologist, died on February 20, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in Sverdlovsk in 1932, he worked as a mineralogist and archeologist. Avdonin was known as the first recorded person to begin exhuming the grave… · 20 February 2026 · February 2026
Hidé Ishiguro, a Japanese analytic philosopher and emeritus professor at Keio University in Tokyo, died on February 20, 2026. Born in Tokyo in August 1931, she studied at Tokyo University before pursuing graduate work at the Sorbonne and earning a… · 20 February 2026 · February 2026
Giovanni Fazio, an American physicist, died on February 19, 2026. He was an astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian who initiated and participated in multiple observation programs. In 1962, he joined the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and… · 19 February 2026 · February 2026
Michel Imbert, a French neuropsychologist and teacher-researcher in cognitive neurosciences, died on February 19, 2026. Born in Béziers on June 29, 1935, he was professor emeritus at Pierre-et-Marie-Curie University from 2003 and honorary director of studies at the École des… · 19 February 2026 · February 2026
William M. Bugg, an American physicist, died on February 19, 2026, at the age of 95. Born William Maurice Bugg in St. Louis, Missouri, on January 23, 1931, he attended Oak Ridge High School and graduated in 1948. He earned… · 19 February 2026 · February 2026
Norman Francis, an American academic who served as president of Xavier University of Louisiana, died on February 18, 2026, at age 94. He led the university from 1968 to 2015, becoming its first Black and first lay president and the… · 18 February 2026 · February 2026
Leila Shahid, a Palestinian diplomat and the first woman ambassador of Palestine, died on February 18, 2026. Born in Beirut in 1949, she represented the Palestine Liberation Organization in Ireland in 1989 and in the Netherlands in 1990. She later… · 18 February 2026 · February 2026
Antonis Manitakis, a Greek university professor and politician, died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Thessaloniki on May 23, 1944, he studied law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and received a doctorate in law… · 18 February 2026 · February 2026
Orland Larson, a Canadian goldsmith and metalsmith, died on February 18, 2026, at age 94. Larson was also an art educator who played a central role in developing professional jewellery education in Canada. He served as head of jewellery departments… · 18 February 2026 · February 2026
Karen Glaser, an American underwater photographer, died on February 18, 2026, of complications from Parkinson’s disease. Born on June 12, 1954, she began her career as a printer before turning to photography with an underwater Instamatic camera. She learned to… · Parkinson's Disease · 18 February 2026 · February 2026
Thomas De Koninck, a Canadian philosopher from Québec, died on February 17, 2026. Born in Leuven in 1934, he studied at Oxford, Université Laval and Freie Universität Berlin. He taught at the University of Notre Dame from 1960 to 1964… · 17 February 2026 · February 2026
Ray Reach, an American musician, died on February 17, 2026, at age 77. Born Raymond Everett Reach Jr. in Birmingham, Alabama, he worked as a pianist, vocalist, guitarist, composer, arranger, music producer and educator. He performed and recorded in jazz,… · 17 February 2026 · February 2026
Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber, an Austrian-born American academic and founding director of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University, died on February 17, 2026. He taught at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of… · 17 February 2026 · February 2026
William Milam, an American diplomat and senior policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., died on February 17, 2026, at age 89. Born in Bisbee, Arizona, and raised in Sacramento, California, he received an… · 17 February 2026 · February 2026
Ancella Bickley, an American historian who was involved in the preservation of African American history in West Virginia, died on February 16, 2026, at age 95. Born in Huntington, West Virginia, on July 4, 1930, she earned a bachelor’s degree… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Tyrone G. Martin, an American Navy commander and naval historian, died on February 16, 2026. He was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, on June 5, 1930, and was commissioned through NROTC in 1952. During 23 years of Navy service, he commanded… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Richard Ottinger, an American politician and attorney who served in the United States House of Representatives, died on February 16, 2026. He was 97. A member of the Democratic Party, Ottinger represented New York in the House from 1965 to… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Hélène Ahrweiler, the Greek-French Byzantologist and academic known formally as Hélène Glykatzi-Ahrweiler, died on February 16, 2026, in Athens, Greece, at the age of 99. Born in Athens on August 29, 1926, to a family of Greek refugees from Bursa,… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Wolfram Saenger, a German biochemist, crystallographer and academic, died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 86. He was known for his pioneering contributions to nucleic acid crystallography and structural biology over a scientific career spanning more than four… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Avel Gordly, an American politician and activist in Oregon, died on February 16, 2026. She was 79. Gordly was born in Portland on February 13, 1947, and became the first African-American woman elected to the Oregon State Senate in 1996,… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Carl Grillmair, a Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist, died on February 16, 2026, after being fatally shot outside his home in Llano, California. He was 67. Grillmair was a research scientist at the California Institute of Technology from 1997, where he… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Guenter B. Risse, an American medical historian, died on February 15, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 28, 1932, he wrote numerous books, including "Driven by Fear: Epidemics and Isolation in San Francisco's… · 15 February 2026 · February 2026
Theodore Seio Chihara, an American mathematician, died on February 15, 2026. He worked on orthogonal polynomials and introduced the Al-Salam–Chihara, Brenke–Chihara and Chihara–Ismail polynomials. Chihara earned his PhD from Purdue University, where his thesis advisor was Arthur Rosenthal. He was… · 15 February 2026 · February 2026
Ivar Bjørklund, a Norwegian anthropologist and writer, died on February 15, 2026. Born on December 25, 1949, he was professor of cultural studies at the University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway and a researcher on interethnic relations… · 15 February 2026 · February 2026
Elaine J. Coates, an American social worker and educator, died on February 14, 2026. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 15, 1937, she was the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Maryland, College Park. Coates later… · 14 February 2026 · February 2026
José Álvaro Moisés, a Brazilian political scientist, died on February 14, 2026, after drowning at Itamambuca Beach in Ubatuba, on the north coast of São Paulo. Born in Campinas on September 4, 1945, he was a full professor of political… · 14 February 2026 · February 2026
Susan George, the American-French political and social scientist, activist and writer, died on February 14, 2026. Born Susan Vance Akers on June 29, 1934, in Akron, Ohio, she wrote on global social justice, Third World poverty, underdevelopment and debt. She… · 14 February 2026 · February 2026
David Harpp, a Canadian chemist and science communicator, died on February 14, 2026, at age 89. He was an award-winning university professor and held the Tomlinson Chair in Science Education at McGill University. Born in Albany, New York, on January… · America · 14 February 2026 · February 2026
Edward L. Deci, an American psychologist and academic, died on February 14, 2026. He was professor of psychology and Gowen Professor in the social sciences at the University of Rochester, where he also directed the Human Motivation Program. Deci was… · 14 February 2026 · February 2026
American philanthropist and local historian · 12 February 2026 · February 2026 · February 12 · Anderson
Alex Caldiero, an American poet, died on February 13, 2026. Born Alissandru Francesco Caldiero in Licodia Eubea, near Catania, Sicily, in 1949, he immigrated to the United States at age nine and was raised in Manhattan and Brooklyn. He attended… · Italy · 13 February 2026 · February 2026
Jacques Dubois, the Belgian literary theorist and academic, died on February 13, 2026. He was Professor Emeritus of Literature at the Université de Liège and was born in Liège in 1933. Dubois developed the concept of the Literary Institution, following… · 13 February 2026 · February 2026