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 2011. Parshall also… · 26 February 2026 · February 2026
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 served as the… · 26 February 2026 · February 2026
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 University New Orleans… · 26 February 2026 · February 2026
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 in Mecklenburg County.… · 25 February 2026 · February 2026
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. In 2005,… · 25 February 2026 · February 2026
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 Political Science at… · 25 February 2026 · February 2026
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 for translating 647… · 25 February 2026 · February 2026
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 of classics… · 25 February 2026 · February 2026
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 in mathematics… · 25 February 2026 · February 2026
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 a study… · 24 February 2026 · February 2026
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 the soil… · 24 February 2026 · February 2026
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 as concertmaster,… · 24 February 2026 · February 2026
Czech historian of philosophy · 22 February 2026 · February 2026 · February 22 · Czech
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 Leiden University and… · 23 February 2026 · February 2026
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 16, 1928, in… · 23 February 2026 · February 2026
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 of Iran’s… · 23 February 2026 · February 2026
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 as a… · Britain · 23 February 2026 · February 2026
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 was appointed to… · 22 February 2026 · February 2026
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 joined the… · 22 February 2026 · February 2026
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 in Rheydt,… · 22 February 2026 · February 2026
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 1977 and his… · 21 February 2026 · February 2026
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 sister at… · 21 February 2026 · February 2026
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, Victoria, on… · 21 February 2026 · February 2026
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 Public Policy.… · 20 February 2026 · February 2026
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 woman to… · 20 February 2026 · February 2026
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 of the… · 20 February 2026 · February 2026
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 doctorate in… · 20 February 2026 · February 2026
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 served in… · 20 February 2026 · February 2026
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 the Harvard… · 19 February 2026 · February 2026
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 his undergraduate degree… · 19 February 2026 · February 2026
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 hautes études… · 19 February 2026 · February 2026
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 at the… · 18 February 2026 · February 2026
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 scuba dive… · Parkinson's Disease · 18 February 2026 · February 2026
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 second African… · 18 February 2026 · February 2026
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 served the… · 18 February 2026 · February 2026
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 from the… · 18 February 2026 · February 2026
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 A.B. from… · 17 February 2026 · February 2026
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 in the United… · 17 February 2026 · February 2026
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, classical, pop,… · 17 February 2026 · February 2026
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 Politics from 1988,… · 17 February 2026 · February 2026
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 1971 and… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
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, she studied… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
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 decades. Saenger… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
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 studied exoplanets,… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
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, serving from… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
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 in English… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
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 two destroyers on… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
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 the brother of… · 15 February 2026 · February 2026
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 in Northern… · 15 February 2026 · February 2026
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 House of Pestilence."… · 15 February 2026 · February 2026
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 was president… · 14 February 2026 · February 2026
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 20, 1937,… · America · 14 February 2026 · February 2026
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 known for his… · 14 February 2026 · February 2026
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 worked as a… · 14 February 2026 · February 2026
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 science at the… · 14 February 2026 · February 2026
American philanthropist and local historian · 12 February 2026 · February 2026 · February 12 · Anderson
a Belgian essayist and academic, died on February 13, 2026, at the age of 99. Born in Verviers in 1926, she fled to London at the onset of World War II and earned a bachelor’s degree from King’s College London… · 13 February 2026 · February 2026
a French philosopher, died on February 13, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Paris on December 24, 1933, he was of Corsican origin. He earned his agrégation in 1959 and his doctorate in 1970. Grimaldi spent most of… · 13 February 2026 · February 2026
an Israeli-born American computer scientist and professor at Cornell University, died on February 13, 2026, at age 72. Born in Israel in 1953, he studied mathematics at the University of Toronto, earning a B.S. in 1975, and later received a… · 13 February 2026 · February 2026
a German sociologist and academic, died on February 13, 2026. He was Professor Emeritus at LMU Munich in Germany. Born on July 19, 1934, Helle received a business degree from the University of Hamburg, earned an MBA from the University… · 13 February 2026 · February 2026
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 Queens College… · Italy · 13 February 2026 · February 2026
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 the work… · 13 February 2026 · February 2026
a Canadian population biologist and university administrator, died on February 13, 2026. He served as the 17th Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s University in Kingston from 1994 to 2004, becoming only the second scientist to hold the position. Earlier, he… · 13 February 2026 · February 2026
a Polish writer, died on February 12, 2026. He was a researcher of the 1956 Poznań protests and received the Silver Cross of Merit of Poland in 2006 · 12 February 2026 · February 2026
an Italian philosopher and academic, died on February 12, 2026, at the age of 86. He held a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, summa cum laude, from the University of Perugia and spent many years as Full Professor of Methodology of… · 12 February 2026 · February 2026
a Nigerian literary critic and scholar, died on February 11, 2026, at the age of 80. He was a Nigerian academic, critic, public intellectual and cultural theorist who specialized in world Anglophone literature and culture. Born in Ibadan on January… · 11 February 2026 · February 2026
the German choral conductor and academic teacher who was internationally known as an authority on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, died on February 11, 2026. Born in Stuttgart on May 29, 1933, he founded the Gächinger Kantorei in 1954… · 11 February 2026 · February 2026
a Romanian art historian and academic, died on February 11, 2026. Born on November 23, 1937, in Călărași, Turda County, Romania, he was an ethnic Hungarian and a professor at the Art and Design University of Cluj-Napoca. Murádin primarily studied… · 11 February 2026 · February 2026
a German art historian, died on February 11, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Heidelberg on September 25, 1933, he studied at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the University of Bonn before serving as director of… · 11 February 2026 · February 2026
a Japanese linguist and Semitist, died on February 10, 2026, at the age of 88. He was Chair of Hebrew, Israelite Antiquities, and Ugaritic at Leiden University in the Netherlands from 1991 to 2003. Muraoka was noted for his studies… · 10 February 2026 · February 2026
the Norwegian theatre director associated with Oslo Nye Teater, died on February 10, 2026. Born in Oslo on 6 April 1938, he was a graduate of the University of Oslo Law School. He worked as a stage director at Riksteatret,… · 10 February 2026 · February 2026
a Hungarian-born American art historian and librarian, died on February 10, 2026. Born in Budapest in 1947, he studied at the University of Chicago and at Princeton University, where he lectured in Ottoman history and Near Eastern Studies. He served… · 10 February 2026 · February 2026
a French linguist and Roman Catholic missionary with the White Fathers, died on February 9, 2026, in Bry-sur-Marne, France, at the age of 98. Born in Lille on December 21, 1927, he was also known as Baabilen Kulubali. He served… · 09 February 2026 · February 2026
an American biologist, died on February 9, 2026. She was known for her pioneering work on the isolation of pluripotent stem cells from normal embryos, for which she coined the term “embryonic stem cells.” Martin also was widely recognized for… · 09 February 2026 · February 2026
an Italian physicist, died on February 9, 2026. He worked in nuclear physics and served as president of the World Federation of Scientists and as a professor at the University of Bologna. Born in Trapani, Sicily, on October 15, 1929,… · 09 February 2026 · February 2026
a Spanish mathematician, died on February 9, 2026, at the age of 70. He specialized in number theory and was best known for his work on Ramanujan-type series for calculating the mathematical constant π. Largely self-taught in advanced mathematics, he… · 09 February 2026 · February 2026
an Italian activist, author and academic, died on February 9, 2026. She was a Distinguished Professor Emerita of the History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz, with interests in semiotics, psychoanalysis, film theory, literary theory, feminism, women's… · England · 09 February 2026 · February 2026
a Syrian literary critic and academic, died on February 9, 2026. He was a professor of Arabic literature at the University of Damascus, a prolific writer of contemporary Arabic poetry, and the founder and chairman of the World Union of… · England · 09 February 2026 · February 2026
an Azerbaijani politician, historian and professor, died on February 9, 2026, at the age of 78. He was the founding leader of the Motherland Party, serving in that role from 1990 to 2026. Agamali was a member of the National… · 09 February 2026 · February 2026
the French clown, died on February 9, 2026. He was a professor of theatre, dramatic theorist, pedagogue and master clown, and founded École Philippe Gaulier, a theatre school in Étampes, outside Paris. After studying at Théâtre National Populaire under Jean… · Britain · 09 February 2026 · February 2026
an American animal and nutritional scientist, died on February 9, 2026. He was 94. Born in Newbern, Tennessee, on June 17, 1931, he was the son of Carl Flatt. He graduated as valedictorian of Trimble High School in 1948, attended… · 09 February 2026 · February 2026
an Italian linguist and academic, died on February 8, 2026, aged 91. Born in Venice in 1935, he studied at the University of Pisa and the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa before conducting research at several European universities. He joined… · 08 February 2026 · February 2026
an American scholar and music executive, died on February 8, 2026. He was an academic in English and Africana Studies and, in 2024, served as the Coyle Professor in Literacy Education at Notre Dame, director of the Notre Dame Center… · 08 February 2026 · February 2026
an American anthropologist, died on February 8, 2026. She was 76. Bolles was professor emerita of women’s studies and affiliate faculty in anthropology, African American studies, American studies, comparative literature and the Latin American studies center at the University of… · 08 February 2026 · February 2026 · Heart Failure
a German ecologist and academic, died on February 7, 2026. Born in Berlin on November 6, 1930, he earned his doctorate from the Free University of Berlin in 1958 under Erich Werdermann and completed his habilitation in botany in 1968.… · 07 February 2026 · February 2026
an American filmmaker and academic, died on February 7, 2026, at the age of 69. Born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, on September 14, 1956, he was also an author and communications professor. Boyd taught at West Virginia State University, hosted… · 07 February 2026 · February 2026
a British astronomer and astrophysicist, died on February 7, 2026, aged 78. Born Adrian Michael Cruise on May 12, 1947, he began his career as an X-ray astronomer and later worked on instrumentation for space missions at other wavelengths. In… · 07 February 2026 · February 2026
an American computer scientist and professor of computer science, died on February 7, 2026, at age 91. He was noted for major contributions to programming languages and computer networking and served as distinguished professor and co-director of the Cyber Civilization… · 07 February 2026 · February 2026
an English applied mathematician, died on February 7, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in London on July 4, 1932, he specialized in numerical analysis and scientific computation. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of… · 07 February 2026 · February 2026
a Taiwanese politician, died on February 7, 2026, at the age of 87. Born on November 3, 1938, in Binjiang Province in what was then Manchukuo, he moved to Taiwan in 1948 and later studied at National Chengchi University, the… · China · 07 February 2026 · February 2026
an American art historian and educator, died on February 7, 2026. He was 83. A native of New York City, he earned a bachelor’s degree from New York University in 1963, followed by a master’s degree in art history in… · 07 February 2026 · February 2026
an Indian Muslim scholar and chief sajjadanasheen of the Nizamuddin Aulia Dargah Shrine, died on February 7, 2026. He had served as the head custodian of the shrine since 2015. Nizami was the nephew of Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami and… · 07 February 2026 · February 2026
an American mineralogist and academic, died on February 6, 2026, at the age of 81. He was the Professor of Mineralogy at the California Institute of Technology. Born George Robert Rossman on August 3, 1944, in La Crosse, Wisconsin, he… · 06 February 2026 · February 2026
an Austrian art historian, died on February 6, 2026, at the age of 83. Born on June 11, 1942, in Vienna, he was a longtime professor at the University of Salzburg and the Free University of Berlin. In 2012, he… · 06 February 2026 · February 2026
the British art historian who specialised in Classicism and the Renaissance, died on February 6, 2026. Born in Ilkley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, on 25 August 1943, he studied at the University of Manchester, earning a BA in French… · 06 February 2026 · February 2026
an American mathematician who specialized in computational mathematics, died on February 6, 2026. He was the emeritus Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Wake Forest University. In 1979, he co-authored the book "Nonnegative Matrices in the… · 06 February 2026 · February 2026
an American political scientist, died on February 6, 2026. Born in Brooklyn on January 3, 1943, he studied political science, history, and Spanish at Swarthmore College, graduating in 1964. He then attended the University of Oxford as a Marshall Scholar.… · 06 February 2026 · February 2026
an American computer scientist and academic, died on February 5, 2026. He was 78. Zdonik specialized in database management systems and was a tenured professor of computer science at Brown University. Born in Boston, he lived in the Boston area… · 05 February 2026 · February 2026
a German mathematician and professor of numerical mathematics at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences, died on February 4, 2026. Born in Leipzig in 1940, she studied mathematics at RWTH Aachen University beginning in 1961 after escaping to West Germany… · 04 February 2026 · February 2026