Sam Y. Zamrik passed away at age 93
Sam Y. Zamrik, a Syrian-American mechanical engineer and emeritus professor at Pennsylvania State University, died on June 18, 2026, at the age of 93. Also known as Sam Yusuf Zamrik,…
Famous Dead Scientists: Recent Scientist Deaths and Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries of famous dead scientists. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Obituary: Theoliptos Fenerlis, dead at age 69
Theoliptos Fenerlis, a Turkish-Greek Orthodox prelate and metropolitan of Iconium, died on June 18, 2026, at the age of 69. Born Iakovos Fenerlis on April 17, 1957, in Tarabya, Istanbul,…
Tony Brown died at age 93
Tony Brown, the American journalist best known for the syndicated television program Tony Brown's Journal, died on June 17, 2026. He was 93. Born William Anthony Brown on April 11,…
Manuel Benza Pflücker obituary: died at age 82
Manuel Benza Pflücker, a Peruvian politician and sociologist, died on June 17, 2026. He was 82. Born in Lima on April 16, 1944, Benza was a member of the Revolutionary…
Carlo Ginzburg dead at age 87
Carlo Ginzburg, an Italian historian and leading figure in microhistory, died on June 17, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Turin on April 15, 1939, he became known…
Death of Alfred Bayer at age 93
Alfred Bayer, a German politician and longtime Christian Social Union of Bavaria representative, died on June 16, 2026, at age 93. Born in Munich on March 8, 1933, he studied…
Camillo Ruini passes away at age 95
Camillo Ruini, the Italian Roman Catholic cardinal who led the Italian Episcopal Conference from 1991 to 2007 and served as cardinal vicar of Rome from 1991 to 2008, died on…
Peter Kampits passes away at age 83
Peter Kampits, an Austrian philosopher and author who taught at the University of Vienna, died on June 16, 2026. He was 83. Born in Vienna on January 1, 1942, Kampits…
Claude Bardos passes away at age 86
Claude Bardos, a French mathematician who specialized in mathematical physics, died on June 16, 2026, at the age of 86. Born on April 4, 1940, he earned a doctorate from…
Michael Kapovich dead at age 63
Michael Kapovich, a Russian-American mathematician who worked at the University of California, Davis, died on June 16, 2026. He was 63. Born in Khabarovsk on March 13, 1963, and also…
Juliet Gardiner passes away at age 83
Juliet Gardiner, a British historian and writer, died on June 16, 2026, at the age of 83. She was a commentator on British social history from Victorian times through the…
Death of Robert Thurman at age 84
Robert Thurman, an American Buddhist writer and academic, died on June 16, 2026, at age 84. Born Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman in New York City on August 3, 1941, he…
Alexander Rabinowitch, died aged 91
Alexander Rabinowitch, an American historian whose scholarship on the Bolsheviks and the Russian Revolution of 1917 made him a leading authority in the field, died on June 16, 2026. He…
Slavenko Saletović dies at 78
Slavenko Saletović, a Serbian theatre director and professor, died on June 15, 2026, at the age of 78. Born in Visoko on May 11, 1948, he studied at the Academy…
Peter Littlewood death at age 71
Peter Littlewood, a British physicist and professor at the University of Chicago, died on June 15, 2026, at the age of 71. Known for his work on polariton condensation and…
Death of Peter Schuster at age 85
Peter Schuster, the Austrian theoretical chemist known for his work on molecular evolution, died on June 15, 2026. He was 85. Born in Vienna on March 7, 1941, Schuster studied…
Thomas H. Greco Jr. death at age 89
Thomas H. Greco Jr. died on June 15, 2026. Tags Scientists, 15 June 2026, America, Greco, Thomas, June 15, June 2026
Piero Amerio dies at age 92
Piero Amerio died on June 15, 2026. He was an academic. Tags Scientists, 15 June 2026, Amerio, Italy, Piero, June 15, June 2026
Obituary: J. Michael Criley, dead at age 95
J. Michael Criley, an American cardiologist and medical researcher, died on June 15, 2026. He was 95. A professor emeritus at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Criley was…
Death of Beatrice Lumpkin at age 107
Beatrice Lumpkin, an American union organizer, activist, professor and writer, died on June 15, 2026, at the age of 107. Born Beatrice Shapiro on August 3, 1918, in The Bronx,…
Telê Ancona Lopez passed away at age 87
Telê Ancona Lopez died on June 15, 2026. She was a Brazilian literary scholar who worked at the University of São Paulo and its Institute of Brazilian Studies. Born in…
Craig Fennie passes away at age 54
Craig Fennie, an American physicist and applied physicist, died on June 14, 2026. He was 54. Fennie was a professor in the School of Applied and Engineering Physics at Cornell…
Obituary: Charles A. Holloway, dead at age 90
Charles A. Holloway died June 14, 2026. He was an American educator. Tags Scientists, 14 June 2026, America, Cancer, Charles, Holloway, June 14, June 2026
Ivan Rektor has died at age 77
Ivan Rektor died on June 14, 2026. He was a Slovak neurologist, neuroscientist and academic at CEITEC, Masaryk University. His death was reported without further details. Tags Doctors, Scientists, 14…
Josep Maria Sans i Travé has died at age 78
Josep Maria Sans i Travé died on June 14, 2026. He was a Spanish archivist and historian. Born on July 1, 1947, Sans i Travé was also identified as a…
Felix Kreichman has died at age 77
Felix Kreichman died on June 13, 2026. He was a Russian economist and politician. Born in Tiraspol on June 8, 1949, he studied at Samara State University of Economics. Kreichman…
Annick Chartreux dies at age 83
Annick Chartreux, a French composer, died on June 13, 2026, at the age of 83. Born Anne-Marie Chartreux in Nancy in 1942, she studied at the Conservatoire Régional du Grand…
Obituary: Rosamond McKitterick, dead at age 77
Rosamond McKitterick, a British medieval historian and university teacher, died on June 13, 2026, at the age of 77. Born Rosamond Deborah Pierce in Chesterfield on May 31, 1949, she…
Felix Kreichman has died at age 77
Felix Kreichman died on June 13, 2026, at the age of 77. He was a Russian economist and politician. Born on June 8, 1949, in Tiraspol, he studied at Samara…
Luisa Muraro dead at age 85
Luisa Muraro, an Italian philosopher and feminist activist, died on June 13, 2026. She was 85, one day short of her 86th birthday. Born in Montecchio Maggiore on June 14,…
Umer Chapra dies at age 93
Umer Chapra, a Pakistani-Saudi economist and adviser, died on June 13, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in Bombay on February 1, 1933, he was also known as Muhammad…
Kola Oyewo died at age 80
Kola Oyewo, a Nigerian actor, dramatist and scholar known for The Gods Are Not to Blame, Saworoide and Koseegbe, died on June 12, 2026, at the age of 80. Born…
Joseph LaPalombara, died aged 101
Joseph LaPalombara, an American political scientist whose work focused on comparative politics, interest groups and the foreign investments of global firms, died on June 12, 2026. He was 101. A…
Death of Antony Jameson at age 91
Antony Jameson, a British aerospace scientist and engineer, died on June 11, 2026. Born Guy Antony Jameson in Gillingham, England, he became known for his work in computational fluid dynamics…
Obituary: Lynn Leibovitz, dead at age 67
Lynn Leibovitz, an American judge who served as an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, died on June 11, 2026, at age 67. Born in…
María Ángeles Mezquíriz Irujo dies at age 97
María Ángeles Mezquíriz Irujo died on June 11, 2026. She was a Spanish archaeologist. Tags Scientists, 11 June 2026, Aquarius, Irujo, Pamplona, Spain, June 11, June 2026, María
Death of Natalino Irti at age 90
Natalino Irti died on June 11, 2026. He was an Italian academic and jurist. Tags Lawyers, Scientists, 11 June 2026, Irti, Italy, Natalino, Rome, June 11, June 2026
Merle Boucher passed away at age 79
Merle Boucher, an American politician and former member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, died June 11, 2026, at age 79. Born July 19, 1946, in Rolette, North Dakota,…
Ren Yanshen dies at age 80
Ren Yanshen, a Chinese politician and academic, died on June 10, 2026. He was 80. Ren served as deputy party secretary of Jiangsu Province and as vice chairman of the…
Arthur Buikema dead at age 85
Arthur Buikema, an American biologist and ecologist, died June 10, 2026, at age 85. Born Arthur Louis Buikema Jr. on February 4, 1941, in Cook County, Illinois, he was raised…
Emi Koyama, died aged 51
Emi Koyama died on June 10, 2026. Koyama was an artist. Tags Artists, Scientists, 10 June 2026, Emi, Koyama, June 10, June 2026
Jaroslav Macháček, died aged 96
Jaroslav Macháček, a Czech academic and translator, died on June 10, 2026. Tags Scientists, 10 June 2026, Czechia, Jaroslav, June 10, June 2026, Macháček
Jean Ziegler dies at 92
Jean Ziegler, the Swiss politician, died on June 10, 2026, at the age of 92. Born Hans Ziegler on April 19, 1934, in Thun, he built a public career that…
Charles Mistretta dead
Charles Mistretta, an American medical physicist and emeritus professor of medical physics, died on June 9, 2026. Known as Chuck Mistretta, he earned a doctorate in high energy physics from…
John Loring obituary: died at age 86
John Loring, the American fashion design director who spent three decades guiding design at Tiffany & Co., died on June 9, 2026, at age 86. Born John Robbins Loring in…
Jerzy Bańczerowski died at age 88
Jerzy Bańczerowski, a Polish professor of philology, died on June 9, 2026, at the age of 88. Born on October 28, 1938, in Ożarów, he built a career in general…
Thomas J. Schoenbaum, died aged 86
Thomas J. Schoenbaum died on June 8, 2026. He was an American lawyer and legal scholar, and was also a law professor. Schoenbaum’s work included writing on international trade law,…
Roger K. Summit passes away at age 95
Roger K. Summit, the American research scientist who founded Dialog Information Services and was called a father of modern online search, died on June 7, 2026. Born Roger Kent Summit…
Richard Scolyer, died aged 59
Richard Scolyer, an Australian pathologist and melanoma researcher, died on June 7, 2026, at age 59. Born in Launceston in 1966, he became a senior staff specialist in tissue pathology…
Robert Louis Wilken passes away at age 89
Robert Louis Wilken, an American historian and former Lutheran minister, died on June 7, 2026, at age 89. Born in New Orleans in 1936, he became William R. Kenan Jr.…
Robert Ricklefs passes away at age 83
Robert Ricklefs, an American ornithologist and ecologist, died on June 7, 2026, at age 83. Born Robert Eric Ricklefs on June 6, 1943, in San Francisco, he was educated at…
Gordon S. Wood death at age 92
Gordon S. Wood, an American historian whose books included The Radicalism of the American Revolution and Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789–1815, died on June 7,…
Wolfgang Schleidt dies at 98
Wolfgang Schleidt, an Austrian scientist and zoologist, died on June 7, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Vienna on December 18, 1927, he worked in the areas of…
David Kaplunov, died aged 91
David Kaplunov died on June 6, 2026. Tags Scientists, 06 June 2026, David, Kaplunov, Russia, June 2026, June 6
Alan Riding dies at 82
Alan Riding, a British journalist and author who spent much of his career with The New York Times, died on June 6, 2026. He was 82. Born in Rio de…
Obituary: Alan Hale, dead at age 67
Alan Hale, an American astronomer known for co-discovering Comet Hale–Bopp, died on June 6, 2026. He was 67. Born in Tachikawa, Japan, on March 7, 1958, while his father was…
Dieter Wunderlich death at age 88
Dieter Wunderlich died on June 6, 2026. He was a German university teacher and linguist. Tags Scientists, 06 June 2026, Dieter, Germany, Wunderlich, June 2026, June 6
Abdul Ganiyu Ambali passes away at age 68
Abdul Ganiyu Ambali, the Nigerian academic who served as vice chancellor of the University of Ilorin from 2012 to 2017, died on June 6, 2026. He was 68. Born in…
Death of Manoa Rasigatale at age 78
Manoa Rasigatale, a Fijian politician and historian, died on June 5, 2026, at age 78. Born on July 11, 1947, he also worked as a journalist, musician and television personality.…
Inman Harvey dead
Inman Harvey, a British computer scientist and senior lecturer at the University of Sussex, died on June 5, 2026. Born on January 1, 2000, Harvey worked in computer science and…
Michael Tate dies at 80
Michael Tate, the Australian politician, senator and Catholic priest who served in the Senate from 1978 to 1993, died on June 5, 2026, at the age of 80. Born Michael…
Roar Arntzen dead at age 78
Roar Arntzen, a Norwegian engineer, died on June 5, 2026, at the age of 78. Born on November 23, 1947, he grew up in Rosenborg and Byåsen and earned the…
Peter Klopfer passed away at age 95
Peter Klopfer, a German-American zoologist and professor emeritus of biology at Duke University, died on June 5, 2026, at the age of 95. Born Peter Hubert Klopfer in Berlin on…
Olufemi Majekodunmi death at age 86
Olufemi Majekodunmi, the British-Nigerian architect, died on June 5, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in London on May 1, 1940, he was also known as Olufemi Adetokunbo Majekodunmi.…
Death of Michael Shur at age 83
Michael Shur, a Soviet-born American physicist and academic, died on June 5, 2026. He was 83. Shur was born on November 13, 1942, in Kamensk-Uralsky, then in the USSR, and…
Georgy Kleiner dies at age 80
Georgy Kleiner, a Russian economist, died on June 4, 2026, at the age of 80. Born Georgy Borisovich Kleiner on May 8, 1946, in Ivanovo, he trained at the Moscow…
Georgy Kleiner dies at age 80
Georgy Kleiner died on June 4, 2026. He was an economist. Tags Scientists, 04 June 2026, Georgy, Kleiner, Russia, Taurus, June 2026, June 4
Obituary: Jane Idleman Smith, dead at age 88
Jane Idleman Smith, an American scholar of Islam and former Harvard University professor, died on June 4, 2026, at age 88. Born in Park Ridge, Illinois, she devoted her career…
Robert Coles has died at age 97
Robert Coles, an American child psychiatrist and professor emeritus at Harvard University, died on June 4, 2026. He was 97. Born in Boston on October 12, 1929, Coles studied at…
Blenda Wilson dies at age 85
Blenda Wilson, an American academic administrator who became the first African-American woman to lead a large U.S. university, died on June 4, 2026. She was 85. Born Blenda Jacqueline Wilson…
George Berzsenyi dies at 87
George Berzsenyi, a Hungarian-American mathematician and educator known for his work in mathematics competitions and student mentoring, died on June 4, 2026. He was 87. Born in Budapest in 1938,…
Subhash C. Kashyap has died at age 97
Subhash C. Kashyap, the Indian political scientist who served as secretary-general of Lok Sabha from 1984 to 1990, died on June 4, 2026, at the age of 97. Born on…
Dimitri Bertsekas dies at age 83
Dimitri Bertsekas, a Greek mathematician and computer scientist whose work shaped nonlinear programming, convex optimization and dynamic programming, died on June 3, 2026, at age 83. Born in Athens in…
Obituary: Virginia Held, dead at age 96
Virginia Held, an American philosopher and feminist theorist whose work helped shape the ethics of care, died on June 3, 2026. She was 96. Born Virginia Potter Held on October…
Whatarangi Winiata dies at age 92
Whatarangi Winiata, a New Zealand Māori academic and founder of Te Wānanga o Raukawa, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 92. A leading Māori leader, he served…
Jagannath Prasad Das dies at age 90
Jagannath Prasad Das, the Indian writer and poet known for his work in Odia, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Puri on April 26,…
Death of Patrick Négrier at age 70
Patrick Négrier, a French philosopher who specialized in the study of Western esotericism and Freemasonry, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Aubusson, France, on…
Rutsel Martha died at age 70
Rutsel Martha, a Dutch politician and legal scholar, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Willemstad, Curaçao, in 1955, he was also known as Rutsel…
David Robert Williams, died aged 71
David Robert Williams, an American aerospace and mechanical engineer and fellow of the American Physical Society, died on June 2, 2026. He spent 42 years at the Illinois Institute of…
Agnes Herzberg, died aged 87
Agnes Herzberg, a Canadian statistician and professor of mathematics and statistics at Queen’s University, died on June 2, 2026. She was 87. Born Agnes Margaret Herzberg in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in…
Wei-Wen Yu dies at 102
Wei-Wen Yu, a Chinese-born American civil engineer and academic known for his work on cold-formed steel structures, died on June 2, 2026. He was 102. Yu was born in Weifang,…
Agnes M. Herzberg death at age 87
Agnes M. Herzberg, a Canadian statistician and professor of mathematics and statistics at Queen’s University, died on June 2, 2026, at age 87. Born Agnes Margaret Herzberg in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,…
Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi dies at age 65
Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi, a Burmese film director, poet and political prisoner, died on June 2, 2026. He was 65. Born in 1961, he was also known as a…
José Carlos Gómez Villamandos dies at 63
José Carlos Gómez Villamandos, a Spanish veterinarian and politician who served as minister of universities of Andalusia from 2022, died on June 2, 2026. He was 63. Born in Córdoba…
Mildred Pitts Walter dies at 103
Mildred Pitts Walter, an American writer whose children’s books often featured African-American protagonists, died on June 2, 2026, at age 103. Born Mildred Pitts on September 9, 1922, in Sweetville,…
William Willard Gibson Jr. obituary: died at age 94
William Willard Gibson Jr., an American lawyer and legal scholar, died on June 1, 2026, at age 94. Born in Amarillo, Texas, on March 5, 1932, he earned a B.A.…
Gianni Francesco Mattioli death at age 86
Gianni Francesco Mattioli, the Italian politician and physicist who served as a deputy from 1987 to 2001 and as minister of community policies from 1998 to 1999, died on June…
Keith Anthony Morrison died at age 84
Keith Anthony Morrison, a Jamaican-American painter, died on June 1, 2026, at age 84. Born in Linstead, Jamaica, he studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, earning…
Stéphane-Albert Boulais dead at age 76
Stéphane-Albert Boulais, a Canadian writer and film critic, died on June 1, 2026, at the age of 76. Born in Maniwaki, Quebec, on June 17, 1949, he studied at Laval…
Jozien Bensing has died at age 76
Jozien Bensing, a Dutch clinical psychologist and university teacher, died on June 1, 2026, at the age of 76. Born Josina Maria Bensing on March 12, 1950, in Tilburg, she…
Ermanno Arslan dies at 85
Ermanno Arslan died on June 1, 2026, at the age of 85. An Italian archaeologist, he was also a numismatist and museum professional. Born in Verona in 1940, he studied…
Ru-Chih Chow Huang, died aged 94
Ru-Chih Chow Huang died on May 31, 2026. She was a Taiwanese-American biologist. Tags Scientists, 31 May 2026, America, Huang, Taiwan, May 2026, May 31, Ru-Chih
Robert Kya-Hill passes away at age 95
Robert Kya-Hill, the American actor born Robert Hill on December 4, 1930, died on May 31, 2026, at age 95. He also worked as a director, playwright, musician, composer and…
Gerard Verschuuren, died aged 80
Gerard Verschuuren died on May 31, 2026. He was a Dutch biologist. Tags Scientists, 31 May 2026, Gemini, Gerard, Netherlands, Verschuuren, May 2026, May 31
François Vezin death at age 89
François Vezin died on May 31, 2026. He was a French philosopher and translator. Tags Scientists, 31 May 2026, Aquarius, France, Loches, Vezin, François, May 2026, May 31
Probal Dasgupta passed away at age 72
Probal Dasgupta, an Indian linguist, Esperantist and former president of the Universal Esperanto Association, died on May 31, 2026. He was 72. Born in Kolkata on September 19, 1953, Dasgupta…
Jamshid Gharajedaghi died at age 88
Jamshid Gharajedaghi, the Iranian-American business theorist known for his work in systems thinking, managing complexity and business architecture, died on May 30, 2026. He served as adjunct professor of Social…
Joe Negri died at age 99
Joe Negri, an American jazz guitarist and educator, died on May 30, 2026, at age 99. Born Joseph Harold Negri on June 10, 1926, in Pittsburgh, he began performing on…