Vyacheslav Golishev Uzbek politician, minister of economy dead at age 75
Vyacheslav Golishev, an Uzbek politician and economist who served as minister of economy from 2005 to 2006,
died on April 7, 2026, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, at the age of 75.…
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Over 9,000 obituaries of famous dead scientists. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Miguel Ángel De Marco Argentine military officer, academic and historian, member of the National Ac…
Miguel Ángel De Marco, Argentine military officer, academic and historian,
died on April 6, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Rosario on December 1, 1939, he served in…
Danielle Sheypuk dead at age 48
Danielle Sheypuk, an American psychologist and disability-rights advocate,
died on April 5, 2026, at age 48. Born Danielle Ann Sheypuk on February 28, 1978, in Jermyn, Pennsylvania, she built a…
Victor Kossikouma Agbégnénou Togolese inventor and researcher dies
Victor Kossikouma Agbégnénou, a Togolese inventor and researcher,
died on April 5, 2026. Born in Togo, he worked in information and communications technology and studied at the Moscow State Academy…
Victor Agbégnénou Togolese inventor and researcher dies
Victor Agbégnénou, a Togolese inventor and researcher,
died on April 5, 2026. Born in Togo, he worked in information and communications technology and studied at the Moscow State Academy of…
Donlyn Lyndon American architect dead at age 90
Donlyn Lyndon, an American architect,
died on April 5, 2026, at age 90. He was the Eva Li Professor Emeritus of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of California,…
Lawrence J. Ryan Australian-born German scholar of literature dead at age 93
Lawrence J. Ryan, an Australian-born scholar of German literature,
died on April 5, 2026, at age 93 in Tübingen, Germany. Born in Sydney on December 20, 1932, he earned a…
Iris Long American chemist and activist dead at age 91
Iris Long, an American chemist and activist,
died on April 4, 2026. Iris Long, 91, American chemist and activist. Tags Scientists, 04 April 2026, America, Iris, Long, 2026-04-04, April 2026,…
Evelyn Wilson American judge, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis dead at age 66
Evelyn Wilson, an American judge and justice of the Kansas Supreme Court,
died on April 4, 2026, at age 66 from complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Wilson was born in…
Paolo Cherchi Italian philologist and historian of literature dead at age 88
Paolo Cherchi
died on April 4, 2026. He was an Italian philologist and historian of literature. No further details about his death were provided. Paolo Cherchi [it], 88, Italian philologist…
Roberto Zapperi Italian historian and writer dead at age 94
Roberto Zapperi
died on April 4, 2026. He was an Italian historian and writer. Roberto Zapperi [it], 94, Italian historian and writer. Tags Scientists, Writers, 04 April 2026, Italy, Roberto,…
Nicholas Bosanquet dead at age 84
Nicholas Bosanquet
died on April 3, 2026. Tags Scientists, 03 April 2026, Bosanquet, Britain, Nicholas, April 2026, April 3
Jiří Zikmund public figure dead at age 78
Jiří Zikmund
died on April 3, 2026. Jiří Zikmund, 78, Czech historian and photographer. (death announced on this date) Tags Artists, Scientists, 03 April 2026, Czechia, Zikmund, 2026-04-03, April 2026,…
Estelle Bee Dagum Argentine statistician dead at age 91
Estelle Bee Dagum, an Argentine statistician,
died on April 3, 2026, at age 91. Born in Córdoba, Argentina, in 1935, she was an Argentine and Canadian economist and statistician and…
Olive Howes public figure dead at age 98
Olive Howes
died on April 3, 2026. Olive Howes, 98, British academic. (death announced on this date) Tags Scientists, 03 April 2026, Britain, Howes, Olive, 2026-04-03, April 2026, April 3
Marion Nixon public figure dead at age 95
Marion Nixon
died on April 3, 2026. Marion Nixon, 95, British scientist. (death announced on this date) Tags Scientists, 03 April 2026, Britain, Marion, Nixon, 2026-04-03, April 2026, April 3
Ted Read public figure dead at age 94
Ted Read died April 3, 2026. Ted Read, 94, British academic and cross-country coach. (death announced on this date) Tags Athletes, Scientists, 03 April 2026, Britain, Read, Ted, 2026-04-03, April…
Clare Gittings public figure dead at age 71
Clare Gittings
died on April 3, 2026. Clare Gittings, 71, British academic and historian. (death announced on this date) Tags Scientists, 03 April 2026, Britain, Clare, Gittings, 2026-04-03, April 2026,…
Aron Shai Israeli historian dead at age 83
Aron Shai, an Israeli historian,
died on April 2, 2026. Aron Shai [he], 83, Israeli historian. Tags Scientists, 02 April 2026, Aron, Israel, Shai, 2026-04-02, April 2, April 2026
Kristian Gerner Swedish historian and author dead at age 83
Kristian Gerner
died on April 2, 2026. He was a Swedish historian and author. Kristian Gerner, 83, Swedish historian and author. Tags Scientists, Writers, 02 April 2026, Gerner, Kristian, Sweden,…
George Plafker American seismologist dead at age 97
George Plafker, an American geologist and seismologist,
died on April 2, 2026, at the age of 97. His research focused on subduction, tsunami, and the geology of Alaska. After prolonged…
Justin Panakkal dead at age 90
Justin Panakkal, an Indian Catholic priest and composer,
died on April 2, 2026, at the age of 90. Also known as Fr. Justin, he was a priest of the Discalced…
Reda bin Mohammed Saeed Obeid Saudi academic and civil servant, member of the Consultative Assembly…
Reda bin Mohammed Saeed Obeid, a Saudi academic and civil servant and member of the Shura Council of Saudi Arabia from 1994 to 1998,
died on April 2, 2026. Born…
Erzsébet Illés Hungarian astronomer dead at age 89
Erzsébet Illés, a Hungarian astronomer,
died on April 2, 2026, at the age of 89. She was also a space researcher and planetologist, and served as an emerita researcher at…
Angelo Marcello Cardani Italian civil servant and economist dead at age 76
Angelo Marcello Cardani
died on April 1, 2026. He was an Italian civil servant and economist. No further details were provided about his life or career. Angelo Marcello Cardani [it],…
L. P. E. Parker British classical scholar dead at age 93
L. P. E. Parker, the British classical scholar known especially for her work on the metres of ancient Greek poetry,
died on April 1, 2026, at the age of 93.…
Andreas Engel Swiss biologist dead at age 82
Andreas Engel, a Swiss biologist,
died on April 1, 2026, at the age of 82. He was a structural biologist and co-founder of the Maurice E. Müller Institute for Structural…
Donald V. DeRosa American academic administrator, president of the University of the Pacific dead a…
Donald V. DeRosa, an American academic administrator and president of the University of the Pacific from 1995 to 2009,
died on March 31, 2026. He was the 23rd president of…
Stephen Lewis Politician, diplomat, author, writer, journalist, broadcaster, academic, public speak…
Stephen Lewis, the Canadian politician and diplomat who served as an Ontario MPP from 1963 to 1978,
died on March 31, 2026, of cancer. He was elected to the Legislative…
Jean M. Doerge American politician, Louisiana House of Representatives dead at age 88
Jean M. Doerge, an American politician and educator who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives,
died on March 30, 2026. She represented District 10, covering Webster Parish and Minden,…
Deborah Dultzin Mexican astrophysicist dead at age 80
Deborah Dultzin, a Mexican astrophysicist and professor and researcher at the Institute of Astronomy of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM),
died on March 30, 2026. Born in Monterrey…
Melvin Edwards Sculpture dead at age 88
Melvin Edwards, an American sculptor,
died on March 30, 2026, at age 88. Melvin Eugene Edwards Jr. was an American abstract sculptor, printmaker, and arts educator. Raised in segregated communities…
Abu Taher Nadwi Bangladeshi Islamic scholar dead at age 65
Abu Taher Nadwi, a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and educator,
died on March 30, 2026. He served as Director-General of Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya, also known as Patiya Madrasa, from…
Charles E. Scott American philosopher dead at age 90
Charles E. Scott, an American philosopher,
died on March 30, 2026, at age 90. He was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Emeritus and Research Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. Earlier,…
Rezvi Sheriff Co-founder of Sri Lanka’s first kidney transplant programme and dialysis unit,…
Rezvi Sheriff, a Sri Lankan nephrologist and physician,
died on March 30, 2026. He was an academic who served as director of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, senior professor of…
Neil Cossons public figure dead at age 87
Sir Neil Cossons OBE FSA FMA, a British historian and museum administrator,
died on March 29, 2026, aged 87. Born in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, on January 15, 1939, he studied at…
Knut Midgaard Norwegian political scientist dead at age 95
Knut Midgaard, a Norwegian political scientist,
died on March 29, 2026. Born in Oslo on February 11, 1931, he first studied the history of ideas and graduated with the mag.art.…
Ádám Nádasdy Hungarian linguist and poet dead at age 79
Ádám Nádasdy, a Hungarian linguist, teacher and poet,
died on March 29, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Budapest on February 15, 1947, he taught linguistics at the…
Juwono Sudarsono Politician, Diplomat dead at age 84
Juwono Sudarsono, an Indonesian diplomat and politician who served as ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2003 to 2004 and as minister of education and twice as minister of defense,…
William S. Cleveland Dot plot, Local regression, S programming language dead at age 83
William S. Cleveland, an American computer scientist and professor of statistics and computer science at Purdue University,
died on March 27, 2026, at age 83. Known for his work on…
Henry Lee Taiwanese-American forensic scientist and biochemist dead at age 87
Henry Lee, the Taiwanese-American forensic scientist and biochemist known for his work in the killing of JonBenét Ramsey, the murder trial of O. J. Simpson and the 9/11 forensic investigation,…
Jean-Pierre Faye French philosopher and writer dead at age 100
Jean-Pierre Faye, the French philosopher and writer known for his work on horseshoe theory,
died on March 26, 2026. He was 100. Born in Paris on July 19, 1925, Faye…
Ronald H. Spector Historian, writer, academic dead at age 83
Ronald H. Spector, an American military historian,
died on March 26, 2026, at age 83. He was a professor at George Washington University and also taught at the University of…
Grey J. Dimenna American academic administrator, president of Monmouth University, traffic collisio…
Grey J. Dimenna, an American academic administrator and former president of Monmouth University,
died on March 26, 2026, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, at age 72. He served as the…
Jaysinghrao Pawar Indian historian dead at age 84
Jaysinghrao Pawar, an Indian historian,
died on March 25, 2026. He was an authority on Maratha and Kolhapur history and worked for more than three decades as a professor. Born…
Harold Ellis Surgeon dead at age 100
Harold Ellis, an English surgeon,
died on March 25, 2026, aged 100. Born in Stepney Green on January 13, 1926, he was a professor of surgery at the University of…
Paula Hollinger politician, nurse, educator dead at age 85
Paula Hollinger, an American politician and former Maryland state senator,
died on March 25, 2026, at age 85. A Democrat, she represented Maryland’s 11th district in the state Senate from…
Alexander Kluge German author and film director dead at age 94
Alexander Kluge, the German author, film director, academic and founder of a television production company,
died on March 25, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Halberstadt in 1932,…
Tordis Ørjasæter engagement in culture and literature for children dead at age 99
Tordis Ørjasæter, a Norwegian literary critic,
died on March 25, 2026. She was also a biographer, professor of educational science and novelist, and was particularly engaged in culture and literature…
Nikolai Liutsianovich Orlov Studies of Southeast Asian herpetofauna, especially northern Annam dead…
Nikolai Liutsianovich Orlov, a Russian herpetologist,
died on March 25, 2026, at age 73. He was a Soviet and Russian researcher of Southeast Asian herpetofauna, particularly that of northern Annam.…
Theodore L. Brown American scientist and author dead at age 97
Theodore L. Brown, an American scientist and author,
died on March 24, 2026. Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on October 15, 1928, he was known for research, teaching, and writing…
Janusz Jasiński Polish historian dead at age 97
Janusz Jasiński, a Polish historian,
died on March 24, 2026. Born in Wołomin on September 4, 1928, he completed an undergraduate degree in history at the Catholic University of Lublin…
Biruté Galdikas Study of orangutans, conservation dead at age 79
Biruté Galdikas, the Canadian primatologist, conservationist and author known for her work with orangutans and as founder of the Orangutan Foundation International,
died on March 24, 2026. She was 79.…
Tracy Kidder American writer, Pulitzer Prize winner, lung cancer dead at age 80
Tracy Kidder, the American writer whose nonfiction books included The Soul of a New Machine and Mountains Beyond Mountains, died March 24, 2026, of lung cancer. He was 80. Kidder…
Mel Schilling Australian television presenter, colon cancer dead at age 53
Mel Schilling, the Australian television presenter and psychologist best known for appearing as one of the dating experts on Married at First Sight,
died on March 24, 2026, at the…
José Maria Ricciardi Portuguese banker dead at age 71
José Maria Ricciardi, a Portuguese banker,
died on March 24, 2026. He was a Portuguese economist and banker who earned a degree in Sciences Economiques Appliqués from the Institute of…
Pavlo Fedorenko Ukrainian academic and mining engineer dead at age 89
Pavlo Fedorenko, a Ukrainian academic and mining engineer,
died on March 24, 2026. He was born on October 8, 1936, in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, then in the Ukrainian SSR,…
Edna Foa Israeli psychologist dead at age 88
Edna Foa, an Israeli psychologist and professor of clinical psychology at the University of Pennsylvania,
died on March 23, 2026. She served as director of the university’s Center for the…
Jean-Bernard Racine Swiss geographer and academic dead at age 85
Jean-Bernard Racine, a Swiss geographer and academic,
died on March 23, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Neuchâtel on April 29, 1940, he was a professor of geography…
José Bengoa Anthropologist, historian, professor dead at age 81
José Bengoa, a Chilean historian and anthropologist,
died on March 23, 2026, at the age of 81. Known in Chile for his study of Mapuche history and society, he was…
Manuel Escudero Economist, politician, professor dead at age 79
Manuel Escudero, a Spanish economist and politician who served as deputy from 2003 to 2004 and as ambassador to the OECD from 2018 to 2024,
died on March 23, 2026.…
Marica Vilcek Art historian dead at age 89
Marica Vilcek, an American art historian and philanthropist,
died on March 23, 2026. Born on October 13, 1936, in Ivanka pri Dunaji, Czechoslovakia, she worked with museums and arts institutions…
Wu Dexin Chinese materials scientist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences dead at age 89
Wu Dexin, a Chinese materials scientist and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,
died on March 23, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Laoting County, Hebei, on…
Michael Aaron Rockland American writer dead at age 90
Michael Aaron Rockland, an American writer, journalist and academic who was professor of American Studies at Rutgers University,
died on March 22, 2026. Born in The Bronx, New York City,…
Leonard Swidler American academic dead at age 97
Leonard Swidler, an American academic,
died on March 22, 2026. He was professor of Catholic Thought and Interreligious Dialogue at Temple University in Philadelphia, where he taught from 1966 to…
Peter Stead Welsh writer dead at age 83
Peter Stead, Welsh writer, broadcaster and historian,
died on March 22, 2026. Born in Barry, Wales, in 1943, he attended grammar schools in Barry and Gowerton and studied history at…
Ed Blaine American football player dead at age 86
Ed Blaine, an American football player who played guard for the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles,
died on March 22, 2026, at age 86. Born Edward Homer Blaine in…
Andrew Pawley Linguist dead at age 84
Andrew Pawley, an Australian linguist and academic,
died on March 22, 2026, at the age of 84. Andrew Kenneth Pawley was an Australian–New Zealand linguist who served as a professor…
Arthur E. Humphrey American chemical engineer dead at age 98
Arthur E. Humphrey, an American chemical engineer,
died on March 21, 2026, at age 98. Born in Moscow, Idaho, on November 9, 1927, he attended the University of Idaho, the…
Umar Shihab Islamic scholar dead at age 86
Umar Shihab, an Indonesian Islamic scholar and politician,
died on March 21, 2026, at the age of 86. Born on July 2, 1939, in Sidenreng Rappang Regency, he was a…
Gualtiero Calboli Italian linguist dead at age 94
Gualtiero Calboli, an Italian linguist and classicist,
died on March 21, 2026. He was Chair of Latin Language and Literature at the University of Bologna, where he was appointed in…
Aloysius Pieris Sri Lankan Jesuit priest and theologian dead at age 91
Aloysius Pieris, a Sri Lankan Jesuit priest and theologian,
died on March 21, 2026. He was born in Ampitiya, British Ceylon, present-day Sri Lanka, on April 9, 1934, and studied…
Lala Alizadeh Azerbaijani scientist dead at age 76
Lala Alizadeh, an Azerbaijani scientist,
died on March 20, 2026. Born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, on February 5, 1950, she was the author of roughly 100 scientific, literary and methodological…
John R. Corbid American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives dead at age 81
John R. Corbid, an American politician and educator who served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1975 to 1980,
died on March 20, 2026. He was a Democrat and…
J. Michael Bishop Oncogene Virus dead at age 90
J. Michael Bishop, an American immunologist and academic administrator who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and served as chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco…
Alain Brillet Virgo interferometer dead at age 78
Alain Brillet, a French physicist who specialised in gravitational wave detectors,
died on March 20, 2026. Born on March 30, 1947, in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, he graduated from ESPCI Paris in…
Alton Sutnick American medical researcher and educator dead at age 97
Alton Sutnick, an American medical researcher and educator,
died on March 19, 2026. Sutnick was also an administrator and the author of more than 200 scholarly publications. He received a…
Md. Anwarul Azim Arif Academic dead at age 74
Md. Anwarul Azim Arif, a Bangladeshi academic administrator and banker who served as vice-chancellor of the University of Chittagong from 2011 to 2015 and of International Islamic University Chittagong from…
Alessandro Finazzi Agrò Italian academic and biochemist dead at age 84
Alessandro Finazzi Agrò, an Italian academic and biochemist,
died on March 19, 2026. Born in Rome on May 30, 1941, he served as president of the University of Rome Tor…
Khamid Gizatullin Economist dead at age 94
Khamid Gizatullin, a Russian economist,
died on March 19, 2026, at the age of 94. Khamid Nurislamovich Gizatullin was a Russian Bashkir economist and a member of the Russian Academy…
Nicholas Haysom Diplomat, legal scholar dead at age 73
Nicholas Haysom, a South African diplomat and lawyer who served as the United Nations Secretary-General’s special representative and head of the UN Mission in South Sudan,
died on March 19,…
Heisuke Hironaka Japanese mathematician, Fields Medal winner dead at age 94
Heisuke Hironaka, a Japanese mathematician and 1970 Fields Medal winner,
died on March 18, 2026, at age 94. Born in Yamaguchi, Japan, on April 9, 1931, he was recognized for…
Finn-Erik Vinje Philologist dead at age 90
Finn-Erik Vinje, a Norwegian philologist,
died on March 18, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Oslo on March 6, 1936, he was a professor at the University of…
George H. Goble American scientist, Ig Nobel Prize winner dead at age 73
George H. Goble, an American scientist and academic and 1996 Ig Nobel Prize winner,
died on March 18, 2026. Born George Harry Goble on December 11, 1952, he was a…
László Gallé Biologist dead at age 83
László Gallé, a Hungarian biologist,
died on March 17, 2026, at the age of 83. Born in Szeged, Hungary, on November 18, 1942, he was a recipient of the Széchenyi…
Ali Larijani Iranian politician, twice secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, speaker…
Ali Larijani, Iranian politician and twice secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council,
died on March 17, 2026, in Tehran, Iran, at the age of 67 after being assassinated. He…
Sergey Maksimenko
Belarusian physicist
Died on Tuesday March 17th 2026
Sergio Merusi
Italian politician and economist
Died on Monday March 16th 2026
Francine Descarries 83–84 dead at age 83
Francine Descarries, a Canadian sociologist and professor of sociology at the Université du Québec à Montréal,
died on March 16, 2026, at age 84. Born in Montreal in 1942, she…
Michel Hulin French philosopher dead at age 90
Michel Hulin, a French philosopher who specialized in Indian philosophy,
died on March 16, 2026. Born on Jan. 31, 1936, he was an alumnus of the École normale supérieure and…