Famous Dead Scientists: Recent Scientist Deaths and Obituaries
Over 9,000 obituaries of famous dead scientists. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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,…
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],…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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
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…
Ernő Mészáros Hungarian air chemist and meteorologist dead at age 90
Ernő Mészáros, a Hungarian air chemist and meteorologist,
died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Budapest on April 12, 1935, he was a member of…
Yves Chevallard French mathematician dead at age 79
Yves Chevallard, a French mathematician and academic,
died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Tunis on May 1, 1946, he studied at the Lycée Thiers…
James N. Hardin Jr. Germanist dead at age 87
James N. Hardin Jr., an American Germanist,
died on March 16, 2026, at age 87. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, on February 17, 1939, he earned a BA in German from…
Andriy Serdyuk 87 dead at age 87
Andriy Serdyuk, a Ukrainian medical scientist and politician,
died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Dnipropetrovsk on December 24, 1938, he served as Minister of…
Ong Kok Hai Malaysian microbiologist dead at age 80
Ong Kok Hai, a Malaysian microbiologist and Professor of Microbiology at the International Medical University,
died on March 16, 2026. Born in Penang on 12 November 1945, he was one…
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…
James M. Houston British-born Canadian theologian dead at age 103
James M. Houston, a British-born Canadian theologian and academic who was professor of spiritual theology and the first principal of Regent College in Vancouver,
died on March 15, 2026. Born…
Monroe Price American academic dead at age 87
Monroe Price, an American academic and director of the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Global Communication Studies,
died on March 15, 2026. He also served as director of the Stanhope…
Jonathan Tyler British political activist and academic dead at age 85
Jonathan Tyler, a British political activist and academic,
died on March 15, 2026. Born in Reading on June 8, 1940, he was a Green Party activist and academic who had…
Richard Randriamandrato Diplomat, economist, public servant dead at age 67
Richard Randriamandrato, a Malagasy diplomat, economist and public servant,
died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 67. He had experience in international relations, finance and development, and held…
Soedjana Sapi’ie
Indonesian academic
Died on Sunday March 15th 2026
Jürgen Habermas German philosopher and sociologist dead at age 96
Jürgen Habermas, the German philosopher and sociologist,
died on March 14, 2026, at age 96. Born in Düsseldorf in 1929, he was a German philosopher and social theorist associated with…
Shigeaki Mori Historian dead at age 88
Shigeaki Mori, a Japanese historian and atomic bomb survivor,
died on March 14, 2026. He was 88. Born in Hiroshima on March 29, 1937, Mori was known for his research…
Volodymyr Babayev Ukrainian scholar and politician dead at age 74
Volodymyr Babayev, a Ukrainian scholar and politician,
died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 74. Born in Kharkiv on January 10, 1952, he served as rector of O.…
David H. Waldeck Chemist dead at age 69
David H. Waldeck, an American chemist, died in Invalid Date. Waldeck was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 5, 1956. He earned a BS degree from the University of Cincinnati…
Paulo Fernando Professor dead at age 58
Paulo Fernando, a Brazilian politician and former four-time deputy,
died on March 14, 2026, in Brasília, Brazil, at the age of 58. Born in Brasília on June 11, 1967, he…
Steve Thel American academic and lawyer dead at age 71
Steve Thel, an American academic and lawyer,
died on March 14, 2026. Born Steven Scott Thel in Tacoma, Washington, on December 28, 1954, he was the son of Albert John…
Christopher A. Sims American economist dead at age 83
Christopher A. Sims, an American economist and econometrician,
died on March 14, 2026, at age 83. He was the John J.F. Sherrerd '52 University Professor of Economics at Princeton University.…
