Famous Dead Scientists: Recent Scientist Deaths and Obituaries
Over 9,000 obituaries of famous dead scientists. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Jeremy Stone
American scientist and arms control activistDied on Friday January 6th 2017
Gangmumei Kamei
Indian academic and politicianDied on Thursday January 5th 2017
Tullio De Mauro
Italian linguistDied on Thursday January 5th 2017
J. Dewey Daane
American economistDied on Wednesday January 4th 2017
Derek Parfit
English philosopherDied on Monday January 2nd 2017
Tony Atkinson
British economistDied on Sunday January 1st 2017
Arthur H. Cash
American academic and biographerDied on Saturday December 31st 2016
Mariza Corrêa
Brazilian anthropologistDied on Friday December 30th 2016
Lady Marion Fraser
Scottish music educatorDied on Friday December 30th 2016
Peter Nowell
American cancer researcherDied on Thursday December 29th 2016
Edith Ackermann
American psychologistDied on Thursday December 29th 2016
Lev Gor’kov
Russian-American physicistDied on Thursday December 29th 2016
George A. Russell
American educatorDied on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Gilles Borrie
Dutch Mayor (Eindhoven) and historianDied on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Hans Tietmeyer
German economistDied on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Arve Bringaker
Norwegian art historianDied on Tuesday December 27th 2016
Wolfgang Eisenmenger
German physicistDied on Tuesday December 27th 2016
Welington de Melo
Brazilian mathematicianDied on Tuesday December 27th 2016
Vera Rubin
American astronomerDied on Monday December 26th 2016
Petr Hájek
Czech mathematicianDied on Monday December 26th 2016
Anton Gubankov
scholar and journalistDied on Sunday December 25th 2016
Joseph Fitzmyer
American Catholic priest and professor (The Catholic University of America)Died on Saturday December 24th 2016
Doug Coombs
New Zealand geologist (University of Otago) and cricketer (Otago)Died on Friday December 23rd 2016
Weston Noble
American music educator and conductorDied on Thursday December 22nd 2016
Sidney Drell
American physicistDied on Thursday December 22nd 2016
Rachel Owen
British academic and print-makerDied on Wednesday December 21st 2016
Toby Hemenway
American author and educatorDied on Wednesday December 21st 2016
Brendan J. Dugan
American academic administratorDied on Tuesday December 20th 2016
Reginald Stackhouse
Canadian politician and academicDied on Monday December 19th 2016
V. C. Kulandaiswamy
Indian academicDied on Monday December 19th 2016
Saumitra Chaudhuri
Indian economistDied on Sunday December 18th 2016
Günther Wilke
German chemistDied on Sunday December 18th 2016
Jeanette Sky
Norwegian religion historianDied on Saturday December 17th 2016
Gustav Jahoda
Austrian-born British psychologistDied on Saturday December 17th 2016
Brockway McMillan
American government official and scientistDied on Saturday December 17th 2016
Felix Browder
American mathematicianDied on Thursday December 15th 2016
Stephen Fienberg
Canadian statisticianDied on Thursday December 15th 2016
Ralph Raico
American historianDied on Thursday December 15th 2016
Thomas Schelling
American economist and professorDied on Tuesday December 13th 2016
Sadiq Jalal al-Azm
syrian Philosopher and academicianDied on Monday December 12th 2016
William J. Richardson
American philosopherDied on Monday December 12th 2016
George Klein
Hungarian-Swedish biologistDied on Monday December 12th 2016
George Junus Aditjondro
Indonesian academic and political dissidentDied on Saturday December 10th 2016
Sulabha Brahme
Indian economistDied on Saturday December 10th 2016
Thomas C. Oden
American theologianDied on Friday December 9th 2016
Charles B. Reed
American educatorDied on Wednesday December 7th 2016
Julia Elena Fortún
Bolivian anthropologistDied on Wednesday December 7th 2016
Duncan B. Forrester
Scottish theologianDied on Monday December 5th 2016
Max Lennon
American educator and president of Clemson University (1986-94)Died on Sunday December 4th 2016
Ljubo Sirc
Slovene economistDied on Saturday December 3rd 2016
Bosco Tjan
American psychologistDied on Saturday December 3rd 2016
Hans Witsenhausen
German mathematicianDied on Friday December 2nd 2016
Charles M. Stein
American statisticianDied on Friday December 2nd 2016
Sir Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson
British chemistDied on Friday December 2nd 2016
H. Keith H. Brodie
American psychiatrist and educatorDied on Friday December 2nd 2016
Andrew Rippin
British-born Canadian historian of IslamDied on Thursday December 1st 2016
Claudio Pavone
Italian historianDied on Wednesday November 30th 2016
Bruce Mazlish
American historianDied on Wednesday November 30th 2016
James Danieley
American educatorDied on Tuesday November 29th 2016
Viktor Ivannikov
Russian computer scientistDied on Monday November 28th 2016
Debra Saunders-White
American educatorDied on Saturday November 26th 2016
Karin Johannisson
Swedish idea historianDied on Friday November 25th 2016
John Ebersole
American educatorDied on Thursday November 24th 2016
Irfan Shahîd
Palestinian literature professorDied on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
Jerzy Cynk
Polish-British aviation historianDied on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
Likhit Dhiravegin
Thai political scientistDied on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
Jackie Pigeaud
French historianDied on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
Józef Mayer
Polish chemistDied on Tuesday November 22nd 2016
Edward L. Kimball
American legal scholar and biographerDied on Tuesday November 22nd 2016
M. G. K. Menon
Indian physicistDied on Tuesday November 22nd 2016
A. Thomas Kraabel
American classics scholarDied on Monday November 21st 2016
Maria Glazovskaya
soil scientistDied on Monday November 21st 2016
Huang Zhitang
Chinese chemist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences)Died on Monday November 21st 2016
You Xiaozeng
Chinese chemistDied on Monday November 21st 2016
Khairulla Murtazin
Russian mathematicianDied on Saturday November 19th 2016
Hans Avé Lallemant
Dutch-born American geologistDied on Saturday November 19th 2016
Daniel Leab
German-born American historianDied on Thursday November 17th 2016
Jay Wright Forrester
American computer engineer and systems scientistDied on Thursday November 17th 2016
Howard Ruff
American economistDied on Thursday November 17th 2016
Ruth Baron Ziff
American sociologistDied on Thursday November 17th 2016
Billy Miller
music historianDied on Thursday November 17th 2016
Sir Ralph Kohn
British medical scientistDied on Tuesday November 15th 2016
Sarlito Wirawan Sarwono
Indonesian psychologist and terrorism expertDied on Tuesday November 15th 2016
Sarlito Sarwono
Indonesian psychologist and terrorism expertDied on Tuesday November 15th 2016
Jiří Všetečka
Czech photographer and academicDied on Saturday November 12th 2016
Malek Chebel
French anthropologist and philosopherDied on Saturday November 12th 2016
Leonid Keldysh
Russian physicistDied on Saturday November 12th 2016
David Adamany
American academic administratorDied on Saturday November 12th 2016
Yaffa Eliach
Polish-born American Holocaust historianDied on Thursday November 10th 2016
Touran Mirhadi
Iranian educatorDied on Tuesday November 8th 2016
Giles Waterfield
British art historian and curator (Dulwich Picture Gallery)Died on Tuesday November 8th 2016
Turid Karlsen Seim
Norwegian theologianDied on Monday November 7th 2016
M. R. Khan
Bangladeshi paediatrician and professorDied on Monday November 7th 2016
Ralph Cicerone
American scientistDied on Monday November 7th 2016