Sir Christopher White
British art historian and curatorDied on Tuesday January 20th 2026
Famous Dead Scientists: Recent Scientist Deaths and Obituaries
Over 9,000 obituaries of famous dead scientists. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Johannes Fried
German historianDied on Monday January 19th 2026
Sanal Badmaev
Russian scientistDied on Monday January 19th 2026
Manuel Fernández Areal
Spanish academic and journalistDied on Monday January 19th 2026
Marcial Fernández Álvarez
Spanish academicDied on Monday January 19th 2026
Jaan Ross
Estonian musicologist and psychologistDied on Monday January 19th 2026
Muhammad Bashir Saliu
Nigerian Islamic scholarDied on Monday January 19th 2026
Gladys West
American mathematicianDied on Monday January 19th 2026
Stuart Altman
American economistDied on Sunday January 18th 2026
Patrick Corrigan
American psychologist and writerDied on Sunday January 18th 2026
Clare Cooper Marcus Architect dead at age 91
Clare Cooper Marcus, an American educator in landscape architecture and architecture, died on January 18, 2026, at age 91. She was a pioneer in the study of social issues in…
Yury Yemelyanov
Russian historian and authorDied on Saturday January 17th 2026
James Petras Professor of sociology dead at age 89
James Petras, an American sociologist and academic, died on January 17, 2026. He was the Bartle Professor emeritus of sociology at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York, and an adjunct…
W. John McDonald Canadian physicist and academic administrator dead at age 89
W. John McDonald, a Canadian physicist and academic administrator, died on January 17, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, in 1936, he earned degrees from the…
Murad Hasratyan
Armenian architectural historianDied on Saturday January 17th 2026
Mieczysław Mąkosza
Polish organic chemistDied on Friday January 16th 2026
Deirdre Jordan
Australian academic and educatorDied on Friday January 16th 2026
Olena Hrechanina
Ukrainian scientistDied on Friday January 16th 2026
Olena Grechanina
Ukrainian scientistDied on Friday January 16th 2026
Rudolf Urc
Slovak director of documentary and animated films and academicDied on Friday January 16th 2026
Alfred Blumstein
American scientistDied on Friday January 16th 2026
Daniel Colson
French sociologist and academicDied on Thursday January 15th 2026
Jean Rossier
Belgian biologist and academicDied on Thursday January 15th 2026
Catherine Duprat
French historianDied on Thursday January 15th 2026
Namirembe Bitamazire
Ugandan academic and politicianDied on Thursday January 15th 2026
Richard Hynes
British biologistDied on Thursday January 15th 2026
Vicki L. Gregory
American academic and librarianDied on Thursday January 15th 2026
Kristi Kiick
American academicDied on Thursday January 15th 2026
Robert V. Kohn
American mathematicianDied on Wednesday January 14th 2026
Bennie Carlton Keel
American archaeologistDied on Wednesday January 14th 2026
Eleni Varikas
Greek-born French political philosopher and academicDied on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Allyn Bromley
American visual artist and art educatorDied on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Mario Rigutti
Italian astronomerDied on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Louis E. Brus
American chemistDied on Monday January 12th 2026
Nelson Manrique
Peruvian historian and sociologistDied on Monday January 12th 2026
Stephen E. Braude
American philosopherDied on Monday January 12th 2026
Jean-Luc Domenach
French historianDied on Monday January 12th 2026
Gabriel Barkay
Israeli archaeologistDied on Monday January 12th 2026
Pedro A. Sanchez American soil scientist dead at age 85
Pedro A. Sanchez, an American soil scientist and former director at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, died on January 12, 2026. He was 85. Sanchez served as director of the Agriculture…
Takashi Ono
Japanese-born American mathematicianDied on Monday January 12th 2026
Edith M. Flanigen
American chemistDied on Sunday January 11th 2026
Ivan Štampach
Czech religionist and theologianDied on Sunday January 11th 2026
Nelly Chatué Diop
Cameroonian computer scientistDied on Sunday January 11th 2026
Musa Gibril Bala Gaye
Gambian economist and politicianDied on Sunday January 11th 2026
Orazio Svelto
Italian physicistDied on Saturday January 10th 2026
Sergey Daniel
Soviet art historianDied on Saturday January 10th 2026
Zhang Shaokang
Chinese scholarDied on Saturday January 10th 2026
Ang Ziming
Chinese professorDied on Saturday January 10th 2026
Zhou Liwei
Chinese electro-optics professorDied on Saturday January 10th 2026
Carmen Arnold Biucchi
Switzerland numismatist and archaeologistDied on Saturday January 10th 2026
Hessy Levinsons Taft
German chemist and child modelDied on Friday January 9th 2026
Johannes Fabian
German anthropologistDied on Friday January 9th 2026
Herbert Beck
German art historianDied on Friday January 9th 2026
Ted Nichols Composer dead at age 97
Ted Nichols, an American composer, conductor and arranger best known for his work on Hanna-Barbera productions including The Flintstones and Jonny Quest, died on January 9, 2026, at age 97.…
David Quail
South African politician and educatorDied on Friday January 9th 2026
Fazl-ur-Raheem Ashrafi
Pakistani Islamic scholarDied on Thursday January 8th 2026
Roger Guesnerie
French economist and academicDied on Thursday January 8th 2026
Herbet Beck
German art historianDied on Thursday January 8th 2026
Guðmundur Oddur Magnússon
Icelandic artist and academicDied on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Céline Bellot
Canadian criminologist and academicDied on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Jiří Witzany
Czech academic and former rector of ČVUT (2000–2006)Died on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Arthur Stockwin British political scientist dead at age 90
Arthur Stockwin, a British political scientist who specialised in the politics and foreign policy of Japan, died on January 7, 2026. Born in Birmingham on November 28, 1935, he studied…
Baghir Suleimanov
Azerbaijani petroleum scientistDied on Tuesday January 6th 2026
Baghir A. Suleimanov
Azerbaijani academicDied on Tuesday January 6th 2026
Samuel O. Thier
American doctor and academicDied on Tuesday January 6th 2026
Maulana Fazl-ur-Raheem Ashrafi
Pakistani Islamic scholarDied on Monday January 5th 2026
Herbert Beck (historian) German art historian dead at age 84
Herbert Beck, a German art historian and museum director, died on January 5, 2026, at the age of 84. He served as director of the Liebieghaus and the Städel. Beck…
Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo
Indian historian and archaeologistDied on Sunday January 4th 2026
Andrzej Paczkowski
Polish historianDied on Saturday January 3rd 2026
Amal Fathullah Zarkasyi
Indonesian Muslim scholarDied on Saturday January 3rd 2026
Yehezkel Dror
Austrian-born Israeli political scientistDied on Saturday January 3rd 2026
Volodymyr Marchenko
Ukrainian mathematicianDied on Friday January 2nd 2026
Patrick Duffy (British politician) British politician, MP and president of the NATO Assembly dead a…
Patrick Duffy, the British politician who served as a Member of Parliament and president of the NATO Assembly, died on January 2, 2026, aged 105. A Labour Party politician and…
Mohamed Harbi
Algerian historianDied on Thursday January 1st 2026
Imants Freibergs
Latvian computer scientistDied on Thursday January 1st 2026
Mohammed Harbi Algerian historian dead at age 92
Mohammed Harbi, an Algerian historian and former member of the National Liberation Front during the Algerian War of Independence, died on January 1, 2026. Born on June 16, 1933, in…
Ion H. Ciubotaru
Romanian ethnologist and literary historianDied on Wednesday December 31st 2025
Francis Hallé French botanist and biologist dead at age 87
Francis Hallé, the French botanist and biologist, died on December 31, 2025, at the age of 87. He was a specialist in tropical rainforests and tree architecture, and is best…
Dean C. Jessee American historian dead at age 96
Dean C. Jessee, an American historian of the early Latter Day Saint movement and a leading expert on the writings of Joseph Smith Jr., died on December 31, 2025. Born…
Enno Hallek Artist dead at age 94
Enno Hallek, a Swedish artist and academic, died on December 31, 2025, at the age of 94. Born in Rohuküla, Estonia, on November 7, 1931, he moved with his family…
Alexandra Wedgwood
British architectural historianDied on Tuesday December 30th 2025
Francisco Fernández Marugán
Spanish politician and economistDied on Tuesday December 30th 2025
Killing of Monique and Spencer Tepe American early childhood educator, shot dead at age 39
Monique Tepe, an American early childhood educator, was shot dead on December 30, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio. She and her husband, Spencer Tepe, were found dead inside their home after…
Mate Meštrović Journalist, academic, lobbyist, politician, ambassador dead at age 95
Mate Meštrović, a Croatian-American journalist, died on December 30, 2025, in Zagreb at the age of 95. Also known as Matthew Mestrovic and Matthew Meštrović, he was born in Zagreb…
Laurence Thomas
American philosopherDied on Tuesday December 30th 2025
Elías Barreiro
Cuban guitarist and academicDied on Tuesday December 30th 2025
Syed Mukhtaruddin Shah
Pakistani Islamic scholarDied on Monday December 29th 2025
René Racine
Canadian astronomer and academicDied on Monday December 29th 2025
Claude Cantini
Swiss historian and journalistDied on Monday December 29th 2025
James Akins (tubist) Musician dead at age 69
James Milton Akins, an American tubist and music professor best known for his association with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, died on December 29, 2025, at age 69. Born in Savannah,…
Emma Johnston
Australian marine ecologist and academicDied on Monday December 29th 2025
Monic Cecconi-Botella French pianist, composer and academic dead at age 89
Monic Cecconi-Botella, a French pianist, music educator and composer, died on December 28, 2025. Born in Courbevoie on September 30, 1936, she studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Maurice…
Daniel Brélaz
Swiss mathematician and politicianDied on Sunday December 28th 2025
Jeffrey R. Holland
American religious leader and educatorDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Meredith Hooper Writer dead at age 86
Meredith Hooper, an Australian historian and writer, died on December 27, 2025, aged 86. Born Meredith Jean Rooney in Adelaide on October 21, 1939, she was raised in the city…
Stephen Boyden British-Australian scientist and writer dead at age 100
Stephen Boyden, a British-Australian scientist and writer, died on December 26, 2025. He was a professor emeritus at the Australian National University and was widely recognised for pioneering work in…
Daniel Walker Howe American historian dead at age 88
Daniel Walker Howe, an American historian who specialized in the early national period of U.S. history, died on December 25, 2025. He focused particularly on the period’s intellectual and religious…