Famous Dead Scientists: Recent Scientist Deaths and Obituaries
Over 9,000 obituaries of famous dead scientists. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Shirley Tonkin
New Zealand paediatrician and sudden infant death syndrome researcherDied on Wednesday January 27th 2016
Paul Terasaki
American scientist and philanthropistDied on Monday January 25th 2016
Constantijn Kortmann
Dutch legal scholarDied on Sunday January 24th 2016
Dmitry Shirkov
Russian theoretical physicistDied on Saturday January 23rd 2016
Arlon Tussing
American economistDied on Friday January 15th 2016
Michael Sheringham
English literary academicDied on Thursday January 21st 2016
Fredrik Barth
Norwegian social anthropologistDied on Sunday January 24th 2016
Marvin Minsky
American cognitive scientist and pioneer in Artificial IntelligenceDied on Sunday January 24th 2016
Peter Atteslander
Swiss sociologistDied on Friday January 15th 2016
Edward Yourdon
American computer scientistDied on Wednesday January 20th 2016
David Finkelstein dead at age 86, American physicist
David Finkelstein, an American physicist and emeritus professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, died on January 24, 2016. Born in New York City on July 19, 1929, he earned…
Eugene Borowitz
American rabbi and philosopherDied on Friday January 22nd 2016
Robin Fletcher
British academic administrator and Olympic field hockey playerDied on Friday January 15th 2016
Forrest_McDonald
American Historian and Constitutional ScholarDied on Tuesday January 19th 2016
Lloyd Rudolph
American political scientistDied on Saturday January 16th 2016
Robert M. Carter
British-born Australian marine geologist and climate skepticDied on Tuesday January 19th 2016
John J. Pruis
American educatorDied on Monday January 18th 2016
Witold Mańczak
Polish linguistDied on Tuesday January 12th 2016
Rudolf Haag
German theoretical physicistDied on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Oleksandr Shevchenko
Ukrainian scientistDied on Friday January 15th 2016
William Craig
American philosopherDied on Wednesday January 13th 2016
John McDade Howell
American academic and university chancellor (East Carolina University)Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
Ellen Meiksins Wood
American historianDied on Thursday January 14th 2016
Anthony Mellows
British barrister and academicDied on Sunday January 10th 2016
Antonio Aloni
Italian scholarDied on Tuesday January 5th 2016
John Coleman Moore
American mathematicianDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Peter Gavin Hall
Australian statisticianDied on Saturday January 9th 2016
János Radványi
Hungarian-born American political scientist and diplomatDied on Monday January 11th 2016
Leonard Berkowitz
American social psychologistDied on Sunday January 3rd 2016
Berge Furre
Norwegian politician and historianDied on Monday January 11th 2016
Danylo Kulynyak
Ukrainian poet and historianDied on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Abbas Bahri
Tunisian mathematicianDied on Sunday January 10th 2016
Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds
Latvian computer scientist and mathematicianDied on Monday January 4th 2016
Danilo Kulinyak
Ukrainian poet and historianDied on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Gianni Rondolino
Italian film critic and historianDied on Saturday January 9th 2016
János György Szilágyi
Hungarian historianDied on Thursday January 7th 2016
Lev Nikolayevich Korolyov
Russian computer scientistDied on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Bulcsú László
Croatian linguistDied on Monday January 4th 2016
Helmut Koester
German-born American history professorDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Mahabub Hossain
Bangladeshi development economist Died on Monday January 4th 2016
Jacques Deny
French mathematicianDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Homa Nategh
Iranian educator and historianDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Sabino Acquaviva
Italian sociologistDied on Wednesday December 30th 2015
Edward Hugh
British economistDied on Tuesday December 29th 2015
Susanne Hoeber Rudolph
German-born American political scientistDied on Wednesday December 23rd 2015
Abish Kekilbayev
Kazakh politician and academicDied on Friday December 11th 2015
Sidney Mintz
American anthropologistDied on Saturday December 26th 2015
Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla
Venezuelan philosopherDied on Monday December 21st 2015
Gregory Baker Wolfe
American diplomat and academicDied on Saturday December 12th 2015
Heinz-Otto Kreiss
German-born Swedish mathematicianDied on Wednesday December 16th 2015
Jean-Marie Pelt
French biologistDied on Wednesday December 23rd 2015
Norman Breslow
American statistician and medical researcherDied on Wednesday December 9th 2015
Michael Wyschogrod
German-born American Jewish theologianDied on Thursday December 17th 2015
Jean-François Malherbe
Belgian philosopherDied on Sunday December 13th 2015
John Cockerton
British Anglican priest and academicDied on Wednesday December 9th 2015
Harry Zvi Tabor
British-born Israeli physicistDied on Tuesday December 15th 2015
Bob Krause
American educator (Kansas State University)Died on Wednesday December 16th 2015
Henry Hall
British physicistDied on Friday December 4th 2015
I. Howard Marshall
Scottish theologianDied on Saturday December 12th 2015
Benedict Anderson
American academicDied on Sunday December 13th 2015
Wolfgang Sandner
German physicistDied on Saturday December 5th 2015
Hyron Spinrad
American astronomerDied on Monday December 7th 2015
Gerhard Lenski
American sociologistDied on Monday December 7th 2015
Rob Blokzijl
Dutch physicist and computer scientistDied on Tuesday December 1st 2015
John Rassias
American language professorDied on Wednesday December 2nd 2015
Robert E. Glennen
American academicDied on Tuesday December 1st 2015
Pierre Gabriel
French mathematician (Gabriel's theorem)Died on Tuesday November 24th 2015
David Simmons
New Zealand ethnologist and historianDied on Monday November 30th 2015
Marcus Klingberg
Polish-born Israeli scientist and spy for the Soviet UnionDied on Monday November 30th 2015
David Steinmetz
American historianDied on Thursday November 26th 2015
Steven Vogel
American biologistDied on Tuesday November 24th 2015
Fatema Mernissi
Moroccon feminist writer and sociologistDied on Monday November 30th 2015
Jerzy Browkin
Polish mathematicianDied on Monday November 23rd 2015
Esperanza Guisán
Spanish philosopherDied on Friday November 27th 2015
Noboru Karashima
Japanese historianDied on Thursday November 26th 2015
Jorgo Bulo
Albanian philologist and historianDied on Thursday November 26th 2015
Miroslav Fiedler
Czech mathematicianDied on Friday November 20th 2015
John Forrester
British historian and philosopher of scienceDied on Tuesday November 24th 2015
Heinz Oberhummer
Austrian physicistDied on Monday November 23rd 2015
Rudolf von Thadden
German historianDied on Wednesday November 18th 2015
Olaf H. Olsen
Danish historian and archaeologistDied on Tuesday November 17th 2015
Douglass North
American economist and Nobel Prize recipientDied on Monday November 23rd 2015
Herbert Scarf
American mathematicianDied on Sunday November 15th 2015
Ricardo de la Cierva
Spanish historian and politicianDied on Thursday November 19th 2015
Glenn Goerke
American academicDied on Friday November 13th 2015
Lindela Ndlovu
Zimbabwean educatorDied on Wednesday November 18th 2015
Louise Cowan
American educatorDied on Monday November 16th 2015
Ellsworth Kalas
American Methodist theologianDied on Thursday November 12th 2015
Paul Stewart
American historianDied on Friday November 13th 2015
A. Veluppillai
Sri Lankan Tamil academic and authorDied on Sunday November 1st 2015
Donald Shell
American computer scientist (Shellsort)Died on Monday November 2nd 2015
Remko Scha
Dutch computer scientist and musicianDied on Monday November 9th 2015