Famous Dead Scientists: Recent Scientist Deaths and Obituaries

Over 9,000 obituaries of famous dead scientists. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.

Bob Holman

Brittish academic and community worker
Died on Wednesday June 15th 2016

Paolo Leon

Italian Post-Keynesian economist
Died on Saturday June 11th 2016

Chen Nengkuan

Chinese metal and detonation physicist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Died on Friday May 27th 2016

Berrick Saul

British economist and academic administrator
Died on Sunday May 29th 2016

Hu Hongwen

Chinese organic chemist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Died on Thursday May 19th 2016

Murray A. Straus

American sociologist and professor (University of New Hampshire)
Died on Friday May 13th 2016

Shi Ping

Chinese aircraft designer (Hongdu JL-8) and academic (Chinese Academy of Engineering)
Died on Tuesday May 10th 2016

Mel George

American professor and twice interim president of the University of Missouri
Died on Monday April 25th 2016

Yu Songlie

Chinese agricultural scientist
Died on Wednesday April 20th 2016

Gwyn Thomas

Welsh poet and academic
Died on Wednesday April 13th 2016

Henry Hobhouse

British journalist and historian (Seeds of Change: Five Plants That Transformed Mankind)
Died on Tuesday April 5th 2016

Matiu Dickson

New Zealand Māori academic (University of Waikato) and lawyer
Died on Thursday April 7th 2016

James Oyedeji

Ghanian football historian
Died on Monday April 4th 2016

Toni Grant

American radio host and psychologist
Died on Sunday March 27th 2016

Jules Schelvis

Dutch historian and Holocaust survivor
Died on Sunday April 3rd 2016