a Serbian politician and former president of the chamber of citizens of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia from 2000 to 2003 and of the Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro from 2003 to 2004, died on May 26, 2026. He was… · 26 May 2026 · May 2026 · Cancer
an Indonesian politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2004 to 2009, died on May 26, 2026. He was 84. A member of the National Mandate Party, Toha was born on April 29, 1942, and… · 26 May 2026 · May 2026 · Taurus
2026. He was an Italian astrophysicist · 25 May 2026 · May 2026 · May 25
an Indian archaeologist, died on May 25, 2026. She was 82. Ratnagar’s work focused on the Indus Valley civilization, and she wrote several books and academic textbooks. She studied at Deccan College, University of Pune, and later at the Institute… · 25 May 2026 · May 2026
a Zimbabwean politician and human rights activist, died on May 24, 2026, at the age of 43. She was known for her work in human rights activism and political advocacy in Zimbabwe, and served as a spokesperson for a smaller… · 24 May 2026 · May 2026
a Chinese writer, poet and academic known for Farewell to Revolution, died on May 24, 2026, at the age of 84. He was also known for his work on Reflections on Dream of the Red Chamber, an analysis of the… · 24 May 2026 · May 2026
an American poet, died on May 23, 2026, at age 83. She was also known as a journalist, book reviewer, and culinary historian. Born Ann Alicia Fox in Lowell, Massachusetts, on July 2, 1943, she grew up in Dracut, Massachusetts.… · England · 23 May 2026 · May 2026 · Cancer
an American mathematician, died on May 23, 2026. He was known for his work in mathematical optimization and iterative methods for nonlinear problems, with more recent research focused on algorithms for constrained optimization and interior point methods for linear and… · 23 May 2026 · May 2026 · Aries
a Czech historian, anti-communist dissident and Holocaust survivor, died on May 23, 2026. He was 97. Brod was born in Prague on January 18, 1929, to an assimilated Jewish family. Before World War II, he considered himself Czech, but the… · 23 May 2026 · May 2026
the Czech engineer and rector of VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, died on May 22, 2026, at the age of 83. He led the university during two periods, from 1990 to 1997 and again from 2003 to 2010. Čermák… · 22 May 2026 · May 2026 · Cancer · Čermak
an American lawyer and counsel, died on May 22, 2026. He was 95. Jones was the former personal counsel, adviser, draft speech writer and close friend of Martin Luther King Jr., and later served as a scholar in residence at… · 22 May 2026 · May 2026
an American political scientist, died on May 21, 2026. He was 91. Pomper specialized in American elections and politics and was the Board of Governors Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. Born… · 21 May 2026 · May 2026 · Aries
a New Zealand Māori academic, rugby union player and public servant, died on May 21, 2026. Born in Ruatoria in 1936, he served as secretary of the Department of Maori Affairs from 1983 to 1989, and was involved in the… · 21 May 2026 · May 2026 · Cancer
an American mathematician and computer programmer known for MATLAB and MathWorks, died on May 20, 2026, at age 86. He specialized in numerical analysis and was one of the authors of LINPACK and EISPACK, Fortran libraries for numerical computing, in… · 20 May 2026 · May 2026 · Clève · Leo
an Estonian historian and academic, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 70. Born on September 25, 1955, he graduated from Tartu State University’s Faculty of History in 1979. He worked as a researcher and director of the… · 20 May 2026 · May 2026 · Libra
a Dutch game designer and mathematician, died on May 19, 2026, in Enschede, Netherlands, at the age of 79. Born in Enschede on February 1, 1947, he was a retired mathematics teacher known for inventing abstract strategy games including Dameo,… · 19 May 2026 · Aquarius · May 2026
a Gibraltarian historian, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 95. Also known as Mesod Benady MBE, he was of Sephardic Jewish descent and specialised in the local and military history of Gibraltar. He was involved in local… · 19 May 2026 · May 2026
a Brazilian jurist and legal philosopher, died on May 19, 2026, at age 70. Born João Maurício Leitão Adeodato on March 12, 1956, he was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and moved to Pernambuco during childhood. He earned his… · 19 May 2026 · May 2026
2026. He was an Austrian philosopher · 18 May 2026 · May 2026 · May 18
a French paediatric psychologist and psychoanalyst, died on May 18, 2026, in Paris, France, aged 88. Born in Benghazi, Italian Libya, on Dec. 22, 1937, he came from a Libyan Jewish family and was the tenth child of his illiterate… · 18 May 2026 · Capricorn · May 2026
an American voice actor known for work in The Powerpuff Girls, Star Wars and The Wild Thornberrys, died May 18, 2026, of complications from a stroke. He was 64. Kane worked in animation and video games from 1977 to 2022,… · 18 May 2026 · May 2026 · Aries
a Lithuanian composer and academic, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Alytus on October 7, 1934, he studied violin at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, where he became a professor in 1991.… · 18 May 2026 · May 2026 · Libra
a Latvian-American physicist and inventor, died on May 17, 2026, at age 90. Born in Riga, Latvia, on May 7, 1936, he was a pioneer in holography and is known as a co-inventor of the field. After fleeing Latvia with… · 17 May 2026 · May 2026 · Taurus
a French educator and cultural promoter, died on May 17, 2026, at the age of 76. He was known for his work promoting Indian languages and culture in Guadeloupe, an overseas region of France in the Caribbean. Born in Guadeloupe… · 17 May 2026 · May 2026 · Gemini
British management scientist and academic, died on May 17, 2026, at the age of 95. He was an emeritus professor of systems at Lancaster University and developed soft systems methodology, or SSM, a systems-thinking approach to complex problem situations. Born… · 17 May 2026 · May 2026
an American computer science researcher, died on May 17, 2026, at age 93 from complications from a fall. He worked on the Multics operating system in the 1960s and edited the RISKS Digest columns for ACM Software Engineering Notes and… · 17 May 2026 · May 2026 · Virgo
a Mexican physicist, died on May 17, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Mexico City in 1931, he studied mechanical-electrical engineering at ESIME of the National Polytechnic Institute and began his professional career designing audio systems. He taught… · 17 May 2026 · May 2026 · Cancer
a South Korean politician and former member of the National Assembly, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 70. Born on July 15, 1955, in Hongcheon County, South Korea, he served as an MP from 1992 to 1996… · 17 May 2026 · May 2026 · Cancer · May 17
a German-born British information systems researcher, died on May 16, 2026, at the age of 97. Born Frank Landsberger in Berlin in October 1928, he was the first United Kingdom professor of information systems and an emeritus professor in the… · 16 May 2026 · May 2026
a Spanish soil scientist and academic, died on May 16, 2026. Born in Taboada on June 2, 1934, she was a pioneer in the study of soils in the humid temperate zone of Spain. Carballas worked with the Spanish National… · 16 May 2026 · May 2026 · Gemini
an American televangelist, died on May 17, 2026, at age 82, according to an announcement of his death. He was also a pastor, theologian, and author, and founded and served as president of the Christian relief organization Life Outreach International.… · 16 May 2026 · May 2026 · May 16 · Libra
an American academic, writer and Mormon leader, died on May 16, 2026. He was 99. McKay was born on October 30, 1926, and was raised in Huntsville, Utah. He served in the United States Marine Corps during the last year… · 16 May 2026 · May 2026
a Canadian academic and physical education and kinesiology professor, died on May 16, 2026, at the age of 96. Hayden was born in Windsor, Ontario, on January 11, 1930, and later lived in Burlington and Oakville. He earned a Bachelor… · 16 May 2026 · Capricorn · May 2026
an Azerbaijani politician and member of the Supreme Soviet from 1991 to 1995, died on May 16, 2026, at the age of 87. Born on August 1, 1938, in Lankaran, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union, he was a member of the… · 16 May 2026 · May 2026 · Leo
the American comics scholar and founder of the International Journal of Comics Art, died on May 16, 2026. Established in 1999 by John A. Lent at Temple University, the biannual journal was created as a venue for scholars to publish… · 16 May 2026 · May 2026
Japanese politician and governor of Hokkaido from 1995 to 2003, died on May 16, 2026, of cancer. He was 90. Hori was born in Tomakishi, Karafuto, on Nov. 22, 1935, and graduated from Hokkaido University’s Department of Agriculture in 1958.… · 16 May 2026 · May 2026
a Russian mathematician and member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, died on May 15, 2026, at age 95. Borovkov was born in Moscow on March 6, 1931. He received his Russian candidate degree in 1959 under Andrey Kolmogorov at… · 15 May 2026 · May 2026
a Japanese linguist, died on May 15, 2026 · 15 May 2026 · May 2026 · Cancer
a Swiss psychiatrist and academic, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 99. Born in Zurich on December 11, 1926, he completed his medical and psychiatric training there under Professor Manfred Bleuler. Angst served as Professor of Clinical… · 15 May 2026 · Sagittarius · May 2026
an American economist and 2006 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureate, died on May 16, 2026. He was 92. Born in Evanston, Illinois, on July 26, 1933, Phelps was known early in his career for research at Yale’s Cowles… · 15 May 2026 · May 2026 · May 15 · Leo
an Australian rugby union player and leading sport scientist, died on May 15, 2026, aged 91. Born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, on September 10, 1934, he attended Canberra High School. A winger, Morton was the top try scorer in… · New Zealand · 15 May 2026 · May 2026 · Virgo
a Canadian academic and philosophy professor at Carleton University, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 88. He specialized in the study of propaganda and was known for his work on the ethics of persuasion. Born in Washington,… · 15 May 2026 · Aquarius · May 2026
an American-Israeli agricultural geneticist, died on May 14, 2026. He was 94 or 95. Soller, whose Hebrew name was Moshe Morris Soller, was born in Manhattan, New York City, in 1931 and served as a research professor in the Department… · 14 May 2026 · May 2026 · Cancer
a British physicist, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Birmingham on December 26, 1928, he was known for his contributions to plasma physics and their application to fusion energy. Among his notable work was… · 14 May 2026 · Capricorn · May 2026
2026. He was an Italian literary critic and philosopher. A brief notice of his death was published without further details about the circumstances · 14 May 2026 · May 2026 · May 14
a Dutch mathematician, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 81. Born Johannes Cornelis van Houwelingen in Rotterdam on March 25, 1945, he was also a professor emeritus of medical statistics at Leiden University. After graduating from Utrecht… · 14 May 2026 · May 2026
the Armenian theatre director, died on May 14, 2026, in Yerevan. Born in Yerevan on January 8, 1945, Tsaturyan was also an actor and playwright and was named a People’s Artist of Armenia in 2011. He served as artistic director… · 14 May 2026 · Capricorn · May 2026
a Brazilian politician and economist who served as a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies from 1967 to 2003, died on May 14, 2026, in Rio de Janeiro. He was 83. Born in Rio de Janeiro on September 1, 1942,… · 14 May 2026 · May 2026 · Virgo
a New Zealand jurist and legal scholar who served as a judge of the International Court of Justice from 2006 to 2015, died on May 13, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Auckland on 19 November 1937, he… · 13 May 2026 · May 2026 · Scorpio
a Czech mathematician and professor, died on May 13, 2026, at the age of 88. He was known for work in topology, algebraic number theory and the theory of ordered sets, and published more than 80 papers. Skula also made… · 13 May 2026 · May 2026
a Tunisian academic and historian, died on May 13, 2026 · 13 May 2026 · May 2026 · Taurus
an American screenwriter and film director, died on May 12, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. He was 72. Blaustein was best known for writing on Saturday Night Live and for the screenplays for Coming to America, Coming 2 America and The… · 12 May 2026 · May 2026 · Virgo
an American pediatrician and academic, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 79. William Valentine Tamborlane Jr. was born in The Bronx, New York City, on August 25, 1946, and grew up in Haworth, New Jersey. From 1986,… · 12 May 2026 · May 2026
an American organic chemist known as the “Father of Prohormones,” died on May 12, 2026, at age 59. Born in 1966 in Guilford, Connecticut, he was identified in available reports as the chemist who introduced androstenedione, 1-androstenediol and methylhexanamine into… · 12 May 2026 · May 2026 · Cancer
an American biochemist and pioneer of protein crystallography technology, died on May 11, 2026, at age 92. Born in Vietnam in 1933, he focused his research on methods for determining protein structures and biological macromolecules, including protein crystallography and cryo-electron… · 11 May 2026 · May 2026
the Spanish politician who served as mayor of Murcia, died on May 10, 2026, of cancer. He was 67. Born in Murcia in 1958, he was a medical professor and a full professor at the University of Murcia from 1992.… · 10 May 2026 · May 2026 · Cancer
an American chemist and professor emeritus at Northwestern University, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 83. Ratner was known for his work on the interplay between molecular structure and molecular properties. He graduated from Harvard University with… · 10 May 2026 · Sagittarius · May 2026
an American artist and arts educator, died on May 10, 2026, at age 84. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, on February 10, 1942, she was known for painting and printmaking, with work focused on abstracted mixed-media and minimalism. O'Neal was a… · 10 May 2026 · May 2026
an American chemist and academic, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 98. He was Professor Emeritus of organic chemistry at Yale University. Wiberg contributed to several aspects of organic chemistry, including physical and synthetic chemistry. In synthetic… · 10 May 2026 · May 2026
a Mexican politician and activist, died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 93. He served as a deputy from 1979 to 1982 and was a member of the Congress of Chihuahua from 1989 to 1992. A member of… · 09 May 2026 · May 2026 · Aries
2026, at the age of 53 from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. He was a New Zealand-born American composer known for Daddy's Little Girl, Unfallen, and The Reef: Stalked · Australia · 09 May 2026 · May 2026 · Cancer · May 9
an American literary scholar and professor emeritus of English at Auburn University at Montgomery in Alabama, died on May 9, 2026. He was 84. Gribben built a career on the works of Mark Twain and was a longtime professor and… · 09 May 2026 · May 2026
a Dutch jurist and professor emeritus in international law, died on May 9, 2026. He was appointed in 1977 as director of the United Nations Division for Human Rights, a precursor of the UN Human Rights Office. From 1986 to… · 09 May 2026 · May 2026
a Brazilian politician and deputy from 1975 to 1991, died on May 8, 2026, at age 99. Born Joaquim de Melo Freire on January 11, 1927, in Passos, Brazil, he was an economist who served in the Chamber of Deputies… · 08 May 2026 · May 2026
a British archaeologist and historian, died on May 8, 2026, aged 82. Born on September 28, 1943, she was known for her work at archaeological sites in Orkney and for guidebooks she wrote for the HMSO and Historic Environment Scotland… · 08 May 2026 · May 2026
the Motswana president from 1998 to 2008 and an economist, died on May 8, 2026, at the age of 86. He was Botswana’s third president, succeeding Quett Masire in 1998 and serving until 2008, when he was succeeded by Lieutenant… · 08 May 2026 · May 2026
a Swiss politician and theologian who served as a member of the National Council from 1987 to 1998, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Bern on May 12, 1938, she was a member of… · 07 May 2026 · May 2026
a German mineralogist and geophysicist, died on May 7, 2026. He was 84. Seifert was born in Dresden in 1941, studied mineralogy at the University of Kiel and the University of Zurich, and received his PhD from the University of… · 07 May 2026 · May 2026
a French biologist and member of the French Academy of Sciences, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 95. Born on February 7, 1931, in Mulhouse, France, he founded the Institute for Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Biology… · 07 May 2026 · May 2026
a Taiwanese-American electrical engineer and professor emeritus at Princeton University, died on May 7, 2026. He was 91. Born in Shanghai, China, in 1934, he earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University in 1954, followed by a… · 07 May 2026 · May 2026
a Russian scientist, died on May 6, 2026. He was 91. Golitsyn worked in atmospheric physics and became a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, later the Academy of Sciences of Russia, in 1987. He also… · 06 May 2026 · May 2026
a Russian chemist, died on May 6, 2026, at age 94. Anatoly Ivanovich Rusanov was a member of the Russian Academy of Science from 1990. He graduated from Leningrad State University and later headed the Colloid Chemistry Department of St.… · 06 May 2026 · May 2026
a Lithuanian physicist, died on May 6, 2026, at age 75. He was also a habilitated doctor of physical sciences, university professor and independent researcher. Born on July 15, 1950, in Užšustis in the Šilutė district of the Lithuanian SSR,… · 06 May 2026 · May 2026
a Rwandan academic, singer, YouTuber and political activist, died on May 6, 2026, of a drug overdose. Karasira was an ethnic Tutsi whose parents were killed in the Rwandan genocide in 1994. He said he blamed forces of the Rwandan… · 06 May 2026 · May 2026 · Cancer
a Moldovan politician, agronomist and professor who served as Minister of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment in 2018, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 69. He held the post in the Filip Cabinet and was described as… · 06 May 2026 · May 2026
a Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician who served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2002 to 2007, died on May 5, 2026, after being shot. He was born in 1961 in Turangzai, in Charsadda District,… · 05 May 2026 · May 2026
Idris Tarangzai, a Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician who served as a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPA from 2002 to 2007, died on May 5, 2026, after being shot. He was 64. Tarangzai was a senior member of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam – F… · 05 May 2026 · May 2026
a Moldovan ecologist and biologist and member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, died on May 4, 2026, at the age of 77. Born on August 17, 1948, in Logănești, he studied biology and pedagogy at Chisinau State University… · 04 May 2026 · May 2026
an American-born Canadian sociologist, died on May 4, 2026. He was 87. Stebbins was professor emeritus at the University of Calgary and served as associate editor for Leisure and Voluntaristics Review: Brill Research Perspectives. He published more than 300 research… · 04 May 2026 · May 2026
a Russian-Israeli physicist and Jewish educator, died on May 4, 2026, at age 94. He was known in the scientific community as a pioneer in magnetohydrodynamics and in the Jewish world as an author, translator, publisher, and educator. Born in… · 04 May 2026 · May 2026
a Slovenian historian, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Gorizia, Italy, to an upper middle class Slovene family, he moved with his family to the Yugoslav side of the Yugoslav–Italian border in 1947 and… · 03 May 2026 · May 2026
a New Zealand physicist, died on May 3, 2026, aged 83. He was known for his work on ring lasers and had research interests including the foundations of relativity and symmetry in quantum mechanics. Stedman received the Hector Medal in… · 03 May 2026 · May 2026
an American mathematician and historian of mathematics, died on May 3, 2026. He was 99. Curtis was known for his work in finite group theory and representation theory. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College in 1948 and a… · 03 May 2026 · May 2026
a Polish politician and senator from 1989 to 1993, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Nowy Sącz on June 26, 1946, he was a physicist by occupation. He served in the Senate from 1989… · 03 May 2026 · May 2026
an American poet and philosopher, died on May 2, 2026, at age 75. Born in Philadelphia in 1950, she was Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy, African American Studies and English at Pennsylvania State University and a member of the… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026
an American political scientist and sinologist, died on May 2, 2026, at age 82. He was a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. Moody was an expert on modern Chinese politics,… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026
an American academic administrator and former interim president of Florida A&M University, died on May 2, 2026. She was 88. Bryant served as interim president of Florida A&M from January 2005 to May 2007 and was the first woman to… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026
an American poet, critic and literary historian, died on May 2, 2026, at age 91. He was also a ballet historian and performer, and his work spanned poetry, essay, short story, fiction and solo performance. Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts,… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026 · Cancer
a Norwegian Church of Norway clergyman and bishop of Nidaros from 1991 to 2008, died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 84. Born in Oslo on June 19, 1941, he was a theologian and served as Preses of… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026
a French flutist, died on May 2, 2026, at age 92. Born in Paris on January 20, 1934, he was one of the best-known flutists of the French school. He studied under Gaston Crunelle and Marcel Moyse, won first prizes… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026
an American space scientist, died on May 2, 2026, at age 84. Weisskopf was an astrophysicist who, until his retirement from NASA at the end of May 2022, served as project scientist for NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and chief scientist… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026
an American attorney and emeritus law professor, died on May 1, 2026, at age 90. He was best known for his work in connection with drafting the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, known as RICO, and for scholarship on… · 01 May 2026 · May 2026
a Bulgarian philosopher, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, on April 2, 1933, he was a Bulgarian-born American philosopher and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Iowa. He left… · 01 May 2026 · May 2026
French statistician and epidemiologist, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 90. He served as president of Inserm from 1982 to 1996 and as president of the Research Institute for Development from 1997 to 2001. Lazar was born… · 01 May 2026 · May 2026 · Lazăr
an Australian musician, died on May 1, 2026, aged 40, from bowel cancer. He was also an interdisciplinary artist, artistic director, researcher and teaching artist. Sollis founded and directed The Griffyn Ensemble in the early 2000s, serving as its artistic… · 01 May 2026 · May 2026
an American sinologist, died on May 1, 2026, at age 79. He specialized in Chinese literature, particularly Tang dynasty poetry and comparative poetics, and taught Chinese literature and comparative literature at Harvard University, where he was James Bryant Conant University… · 01 May 2026 · May 2026
an American translator of modern Japanese literature, died on May 1, 2026. She was born in 1948 in the American Midwest and studied Japanese literature at the University of Michigan and the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Tokyo.… · 01 May 2026 · May 2026
Eddy Pratomo, an Indonesian diplomat and law scholar, died on April 29, 2026, at the age of 72. Born in Semarang, Central Java, on October 5, 1953, he was a career diplomat whose service in the foreign ministry spanned three… · Malaysia · 29 April 2026 · April 2026
Vladimir Voevodin, a Russian computer scientist, died on April 29, 2026. He was 63. Born in Moscow on May 25, 1962, Voevodin studied at Moscow State University, where he graduated with honors from the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics… · 29 April 2026 · April 2026