40 obituaries for famous people named Lionel. See who they were, when they died, and read their memorial pages.
Lionel Rosenblatt, an American diplomat and president of Refugees International from 1990 to 2001,
died on April 11, 2026, of cancer. He was 82. Born in New Rochelle, New York,…
Lionel Fernando, a Sri Lankan-born Australian cricketer,
died on March 31, 2026, aged 86. Born in Negombo, British Ceylon, in 1939, he played for Ceylon from 1964 to 1971 as…
Lionel Jospin, the French politician who served as prime minister from 1997 to 2002,
died on March 22, 2026, at age 88 from complications from surgery. He was minister of…
Lionel Fogarty, an Indigenous Australian poet and political activist,
died on February 13, 2026. Also published as Lionel Lacey, he was born in 1958 on an Aboriginal reserve at Barambah,…
Belgian painter
Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
American football player (Denver Broncos
Died on Wednesday August 13th 2025
English educator and academic
Died on Friday August 1st 2025
French footballer
Died on Sunday April 13th 2025
Cameroonian writer and art critic
Died on Monday December 16th 2024
Samoan boxing coach
Died on Monday July 29th 2024
87-88
Died on Sunday July 7th 2024
79–80
Died on Saturday June 1st 2024
Sri Lankan actor (Sanda Yahanata
Died on Sunday December 17th 2023
American chemist and writer (A Father's Story)
Died on Tuesday December 5th 2023
Sri Lankan military officer
Died on Thursday October 26th 2023
Indigenous Australian Rugby league footballer
Died on Sunday September 17th 2023
American football player (San Diego Chargers)
Died on Friday February 25th 2022
American football player (Chicago Bears)
Died on Thursday December 16th 2021
English actor (The Limping Man
Died on Thursday November 4th 2021
French singer
Died on Thursday June 24th 2021
English golfer
Died on Monday May 31st 2021
Scottish-American literary scholar
Died on Friday January 15th 2021
French actor
Died on Saturday August 1st 2020
Belgian musician (La danse des canards)
Died on Wednesday July 15th 2020
Belgian musician (La danse des canards)
Died on Wednesday July 15th 2020
British Olympic basketball player
Died on Monday January 14th 2019
French footballer
Died on Friday May 4th 2018
83–84
Died on Saturday February 24th 2018
French linguist
Died on Monday October 30th 2017
American actor and singer (Thundering Jets
Died on Thursday October 5th 2017
South African rugby union player (Western Province
Died on Wednesday September 20th 2017
British Rabbi
Died on Monday December 19th 2016
French politician and conductor
Died on Saturday December 3rd 2016
South African-born British journalist and trade unionist
Died on Wednesday November 2nd 2016
American jazz trumpeter
Died on Saturday July 19th 2014
Canadian ice hockey player
Died on Monday April 21st 2014
Barbadian politician
Died on Sunday March 9th 2014
Australian historian
Died on Wednesday January 28th 2015
Canadian ice hockey player (Fort Wayne Komets)
Died on Monday April 27th 2015
