Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 24 April today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for April 24
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on April 24
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 624 | Mellitus, saint and archbishop of Canterbury |
| 1149 | Petronille de Chemillé, abbess of Fontevrault |
| 1288 | Gertrude of Austria (b. 1226) |
| 1338 | Theodore I, Marquess of Montferrat (b. 1291) |
| 1479 | Jorge Manrique, Spanish poet (b. 1440) |
| 1513 | Şehzade Ahmet, Ottoman prince (b. 1465) |
| 1617 | Concino Concini, Italian-French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1575) |
| 1622 | Fidelis of Sigmaringen, German friar and saint (b. 1577) |
| 1656 | Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561) |
| 1692 | Johannes Zollikofer, Swiss vicar (b. 1633) |
| 1731 | Daniel Defoe, English journalist, novelist, and spy (b. 1660) |
| 1748 | Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman and translator (b. 1683) |
| 1779 | Eleazar Wheelock, American minister and academic, founded Dartmouth College (b. 1711) |
| 1794 | Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1719) |
| 1852 | Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1783) |
| 1889 | Zulma Carraud, French author (b. 1796) |
| 1891 | Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800) |
| 1924 | G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (b. 1844) |
| 1931 | David Kldiashvili, Georgian author and playwright (b. 1862) |
| 1935 | Anastasios Papoulas, Greek general (b. 1857) |
| 1938 | George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863) |
| 1939 | Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (b. 1881) |
| 1941 | Karin Boye, Swedish author and poet (b. 1900) |
| 1942 | Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874) |
| 1944 | Charles Jordan, American magician (b. 1888) |
| 1945 | Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (b. 1899) |
| 1947 | Hans Biebow, German SS officer (b. 1902) |
| 1948 | Jāzeps Vītols, Latvian composer (b. 1863) |
| 1954 | Guy Mairesse, French racing driver (b. 1910) |
| 1960 | Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879) |
| 1961 | Lee Moran, American actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1888) |
| 1962 | Milt Franklyn, American composer (b. 1897) |
| 1964 | Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist (b. 1895) |
| 1965 | Louise Dresser, American actress (b. 1878) |
| 1966 | Simon Chikovani, Georgian poet and author (b. 1902) |
| 1967 | Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and cosmonaut (b. 1927) |
| 1968 | Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (b. 1876) |
| 1970 | Otis Spann, American singer and pianist (b. 1930) |
| 1972 | Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (b. 1892) |
| 1974 | Bud Abbott, American comedian and producer (b. 1895) |
| 1976 | Mark Tobey, American-Swiss painter and educator (b. 1890) |
| 1980 | Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (b. 1904) |
| 1982 | Ville Ritola, Finnish runner (b. 1896) |
| 1983 | Erol Güngör, Turkish sociologist, psychologist, and academic (b. 1938) |
| 1984 | Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Spanish author (b. 1891) |
| 1986 | Wallis Simpson, American socialite, Duchess of Windsor (b. 1896) |
| 1993 | Oliver Tambo, South African lawyer and activist (b. 1917) |
| 1995 | Lodewijk Bruckman, Dutch painter (b. 1903) |
| 1997 | Allan Francovich, American director and producer (b. 1941) |
| 2001 | Josef Peters, German racing driver (b. 1914) |
| 2002 | Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourgian sculptor (b. 1908) |
| 2003 | Nüzhet Gökdoğan, Turkish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1910) |
| 2004 | José Giovanni, French-Swiss director and producer (b. 1923) |
| 2005 | Ezer Weizman, Israeli general and politician, 7th President of Israel (b. 1924) |
| 2006 | Brian Labone, English footballer (b. 1940) |
| 2008 | Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, and saxophonist, and composer (b. 1921) |
| 2011 | Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philanthropist (b. 1926) |
| 2014 | Hans Hollein, Austrian architect, designed Haas House (b. 1934) |
| 2015 | Władysław Bartoszewski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1922) |
| 2016 | Tommy Kono, American weightlifter and coach (b. 1930) |
| 2017 | Robert Pirsig, American author and philosopher (b. 1928) |
| 2022 | Andrew Woolfolk, American saxophonist (b. 1950) |
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