Historical Deaths

🏥 Famous Historical Deaths - July 29, 2026

1985 James F Nolan, actor (Dante), dies of cancer at 69

1911 Oscar Carr‚, circus director, dies at 64

1993 AJA Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer, dies at 78

1956 Ludwig Klages, German philosopher (Study of Graves), dies at 83

1164 Olaf, King of Norway, dies

1596 Jacobus Latomus, Flemish poet (Psalms/Jeremias) dies at about 84

1988 Ellin Berlin, [MacKay], Mrs Irving Berlin, dies at 86

1987 Arthur Chipperfield, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia), dies

1922 Edward Gailliard, Flemish language/archaeologist, dies at 81

1897 Joost G Kist, lawyer/president of High Council (1885-97), dies at 74

1644 Urban VIII, [Maffeo Barberini], Pope (1623-44), dies

1573 Spanish prince of Eboli, dies

1977 Austin Matthews, cricketer (Test Eng v NZ 1937), dies

1983 J B Charles, [Willem Nagel], Dutch criminologist/writer, dies at 83

1983 Raymond Massey, actor (Dr Kildare), dies of pneumonia at 86

1786 Franz Asplmayr, composer, dies at 58

1979 Herbert Marcuse, philosopher (Eros & Civilization), dies at 81

1970 John G B Barbirolli, English conductor/composer, dies at 70

1983 David Niven, actor (Rugues), dies in Switzerland at 73

1108 Philip I, co-king of France (1059, 1060-1108), dies at 56

1886 Adolf Muller, composer, dies at 84

1838 Jonathan Huntington, composer, dies at 66

1933 Gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer, dies at 73

1990 Bruno Kreisky, union chancellor Austria, dies

1975 James [Benjamin] Blish, sci-fi author (Star Trek Reader), dies at 54

1099 Urban II, [Odo van Lagery], French Pope (1088-99), dies

1030 Olaf Haraldsson, King of Norway, dies in battle of Stiklestad

1974 Cass Elliot, singer (Mamas & Papas), chokes to death in London at 32

1994 Francisco Veguillas, Spanish general, murdered at 68

1941 James Stephenson, actor (Sea Hawk, River's End), dies at 52

1973 Eileen Percy, silent film actress (Wicked, Backstage), dies at 72

1844 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, composer, dies at 53

1984 Fred Waring, orch leader (Fred Waring Show), dies at 84

1982 Cor[nelis R J] Kieboom, resistor/President Feyenoord, dies at 81

1980 Jan Tausinger, composer, dies at 58

1797 Christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48

1963 Dave Smith, cricketer (2 Tests in 1912 Australian side), dies

1857 Charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino, dies at 54

1978 Wesley La Violette, composer, dies at 84

1974 Erich K„stner, writer, dies at 75

1095 Ladislaus I Arpad de Heilige, King of Hungary, dies

1966 Pal Jardanyi, composer, dies at 44

1649 David Teniers I, Flemish painter (altaar stukken), dies

1960 Richard Simon, co-founder (Simon & Shuster), dies

1890 Vincent Van Gogh, painter, dies in Auvers, France

1963 Dorian Le Gallienne, composer, dies at 48

1863 Edward Needle Kirk, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at about 35

1900 Umberto I, Italian King (1878-1900) assassinated by Gaetano Bresci

1886 Solomon Gazfried, rabbi/author (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch), dies

1970 Jonel Perlea, composer, dies at 69

1632 Samuel Ampzing, vicar/poet (Biblical Treasures), dies

1825 Micah Hawkins, composer, dies at 48

1982 Harold Sakata, actor (Kenji-Sarge), dies at 62

1994 John Bayard Britton, abortion doctor, killed by Paul Hill

1984 Woodrow Parfey, actor (Time Express), dies at 61 of a heart attack

1913 Tobias MC Asser, lawyer (Nobel 1911), dies

1808 SelЊm III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey (1789-1808), dies

1906 Alexandre Luigini, composer, dies at 56

1996 Aruna Asaf Ali, politician, dies at 88

1982 Richard N Gale, English general/paracommandant, dies at 86

1859 Auguste Mathieu Panseron, composer, dies at 63

1958 Charles O'Malley, actor in silent westerns (Iron Horse), dies at 61

1994 Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, chemist (B-12, Nobel 1964), dies at 78

1669 Christopher Simpson, composer, dies

1983 Luis Bu¤uel, director (Monk), dies of cirrhosis of liver at 83

1930 Alexander von Fielitz, composer, dies at 69

1992 Tavio Amorin, Togolese politician, murdered

1856 Robert A Schumann, German pianist/composer (Humoresque), dies at 46

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