Deaths on 1 April
2000s
Val Kilmer
2025
American actor (1959–2025)
Johnny Tillotson
2025
American singer-songwriter (1938–2025)
Lou Conter
2024
American Navy lieutenant commander (1921–2024)
Vontae Davis
2024
American football player (1988–2024)
Joe Flaherty
2024
American actor (1941–2024)
Sami Michael
2024
Iraqi-born Israeli author and human rights activist (1926–2024)
Ed Piskor
2024
American alternative comics artist (1982–2024)
Mohammad Reza Zahedi
2024
Iranian military officer (1960–2024)
Vonda N. McIntyre
2019
American science fiction writer (1948–2019)
Steven Bochco
2018
American television writer and producer (1943–2018)
Lonnie Brooks
2017
American blues singer and guitarist (1933–2017)
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
2017
Soviet and Russian poet (1933–2017)
Nicolae Rainea
2015
Romanian football referee (1933–2015)
King Fleming
2014
American jazz musician (1922–2014)
Jacques Le Goff
2014
French historian
Rolf Rendtorff
2014
German Old Testament scholar and theologian (1925–2014)
Moses Blah
2013
President of Liberia in 2003
Karen Muir
2013
South African swimmer
Lionel Bowen
2012
Australian politician (1922–2012)
Giorgio Chinaglia
2012
Italian footballer (1947–2012)
Miguel de la Madrid
2012
President of Mexico from 1982 to 1988
John Forsythe
2010
American actor (1918–2010)
Tzannis Tzannetakis
2010
Greek politician
In Tam
2006
25th Prime Minister of Cambodia
Paul Bomani
2005
Tanzanian politician and diplomat
Robert Coldwell Wood
2005
American political scientist (1923–2005)
Giannis Kyrastas
2004
Greek footballer and manager (1952–2004
Carrie Snodgress
2004
American actress (1945–2004)
Leslie Cheung
2003
Hong Kong singer and actor (1956–2003)
Simo Häyhä
2002
Finnish military sniper (1905–2002)
Trịnh Công Sơn
2001
Musical artist
1900s
Jesse Stone (musician)
1999
American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter
Rozz Williams
1998
American singer (1963–1998)
Makar Honcharenko
1997
Mário Viegas
1996
Portuguese actor and poetry reciter (1948–1996)
H. Adams Carter
1995
American mountain climber (1914–1995)
Francisco Monción
1995
Dominican-American ballet dancer
Lucie Rie
1995
Austrian-British studio potter (1902–1995)
Robert Doisneau
1994
French photographer
Alan Kulwicki
1993
American racing driver (1954–1993)
Michael Havers, Baron Havers
1992
British barrister, politician and Lord Chancellor (1923–1992)
Martha Graham
1991
American dancer and choreographer (1894–1991)
Jaime Guzmán
1991
Chilean politician (1946–1991)
Henri Cochet
1987
20th-century French tennis player
Erik Bruhn
1986
Danish ballet dancer (1928–1986)
Edwin Boston
1986
Church of England clergyman and steam enthusiast
Marvin Gaye
1984
American singer and songwriter (1939–1984)
Elizabeth Goudge
1984
English novelist and children's writer (1900–1984)
Eua Sunthornsanan
1981
Musical artist
Max Ernst
1976
German artist (1891–1976)
Kathleen Lonsdale
1971
British crystallographer and activist (1903–1971)
Lev Landau
1968
Soviet theoretical physicist (1908–1968)
Flann O'Brien
1966
Irish writer (1911–1966)
Helena Rubinstein
1965
Polish and American businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist
Agnes Mowinckel
1963
Norwegian actress (1875–1963)
Jussi Kekkonen
1962
Finnish major and CEO (1910–1962)
Charles R. Drew
1950
American surgeon and medical researcher (1904–1950)
Recep Peker
1950
6th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey from 1946 to 1947
George II of Greece
1947
King of Greece (1922–1924; 1935–1947)
Noah Beery
1946
American actor (1882–1946)
Jacob Bolotin
1924
American physician
Lloyd Hildebrand
1924
British-French cyclist
Stan Rowley
1924
Australian sprinter
Charles I of Austria
1922
Habsburg monarch from 1916 to 1918
Walter Simon (philanthropist)
1920
German banker, councillor and philanthropist (1857–1920)
Scott Joplin
1917
American composer and pianist (1868–1917)
Rube Waddell
1914
American baseball player (1876–1914)
Charles Wells (brewer)
1914
British brewer (1842–1914)
1800s
David Wilber
1890
American politician
Alexander Mozhaysky
1890
Russian admiral and aviation pioneer (1825–1890)
John Corry Wilson Daly
1878
Canadian politician (1796–1878)
F. D. Maurice
1872
English Anglican socialist theologian (1805–1872)
Antonios Kriezis
1865
Greek politician (1796–1865)
Giuditta Pasta
1865
Italian opera singer (1797–1865)
Benjamin Pierce (governor)
1839
American politician (1757–1839)
Before 1800
Floyer Sydenham
1787
Franz Egon von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg
1682
Roman Catholic bishop (1626–1682)
Cristofano Allori
1621
Italian painter of the late Florentine Mannerist school (1577–1621)
Alonso Mudarra
1580
Spanish composer
Sigismund I the Old
1548
King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 to 1548
Francisco de Peñalosa
1528
Spanish composer
Zbigniew Oleśnicki (cardinal)
1455
Polish Catholic cardinal, statesman, and diplomat (1389–1455)
Blanche I of Navarre
1441
Queen of Navarre from 1425 to 1441
Nuno Álvares Pereira
1431
Portuguese general (1360–1431)
Abaqa Khan
1282
Mongol ruler of the Ilkhanate from 1265 to 1282
Aimery of Cyprus
1205
King of Jerusalem (1198–1205) and Cyprus (1196–1205)
Eleanor of Aquitaine
1204
Queen of France (1137–52) and England (1154–89); Duchess of Aquitaine (1137–1204)
Hugh of Châteauneuf
1132
Bishop of Grenoble and saint (1053–1132)
Emperor Shenzong of Song
1085
Emperor of China from 1067 to 1085
Pope John XV
996
Head of the Catholic Church from 985 to 996