Deaths on 29 April
2000s
Padma Desai
2023
Indian-American development economist (1931–2023)
Joanna Barnes
2022
American actress and writer (1934–2022)
Cate Haste
2021
English author (1945–2021)
Irrfan Khan
2020
Indian actor (1967–2020)
Guido Münch
2020
Mexican astronomer and astrophysicist (1921–2020)
Josef Šural
2019
Czech footballer (1990–2019)
Luis García Meza
2018
57th President of Bolivia (1980–1981)
Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn
2018
British politician (1945–2018)
R. Vidyasagar Rao
2017
Indian politician
Dmytro Hnatyuk
2016
Soviet and Ukrainian singer and politician
Renato Corona
2016
Chief Justice of the Philippines from 2010 to 2012
François Michelin
2015
French businessman (1926–2015)
Jean Nidetch
2015
American entrepreneur (1923–2015)
Calvin Peete
2015
American professional golfer (1943–2015)
Dan Walker (politician)
2015
Governor of Illinois from 1973 to 1977
Iveta Bartošová
2014
Musical artist
Al Feldstein
2014
American comics artist
Bob Hoskins
2014
English actor (1942–2014)
Alex Elisala
2013
New Zealand rugby league footballer
Pesah Grupper
2013
Israeli politician (1924–2013)
John La Montaine
2013
American pianist and composer (1920–2013)
Kevin Moore (footballer, born 1958)
2013
English footballer (1958–2013)
Marianna Zachariadi
2013
Greek pole vaulter (1990–2013)
Shukri Ghanem
2012
Libyan Prime Minister (1942–2012)
Joel Goldsmith
2012
American composer (1957–2012)
Roland Moreno
2012
French inventor, engineer, and author
Kenny Roberts (musician)
2012
American country music singer-songwriter (1926–2012)
Siamak Pourzand
2011
Iranian journalist and film critic (1931–2011)
Joanna Russ
2011
American writer and academic (1937–2011)
Avigdor Arikha
2010
Israeli artist (1929–2010)
Gordon Bradley
2008
English-American association football player
Albert Hofmann
2008
Swiss chemist (1906–2008)
Josh Hancock
2007
American baseball player (1978–2007)
Dick Motz
2007
New Zealand cricketer
Ivica Račan
2007
Croatian politician (1944–2007)
John Kenneth Galbraith
2006
Canadian-American economist and diplomat (1908–2006)
William J. Bell (producer)
2005
American screenwriter (1927–2005)
Louis Leithold
2005
American mathematician (1924–2005)
John Henniker-Major, 8th Baron Henniker
2004
British peer, civil servant, and diplomat (1916–2004)
Janko Bobetko
2003
Croatian general
Bob Akin
2002
American journalist, TV commentator & sports car racing driver (1936-2002)
Arthur B. C. Walker Jr.
2001
American physicist and EUV/XUV optics pioneer (1936–2001)
Phạm Văn Đồng
2000
Prime Minister of Vietnam from 1976 to 1987
1900s
Mike Royko
1997
American newspaper columnist (1932–1997)
Michael Gordon (film director)
1993
American theater and film director
Mick Ronson
1993
English musician (1946–1993)
Mae Clarke
1992
American actress (1910–1992)
Raymond Bussières
1982
French actor (1907–1982)
Alfred Hitchcock
1980
English filmmaker (1899–1980)
Muhsin Ertuğrul
1979
Turkish actor and director
Hardie Gramatky
1979
American painter
Theo Helfrich
1978
German racing driver (1913–1978)
Aasa Helgesen
1968
Norwegian midwife and politician
Lin Zhao
1968
Chinese dissident executed during the Cultural Revolution
J. B. Lenoir
1967
American blues guitarist/singer-songwriter (1929–1967)
William Eccles (physicist)
1966
English physicist (1875–1966)
Paula Strasberg
1966
American actress
Kenneth Anderson (British Army officer)
1959
British Army general (1891–1959)
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
1956
German field marshal (1876–1956)
Ludwig Wittgenstein
1951
Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)
Irving Fisher
1947
American economist (1867–1947)
Billy Bitzer
1944
American cinematographer (1872–1944)
Pyotr Stolyarsky
1944
Soviet violinist (1871–1944)
Joseph Achron
1943
Composer and violinist based in the United States (1886–1943)
Ricardo Viñes
1943
Spanish pianist
William Gillette
1937
American manager and playwright
Leroy Carr
1935
American blues singer, songwriter and pianist (1904/5–1935)
Clay Stone Briggs
1933
American politician (1876–1933)
Constantine P. Cavafy
1933
Greek poet and journalist (1863–1933)
Ralph Delahaye Paine
1925
American politician
Ernest Fox Nichols
1924
American physicist and educator (1869–1924)
Richard Croker
1922
American politician (1843–1922)
Florence Farr
1917
British actress, composer and director (1860–1917)
Jørgen Pedersen Gram
1916
Danish actuary and mathematician (1850–1916)
Ignacio Cervantes
1905
Cuban pianist and composer (1847–1905)
Godfrey Carter
1903
Australian politician (1830–1902)
Paul Du Chaillu
1903
French-American anthropologist, zoologist and traveler
1800s
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
1854
British peer, Lord lieutenant and politician
Chester Ashley
1848
American politician (1790–1848)
William Babington (physician)
1833
Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist
Before 1800
Edward Wortley Montagu (traveller)
1776
English writer and traveller (1713-1776)
Georg Brandt
1768
Swedish scientist (1694–1768)
George Farquhar
1707
Irish dramatist (1677–1707)
Michiel de Ruyter
1676
Dutch States Navy officer (1607–1676)
John Cleveland
1658
English poet and Royalist (1613–1658)
Agrippa d'Aubigné
1630
French poet (1552–1630)
Thomas Cooper (bishop)
1594
British bishop
Catherine of Siena
1380
Italian Dominican saint (1347–1380)
Hugh of Cluny
1109
Abbot of Cluny (1024–1109)