Deaths on 9 April
2000s
Ray Shero
2025
American ice hockey player and executive (1962–2025)
Karl Berger
2023
German-American jazz pianist (1935–2023)
Dwayne Haskins
2022
American football player (1997–2022)
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
2021
Consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021
DMX
2021
American rapper (1970–2021)
Nikki Grahame
2021
English television personality (1982–2021)
Ian Gibson (politician)
2021
British politician (1938–2021)
Ramsey Clark
2021
66th United States Attorney General (1927–2021)
Charles Van Doren
2019
American writer and editor (1926–2019)
John Clarke (satirist)
2017
New Zealand comedian, writer, and satirist (1948–2017)
Duane Clarridge
2016
CIA operations officer (1932–2016)
Will Smith (defensive end)
2016
American football player (1981–2016)
Paul Almond
2015
Canadian director (1931–2015)
Margaret Rule
2015
British archaeologist who led the ''Mary Rose'' project
Nina Companeez
2015
French screenwriter
Alexander Dalgarno
2015
British physicist and father of molecular astrophysics
Ivan Doig
2015
American writer
Tsien Tsuen-hsuin
2015
Chinese-American sinologist and librarian (1910–2015)
Gil Askey
2014
American jazz musician
Chris Banks (American football)
2014
American football player (1973–2014)
Rory Ellinger
2014
American lawyer and politician
Norman Girvan
2014
Jamaican economist (1941–2014)
Ale Narendra
2014
Indian politician
A. N. R. Robinson
2014
President of Trinidad and Tobago from 1997 to 2003
Svetlana Velmar-Janković
2014
Serbian novelist and essayist
David Hayes (sculptor)
2013
American sculptor, painter, and ceramics artist (1931–2013)
Greg McCrary
2013
American football player (1952–2013)
Mordechai Mishani
2013
Israeli politician
McCandlish Phillips
2013
American journalist (1927–2013)
Paolo Soleri
2013
American architect (1919–2013)
Malcolm Thomas (rugby union)
2012
British Lions & Wales international rugby union footballer
Boris Parygin
2012
Russian academic
Zakariya Rashid Hassan al-Ashiri
2011
Sidney Lumet
2011
American filmmaker (1924–2011)
Zoltán Varga (footballer, born 1945)
2010
Hungarian footballer
Nick Adenhart
2009
American baseball player (1986–2009)
Egon Bondy
2007
Czech poet, philosopher and writer (1930-2007)
Dorrit Hoffleit
2007
American astronomer (1907–2007)
Billy Hitchcock
2006
American baseball player, manager, and executive (1916–2006)
Vilgot Sjöman
2006
Swedish writer and film director (1924–2006)
Jerry Bittle
2003
Pat Flaherty (racing driver)
2002
American racing driver (1926–2002)
Leopold Vietoris
2002
Austrian topologist
Willie Stargell
2001
American baseball player (1940–2001)
Tony Cliff
2000
Jewish-British socialist activist (1917–2000)
1900s
Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara
1999
Military leader of Niger from 1996 to 1999
Tom Cora
1998
American cellist and composer
Mae Boren Axton
1997
American singer-songwriter (1914–1997)
Helene Hanff
1997
American dramatist
Richard Condon
1996
American political novelist (1915–1996)
Joseph B. Soloveitchik
1993
American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and modern Jewish philosopher
Forrest Towns
1991
American hurdler
Brook Benton
1988
American singer (1931–1988)
Hans Berndt
1988
German footballer
Dave Prater
1988
American singer (1937–1988)
Wilfrid Pelletier
1982
Canadian musician and arts administrator (1896–1982)
Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr
1980
Iraqi Islamic scholar (1935–1980)
Clough Williams-Ellis
1978
English-born Welsh architect (1883–1978)
Dagmar Nordstrom
1976
American singer-songwriter
Phil Ochs
1976
American singer-songwriter (1940–1976)
Renato Petronio
1976
Italian rower
Gustaf Tenggren
1970
Swedish illustrator (1896–1970)
Eddie Edwards (musician)
1963
American jazz trombonist (1891–1963)
Xul Solar
1963
Argentine painter, sculptor, writer and inventor of imaginary languages
Zog I
1961
Leader of Albania from 1922 to 1939
Frank Lloyd Wright
1959
American architect (1867–1959)
Eddie Cochems
1953
American football player and coach (1877–1953)
C. E. M. Joad
1953
English philosopher (1891–1953)
Hans Reichenbach
1953
German philosopher (1891–1953)
Vilhelm Bjerknes
1951
Norwegian geophysicist and meteorologist (1862–1951)
George Carpenter (Salvation Army)
1948
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
1948
20th-century Colombian politician and Liberal Party leader
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
1945
German theologian (1906–1945)
Wilhelm Canaris
1945
German admiral (1887–1945)
Georg Elser
1945
Attempted assassin of Adolf Hitler (1903–1945)
Hans Oster
1945
German general and resistance member (1887–1945)
Karl Sack
1945
German judge (1896–1945)
Hans von Dohnanyi
1945
German jurist and resistance fighter (1902–1945)
Yevgeniya Rudneva
1944
Soviet aviator (1920–1944)
Mrs Patrick Campbell
1940
British stage actress (1865–1940)
Ferdinand Tönnies
1936
German sociologist, economist and philosopher (1855–1936)
Zip the Pinhead
1926
American freak show performer (1842–1926)
Hans Fruhstorfer
1922
German entomologist
James Hope Moulton
1917
British missionary
Raymond Whittindale
1915
English rugby union player
Helena Modjeska
1909
Polish-American actress (1840–1909)
Isabella II
1904
Queen of Spain from 1833 to 1868
1800s
Michel Eugène Chevreul
1889
French chemist (1786–1889)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1882
English poet and artist (1828–1882)
Charles Goodyear (politician)
1876
American attorney and politician
Erastus Corning
1872
American politician and businessman (1794–1872)
William V, Prince of Orange
1806
Prince of Orange from 1751 to 1806
Jacques Necker
1804
French statesman (1732–1804)
Before 1800
Sarah Fielding
1768
English author (1710–1768)
William Law
1761
Church of England priest (1686–1761)
Christian Wolff (philosopher)
1754
German philosopher (1679–1754)
Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat
1747
Scottish Jacobite and clan head (1667–1747)
Roger de Rabutin, comte de Bussy
1693
17th century French memoirist
Matei Basarab
1654
Prince of Wallachia from 1632 to 1654
Francis Bacon
1626
English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)
Jean Quintin
1561
French priest, knight of the Order of St John and writer
Mikael Agricola
1557
16th-century Finnish clergyman and the official founder of literary Finnish
François Rabelais
1553
French writer and humanist (died 1553)
Alqas Mirza
1550
Governor of Astarabad
Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales
1484
Heir apparent of Richard III of England (died 1484)
Edward IV
1483
King of England (1461–70, 1471–83)
Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland
1327
Scottish soldier (c. 1296 – 1327)
Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway
1283
Queen of Norway from 1281 to 1283
Henry II the Pious
1241
Servant of God
William X, Duke of Aquitaine
1137
12th-century French nobleman
Pope Benedict VIII
1024
Head of the Catholic Church from 1012 to 1024
Pope Constantine
715
Head of the Catholic Church from 708 to 715
Maslama ibn Mukhallad
682
Governor of Egypt and military officer (616/620–682)
Zeno (emperor)
491
Eastern Roman emperor (474–475; 476–491)
Tan Daoji
436
Eastern Jin and Liu Song general (died 436)
Emperor Jimmu
-585
Legendary first emperor of Japan