Deaths on 10 July
2000s
David Gergen
2025
American political consultant (1942–2025)
Joe Engle
2024
American astronaut (1932–2024)
Alex Janvier
2024
Canadian First Nations artist (1935–2024)
Dave Loggins
2024
American musician (1947–2024)
Maurice Boucher
2022
Canadian outlaw biker and gangster (1953–2022)
Lara van Ruijven
2020
Dutch short track speed skater (1992–2020)
Jack Charlton
2020
English footballer and manager (1935–2020)
Denise Nickerson
2019
American actress (1957–2019)
Henry Morgenthau III
2018
American author and television producer (1917–2018)
Katharina Focke
2016
German politician
Roger Rees
2015
Welsh actor (1944–2015)
Omar Sharif
2015
Egyptian actor (1932–2015)
Jon Vickers
2015
Canadian opera singer
Robert C. Broomfield
2014
American judge (1933–2014)
Juozas Kazickas
2014
Paul G. Risser
2014
American ecologist and academic (1939–2014)
Zohra Sehgal
2014
Indian actress and choreographer (1912–2014)
Gloria Schweigerdt
2014
American baseball player
Philip Caldwell
2013
American businessman (1920–2013)
Józef Gara
2013
Concha García Campoy
2013
Spanish radio and TV journalist and personality
Caroline Duby Glassman
2013
American judge
Ku Ok-hee
2013
South Korean golfer
Gokulananda Mahapatra
2013
Indian writer and scientist
Dolphy
2012
Filipino actor and comedian (1928–2012)
Peter Kyros
2012
American politician
Berthe Meijer
2012
German-born Dutch Holocaust survivor and author (1938–2012)
List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (L)
2012
Viktor Suslin
2012
Russian composer
Pierrette Alarie
2011
Canadian operatic singer
Roland Petit
2011
French ballet dancer and choreographer (1924–2011)
Ebba Haslund
2009
Norwegian writer
Rocky Aoki
2008
Japanese-American wrestler and restaurateur (1938–2008)
Mike Souchak
2008
American professional golfer (1927–2008)
Abdul Rashid Ghazi
2007
Pakistani Islamic scholar and diplomat (1964–2007)
Doug Marlette
2007
American editorial cartoonist
Shamil Basayev
2006
Chechen militant (1965–2006)
Lennart Bladh
2006
Member of the Riksdag from 1974 to 1985
A. J. Quinnell
2005
English thriller novelist (1940–2005)
Pati Behrs
2004
Russian-American actress (1922-2004)
Winston Graham
2003
English novelist (1908–2003)
Hartley Shawcross
2003
English barrister and politician
Jean-Pierre Côté
2002
Canadian politician
Evangelos Florakis
2002
Greek Army officer (1943-2002)
Laurence Janifer
2002
American novelist
Vakkom Majeed
2000
Indian politician (1909–2000)
1900s
Eno Raud
1996
Estonian children's writer (1928–1996)
Mehmet Ali Aybar
1995
Turkish politician
Ruth Krauss
1993
American poet, children's writer (1901–1993)
Sam Rolfe
1993
American screenwriter
Mel Blanc
1989
American voice actor and radio personality (1908–1989)
John Henry Hammond
1987
American record producer, civil rights activist and music critic (1910–1987)
Tadeusz Piotrowski (mountaineer)
1986
Polish mountaineer (1940–1986)
Fernando Pereira
1985
Portuguese-Dutch photographer (1950–1985)
Joseph Krumgold
1980
American writer
Arthur Fiedler
1979
American conductor (1894–1979)
John D. Rockefeller III
1978
American philanthropist (1906–1978)
Costas Georgiou
1976
Cypriot-born British mercenary (1951–1976)
Lovie Austin
1972
American bandleader, musician, composer, and singer (1887–1972)
Laurent Dauthuille
1971
French boxer (1924–1971)
Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1908)
1970
Prime Minister of Iceland from 1963 to 1970
Teddy Wakelam
1963
British Army officer, English rugby union player & broadcaster
Yehuda Leib Maimon
1962
Israeli politician (1875–1962)
Sæbjørn Buttedahl
1960
Norwegian actor and sculptor
Joe Giard
1956
American baseball player (1898-1956)
Calogero Vizzini
1954
Sicilian Mafia boss (1877–1954)
Rued Langgaard
1952
Danish composer (1893–1952)
Richard Maury
1950
Jelly Roll Morton
1941
American ragtime and jazz musician (1890–1941)
Huntley Wright
1941
English actor
Arthur Barclay
1938
President of Liberia from 1904 to 1912
Ève Lavallière
1929
French actress
John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher
1920
Royal Navy officer (1841–1920)
Hendrik Willem Mesdag
1915
Dutch painter
Phoebe Knapp
1908
American hymnwriter
1800s
Paul Morphy
1884
American chess player (1837–1884)
Georg Hermann Nicolai
1881
Clement Clarke Moore
1863
American writer and professor (1779–1863)
Louis Daguerre
1851
French scientist, artist and photographer (1787–1851)
George Stubbs
1806
British painter (1724–1806)
Before 1800
Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny
1794
French general (1754–1794)
Richard Peters (priest)
1776
English priest
John Fell (bishop)
1686
English churchman and influential academic (1625–1686)
François Eudes de Mézeray
1683
French historian (1610–1683)
Louis Moréri
1680
French priest and scholar
Gabriel Naudé
1653
French librarian, scholar and writer (1600–1653)
Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, 2nd Count of Bucquoy
1621
17th-century Low Countries nobleman and military commander
Joan Terès i Borrull
1603
Spanish bishop
Paolo Bellasio
1594
Italian composer and organist
Charles II, Archduke of Austria
1590
Archduke of Inner Austria from 1564 to 1590
William the Silent
1584
Dutch statesman and revolt leader (1533–1584)
Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo
1576
Italian noblewoman
Henry II of France
1559
King of France from 1547 to 1559
Catherine Cornaro
1510
Queen of Cyprus from 1474 to 1489
René of Anjou
1480
King of Naples (1435–1442) and Duke of Anjou (1434–1480)
James II of Cyprus
1473
15th-century King of Cyprus
Thomas of Bosnia
1461
Bosnian king
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham
1460
English military leader (1402–1460)
John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury
1460
English nobleman and soldier (1413–1460)
Ladislaus IV of Hungary
1290
King of Hungary and Croatia from 1272 to 1290
Eric I of Denmark
1103
King of Denmark from 1095 to 1103
Canute IV of Denmark
1086
King of Denmark from 1080 to 1086
Leopold I, Margrave of Austria
994
Margrave of Austria from 976 to 994
Pope Benedict VII
983
Head of the Catholic Church from 974 to 983
Zubaidah bint Ja'far
831
Abbasid princess and Harun al-Rashid's wife
Amalberga of Temse
772
8th-century Frankish saint
Emperor Taizong of Tang
649
Emperor of China from 626 to 649
Soga no Iruka
645
Japanese assassination victim (died 645)
AD 138
138
Calendar year