Deaths on 19 July
2000s
Toumani Diabaté
2024
Malian musician (1965–2024)
Iryna Farion
2024
Ukrainian linguist and politician (1964–2024)
Kevan Gosper
2024
Australian athlete and administrator (1933–2024)
Sheila Jackson Lee
2024
American lawyer and politician (1950–2024)
Nguyễn Phú Trọng
2024
Leader of Vietnam from 2011 to 2024
Ray Reardon
2024
Welsh professional snooker player (1932–2024)
James C. Scott
2024
American political scientist and anthropologist (1936–2024)
Esta TerBlanche
2024
South African actress (1973–2024)
Rutger Hauer
2019
Dutch actor (1944–2019)
Jon Schnepp
2018
American filmmaker
Denis Ten
2018
Kazakh figure skater (1993–2018)
Garry Marshall
2016
American filmmaker (1934–2016)
Van Alexander
2015
American musician (1915–2015)
Galina Prozumenshchikova
2015
Soviet swimmer (1948–2015)
Carmino Ravosa
2015
American composer and lyricist, singer, pianist
Gennadiy Seleznyov
2015
Russian politician (1947–2015)
Rubem Alves
2014
Brazilian theologian, philosopher, and psychoanalyst
Skye McCole Bartusiak
2014
American actress (1992–2014)
David Easton
2014
Canadian academic (1917–2014)
Paul M. Fleiss
2014
American physician
James Garner
2014
American actor (1928–2014)
Jerzy Jurka
2014
Polish-American biologist (1950–2014)
Ray King (footballer)
2014
English football goalkeeper (1924-2014)
Ingemar Odlander
2014
Swedish journalist
Harry Pougher
2014
English cricketer
Leen Vleggeert
2014
Dutch politician
John Winkin
2014
American baseball coach (1919–2014)
Mikhail Gorsheniov
2013
Russian singer (1973–2013)
Geeto Mongol
2013
Canadian professional wrestler (1931-2013)
Mel Smith
2013
English actor and comedian (1952–2013)
Bert Trautmann
2013
German footballer and coach (1923–2013)
Phil Woosnam
2013
Welsh footballer and manager (1932–2019)
Peter Ziegler
2013
Swiss geologist
Leyla Erbil
2013
Turkish writer (1931–2013)
Humayun Ahmed
2012
Bangladeshi author and filmmaker (1948–2012)
Tom Davis (comedian)
2012
American screenwriter and comedian
Mohammad Hassan Ganji
2012
Iranian meteorologist
Omar Suleiman (politician)
2012
Vice President of Egypt from January 2011 to February 2011
Sylvia Woods
2012
American restaurateur
Valiulla Yakupov
2012
Cécile Aubry
2010
French actress, television director, writer and screenwriter
Jon Cleary
2010
Australian writer (1917–2010)
Frank McCourt
2009
Irish-American writer
Henry Surtees
2009
British racing driver (1991–2009)
Dercy Gonçalves
2008
Brazilian comedian (1907–2008)
A. K. Faezul Huq
2007
Bangladeshi politician, lawyer and journalist (1945-2007)
Roberto Fontanarrosa
2007
Argentine cartoonist (1944-2007)
Jack Warden
2006
American actor (1920–2006)
Edward Bunker
2005
American novelist, screenwriter, and actor
Sylvia Daoust
2004
Canadian sculptor (1902–2004)
J. Gordon Edwards (entomologist)
2004
American entomologist
Francis A. Marzen
2004
American priest (1925–2004)
Zenkō Suzuki
2004
Prime Minister of Japan from 1980 to 1982
Bill Bright
2003
American evangelist (1921–2003)
Pierre Graber
2003
Swiss politician (1908–2003)
Dave Carter
2002
American singer-songwriter
Alan Lomax
2002
American musicologist (1915–2002)
1900s
Elmer Valo
1998
American baseball player (1921–1998)
Victor Barbeau
1994
Paolo Borsellino
1992
Italian judge (1940–1992)
Eddie Quillan
1990
American actor (1907–1990)
Kazimierz Sabbat
1989
Polish exile politician (1913–1989)
Janusz Zajdel
1985
Polish author (1938–1985)
Faina Ranevskaya
1984
Soviet actress (1896–1984)
Aziz Sami
1984
Iraqi writer and translator
Hugh Everett III
1982
American scientist (1930–1982)
Roger Doucet
1981
Canadian opera singer
Margaret Craven (writer)
1980
American author (1901-1980)
Nihat Erim
1980
13th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey from 1971 to 1972
Hans Morgenthau
1980
American political scientist (1904–1980)
Karl Ristikivi
1977
Estonian writer
Lefty Frizzell
1975
American country singer-songwriter (1928–1975)
John Alan Coey
1975
American-Rhodesian soldier and medic (1950–1975)
Ernő Schwarz
1974
Hungarian American soccer player, coach, and promoter
Stratis Myrivilis
1969
Geeek writer known for novels, novellas, and short stories
John McNaughton (government official)
1967
US Assistant Defense Secretary and law school professor
Odell Shepard
1967
American professor, poet, and politician
Syngman Rhee
1965
President of South Korea from 1948 to 1960
William Andrew (priest)
1963
Anglican priest
U Razak
1947
Burmese politician
Aung San
1947
Burmese independence activist (1915–1947)
Lyuh Woon-hyung
1947
Korean politician (1886–1947)
Yekaterina Budanova
1943
Fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II
Carlo Zangarini
1943
Italian composer
Špiro Bocarić
1941
Serb painter killed in Jadovno concentration camp
Rose Hartwick Thorpe
1939
American poet (1850–1939)
Kaarle Krohn
1933
Finnish folklorist (1863–1933)
Robert Stout
1930
Premier of New Zealand (1884, 1884–1887)
John Indermaur
1925
British solicitor
Clímaco Calderón
1913
15th president of Colombia
1800s
Abraham H. Cannon
1896
American Mormon (1859–1896)
John William Bean
1882
English criminal (1824-1882)
Yegor Ivanovich Zolotaryov
1878
Russian mathematician (1847–1878)
Stefano Franscini
1857
Swiss statistician and politician (1796–1857)
Konstantin Batyushkov
1855
Russian poet, essayist and translator (1787–1855)
Margaret Fuller
1850
American writer and women's activist (1810–1850)
Pierre Louis Dulong
1838
French scientist (1785–1838)
Agustín de Iturbide
1824
Mexican army general and politician, 1st emperor of Mexico
Matthew Flinders
1814
Royal Navy officer, navigator and cartographer (1774–1814)
Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
1810
Queen of Prussia from 1797 to 1810
Before 1800
William Somervile
1742
English poet (1675–1742)
Cesare Cremonini (philosopher)
1631
Italian academic and philosopher (1550–1631)
Mary Boleyn
1543
English noblewoman (1499–1543)
Philippa of Lancaster
1415
Queen consort of Portugal (1360–1415)
Petrarch
1374
Italian scholar and poet (1304–1374)
John Campbell, Earl of Atholl
1333
Scottish nobleman
Alexander Bruce, Earl of Carrick
1333
Scottish royal
Archibald Douglas (died 1333)
1333
Scottish noble (1297–1333)
Maol Choluim II, Earl of Lennox
1333
Mormaer of Lennox
Kenneth de Moravia, 4th Earl of Sutherland
1333
Scottish nobleman (died 1333)
Jacopo Tiepolo
1249
Doge of Venice from 1229 to 1249
Floris IV
1234
Count of Holland from 1222 to 1234
Adalberon (bishop of Laon)
1030
French bishop and poet (died 1030/1031)
Damian Dalassenos
998
Byzantine general and aristocrat (c. 940–998)
Kyunyŏ
973
Korean monk and poet (923–973)
Li Shigu
806
Pope Symmachus
514
Head of the Catholic Church from 498 to 514