Deaths on 24 July
2000s
Hulk Hogan
2025
American professional wrestler (1953–2025)
Cleo Laine
2025
English jazz singer (1927–2025)
Shafin Ahmed
2024
Bangladeshi bassist and singer-songwriter (1961–2024)
Hamzah Haz
2024
Vice President of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004
Dmytro Kiva
2024
Ukrainian engineer and designer (1942–2024)
George Alagiah
2023
British newsreader and journalist (1955–2023)
Trevor Francis
2023
English footballer and manager (1954–2023)
David Warner (actor)
2022
British actor (1941–2022)
Dale Snodgrass
2021
United States Navy pilot (1949–2021)
Rodney Alcala
2021
American serial killer (1943–2021)
Regis Philbin
2020
American television personality (1931–2020)
Harshida Raval
2017
Indian singer
Marni Nixon
2016
American singer and actress (1930–2016)
Peg Lynch
2015
American actress
Ingrid Sischy
2015
American writer and editor (1952–2015)
Ik-Hwan Bae
2014
Dale Schlueter
2014
American basketball player
Hans-Hermann Sprado
2014
German journalist and author (1956–2014)
Garry Davis
2013
Peace activist and world federalist
Fred Dretske
2013
American professor of Philosophy at Stanford University
Virginia E. Johnson
2013
American sexologist and writer (1925–2013)
Pius Langa
2013
South African lawyer and judge (1939–2013)
Chad Everett
2012
American actor (1937–2012)
Sherman Hemsley
2012
American actor (1938–2012)
Orleans (band)
2012
American rock band
Robert Ledley
2012
American academic (1926–2012)
Themo Lobos
2012
John Atta Mills
2012
President of Ghana from 2009 to 2012
Gregorio Peces-Barba
2012
Spanish politician and jurist
Frank Dietrich (politician)
2011
German politician
Dan Peek
2011
American musician (1950–2011)
Harald Johnsen
2011
Norwegian jazz musician
David Servan-Schreiber
2011
French physician, neuroscientist and author
Skip Thomas
2011
American football player (1950–2011)
Alex Higgins
2010
Northern Irish snooker player (1949–2010)
Jack Le Goff
2009
French equestrian
Norman Dello Joio
2008
American composer (1913–2008)
Albert Ellis
2007
American psychologist (1913–2007)
Nicola Zaccaria
2007
Greek operatic bass (1923–2007)
Richard Doll
2005
British physician and epidemiologist (1912–2005)
Georges Dor
2001
Canadian author
Ahmad Shamlou
2000
Iranian poet and writer (1925–2000)
1900s
William J. Brennan Jr.
1997
U.S. Supreme Court justice from 1956 to 1990
Saw Maung
1997
Military ruler of Myanmar from 1988 to 1992
Alphonso Theodore Roberts
1996
West Indian cricketer
George Rodger
1995
British photographer (1908–1995)
Helen Cordero
1994
Cochiti Pueblo potter
Arletty
1992
French actress (1898–1992)
Sam Berger (lawyer)
1992
Canadian football businessman (1900–1992)
Isaac Bashevis Singer
1991
Jewish American author (1903–1991)
Fritz Albert Lipmann
1986
German-American biochemist
Qudrat Ullah Shahab
1986
Pakistani writer and diplomat
Ezechiele Ramin
1985
Italian martyr (1953–1985)
Peter Sellers
1980
English actor and comedian (1925–1980)
James Chadwick
1974
British experimental physicist (1891–1974)
Peter de Noronha
1970
Witold Gombrowicz
1969
Polish writer (1904–1969)
Tony Lema
1966
American professional golfer
Constance Bennett
1965
American actress and producer (1904–1965)
Wilfrid Noyce
1962
British mountain climber
Sacha Guitry
1957
French actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright (1885–1957)
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
1927
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
Arkhip Kuindzhi
1910
Russian painter (1842–1910)
Vicente Acosta
1908
Salvadoran poet
Sigismondo Savona
1908
Maltese educator and politician
1800s
Hermann Raster
1891
American journalist
Martin Van Buren
1862
President of the United States from 1837 to 1841
Matooskie
1851
Canadian First Nations woman
Before 1800
Nathaniel Lardner
1768
English theologian (1684–1768)
Benedetto Marcello
1739
Italian composer and writer (1686–1739)
Ivan Ančić
1685
Croatian religious writer (1624–1685)
John Salusbury (poet)
1612
Joris Hoefnagel
1601
Flemish painter (1542–1601)
John Boste
1594
English Roman Catholic saint
Carlos, Prince of Asturias
1568
Heir apparent to Philip II of Spain (1545–1568)
Jacob van Artevelde
1345
Flemish statesman and political leader (d. 1345)
Berthold of Hanover
1198
German bishop (fl. 12th century)
Emperor Shirakawa
1129
Emperor of Japan from 1073 to 1087
Matilda of Tuscany
1115
Margravine of Tuscany from 1055 to 1115
Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid
946
Ruler of Egypt and the Levant from 935 to 946
Gao Ying
811
Tang Chinese politician
Oswulf of Northumbria
759
8th-century Northumbrian monarch