Deaths on 1 March
2000s
Pat Ingoldsby
2025
Irish poet and television presenter (1942–2025)
Joey Molland
2025
English composer and rock guitarist (1947–2025)
Angie Stone
2025
American singer and actress (1961–2025)
Iris Apfel
2024
American interior designer and fashion icon (1921–2024)
Akira Toriyama
2024
Japanese manga artist (1955–2024)
Just Fontaine
2023
French footballer (1933–2023)
Mike Willesee
2019
Australian television presenter (1942–2019)
María Rubio
2018
Mexican actress (1934–2018)
Carole Achache
2016
French writer, photographer and actress
Minnie Miñoso
2015
Cuban-American baseball player (1924–2015)
Alain Resnais
2014
French film director (1922–2014)
Bonnie Franklin
2013
American actress (1944–2013)
Andrew Breitbart
2012
American journalist (1969–2012)
Germano Mosconi
2012
Italian sportswriter and news presenter
Kristian Digby
2010
English television presenter and director
Peter Osgood
2006
English footballer (1947–2006)
Jack Wild
2006
English actor and singer (1952–2006)
Murder of Nonoi
2006
2006 high-profile child rape and murder case in Singapore
Mian Ghulam Jilani
2004
British Indian army officer and Pakistani general (1913–2004)
1900s
Archie Goodwin (comics)
1998
American writer (1937–1998)
César Rodríguez (footballer, born 1920)
1995
Spanish footballer and manager
Georges J. F. Köhler
1995
German biologist (1946–1995)
Joseph Christopher
1993
American serial killer
Edwin H. Land
1991
American scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur (1909–1991)
Vasantdada Patil
1989
Indian politician
Joe Besser
1988
American actor and comedian (1907–1988)
Jackie Coogan
1984
American actor (1914–1984)
Arthur Koestler
1983
Hungarian-British author and journalist (1905–1983)
Wilhelmina Cooper
1980
Dutch-born American model and modeling agent (1939–1980)
Dixie Dean
1980
English footballer (1907–1980)
Mustafa Barzani
1979
Kurdish nationalist and leader (1903–1979)
Paul Scott (novelist)
1978
English novelist, playwright and poet (1920–1978)
Jean Martinon
1976
French conductor and composer
Bobby Timmons
1974
American jazz pianist and composer (1935–1974)
Fritz Houtermans
1966
Prussian-born physicist and communist (1903–1966)
Mariano Azuela
1952
Mexican author (1873–1952)
Alexandre Yersin
1943
Swiss-born French physician and microbiologist
George S. Rentz
1942
United States Navy officer
A. H. Tammsaare
1940
Estonian writer
Gabriele D'Annunzio
1938
Italian writer (1863–1938)
Mikhail Kuzmin
1936
Russian poet, musician and novelist
Frank Teschemacher
1932
American jazz clarinetist and alto-saxophonist (1906–1932)
Homer Plessy
1925
American activist (1858, 1862 or 1863 – 1925)
Pichichi (footballer)
1922
Spanish footballer (1892–1922)
John H. Bankhead
1920
American politician
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto
1914
British peer and politician (1845–1914)
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
1911
Dutch physical and organic chemist (1852–1911)
José María de Pereda
1906
Modern Spanish novelist (1833–1906)
1800s
Rafael Campo
1890
President of El Salvador from 1856 to 1858
William Henry Monk
1889
English organist, organist, composer and music editor (1823–1889)
Isaac Todhunter
1884
English mathematician (1820–1884)
Theodor Kullak
1882
German musician (1818–1882)
Tristan Corbière
1875
French poet (1845–1875)
Peter Barlow (mathematician)
1862
English mathematician and physicist (1776–1862)
Claude-Victor Perrin
1841
French military commander (1764–1841)
Before 1800
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
1792
Holy Roman Emperor from 1790 to 1792
Angelo Emo
1792
Venetian naval officer (1731–1792)
Luigi Vanvitelli
1773
Italian architect (1700–1773)
Hermann Samuel Reimarus
1768
German philosopher (1694–1768)
Roger North (biographer)
1734
English lawyer and biographer (1653–1734)
Francesco Redi
1697
Italian naturalist and poet
Richard Zouch
1661
English judge and Member of Parliament
Girolamo Frescobaldi
1643
Italian composer and keyboard player (1583–1643)
George Herbert
1633
English poet, orator and Anglican priest (1593–1633)
Thomas Campion
1620
English composer and poet (1567–1620)
George Wishart
1546
16th-century Protestant martyr
Francisco de Almeida
1510
Portuguese nobleman and soldier
Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy
1383
Count of Savoy from 1343 to 1383
Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan
1320
Emperor of Yuan Dynasty from 1311 to 1320
Gruffudd ap Llywelyn ab Iorwerth
1244
Welsh prince (c. 1196 – 1244)
Thomas, Count of Savoy
1233
Count of Savoy from 1189 to 1233
Stephen II of Hungary
1131
King of Hungary from 1116 to 1131
Ermesinde of Carcassonne
1058
Countess consort of Barcelona, Girona and Osona (c.975/8-1058)
Emperor En'yū
991
Emperor of Japan from 969 to 984
Rudesind
977
10th century Galician bishop and abbot
Pope Leo VIII
965
Head of the Catholic Church from 964 to 965
Saint David
589
Patron saint of Wales (c. 500 – c. 589)
Pope Felix III
492
Head of the Catholic Church from 483 to 492