Deaths on 29 March
2000s
Richard Chamberlain
2025
American actor (1934–2025)
Gerry Conway (musician)
2024
English folk and rock drummer/percussionist (1947–2024)
Louis Gossett Jr.
2024
American actor (1936–2024)
John Kerin
2023
Australian economist and politician (1937–2023)
Vivan Sundaram
2023
Indian artist (1943–2023)
Charles Jeffrey (botanist)
2022
English botanist (1934–2022)
Jennifer Wilson (actress)
2022
English actress (1932–2022)
Bashkim Fino
2021
Albanian politician (1962–2021)
Sarah Onyango Obama
2021
Kenyan educator and philanthropist (1922–2021)
Joe Diffie
2020
American country singer (1958–2020)
Alan Merrill
2020
American vocalist, guitarist and songwriter (1951–2020)
Krzysztof Penderecki
2020
Polish composer and conductor (1933–2020)
Agnès Varda
2019
French filmmaker and photographer (1928–2019)
Anita Shreve
2018
American writer
Alexei Abrikosov (physicist)
2017
Soviet–American theoretical physicist (1928–2017)
Patty Duke
2016
American actress (1946–2016)
William Delafield Cook
2015
Australian artist
Marc Platt (dancer)
2014
American actor and dancer
Reginald Gray (artist)
2013
Irish artist
Brian Huggins
2013
British-Canadian actor and journalist
Ralph Klein
2013
Premier of Alberta from 1992 to 2006
Art Phillips
2013
Canadian politician
Pap Cheyassin Secka
2012
Gambian lawyer and politician
Bill Jenkins (drag racer)
2012
American drag racer (1930–2012)
Ângelo de Sousa
2011
Iakovos Kambanellis
2011
Greek poet and playwright
Vladimir Fedotov
2009
Russian footballer
Andy Hallett
2009
American actor and singer (1975–2009)
Larry L'Estrange
2007
British soldier and rugby player
Salvador Elizondo
2006
Mexican writer (1932–2006)
Lise de Baissac
2004
Agent of the SOE
Joel Feinberg
2004
American legal philosopher (1926–2004)
Carlo Urbani
2003
Italian physician and microbiologist
Helge Ingstad
2001
Norwegian explorer (1899–2001)
John Lewis (pianist)
2001
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger (1920–2001)
1900s
Joe Williams (jazz singer)
1999
American jazz singer (1918–1999)
Norman Pirie
1997
British biochemist (1907–1997)
Bill Goldsworthy
1996
Canadian ice hockey player (1944–1996)
Mort Meskin
1995
American comic book artist (1916-1995)
Terry Moore (baseball)
1995
American baseball player, manager, and coach (1912–1995)
Bill Travers
1994
British actor and activist (1922–1994)
Paul Henreid
1992
Austrian-American actor and film director (1908–1992)
Guy Bourdin
1991
French artist and fashion photographer (1928–1991)
Maurice Blackburn (composer)
1988
Canadian composer, conductor and luthier (1914–1988)
Ted Kluszewski
1988
American baseball player (1924–1988)
Luther Terry
1985
Surgeon General of the United States
Janet Watson
1985
British geologist
Walter Hallstein
1982
German diplomat and statesman (1901–1982)
Frederick George Mann
1982
British organic chemist
Carl Orff
1982
German composer (1895–1982)
Nathan F. Twining
1982
US Air Force general (1897–1982)
Eric Williams
1981
Leader of Trinidad and Tobago from 1956 to 1981
Nikos Pentzaropoulos
1979
Greek footballer and manager (1927–1979)
J. Arthur Rank
1972
English industrialist (1888–1972)
Dhirendranath Datta
1971
Pakistani politician
Anna Louise Strong
1970
American journalist (1885–1970)
Stylianos Gonatas
1966
Greek military officer and politician (1876–1966)
Gaspard Fauteux
1963
Canadian politician (1898–1963)
Frances Jenkins Olcott
1963
American writer (1872–1963)
Barthélemy Boganda
1959
Premier of the Central African Republic from 1958 to 1959
Joyce Cary
1957
Anglo-Irish writer (1888–1957)
Väinö Kivisalo
1953
Finnish politician (1882–1953)
Arthur Fields
1953
American singer and songwriter (1888–1953)
Harry Price
1948
English psychic researcher (1881–1948)
Alexander Obolensky
1940
England international rugby union player
Karol Szymanowski
1937
Polish composer (1882–1937)
Otto Hermann Kahn
1934
American banker
Charles Villiers Stanford
1924
Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor (1852–1924)
John Burroughs
1921
American naturalist and essayist (1837–1921)
W. W. Denslow
1915
American illustrator and caricaturist (1856–1915)
Henry Robertson Bowers
1912
British Royal Navy officer and explorer (1883–1912)
Robert Falcon Scott
1912
British Antarctic explorer (1868–1912)
Edward Wilson (explorer)
1912
English polar explorer (1872–1912)
Alexandre Guilmant
1911
French organist and composer
Slava Raškaj
1906
Croatian artist (1877–1906)
Gustavus Franklin Swift
1903
American entrepreneur in the meat industry (1839–1903)
1800s
Georges Seurat
1891
French painter (1859–1891)
Charles-Valentin Alkan
1888
French composer and pianist (1813–1888)
John Keble
1866
English Anglican priest and poet (1792–1866)
John Jacob Astor
1848
German-born American businessman (1763–1848)
James Rennell
1830
English geographer, historian and oceanographer (1742–1830)
Johann Heinrich Voss
1826
German classicist, poet, translator (1751–1826)
Hans Nielsen Hauge
1824
Norwegian Lutheran minister, spiritual leader, entrepreneur, social reformer and author
Johann Wilhelm Hässler
1822
German composer, organist and pianist
Gottfried van Swieten
1803
Dutch-born Austrian diplomat, librarian, and government official
Marc René, marquis de Montalembert
1800
French Royal Army officer and writer
Before 1800
Gustav III
1792
King of Sweden from 1771 to 1792
Charles Wesley
1788
English Methodist and hymn writer (1707–1788)
Johann Heinrich Pott
1777
Prussian physician and chemist
Emanuel Swedenborg
1772
Swedish scientist, philosopher, and theologian (1688–1772)
Thomas Coram
1751
English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1751)
George Frederick II
1703
Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach from 1692 to 1703
Nicolaus Bruhns
1697
Danish-German organist, violinist, and composer
Jacob de Gheyn II
1629
Dutch painter & engraver (c.1565–1629)
Tobias Matthew
1628
Archbishop of York from 1606 to 1628
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland
1461
English magnate (1421–1461)
Lionel Welles, 6th Baron Welles
1461
English peer
Pope Stephen IX
1058
Head of the Catholic Church from 1057 to 1058
AD 500
500
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