Deaths on 9 March
2000s
Chaim Topol
2023
Israeli actor (1935–2023)
James Levine
2021
American conductor and pianist (1943–2021)
Roger Mudd
2021
American broadcast journalist (1928–2021)
John Bathersby
2020
Australian Roman Catholic bishop (1936–2020)
Jo Min-ki
2018
South Korean actor (1965–2018)
Howard Hodgkin
2017
British painter and printmaker (1932–2017)
Robert Horton (actor)
2016
American actor (1924–2016)
Clyde Lovellette
2016
American basketball player (1929–2016)
James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead
2015
British politician (1920–2015)
Max Jakobson
2013
Finnish diplomat and journalist (1923–2013)
Merton Simpson
2013
American painter (1928–2013)
David S. Broder
2011
American journalist (1929–2011)
Willie Davis (baseball)
2010
American baseball player (1940–2010)
Doris Haddock
2010
American political activist
Wilfy Rebimbus
2010
Indian singer and songwriter (1942–2010)
Henry Wittenberg
2010
American wrestler
Brad Delp
2007
American rock musician (1951–2007)
Glen Harmon
2007
Canadian ice hockey player
Tom Fox (Quaker)
2006
American activist (1951–2006)
Anna Moffo
2006
American opera singer, television personality, and actress (1932–2006)
John Profumo
2006
British politician (1915–2006)
John Mayer (composer)
2004
Indian composer and musician
Stan Brakhage
2003
American filmmaker and writer (1933–2003)
Bernard Dowiyogo
2003
President of Nauru (1946–2003)
Jean Coulthard
2000
Canadian composer
1900s
Harry Somers
1999
Canadian composer
George Singh
1999
7th Chief Justice of Belize
Jean-Dominique Bauby
1997
French writer and editor (1952–1997)
Terry Nation
1997
Welsh television writer (1930–1997)
The Notorious B.I.G.
1997
American rapper (1972–1997)
George Burns
1996
American entertainer (1896–1996)
Edward Bernays
1995
American public relations pioneer (1891–1995)
Charles Bukowski
1994
American writer (1920–1994)
Eddie Creatchman
1994
Canadian professional wrestling manager
Fernando Rey
1994
Spanish actor (1917–1994)
C. Northcote Parkinson
1993
British naval historian
Menachem Begin
1992
Prime Minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983
Jim Hardin
1991
American baseball player (1943–1991)
Robert Mapplethorpe
1989
American photographer (1946–1989)
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
1988
Chancellor of West Germany from 1966 to 1969
Faye Emerson
1983
American actress (1917–1983)
Ulf von Euler
1983
Swedish physiologist and pharmacologist (1905–1983)
Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr.
1974
American pharmacologist and biochemist (1915–1974)
Harry Womack
1974
American musical artist (1945–1974)
Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria
1971
Head of the Coptic Church from 1959 to 1971
Abdul Munim Riad
1969
Egyptian general (1919–1969)
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
1964
German army officer (1870–1964)
Miroslava Stern
1955
Mexican actress
Vagn Walfrid Ekman
1954
Swedish oceanographer (1874–1954)
Otto Freundlich
1943
German painter (1878–1943)
Paul Elmer More
1937
American journalist, critic, essayist and Christian apologist
Mikao Usui
1926
Developer of Reiki (1865–1926)
Willard Metcalf
1925
American painter
Frank Wedekind
1918
German playwright (1864–1918)
1800s
Sondre Norheim
1897
Norwegian skier (1825–1897)
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
1895
Austrian author (1836–1895)
Wilhelm I
1888
German Emperor from 1871 to 1888
Louise Colet
1876
French poet and writer
Hans Christian Ørsted
1851
Danish chemist and physicist (1777–1851)
Mary Anning
1847
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)
Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger
1831
German dramatist and novelist (1752–1831)
Anna Laetitia Barbauld
1825
English author (1743–1825)
Ozias Humphry
1810
English painter (1742–1810)
Joseph Bonomi the Elder
1808
Italian architect and draughtsman (1739–1808)
Before 1800
Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu
1709
English courtier, diplomat, politician and peer (1638–1709)
Cardinal Mazarin
1661
Italian clergyman and politician (1602–1661)
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
1649
Scottish nobleman and military leader (1606–1649)
Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland
1649
English courtier and politician executed by Parliament
David Rizzio
1566
Italian courtier (1533–1566)
Catherine of Bologna
1463
Italian writer, artist (1413–1463)
Leonardo Bruni
1444
Italian humanist historian (c. 1370–1444)
Frances of Rome
1440
Italian saint
Sverre of Norway
1202
King of Norway from 1184 to 1202
Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi
886
Persian astrologer and philosopher (787–886)