Deaths on 14 September
2000s
Jim Edgar
2025
American politician (1946–2025)
Ricky Hatton
2025
British professional boxer (1978–2025)
Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
2024
Kuwaiti royal and politician (1942–2024)
Otis Davis
2024
American sprinter (1932–2024)
Norm Macdonald
2021
Canadian comedian (1959–2021)
Ethel Johnson (wrestler)
2018
American professional wrestler
Zienia Merton
2018
British actress (1945–2018)
Davey Browne
2015
Australian boxer
Fred DeLuca
2015
American businessman (1947–2015)
Martin Kearns
2015
Musical artist
Corneliu Vadim Tudor
2015
Romanian politician, poet and writer (1949–2015)
Tony Auth
2014
American cartoonist (1942–2014)
Peter Gutteridge
2014
Musical artist
E. Jennifer Monaghan
2014
English educator and historian (1933–2014)
Maksym Bilyi (footballer, born 1989)
2013
Ukrainian footballer
Osama El-Baz
2013
Egyptian diplomat
Faith Leech
2013
Australian swimmer
Jacques Antoine
2012
French game show creator and producer (1924–2012)
Eduardo Castro Luque
2012
Mexican politician
Winston Rekert
2012
Canadian actor
Kan Yuet-keung
2012
Hong Kong banker, politician and lawyer
Malcolm Wallop
2011
American politician (1933–2011)
Keith Floyd
2009
English cook and television personality (1943–2009)
Henry Gibson
2009
American actor (1935–2009)
Jody Powell
2009
White House press secretary to President Jimmy Carter
Patrick Swayze
2009
American actor (1952–2009)
Hyman Golden
2008
American businessman (1923–2008)
Jacques Martin (TV host)
2007
French television host (1933–2007)
Robert Savoie
2007
Canadian opera singer
Mickey Hargitay
2006
Hungarian-American actor and bodybuilder (1926–2006)
Esme Melville
2006
Australian actress (1918–2006)
William Berenberg
2005
American physician
Vladimir Volkoff
2005
French writer (1932–2005)
Robert Wise
2005
American film director, film producer and film editor
Jerry Fleck
2003
American assistant director (1947–2003)
Garrett Hardin
2003
American ecologist (1915–2003)
John Serry Sr.
2003
American concert accordionist, arranger, and composer (1915–2003)
LaWanda Page
2002
American actress and comedian (1920–2002)
Stelios Kazantzidis
2001
Greek singer (1931–2001)
Beah Richards
2000
American actor and writer (1920–2000)
Jerzy Giedroyc
2000
Polish writer and activist (1906–2000)
1900s
Charles Crichton
1999
English film director, film editor, screenwriter and film producer (1910–1999)
Giannos Kranidiotis
1999
Greek diplomat and politician
Yang Shangkun
1998
President of China from 1988 to 1993
Juliet Prowse
1996
South African-American dancer/actress (1936–1996)
Maurice K. Goddard
1995
American politician
Marika Krevata
1994
Greek actress (1910–1994)
August Komendant
1992
American and Estonian structural engineer
Paul Martin Sr.
1992
Canadian lawyer, politician and diplomat
Julie Bovasso
1991
American actress (1930–1991)
Russell Lynes
1991
American art historian
Pérez Prado
1989
Cuban bandleader and mambo musician (1916–1989)
Gordon McLendon
1986
American broadcaster (1921–1986)
Janet Gaynor
1984
American actress (1906–1984)
Christian Ferras
1982
French violinist (1933–1982)
John Gardner (American writer)
1982
American novelist, essayist, and literary critic
Bachir Gemayel
1982
Lebanese politician and militia commander (1947–1982)
Grace Kelly
1982
American actress, Princess of Monaco from 1956 to 1982
Furry Lewis
1981
American blues guitarist and songwriter (1893?1899?–1981)
Nur Muhammad Taraki
1979
Afghan politician (1917–1979)
Walter Herbert (conductor)
1975
American conductor and impresario of German birth
Gertrude Berg
1966
American actress, screenwriter and producer (1899–1966)
Hiram Wesley Evans
1966
Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard (1881–1966)
Cemal Gürsel
1966
President of Turkey from 1960 to 1966
J. W. Hearne
1965
English cricketer (1891–1965)
Frederick Schule
1962
American hurdler
Ernst Gustav Kühnert
1961
Baltic German architect
M. Karagatsis
1960
Pen name of Dimitris Rodopoulos, a Greek writer (1908–1960)
Wayne Morris
1959
American actor and World War II flying ace (1914–1959)
John McPhee (politician)
1952
Australian politician (1878–1952)
Fritz Busch
1951
German conductor (1890–1951)
Jacob Gens
1943
Jewish head of the Vilnius Ghetto (1903–1943)
E. S. Gosney
1942
American financier, eugenicist
Tomáš Masaryk
1937
Founding father of Czechoslovakia (1850–1937)
Ossip Gabrilowitsch
1936
Russian-American pianist and conductor (1878–1936)
Lina Ódena
1936
Spanish communist and miliciana (1911–1936)
Irving Thalberg
1936
American film producer (1899–1936)
Tom Roberts
1931
Australian artist (1856–1931)
Isadora Duncan
1927
American dancer and choreographer (1877–1927)
José Echegaray
1916
Spanish statesman
Lombe Atthill
1910
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
1905
Italian-French explorer (1852–1905)
William McKinley
1901
President of the United States from 1897 to 1901
1800s
William Seward Burroughs I
1898
American inventor and businessman (1857–1898)
Johannes Bosboom
1891
Dutch painter
Bernhard von Cotta
1879
German geologist (1808–1879)
Virajanand Dandeesha
1868
Indian scholar (1778–1868)
Charles Pearson
1862
English lawyer and reformer (1793–1862)
Charles Lennox Richardson
1862
British merchant (1834–1862) killed in the Namamugi Incident
Augustus Pugin
1852
English architect and designer (1812–1852)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
1852
British Army officer and statesman (1769–1852)
James Fenimore Cooper
1851
American writer (1789–1851)
Aaron Burr
1836
Vice President of the United States from 1801 to 1805
Heinrich Kuhl
1821
German naturalist and zoologist (1797–1821)
George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
1807
British Army officer and politician (1724–1807)
Before 1800
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
1759
French Royal Army officer
Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham
1749
British Army officer and politician (1675–1749)
Nicolas Lancret
1743
French painter (1690–1743)
Dom Pérignon (monk)
1715
French Benedictine monk (1638–1715)
Giovanni Domenico Cassini
1712
Mathematician and astronomer (1625–1712)
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
1646
English Parliamentarian (1591–1646)
John Harvard
1638
English clergyman and philanthropist (1607–1638)
Thomas Overbury
1613
English poet and essayist (1581–1613)
Jan Tarnowski (1550–1605)
1605
Polish archbishop and noble
Henry III of Nassau-Breda
1538
Dutch-German noble (1483–1538)
Pope Adrian VI
1523
Head of the Catholic Church from 1522 to 1523
Mara Branković
1487
15th century Ottoman-Serbian princess
John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford
1435
English prince (1389–1435)
Ingegerd Knutsdotter
1412
Swedish nun and noblewoman
Albert IV, Duke of Austria
1404
Duke of Austria from 1395 to 1404
Dobrogost of Nowy Dwór
1401
Medieval bishop in Poland
Dante Alighieri
1321
Italian writer and philosopher (1265–1321)
Albert of Vercelli
1214
Italian Catholic prelate (1149–1214)
Emperor Sutoku
1164
Emperor of Japan from 1123 to 1142
Imad al-Din Zengi
1146
Atabeg of Mosul, Aleppo, Hama and Edessa, Mesopotamia
Fujiwara no Tadahira
949
Japanese statesman, courtier and politician
Cele Dabhaill mac Scannal
927
Niall Glúndub
919
Irish king (died 919)
Pope Stephen V
891
Head of the Catholic Church from 885 to 891
Li Yong (chancellor)
820
Li Mian
788
Chinese judge, military general, musician, poet and politician
Al-Hadi
786
4th Abbasid caliph (r. 785–786)
Constantine V
775
Byzantine emperor from 741 to 775
Yang You
619
Emperor of the Sui dynasty from 617 to 618
Emperor Bidatsu
585
Emperor of Japan from 572 to 585
John Chrysostom
407
Archbishop of Constantinople (347–407)
Cyprian
258
Bishop of Carthage and Christian writer (c. 210–258)
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