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This is a list of people who died in the last 5 days with an article at the English Wikipedia. For people without an English Wikipedia page see: Wikipedia:Database reports/Recent deaths (red links). Generally updated at least daily, last time: 10:57, 01 January 2025 (UTC).

This list is automatically generated from data in Wikidata and is periodically updated by Listeriabot.
Edits made within the list area will be removed on the next update!

Item label Born Died description occupation position held country of citizenship place of birth place of death manner of death place of burial
Q11926373 K. S. Manilal 1938-09-17 2025-01-01 Indian botanist and taxonomist botanist India
British Raj
Dominion of India
Kingdom of Cochin India
Q110269691 Wally Hirsh 1936-03-24 2024-12-31 New Zealand educator and race relations conciliator (1936–2024) head teacher
civil servant
New Zealand Mönchengladbach Auckland
Q11817997 Piotr Pytlakowski 1951 2024-12-31 Polish journalist journalist
film screenwriter
Poland Warsaw
Q1364087 Tom Johnson 1939-11-18 2024-12-31 American composer composer United States of America
France
Greeley
Q194000 Arnold Rüütel 1928-05-10 2024-12-31 former President of Estonia politician
university teacher
agricultural scientist
President of Estonia
member of the Riigikogu
list of chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
старшыня Вярхоўнага Савету Эстонскай ССР
rector
Estonia
Soviet Union
Pahavalla
Q26788694 Samuel Ocaña García 1931-08-02 2024-12-31 former governor of Sonora combat medic
politician
teacher
Mexico Arivechi
Q535546 Angelo Amato 1938-06-08 2024-12-31 cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (1938-2024) Catholic priest
theologian
pedagogue
university teacher
dean
archbishop
Catholic bishop
Cardinal
Catholic archbishop
titular archbishop
Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
secretary
Italy Molfetta Rome
Q7132262 Paolo Vitelli 1947-10-04 2024-12-31 Italian businessman entrepreneur
politician
member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic Italy Turin
Q939019 Johnnie Walker 1945-03-30 2024-12-31 British radio DJ radio personality
disc jockey
United Kingdom Birmingham
Q100723396 Mike Babul 1977-11-25 2024-12-30 American basketball coach basketball player
basketball coach
United States of America North Attleborough
Q122598241 Michael Newberry 1997-12-30 2024-12-30 Northern Irish footballer association football player United Kingdom
Q1230705 Pascal Lainé 1942-05-10 2024-12-30 French writer writer
screenwriter
actor
university teacher
novelist
professor
essayist
playwright
dramaturge
France Anet Paris
Q12587863 Kim Soo-han 1928-08-20 2024-12-30 South Korean politician politician Member of the National Assembly of South Korea South Korea
Q131427518 Virgil Wood 1931-04-06 2024-12-30 American civil rights activist writer
activist
Q1691441 Joe Grech 1934-02-09 2024-12-30 Maltese singer and songwriter (1934–2024) singer
songwriter
Crown Colony of Malta
State of Malta
Malta
Bormla
Q1699539 John Capodice 1941-12-25 2024-12-30 American actor actor
television actor
United States of America Chicago
Q2029666 Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar 1929-09-16 2024-12-30 Sultan of Zanzibar (1929–2024) politician Sultan of Zanzibar Sultanate of Zanzibar Zanzibar Islands Muscat
Q20669993 Gianni Savio 1948-04-16 2024-12-30 Italian cycling team manager sporting director president Italy Turin
Q2307763 Hugo Sotil 1949-05-18 2024-12-30 Peruvian footballer (1946–2024) association football player Peru Ica Lima natural causes
Q286000 Émile Idée 1920-07-19 2024-12-30 French road bicycle racer sport cyclist France Nouvion-le-Comte Marolles-en-Brie
Q376243 Fraser Stoddart 1942-05-24 2024-12-30 Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines chemist
university teacher
United States of America
United Kingdom
Edinburgh Australia
Q4796515 Arshad Pervez 1953-10-01 2024-12-30 Pakistani cricketer cricketer Pakistan Sargodha
Q6278197 Jorge Lanata 1960-09-12 2024-12-30 Argentine journalist and writer journalist
film director
historian
writer
art collector
Argentina Mar del Plata Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires natural causes
Q660157 Ruggero Franceschini 1939-09-01 2024-12-30 Italian Roman Catholic archbishop Catholic priest
Catholic bishop
titular bishop
vicar apostolic
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Izmir
apostolic administrator
Italy Prignano sulla Secchia
Q6834989 Michael Turner 1954-12-06 2024-12-30 Australian rules footballer Australian rules football player natural causes
Q7364626 Ronald A. Wait 1944-04-15 2024-12-30 American politician politician member of the Illinois House of Representatives United States of America Belvidere
Q7507310 Sibusiso Bengu 1934-05-08 2024-12-30 South African politician politician
diplomat
university teacher
Minister of Education South Africa Kranskop
Q123331522 Bob McNeil 1942-03-19 2024-12-29 New Zealand journalist and news presenter (1942–2024) journalist
television presenter
New Zealand
Q1401104 George Folsey 1939-01-17 2024-12-29 American film editor and film producer film producer
film editor
United States of America Los Angeles
Q16104830 Nigel Buesst 1938-04-30 2024-12-29 Australian film director film director
director
producer
film editor
Australia Melbourne
Q18388165 Phil Lang 1929-12-16 2024-12-29 American politician politician member of the Oregon House of Representatives
Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives
United States of America Portland
Q2527026 Aleksei Bugayev 1981-08-25 2024-12-29 Russian association football player (1981–2024) association football player Soviet Union
Russia
Moscow death in battle
Q2820030 Aaron Brown 1948-11-10 2024-12-29 American journalist broadcast journalist
university teacher
United States of America Hopkins
Q3291704 Marie-Claude Beaud 1946-02-22 2024-12-29 French curator exhibition curator
curator
director
curator
France Besançon Toulon
Q4673530 Acharya Kishore Kunal 1950-08-10 2024-12-29 Hindu philosopher writer India Patna
Q468443 Linda Lavin 1937-10-15 2024-12-29 American actress and singer (1937–2024) film producer
singer
stage actor
film actor
television actor
film director
actor
United States of America Portland natural causes
Q5207882 Dada Masilo 1985-02-21
1985
2024-12-29 dancer choreographer
ballet dancer
South Africa Johannesburg
Q5646689 Han Tong-il 1941 2024-12-29 South Korean musician pianist South Korea Hamhung
Q593636 Ahmad Adaweyyah 1945-06-26 2024-12-29 Egyptian singer (1945–2024) singer
actor
composer
Kingdom of Egypt
Republic of Egypt
United Arab Republic
Egypt
Minya Governorate Cairo
Q6122701 Jagnula Kunovska 1943 2024-12-29 politician of North Macedonia politician
lawyer
member of the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia North Macedonia Kastoria
Q6522985 Lenny Randle 1949-02-12 2024-12-29 American baseball player baseball player United States of America Long Beach Murrieta
Q7426297 Satish Pradhan 1940-08-29 2024-12-29 Indian politician politician Member of Rajya Sabha India
British Raj
Dominion of India
Q92918 Dieter Fensel 1960-10-10 2024-12-29 German computer scientist computer scientist
professor
Germany Nuremberg Innsbruck
Q23685 Jimmy Carter 1924-10-01 2024-12-29 president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024) naval officer
diplomat
novelist
politician
farmer
autobiographer
submariner
statesperson
environmentalist
businessperson
engineer
peace activist
human rights activist
writer
humanitarian
Nobel Prize winner
President of the United States
Governor of Georgia
President-elect of the United States
member of the Georgia State Senate
president
United States of America Lillian G. Carter Nursing Center Plains
Q11963448 Charles Dolan 1926-10-16 2024-12-28 American billionaire businessman (1926–2024) businessperson United States of America Cleveland
Q131579022 Abdulkadir Aliyu Mahe 1951 2024-12-28 Chief of staff to Kwara State Governor politician Nigeria Ilorin Ilorin
Q16090920 Herbert R. Temple, Jr. 1928-02-28 2024-12-28 United States general military personnel Chief of the National Guard Bureau United States of America Los Angeles
Q16466792 John Nix 1931-12-25 2024-12-28 Australian footballer Australian rules football player
police officer
Q327053 Barre Phillips 1934-10-27 2024-12-28 American bassist (1934–2024) jazz musician United States of America San Francisco Las Cruces
Q43380344 János Szerényi 1938-08-21 2024-12-28 Hungarian long-distance runner (1938–2024) long-distance runner Hungary Baja
Q5085730 Charlie Wright 1938-12-11 2024-12-28 association football player and manager (1938-2024) association football player
association football manager
United Kingdom Glasgow
Q5958859 Ebadollah S. Mahmoodian 1943-05-18 2024-12-28 Iranian mathematician mathematician Iran Zanjan
Q6491631 Lars Martin Myhre 1956-08-10 2024-12-28 Norwegian musician singer
musician
composer
pianist
guitarist
Norway Tønsberg natural causes
Q7121505 Paavo Nikula 1942-08-15 2024-12-28 Finnish politician politician
jurist
member of the Parliament of Finland
Minister of Justice of Finland
Chancellor of Justice of Finland
Finland
Q977080 Émile Lejeune 1938-02-17 2024-12-28 Belgian football player (1938–2024) association football player Belgium Warsage
Q12023459 Jana Synková 1944-04-18 2024-12-27 Czech actress actor Czech Republic Prague Mníšek pod Brdy

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