Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: 24-Apr

Died on This Day (24-Apr)

Person	Person		Description	Age	Anniv
	Basil Markesinis	Sir Basil Markesinis KC, LLD, DCL, FBA is a Greek-British barrister and legal scholar currently holding the position of Jamail Regents Professor at the University of Texas, Austin.	Greek-British barrister and legal scholar	78	1
	Ashwin Yadav	Ashwin Yadav was an Indian cricketer. He played fourteen first-class matches for Hyderabad between 2007 and 2009.	Indian cricketer	33	3
	Chris Albertson	Christiern Gunnar Albertson was a New York City-based jazz journalist, writer and record producer.	New York City-based jazz journalist	87	5
	Papa Wemba	Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba , known professionally as Papa Wemba , was a Congolese singer and musician who played Congolese rumba, soukous, and ndombolo.	Congolese singer and musician	66	8
	Bo Leuf	Bo Arne Leuf was co-author of the book The Wiki Way , written in collaboration with wiki inventor Ward Cunningham.	Swedish politician and writer	56	15
	Erik Bergman	Erik Valdemar Bergman was a composer of classical music from Finland.	Finnish composer	94	18
	Arthur Boyd	Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd AC OBE was a leading Australian painter of the middle to late 20th century.	Australian artist	78	25
	Edgar Sanabria	Edgar Sanabria Arcia was a Venezuelan lawyer, diplomat, and politician.	President of Venezuela	77	35
	Charles Neal Barney	Charles Neal Barney was a Massachusetts politician who served as a member of the Common Council and as the 31st Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.	American mayor	73	75
	Richard J. Oglesby	Richard James Oglesby was an American soldier and Republican politician from Illinois, who served three non-consecutive terms as Governor of Illinois and as a United States Senator from Illinois , and earlier was a member of the Illinois Senate, elected in 1860.	Union Army general	74	125

Person	Person		Description	Age	Anniv
	Kaushalya Madushani	Kaushalya Madushani , also known as Kawshalya Madushani Edirippulilage or Kaushalya Madhushani, was a Sri Lankan track and field athlete who mainly competed in the hurdles event.	Sri Lankan hurdler	26	2
	Hamilton Bohannon	Hamilton Frederick Bohannon , often credited and known professionally simply as Bohannon, was an American percussionist, band leader, songwriter, arranger, and record producer, who was one of the leading figures in 1970s disco music.	American percussionist	78	4
	Robert M. Pirsig	Robert Maynard Pirsig was an American writer and philosopher.	American writer and philosopher	88	7
	Hans Hollein	Hans Hollein was an Austrian architect and designer and key figure of postmodern architecture.	Austrian architect	80	10
	Robert M. Warner	Robert M. Warner was an American historian who served as the Sixth Archivist of the United States at the National Archives, from July 24, 1980 to April 15, 1985.	American historian	79	17
	Estee Lauder	Estée Lauder was an American businesswoman. She co-founded her eponymous cosmetics company with her husband, Joseph Lauter .	Business woman	97	20
	Richard Jordan	Air Marshal Sir Richard Bowen Jordan, KCB, DFC was a bomber pilot and squadron commander during the Second World War, a senior Royal Air Force officer during the post-war years and the sixth Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps .	English bomber pilot and squadron commander	92	30
	Bud Abbott	William Alexander "Bud" Abbott was an American comedian, actor and producer.	American actor	78	50
	Marie Corelli	Mary Mackay , also called Minnie Mackey, and known by her pseudonym Marie Corelli , was an English novelist.	English novelist	68	100
	John Phillips	John Phillips FRS was an English geologist. In 1841 he published the first global geologic time scale based on the correlation of fossils in rock strata, thereby helping to standardize terminology including the term Mesozoic, which he invented.	English geologist	73	150