Lists of deaths by year
deaths of notable people, organised by year
This is a list of lists of deaths of significant people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in September 2026) and then linked below.
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
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2006
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1981
1980
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1978
1977
Earlier years
Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as deaths of notable people, organised by year. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q8803453. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2026, 2025, 2024 and 2023.
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