2019 (MMXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2019th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 19th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2010s decade.
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2019 has been assigned as International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements by the United Nations General Assembly[1] given that it coincides with the 150th anniversary of its creation by Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869.
Events
January
- January 1
- All works published in 1923 except sound recordings (see 2022 scheduled events) enter the public domain in the United States, the first works to do so since the passage of the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.[2]
- Jair Bolsonaro begins his four-year term as President of Brazil.
- Unmanned space probe New Horizons makes a close approach of the Kuiper belt object (KBO) 2014 MU69 at 05:33 UTC.
- Qatar withdraws from OPEC.
- Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Austria.[3]
- January 3 – Chinese probe Chang'e 4 becomes the first human-made object to land on the far side of the Moon.[4]
- January 5 – Bartholomew I of Constantinople issues a formal decree granting independence to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine from the Russian Orthodox Church.[5]
- January 6 – Muhammad V of Kelantan abdicates the federal throne as the 15th monarch of Malaysia, making him the first Malaysian monarch to do so.[6]
- January 7 – A faction of the Armed Forces of Gabon announces a coup d'état. Gabon's government later declares that it has reasserted control.
- January 10 – Venezuela enters a constitutional crisis as Juan Guaidó and the National Assembly declare incumbent President Nicolás Maduro "illegitimate" and start the process of attempting to remove him.[7]
- January 17 – A vehicle-bound suicide bomb attack in Bogotá, Colombia, kills 21 people and injures 68 others, making it the deadliest attack on the Colombian capital since 2003.[8]
- January 18 – Fuel thieves rupture a pipeline in Tlahuelilpan, Mexico, and a subsequent explosion kills at least 124 people and injures 22 others.[9]
- January 19 – A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Tongoy, Coquimbo Region in Chile, causing two deaths and as many as 200,000 people left without power.[10] Despite its moderate magnitude, since it was an intraplate earthquake, it caused some serious damage in La Serena and nearby cities.
- January 21 – 2019 Piper PA-46 Malibu crash: An aircraft carrying new Cardiff City F.C. footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson en route from Nantes, France, to Cardiff, Wales, goes missing over the English Channel. Sala's body is recovered on February 7.[11]
- January 23 – 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis: thousands of people protest in favor of disputed interim President Juan Guaidó. Several people are killed, and President Maduro severs diplomatic ties with the United States.[12]
- January 25 – A mine tailings dam breaks in the Brazilian city of Brumadinho, in the state of Minas Gerais. At least 134 people are killed, with almost 200 missing.[13]
- January 27 – Two bombs at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Jolo, Philippines, kill at least 20 people and leave more than 100 others injured.[14]
- January 28 – The U.S. Justice Department charges Chinese tech firm Huawei with multiple counts of fraud, raising U.S.–China tensions.[15]
February
- February 1 – U.S. President Donald Trump confirms that the U.S. will leave the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty of 1987.[16] The next day, Russia follows suit with suspension of its obligations to the treaty.[17]
- February 3 – Pope Francis arrives in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, becoming the first pope to visit the Arabian Peninsula.[18]
- February 5 – The Taliban kills at least 47 people in attacks while Afghan–Taliban peace talks are taking place in Moscow. 12 others are injured.[19]
- February 12 – The Republic of Macedonia renames itself the Republic of North Macedonia, ending a decades-old dispute with Greece, paving the way for its integration into NATO and the European Union.[20]
- February 13 – A vehicle-bound suicide bomb attack kills at least 27 Revolutionary Guards in southeastern Iran.[21] It is one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Iran in years.[22]
- February 14 – A vehicle-bound suicide bomb attack kills at least 40 Indian security personnel, making it the deadliest attack on India's security personnel in Kashmir in three decades.[23]
- February 20 – A major fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh kills at least 78 people.[24]
- February 21 – SpaceIL launches the Beresheet probe, the world's first privately financed mission to the Moon.[25][26]
- February 23
- 2019 Nigerian general election, for the President; all 360 seats in the House of Representatives and all 110 seats in the Senate.
- 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis: President Maduro severs diplomatic ties with Colombia as humanitarian aid attempts to enter the country across the border.[27]
- February 26–27 – The Indian Air Force launches airstrikes on purported militant camps in Balakot, Pakistan; according to Indian claims, "a very large number of ... terrorists, trainers, senior commanders and groups of jihadis" were killed,[28] although Pakistan denied the claims[29] and a number of neutral sources suggest that this was not the case.[30][31] The following day, Pakistan retaliated, leading to the shooting down of an Indian MiG-21 fighter, whose pilot was repatriated on March 1.[32] The incidents led to the 2019 India–Pakistan standoff.
- February 27–28 – The 2019 North Korea–United States summit is held in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is the second summit between United States President Donald Trump and the North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un.
March
- March 3
- An unmanned demonstration flight of the new crew capable version of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, intended to carry American astronauts into space, achieves successful autonomous docking with the International Space Station.[33]
- The 2019 Estonian parliamentary election takes place, for all 101 seats in the Riigikogu.[34]
- March 5 – A second case of sustained remission from HIV is reported, ten years after the Berlin Patient.[35][36]
- March 6 – 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis: Venezuela expels German ambassador Daniel Kriener for his alleged meddling in internal affairs.[37]
- March 10 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 bound for Nairobi, crashes shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa killing all 157 people on board.[38] The Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 models were subsequently grounded worldwide.[39]
- March 12 – Cargo ship Grande America sinks after it caught fire on March 10 in the Bay of Biscay, approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) west of France, causing a 2,200-tonne oil spill.[40]
- March 13
- March 2019 North American blizzard: A winter storm completes its explosive intensification over the Southern Rocky Mountains region, which began the day before, becoming a powerful "bomb cyclone" and triggering severe blizzard conditions across much of the Southwestern and Central United States.[41][42]
- Australian Cardinal George Pell is sentenced to six years in prison for sexually abusing two choirboys in 1996.[citation needed]
- March 15
- 50 people are killed and 50 others injured in terrorist attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is the deadliest mass shooting in modern New Zealand's history.[43] Subsequently Facebook announced they had disabled 1.5 million videos of the gunman's rampage.[44]
- Cyclone Idai makes landfall on Mozambique, causing at least 1073 fatalities, as well as causing mass flooding and power outages in southern Africa.[45]
- March 19 – Nursultan Nazarbayev resigns as President of Kazakhstan after 29 years in office and appoints Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as acting president.[46] Astana is renamed Nursultan the following day in his honor.[47]
- March 20 – Europe's antitrust regulators fine Google 1.49 billion euros ($1.7 billion) for freezing out rivals in the online advertising business. The ruling brings to nearly $10 billion the fines imposed against Google by the European Union.[48]
- March 21 – A major explosion at a chemical plant in Xiangshui, Jiangsu, China, kills at least 78 people and injures more than 600 others. Its powerful impact registered as an artificial earthquake.[49]
- March 23
- The final territory of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, located in Al-Baghuz Fawqani, Syria, is liberated.[50]
- An estimated 400,000 people march in central London in protest against Brexit.[51][52]
- March 24
- The 2019 Thai general election takes place, for all 500 seats in the House of Representatives.
- A four-page summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report into U.S. President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign is published by the U.S. Attorney General William Barr. It concludes that there was no collusion with Russia – the basis of the investigation – but on the issue of obstruction of justice states: "While this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him".[53]
- March 26 – The European Parliament votes by 348 to 278 in favour of the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, which expands legal liability for websites and includes the controversial Article 13.[54][55]
- March 31 – Taiwan scrambles its fighter aircraft after two Chinese jets crossed a maritime border between the two nations. Just the day before, Japan had similarly scrambled its jets when the Chinese flew between two Japanese islands, Miyako and Okinawa.[56]
April
- April 2 – Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns as President of Algeria amid widespread protests, after nearly two decades in office.[57]
- April 4 – 2019 Western Libya offensive: The Libyan National Army (LNA) launches a surprise offensive in western Libya, moving units towards the Government of National Accord-held capital Tripoli and capturing Gharyan. The LNA says that the operation, ordered by General Khalifa Haftar, is aimed at "cleansing the western zone from terrorist groups".[58][59]
- April 9 – The 2019 Israeli legislative election takes place, for all 120 seats in the Knesset.
- April 10
- Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announce the first ever image of a black hole, located in the centre of the M87 galaxy.[60][61]
- Fossil fragments found in the Callao Cave in the Philippines reveal the existence of the Homo luzonensis species of humans. The species is named after the island where it was discovered, Luzon.[62]
- April 11
- WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is arrested after seven years in Ecuador's embassy in London.[63][64]
- Amid mass protests, Omar al-Bashir is deposed as President of Sudan in a coup d'état, after nearly 30 years in office.[65]
- The 2019 Indian general election begins, along with elections in six states. Counting is due to take place on 23 May.[66]
- April 15 – During Holy Week, a major fire engulfs Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, resulting in the roof and main spire collapsing.[67][68]
- April 17
- The 2019 Indonesian general election takes place; for the President, 575 seats in the People's Representative Council, and 136 seats in the Regional Representative Council.
- At least 28 people are killed in a bus crash on the Portuguese island of Madeira.[69]
- April 18 – The full 448-page Mueller Report, in redacted form, is released.[70]
- April 21
- A series of bomb attacks occur at eight locations in Sri Lanka, including three churches, four hotels and one housing complex in Colombo, on Easter Sunday, leaving at least 253 people dead and over 500 injured.[71][72][73][74] This is the first major terrorist attack in the country since the Sri Lankan Civil War ended in 2009.[75]
- Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky is elected President of Ukraine in a runoff election. Zelensky previously portrayed a fictional Ukrainian president in the television series Servant of the People.[76]
- April 25 – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits Russia to hold a series of summits with Russian leaders, including President Vladimir Putin.[77]
Predicted and scheduled events
- April 28 – 2019 Spanish general election, for all 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies and 208 (of the 266) seats in the Senate.
- April 30 – Emperor Akihito of Japan will abdicate from his position; the first abdication by a Japanese monarch in about two centuries.[78]
- May 4–6 – Coronation of King Vajiralongkorn of Thailand.
- May 13 – 2019 Philippine general election for all 297 seats in the House of Representatives and 12 seats in the Senate.
- May 14–18 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 is scheduled to take place in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- May 18 – 2019 Australian federal election, for all 151 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the Senate.
- May 23–26 – The European Union will hold elections to the European Parliament.
- May 30 – July 14 – The 2019 Cricket World Cup is scheduled to be held in England and Wales, with matches at 10 venues in nine cities. The opening match and final will be in London, with the final at Lord's.
- June 7 – July 7 – The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup is scheduled to be held in France, with matches in nine cities. The opening match will be in Paris, and the final in the Lyon suburb of Décines-Charpieu.
- July 2 – A total solar eclipse will be visible from South America. It will be the 58th solar eclipse from Saros cycle 127.[79]
- July 26 – August 11 – The 2019 Pan American Games are scheduled to be held in Lima, Peru.
- September 20 – November 2 – The 2019 Rugby World Cup (rugby union) is scheduled to be held in Japan, with matches in 12 cities. The opening match will be in the Tokyo district of Chōfu, and the final in Yokohama.
- September 28 – 2019 Afghan presidential election, for the next President. This was first rescheduled from April 20, then from July 20, to improve polling.
- October – November – The CHEOPS space telescope, whose mission is to study the formation of extrasolar planets, is expected to be launched.[80]
- October 6 – 2019 Portuguese legislative election, for all 230 seats to the Assembly of the Republic.
- October 26 – Climbing Uluru will be permanently banned.
- October 31 – Delivered date for implementation of Article 50 by the United Kingdom to withdraw from the European Union, as agreed on by the European Union.
- November 5 – The 2019 United States elections will choose 3 state governors and various state and local officials.
- November 11 – Transit of Mercury occurs.
- December 26 – An annular solar eclipse will be visible from South Asia.[81]
Date unknown
- The European Spallation Source is expected to go into operation in Lund, Sweden.[82]
- The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) is expected to complete the process of eliminating tariffs on sensitive products, thus establishing a single market throughout most of South America.[citation needed]
- SpaceX expects to perform suborbital hop tests of their Starship prototype.
Deaths
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| January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December |
January
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- January 1
- Ivan Dimitrov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1935)[83]
- Joan Guinjoan, Spanish composer and pianist (b. 1931)[84]
- Pegi Young, American singer-songwriter, educator, and philanthropist (b. 1952)[85]
- January 2
- Paulien van Deutekom, Dutch world champion speed skater (b. 1981)[86]
- Daryl Dragon, American musician (b. 1942)[87]
- Bob Einstein, American actor and comedian (b. 1942)[88]
- Gene Okerlund, American wrestling announcer (b. 1942)[89]
- January 3 – Herb Kelleher, American businessman (b. 1931)[90]
- January 4 – Harold Brown, 14th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1927)[91]
- January 5
- Bernice Sandler, American women's rights activist (b. 1928)
- Dragoslav Šekularac, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1937)
- January 6 – José Ramón Fernández, Cuban revolution leader (b. 1923)
- January 7 – Moshe Arens, Lithuanian-born Israeli aeronautical engineer, diplomat, and politician (b. 1925)
- January 9 – Verna Bloom, American actress (b. 1938)
- January 10
- Theo Adam, German opera singer (b. 1926)[92]
- Kevin Fret, Puerto Rican musician (b. 1994)
- January 11
- Michael Atiyah, British-Lebanese mathematician and academic (b. 1929)
- Fernando Luján, Mexican actor (b. 1939)
- January 12
- Bonnie Guitar, American country singer-songwriter (b. 1923)
- Jaime Rosenthal, Honduran politician (b. 1936)
- January 13 – Phil Masinga, South African footballer (b. 1969)
- January 14 – Paweł Adamowicz, Polish politician (b. 1965)
- January 15 – Carol Channing, American actress (b. 1921)[93]
- January 16 – John C. Bogle, American investor (b. 1929)
- January 17
- Babiker Awadalla, 8th Prime Minister of Sudan (b. 1917)
- Windsor Davies, Welsh actor (b. 1930)
- Mary Oliver, American poet (b. 1935)
- Reggie Young, American musician (b. 1936)[94]
- January 19
- Nathan Glazer, American sociologist (b. 1923)
- Henry Sy, Chinese-Filipino business magnate (b. 1924)
- January 20
- Tibor Baranski, Hungarian-American educator (b. 1922)[95]
- Rosemarie Bowe, American model and actress (b. 1932)
- Andrew G. Vajna, Hungarian-American film producer (b. 1944)
- January 21
- Kaye Ballard, American actress (b. 1925)[96]
- Henri, Count of Paris, Head of the House of Orléans (b. 1933)
- Emiliano Sala, Argentine footballer (b. 1990)
- Harris Wofford, American politician and civil rights activist (b. 1926)[97]
- January 23
- Diana Athill, British literary editor, novelist, and memoirist (b. 1917)
- Jonas Mekas, Lithuanian-born American filmmaker, poet, and artist (b. 1922)
- Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean musician, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1952)
- Aloysius Pang, Singaporean actor (b. 1990)
- January 24
- Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, Spanish cardinal (b. 1929)
- Rosemary Bryant Mariner, American naval aviator (b. 1953)
- January 25
- Florence Knoll, American architect and furniture designer (b. 1917)
- Dušan Makavejev, Serbian film director (b. 1932)
- Krishna Sobti, Indian Hindi-language fiction writer and essayist (b. 1925)
- January 26
- Jean Guillou, French composer, organist, and pianist (b. 1930)
- Michel Legrand, French composer (b. 1932)
- January 27 – Yvonne Clark, American engineer (b. 1929)
- January 28
- Humberto Ak'ab'al, Guatemalan K'iche' Maya poet (b. 1952)
- Susan Hiller, American artist (b. 1940)
- January 29
- George Fernandes, Indian politician (b. 1930)
- James Ingram, American R&B musician (b. 1952)
- Jan Wahl, American children's writer (b. 1931)
- January 30
- Stewart Adams, British chemist (b. 1923)
- Dick Miller, American actor (b. 1928)
February
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- February – Mark Hollis, British musician (b. 1955)
- February 2 – Carol Emshwiller, American author (b. 1921)
- February 3
- Julie Adams, American actress (b. 1926)
- Detsl, Russian musician (b. 1983)
- Kristoff St. John, American actor (b. 1966)
- February 4
- John Otho Marsh Jr., 14th United States Secretary of the Army (b. 1926)
- Matti Nykänen, Finnish Olympic-winning ski jumper and singer (b. 1963)
- Leonie Ossowski, German writer (b. 1925)
- Izzy Young, American-Swedish folklorist and author (b. 1928)
- February 6
- Manfred Eigen, German Nobel Prize winning biophysical chemist (b. 1927)
- Rosamunde Pilcher, British author (b. 1924)
- February 7
- John Dingell, American politician (b. 1926)
- Albert Finney, English actor (b. 1936)
- Jan Olszewski, 3rd Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1930)
- Frank Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1935)
- February 8
- Walter Munk, Austrian-American oceanographer (b. 1917)
- Sergei Yursky, Soviet and Russian actor (b. 1935)
- February 9
- Shelley Lubben, American author, activist, singer, and pornographic actress (b. 1968)
- Ron W. Miller, CEO of the Walt Disney Company (b. 1933)
- Maximilian Reinelt, German rower and doctor (b. 1988)
- Tomi Ungerer, French illustrator (b. 1931)
- Patricia Nell Warren, American novelist, poet, and journalist (b. 1936)
- February 10 – Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor (b. 1945)
- February 11
- Alix, Princess of Ligne, Princess of Luxembourg (b. 1929)
- Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, Afghani politician (b. 1925)
- Armida Siguion-Reyna, Filipino actress, singer and television host (b. 1930)
- February 12
- Betty Ballantine, British-born American book publisher (b. 1919)
- Gordon Banks, English footballer (b. 1937)
- Lyndon LaRouche, American political activist (b. 1922)
- Pedro Morales, Puerto Rican professional wrestler (b. 1942)
- February 13 – Idriz Ajeti, Kosovar Albanologist (b. 1917)
- February 14 – Andrea Levy, English novelist (b. 1956)
- February 15 – Lee Radziwill, American socialite (b. 1933)
- February 16
- Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (b. 1941)
- Li Rui, Chinese politician, historian. and dissident (b. 1917)
- February 18
- Wallace Smith Broecker, American geophysicist (b. 1931)
- O'Neal Compton, American actor (b. 1951)
- Alessandro Mendini, Italian architect and designer (b. 1931)
- Bob Van Der Veken, Belgian actor (b. 1928)
- Peter Wells, New Zealand writer and filmmaker (b. 1950)
- February 19 – Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer (b. 1933)
- February 20
- Dominick Argento, American composer (b. 1927)
- Francisco Mañosa, Filipino architect (b. 1931)
- February 21
- Stanley Donen, American film director (b. 1924)
- Peter Tork, American musician and actor (b. 1942)
- Hilde Zadek, German operatic soprano (b. 1917)
- February 22
- Kodi Ramakrishna, Indian film director (b. 1949)
- Brody Stevens, American comedian and actor (b. 1970)
- Morgan Woodward, American actor (b. 1925)
- February 23
- Marella Agnelli, Italian art collector and socialite (b. 1927)
- Katherine Helmond, American actress (b. 1929)
- February 24
- Antoine Gizenga, 21st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1925)
- Donald Keene, American-born Japanese scholar, historian, and writer (b. 1922)
- February 25 – Waldo Machado, Brazilian footballer (b. 1934)
- February 26
- Christian Bach, Argentine-Mexican actress and producer (b. 1959)
- Charles McCarry, American novelist (b. 1930)
- February 27 – France-Albert René, 2nd President of Seychelles (b. 1935)
- February 28 – André Previn, German-American pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1929)
March
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- March 1
- Zhores Alferov, Soviet and Russian Nobel physicist (b. 1930)
- Kumar Bhattacharyya, British-Indian engineer, educator, and government advisor (b. 1940)
- Eusebio Pedroza, Panamanian boxer (b. 1956)
- Kevin Roche, Irish-born American architect (b. 1922)
- March 2
- Yannis Behrakis, Greek photojournalist (b. 1960)
- Med Hondo, Mauritanian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1936)
- Werner Schneyder, Austrian writer, director, and actor (b. 1937)
- March 4
- King Kong Bundy, American professional wrestler (b. 1957)
- Juan Corona, Mexican serial killer (b. 1934)
- Keith Flint, English musician, singer, and dancer (b. 1969)
- Klaus Kinkel, German politician (b. 1936)
- Ted Lindsay, Canadian professional ice hockey player (b. 1925)
- Luke Perry, American actor (b. 1966)
- Sidney Verba, American political scientist, librarian, and library administrator (b. 1932)
- March 5 – Jacques Loussier, French pianist and composer (b. 1934)
- March 6
- John Habgood, British Anglican bishop, academic, and life peer (b. 1927)
- José Pedro Pérez-Llorca, Spanish politician and diplomat (b. 1940)
- Carolee Schneemann, American visual artist (b. 1939)
- March 7
- Guillaume Faye, French journalist and writer (b. 1949)
- Kelly Catlin, American Olympic athlete (b. 1995)
- Ralph Hall, American politician (b. 1923)
- Carmine Persico, American mobster and convicted racketeer (b. 1933)
- March 8 - Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor and composer (b. 1927)
- March 9
- Bernard Binlin Dadié, Ivorian novelist and playwright (b. 1916)
- Vladimir Etush, Soviet and Russian actor (b. 1922)
- March 10
- İrsen Küçük, 6th Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (b. 1940)
- Sebastiano Tusa, Italian archaeologist and politician (b. 1952)
- March 11
- Hal Blaine, American drummer (b. 1929)
- Desmond Ford, Australian theologian (b. 1929)
- March 14
- Birch Bayh, American politician, (b. 1928)
- Godfried Danneels, Belgian cardinal (b. 1933)
- Charlie Whiting, British motorsports director (b. 1952)
- March 15
- W. S. Merwin, American poet (b. 1927)
- Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, 3rd Head of State of Mauritania (b. 1943)
- March 16
- Dick Dale, American guitarist and surf music pioneer (b. 1937)
- Richard Erdman, American actor (b. 1925)
- Barbara Hammer, American filmmaker (b. 1939)
- Alan Krueger, American economist (b. 1960)
- March 17
- Manohar Parrikar, Indian politician (b. 1955)
- Tunku Puan Zanariah, Malaysian royal, Raja Permaisuri Agong (b. 1940)
- March 19 – Marlen Khutsiev, Georgian-Russian filmmaker (b. 1925)
- March 20
- Donald Kalpokas, 2nd Prime Minister of Vanuatu (b. 1943)
- Mary Warnock, British philosopher (b. 1924)
- March 22
- Frans Andriessen, Dutch politician (b. 1929)
- Scott Walker, American-born British singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
- March 23
- Larry Cohen, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1941)
- Rafi Eitan, Israeli intelligence officer and politician (b. 1926)
- March 24
- Nancy Gates, American actress (b. 1926)
- Fred Malek, American business executive, political advisor and philanthropist (b. 1936)
- March 27
- Valery Bykovsky, Soviet-Russian cosmonaut (b. 1934)
- Bruce Yardley, Australian cricketer (b. 1947)
- March 29 – Agnès Varda, Belgian-born French filmmaker (b. 1928)
- March 31 – Nipsey Hussle, American rapper (b. 1985)
April
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- April 1
- Vonda N. McIntyre, American science fiction author (b. 1948)
- Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Spanish writer (b. 1927)
- April 2 – Jamshid Mashayekhi, Iranian actor (b. 1934)
- April 4 – Georgiy Daneliya, Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1930)
- April 5
- Sydney Brenner, South African Nobel biologist (b. 1927)
- Gianfranco Leoncini, Italian footballer (b. 1939)
- April 6
- Fritz Hollings, American politician (b. 1922)[98]
- David J. Thouless, British Nobel physicist (b. 1934)[99]
- April 9 – Charles Van Doren, American writer and editor (b. 1926)[100]
- April 10
- Earl Thomas Conley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)[101]
- Estrella Zeledón Lizano, Costa Rican politician and First Lady of Costa Rica (b. 1929)[102]
- April 12
- Georgia Engel, American actress (b. 1948)[103]
- Tommy Smith, English footballer (b. 1945)[104]
- April 13
- Tony Buzan, English author and educational consultant (b. 1942)[105]
- Neus Català, Spanish political activist and Holocaust survivor (b. 1915)[106]
- Paul Greengard, American Nobel neuroscientist (b. 1925)[107]
- Lydia Wideman, Finnish cross-country skier (b. 1920)[108]
- April 14
- Bibi Andersson, Swedish actress (b. 1935)[109]
- Mirjana Marković, Serbian politician and First Lady of Yugoslavia (b. 1942)[110]
- Gene Wolfe, American science fiction and fantasy writer (b. 1931)[111]
- April 15 – Owen Garriott, American astronaut (b. 1930)[112]
- April 16 – Fay McKenzie, American actress and singer (b. 1918)[113]
- April 17 – Alan García, 61st and 64th President of Peru (b. 1949)[114][115]
- April 18 – Lyra McKee, Northern Irish journalist (b. 1990)[116]
- April 19 – Patrick Sercu, Belgian cyclist (b. 1944)[117]
- April 21 – Ken Kercheval, American actor (b. 1935)[118]
- April 22
- Lê Đức Anh, 4th President of Vietnam (b. 1920)[119]
- Billy McNeill, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1940)[120]
- April 23
- Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1921)[121]
- David Winters, English-American actor, choreographer, and director (b. 1939)[122]
- April 24 – Jean-Pierre Marielle, French actor (b. 1932)[123]
In fiction
See also
References
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