Aged 49
Famous people who died at 49
135 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 49, including Thomas Aquinas, Qin Shi Huang and James A. Garfield. Here are the 100 best known.
- Thomas AquinasItalian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church · c. 1225–1274
- Qin Shi HuangFirst emperor of Qin Dynasty · c. 259–210 BC
- James A. GarfieldPresident of the United States in 1881 · 1831–1881
- Mehmed IISeventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire · 1432–1481
- Alexander III of RussiaEmperor of Russia from 1881 to 1894 · 1845–1894
- Hatshepsut5th Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt · c. 1507–1458 BC
- Anne of Great BritainQueen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714 · 1665–1714
- John, King of EnglandKing of England from 1199 to 1216 · 1166–1216
- Max StirnerGerman philosopher · 1806–1856
- Selim I9th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520 · 1470–1520
- Bayezid IFourth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire · 1354–1403
- Andreas VesaliusFlemish anatomist, physician and author · 1515–1564
- Christian DopplerrAustrian mathematician and physicist · 1803–1853
- Gregory IVPope and bishop of Rome from 827 to 844 · c. AD 795–844
- John of the CrossSpanish mystic and Roman Catholic saint · 1542–1591
- Jacques BrelBelgian singer · 1929–1978
- GarrinchaBrazilian association football player · 1933–1983
- Frederick BantingCanadian medical scientist and doctor · 1891–1941
- Leo VIPope · c. AD 880–929
- Paschal IPope · c. AD 775–824
- Nikolai BukharinRussian revolutionary and politician · 1888–1938
- Rubén DaríoNicaraguan poet, journalist and diplomat · 1867–1916
- Henry VI of EnglandKing of England from 1422 to 1461 and from 1470 to 1471, disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453 · 1421–1471
- Konstantinos XI PalaiologosLast Byzantine emperor, from 1449 to 1453 · 1404–1453
- Ugo FoscoloItalian writer and poet · 1778–1827
- Theodosius IIByzantine Emperor · AD 401–450
- Frédéric BastiatFrench classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly · 1801–1850
- Charles the FatEmperor of the Carolingian Empire (839-888) · c. AD 839–888
- Michael I of RussiaTsar of Russia · 1596–1645
- Robert FultonAmerican engineer and inventor · 1765–1815
- Suleiman II20th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire · 1642–1691
- Natsume SōsekiJapanese novelist · 1867–1916
- RurikVarangian chieftain · c. AD 830–879
- Nicolas Louis de LacailleFrench astronomer · 1713–1762
- Pyotr StolypinRussian politician · 1862–1911
- Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor ↗King of the Romans, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia · 1527–1576
- Amenhotep III ↗Ninth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt · c. 1400–1351 BC
- Scott Joplin ↗American composer, musician, pianist · 1868–1917
- Arthur Ashe ↗American tennis player · 1943–1993
- Mohammad Najibullah ↗4th General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan · 1947–1996
- Cato the Younger ↗Roman statesman, general and writer · c. 95–46 BC
- Ludwig Achim von Arnim ↗German poet and novelist · 1781–1831
- Arnulf of Carinthia ↗King of East Francia · c. AD 850–899
- Paul Celan ↗French-Romanian poet and translator · 1920–1970
- Æthelred the Unready ↗King of England · c. 967–1016
- Johann Heinrich Lambert ↗German mathematician, physicist and astronomer · 1728–1777
- Nikolay Przhevalsky ↗Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer · 1839–1888
- Conrad Gessner ↗Swiss physician, bibliographer and naturalist · 1516–1565
- Jakob Böhme ↗German Christian mystic and theologian · 1575–1624
- Pyotr Wrangel ↗Russian army general of Baltic German origin · 1878–1928
- Boris III of Bulgaria ↗King of Bulgaria · 1894–1943
- Louis II of Italy ↗Ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 844 to 875 · AD 825–875
- Richard Sorge ↗Soviet spy in Germany and Japan · 1895–1944
- Verne Troyer ↗American actor · 1969–2018
- Edith Cavell ↗British nurse · 1865–1915
- Ivan Kramskoi ↗Russian artist · 1837–1887
- Robert Clive ↗British military officer and East India Company official · 1725–1774
- Afonso V of Portugal ↗King of Portugal and the Algarves · 1432–1481
- Spencer Perceval ↗19th-century prime minister of the United Kingdom · 1762–1812
- Conrad II ↗Holy Roman Emperor · c. 990–1039
- Davy Crockett ↗American frontiersman and politician · 1786–1836
- Nico ↗German singer and actress · 1938–1988
- Stilicho ↗Roman army general · c. AD 359–408
- Jana Novotná ↗Czech tennis player · 1968–2017
- John XXIII ↗Italian bishop; Pisan antipope · c. 1370–1419
- Sándor Kocsis ↗Hungarian footballer · 1929–1979
- Baibars ↗4th Sultan of Egypt from 1260 to 1277 · c. 1228–1277
- Marcus Velleius Paterculus ↗Roman historian, soldier and senator (c.19 BC - c. AD 31) · c. 19 BC–AD 31
- Saigō Takamori ↗Samurai of the Satsuma domain, supreme commander of Japanese army, one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration · 1828–1877
- Ramon Magsaysay ↗President of the Philippines from 1953 to 1957 · 1907–1957
- Eleanor of Castile ↗Infanta of Castile and queen consort of England · c. 1241–1290
- Aulus Cornelius Celsus ↗Roman physician and writer · c. 25 BC–AD 25
- Dimitrie Cantemir ↗Prince of Moldavia · 1673–1723
- Henry IV of Castile ↗King of Castile · 1425–1474
- Isaac II Angelos ↗Byzantine emperor · c. 1155–1204
- Violeta Parra ↗Chilean musician and folklorist · 1917–1967
- Father Damien ↗19th century Belgian Roman Catholic priest and saint · 1840–1889
- John II of Castile ↗King of Castille and Leon · 1405–1454
- Louis, Grand Dauphin ↗Dauphin of France (1661–1711), eldest legitime son and heir apparent (dead before succession) of Louis XIV, King of France, and of María Teresa de Austria, Queen consort of France · 1661–1711
- Theuderic I ↗Frankish King · c. AD 485–534
- Toghon Temür ↗Yuan and Northern Yuan emperor from 1333 to 1370 · 1320–1370
- George FitzGerald ↗Irish physicist · 1851–1901
- Penda of Mercia ↗7th-century King of Mercia · c. AD 606–655
- Boris Kustodiev ↗Russian painter and stage designer · 1878–1927
- Ferenc Szálasi ↗Hungarian fascist politician, executed for war crimes · 1897–1946
- Leopoldo Alas ↗Spanish author · 1852–1901
- Rosario Castellanos ↗Mexican writer · 1925–1974
- Hendrick Avercamp ↗Dutch painter · 1585–1634
- Yuly Martov ↗Russian politician · 1873–1923
- Emperor Taizu of Song ↗Founding emperor of the Song Dynasty · AD 927–976
- Keith Flint ↗British singer and musician · 1969–2019
- Omar Dokka ↗Chechen warlord · 1964–2013
- Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ↗Member of the royal family of France, Regent of the Kingdom from 1715 to 1723 · 1674–1723
- Tshombé Moïse ↗Congolese politician and secessionist leader · 1919–1969
- Buvaisar Saitiev ↗Russian wrestler, politician · 1975–2025
- Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies ↗King of the Two sicilies · 1810–1859
- Richard Brautigan ↗American novelist, poet, and short story writer · 1935–1984
- Al-Mu'tamid ↗Abbasid Caliph from 870 to 892 · c. AD 843–892
- Anthony Fokker ↗Dutch aviation pioneer and an aircraft manufacturer · 1890–1939
- Jeff Hanneman ↗American guitarist · 1964–2013
"c." means only the years are known, so the age could be a year out. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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