Aged 57
Famous people who died at 57
155 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 57, including Avicenna, Geoffrey Chaucer and L. L. Zamenhof. Here are the 100 best known.
- AvicennaPersian polymath, physician and philosopher · c. 980–1037
- Geoffrey Chaucer14th century English poet and author · c. 1343–1400
- L. L. ZamenhofPolish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto · 1859–1917
- Warren G. HardingPresident of the United States from 1921 to 1923 · 1865–1923
- Thomas MoreEnglish statesman, lawyer and philosopher · 1478–1535
- Chester A. ArthurPresident of the United States from 1881 to 1885 · 1829–1886
- Michel FoucaultFrench philosopher · 1926–1984
- Humphrey BogartAmerican actor · 1899–1957
- Amerigo VespucciFlorentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer · 1454–1512
- PrinceAmerican musician · 1958–2016
- Alphonse DaudetFrench novelist, playwright, and poet · 1840–1897
- Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de RichelieuFrench clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman · 1585–1642
- Niccolò PaganiniItalian violinist and composer · 1782–1840
- Ernest LawrenceAmerican nuclear physicist · 1901–1958
- Nicholas VPope of the Catholic Church from 1447 to 1455 · 1397–1455
- Stephen HillenburgAmerican marine science educator and artist · 1961–2018
- Abbas the GreatShah of Safavid Iran · 1571–1629
- Alexander HerzenRussian author, philosopher, and revolutionary · 1812–1870
- Mansa Musa14th-century emperor (mansa) of the Mali Empire · c. 1280–1337
- Eduard BuchnerGerman chemist · 1860–1917
- Patrick SwayzeAmerican actor, producer, singer and dancer · 1952–2009
- Victor Emmanuel II of ItalyKing of Sardinia (1849–1861) and King of Italy · 1820–1878
- Philip II of FranceKing of France, and the first to be called by that title · 1165–1223
- Martin I7th‑century pope and martyr, bishop of Rome (649–655), exiled for opposing Monothelitism, venerated as a saint in Catholic and Orthodox Churches · AD 598–655
- John Logie BairdScottish inventor, demonstrating the world's first working television · 1888–1946
- John VIIPope · c. AD 650–707
- Baltasar GraciánAragonese Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher in Castilian language · 1601–1658
- Sergius IIPope · c. AD 790–847
- Mani3rd century prophet and founder of Manichaeism · AD 216–274
- CononPope · c. AD 630–687
- Theodore IIPope · c. AD 840–897
- ChulalongkornKing of Siam · 1853–1910
- John XIXPope · c. 975–1032
- Meles ZenawiEthiopian politician; Prime Minister of Ethiopia · 1955–2012
- Nellie BlyAmerican journalist · 1864–1922
- Adelbert von ChamissoGerman poet and botanist · 1781–1838
- George CanningBritish Prime Minister, statesman, and politician · 1770–1827
- Margaret of Valois-AngoulêmeQueen consort of Navarre · 1492–1549
- Sholem Aleichem ↗Jewish writer and playwright of Yiddish, who worked in Russian Empire, Switzerland, Germany and the United States · 1859–1916
- Jan Neruda ↗Czech poet, theater reviewer, publicist, journalist and writer · 1834–1891
- Janez Drnovšek ↗Slovenian politician · 1950–2008
- Matteo Ricci ↗Italian Catholic missionary · 1552–1610
- Igor Kurchatov ↗Soviet nuclear physicist · 1903–1960
- Sócrates ↗Brazilian association football player · 1954–2011
- Abd ar-Rahman I ↗Emir of Córdoba from 756 to 788 · c. AD 731–788
- Susan Hayward ↗American actress · 1917–1975
- Sonja Henie ↗Norwegian figure skater and actress · 1912–1969
- Konstantinos V ↗Emperor of Byzantium · c. AD 718–775
- Alexei Rykov ↗Premier of Russia and the Soviet Union · 1881–1938
- Gertrude Bell ↗British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy · 1868–1926
- János Bolyai ↗Hungarian mathematician · 1802–1860
- Juvénal Habyarimana ↗2nd President of Rwanda · 1937–1994
- Stanisław Jerzy Lec ↗Polish writer · 1909–1966
- Charles Spurgeon ↗British preacher, author, pastor and evangelist · 1834–1892
- Francesco Guicciardini ↗Italian writer, historian and politician · 1483–1540
- Henry Morgan ↗Welsh pirate · 1631–1688
- Josef Stefan ↗Carinthian Slovene physicist, mathematician and poet · 1835–1893
- Thubten Gyatso ↗13th Dalai Lama of Tibet · 1876–1933
- Kelly Preston ↗American actress · 1962–2020
- Jacobo Árbenz ↗President of Guatemala in 1951–54 · 1913–1971
- John Pemberton ↗American pharmacist, inventor of Coca-Cola · 1831–1888
- Gloria Grahame ↗American actress · 1923–1981
- Nikephoros II Phokas ↗Byzantine emperor from 963 to 969 · c. AD 912–969
- Anton Drexler ↗German politician · 1884–1942
- Remy de Gourmont ↗French writer · 1858–1915
- Bohemond I of Antioch ↗Prince of Taranto and Prince of Antioch · c. 1054–1111
- Gregory Hines ↗American actor and dancer · 1946–2003
- Harsha ↗Indian king · c. AD 590–647
- Eizo Yuguchi ↗Japanese association football player · 1945–2003
- Sergei Diaghilev ↗Russian art critic and impresario · 1872–1929
- Alexander Kielland ↗Norwegian writer · 1849–1906
- Critias ↗Athenian politician · c. 460–403 BC
- Edward R. Murrow ↗American broadcast journalist · 1908–1965
- Gabriel Narutowicz ↗Polish politician · 1865–1922
- James S. Sherman ↗American politician and Vice President of the United States from 1909 to 1912 · 1855–1912
- Scatman John ↗American musician · 1942–1999
- Alexander Belyayev ↗Soviet writer · 1884–1942
- André Citroën ↗French businessman · 1878–1935
- Andréi Chikatilo ↗Soviet serial killer · 1936–1994
- Andrew Marvell ↗English poet and politician · 1621–1678
- August von Kotzebue ↗German dramatist and writer · 1761–1819
- Francisco Tárrega ↗Spanish composer and classical guitarist · 1852–1909
- Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib ↗Muhammad's companion and uncle · c. AD 568–625
- Walter von Reichenau ↗German field marshal · 1884–1942
- Zaynab bint Ali ↗Daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatimah bint Muhammad · c. AD 627–684
- Malcolm I of Scotland ↗Scottish king · c. AD 897–954
- Maurice of Nassau ↗Dutch Republic stadtholder and Prince of Orange · 1567–1625
- Mikhail Chigorin ↗Russian chess player · 1850–1908
- Muhsin Hendricks ↗South African imam and LGBTQIA activist · 1967–2025
- Jean Sylvain Bailly ↗French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader · 1736–1793
- Syagrius ↗5th-century Roman general and the last ruler of the Roman rump state in northern Gaul, now called the Kingdom of Soissons · c. AD 430–487
- Anna May Wong ↗Chinese American actress · 1904–1961
- Caroline Bonaparte ↗Queen of Naples and Sicily · 1782–1839
- Friedrich List ↗German economist · 1789–1846
- Jerzy Kosiński ↗Polish-American novelist · 1933–1991
- Johann Georg Hamann ↗German philosopher · 1730–1788
- John Law ↗Scottish economist and banker · 1671–1729
- Philip Sheridan ↗United States Army general · 1831–1888
- Salvator Rosa ↗Italian painter, poet and printmaker · 1615–1673
- Chūichi Nagumo ↗Japanese admiral · 1887–1944
"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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