Aged 76
Famous people who died at 76
247 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 76, including Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking and Leonhard Euler. Here are the 100 best known.
- Albert EinsteinGerman-born theoretical physicist · 1879–1955
- Stephen HawkingBritish theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author · 1942–2018
- Leonhard EulerSwiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer · 1707–1783
- Louis XIV of FranceKing of France and Navarre from 1643 to 1715 · 1638–1715
- Boris YeltsinSoviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia · 1931–2007
- T. S. EliotUS-British poet · 1888–1965
- Benjamin DisraeliBritish statesman · 1804–1881
- Anna AkhmatovaRussian poet · 1889–1966
- XenophonGreek philosopher, historian, and soldier · c. 430–354 BC
- Aretha FranklinAmerican singer, songwriter, and pianist · 1942–2018
- Corazon AquinoPresident of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992 · 1933–2009
- Umm KulthumEgyptian singer and actress · 1898–1975
- Washington IrvingAmerican writer, historian and diplomat · 1783–1859
- Gioachino RossiniItalian opera composer · 1792–1868
- Ozzy OsbourneEnglish musician and television personality · 1948–2025
- Enver HoxhaFormer First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania, Prime Minister of Albania · 1908–1985
- Juan Ramón JiménezPoet · 1881–1958
- Miriam MakebaSouth African singer and civil rights activist · 1932–2008
- Margaret MeadAmerican anthropologist · 1901–1978
- John William StruttEnglish physicist · 1842–1919
- Anselm of Canterbury11th‑century Benedictine monk, Archbishop of Canterbury, philosopher and theologian · c. 1033–1109
- Gottlob FregeGerman philosopher, logician, and mathematician · 1848–1925
- John UpdikeAmerican novelist, poet · 1932–2009
- Urban VIII235 pope of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644 · 1568–1644
- George II of Great BritainKing of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727 to 1760 · 1683–1760
- Claudio MonteverdiItalian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest · 1567–1643
- NasreddinPhilosopher, Sufi and wise man from Turkey, remembered for his funny stories and anecdotes · c. 1208–1284
- J. M. W. TurnerEnglish painter and draftsman · 1775–1851
- Eyvind JohnsonSwedish writer · 1900–1976
- Arnold SchoenbergAustrian-Jewish American composer · 1874–1951
- Albert SpeerGerman Nazi architect, Government Minister of Armaments and War Production for Nazi Germany and convicted Nazi War Criminal · 1905–1981
- Isidore of SevilleHispano-Roman scholar, theologian and bishop · c. AD 560–636
- Clinton DavissonAmerican physicist · 1881–1958
- Louis-Philippe IKing of the French from 1830 to 1848 · 1773–1850
- Richard SimmonsAmerican fitness instructor and video producer · 1948–2024
- Clara SchumannGerman musician and composer · 1819–1896
- Georges MélièsFrench filmmaker and illusionist · 1861–1938
- Jack LemmonAmerican actor · 1925–2001
- Anthony BurgessEnglish writer and composer · 1917–1993
- Betty WilliamsNorthern Irish peace activist · 1943–2020
- Patrick BlackettBritish physicist · 1897–1974
- Saint Patrick5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland · c. AD 385–461
- Edward ElgarEnglish composer · 1857–1934
- Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de LafayetteFrench general and politician · 1757–1834
- Irving LangmuirAmerican chemist and physicist · 1881–1957
- Charles Louis Alphonse LaveranFrench physician · 1845–1922
- Julian Seymour SchwingerAmerican theoretical physicist · 1918–1994
- Abbas KiarostamiIranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer · 1940–2016
- Benito Pérez GaldósSpanish realist novelist · 1843–1920
- Felix KleinGerman mathematician, author of the Erlangen Program · 1849–1925
- Friedrich Max MüllerGerman-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist · 1823–1900
- Rouget de LisleFrench army officer · 1760–1836
- SabinianPope · c. AD 530–606
- Joseph BonaparteBrother of Napoleon Bonaparte; King of Naples (1806–08) and Spain · 1768–1844
- Paavo NurmiFinnish middle and long distance runner · 1897–1973
- Afonso I of PortugalKing of Portugal from 1139 to 1185 · c. 1109–1185
- Attar of NishapurPersian Sufi poet · c. 1145–1221
- Giulio NattaItalian chemist · 1903–1979
- Vuk KaradžićSerbian philologist and linguist · 1787–1864
- George ForemanAmerican professional boxer · 1949–2025
- Gustav HeinemannGerman politician; President of Germany from 1969–1974 · 1899–1976
- Joseph HellerAmerican writer · 1923–1999
- Yaroslav the Wise ↗Grand Prince of Kiev from 1019 to 1054 · c. 978–1054
- Christian X of Denmark ↗King of Denmark (1912–1947) and Iceland · 1870–1947
- Ilya Ehrenburg ↗Soviet writer, Bolshevik revolutionary, journalist and historian · 1891–1967
- Wes Craven ↗American filmmaker · 1939–2015
- Carlo Biotti ↗Italian judge · 1901–1977
- Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta ↗Malian politician · 1945–2022
- Jane Birkin ↗British-French actress and singer · 1946–2023
- Jaroslav Heyrovský ↗Czech chemist · 1890–1967
- Johannes Hevelius ↗Astronomer setting up the cartography of the Moon · 1611–1687
- Tacitus ↗Roman emperor from 275 to 276 · c. AD 200–276
- Aleksey Nikolayevich Kosygin ↗Soviet statesman, public officer, cabinet officer · 1904–1980
- Harry Kroto ↗British chemist · 1939–2016
- Alan Parker ↗British filmmaker · 1944–2020
- Bobby Robson ↗English association football player and manager · 1933–2009
- Franz Bopp ↗German linguist · 1791–1867
- Jack Kirby ↗American comic book artist · 1917–1994
- John A. Macdonald ↗1st prime minister of Canada from 1867 to 1873 and 1878 to 1891 · 1815–1891
- O. J. Simpson ↗American football player and actor · 1947–2024
- Talcott Parsons ↗American sociologist · 1902–1979
- Hermann Joseph Muller ↗American biologist · 1890–1967
- John Muir ↗Scottish-American naturalist · 1838–1914
- Ronald Golias ↗Brazilian actor and comedian · 1929–2005
- Abdülmecid II ↗Last caliph of the Ottoman Dynasty · 1868–1944
- Odilon Redon ↗French painter · 1840–1916
- Philippe Noiret ↗French actor · 1930–2006
- Pierre-Jean de Béranger ↗French poet and chansonnier · 1780–1857
- George Wendt ↗American actor · 1948–2025
- Baron Munchausen ↗German nobleman · 1720–1797
- Brigham Young ↗American religious leader, second president of the LDS Church, and governor of Utah Territory · 1801–1877
- Charles Curtis ↗Vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 · 1860–1936
- Chinmoy Kumar Ghose ↗Indian writer and spiritual teacher · 1931–2007
- Jacques Bénigne Bossuet ↗French bishop and theologian · 1627–1704
- John I of Portugal ↗King of Portugal from 1385 to 1433 · 1357–1433
- Lionel Barrymore ↗American actor, director and screenwriter · 1878–1954
- Sven-Göran Eriksson ↗Swedish football manager · 1948–2024
- Danny Kaye ↗American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian · 1911–1987
- Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ↗Prussian field marshal · 1742–1819
- George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen ↗British politician · 1784–1860
"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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