Died on
Who died on September 24
102 figures who shaped history died on September 24.
- 102deaths
- 43events
Best known
Best known
Pope Liberius
Head of the Catholic Church from 352 to 366
Hermann of Reichenau
German 11th-century Benedictine monk
Welf II of Bavaria
Duke of Bavaria
Agnes of Waiblingen
Duchess of Swabia from 1082 to 1105
Pope Innocent II
Head of the Catholic Church from 1130 to 1143
Manuel I Komnenos
Byzantine emperor from 1143 to 1180
Pope Liberius — Head of the Catholic Church from 352 to 366, who died on September 24 366.
Hermann of Reichenau — German 11th-century Benedictine monk, who died on September 24 1054.
Welf II of Bavaria — Duke of Bavaria, who died on September 24 1120.
Agnes of Waiblingen — Duchess of Swabia from 1082 to 1105, who died on September 24 1143.
Pope Innocent II — Head of the Catholic Church from 1130 to 1143, who died on September 24 1143.
Manuel I Komnenos — Byzantine emperor from 1143 to 1180, who died on September 24 1180.
All entries
- 768
Pepin the ShortKing of the Franks from 751 to 768 - 887GGao PianChinese general, poet, and politician during the Tang dynasty
- 1218
Robert of KnaresboroughYorkshire hermit - 1228
Stefan the First-CrownedKing of Serbia from 1217 to 1228 - 1270PPhilip of Montfort, Lord of Castres
- 1275
Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of HerefordAnglo-Norman nobleman and soldier - 1435
Isabeau of BavariaQueen of France from 1385 to 1422 - 1459
Erik of PomeraniaKing of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (1381/1382–1459) - 1494
PolizianoItalian classical scholar and poet - 1534
Michael GlinskiEastern European noble - 1541
ParacelsusSwiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493 – 1541) - 1545
Albert of BrandenburgCatholic cardinal - 1562HHenry Grey, 4th Earl of KentEnglish peer
- 1572
Túpac AmaruMonarch of the Inca state in Peru
- 1605MManuel MendesPortuguese composer and teacher
- 1621
Jan Karol ChodkiewiczPolish–Lithuanian military leader (c. 1561 – 1621) - 1646
Duarte LoboPortuguese composer - 1655
Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege - 1707
Vincenzo da FilicajaItalian poet and politician
- 1732
Emperor ReigenEmperor of Japan from 1663 to 1687 - 1742
Johann Matthias HaseGerman mathematician, astronomer and cartographer - 1790
John Keyse SherwinEnglish painter - 1798
Bartholomew TeelingIrish military officer and nationalist - 1802
Alexander RadishchevRussian author - 1834
Pedro I of BrazilEmperor of Brazil (1822–31) and King of Portugal - 1848
Branwell BrontëBritish artist - 1863WWilliam DebenhamBritish businessman
- 1889
Daniel Harvey HillConfederate States Army general - 1889
Charles LerouxAmerican balloonist and parachutist - 1892
Patrick GilmoreIrish-American composer and bandmaster - 1896
Louis Gerhard De GeerFirst Prime Minister of Sweden - 1904
Niels Ryberg FinsenFaroese physician and Nobel laureate - 1929
Mahidol AdulyadejMember of the Thai royal family - 1930
William A. MacCorkleAmerican politician - 1933
Mike DonlinAmerican baseball player - 1933
A. M. WilliamsonAmerican-English author - 1936
József Klekl (writer)Slovene writer, journalist and Roman Catholic priest
- 1938
Lev SchnirelmannSoviet mathematician - 1939
Carl LaemmleGerman-American film producer - 1939
Charles Tatham (fencer)American fencer - 1945
Hans GeigerGerman physicist - 1947
Andrew C. McLaughlinAmerican historian - 1948
Warren WilliamBroadway and Hollywood actor - 1950
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by RhineMarchioness of Milford Haven - 1962
Charles ReisnerAmerican director and actor - 1973AAugust KippastoEstonian wrestler
- 1973
Josué de CastroBrazilian physician - 1975
Earle CabellAmerican politician - 1976PPhilip GbehoGhanaian musician and teacher
- 1978JJames Bassett (author)American newspaper editor and author
- 1978
Ida NoddackGerman chemist - 1978
Hasso von ManteuffelGerman general - 1980
Theodor LutsEstonian film director and cinematographer - 1981
Patsy KellyAmerican actress
- 1982
Sarah Churchill (actress)English actress and dancer - 1982JJózef NawrotPolish footballer
- 1984
Neil Hamilton (actor)American actor - 1991
Dr. SeussAmerican author and cartoonist - 1993
Ian Stuart DonaldsonEnglish neo-Nazi musician - 1993
Bruno PontecorvoItalian nuclear physicist - 1994BBarry Bishop (mountaineer)American mountain climber
- 1996
Zeki MürenTurkish singer, composer, songwriter, actor, and poet - 1998JJeff MossAmerican composer
- 2002YYoussouf TogoïmiChadian politician
- 2002
Mike WebsterAmerican football player - 2003
Rosalie AllenAmerican musician, noted for yodeling - 2003
Lyle BettgerAmerican actor - 2004
Françoise SaganFrench writer - 2006MMichael Ferguson (Irish politician)Irish politician
- 2006PPhil Latulippe
- 2008OOliver CrawfordAmerican screenwriter and author
- 2008
Irene DaileyAmerican actress - 2008
Mickey VernonAmerican baseball player and manager - 2009
Nelly ArcanCanadian novelist - 2010
Gennady YanayevVice president of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991 - 2012PPierre AdamFrench cyclist
- 2012BBruno BobakCanadian artist
- 2012
Pedro Vázquez ColmenaresMexican politician
- 2013
Paul DietzelAmerican football player, coach, and administrator - 2013
Margaret FeilmanAustralian architect, landscape designer, town planner - 2013BBoris Karvasarsky
- 2013AAnthony Lawrence (journalist)British journalist
- 2013
Sagadat NurmagambetovSoviet-Kazakh general - 2013
Paul Oliver (American football)American football player - 2014
Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of DevonshireEnglish aristocrat and writer - 2014
Christopher HogwoodEnglish conductor and musicologist - 2014MMadis KõivEstonian writer, philosopher and physicist
- 2015
Alan Moore (war artist)Australian war artist during World War II - 2015WWang ZhongshuChinese archaeologist
- 2016MMel CharlesWelsh footballer
- 2016
Bill MollisonAustralian scientist - 2016
Bill NunnAmerican actor - 2016
Buckwheat ZydecoAmerican accordionist - 2020
Dean Jones (cricketer)Australian cricketer - 2022
Pharoah SandersAmerican jazz saxophonist - 2025
Sara Jane MooreAmerican convicted of presidential assassination attempt
Frequently asked questions
Who died on September 24?
102 people with a Wikipedia article died on September 24, including Pope Liberius, Hermann of Reichenau, Welf II of Bavaria. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on September 24?
43 documented historical events happened on September 24, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: At San Juan de Ulúa (present-day Veracruz, Mexico), a Spanish naval fleet forced English privateers to halt their trade (battle pictured). On the same day, in another year: English Civil War: Royalists commanded by King Charles I suffered a significant defeat at the Battle of Rowton Heath. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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