– Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese philosopher and theorist (b. 1917) 1995 – Lodewijk Bruckman, Dutch painter (b. 1903) 1997 – Allan Francovich, American director and producer (b. 1941) 1997 – Pat Paulsen, American comedian and activist (b. 1927) 1997 – Eugene Stoner, American engineer, designed the AR-15 rifle (b. 1922) 2001 – Josef Peters, German racing driver (b. 1914) 2001 – Johnny Valentine, American wrestler (b. 1928) 2002 – Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourgian sculptor (b. 1908) 2003 – Nüzhet Gökdoğan, Turkish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1910) 2004 – José Giovanni, French-Swiss director and producer (b. 1923) 2004 – Estée Lauder, American businesswoman, co-founded Estée Lauder Companies (b. 1906) 2005 – Ezer Weizman, Israeli general and politician, 7th President of Israel (b. 1924) 2005 – Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist and academic (b. 1910) 2006 – Brian Labone, English footballer (b. 1940) 2006 – Moshe Teitelbaum, Romanian-American rabbi and author (b. 1914) 2008 – Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, and saxophonist, and composer (b. 1921) 2011 – Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philanthropist (b. 1926) 2014 – Hans Hollein, Austrian architect, designed Haas House (b. 1934) 2014 – Sandy Jardine, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1948) 2014 – Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (b. 1968) 2014 – Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1921) 2015 – Władysław Bartoszewski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1922) 2016 – Tommy Kono, American weightlifter and coach (b. 1930) 2017 – Robert Pirsig, American author and philosopher (b. 1928) 2022 – Andrew Woolfolk, American saxophonist (b. 1950) Holidays and observances Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenia, France) Christian feast day: Benedict Menni Dermot of Armagh Dyfnan of Anglesey Ecgberht of Ripon Fidelis of Sigmaringen Gregory of Elvira Ivo of Ramsey Johann Walter (Lutheran) Mary of Clopas Mary Euphrasia Pelletier Mellitus Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur Salome (disciple) Wilfrid (Church of England) William Firmatus April 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Concord Day (Niger) Democracy Day (Nepal) Fashion Revolution Day, and its related observances: Labour Safety Day (Bangladesh, proposed) National Panchayati Raj Day (India) Republic Day (The Gambia) World Day for Laboratory Animals References External links BBC: On This Day Historical Events on April 24 Days of the year April