Deaths on 24 April
107 deaths on this day in history.
| Date of death | Athlete | NOC(s) | Sport(s) | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 1915 | Geoffrey Taylor |  CAN |
ROW | 1908—1912 |
| 24 April 1917 | Gordon Alexander |  GBR |
FEN | 1912 |
| 24 April 1924 | Porter Holmes | GBR IRL |
HOC | 1908 |
| 24 April 1928 | Adolf Michel |  AUT |
SHO | 1912 |
| 24 April 1931 | Ernest Casimir-Lambert |  BEL |
BOB/SKN | 1928 |
| 24 April 1931 | Thomas Livingston-Learmonth | GBR |
ATH | 1928 |
| 24 April 1938 | Arvo Laine |  FIN |
ATH | 1912 |
| 24 April 1939 | Louis Trousselier |  FRA |
CTR | 1900 |
| 24 April 1941 | Wilhelm Guttmann |  GER |
ART | 1932 |
| 24 April 1941 | Larry Whitney |  USA |
ATH/BBL | 1912 |
| 24 April 1942 | Herbert Dill | GER |
ATH | 1936 |
| 24 April 1942 | Hjalmar Saxtorph |  DEN |
SWM | 1906—1908 |
| 24 April 1944 | Jarmila Müllerová |  CZE TCH |
SWM | 1924 |
| 24 April 1945 | Ernesto De Fiori | GER |
ART | 1928—1936 |
| 24 April 1947 | Lauri Haapanen | FIN |
WRE | 1912 |
| 24 April 1948 | Frank Safanda | USA |
GAR | 1924 |
| 24 April 1950 | Joe Descomps | FRA |
ART | 1924 |
| 24 April 1951 | Theodor Tirkkonen | FIN |
WRE | 1912 |
| 24 April 1953 | Guillaume Coeckelbergh | BEL |
CTR | 1908 |
| 24 April 1954 | John Keyworth | GBR |
ARC | 1908 |
| 24 April 1956 | Bruno Brodd | USA |
ATH | 1912 |
| 24 April 1957 | Thomas Dean |  RSA |
BOX | 1924—1936 |
| 24 April 1957 | Joop Kamstra |  NED |
ATH | 1928 |
| 24 April 1958 | Jacques Nivière | FRA |
SHO | 1900 |
| 24 April 1961 | Henri Aldebert | FRA |
BOB/CUR | 1924 |
| 24 April 1961 | Klaas Breeuwer | NED |
FBL | 1924 |
| 24 April 1961 | Piet van der Hem | NED |
ART | 1924—1936 |
| 24 April 1964 | Hermann Barrelet | FRA |
ROW | 1900 |
| 24 April 1964 | Lou Dijkstra | NED |
SSK | 1936 |
| 24 April 1965 | MacDonald Beaumont | GBR |
FSK | 1920—1948 |
| 24 April 1966 | Romeo Proulx | USA |
IHO | 1932 |
| 24 April 1967 | Henri von der Weid |  SUI |
EDR/EJP | 1924 |
| 24 April 1968 | Walter Tewksbury | USA |
ATH | 1900 |
| 24 April 1969 | Jean Carnot | FRA |
1927—1947 | |
| 24 April 1969 | Harry Perry | GBR |
BOX | 1908 |
| 24 April 1970 | Walter Carroll | USA |
ATH | 1900 |
| 24 April 1972 | Gustav Kalkun |  EST |
ATH | 1924—1928 |
| 24 April 1976 | José Antonio Elola-Olaso |  ESP |
1956—1967 | |
| 24 April 1976 | Jean Enderle | BEL |
HOC | 1948—1956 |
| 24 April 1979 | Sabih Arca |  TUR |
FBL | 1924—1928 |
| 24 April 1981 | Tassy Johnson |  AUS |
CRD/CTR | 1936 |
| 24 April 1981 | Sándor Miklós |  HUN |
HOC/IHO | 1936 |
| 24 April 1982 | Ville Ritola | FIN |
ATH | 1924—1928 |
| 24 April 1983 | Étienne Proux | FRA |
ATH | 1920 |
| 24 April 1985 | Kenneth Golding |  SGP |
SAL | 1956 |
| 24 April 1985 | Václav Procházka | CZETCH |
EVE | 1936 |
| 24 April 1988 | Bram Groeneweg | NED |
ATH | 1928 |
| 24 April 1988 | Kenneth Payne | GBR |
ROW | 1932 |
| 24 April 1989 | Roger Dewasch | FRA |
WPO | 1948 |
| 24 April 1989 | Roly Harper | GBR |
ATH | 1932 |
| 24 April 1989 | Birger Stenman | FIN |
GAR | 1928 |
| 24 April 1991 | Mario Acchini |  ITA |
ROW | 1948 |
| 24 April 1991 | Cafer Çağatay | TUR |
FBL | 1924 |
| 24 April 1992 | Valdemars Baumanis |  LAT |
BKB | 1936 |
| 24 April 1996 | Federico Bigi |  SMR |
1959—1978 | |
| 24 April 1996 | Giliante D'Este | ITA |
ROW | 1928—1936 |
| 24 April 1996 | Sulo Heino | FIN |
ATH | 1936 |
| 24 April 1996 | Aldo Masciotta | ITA |
FEN | 1936 |
| 24 April 1997 | Bohumil Kosour | CZETCH |
CCS/MSP/NCB | 1936—1948 |
| 24 April 1997 | Hugh McLean | CAN |
IHO | 1960 |
| 24 April 1997 | Roland Prout | GBR |
CSP | 1952 |
| 24 April 1997 | Ines Vercesi | ITA |
GAR | 1928 |
| 24 April 1998 | Jørgen Jahre |  NOR |
1965—1969 | |
| 24 April 2000 | Derek Allhusen | GBR |
EVE/WPE | 1948—1968 |
| 24 April 2000 | Pru Chapman |  NZL |
SWM | 1968 |
| 24 April 2001 | Hilda Cameron | CAN |
ATH | 1936 |
| 24 April 2001 | Roger Heinkelé | FRA |
DIV | 1936—1948 |
| 24 April 2002 | Douglas Mast |  ISV |
SHO | 1972 |
| 24 April 2003 | Vernon Pugh | GBR |
1996—2003 | |
| 24 April 2005 | Roland Johansson |  SWE |
BOX | 1952 |
| 24 April 2006 | Appie Corman | NED |
BOX | 1948 |
| 24 April 2006 | László Jeney | HUN |
SWM/WPO | 1948—1960 |
| 24 April 2006 | Gérard Sturla | FRA |
BKB | 1956 |
| 24 April 2008 | Charles Épalle | FRA |
ATH | 1948 |
| 24 April 2008 | Harry Geris | CAN |
WRE | 1968—1976 |
| 24 April 2008 | Qian Chenghai |  CHN |
BKB | 1984—1988 |
| 24 April 2008 | Tarlochan Singh Bawa |  IND |
HOC | 1948 |
| 24 April 2009 | Franciszek Sobczak |  POL |
FEN | 1968—1984 |
| 24 April 2010 | Jens Andersen | DEN |
BOX | 1956 |
| 24 April 2010 | Joseph Bessala |  CMR |
BOX | 1968 |
| 24 April 2010 | Rudy Thompson | ISV |
SAL | 1968 |
| 24 April 2011 | Peter Green | CAN |
ROW | 1948 |
| 24 April 2012 | Ted McGlynn | AUS |
ATH | 1956 |
| 24 April 2013 | Fredy Bieler | SUI |
IHO | 1948 |
| 24 April 2013 | José Meneses |  MEX |
BKB | 1952 |
| 24 April 2013 | Somers Payne | IRL |
SAL | 1956—1960 |
| 24 April 2013 | Frank Salvat | GBR |
ATH | 1960 |
| 24 April 2014 | Lou Gage | USA |
BOX | 1952 |
| 24 April 2014 | Bogdan Poniatowski | POL |
ROW | 1960 |
| 24 April 2015 | Anders Andersson | FIN |
HOC | 1952 |
| 24 April 2015 | Horst-Peter Kretschmer |  FRG |
IHO | 1980—1988 |
| 24 April 2016 | Tommy Kono | USA |
WLF | 1952—1960 |
| 24 April 2016 | Klaus Siebert |  GDR |
BTH | 1980 |
| 24 April 2017 | František Brůna | CZETCH |
HBL | 1972 |
| 24 April 2017 | Phil Edwards | GBR |
CRD | 1972 |
| 24 April 2017 | Dagmar Lerchová-Řeháková | CZETCH |
FSK | 1948—1984 |
| 24 April 2018 | Jadwiga Doering | POL |
CSP | 1968 |
| 24 April 2018 | Mohammad Habib |  KUW |
VVO | 1984 |
| 24 April 2018 | Anders Kvissberg | SWE |
SHO | 1956—1960 |
| 24 April 2018 | Ilja Matouš | CZETCH |
CCS | 1956 |
| 24 April 2018 | Henri Michel | FRA |
FBL | 1984 |
| 24 April 2018 | Maria Oeyen | BEL |
SWM | 1948 |
| 24 April 2019 | Eckhard Mannischeff | GDR |
FEN | 1972 |
| 24 April 2019 | Zoran Maroević |  YUG |
BKB | 1968 |
| 24 April 2019 | Sergey Pogorelov |  RUS |
HBL | 1996—2004 |
| 24 April 2020 | Harry Sindle | USA |
SAL | 1960 |
| 24 April 2023 | Ove Krogh Rants | DEN |
CTR | 1952 |