List of people who died of starvation explained

This is a list of notable people who died of starvation:

NameLifeCountry of originCommentsRef.
Agrippina the Elder14 BC–33 ADRoman EmpireRoman imperial princess, granddaughter of Augustus and mother of Caligula, starved to death (perhaps on the orders of Tiberius) in her exile on the island of Pandateria.
Anaxagoras of Clazomenae510–428 BCAncient GreeceGreek philosopher, sage, mathematician, physicist and astronomer.
Boyi and Shuqi1045 BCChinaShang dynasty loyalists[1] [2]
Bimbisara558–491 BCMagadhaKing of Magadha from  542 to 492 BC. He was imprisoned by his son Ajatashatru in order to ascend the throne and died before he could be released.
Maud de Braose1155–1210English noblewoman accused King John of England of the murder of the young duke Arthur of Brittany
Robert O'Hara Burke1821–1861Leader of the Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north.
William John Wills1834–1861Member of the Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north.
Frank E. Butler1847–1926American sharpshooter and husband to Annie Oakley
Karen Carpenter1950–1983American singer and drummer
Chandragupta Maurya340–297 BCMaurya EmpireEmperor of the Mauryan empire (300 BC), who reputedly died of self-starvation as a Jain.[3]
Floyd Collins1887–1925American cave explorer and famous, cave accident victim, died in Sand Cave, the near Cave City, Kentucky, part of Mammoth Cave National Park
George Washington DeLong1844–1881North pole explorer, and his crew.[4]
George Donner1784–1847American co-leader of the infamous frontier Donner Party, who resorted to cannibalism and murder to stay alive after an early winter snowfall stranded them while crossing the Sierra Nevada Mountains into California.
Drusus Caesar7–33Roman EmpireRoman imperial prince, son of Germanicus and brother of Caligula, starved to death in his prison on the orders of Tiberius.
Eratosthenes276–195Ancient GreeceEminent Greek thinker.[5] [6]
Pavel Filonov1883–1941Russian avant-garde painter, art theorist, and poet.[7]
Kurt Gödel1906–1978Groundbreaking mathematician who starved to death after his wife was hospitalized and could no longer prepare his meals.[8] [9] [10]
Pope John XIVd. 984Pope from 983 to 984. He was placed in prison by Antipope Boniface VII in the Castel Sant'Angelo, where he died either from starvation or poison.
Thomas Johnsond. 1537He and nine other Carthusian martyrs, who refused the Oath of Supremacy
Julia Livilla18–41Roman EmpireRoman imperial princess, sister of Caligula, starved to death in her banishment on the orders of her uncle, the emperor Claudius.
Liu Zongzhou1578–1645Ming EmpireConfucian scholar who starved himself to death following the fall of the Ming dynasty.
Livilla13 BC–31 ADRoman EmpireRoman imperial princess, niece and daughter-in-law of Tiberius, starved to death by her mother Antonia Minor for her complicity in the murder of her husband Drusus Minor.
Christopher McCandless1968–1992American wanderer who starved to death in Alaska after a planned solo trip became fatal due to not being properly prepared.
Terence MacSwiney1879–1920Lord Mayor of Cork who died during a hunger strike while imprisoned in Brixton Prison.
Feodosia Morozova1632–1675Russian noblewoman, one of the best-known partisans of the Old Believer movement.
Scott Nearing1883–1983American peace activist, economist and homesteader.[11]
Pausaniasd. 470 BCSpartaSpartan general
Potti Sri Ramulu1901–1952Indian revolutionary of Andhra Pradesh, India for a separate state for Telugu speaking people.
Hector Pitchforth1887—1927English trader, living as a hermit on Baffin Island.[12] [13] [14]
Vasily Rozanov1856–1919Russian philosopher
Bobby Sands1954–1981Northern IrelandHe and nine other Irish republicans died during the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike.[15] [16]
Carl Schlechter1874–1918A leading Austrian chess master and theoretician (pneumonia also said to have been a factor).[17]
Robert Falcon Scott1868–1912English Antarctic explorer who perished, along with four more, on their return trip from the South Pole
Alexey Troitsky1866–1942A leading Russian chess composer who starved to death during the Siege of Leningrad.
Ugolino della Gherardesca1220–1289Italian nobleman, politician and naval commander who later became a figure in Dante's Divine Comedy.
Wu of Liang464–549Liang EmpireFounding emperor of the Liang Dynasty.
King Wuling of Zhaod. 295 BCRuler of Zhao during the Warring States period.
Yang Yed. 986Song EmpireChinese general who served both the Northern Han and Song Dynasty.
Empress Yang Zhi259-292Jin DynastySecond Empress Consort of Emperor Wu of Jin.
Ye Mingchen1807–1859Chinese official who was a key figure in resisting British influence during the Opium Wars.[18]
Yuan Shud. 199Han EmpireChinese warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty.
Simone Weil1909-1943French philosopher, mystic and political activist.
Zhou Yafud. 143 BCHan EmpireChinese general best remembered for putting down the Rebellion of the Seven States.[19]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.tonyhuang39.com/page/cc605.html 餓鄉記
  2. http://jieyangren.blog.hexun.com/34220081_d.html 千载孤竹与伯夷、叔齐
  3. Web site: Global Jain Events. jainworld.com. 2014-04-05.
  4. Web site: Jeannette Arctic Expedition, 1879-1881 . history.navy.mil . 2014-04-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141216110511/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/ev-1880s/jeannett.htm . 2014-12-16 .
  5. Web site: Eratosthenes summary. www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk. 2014-04-05.
  6. Web site: Eratosthenes. abyss.uoregon.edu. 2014-04-05.
  7. http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/exhibitions/?id=101&i=4&year=2001
  8. Web site: KURT GODEL. usna.edu. 2014-04-05.
  9. Web site: paper.pdf . 2014-04-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080514005446/http://math.ucsd.edu/~sbuss/ResearchWeb/dawsonreview/paper.pdf . May 14, 2008 .
  10. Web site: Godel summary. www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk. 2014-04-05.
  11. Web site: Our Town | Ellsworth American.com. ellsworthamerican.com. 2014-04-05. dead. https://archive.today/20120729073419/http://www.ellsworthamerican.com/ourtown/brooksville/ot_brookvilles3_05-23-02.html. 2012-07-29.
  12. Book: Davis, Richard Clarke . Lobsticks and Stone Cairns: Human Landmarks in the Arctic . 1996 . University of Calgary Press . 0-585-11861-2 . Calgary . 267–368 . 45731124.
  13. Web site: Harper . Kenn . 7 June 2013 . Taissumani: June 7: Hector Pitchforth - The Loneliest Man in the World . 28 July 2022 . Nunatsiaq News . en.
  14. Book: Grant, Shelagh D. . Arctic Justice: On Trial for Murder, Pond Inlet, 1923 . 2002 . McGill-Queen's University Press . 978-0-7735-7003-0 . Montreal . 219–222 . 244764155.
  15. Web site: 1981 Hunger Strikes . https://web.archive.org/web/20020215215736/http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/aia/exhibits/0501_hunger/ampress/pov_columns02.htm . 2002-02-15 . dead . 2014-04-05 .
  16. Web site: How the IRA manufactured a new martyr | 1980-1989 | Guardian Century. century.guardian.co.uk. 2014-04-05.
  17. Web site: Deaths of Chess Players . https://web.archive.org/web/20031010014817/http://www.chess-poster.com/english/notes_and_facts/deaths_of_chess_players.htm . 2003-10-10 . dead . 2014-04-05 .
  18. http://www.shm.com.cn/review/2005-12/16/content_1169522.htm 两广总督叶名琛:不战不和不守 不降不死不走
  19. http://paper.wenweipo.com/2005/01/13/CF0501130003.htm 琴台客聚:藤蛇入口宜居安思危