This is an index of lists of people by cause of death, in alphabetical order of cause. * Deaths due to the Chernobyl disaster (including list of victims) *

List of fatalities from aviation accidents Many notable human fatalities have resulted from aviation accidents and incidents. Those killed as part of a sporting, political or musical group who flew together when the accident took place are usually only listed under the group sections; h ...

List of deaths through alcohol This is a list of the most notable people in Alcohol-related deaths who died of short- and/or long-term effects of alcohol consumption. Deaths caused indirectly by alcohol, such as combined drug intoxication, or driving under the ...

* List of deaths from anorexia nervosa *

List of people who were beheaded The following is a list of people who were beheaded, arranged alphabetically by country or region and with date of decapitation. Special sections on "Religious figures" and "Fictional characters" are also appended. These individuals lost their h ...

* List of choking deaths *

List of deaths due to COVID-19 This is a list of notable people reported as having died from coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19), as a result of infection by the virus SARS-CoV-2 during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Index Deaths See also * Deaths in 2020 ...

List of racing cyclists and pacemakers with a cycling-related death The first documented deaths of competitive cyclists during competition or training date to the 1890s and early 1900s when the recently-invented safety bicycle made cycling more popular, both as a sport and as a mode of transport. The athlete ...

* List of drowning victims *

List of deaths from drug overdose and intoxication Drug overdose and intoxication are significant causes of accidental death, and can also be used as a form of suicide. Death can occur from overdosing on a single or multiple drugs, or from combined drug intoxication (CDI) due to poly drug use ...

List of people killed in duels This is a list of people killed in duels by date: 16th century * Cadeguala, Mapuche toqui, by Alonso García de Ramón at Purén, Chile 1585 * Sir William Drury, English politician and soldier, by Sir John Borough, died from wound received ...

List of deaths from legal euthanasia and assisted suicide Euthanasia is the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering, while assisted suicide, also known as physician-assisted suicide, is suicide committed with the aid of a physician. Assisted suicide is often confused ...

* List of people executed by lethal injection * List of people who were executed *

List of hazing deaths in the United States This is a list of hazing deaths in the United States. This is not an exhaustive list. An exact list is not available because there is no central system for tracking hazing deaths, and the role of hazing in some deaths is subject to disagreement. ...

List of horse accidents This is a list of people and fictional characters who had severe injuries, or died from accidents related to horses. Some of the listed accidents had important political and historical consequences, which are given when relevant. Celebrities * Hol ...

(deaths and serious injuries) *

List of inventors killed by their own inventions This is a list of inventors whose deaths were in some manner caused by or related to a product, process, procedure, or other innovation that they invented or designed. Direct casualties Art * Luis Jiménez (1940–2006) was killed while crea ...

* List of marathon fatalities * List of deaths by motorcycle crash *

List of deaths on eight-thousanders The eight-thousanders are the 14 mountains that rise more than above sea level; they are all in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges. This is a list of mountaineers who have died on these mountains. Mount Everest Mount Everest, Ea ...

(mountains) * Lists of murders * List of NASCAR fatalities * List of pneumonia deaths * List of poisonings *

List of prison deaths This is a list of notable people who have died in prison, whether in prison or in hospital while still serving a prison sentence. This list does not include inmates who were executed as punishment for their crimes. See also * :People who di ...

* List of driver deaths in motorsport * List of people who died in traffic collisions * List of skiing deaths * List of fatal cougar attacks in North America * List of fatal snake bites in the United States * List of fatal shark attacks in the United States * List of fatal shark attacks in Australia * List of fatal shark attacks in South Africa * List of fatal shark attacks in Réunion * List of fatal alligator attacks in the United States * List of fatalities due to wingsuit flying *

List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents This article lists verifiable spaceflight-related accidents and incidents resulting in human fatality or near-fatality during flight or training for crewed space missions, and testing, assembly, preparation or flight of crewed and robotic space ...

List of Spanish flu cases The 1918–1920 flu pandemic is commonly referred to as the Spanish flu, and caused millions of deaths worldwide. To maintain morale, World War I, wartime censors minimized early reports of illness and mortality in Weimar Republic, Germany, the Un ...

* List of people who died of starvation * List of notable stunt accidents *

List of selfie-related injuries and deaths This is a list of serious injuries and deaths in which one or more subjects of a selfie were killed or injured before, during, or after taking a photo of themselves, with the accident at least in part attributed to taking the photo. Overview ...

List of suicides The following people died by suicide. This includes suicides effected under duress and excludes deaths by accident or misadventure. People who might or might not have died by their own hand, or whose intention to die is in dispute, but who a ...

* List of television actors who died during production * List of tuberculosis cases * List of volcanic eruption deaths *

List of unusual deaths This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources. Antiquity Middle Ages Renaissance Early modern period 19th centur ...

* List of women who died in childbirth