Celebrities who died young

They died when they were children, adolescents or at a very young age, often by accident or due to illness. They were famous but had a tragic fate.

Louis-Joseph de France

Louis-Joseph de France

1781 • 1789

Nobility and royalty

† at 10 years

1978 • 1988

† at 10 years

1785 • 1795

Nobility and royalty

† at 11 years

1923 • 1935

Heather O'Rourke

† at 12 years

Heather O'Rourke

1975 • 1988

† at 15 years

1537 • 1553

Kings of England

† at 15 years

1991 • 2006

Catholic saints

† at 16 years

1544 • 1560

French monarchs

† at 17 years

1924 • 1941

† at 17 years

1941 • 1959

† at 20 years

1999 • 2019

† at 20 years

1998 • 2018

† at 20 years

1955 • 1975

Évariste Galois

† at 20 years

Évariste Galois

1811 • 1832

Dorothy Stratten

† at 20 years

Dorothy Stratten

1960 • 1980

† at 21 years

1921 • 1943

† at 21 years

1859 • 1881

† at 21 years

1938 • 1960

† at 21 years

1996 • 2017

† at 21 years

1811 • 1832

Stuart Sutcliffe

† at 21 years

Stuart Sutcliffe

1940 • 1962

† at 21 years

1957 • 1979

† at 22 years

1918 • 1940

Georges Guynemer

† at 22 years

Georges Guynemer

1894 • 1917

† at 22 years

1936 • 1959

† at 22 years

1979 • 2001

Grégory Lemarchal

† at 23 years

Grégory Lemarchal

1983 • 2007

† at 23 years

1956 • 1980

Died 450 years ago in 2024

† at 23 years

1550 • 1574

French monarchs

† at 23 years

1994 • 2017

† at 23 years

1921 • 1945

† at 23 years

1970 • 1993

Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte

† at 23 years

Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte

1856 • 1879

Nobility and royalty

† at 23 years

1910 • 1934

Gavrilo Princip

† at 23 years

Gavrilo Princip

Bosnia and herzegovina

1894 • 1918

Lee Harvey Oswald

† at 24 years

Lee Harvey Oswald

1939 • 1963

Thérèse de Lisieux

† at 24 years

Thérèse de Lisieux

1873 • 1897

Catholic saints

Charlotte Corday

† at 24 years

Charlotte Corday

1768 • 1793

The Notorious B.I.G.

† at 24 years

The Notorious B.I.G.

1972 • 1997

Comte de Lautréamont

† at 24 years

Comte de Lautréamont

1846 • 1870

† at 24 years

1931 • 1955

Manfred von Richthofen

† at 25 years

Manfred von Richthofen

1892 • 1918

Died 40 years ago in 2024

† at 25 years

1958 • 1984

† at 25 years

1795 • 1821

Died 10 years ago in 2025

† at 25 years

1989 • 2015

† at 25 years

1964 • 1989

Françoise Dorléac

† at 25 years

Françoise Dorléac

1942 • 1967

† at 25 years

1963 • 1988

† at 25 years

1998 • 2023

† at 25 years

1982 • 2008

† at 25 years

1971 • 1996

† at 25 years

1909 • 1934

† at 25 years

1956 • 1982

† at 26 years

1992 • 2018

† at 26 years

1911 • 1937

Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

† at 26 years

Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

1767 • 1794

Died 50 years ago in 2024

† at 26 years

1948 • 1974

† at 26 years

Hélène Boucher

1908 • 1934

John Wilkes Booth

† at 26 years

John Wilkes Booth

1838 • 1865

† at 26 years

1941 • 1967

Angélique Duchemin

† at 26 years

Angélique Duchemin

1991 • 2017

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

† at 26 years

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

1710 • 1736

Classic composers

† at 26 years

1289 • 1316

French monarchs

Siobhan Cattigan

† at 26 years

Siobhan Cattigan

1995 • 2021

† at 26 years

1943 • 1969

† at 27 years

1967 • 1994

† at 27 years

1886 • 1914

Jean-Michel Basquiat

† at 27 years

Jean-Michel Basquiat

1960 • 1988

Jonathan Brandis

† at 27 years

Jonathan Brandis

1976 • 2003

† at 27 years

1470 • 1498

French monarchs

† at 27 years

1942 • 1970

† at 27 years

1943 • 1971