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This is a list of people with Wikipedia articles who died in, or as a result of motorcycle crashes.
The following people with biographies in Wikipedia died of road crashes involving motorcycles:
Name | Date | Age | Nationality | Notability | Make-model | Displacement (cc) | Location | Details | Source |
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T. E. Lawrence | May 18, 1935 | 46 | British | Soldier, writer | Brough Superior SS100 | Wareham, Dorset, England | [1] | ||
Tom Cooper | June 25, 1940 | 35 | British | Footballer | Aldeburgh, England | Collided with lorry while on duty during WWII | |||
Bluey Wilkinson | July 27, 1940 | 28 | Australian | Speedway rider | Bondi, New South Wales | ||||
Ahmed Hassanein | February 19, 1946 | 56 | Egyptian | Courtier and explorer | |||||
Arthur Fox Jr. | June 15, 1953 | 29 | Australian | Australian rules footballer | Ouyen, Victoria, Australia | ||||
Ray Gibb | September 10, 1953 | 24 | Australian | Australian rules footballer | Melbourne, Australia | Collided with milk cart | |||
Mario Gestri | December 4, 1953 | 29 | Italian | Cyclist | Montecatini Terme | Had only purchased the bike a few days prior. | [2] | ||
Harry Bamford | October 31, 1958 | 38 | British | Footballer | Clifton, Bristol, England | Collided with delivery van | |||
Richard Fariña | April 30, 1966 | 29 | American | Musician | Near Carmel, California | Passenger | |||
Ron Rector | July 14, 1968 | 24 | American | American football player | 1967 Harley-Davidson | Columbus, Ohio | Crashed June 29, 29 on I-71 | ||
Duane Allman | October 29, 1971 | 24 | American | Musician | Harley-Davidson Sportster | Macon, Georgia, US | |||
Berry Oakley | November 11, 1972 | 24 | American | Musician | 1967 Triumph | Macon, Georgia | Three blocks from where fellow Allman Brothers Band member Duane Allman had his fatal motorcycle crash | [3] | |
Don Rich | July 17, 1974 | 32 | Musician (Buck Owens and the Buckaroos) | ||||||
Bob Gassoff | May 27, 1977 | 24 | Canadian | Ice hockey player | Near Gray Summit, Missouri | ||||
Stanley de Silva | April 12, 1980 | 23 | Sri Lankan | Cricketer | Balapitiya, Sri Lanka | ||||
John Gardner | September 14, 1982 | 49 | American | Novelist | Harley-Davidson | Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania | [4] [5] | ||
Gary Gabelich | January 26, 1984 | 43 | American | Land speed record holder | San Pedro, Los Angeles | [6] | |||
Coluche, born Michel Colucci | June 19, 1986 | 41 | French | Comedian | |||||
Barry Mannakee | May 14, 1987 | 39 | British | Royal Protection Squad bodyguard and alleged lover of Diana, Princess of Wales | Suzuki | 400 | Woodford, London | Death claimed by Diana to have been arranged by security services | [7] [8] |
Pete de Freitas | June 14, 1989 | 27 | British | Musician | Ducati | 900 | Longdon, Staffordshire, England | Collided with another vehicle | |
Jay Ilagan | February 4, 1992 | 37 | Filipino | Actor | Quezon City, Philippines | Hit by drunk driver | |||
Jason McRoy | August 24, 1995 | 23 | British | Downhill mountain bike rider | Harley Davidson | A628, Derbyshire | [nb 1] | [9] | |
Ric Segreto | September 6, 1998 | 63 | Filipino | Musician, teacher | Makati, Philippines | ||||
Pete Conrad | July 8, 1999 | 69 | American | Third person to walk on the Moon | 1996 Harley-Davidson | Ojai, California | [nb 2] | [10] [11] | |
Niccolò Galli | February 10, 2001 | 17 | Italian | Footballer | |||||
Andy Kirby | July 18, 2002 | 40 | NASCAR Busch Series driver | 1985 Harley-Davidson | White House, Tennessee | [12] | |||
Bahattin Sofuoğlu | October 25, 2002 | Turkish | Motorcycle racer | ||||||
Tim Choate | September 24, 2004 | 49 | American | Actor | Los Angeles, California | ||||
Simon Milward | March 4, 2005 | 40 | Humanitarian motorcyclist | Mali | |||||
Norberto Napolitano "Pappo" | February 24, 2005 | 54 | Argentine | Rock musician | |||||
David Macpherson | August 31, 2006 | 82 | Scottish | Nobleman | Collided with dustcart (garbage truck) seven weeks prior | ||||
Sajjadul Hasan | March 16, 2007 | 28 | Bangladeshi | Cricketer | |||||
Manjural Islam Rana | March 16, 2007 | 22 | Bangladeshi | Cricketer | |||||
Diego Corrales | May 7, 2007 | 29 | American | Boxer | 2007 Suzuki GSXR 1000 | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
Lenar Gilmullin | June 22, 2007 | 22 | Russian | Footballer | |||||
Norifumi Abe | October 7, 2007 | 32 | Japan | Motorcycle racer | Yamaha XP 500 TMAX maxi-scooter | 500 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | [nb 3] | [13] [14] |
Sophan Sophiaan | May 17, 2008 | 64 | Indonesian | Actor, politician | Sragen Regency, Java, Indonesia | Ran into large pothole | |||
Luc Bourdon | May 29, 2008 | 21 | Canadian | NHL prospect, 1st round pick of the Vancouver Canucks | 2009 Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 1000 | Lamèque, New Brunswick, Canada | [15] [16] [17] [18] | |
Jonathan Goddard | June 15, 2008 | 27 | American | Football player | Clay County, Florida | ||||
Andrea Pininfarina | August 7, 2008 | 51 | Italian | Engineer and manager, CEO of Pininfarina | Vespa GT60 scooter | 250 | Cambiano, Turin | [nb 4] | [19] Conditions at the time of the crash were very foggy. [20] |
Anatoly Khrapaty | August 11, 2008 | 45 | Kazakh | Powerlifter, Olympic coach | Arshaly, Akmola, Kazakhstan | ||||
Lee Eon | August 21, 2008 | 27 | South Korean | Actor | Seoul, South Korea | Collided with overpass guardrail | |||
Jake Drake-Brockman | September 1, 2009 | 53 | British | Musician | BSA motorcycle | Isle of Man | Collided with converted ambulance | ||
Atsushi Kuroi | February 1, 2010 | 40 | Japanese | Drifting driver | [21] [22] | ||||
Calvin Blignault | August 21, 2010 | 30 | South African | Mechanical engineer | Port Elizabeth, South Africa | Hit and run | |||
Steve Lee | October 5, 2010 | 47 | Swiss | Musician | Mesquite, Nevada | Struck by motorcycle that was hit by a semi truck | |||
Douglas Blubaugh | May 16, 2011 | 76 | American | Olympic wrestler | Tonkawa, Oklahoma | Struck by pickup truck | |||
Cosimo Caliandro | June 10, 2011 | 29 | Italian | Runner | Francaville Fontana, Italy | ||||
Sebastijan Pečjak | July 6, 2012 | 35 | Slovene | Darts player | Ljubljana, Slovenia | ||||
Thanasis Tribonias | July 24, 2012 | 28 | Greek | Footballer, police officer | Athens, Greece | Lost control of motorcycle on duty | |||
Ranking Trevor | August 7, 2012 | 52 | Jamaican | Deejay | Kingston, Jamaica | Collision | |||
Mitch Lucker | October 31, 2012 | 28 | American | Former frontman of the band Suicide Silence | 2013 Harley-Davidson | Huntington Beach, California | [23] | ||
Bo Lozoff | November 29, 2012 | 65 | American | Humanitarian, writer | 2003 Suzuki | Puna, Hawaii | Struck by motor vehicle | ||
Frank Pastore | December 17, 2012 | 55 | American | Baseball player, radio host | Honda VTX series | 1800 | Duarte, California | Struck by car on November 19 | |
Cornelis Koster | March 21, 2013 | 69 | Dutch | Academic | Netherlands | ||||
Jefri Al Buchori | April 26, 2013 | 40 | Indonesian | Islamic preacher, actor | Kawasaki ER-6n | 650 | South Jakarta, Indonesia | Collided with tree | |
Mary Thom | April 26, 2013 | 68 | American | Feminist, writer | 1996 Honda Magna | 750 | Yonkers, New York | Struck by a vehicle after veering into traffic | |
Darryl Read | June 23, 2013 | 61 | British | Musician | Pattaya, Thailand | ||||
Bill Beckwith | December 2, 2013 | 38 | American | Carpenter, host of Curb Appeal | San Francisco, California | Collided with vehicle | [24] | ||
Andriy Husin | September 17, 2014 | 41 | Ukrainian | Footballer, coach | Kyiv, Ukraine | ||||
Andrea de Cesaris | October 5, 2014 | 55 | Italian | Racing driver | Rome, Italy | Collided with freeway guardrail | |||
Nagare Hagiwara | April 22, 2015 | 62 | Japanese | Actor | Suginami, Japan | ||||
Joan Garriga | August 27, 2015 | 52 | Spanish | Motorcycle racer | Barcelona, Spain | ||||
Bruno Agostinelli | March 9, 2016 | 28 | Canadian | Tennis player | Toronto, Ontario | Collided with another vehicle | |||
Antoine Demoitié | March 27, 2016 | 25 | Belgian | Cyclist | Sainte-Marie-Cappel | Struck by motorbike after fall during race | [25] | ||
Trần Phước Thọ | April 17, 2016 | 23 | Vietnamese | Footballer | Tân An, Long An, Vietnam | ||||
Jory Prum | April 22, 2016 | 41 | American | Audio engineer | |||||
Oh Se-jong | June 27, 2016 | 33 | South Korean | Olympic speed skater | Seoul, South Korea | Collided with vehicle | |||
Ed Ross | July 30, 2016 | 50 | American | Photographer | Near Yosemite National Park | ||||
Peter Pettalia | September 12, 2016 | 61 | American | Politician | Montmorency County, Michigan | ||||
Germaine Mason | April 20, 2017 | 34 | Jamaican | Track and field athlete | Kingston, Jamaica | ||||
Jayson Hinder | April 30, 2017 | 51 | Australian | Politician | California, US | ||||
Cris Bolado | September 17, 2017 | 47 | Filipino | Basketball player | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | ||||
Ismail Juma | November 3, 2017 | 26 | Tanzanian | Runner | Arusha, Tanzania | Head-on collision with truck | |||
Leopoldo Cantancio | April 20, 2018 | 54 | Filipino | Boxer | Bago, Negros Occidental, Philippines | Collided with post | |||
Brian Drebber | August 23, 2018 | 68 | American | Sportscaster | Canton, Georgia, US | Collided with a deer | |||
Thalles | June 22, 2019 | 24 | Brazilian | Footballer | São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||
Cedric Benson | August 17, 2019 | 36 | American | Football player | Austin, Texas | Collided with minivan | |||
Braian Toledo | February 26, 2020 | 26 | Argentine | Javelin thrower | |||||
Stefano Bianco | March 11, 2020 | 34 | Italian | Motorcycle racer | Honda CBR600RR | 600 | Turin, Italy | Collided with truck | |
Adam Comrie | August 8, 2020 | 30 | Canadian-American | Ice hockey player | Leesburg, Virginia | ||||
Howard Mudd | August 12, 2020 | 78 | American | Football player, coach | Seattle, Washington | Crashed on July 29 | |||
Krisztián Veréb | October 24, 2020 | 43 | Hungarian | Olympic canoe sprinter | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | ||||
Éric Babin | January 11, 2021 | 61 | New Caledonian | Politician | Voh, New Caledonia | ||||
Odirlei Pessoni | March 27, 2021 | 38 | Brazilian | Olympic bobsledder | Ibiraci, Brazil | ||||
Diogo Oliveira | June 9, 2021 | 38 | Brazilian | Footballer | Maringá, Brazil | Collided with post | |||
Sanchari Vijay | June 15, 2021 | 37 | Indian | Actor | Yamaha FZ1 | 1000 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | Collided with post on June 12 | |
Doug Bennett | July 16, 2021 | 75 | American | Politician | Muskegon, Michigan | Crashed with a pickup truck | [26] | ||
David Patten | September 2, 2021 | 47 | American | Football player | Columbia, South Carolina | Collided with sedan | |||
Paul Smart | October 27, 2021 | 78 | British | Motorcycle racer | Kent/East Sussex, England | ||||
Davy Tweed | October 28, 2021 | 61 | Northern Irish | Politician | County Antrim, Northern Ireland | ||||
Eric Guimbeau | March 5, 2024 | 63 | Mauritian | Politician & CEO | Harley Davidson | Union Ducray, Mauritius | Emergency braking causing loss of control, ten impact by SUV | [27] | |
Deniz Servan Narin | August 10, 2025 | 27 | Turkish | Social media personality and Motorcycle stunt rider | BMW S1000RR | Kocaeli, Turkey | Collided with lorry while on highway | [28] [29] [30] |
Name | Death | Age | Nationality | Notability | Make-model | Displacement (cc) | Location | Details | Source |
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"Indian Larry" Desmedt | August 30, 2004 | 55 | American | Motorcycle builder and stuntman | Concord, North Carolina | ||||
Butch Laswell | March 10, 1996 | 37 | American | Motorcycle stunt rider | Honda CR500 | Mesquite, Nevada | |||
Joi Harris | August 14, 2017 | 40 | American | Motorcycle road racer and stuntwoman | Vancouver, British Columbia | Killed while filming a motorcycle stunt | http://www.thedrive.com/a-list/13482/stunt-woman-killed-in-motorcycle-accident-during-deadpool-2-filming | ||
Dar Robinson | November 21, 1986 | 39 | American | Stunt performer and actor | Page, Arizona | ||||
Corey Scott | February 8, 1997 | 28 | American | Motorcycle stunt rider | Miami, Florida |