List of people who died of starvation

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NameLifeCountry of originCommentsRef.
Agrippina the Elder 14 BC–33 ADVexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg  Roman Empire Roman 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 Clazomenae 510–428 BCVexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg  Roman Empire Greek philosopher, sage, mathematician, physicist and astronomer.
Denny Barry 1904-1923Flag of Ireland.svg  Irish Free State Irish Republican who died during the 1923 Irish hunger strikes
Boyi and Shuqi 1045 BC China Shang dynasty loyalists [1] [2]
Bimbisara 558–491 BC Magadha King 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 Braose 1155–1210Flag of England.svg  England English noblewoman accused King John of England of the murder of the young duke Arthur of Brittany
Robert O'Hara Burke 1821–1861Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Leader of the Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north.
William John Wills 1834–1861Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Member of the Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north.
Frank E. Butler 1847–1926Flag of the United States.svg  United States American sharpshooter and husband to Annie Oakley
Karen Carpenter 1950–1983Flag of the United States.svg  United States American singer and drummer
Chandragupta Maurya 340–297 BC Maurya Empire Emperor of the Mauryan empire (300 BC), who reputedly died of self-starvation as a Jain. [3]
Floyd Collins 1887–1925Flag of the United States.svg  United States American cave explorer and famous, cave accident victim, died in Sand Cave, the near Cave City, Kentucky, part of Mammoth Cave National Park
George Washington DeLong 1844–1881Flag of the United States.svg  United States North pole explorer, and his crew. [4]
George Donner 1784–1847Flag of the United States.svg  United States American 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 Caesar 7–33Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg  Roman Empire Roman imperial prince, son of Germanicus and brother of Caligula, starved to death in his prison on the orders of Tiberius.
Eratosthenes 276–195 Ancient Greece Eminent Greek thinker. [5] [6]
Pavel Filonov 1883–1941Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Russian avant-garde painter, art theorist, and poet. [7]
Kurt Gödel 1906–1978Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Groundbreaking mathematician who starved to death after his wife was hospitalized and could no longer prepare his meals. [8] [9] [10]
Yury Ivanovich 1480-1536 Principality of Moscow Son of Ivan III who starved in prison.
Pope John XIV d. 984Flag of the Papal States (1808-1870).svg  Papal States Pope 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 Johnson d. 1537Flag of England.svg  England He and nine other Carthusian martyrs, who refused the Oath of Supremacy
Nikolai Kletochnikov 1847-1883Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Revolutionary who died during a hunger strike.
Julia Livilla 18–41Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg  Roman Empire Roman imperial princess, sister of Caligula, starved to death in her banishment on the orders of her uncle, the emperor Claudius.
Liu Zongzhou 1578–1645 Ming Empire Confucian scholar who starved himself to death following the fall of the Ming dynasty.
Livilla 13 BC–31 ADVexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg  Roman Empire Roman 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 McCandless 1968–1992Flag of the United States.svg  United States American wanderer who starved to death in Alaska after a planned solo trip became fatal due to not being properly prepared.
Terence MacSwiney 1879–1920Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Lord Mayor of Cork who died during a hunger strike while imprisoned in Brixton Prison.
Feodosia Morozova 1632–1675Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Russian noblewoman, one of the best-known partisans of the Old Believer movement.
Scott Nearing 1883–1983Flag of the United States.svg  United States American peace activist, economist and homesteader. [11]
Pausanias d. 470 BC Sparta Spartan general
Potti Sri Ramulu 1901–1952Flag of India.svg  India Indian revolutionary of Andhra Pradesh, India for a separate state for Telugu speaking people.
Hector Pitchforth 1887—1927Flag of England.svg  England English trader, living as a hermit on Baffin Island. [12] [13] [14]
Vasily Rozanov 1856–1919Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Russian philosopher
Bobby Sands 1954–1981Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom He and nine other Irish republicans died during the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike. [15] [16]
Sayf al-Din Salar 1260s-1310Mameluke Flag.svg  Mamluk Sultanate Viceroy of the Mamluk sultan al-Nasir Muhammad who starved in prison.
Carl Schlechter 1874–1918Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Austria-Hungary A leading Austrian chess master and theoretician (pneumonia also said to have been a factor). [17]
Robert Falcon Scott 1868–1912Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom English Antarctic explorer who perished, along with four more, on their return trip from the South Pole
Alexey Troitsky 1866–1942Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union A leading Russian chess composer who starved to death during the Siege of Leningrad.
Ugolino della Gherardesca 1220–1289Flag of Florence.svg  Florence Italian nobleman, politician and naval commander who later became a figure in Dante's Divine Comedy .
Wu of Liang 464–549 Liang Empire Founding emperor of the Liang Dynasty.
King Wuling of Zhao d. 295 BC Zhao Ruler of Zhao during the Warring States period.
Yang Ye d. 986 Song Empire Chinese general who served both the Northern Han and Song Dynasty.
Empress Yang Zhi 259–292 Jin Dynasty Second Empress Consort of Emperor Wu of Jin.
Ye Mingchen 1807–1859Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg  China Chinese official who was a key figure in resisting British influence during the Opium Wars. [18]
Yuan Shu d. 199 Han Empire Chinese warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty.
Simone Weil 1909-1943Flag of France.svg  France French philosopher, mystic and political activist.
Zhou Yafu d. 143 BC Han Empire Chinese general best remembered for putting down the Rebellion of the Seven States. [19]

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