List of deaths by motorcycle accidents
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This is a list of people with Wikipedia articles who died in a motorcycle accident on public roads.
Road accident
The following people died in road accidents on motorcycles:- T. E. LawrenceT. E. LawrenceLieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence, CB, DSO , known professionally as T. E. Lawrence, was a British Army officer renowned especially for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916–18...
known as Lawrence of Arabia, 18 May 1935, soldier, writer. - Bluey WilkinsonBluey WilkinsonArther George "Bluey" Wilkinson was an international speedway rider. Wilkinson was Speedway World Champion in 1938 after narrowly missing out on winning the inaugural Championship in 1936.-Early life:Wilkinson was nicknamed "Bluey" because of his red hair...
, 27 July 1940, speedway rider - Ahmed HassaneinAhmed HassaneinAhmed Hassanein Pasha, KCVO, MBE or Aḥmad Moḥammad Makhlūf Ḥasanēn al-Būlākī was an Oxford-educated Egyptian courtier, diplomat, Olympic athlete in fencing, photographer, writer, politician, explorer and tutor to King Farouk.Ahmed Hassanein was one of the most influential figures in Egyptian...
, 19 February 1946, Egyptian courtier and explorer - Richard FarinaRichard FariñaRichard George Fariña was an American writer and folksinger.-Early years and education:Richard Fariña was born in Brooklyn, New York, of Cuban and Irish descent. He grew up in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn and attended Brooklyn Technical High School...
, 30 April 1966, singer, musician. - Duane AllmanDuane AllmanHoward Duane Allman was an American guitarist, session musician and the primary co-founder of the southern rock group The Allman Brothers Band...
, 29 October 1971, musician. - Berry OakleyBerry OakleyRaymond Berry Oakley III , was an American bassist and one of the founding members of The Allman Brothers Band.-Biography:...
, 11 November 1972, musician - Don RichDon RichDonald Eugene Ulrich, best known by the stage name Don Rich was a country musician who helped develop the Bakersfield sound in the early 1960s. He was a noted guitarist and fiddler, and a member of the Buckaroos, the backing band of country singer Buck Owens.-Biography:Donald Eugene Ulrich was...
, 17 July 1974, musician (Buck Owens and the Buckaroos) - Bob GassoffBob GassoffRobert Allen Gassoff was a professional ice hockey player. He played four seasons in the NHL for the St. Louis Blues...
, 27 May 1977, ice hockey player - Reg ArmstrongReg ArmstrongReginald Armstrong was born in Liverpool, grew up in Dublin. He was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and raced for AJS, Velocette, Norton, NSU, and Gilera. He then became team manager for Honda's racing team in 1962 and 1963, and they won five world championships in that time. He was also in his...
, 1926 - 1979 Irish motorcycle racer - Stanley de SilvaStanley de SilvaDeva Lokesh Stanley de Silva was a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played two ODIs in the 1979 Cricket World Cup....
, 12 April 1980, Sri Lankan cricketer - John Gardner, 14 September 1982, novelist
- Gary GabelichGary GabelichGary Gabelich was a Croatian-American race car driver who set the land speed record with his rocket-powered vehicle "Blue Flame" on October 23, 1970, achieving an average speed of . Only 13,000 lbs. s.t...
26 January 1984, American former land speed record holder - ColucheColucheMichel Colucci , better known as Coluche, was a French comedian and actor, famous for his irreverent sense of humour....
, aka Michel Colucci, 19 June 1986, French comedian - Barry MannakeeBarry MannakeeBarry Albert Mannakee was a police officer with the Royal Protection Squad and was assigned as a bodyguard to Diana, Princess of Wales in 1985...
, 14 May 1987, Royal Protection Squad bodyguard and alleged lover of Diana, Princess of WalesDiana, Princess of WalesDiana, Princess of Wales was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, whom she married on 29 July 1981, and an international charity and fundraising figure, as well as a preeminent celebrity of the late 20th century... - Pete ConradPete ConradCharles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. was an American naval officer, astronaut and engineer, and the third person to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 12 mission. He set an eight-day space endurance record along with command pilot Gordon Cooper on the Gemini 5 mission, and commanded the Gemini 11 mission...
, 8 July 1999, astronaut. - Niccolò Galli, 10 February 2001, Italian footballer
- Andy KirbyAndy KirbyAndy Kirby , is a former stockcar driver, most notably in NASCAR. Kirby did not initially begin with NASCAR, where his career would end. Instead, Kirby quickly earned his reputation as a motorcycle racer in the Southeastern United States...
, 18 July 2002, NASCAR Busch Series Driver - Bahattin SofuoğluBahattin SofuogluBahattin Sofuoğlu, , was a successful motorcycle racer for the Turkish Honda team.As the son of a motorcycle dealer, he started racing in 1997 at the age of nineteen...
, 25 October 2002, Turkish motorcycle racer - Simon MilwardSimon MilwardSimon Milward was the General Secretary of the Federation of European Motorcyclists Associations , based in Brussels, Belgium from 1992 to 1999. He represented motorcyclists in the institutions of the European Union concerning road safety and consumer issues.A collision with a car resulted in...
, 4 March 2005, Global Humanitarian Motorcyclist - Norberto Napolitano "PappoPappo-, 1968:-, 1969:# # # # # # # # # -Rock de la mujer perdida, 1970:...
", 24 February 2005, Argentinian Rock Musician - Sajjadul HasanSajjadul HasanMohammad Sajjadul Hasan was a Bangladeshi first-class cricketer.Nicknamed 'Setu', he was an opening or top-order batsman for Khulna Division...
, 16 March 2007, Bangladeshi cricketer. - Manjural Islam RanaManjural Islam RanaManjural Islam Rana , also known as Qazi Manjural Islam, was a Bangladeshi cricketer who played six Tests and 25 One Day Internationals for Bangladesh. Born in Khulna, Rana was a slow left arm orthodox bowler...
, 16 March 2007, Bangladeshi cricketer. - Diego CorralesDiego CorralesDiego "Chico" Corrales was an American boxer.He was the WBC, WBO, & The Ring lightweight champion, and the WBO & IBF super featherweight champion....
, 7 May 2007, professional boxer - Lenar GilmullinLenar GilmullinLenar Ildusovich Gilmullin was a Russian football full-back of Tatar origin who played for FC Rubin Kazan and the Russia Under-21 team.-Death:...
, 22 June 2007, Russian footballer - Norifumi AbeNorifumi AbeNorifumi "Norick" Abe 阿部典史 , or ノリック・アベ , was a Japanese motorcycle road racer who was previously a 500 cc/MotoGP rider.-Biography:...
, 7 October 2007, Japanese professional motorcycle racer - Luc BourdonLuc BourdonLuc Bourdon was a Canadian professional Ice Hockey Defenceman who played for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League and their American Hockey League affiliate, the Manitoba Moose, from 2006 until 2008...
, 29 May 2008, NHL Defensive prospect, 1st round pick of the Vancouver CanucksVancouver CanucksThe Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,... - Andrea PininfarinaAndrea PininfarinaAndrea Pininfarina was an Italian engineer and manager, former CEO of the Italian coachbuilder Pininfarina, founded by his grandfather Battista "Pinin" Farina in 1930 and still controlled by the family...
, 7 August 2008, Engineer and manager, CEO of PininfarinaPininfarinaPininfarina S.p.A. is an Italian car design firm and coachbuilder in Cambiano, Italy.Founded as Società anonima Carrozzeria Pinin Farina in 1930 by automobile designer and builder Battista "Pinin" Farina, Pininfarina has been employed by a wide variety of high-end automobile manufacturers,... - Atsushi KuroiAtsushi Kuroiwas a Japanese professional drifting driver who competed in the D1 Grand Prix series for with . He died on 2 February 2010 during the evening due to a motorcycle accident....
, 1 February 2010, Japanese drifting driver
Stunt accident
- "Indian Larry" DesmedtLarry Desmedt"Indian" Larry Desmedt was a noted bike builder, stuntman, and innovator in the world of custom motorcycles.Indian Larry was born Larry Desmedt in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York....
, 55, 30 August 2004, motorcycle builder and stuntman - Jeremy LuskJeremy LuskJeremy Lusk was an American freestyle motocross racer from San Diego, California. He was part of the riding group Metal Mulisha....
, 24, 10 February 2009, American freestyle motocrossFreestyle MotocrossFreestyle Motocross is a variation on the sport of motocross in which motorcycle riders attempt to impress judges with jumps and stunts.The two main types of freestyle events are:...
rider, competing in X Knights competition in San JoseSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
, Costa RicaCosta RicaCosta Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east.... - Jim McNeil, 32, 7 November 2011, American freestyle motocrossFreestyle MotocrossFreestyle Motocross is a variation on the sport of motocross in which motorcycle riders attempt to impress judges with jumps and stunts.The two main types of freestyle events are:...
rider, practice for an exhibition prior to the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor SpeedwayTexas Motor SpeedwayTexas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas....
Testing accident
- 1896 Sylvester H. RoperSylvester H. RoperSylvester H. Roper was an inventor from Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, and a pioneering builder of early automobiles and motorcycles. In 1863 he built a steam carriage, one of the earliest automobiles...
Cambridge, MassachusettsCambridge, MassachusettsCambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
. Crash preceded by or followed by heart failure. - 2007 Noriyasu NumataNoriyasu Numatawas a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer born in Chiba, Japan. He competed in 250cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1995 to 1998. He was killed in an accident during tyre testing for Dunlop at Okayama International Circuit in Japan.- Early career :...
(JPN) Okayama International Circuit
See also
- List of Billown Course fatal accidents
- List of Daytona International Speedway fatalities
- :Category:Lists of motorsport fatalities
- Motorsport Memorial