This is an index of lists of people by cause of death, in alphabetical order of cause.
Ed Sanders (right) won Olympic gold in 1952, died of a brain injury in 1954
Lists of unusual deaths
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These lists of unusual deaths consist of unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history and noted as being unusual by multiple sources.
Lists of people by cause of death
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The death of Aeschylus, killed by a tortoise dropped onto his head by an eagle, illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini
Frederick Barbarossa's strange drowning gave rise to legends that he was still alive
Franz Reichelt, known as the "Flying Tailor", prior to his death testing an early wingsuit