# Lists of people by cause of death

This is an index of lists of people by cause of death, in alphabetical order of cause.
* Deaths due to the Chernobyl disaster (including list of victims)
* List of fatalities from aviation accidents
** List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents
* List of deaths through alcohol
* List of deaths from anorexia nervosa
* List of choking deaths
* List of deaths due to COVID-19
* List of drowning victims
* List of deaths from drug overdose and intoxication
* List of people killed in duels
* List of people who were executed
** List of people executed by lethal injection
** List of people who were beheaded
** Lists of people executed in the United States
** List of people executed in India
** List of executions in Japan
** List of people executed in Mexico
** List of people executed in Romania
* List of hazing deaths in the United States
* List of horse accidents (deaths and serious injuries)
* List of inventors killed by their own inventions
* Lists of murders
** Murdered sex workers in the United Kingdom
** List of murdered musicians
*** List of murdered hip hop musicians
* List of poisonings
* List of prison deaths
* List of people who died in traffic collisions
** List of deaths by motorcycle crash
* List of skiing deaths
* List of fatal cougar attacks in North America
* List of fatal dog attacks
* List of fatal snake bites in Australia
* List of fatal snake bites in the United States
* List of fatal shark attacks in the United States
* List of fatal shark attacks in Australia
* List of fatal shark attacks in South Africa
* List of fatal shark attacks in Réunion
* List of fatal alligator attacks in the United States
* List of Spanish flu cases
* List of people who died of starvation
* List of notable stunt accidents
* List of selfie-related injuries and deaths
* List of suicides
** List of deaths from legal euthanasia and assisted suicide
* List of television actors who died during production
* List of tuberculosis cases
* List of volcanic eruption deaths
* List of unusual deaths
* List of women who died in childbirth

## Lists of sportspeople who died during their careers

Sportspeople who died during their careers are covered in lists by sport, and in the case of motorsports by location.
* List of American football players who died during their careers
* List of association footballers who died after on-field incidents
* List of athletics competitors who died during their careers
** List of marathon fatalities
* List of Australian rules footballers who died during their careers
* List of basketball players who died during their careers
* List of baseball players who died during their careers
* List of deaths due to injuries sustained in boxing
* List of fatal accidents in cricket
* List of professional cyclists who died during a race
* List of ice hockey players who died during their careers
* List of triathlon fatalities
* Fatalities in mixed martial arts contests
* List of fatal accidents in motorboat racing
* Rider deaths in motorcycle racing
** List of Billown Course fatal accidents
** List of Snaefell Mountain Course fatal accidents
* Driver deaths in motorsport
** List of Brands Hatch Circuit fatal accidents
** List of Turismo Carretera fatalities [es]
** List of fatal Champ Car accidents
** List of Daytona International Speedway fatalities
** List of Dundrod Circuit fatal accidents
** List of Formula One fatalities
** List of Hockenheimring fatal accidents
** List of fatalities at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
** List of Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit fatal accidents
** List of 24 Hours of Le Mans fatal accidents
** List of Autodromo Nazionale Monza fatal accidents
** List of NASCAR fatalities
** List of Nürburgring fatal accidents
** Driver and co-driver deaths in rallying events
*** List of Dakar Rally fatal accidents
*** List of fatal World Rally Championship accidents
** List of Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps fatal accidents
** List of Suzuka Circuit fatal accidents
** List of Watkins Glen International fatalities
* List of deaths on eight-thousanders
** List of people who died climbing Mount Everest
* List of fatal accidents in sailboat racing
* List of fatalities due to wingsuit flying
* List of premature professional wrestling deaths (This list includes wrestlers that were active or retired from the sport but died before the age of 65.)
* List of sumo wrestlers who died during their careers [ja]
* Sudden cardiac death of athletes

### Other sports

* Ilona Lucassen (1997–2020), Dutch judoka, suicide.
* Lara van Ruijven (1992–2020), Dutch short track speed skater, auto immune disease.

### Officials

* List of sports officials who died while active

## Lists of sportspeople who died in wars

* List of cricketers who were killed during military service
* List of footballers killed during World War II
* List of ice hockey players who died in wars
* List of Major League Baseball players who died in wars
* List of National Football League players who died in wars
* List of Olympians killed in World War I
* List of Olympians killed in World War II
* List of Wales rugby union footballers killed in the World Wars
* List of England rugby union footballers killed in the World Wars
* List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service