This is a list of notable people who have died by choking.
405 BC: Sophocles (91), Diodorus Siculus claims Sophocles choked on a grape-seed in a cup of wine.
circa 200: Lucius Fabius Cilo, Pliny the Elder claims "Chilo" perished from choking on a single hair in a draught of milk.
453: Attila the Hun (47), although cause of death is disputed.
1065: Godwin, Earl of Wessex (~55), reported (by Aelred of Rievaulx) to have choked to death at a Winchester banquet with Edward the Confessor after asking God to witness his claimed innocence in the death of Edward's brother.
1946: Alexander Alekhine (53), autopsy indicates heart attack, but supposed witness claimed choking.
1956: Tommy Dorsey (51)
1957: Raymond Griffith (62)
1960: Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee (49), first Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (IAF), died on 8 November 1960 at Tokyo by choking on a piece of food lodged in his windpipe.
1963: Skinnay Ennis (55)
1967: Jimmie Foxx, famous Major League Baseball player, died by choking on a bone on 21 July 1967 aged 59.
1970: Jimi Hendrix (27), choked on his aspirated vomit while unconscious with barbiturates.
1971: T. V.
