This is a list of notable people who died due to volcanic eruption
| Name | Age | Volcano | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pliny the Elder | 56 | Mount Vesuvius | Italy | 24 August AD 79 |
| Caesius Bassus | ? | Mount Vesuvius | Italy | 24 August AD 79 |
| David A. Johnston | 30 | Mount St. Helens | United States | 18 May 1980 |
| Reid Blackburn | 38 | Mount St. Helens | United States | 18 May 1980 |
| Robert Landsburg | 48 | Mount St. Helens | United States | 18 May 1980 |
| Harry Randall Truman | 83 | Mount St. Helens | United States | 18 May 1980 |
| Omayra Sánchez | 13 | Nevado del Ruiz | Colombia | 16 November 1985 |
| Katia Krafft | 49 | Mount Unzen | Japan | 3 June 1991 |
| Maurice Krafft | 45 | Mount Unzen | Japan | 3 June 1991 |
| Harry Glicken | 33 | Mount Unzen | Japan | 3 June 1991 |
Famous quotes containing the words list of, list, volcanic, eruption and/or deaths:
“Religious literature has eminent examples, and if we run over our private list of poets, critics, philanthropists and philosophers, we shall find them infected with this dropsy and elephantiasis, which we ought to have tapped.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Religious literature has eminent examples, and if we run over our private list of poets, critics, philanthropists and philosophers, we shall find them infected with this dropsy and elephantiasis, which we ought to have tapped.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Pity the planet, all joy gone
from this sweet volcanic cone;”
—Robert Lowell (1917–1977)
“The eruption of lived pleasure is such that in losing myself I find myself; forgetting that I exist, I realize myself.”
—Raoul Vaneigem (b. 1934)
“You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes,
they waste their deaths on us.”
—C.D. Andrews (1913–1992)