Suicides by starvation

1st-century AD Roman senator, orator and poet (26–101)

Roman banker, writer and philosopher (c.110 BC – 32 BC)

Australian politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (1900-1980)

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American actress (1921–1952)

is a type of Buddhist mummy. In Japan the term refers to the practice of Buddhist monks observing asceticism to the point of death and entering mummification while alive. Although mummified monks are seen in a number of Buddhist countries, especially in Southeast Asia where monks are mummified after dying of natural causes, it is believed that it is only in Japan where monks have induced their own deaths by starvation.

Indian Jain monk (1946–2024)

1st century AD Roman jurist

American activist (1883–1983)

Prayopavesa (, , ) is a practice in Hinduism that denotes the death by fasting of a person who has no desire or ambition left, and no responsibilities remaining in life. It is also allowed in cases of terminal disease or great disability. A similar practice exists in Jainism, termed Santhara.

son of emperor Kōnin; brother of emperor Kammu

Jin Dynasty empress

English poet (1859–1892); tutor to Prince Albert Victor

Chinese poet (1853-1937)

Dutch mental health activist and author

painter, poet and garden designer (1585-1645)

ancient Greek philosopher

American criminal (1980–2022)

In Greek mythology, Arganthone (Ancient Greek: Ἀργανθώνη) was a huntress from Kios and a lover of Rhesus. The myth of her is recorded by Parthenius of Nicaea and runs as follows.

Greek sophist and Roman governor