List of volcanic eruption deaths

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This is a list of notable people who died as a result of injuries sustained during a volcanic eruption.

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bgcolor="#efefef" ! Name ! Age ! Volcano ! Location ! Date
|Pliny the Elder{{cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/MAGAZINE-pompeii-hero-pliny-the-elder-s-body-may-have-been-found-1.5446901 |title=Pompeii Hero Pliny the Elder May Have Been Found 2,000 Years Later |first=Ariel |last=David |date=31 August 2017 |access-date=5 June 2019 |newspaper=Haaretz}}	56	Mount Vesuvius	Italy	24 August CE 79
|Drusilla	~41	Mount Vesuvius	Italy	24 August CE 79
|Marcus Antonius Agrippa	{{unknown}}	Mount Vesuvius	Italy	24 August CE 79
|Caesius Bassus{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z4ltLjx_2woC&pg=PA8 |title=Epic and Empire in Vespasianic Rome: A New Reading of Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica |first=Tim |last=Stover |publisher=OUP Oxford |date=5 July 2012 |page=8 |isbn=9780199644087}}	{{unknown}}	Mount Vesuvius	Italy	24 August CE 79
Aulus Umbricius Scaurus	{{unknown}}	Mount Vesuvius	Italy	24 August CE 79
|Carl Hunstein	45	Ritter Island	Papua New Guinea	13 March 1888
|Louis Mouttet	44	Mount Pelée	Martinique	8 May 1902
Hélène de Coppet	35	Mount Pelée	Martinique	8 May 1902
Marius Hurard	53	Mount Pelée	Martinique	8 May 1902
Truman Taylor{{Cite web|url=https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/geo_hist_1924_halemaumau.html#tragedy|title=USGS: Volcano Hazards Program HVO Kilauea|last=Program|first=Volcano Hazards|publisher=United States Geological Survey|access-date=2018-05-06}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Truman-Taylor/3551727#/tab/timeline|title=Truman Arthur Taylor|website=geni_family_tree|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-06}} |21 |Kīlauea |Hawaii |18 May 1924
|David A. Johnston	30	Mount St. Helens	United States	18 May 1980
|Reid Blackburn	28	Mount St. Helens	United States	18 May 1980
|Robert Landsburg	48	Mount St. Helens	United States	18 May 1980
|Harry R. 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
|Mbah Maridjan	83	Mount Merapi	Indonesia	26 October 2010