535 – Epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople
1568 – Philips van Montmorency count of Horne, admiral/statesman, beheaded
1625 – Orlando Gibbons, English organist and composer (Silver Swan), dies at 41
1910 – O. Henry [William Sydney Porter], American short story writer (Cabbages and Kings), dies of cirrhosis of the liver, diabetes complications and an enlarged heart at 47
1946 – Maud Watson, British tennis player (first Wimbledon female champion 1884-85), dies at 81
1977 – “Sleepy” John Estes, American Blues musician (“Drop Down Mama”), dies at 78
1984 – Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indies Sikh leader
2000 – Don Liddle, American baseball player, dies at 75
2006 – Frederick Franck, American artist and writer (b. 1909)
2007 – Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer, dies at 85
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 4th June 2021
1585 – Marc Antoine de Muret, French humanist, dies at 59
1850 – Willem F Mauritius HK, Prince of Orange-Nassau, dies from meningitis at 6
1887 – William A. Wheeler, American politician (19th Vice President of the United States), dies at 67
1954 – Harold Hoffman, (Gov-NJ), dies at 58
1964 – Samuil Marshak, Russian-Soviet writer, translator and children’s poem poet, dies at 76
1966 – Blanche Knopf, American publisher, president of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and wife of publisher Alfred A. Knopf Sr., dies at 71
1973 – Arna Bontemps, American poet (Harlem Renaissance), dies of heart attack at 72 in Nashville
1978 – Jorge de Sena, Portuguese novelist and poet (Reino da Estupidez), dies at 58
1996 – Kudirat Abiola, wife of Moshood Abiola, is assassinated
2007 – Freddie Scott, American singer and songwriter (Cry to Me), dies at 74
Famous Deaths for 3rd June 2021
1395 – Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria
1688 – Maximilian Henry of Bayern, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, Bishop of Hildesheim and Bishop of Liège, dies at 66
1900 – Mary Kingsley, English ethnographer and explorer who became the first European to enter parts of Gabon, Africa, dies of typhoid at 37
1912 – Julius A. De Lagnel, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 84
1963 – Pope John XXIII [Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli], 261st Pope (1958-63), dies at 81
1989 – John McCauley, NHL official (b. 1945)
1994 – Parmeso Emekrasha, buddhist Monk, dies
1995 – Dilys Powell, film Critic, dies at 93
2016 – Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay], American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1964-7 74-8), dies of respiratory illness at 74
2020 – Pleasantly Perfect, American thoroughbred racehorse (Breeders’ Cup Classic 2003; Dubai World Cup 2004), dies at 22
Famous Deaths for 2nd June 2021
1716 – Ogata Korin, Japanese painter
1754 – Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (b. 1680)
1761 – Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1685)
1873 – François George-Hainl, French cellist and composer, dies at 65
1881 – Émile Littré, French lexicographer (b. 1801)
1948 – Karl Brandt, German physician of Adolf Hitler, hanged for war crimes at 44
1951 – Alain [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher, dies at 83
1967 – Benno Ohnesorg, German student (b. 1940)
1970 – Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer and founder of eponymous race team, dies in a car crash at 32
1993 – Johnny Mize, American Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman (10-time MLB All Star), dies of cardiac arrest at 80
Famous Deaths for 1st June 2021
1340 – Jan III van Diest, bishop of Utrecht (1322-40), dies
1873 – Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (3rd Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia), dies at 68
1879 – Napoléon IV, Prince Imperial, Head of the House of Bonaparte (1873-79), killed in action during the Anglo-Zulu war at 23
1912 – Daniel Burnham, American architect and urban designer (built skyscrapers), dies at 65
1951 – Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer/historian, dies at 85
1965 – Curly Lambeau, American Pro Football Hall of Fame halfback, coach (founder, first coach Green Bay Packers), dies of a heart attack at 67
1983 – Charles Tham, of Saxon-Coburg-Gotha, count of Flanders/Prince, dies
1995 – Tony Clegg, English property trader (Montleigh), dies at 58
2006 – Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress, dies at 59
2019 – José Antonio Reyes, Spanish soccer left wing (Spain 21 caps; Sevilla, Atlético Madrid, Arsenal), dies in a car crash at 35
Famous Deaths for 31st May 2021
1740 – Frederik Willem I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51
1799 – Pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715)
1900 – John Power, Irish baronet and whiskey manufacturer (Powers Whiskey), dies in battle
1952 – Walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies
1957 – Leopold Staff, Polish poet (b. 1878)
1962 – Henry F. Ashurst, American Democratic politician (U.S. Senator from Arizona), dies at 87
1991 – H N “Swanie” Swanson, literary agent, dies at 91 of a stroke
2006 – Raymond Davis Jr., American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
2019 – Niara Sudarkasa [Gloria Albertha Marshall], American educator and anthropologist (Lincoln College), dies at 80
2020 – Christo [Javacheff], Bulgarian artist and wrapper (Running Fence), dies at 84
Famous Deaths for 30th May 2021
1574 – Charles IX, King of France (1560-74), dies of tuberculosis at 23
1640 – Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish Baroque painter, dies at 62
1797 – Carl Ludwig Junker, German composer, dies at 48
1865 – William Clarke Quantrill, criminal/Confederate bushwhacker, dies at 27
1964 – Dave MacDonald, American auto racer (b. 1936)
1976 – Vic Ghezzi, American golfer (PGA C’ship 1941), dies of cancer at 65
1977 – Marinus Adam, Dutch conductor and composer, dies at 76
1989 – Zinka Milanov, Croatian soprano (Ljublama Opera 1927, NY Metropolitan Opera), dies of a stroke at 83
1994 – Jean Gattegno, French translator and scholar, dies at 58
2006 – Marius van Amelsvoort, Dutch politician (CDA), dies at 75
Famous Deaths for 29th May 2021
1593 – John Penry, Welsh protestant martyr (Marprelate tracts), executed for sedition at about 30
1750 – Giuseppe Porsile, Neapolitan composer, dies at 70
1790 – Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (b. 1718)
1922 – Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Armenian-Russian theatrical director of the Moscow Art Theatre (Vakhtangov Theatre), dies of cancer at 39
1970 – John Gunther, American author and host (John Gunther’s High Road), dies at 68
2011 – Bill Clements, American politician, Governor of Texas (1987-91), dies at 94
2015 – Henry Carr, American athlete (2 Olympic gold 200m, 4x400m relay 1964), dies at 72
2017 – Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and dictator (1983-89), dies at 83
2018 – Rosa Briceño, Venezuelan conductor, and educator, dies of leukemia at 61
2020 – Ron Johnston, English geographer (electoral geography), dies at 79
Famous Deaths for 28th May 2021
1357 – Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66
1521 – Willem van Croij, Duke of Soria, dies at about 62
1921 – Geo Mestdagh, Belgian aviation pioneer, dies
1940 – Randle Ayrton, British actor (The Manxman, Nell Gwyn), dies at 70
1944 – Katri Vala, Finnish poet, dies at 42
1971 – Audie Murphy, American soldier who was among the most decorated in WW II with 33 medals and actor (To Hell and Back, Whispering Smiths), killed in a plane crash at 46
1990 – Giorgio Manganelli, writer, dies at 67
1993 – Charles “Doctor” Ross, American blues singer and guitarist (Doctor Ross the Harmonica Boss), dies at 67
1995 – Henning Kronstam, Danish dancer, dies at 60
1996 – Buck Bundy, TV dog (Married with Children), dies at 13
Famous Deaths for 27th May 2021
1541 – Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, beheaded at 67 for treason in Tower of London by Henry VIII
1564 – John Calvin [Jehan Cauvin], Protestant religious reformer and theologian (Calvinism), dies at 54 (b. 1509)
1576 – Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44
1596 – Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies
1887 – Coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86
1896 – Allard Pierson, Dutch theologist, philosopher and art historian, dies at 65
1958 – Ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at 46
1960 – Edward Brophy, American character actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy, The Cameraman, Doughboys), dies at 65
1987 – John H. Northrop, American biochemist (crystallized enzymes (Nobel 1946)), dies at 95
1993 – Roger MacDougall, Scottish playwright and screenwriter (The Man in the White Suit), dies at 82