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
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 26th May 2021
1595 – Philippus Nerius [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79
1703 – Samuel Pepys, English navy administrator and Member of Parliament famous for his Diary of the English Restoration period, dies at 70
1864 – Charles Sealsfield, Austrian-American writer, dies at 71
1924 – Victor Herbert, American cellist, composer, and conductor (Babes in Toyland; Eileen), dies of a heart attack at 65
1944 – Robert van Spaendonck, Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 27
1993 – Cor de Great, pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78
1996 – Matima Kinuani Mpiosso, musician, dies at 45
2003 – Kathleen Winsor, American writer (b. 1919)
2005 – Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1928)
2018 – Ted [Samuel Frederick] Dabney, American electrical engineer and founder of Atari (Pong), dies at 81
Famous Deaths for 25th May 2021
986 – Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Persian astronomer, dies at 83
1765 – Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, dies at 53
1895 – Ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at 73
1930 – Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848)
1951 – Paula von Preradović, Croatian-Austrian poet and writer, dies at 63
1993 – Dan Seymour [Daniel Seymour Katz], American actor (To Have and Have Not, We the People, Sing It Again), dies following a stroke at 78
1996 – David W Howe, test pilot, dies at 77
2005 – Sunil Dutt, Indian Bollywood director, actor and politician (Yaadein, Mother India, Khandaan), dies at 75
2010 – Alan Hickinbotham, Australian businessman, football player, and football coach (b. 1925)
2011 – Paul Splittorff, American MLB pitcher and broadcaster (KC Royals), dies of oral cancer at 64
Famous Deaths for 24th May 2021
1408 – Taejo of Joseon [Yi Seong-gye], King of Joseon (1392-98), dies at 72
1734 – Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
1806 – John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, British field marshal (b. 1723)
1844 – William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies
1876 – Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46
1966 – Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (Shell-Haus in Berlin), dies at 80
1993 – Jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at 66
1996 – Harry Campion, statistician, dies at 91
2000 – Kurt Schork, American reporter (b. 1947)
2002 – Wallace Markfield, American writer (b. 1926)
Famous Deaths for 23rd May 2021
1304 – Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer
1895 – Franz E. Neumann, German mineralogist, mathematician and physicist, dies at 96
1920 – Svetozar Boroević, Austro-Hungarian field marshal, dies at 63
1937 – John D. Rockefeller, American industrialist and philanthropist, dies at 97
1938 – Philip Kleintjes, republic leader, dies at 70
1952 – Georg Alfred Schumann, German composer, dies at 85
1975 – Jackie “Moms” Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81
1981 – David Lewis, Canadian labour lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
1996 – Rob Hall, New Zealand high altitude climber, dies of exposure on Mount Everest at 35
2015 – Anne Meara, American comedian and actress (Stiller and Meara, Archie’s Place, The Other Woman), mother of Ben Stiller, dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 22nd May 2021
1068 – Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan, 70th Emperor of Japan, dies at 42
1819 – Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Dutch naval officer and founder of Dutch Marines Corp, dies at 84
1898 – Edward Bellamy, American author (Looking Backward) and socialist, dies of tuberculosis at 48
1949 – Hans Pfitzner, German composer (Palestrina), dies at 80
1990 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer (World Middleweight title 1947-48; famous Tony Zale trilogy) and entertainer (Pantomime Quiz, Miami Undercover), dies of heart failure at 71
1991 – Catalino “Lino” Brocka, Filipino film director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at 51
1998 – Milton Banana [Antônio de Souza], Brazilian bossa nova jazz drummer (João Gilberto and Stan Getz), dies at 63
2001 – Whitman Mayo, American actor (Grady Wilson-“Sanford and Son”), dies at 70
2005 – Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and bass singer (Tony the Tiger, You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch), dies from prostate cancer at 91
2006 – Jack Patrick Fallon, Canadian-British jazz double and electric bass player, dies at 90
Famous Deaths for 21st May 2021
987 – Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies
1650 – James Graham, Marquis of Montrose “the Great Montrose”, Scottish general, hanged at 37
1742 – Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664)
1860 – Johannes Frederik Fröhlich, Danish violinist and composer, dies at 53
1894 – Emile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)
1973 – Carlo E. Gadda, Italian engineer and writer (War Diary), dies at 79
1981 – Raymond Mccreesh, Irish hunger striker (b. 1957)
1996 – Laurence Dowdall, Scottish lawyer, dies at 91
2009 – Joan Alexander [Louise Abrass], American actress (The New Adventures of Superman, The Tales of Hoffmann), dies of an intestinal ailment at 94
2014 – Teodor Grigoriu, Romanian composer, dies at 87
Famous Deaths for 20th May 2021
1277 – John XXI [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Portuguese Pope (1276-77), dies. (b. 1215)
1506 – Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer and navigator who discovered the “New World” for Spain and initiated European colonization, dies around the age of 54
1650 – Francesco Sacrati, Italian composer, dies at 44
1713 – Thomas Sprat, English writer (b. 1635)
1782 – William Emerson, British mathematician (b. 1701)
1876 – Khristo Botev, Bulgarian poet, dies
1900 – Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer, dies at 80
1959 – Alfred Schütz, Austrian-American architect and philosopher, dies at 60
1994 – Dallas Pratt, American collector (The American Museum in Britain), dies at 79
2019 – Niki Lauda, Austrian auto racer (F1 world champ 1975, 77, 84), dies of kidney problems at 70
Famous Deaths for 19th May 2021
1389 – Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)
1777 – Button Gwinnett, British-born American politician, and signer of the Declaration of Independence,dies from wounds incurred in a duel with rival Lachlan McIntosh at 42
1965 – Maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Znaki Zycia), dies
1970 – Tadeusz Breza, Polish writer (The Bronze Gate), dies at 64
1989 – CLR James, West Indian writer and journalist (b. 1901)
1994 – Henry Morgan, American comedian and TV panelist (I’ve Got a Secret, Arena), dies of cancer at 74
1996 – Margaret Rawlings, actress (Roman Holiday), dies at 89
1996 – Giovanni “John” Beradino, American MLB infielder (St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians) and actor (General Hospital), dies from pancreatic cancer at 79
1998 – Dorothy Donegan, American boogie-woogie, swing jazz, and classical pianist, and vocalist, dies of cancer at 76
2001 – Susannah McCorkle, American singer (b. 1946)
Famous Deaths for 18th May 2021
1675 – Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary explorer (Chicago), dies at 37
1724 – Johann K. Amman, Swiss-Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54
1910 – Pauline Viardot, French mezzo-soprano and composer, dies at 88
1949 – James Truslow Adams, American historian (Pulitzer 1921), dies at 70
1967 – Richard Ainley, British actor (I Dood It, As You Like It, Above Suspicion), dies from barbiturate poisoning at 56
1980 – Harry Truman, American victim of Mount St. Helens eruption, dies at 83
1993 – Pamela M Cunnington, English architect and writer, dies at 67
2002 – Davey Boy Smith, English professional wrestler (WWF Intercontinental Championship; British Bulldogs), dies of a heart attack at 39
2017 – Chris Cornell, American musician (Soundgarden, Audioslave), commits suicide at 52
2017 – Roger Ailes, American TV executive and CEO of Fox News (1996-2016), dies at 77