1729 – Samuel Clarke, English philosopher and theologian, dies at 53
1916 – Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer, dies at 68
1931 – Timothy Cole, American wood engraver, dies at about 71
1945 – Sasaki Shigetsu Sokei-an, founder 1st Zen Institute of America, dies
1985 – Hugh Burden, actor (Night of Laughing Dead), dies at 72
1996 – Johnny “Guitar” Watson, musician, dies at 61
2001 – Ikuma Dan, Japanese composer (Yūzuru), dies at 77
2001 – Frank G. Slaughter, American novelist and physician (b. 1908)
2002 – James Chichester-Clark, Irish politician, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (1969-71), dies at 79
2020 – Shad Gaspard, American professional wrestler (WWE), bodyguard, and actor, drowns at 39
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 16th May 2021
1669 – Reyer Anslo, writer/poet, dies at about 42
1790 – Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician, dies at 70
1847 – Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59
1864 – Lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered
1913 – Louis Perrier, Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council, dies at 63
1938 – Stephen Fairbairn, oarsman/coach, dies
1963 – Oleg Penkovsky, Soviet military intelligence (GRU), dies at 44
1985 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress (The Wizard of Oz), dies at 82
1996 – Jeremy Boorda, U.S. Navy admiral (25th Chief of Naval Operations), commits suicide at 56
2011 – Edward Hardwicke, British actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 78
Famous Deaths for 15th May 2021
1782 – Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter, dies at 67
1926 – Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies
1937 – Phillip Snowden, British politician first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, dies at 72
1991 – Reno Browne, American Western actress, dies at 70
1992 – Jovy Marcelo, Filipino race car driver (b. 1965)
1993 – Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese writer, poet, and diplomat (b. 1933)
2007 – Jerry Falwell, American TV evangelist, founder of Liberty University, dies at 73
2008 – Tommy Burns, Scottish soccer midfielder (8 caps; Celtic, Kilmarnock) and manager (Scotland, Celtic, Kilmarnock, Reading), dies of melanoma at 51
2012 – Jean Craighead George, American writer (Julie of the Wolves), dies at 92
2015 – Bob Hopkins, American basketball forward and coach (Syracuse Nationals; Seattle SuperSonics), dies of heart and kidney failure at 80
Famous Deaths for 14th May 2021
1470 – Charles VIII of Sweden, King of Sweden (1448–57, 1464–65 and 1467-70) and Norway (1449–50), dies at 60
1832 – John van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried
1906 – Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829)
1925 – Henry Rider Haggard, British author (King Solomon’s Mines, She, Dawn), dies at 68
1935 – Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and gay rights advocate, dies of a heart attack at 67
1938 – Jacobus C J “Jacques” Hermans, actor (Ghetto), dies at 81
1940 – Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/SDAP-2nd-Chamber, dies at 49
1943 – Henri La Fontaine, Belgian international lawyer (Nobel 1913), dies at 89
1966 – Megan Lloyd George, English politician (1st female MP for Welsh – Carmarthen), dies at 64
1997 – Princess Caradja-Kretzulesco, descendant of Dracula, dies at 76
Famous Deaths for 13th May 2021
1176 – Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119)
1704 – Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher, dies at 71
1884 – Cyrus McCormick, American inventor and businessman (mechanical reaper), dies at 75
1914 – Tip Foster, English cricketer (287 on debut England v Aust SCG 1903), dies at 36
1931 – Josif Marinković, Serbian composer, dies at 79
1933 – Paul Ernst, German writer, dies at 67
1966 – Henk [Hendrik M] of Randwijk, poet/editor in chief (illegal), dies
1978 – Alby Roberts, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 7 wickets; Canterbury, Otago), dies at 68
1984 – Stanislaw Ulam, Polish mathematician, dies at 75
2000 – Paul Bartel, American actor (b. 1938)
Famous Deaths for 12th May 2021
1699 – Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626)
1916 – James Connolly, Irish socialist (founder of the Irish Socialist Republican Party), dies at 47
1921 – Emilia Pardo Bazán, Spanish countess and writer (Pascual López: Autobiography of a Medical Student), dies at 68
1930 – Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch politician (SDAP), dies at 70
1956 – Hendrik P. Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87
1971 – Johnny Taylor, Australian cricket batsman (20 Tests; 1 x 100, 8 x 50) and rugby union fly-half (2 caps), dies at 75
1975 – Joe Mooney, American jazz and pop accordionist, organist, and vocalist, dies at 64
1977 – Luc van Brabant, Flemish writer and erotic poet, dies at 67
1980 – Lillian Roth [Rutstein], American singer and actress (Animal Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies at 69
1996 – Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer, dies on Mt Everest at 35
Famous Deaths for 11th May 2021
1708 – Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect, dies at 62
1907 – John Albert Delany, Australian composer, dies at 54
1976 – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (Finlandia House), dies at 78
1982 – Piet van Egmond, Dutch organist and conductor (Neth Chamber Orchestra), dies at 70
1983 – Zenna Henderson, American sci-fi author (Anything Box), dies at 65
1995 – David Avidan, Israeli poet, dies at 62
2001 – Klaus Schlesinger, German writer, dies at 64
2008 – John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (Rush), dies at 55
2008 – Dottie Rambo, American gospel singer, dies at 74
2013 – Oliver “Ollie” Mitchell, American musician and bandleader (The Wrecking Crew), dies of cancer at 86
Famous Deaths for 10th May 2021
1566 – Leonhard Fuchs, German physician and botanist (Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants) for which the flowering plants and color Fuchsia is named after, dies at 65
1641 – Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (b. 1596)
1764 – Picander [Christian Henrici], German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies
1798 – George Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40
1807 – Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French military leader (commander of the French Expeditionary Force that assisted the Thirteen Colonies), dies at 81
1826 – Giuseppe Sigismondo, Italian historian and composer, dies at 86
1897 – Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino revolutionary leader of 1896 Philippine revolt against Spain, dies at 33
1915 – Albert Weisgerber, German painter and graphic artist, dies in battle at 37
2006 – Raizo Matsuno, Japanese politician (b. 1917)
2020 – John Teerlinck, American NFL defensive end (SD Chargers) and coach (annual award for NFL best defensive line coach named after him), dies at 69
Famous Deaths for 9th May 2021
1443 – Niccolo d’Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies at 70
1884 – Hermanus Willem Witteveen, Dutch theologist, dies at 69
1977 – James Jones, American novelist (Bad Blood, From Here to Eternity), dies at 55
1986 – Dirk de Vroome, Dutch campaigner and Limbourg activist, dies at 60
2001 – William T. Stearn, British botanist, dies at 90
2001 – James E. Myers, American songwriter (Rock Around the Clock) and producer, dies at 81
2007 – Dwight Wilson, second-to-last Canadian WWI veteran, dies at 106
2008 – Nuala O’Faolain, Irish journalist, dies at 68
2015 – Christopher Wood, English screenwriter and novelist (Confessions), dies at 79
2018 – Omar Daoud, Libyan footballer, dies in a traffic collision at 35
Famous Deaths for 8th May 2021
1788 – Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723)
1846 – Giacomo Cordella, Italian composer, dies at 59
1925 – Frank L. Gillespie, American founder of Supreme Life Insurance Company, dies at 48
1957 – Johannes C B “Jan” Sluyters, Dutch painter, dies at 75
1985 – Redmond “Edmond” O’Brien, American actor (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Sam Benedict, Johnny Midnight), dies of Alzheimer’s at 69
1991 – Lloyd Ford, stuntman, dies at 79
1992 – Gul Mahomed, Pakistani cricketer (8 Tests for India and one for Pakistan), dies at 70
1996 – Luis Miguel Domiguin, bullfighter, dies at 69
2012 – Nicholas Katzenbach, American Attorney General, dies at 90
2018 – Mahmoud Hammoud, Lebanese politician and diplomat, dies at 82 or 83