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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[805]] – [[Æthelhard]], archbishop of Canterbury * [[940]] – [[Eutychius of Alexandria|Eutychius]], patriarch of Alexandria (b. 877) *[[1003]] – [[Pope Sylvester II|Sylvester II]], pope of the Catholic Church (b. 946) *[[1012]] – [[Pope Sergius IV|Sergius IV]], pope of the Catholic Church (b. 970) *[[1090]] – [[Liutold of Eppenstein]], duke of Carinthia *[[1161]] – [[Fergus of Galloway]], Scottish nobleman *[[1182]] – [[Valdemar I of Denmark|Valdemar I]], king of Denmark (b. 1131) *[[1331]] – [[Engelbert of Admont]], Benedictine abbot and scholar *[[1465]] – [[Thomas Palaiologos]], Despot of [[Despotate of the Morea|Morea]] (b. 1409) *[[1490]] – [[Joanna, Princess of Portugal|Joanna]], Portuguese princess and regent (b. 1452) *[[1529]] – [[Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness Harington]], English noblewoman (b. 1460) *[[1599]] – [[Murad Mirza (son of Akbar)|Murad Mirza]], Mughal prince (b. 1570) ===1601–1900=== *[[1634]] – [[George Chapman]], English poet and playwright (b. 1559) *[[1641]] – [[Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford]], English soldier and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (b. 1593) *[[1684]] – [[Edme Mariotte]], French physicist and priest (b. 1620) *[[1699]] – [[Lucas Achtschellinck]], Flemish painter (b. 1626) *[[1700]] – [[John Dryden]], English poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1631) *[[1708]] – [[Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|Adolphus Frederick II]], duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658) *[[1748]] – [[Thomas Lowndes (astronomer)|Thomas Lowndes]], English astronomer and academic (b. 1692) *[[1759]] – [[Lambert-Sigisbert Adam]], French sculptor (b. 1700) *[[1784]] – [[Abraham Trembley]], Swiss zoologist and academic (b. 1710) *[[1792]] – [[Charles Simon Favart]], French playwright and composer (b. 1710) *[[1796]] – [[Johann Uz]], German poet and author (b. 1720) *[[1801]] – [[Nicholas Repnin]], Russian general and politician, [[Governor-General of Baltic provinces]] (b. 1734) *[[1842]] – [[Walenty Wańkowicz]], Belarusian-Polish painter (b. 1799) *[[1845]] – [[János Batsányi]], Hungarian poet and academic (b. 1763) *[[1856]] – [[Jacques Philippe Marie Binet]], French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1786) *[[1859]] – [[Sergey Aksakov]], Russian author and academic (b. 1791) *[[1860]] – [[Charles Barry]], English architect, designed [[Upper Brook Street Chapel, Manchester|Upper Brook Street Chapel]] and the [[Palace of Westminster]] (b. 1795) *[[1864]] – [[J. E. B. Stuart]], American general (b. 1833) *[[1867]] – [[Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard]], German archaeologist and academic (b. 1795) *[[1876]] – [[Georgi Benkovski]], Bulgarian activist (b. 1843) *[[1878]] – [[Anselme Payen]], French chemist and academic (b. 1795) *[[1884]] – [[Bedřich Smetana]], Czech composer and educator (b. 1824) *[[1897]] – [[Minna Canth]], Finnish journalist, playwright, and activist (b. 1844)<ref>{{cite web |title=Minna Canth &124; Finnish author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Minna-Canth |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=January 18, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[Göran Fredrik Göransson]], Swedish merchant, ironmaster and industrialist (b. 1819)<ref>{{cite web |title=Göran Fredrik Göransson |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=13449 |website=Riksarkivet |access-date=November 2, 2016 |language=Swedish}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1907]] – [[Joris-Karl Huysmans]], French author and critic (b. 1848) *[[1916]] – [[James Connolly]], Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868) *[[1925]] – [[Amy Lowell]], American poet and critic (b. 1874)<ref>{{cite book |last1=College |first1=Radcliffe |title=Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary |date=1971 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-62734-5 |page=434 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rVLOhGt1BX0C&pg=RA1-PA434 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[Eugène Ysaÿe]], Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858) *[[1935]] – [[Józef Piłsudski]], Polish field marshal and politician, 15th [[Prime Minister of Poland]] (b. 1867) *[[1944]] – [[Max Brand]], American journalist and author (b. 1892) * 1944 – [[Arthur Quiller-Couch]], English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863) *[[1956]] – [[Louis Calhern]], American actor and singer (b. 1895) *[[1957]] – [[Alfonso de Portago]], Spanish bobsledder and racing driver (b. 1928) * 1957 – [[Erich von Stroheim]], Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885) *[[1963]] – [[Richard Girulatis]], German footballer and manager (b. 1878) * 1963 – [[Robert Kerr (athlete)|Robert Kerr]], Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (b. 1882) *[[1964]] – [[Agnes Forbes Blackadder]], Scottish medical doctor (b. 1875)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ww1-biography/?id=1458 |title=University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Surgeon Agnes Forbes Blackadder |website=www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk |access-date=December 30, 2019}}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[Felix Steiner]], Russian-German [[SS]] officer (b. 1896) *[[1967]] – [[John Masefield]], English poet and author (b. 1878) *[[1970]] – [[Nelly Sachs]], German poet and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1891) *[[1971]] – [[Heinie Manush]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1901) *[[1973]] – [[Frances Marion]], American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (b. 1888) * 1973 – [[Art Pollard]], American race car driver (b. 1927) *[[1981]] – [[Francis Hughes]], [[Provisional IRA]] [[hunger striker]] (b. 1956)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/12/newsid_2550000/2550725.stm Second IRA protester dies in jail] — ''[[BBC News]] "On This Day" report''</ref> *1981 – [[Benjamin Sheares]], Singaporean professor and politician, second [[President of Singapore]] (b. 1907)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/13/obituaries/benjamin-sheares-73-president-of-singapore-and-noted-physician.html |title=BENJAMIN SHEARES, 73, PRESIDENT OF SINGAPORE AND NOTED PHYSICIAN |date=May 13, 1981 |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=July 27, 2020}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Jean Dubuffet]], French painter and sculptor (b. 1901) *[[1986]] – [[Elisabeth Bergner]], German actress (b. 1897) *[[1992]] – [[Nikos Gatsos]], Greek poet and songwriter (b. 1911) * 1992 – [[Robert Reed]], American actor (b. 1932) *[[1993]] – [[Zeno Colò]], Italian Olympic alpine skier (b.1920)<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Zeno Colò |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/84837 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Erik Erikson]], German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1902) * 1994 – [[John Smith (Labour Party leader)|John Smith]], Scottish-English lawyer and politician, [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party leader]], [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]] (b. 1938) *[[1995]] – [[Adolfo Pedernera]], Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/adolfo-pedernera/ |title=Adolfo Pedernera |work=worldfootball.net |access-date=12 May 2025}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Saul Steinberg]], Romanian-American illustrator (b. 1914) *[[2000]] – [[Adam Petty]], American race car driver (b. 1980) *[[2001]] – [[Perry Como]], American singer and television host (b. 1912) * 2001 – [[Didi (footballer, born 1928)|Didi]], Brazilian footballer (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite news |author1=Alex Yannis |title=Didi, 71, Elegant Midfielder Of Brazil's Soccer Champions |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/17/sports/didi-71-elegant-midfielder-of-brazil-s-soccer-champions.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=12 May 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=17 May 2001 |page=A 23}}</ref> * 2001 – [[Alexei Tupolev]], Russian engineer, designed the [[Tupolev Tu-144]] (b. 1925) *[[2003]] – [[Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan]], French-American diplomat (b. 1933) *[[2005]] – [[Ömer Kavur]], Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944) * 2005 – [[Martin Lings]], English author and scholar (b. 1909) * 2005 – [[Kai Setälä]], Finnish physician and professor (b. 1913)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hs.fi/muistot/art-2000002627923.html |title=Kai Setälä - Muistot |work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]] |url-access=subscription |date=18 May 2011 |access-date=12 February 2024 |language=fi}}</ref> * 2005 – [[Monica Zetterlund]], Swedish actress (b. 1937) *[[2006]] – [[Hussein Maziq]], Libyan politician, [[Prime Minister of Libya]] (b. 1918) *[[2008]] – [[Robert Rauschenberg]], American painter and illustrator (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Kimmelman |title=Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist, Dies at 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/arts/design/14rauschenberg.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin |newspaper=New York Times |date=May 13, 2008 |access-date=May 14, 2008}}</ref> * 2008 – [[Irena Sendler]], Polish nurse and humanitarian (b. 1910) *[[2009]] – [[Antonio Vega (singer)|Antonio Vega]], Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957) *[[2012]] – [[Jan Bens]], Dutch footballer and coach (b. 1921) * 2012 – [[Eddy Paape]], Belgian illustrator (b. 1920) *[[2013]] – [[Gerd Langguth]], German political scientist, author, and academic (b. 1946) *[[2014]] – [[Cornell Borchers]], Lithuanian-German actress and singer (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kaplan |first1=Mike |title=Variety International Show Business Reference, 1983 |date=1983 |publisher=Garland Pub. |isbn=978-0-8240-9089-0 |page=41 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i_RLAAAAYAAJ&q=Cornell+Borchers+16+1925 |access-date=October 12, 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Schröder |first1=Christian |title=Die Nachkriegsdiva |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/zum-tod-von-cornell-borchers-die-nachkriegsdiva/9909832.html |access-date=October 12, 2021 |work=[[Der Tagesspiegel]] |date=May 19, 2014 |language=de-DE}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Marco Cé]], Italian cardinal (b. 1925)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1401958.htm |title=Cardinal Marco Ce, retired patriarch of Venice, dies at 88 |access-date=August 6, 2014 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20150109132614/http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1401958.htm |archive-date=January 9, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2014 – [[H. R. Giger]], Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer (b. 1940) * 2014 – [[Sarat Pujari]], Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934) * 2014 – [[Lorenzo Zambrano]], Mexican businessman and philanthropist (b. 1944) *[[2015]] – [[Peter Gay]], German-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web |author=William Grimes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/arts/peter-gay-historian-who-explored-social-history-of-ideas-dies-at-91.html |title=Peter Gay, Historian Who Explored Social History of Ideas, Dies at 91 |website=[[New York Times]] |date=May 12, 2015}}</ref> *[[2016]] – [[Mike Agostini]], Trinidadian sprinter (b. 1935) *[[2017]] – [[Mauno Koivisto]], Finnish banker and politician, ninth President of Finland (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/14/world/europe/mauno-koivisto-president-who-led-finland-into-eu-dies-at-93.html |title=Mauno Koivisto, President Who Led Finland Into E.U., Dies at 93 |date=May 14, 2017 |website=New York Times |access-date=May 12, 2020}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Dennis Nilsen]], Scottish serial killer (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite web |title=Serial killer Dennis Nilsen dies in prison aged 72 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/12/serial-killer-dennis-nilsen-dies-in-prison-aged-72 |website=The Guardian |access-date=January 3, 2022 |language=en |date=May 12, 2018}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Aimee Stephens]], American funeral director and [[R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission|U.S. Supreme Court litigant]] (b. 1960)<ref>{{cite news |title=Aimee Stephens, Plaintiff in Transgender Case, Dies at 59 |last=Ortiz |first=Aimee |newspaper=The New York Times |date=12 May 2020 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/us/aimee-stephens-supreme-court-dead.html |accessdate=5 Oct 2021}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Mark Damon]], American film actor and producer (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saperstein |first=Pat |date=2024-05-13 |title=Mark Damon, Veteran International Sales Executive and Actor, Dies at 91 |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/mark-damon-dead-international-sales-actor-1236000115/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[David Sanborn]], American saxophonist (b. 1945)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chinen |first=Nate |date=May 13, 2024 |title=Saxophonist David Sanborn, 6-time Grammy winner, has died at age 78 |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/05/13/1251006759/saxophonist-david-sanborn-6-time-grammy-winner-has-died-at-age-78 |access-date=May 14, 2024 |work=[[NPR]]}}</ref> *2024 – [[A. J. Smith]], American football executive (b. 1949)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-12 |title=Smith, winningest GM in Chargers history, dies |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40133269/aj-smith-winningest-gm-chargers-history-dies-75 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> <!--Do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.-->
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