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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[189]] – [[Emperor Ling of Han]], Chinese emperor (b. 156) *[[1112]] – [[Ulric II, Margrave of Carniola]] *[[1176]] – [[Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine]] (b. 1119) *[[1285]] – [[Robert de Ros (died 1285)|Robert de Ros, 1st Baron de Ros]] *[[1312]] – [[Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine]] (b. 1263) *[[1573]] – [[Takeda Shingen]], Japanese daimyō (b. 1521) ===1601–1900=== *[[1612]] – [[Sasaki Kojirō]], Japanese master [[swordsman]] (b. 1575)<ref name="lowry"/><ref name="scott"/> *[[1619]] – [[Johan van Oldenbarnevelt]], Dutch politician (b. 1547) *[[1704]] – [[Louis Bourdaloue]], French preacher and author (b. 1632)<ref>{{cite web |title=Louis Bourdaloue | French priest | Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-Bourdaloue |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=10 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1726]] – [[Francesco Antonio Pistocchi]], Italian singer (b. 1659) *[[1782]] – [[Daniel Solander]], Swedish-English botanist and phycologist (b. 1736) *[[1807]] – [[Eliphalet Dyer]], American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1721) *[[1809]] – [[Beilby Porteus]], English bishop (b. 1731) *[[1832]] – [[Georges Cuvier]], French zoologist and academic (b. 1769) *[[1835]] – [[John Nash (architect)|John Nash]], English architect, designed the [[Royal Pavilion]] (b. 1752) *[[1836]] – [[John Littlejohn (preacher)|John Littlejohn]], American sheriff and [[Methodism|Methodist]] preacher (b. 1756)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=October 28, 1965 |title="I Began To See A Beauty In Preaching" - John Littlejohn's Story |pages=17, 19 |work=[[Russellville News-Democrat]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-democrat-and-leader-john-littlejohn/55153470/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120034229/https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-democrat-and-leader-john-littlejohn/55153470/ |archive-date=November 20, 2023}}</ref> *[[1866]] – [[Nikolai Brashman]], Czech-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1796) *[[1878]] – [[Joseph Henry]], American physicist and academic (b. 1797) *[[1884]] – [[Cyrus McCormick]], American businessman, co-founded the [[International Harvester|International Harvester Company]] (b. 1809) *[[1885]] – [[Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle]], German physician, pathologist, and anatomist (b. 1809) ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Apolinario Mabini]], Filipino lawyer and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of the Philippines]] (b. 1864) *[[1916]] – [[Sholem Aleichem]], Ukrainian-American author and playwright (b. 1859) *[[1921]] – [[Jean Aicard]], French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848) *[[1926]] – [[Libert H. Boeynaems]], Belgian-American bishop (b. 1857) *[[1929]] – [[Arthur Scherbius]], German electrical engineer, invented the [[Enigma machine]] (b. 1878)<ref>{{Cite book |title=Decrypted Secrets: Methods and Maxims of Cryptology |author=Friedrich L. Bauer |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |year=2006 |page=111 |isbn=9783662040249}}</ref> *[[1930]] – [[Fridtjof Nansen]], Norwegian scientist, explorer, and academic, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1861) *[[1938]] – [[Charles Édouard Guillaume]], Swiss-French physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1861) *[[1941]] – [[Frederick Christian (cricketer)|Frederick Christian]], English cricketer (b. 1877) * 1941 – [[Ōnishiki Uichirō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th [[Yokozuna]] (b. 1891) *[[1945]] – [[Tubby Hall]], American drummer (b. 1895) *[[1946]] – [[Zara DuPont]], American suffragist (b. 1869)<ref>{{cite web |title=DuPont, Zara |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/d/du-pont-zara |website=Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |access-date=19 November 2019 |language=en |date=11 May 2018}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Sukanta Bhattacharya]], Indian poet and playwright (b. 1926) *[[1948]] – [[Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington]] (b. 1920) *[[1957]] – [[Michael Fekete]], Hungarian-Israeli mathematician and academic (b. 1886) *[[1961]] – [[Gary Cooper]], American actor (b. 1901) *[[1962]] – [[Henry Trendley Dean]], American dentist (b. 1893) * 1962 – [[Franz Kline]], American painter and academic (b. 1910) *[[1963]] – [[Alois Hudal]], Austrian-Italian bishop (b. 1885) *[[1972]] – [[Dan Blocker]], American actor (b. 1928) *[[1974]] – [[Jaime Torres Bodet]], Mexican poet and diplomat (b. 1902) * 1974 – [[Arthur J. Burks]], American colonel and author (b. 1898) *[[1975]] – [[Marguerite Perey]], French physicist (b. 1909)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Preston |first1=Sarah S. |title=Marguerite Perey (1909–1975): Discoverer of Francium |journal=ACS Symposium Series |date=January 2018 |volume=1311 |pages=245–263 |doi=10.1021/bk-2018-1311.ch010 |isbn=978-0-8412-3391-1}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Bob Wills]], American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1905) *[[1977]] – [[Mickey Spillane (mobster)|Mickey Spillane]], American mobster (b. 1934) *[[1985]] – [[Leatrice Joy]], American actress (b. 1893) * 1985 – [[Richard Ellmann]], American literary critic and biographer (b. 1918) *[[1988]] – [[Chet Baker]], American singer and trumpet player (b. 1929) *[[1992]] – [[F. E. McWilliam]], Irish sculptor (b. 1909) *[[1994]] – [[Duncan Hamilton (racing driver)|Duncan Hamilton]], Irish-English race car driver (b. 1920) * 1994 – [[John Swainson]], Canadian-American jurist and politician, 42nd [[Governor of Michigan]] (b. 1925) *[[1995]] – [[Hao Wang (academic)|Hao Wang]], Chinese-American logician, philosopher, and mathematician (b. 1921) *[[1999]] – [[Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz]], Saudi Arabian scholar and academic (b. 1910) * 1999 – [[Gene Sarazen]], American golfer and journalist (b. 1902) *[[2000]] – [[Paul Bartel]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1938) * 2000 – [[Jumbo Tsuruta]], Japanese wrestler (b. 1951) *[[2001]] – [[Jason Miller (playwright)|Jason Miller]], American actor and playwright (b. 1939) *[[2002]] – [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]], Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1939) *[[2005]] – [[Eddie Barclay]], French record producer, founded [[Barclay Records]] (b. 1921) * 2005 – [[George Dantzig]], American mathematician and academic (b. 1914) *[[2006]] – [[Jaroslav Pelikan]], American historian and scholar (b. 1923) * 2006 – [[Johnnie Wilder, Jr.]], American singer (b. 1949) *[[2008]] – [[Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah]], Kuwaiti ruler, [[List of emirs of Kuwait|Emir of Kuwait]] (b. 1930) * 2008 – [[Ron Stone (reporter)|Ron Stone]], American journalist and author (b. 1936) *[[2009]] – [[Frank Aletter]], American actor (b. 1926) * 2009 – [[Meir Brandsdorfer]], Belgian rabbi (b. 1934) * 2009 – [[Achille Compagnoni]], Italian skier and mountaineer (b. 1914) *[[2011]] – [[Derek Boogaard]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1982) * 2011 – [[Stephen De Staebler]], American sculptor and educator (b. 1933) * 2011 – [[Wallace McCain]], Canadian businessman, co-founded [[McCain Foods]] (b. 1930) * 2011 – [[Bruce Ricker]], American director and producer (b. 1942) *[[2012]] – [[Arsala Rahmani Daulat]], Afghan politician (b. 1937) * 2012 – [[Donald "Duck" Dunn]], American bass player, songwriter, and producer (b. 1941) * 2012 – [[Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz]], Cuban-American theologian, author, and academic (b. 1943) * 2012 – [[Lee Richardson (speedway rider)|Lee Richardson]], English speedway rider (b. 1979) * 2012 – [[Don Ritchie]], Australian humanitarian (b. 1925) * 2012 – [[Nguyễn Văn Thiện]], Vietnamese bishop (b. 1906) *[[2013]] – [[Joyce Brothers]], American psychologist, author, and actress (b. 1927) * 2013 – [[Otto Herrigel]], Namibian lawyer and politician (b. 1937) * 2013 – [[Jagdish Mali]], Indian photographer (b. 1954) * 2013 – [[Chuck Muncie]], American football player (b. 1953) * 2013 – [[Fyodor Tuvin]], Russian footballer (b. 1973) * 2013 – [[Lynne Woolstencroft]], Canadian politician (b. 1943) *[[2014]] – [[David Malet Armstrong]], Australian philosopher and author (b. 1926) * 2014 – [[Malik Bendjelloul]], Swedish director and producer (b. 1977) * 2014 – [[J. F. Coleman]], American soldier and pilot (b. 1918) * 2014 – [[Ron Stevens]], Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1949) * 2014 – [[Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart]], American occultist and author (b. 1948) *[[2015]] – [[Earl Averill, Jr.]], American baseball player (b. 1931) * 2015 – [[Robert Drasnin]], American clarinet player and composer (b. 1927) * 2015 – [[Nina Otkalenko]], Russian runner (b. 1928) * 2015 – [[David Sackett]], American-Canadian physician and academic (b. 1934) * 2015 – [[Gainan Saidkhuzhin]], Russian cyclist (b. 1937) *[[2016]] – [[Murray A. Straus]], American sociologist and academic (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite news |title=Dr. Murray A. Straus, 89; UNH researcher studied violence |work=The Boston Globe |access-date=17 April 2023 |date=26 May 2016 |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/05/26/murray-straus-unh-researcher-who-led-groundbreaking-studies-corporal-punishment-domestic-violence-dies/RlmWltvNGe5I5TfUQFq1NM/story.html |first1=Bryan |last1=Marquard}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Doris Day]], American singer and actress (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite news |title=Legendary actress and singer Doris Day dead at 97 |url=https://apnews.com/b9a04d9ab2ce4276b2f6bdb6b39af585 |website=AP NEWS |agency=Associated Press |access-date=May 13, 2019 |date=May 13, 2019}}</ref> * 2019 – [[Unita Blackwell]], American civil rights activist and politician (b. 1933)<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/unita-blackwell-mississippi-mayor-who-turned-nations-eyes-on-her-forgotten-hamlet-dies-at-86/2019/05/15/259cf154-75f1-11e9-b3f5-5673edf2d127_story.html |title=Unita Blackwell, Mississippi mayor who turned nation's eyes on her forgotten hamlet, dies at 86 |last=Langer |first=Emily |date=May 15, 2019 |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=May 19, 2019}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan]], 2nd [[President of the United Arab Emirates]] (b. 1948)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-13 |title=President Sheikh Khalifa dies aged 73 |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2022/05/13/president-sheikh-khalifa-dies-age-73/ |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Alice Munro]], Canadian short story writer (b. 1931)<ref>{{Cite news |last=DePalma |first=Anthony |date=2024-05-14 |title=Alice Munro, Nobel Laureate and Master of the Short Story, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/books/alice-munro-dead.html |access-date=2024-05-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Cyril Wecht]], American forensic pathologist (b. 1931)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-13 |title=Dr. Cyril Wecht, celebrity pathologist who argued more than 1 shooter killed JFK, dies at 93 |url=https://apnews.com/article/cyril-wecht-pathologist-jfk-dead-80ddc0a642cb4eb39dc763400e330a38 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Samm-Art Williams]], American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Greg |date=2024-05-14 |title=Samm-Art Williams Dies: Tony-Nominated 'Home' Playwright, Actor & 'Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air' Producer Was 78 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/samm-art-williams-dead-1235914813/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Kit Bond]], American lawyer and politician, 47th [[Governor of Missouri]] (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kehoe|first=Mike|date=May 13, 2025 |title=Governor Kehoe Statement on the Passing of Former U.S. Senator and Governor Christopher S. “Kit” Bond |url=https://governor.mo.gov/press-releases/archive/governor-kehoe-statement-passing-former-us-senator-and-governor-christopher |website=[[Governor of Missouri]]}}</ref> * 2025 – [[José Mujica]], Uruguayan politician, 40th [[President of Uruguay]] (b. 1935)<ref>[https://en.ara.cat/misc/pepe-mujica-the-humble-philosopher-president-dies_1_5378778.html Pepe Mujica, the humble philosopher president, dies] Retrieved on 2025-05-13. </ref> <!--Do not add 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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