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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[528]] – [[Empress Dowager Hu (Northern Wei)|Empress Dowager Hu]] of [[Northern Wei]] * 528 – [[Yuan Yong]], imperial prince of Northern Wei * 528 – [[Yuan Zhao]], emperor of Northern Wei (b. 526) * [[896]] – [[Liu Jianfeng (Tang dynasty)|Liu Jianfeng]], Chinese [[warlord]] * [[924]] – [[Li Maozhen]], Chinese [[warlord]] and king (b. 856) * [[946]] – [[Al-Qa'im (Fatimid caliph)|Al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah]], Fatimid caliph (b. 893) *[[1299]] – [[Daumantas of Pskov]], Lithuanian prince (b. c. 1240) *[[1336]] – [[Emperor Go-Fushimi|Go-Fushimi]], emperor of Japan (b. 1288) *[[1365]] – [[Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg]] (b. 1328) *[[1395]] – [[Konstantin Dejanović|Konstantin Dejanović/Constantine Dragaš]], Serbian ruler (b. 1355) *[[1464]] – [[Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros]], English politician (b. 1427) *[[1510]] – [[Sandro Botticelli]], Italian painter (b. 1445) *[[1521]] – [[Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham]], Welsh politician, [[Lord High Constable of England]] (b. 1478) *[[1536]] – [[George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford]], English courtier and diplomat, [[Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports]] (b. 1504) * 1536 – [[William Brereton (groom)|William Brereton]], English courtier (b. 1487) * 1536 – [[Henry Norris (courtier)|Henry Norris]], English courtier (b. 1482) *[[1546]] – [[Philipp von Hutten]], German explorer (b. 1511) *[[1551]] – [[Shin Saimdang]], South Korean poet and calligraphist (b. 1504) *[[1558]] – [[Francisco de Sá de Miranda]], Portuguese poet (b. 1485) *[[1575]] – [[Matthew Parker]], English archbishop and academic (b. 1504) ===1601–1900=== *[[1606]] – [[False Dmitriy I]], pretender to the Russian throne (b. 1582) *[[1607]] – [[Anna d'Este]], French princess (b. 1531) *[[1626]] – [[Joan Pau Pujol]], Catalan organist and composer (b. 1570) *[[1643]] – [[Giovanni Picchi]], Italian organist and composer (b. 1571) *[[1727]] – [[Catherine I of Russia]] (b. 1684) *[[1729]] – [[Samuel Clarke]], English clergyman and philosopher (b. 1675) *[[1765]] – [[Alexis Clairaut]], French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (b. 1713) *[[1797]] – [[Michel-Jean Sedaine]], French playwright and composer (b. 1719) *[[1801]] – [[William Heberden]], English physician and scholar (b. 1710) *[[1807]] – [[John Gunby]], American general (b. 1745) *[[1809]] – [[Leopold Auenbrugger]], Austrian physician (b. 1722) *[[1822]] – [[Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu]], French general and politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1766) *[[1829]] – [[John Jay]], American politician and diplomat, 1st [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (b. 1745) *[[1838]] – [[René Caillié]], French explorer and author (b. 1799) * 1838 – [[Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord]], French politician, [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1754)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand summary {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/summary/Charles-Maurice-de-Talleyrand-prince-de-Benevent |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=26 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1839]] – [[Archibald Alison (author)|Archibald Alison]], Scottish priest and author (b. 1757) *[[1868]] – [[Kondō Isami]], Japanese commander (b. 1834) *[[1875]] – [[John C. Breckinridge]], American lawyer and politician, 14th [[Vice President of the United States]], [[Confederate States]] general (b. 1821) *[[1879]] – [[Asa Packer]], American businessman, founded [[Lehigh University]] (b. 1805) *[[1880]] – [[Ziya Pasha]], Greek author and translator (b. 1826) *[[1886]] – [[John Deere (inventor)|John Deere]], American blacksmith and businessman, founded the [[Deere & Company]] (b. 1804) *[[1888]] – [[Giacomo Zanella]], Italian priest and poet (b. 1820) ===1901–present=== *[[1911]] – [[Frederick August Otto Schwarz]], German-American businessman, founded [[FAO Schwarz]] (b. 1836) *[[1916]] – [[Boris Borisovich Golitsyn]], Russian physicist and seismologist (b. 1862) *[[1917]] – [[Clara Ayres]], American nurse (b. 1880) * 1917 – [[Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak]] (b. 1829) *[[1919]] – [[Guido von List]], Austrian-German journalist, author, and poet (b. 1848) *[[1921]] – [[Karl Mantzius]], Danish actor and director (b. 1860) *[[1922]] – [[Dorothy Levitt]], English racing driver and journalist (b. 1882) *[[1927]] – [[Harold Geiger]], American pilot and lieutenant (b. 1884) *[[1934]] – [[Cass Gilbert]], American architect (b. 1859) *[[1935]] – [[Paul Dukas]], French composer, critic, and educator (b. 1865) *[[1936]] – [[Panagis Tsaldaris]], Greek lawyer and politician, 124th [[List of Prime Ministers of Greece|Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1868) *[[1938]] – [[Jakob Ehrlich]], Czech-Austrian academic and politician (b. 1877) *[[1943]] – [[Johanna Elberskirchen]], German author and activist (b. 1864) *[[1947]] – [[George Forbes (New Zealand politician)|George Forbes]], New Zealand farmer and politician, 22nd [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (b. 1869) *[[1951]] – [[William Birdwood]], Anglo-Indian field marshal (b. 1865) *[[1960]] – [[Jules Supervielle]], Uruguayan-French poet and author (b. 1884) *[[1963]] – [[John Wilce]], American football player, coach, and physician (b. 1888) *[[1964]] – [[Nandor Fodor]], Hungarian-American psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1895) *[[1974]] – [[Ernest Nash]], German-American photographer and scholar (b. 1898) *[[1977]] – [[Charles E. Rosendahl]], American admiral and pilot (b. 1892) *[[1980]] – [[Gündüz Kılıç]], Turkish football player and coach (b. 1918) *[[1985]] – [[Abe Burrows]], American director, composer, and author (b. 1910) *[[1987]] – [[Gunnar Myrdal]], Swedish economist, sociologist, and politician, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1898) *[[1992]] – [[Lawrence Welk]], American accordion player and bandleader (b. 1903) *[[1995]] – [[Toe Blake]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1912) *[[1996]] – [[Kevin Gilbert (musician)|Kevin Gilbert]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1966) *[[1999]] – [[Bruce Fairbairn]], Canadian trumpet player and producer (b. 1949) * 1999 – [[Lembit Oll]], Estonian chess Grandmaster (b. 1966) *[[2000]] – [[Donald Coggan]], English archbishop (b. 1909) *[[2001]] – [[Jacques-Louis Lions]], French mathematician (b. 1928) * 2001 – [[Frank G. Slaughter]], American physician and author (b. 1908) *[[2002]] – [[László Kubala]], Hungarian-Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1927) * 2002 – [[Aşık Mahzuni Şerif]], Turkish poet and composer (b. 1940) *[[2004]] – [[Jørgen Nash]], Danish poet and painter (b. 1920) * 2004 – [[Tony Randall]], American actor (b. 1920) * 2004 – [[Ezzedine Salim]], Iraqi politician (b. 1943) *[[2005]] – [[Frank Gorshin]], American actor (b. 1934) *[[2006]] – [[Cy Feuer]], American director, producer, and composer (b. 1911) *[[2007]] – [[Lloyd Alexander]], American soldier and author (b. 1924) * 2007 – [[T. K. Doraiswamy]], Indian poet and author (b. 1921) *[[2009]] – [[Mario Benedetti]], Uruguayan journalist, author, and poet (b. 1920) * 2009 – [[Jung Seung-hye]], South Korean journalist and producer (b. 1965) *[[2010]] – [[Yvonne Loriod]], French pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1924) * 2010 – [[Walasse Ting]], Chinese-American painter and poet (b. 1929) *[[2011]] – [[Harmon Killebrew]], American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1936) *[[2012]] – [[Gideon Ezra]], Israeli geographer and politician, [[Minister in the Prime Minister's Office|Israeli Minister in the Prime Minister's Office]] (b. 1937) * 2012 – [[Patrick Mafisango]], Congolese-Rwandan footballer (b. 1980) * 2012 – [[Donna Summer]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1948) *[[2013]] – [[Philippe Gaumont]], French cyclist (b. 1973) * 2013 – [[Peter Schulz]], German politician, [[List of mayors of Hamburg|Mayor of Hamburg]] (b. 1930) * 2013 – [[Ken Venturi]], American golfer and sportscaster (b. 1931) * 2013 – [[Jorge Rafael Videla]], Argentine Commander in Chief and dictator (b. 1925) *[[2014]] – [[Gerald Edelman]], American biologist and immunologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1929) * 2014 – [[C. P. Krishnan Nair]], Indian businessman, founded [[The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts]] (b. 1922) * 2014 – [[Douangchay Phichit]], Laotian politician (b. 1944) * 2014 – [[Thongbanh Sengaphone]], Laotian politician (b. 1953) *[[2015]] – [[Chinx|Lionel Pickens]], American rapper (b. 1983)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Moyer|first=Justin|date=2015-05-18|title=Chinx Drugz, N.Y. rapper, dead at 31 after drive-by shooting|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/05/18/chinx-drugz-new-york-rapper-dead-at-31-from-gunshot-wound/|access-date=2021-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707204529/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/05/18/chinx-drugz-new-york-rapper-dead-at-31-from-gunshot-wound/|archive-date=2021-07-07|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Todor Veselinović]], Serbian football player and manager (b. 1930) *[[2019]] – [[Herman Wouk]], American author (b. 1915)<ref>{{Cite web|title='Caine Mutiny,' 'Winds of War' author Herman Wouk has died|url=https://apnews.com/1ee28153a1e54f52a516352171c7f41d|work=Associated Press|date=May 17, 2019|access-date=May 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517170220/https://apnews.com/1ee28153a1e54f52a516352171c7f41d|archive-date=May 17, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Lucky Peterson]], American blues singer, keyboardist and guitarist (b. 1964)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockandbluesmuse.com/2020/05/17/american-blues-legend-lucky-peterson-dies-at-55/|title=American Blues Legend Lucky Peterson Dies at 55|first=Martine|last=Ehrenclou|date=May 18, 2020|website=ROCK AND BLUES MUSE}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Vangelis]], Greek musician, composer (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-20 |title=Vangelis: Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner composer dead at 79 |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3178417/chariots-fire-composer-vangelis-dies-79 |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Bud Anderson]], American World War II flying ace (b. 1922)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=2024-05-18 |title=Bud Anderson, Last of World War II's 'Triple Ace' Pilots, Dies at 102 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/18/us/bud-anderson-dead.html |access-date=2024-05-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2024 – [[Sid Going]], New Zealand rugby union footballer (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-20 |title=All Blacks legend Sid Going dies |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/sid-going-death-former-all-blacks-and-northland-rugby-legend-dies/RVDPYBBXDVGO7KFH7VFF5W3PAE/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |language=en-NZ}}</ref> <!--Please do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. 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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