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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1203 BC|1203 BCE]] – [[Merneptah]], [[pharaoh]] of [[Egypt]]<ref>[[Jürgen von Beckerath]], ''Chronologie des Pharaonischen Ägypten'', Mainz, (1997), pp.190</ref> *[[373 CE]] – [[Athanasius of Alexandria]], Egyptian bishop and saint (b. 298) * [[649]] – [[Marutha of Tikrit]], Persian [[Theology|theologian]] of the [[Syriac Orthodox Church]] (b. 565) * [[821]] – [[Liu Zong]], general of the Tang Dynasty * [[907]] – [[Boris I of Bulgaria]] *[[1219]] – [[Leo I, King of Armenia]] (b. 1150) *[[1230]] – [[William de Braose (died 1230)|William de Braose]], English son of [[Reginald de Braose]] (b. 1197) *[[1293]] – [[Meir of Rothenburg]], German rabbi (b. c.1215) *[[1300]] – [[Blanche of Artois]] (b. 1248) *[[1450]] – [[William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk]], English admiral (b. 1396) *[[1519]] – [[Leonardo da Vinci]], Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1452) *[[1564]] – [[Rodolfo Pio da Carpi]], Italian cardinal (b. 1500) ===1601–1900=== *[[1627]] – [[Lodovico Grossi da Viadana]], Italian composer and educator (b. 1560) *[[1667]] – [[George Wither]], English poet and author (b. 1588) *[[1683]] – [[Stjepan Gradić]], Croatian philosopher and mathematician (b. 1613) *[[1711]] – [[Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester]], English politician, [[First Lord of the Treasury]] (b. 1641) *[[1799]] – [[Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo]] (b. 1740) *[[1802]] – [[Herman Willem Daendels]], Dutch general and politician, [[List of colonial governors of the Dutch Gold Coast|Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast]] (b. 1762) *[[1810]] – [[Henry Jerome de Salis]], English priest (b. 1740) *[[1819]] – [[Mary Moser]], English painter and academic (b. 1744) *[[1856]] – [[James Gates Percival]], American poet, surgeon and geologist (b. 1795)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Pearson |first1=William H. |title=James Gates Percival |magazine=The Wisconsin Magazine of History |date=1924 |volume=8 |issue=2 |page=131 |jstor=4630539 |issn=0043-6534}}</ref> *[[1857]] – [[Alfred de Musset]], French dramatist, poet, and novelist (b. 1810) *[[1864]] – [[Giacomo Meyerbeer]], German composer and educator (b. 1791) *[[1866]] – [[José Gálvez Egúsquiza]], Peruvian politician (b. 1819)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.congreso.gob.pe/Docs/participacion/museo/congreso/files/files/jose_g_galvez.pdf |title=JOSÉ GABRIEL GÁLVEZ EGÚSQUIZA |website=[[Congress of Peru]] |access-date=2023-01-01 |archive-date=2022-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809224511/https://www.congreso.gob.pe/Docs/participacion/museo/congreso/files/files/jose_g_galvez.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1880]] – [[Eberhard Anheuser]], German-American businessman, co-founded [[Anheuser-Busch]] (b. 1805) * 1880 – [[Tom Wills]], Australian cricketer, co-created [[Australian rules football]] (b. 1835) *[[1885]] – [[Terézia Zakoucs]], Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817) *[[1900]] – [[Lars Oftedal (born 1838)|Lars Oftedal]], Norwegian priest, social reformer, politician, and newspaper editor (b. 1838)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Lars Oftedal (prest) |first=Magnus A. |last=Mardal |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=23 August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad |editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Lars_Oftedal_-_prest |language=no |access-date=24 March 2024 |archive-date=24 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324011544/https://snl.no/Lars_Oftedal_-_prest |url-status=live }}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1912]] – [[Homer Davenport]], American political cartoonist (b. 1867)<ref name = "obit">{{cite news| title =Homer C. Davenport, cartoonist, dies| newspaper =[[The New York Times]]| date =May 3, 1912| url =https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/05/03/100532706.pdf| access-date =2013-07-28| archive-date =2021-08-31| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20210831005129/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/05/03/100532706.pdf| url-status =live}}</ref> *[[1915]] – [[Clara Immerwahr]], German chemist (b. 1870) *[[1918]] – [[Jüri Vilms]], Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889) *[[1925]] – [[Antun Branko Šimić]], Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898) * 1925 – [[Johann Palisa]], Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)<ref>{{cite web |title=Johann Palisa, the most successful visual discoverer of asteroids |author=Herbert Raab |author-link=Herbert Raab |publisher=Astrometrica |url=http://www.astrometrica.at/Papers/Palisa.pdf |access-date=15 July 2020 |archive-date=28 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928170558/http://www.astrometrica.at/Papers/Palisa.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Anneliese Schnell |author-link=:de:Anneliese Schnell |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers |date=2007 |publisher=Springer, New York, NY |doi = 10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1046 }}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Ernest Starling]], English physiologist and academic (b. 1866) *[[1929]] – [[Charalambos Tseroulis]], Greek general and politician, [[List of defence ministers of Greece|Greek Minister for Military Affairs]] (b. 1879) *[[1940]] – [[Ernest Joyce]], English explorer (b. 1875)<ref>[[Kelly Tyler-Lewis|Tyler-Lewis, Kelly]]: ''The Lost Men'' Bloomsbury Publishing, London, p. 263. 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-7475-7972-4}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Penelope Delta]], Greek author (b. 1874) *[[1945]] – [[Martin Bormann]], German politician (b. 1900) * 1945 – [[Joe Corbett]], American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875) *[[1946]] – [[Bill Denny]], Australian journalist, lawyer, politician, and decorated soldier (b. 1872)<ref>{{cite AuDB |first=Merrilyn |last=Lincoln |title=Denny, William Joseph (Bill) (1872–1946) |volume=8 |year=1981 |id2=denny-william-joseph-bill-5958 |access-date=6 December 2022}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Dorothea Binz]], German [[SS]] officer (b. 1920) *[[1953]] – [[Wallace Bryant (archer)|Wallace Bryant]], American archer (b. 1863) *[[1957]] – [[Joseph McCarthy]], American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1908) *[[1963]] – [[Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell]], English cricketer, peer, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (b. 1884) *[[1964]] – [[Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor]], American-English politician (b. 1879) *[[1969]] – [[Franz von Papen]], German general and politician, [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]] (b. 1879) *[[1972]] – [[J. Edgar Hoover]], American 1st [[director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (b. 1895)<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=The Atlantic |page=97 |date=December 2022 |access-date=24 November 2022 |title=When J. Edgar Hoover Was a National Hero |first1=Jack |last1=Goldsmith |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/12/j-edgar-hoover-fbi-influence/671900/ |volume=330 |issue=5 |archive-date=23 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123210341/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/12/j-edgar-hoover-fbi-influence/671900/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1974]] – [[James O. Richardson]], American admiral (b. 1878) *[[1977]] – [[Nicholas Magallanes]], American principal dancer and charter member of the [[New York City Ballet]] (b. 1922) *[[1979]] – [[Giulio Natta]], Italian chemist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1903)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1963/natta/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=25 February 2022 |archive-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115114942/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1963/natta/facts/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Clarrie Grimmett]], New Zealand-Australian cricketer (b. 1891) * 1980 – [[George Pal]], Hungarian-American animator and producer (b. 1908) *[[1983]] – [[Norm Van Brocklin]], American football player and coach (b. 1926) *[[1984]] – [[Jack Barry (game show host)|Jack Barry]], American game show host and producer, co-founded [[Barry & Enright Productions]] (b. 1918) * 1984 – [[Bob Clampett]], American animator, director, and producer (b. 1913) *[[1985]] – [[Attilio Bettega]], Italian race car driver (b. 1951) * 1985 – [[Larry Clinton]], American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1909) *[[1986]] – [[Sergio Cresto]], American race car driver (b. 1956) * 1986 – [[Henri Toivonen]], Finnish race car driver (b. 1956) *[[1989]] – [[Veniamin Kaverin]], Russian author (b. 1902) * 1989 – [[Giuseppe Siri]], Italian cardinal (b. 1906) *[[1990]] – [[David Rappaport]], English-American actor (b. 1951) *[[1991]] – [[Gauri Shankar Rai]], Indian Politician (b. 1924) * 1991 – [[Ronald McKie]], Australian journalist and author (b. 1909) *[[1992]] – [[Wilbur Mills]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1909) *[[1993]] – [[André Moynet]], French race car driver, pilot, and politician (b. 1921) *[[1994]] – [[Dorothy Marie Donnelly]], American poet and author (b. 1903) *[[1995]] – [[John Bunting (diplomat)|John Bunting]], Australian public servant and diplomat, (b. 1918) * 1995 – [[Michael Hordern]], English actor (b. 1911) *[[1997]] – [[John Eccles (neurophysiologist)|John Eccles]], Australian neurophysiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1903) * 1997 – [[Paulo Freire]], Brazilian philosopher and academic (b. 1921) *[[1998]] – [[hide (musician)|hide]], Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1964) * 1998 – [[Justin Fashanu]], English footballer (b. 1961) *[[1999]] – [[Douglas Harkness]], Canadian politician (b. 1903)<ref>{{cite web |title=Douglas Harkness {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/douglas-harkness |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=1 February 2022 |archive-date=1 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201133426/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/douglas-harkness |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1999 – [[Oliver Reed]], English actor (b. 1938) *[[2000]] – [[Sundar Popo]], [[Indo-Trinidadian]] musician (b. 1943) *[[2002]] – [[W. T. Tutte]], English-Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1917) *[[2005]] – [[Wee Kim Wee]], Singaporean journalist and politician, 4th [[President of Singapore]] (b. 1915) *[[2006]] – [[Louis Rukeyser]], American journalist and author (b. 1933) *[[2007]] – [[Brad McGann]], New Zealand director and screenwriter (b. 1964) *[[2008]] – [[Beverlee McKinsey]], American actress (b. 1940) * 2008 – [[Izold Pustõlnik]], Ukrainian-Estonian astronomer and academic (b. 1938) *[[2009]] – [[Marilyn French]], American author and academic (b. 1929) * 2009 – [[Kiyoshiro Imawano]], Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1951) * 2009 – [[Jack Kemp]], American football player and politician, 9th [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] (b. 1935) *[[2010]] – [[Lynn Redgrave]], English-American actress and singer (b. 1943) <!--Do NOT remove death notice for bin Laden, please: death was early in the morning 2 May in Pakistan local time--> *[[2011]] – [[Osama bin Laden]], Saudi Arabian terrorist, founder of [[Al-Qaeda]] (b. 1957) *[[2012]] – [[Fernando Lopes (filmmaker)|Fernando Lopes]], Portuguese director and screenwriter (b. 1935) * 2012 – [[Zenaida Manfugás]], Cuban-born American-naturalized pianist (b. 1932)<ref name="Marti">[http://www.martinoticias.com/content/muere_zenaida_manfugaz/10876.html Marti Noticias] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233958/http://www.martinoticias.com/content/muere_zenaida_manfugaz/10876.html |date=2016-03-03 }}. Retrieved 15, August, 2012, to 14:38 pm</ref> * 2012 – [[Tufan Miñnullin]], Russian playwright and politician (b. 1936) * 2012 – [[Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih]], Indonesian physician and politician, [[Ministry of Health (Indonesia)|Indonesian Minister of Health]] (b. 1955) * 2012 – [[Akira Tonomura]], Japanese physicist, author, and academic (b. 1942) * 2012 – [[Lourdes Valera]], Venezuelan actress (b. 1963)<ref>{{cite web|title=Lourdes Valera|url=http://www.venevision.com/estrella/lourdes-valera|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319001755/http://www.venevision.com/estrella/lourdes-valera|archive-date=19 March 2016|access-date=3 September 2015|publisher=Venevision}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Ernie Field]], English boxer (b. 1943) * 2013 – [[Jeff Hanneman]], American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1964) * 2013 – [[Joseph P. McFadden]], American bishop (b. 1947) * 2013 – [[Dvora Omer]], Israeli author and educator (b. 1932) * 2013 – [[Ivan Turina]], Croatian footballer (b. 1980) * 2013 – [[Charles Banks Wilson]], American painter and illustrator (b. 1918) *[[2014]] – [[Tomás Balduino]], Brazilian bishop (b. 1922) * 2014 – [[Žarko Petan]], Slovenian director, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1929) * 2014 – [[Efrem Zimbalist Jr.]], American actor (b. 1918) *[[2015]] – [[Stuart Archer]], English colonel and architect (b. 1915) * 2015 – [[Michael Blake (author)|Michael Blake]], American author and screenwriter (b. 1945) * 2015 – [[Guy Carawan]], American singer and musicologist (b. 1927) * 2015 – [[Maya Plisetskaya]], Russian-Lithuanian ballerina, choreographer, actress, and director (b. 1925) * 2015 – [[Ruth Rendell]], English author (b. 1930) *[[2016]] – [[Afeni Shakur]], American [[Music industry|music businesswoman]], [[activist]], and [[Black Panther Party|Black Panther]] (b. 1947) *[[2020]] – [[Arif Wazir]], Pakistani politician, leader of the [[Pashtun Tahafuz Movement]] (b. 1982) *[[2021]] – [[Marcel Stellman]], Belgian record producer and lyricist (b. 1925)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-10|title=Marcel Stellman obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/may/10/marcel-stellman-obituary|access-date=2021-05-15|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=2021-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515172443/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/may/10/marcel-stellman-obituary|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Sjoukje Dijkstra]], Dutch figure skater (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-03 |title=Sjoukje Dijkstra, the first Dutch athlete to win a gold medal at Winter Olympics, dies at 82 |url=https://apnews.com/article/dijkstra-figure-skating-winter-olympics-gold-netherlands-13f51ebd1d1c7477e293457b00a5d2b9 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Darius Morris]], American basketball player (b. 1991)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-04 |title=Former Laker Morris dies at 33, family announces |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/40083712/former-los-angeles-lakers-draft-pick-darius-morris-33-dies |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Peter Oosterhuis]], English golfer and broadcaster (b. 1948)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-02 |title=Ryder Cup star, CBS Sports analyst Peter Oosterhuis dies at 75 |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/golf/news/ryder-cup-star-cbs-sports-analyst-peter-oosterhuis-dies-at-75 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=NBC Sports |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Ricky Davao]], Filipino actor and director (b. 1961)<ref>{{cite news |last=Requintina |first=Robert |date=May 2, 2025 |url=https://mb.com.ph/2025/5/2/actor-ricky-davao-passes-away-at-63 |title=Actor Ricky Davao passes away at 63 |publisher=[[Manila Bulletin]] |access-date=May 2, 2025 |quote=News about his death made the rounds on social media on May 1. But it was only on May 2 that his family confirmed his death.}}</ref> * 2025 – [[George Ryan]], American politician, 39th [[Governor of Illinois]] (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/former-illinois-gov-george-ryan-who-went-to-prison-for-corruption-dies-at-age-91/3736563/|title=Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, who went to prison for corruption, dies at age 91|publisher=NBC Chicago|accessdate=May 2, 2025|date=May 2, 2025}}</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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