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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[230]] – [[Pope Urban I|Urban I]], pope of the Catholic Church * [[922]] – [[Li Sizhao]], Chinese general and governor * [[962]] – [[Guibert of Gembloux]], Frankish abbot (b. 892) *[[1125]] – [[Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. 1086)<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry V {{!}} Holy Roman emperor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-V-Holy-Roman-emperor |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=21 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1304]] – [[Jehan de Lescurel]], French poet and composer *[[1338]] – [[Alice de Warenne, Countess of Arundel]], English noble (b. 1287) *[[1370]] – [[Toghon Temür]], Mongol emperor (b. 1320) *[[1423]] – [[Antipope Benedict XIII]] (b. 1328)<ref>{{cite web |title=Benedict (XIII) {{!}} antipope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benedict-XIII-antipope |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=21 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1498]] – [[Girolamo Savonarola]], Italian friar and preacher (b. 1452) *[[1523]] – [[Ashikaga Yoshitane]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1466) *[[1524]] – [[Ismail I]], First Emperor of [[Safavid Empire]] (b. 1487) *[[1591]] – [[John Blitheman]], English organist and composer (b. 1525) ===1601–1900=== *[[1662]] – [[John Gauden]], English bishop (b. 1605) *[[1670]] – [[Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] (b. 1610) *[[1691]] – [[Adrien Auzout]], French astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1622) *[[1701]] – [[William Kidd]], Scottish pirate (b. 1645) *[[1749]] – [[Abraham ben Abraham]], Polish martyr (b. 1700) *[[1752]] – [[William Bradford (Colonial printer)|William Bradford]], English-American printer (b. 1663) *[[1754]] – [[John Wood, the Elder]], English architect, designed [[The Circus, Bath|The Circus]] and [[Queen Square (Bath)|Queen Square]] (b. 1704) *[[1783]] – [[James Otis Jr.]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1725) *[[1813]] – [[Géraud Duroc]], French general and diplomat (b. 1772) *[[1815]] – [[Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg]], American clergyman and botanist (b. 1753) *[[1841]] – [[Franz Xaver von Baader]], German philosopher and theologian (b. 1765) *[[1855]] – [[Charles Robert Malden]], English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1797) *[[1857]] – [[Augustin-Louis Cauchy]], French mathematician and academic (b. 1789) *[[1868]] – [[Kit Carson]], American general (b. 1809) *[[1886]] – [[Leopold von Ranke]], German historian and academic (b. 1795) *[[1893]] – [[Anton von Schmerling]], Austrian politician (b. 1805) *[[1895]] – [[Franz Ernst Neumann]], German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1798) ===1901–present=== *[[1906]] – [[Henrik Ibsen]], Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (b. 1828) *[[1908]] – [[François Coppée]], French poet and author (b. 1842) *[[1920]] – [[Svetozar Boroević]], Croatian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1856) *[[1921]] – [[August Nilsson]], Swedish shot putter and [[tug of war]] competitor (b. 1872) *[[1934]] – [[Clyde Barrow]], American criminal (b. 1909) * 1934 – [[Mihkel Martna]], Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1860) * 1934 – [[Bonnie Parker]], American criminal (b. 1910) *[[1937]] – [[John D. Rockefeller]], American businessman and philanthropist, founded the [[Standard Oil|Standard Oil Company]] and [[Rockefeller University]] (b. 1839) *[[1938]] – [[Frederick Ruple]], Swiss-American painter (b. 1871) *[[1942]] – [[Panagiotis Toundas]], Greek composer and conductor (b. 1886) *[[1945]] – [[Heinrich Himmler]], German commander and politician, [[Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)|Reich Minister of the Interior]] (b. 1900) *[[1947]] – [[Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz]], Swiss author and poet (b. 1878) *[[1949]] – [[Jan Frans De Boever]], Belgian painter and illustrator (b. 1872) *[[1956]] – [[Gustav Suits]], Latvian-Estonian poet and politician (b. 1883) *[[1960]] – [[Georges Claude]], French engineer and inventor, created [[Neon lighting]] (b. 1870) *[[1962]] – [[Louis Coatalen]], French engineer (b. 1879) *[[1963]] – [[August Jakobson]], Estonian author and politician (b. 1904) *[[1965]] – [[David Smith (sculptor)|David Smith]], American sculptor (b. 1906) *[[1975]] – [[Moms Mabley]], American comedian and actor (b. 1894) *[[1979]] – [[S. Selvanayagam]], Sri Lankan geographer and academic (b. 1932) *[[1981]] – [[Gene Green (baseball)|Gene Green]], American baseball player (b. 1933) * 1981 – [[Rayner Heppenstall]], English author and poet (b. 1911) * 1981 – [[George Jessel (actor)|George Jessel]], American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1898) * 1981 – [[David Lewis (Canadian politician)|David Lewis]], Belarusian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1909) *[[1986]] – [[Sterling Hayden]], American actor (b. 1916) *[[1989]] – [[Georgy Tovstonogov]], Russian director and producer (b. 1915) * 1989 – [[Karl Koch (hacker)|Karl Koch]], German computer hacker (b. 1965) *[[1991]] – [[Wilhelm Kempff]], German pianist and composer (b. 1895) * 1991 – [[Jean Van Houtte]], Belgian academic and politician, 50th [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (b. 1907) * 1991 – [[Fletcher Markle]], Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1921) *[[1992]] – [[Kostas Davourlis]], Greek footballer (b. 1948) * 1992 – [[Giovanni Falcone]], Italian lawyer and judge (b. 1939) *[[1994]] – [[Olav H. Hauge|Olav Hauge]], Norwegian poet (b. 1908) *[[1996]] – [[Kronid Lyubarsky]], Russian journalist and activist (b. 1934) *[[1998]] – [[Telford Taylor]], American general and lawyer (b. 1908) *[[1999]] – [[Owen Hart]], Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1965) *[[2002]] – [[Big Bill Neidjie]], Australian activist and last speaker of the [[Gaagudju language]] (b. {{circa|1920}}) * 2002 – [[Sam Snead]], American golfer and journalist (b. 1912) *[[2006]] – [[Lloyd Bentsen]], American colonel and politician, 69th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] (b. 1921) * 2006 – [[Kazimierz Górski]], Polish footballer and manager (b. 1921) *[[2008]] – [[Iñaki Ochoa de Olza]], Spanish mountaineer (b. 1967) * 2008 – [[Utah Phillips]], American singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1935) *[[2009]] – [[Roh Moo-hyun]], South Korean soldier and politician, 9th [[President of South Korea]] (b. 1946) *[[2010]] – [[José Lima]], Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1972) * 2010 – [[Simon Monjack]], English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1970) *[[2011]] – [[Xavier Tondo]], Spanish cyclist (b. 1978)<ref>{{cite web |title=Xavi Tondo: Anti-doping cyclist who died just as his career was |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/xavi-tondo-antidoping-cyclist-who-died-just-as-his-career-was-starting-to-take-off-2289597.html |website=The Independent |access-date=8 March 2022 |language=en |date=26 May 2011}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Paul Fussell]], American historian, author, and academic (b. 1924) *[[2013]] – [[Epy Guerrero]], Dominican baseball player, coach, and scout (b. 1942) * 2013 – [[Hayri Kozakçıoğlu]], Turkish police officer and politician, 15th [[List of Governors of Istanbul Province|Governor of Istanbul Province]] (b. 1938) * 2013 – [[Georges Moustaki]], Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934) * 2013 – [[Flynn Robinson]], American basketball player (b. 1941) *[[2014]] – [[Mikhail Egorovich Alekseev]], Russian linguist and academic (b. 1949) * 2014 – [[Madhav Mantri]], Indian cricketer (b. 1921) *[[2015]] – [[Anne Meara]], American actress, comedian and playwright (b. 1929) * 2015 – [[Aleksey Mozgovoy]], Pro-Russian Ukrainian separatist leader (b. 1975) * 2015 – [[Alicia Nash]], Salvadoran-American physicist and engineer (b. 1933) * 2015 – [[John Forbes Nash Jr.]], American mathematician and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1928) *[[2017]] – [[Roger Moore]], English actor (b. 1927) *[[2020]] – [[Hana Kimura]], Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1997)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia-52782235|title=Hana Kimura: Netflix star and Japanese wrestler dies at 22|work=BBC|date=May 23, 2020|access-date=May 23, 2020}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Ron Hill]], English long-distance runner (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite news|title=British marathon great Hill dies aged 82|language=en-GB|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/57220289|access-date=2021-05-23}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Eric Carle]], American children's book designer, illustrator, and writer best known for ''[[The Very Hungry Caterpillar]]'' (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kennedy |first1=Mark |title='The Very Hungry Caterpillar' author Eric Carle dies at 91 |url=https://apnews.com/article/eric-carle-dead-ecea17d72ddee561be73e1593cbbd05d |website=AP NEWS |access-date=27 May 2021 |date=2021-05-26}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Caleb Carr]], American military historian and author (b. 1955)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Green |first=Penelope |date=2024-05-24 |title=Caleb Carr, Author of Dark Histories, Dies at 68 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/books/caleb-carr-dead.html |access-date=2024-05-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Morgan Spurlock]], American filmmaker (b. 1970)<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Risen |first1=Clay |last2=Tumin |first2=Remy |date=2024-05-24 |title=Morgan Spurlock, Documentarian Known for 'Super Size Me,' Dies at 53 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/arts/morgan-spurlock-dead-super-size-me.html |access-date=2024-05-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</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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