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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[408]] – [[Venerius (bishop of Milan)|Venerius]], archbishop of Milan * [[784]] – [[Arbeo of Freising|Arbeo]], bishop of Freising *[[1003]] – [[Herman II, Duke of Swabia|Herman II]], duke of Swabia *[[1038]] – [[Gotthard of Hildesheim]], German bishop (b. 960) *[[1406]] – [[Coluccio Salutati]], chancellor of Florence (b. 1331) *[[1436]] – [[Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson]], Swedish rebel leader (27 April [[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]]).<ref>{{cite book|last=Riis|first=Thomas|chapter=The States of Scandinavia, c. 1390-c. 1536|title=The New Cambridge Medieval History. Volume VII: c.1415-c. 1500|editor-last=Allmand|editor-first=Christopher|location=Cambridge, UK|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2015|isbn=9781107568914|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qzc8OeuSXFMC|page=682|postscript=none}}; {{cite journal|last=Harrison|first=Dick|title=Murder and Execution within the Political Sphere in Fifteenth-century Scandinavia|journal=Scandia|volume=63|issue=2|date=1997|url=https://journals.lub.lu.se/scandia/article/download/1134/919/2085&ved=2ahUKEwjf-Iro2_aFAxWJ5ckDHX3KBwIQFnoECBAQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1ZmuCwzOyw7Vc3AJLaipDf|page=261}}</ref> *[[1471]] – [[Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales]], son and heir of [[Henry VI of England]] (b. 1453) *[[1483]] – [[George Neville, Duke of Bedford]] (b. 1457) *[[1506]] – [[Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqara|Husayn Mirza Bayqara]], Timurid ruler of Herat (b. 1438) *[[1519]] – [[Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino|Lorenzo de' Medici]], duke of Urbino (b. 1492)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici, duca di Urbino {{!}} Italian ruler |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lorenzo-di-Piero-de-Medici-duca-di-Urbino |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1535]] – [[John Houghton (martyr)|John Houghton]], Carthusian monk and saint *[[1562]] – [[Lelio Sozzini]], Italian Protestant theologian (b. 1525) *[[1566]] – [[Luca Ghini]], Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) *[[1571]] – [[Pierre Viret]], Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1511) ===1601–1900=== *[[1604]] – [[Claudio Merulo]], Italian organist and composer (b. 1533) *[[1605]] – [[Ulisse Aldrovandi]], Italian naturalist (b. 1522) *[[1615]] – [[Adriaan van Roomen]], Flemish priest and mathematician (b. 1561) *[[1626]] – [[Arthur Lake (bishop)|Arthur Lake]], English bishop and scholar (b. 1569) *[[1677]] – [[Isaac Barrow]], English mathematician and theologian (b. 1630) *[[1684]] – [[John Nevison]], English criminal (b. 1639) *[[1729]] – [[Louis Antoine de Noailles]], French cardinal (b. 1651) *[[1734]] – [[James Thornhill]], English painter and politician (b. 1675) *[[1737]] – [[Eustace Budgell]], English journalist and politician (b. 1686) *[[1774]] – [[Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick|Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick]], Prussian nobleman (b. 1714) *[[1776]] – [[Jacques Saly]], French painter and sculptor (b. 1717) *[[1790]] – [[Matthew Tilghman]], American politician (b. 1718) *[[1799]] – [[Tipu Sultan|Tipu]], ruler of Mysore (b. 1750) *[[1811]] – [[Nikolay Kamensky]], Russian general (b. 1776) *[[1816]] – [[Samuel Dexter]], American lawyer and politician, 4th [[United States Secretary of War]], 3rd [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] (b. 1761) *[[1824]] – [[Joseph Joubert]], French author (b. 1754) *[[1826]] – [[Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan]], colonial governor of [[East Florida]], [[Captaincy General of Santo Domingo|Santo Domingo]] and Cuba (b. 1757)<ref name="Vicent1995">{{cite book|author=Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent|title=Pleitos de hidalguía que se conservan en el Archivo de la Real Chancillería de Valladolid: Maceira-Martinez Ballesteros|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xYxflpkFpMQC&pg=PA23|access-date=19 July 2013|year=1995|publisher=Ediciones Hidalguia|isbn=978-84-87204-69-2|page=23}}</ref> *[[1839]] – [[Denis Davydov]], Russian general and poet (b. 1784) *[[1859]] – [[Joseph Diaz Gergonne]], French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1771) *[[1880]] – [[Edward Clark (governor)|Edward Clark]], American lawyer and politician, 8th [[Governor of Texas]] (b. 1815) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[John Jones Ross]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th [[Premier of Quebec]] (b. 1831) *[[1903]] – [[Gotse Delchev]], Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary [[IMRO]] (b. 1872) *[[1912]] – [[Nettie Stevens]], American geneticist credited with discovering [[sex chromosomes]] (b. 1861)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nettie-Stevens|title=Nettie Stevens {{!}} American biologist and geneticist|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2019-08-12}}</ref> *[[1916]] – [[Edward Daly (Irish revolutionary)|Ned Daly]], Irish rebel commander ([[Easter Rising]]) (b. 1891) * 1916 – [[John Murray (Victorian politician)|John Murray]], Australian politician, 23rd [[Premier of Victoria]] (b. 1851) * 1916 – [[Willie Pearse]], Irish rebel (b. 1881) * 1916 – [[Joseph Plunkett]], Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887) *[[1919]] – [[Milan Rastislav Štefánik]], Slovak general and politician (b. 1880) *[[1922]] – [[Viktor Kingissepp]], Estonian politician (b. 1888) *[[1923]] – [[Ralph McKittrick]], American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877) *[[1924]] – [[E. Nesbit]], English author and poet (b. 1858) *[[1937]] – [[Gina Oselio]], Norwegian opera singer (b. 1858).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Gina Oselio |encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Inger Elisabeth|last=Haavet|date=25 November 2024 |editor-last=Helle|editor-first=Knut|editor-link=Knut Helle|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=https://nbl.snl.no/Gina_Oselio|language=no |accessdate=2 April 2025}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Kanō Jigorō]], Japanese founder of [[judo]] (b. 1860) * 1938 – [[Carl von Ossietzky]], German journalist and activist, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1889) *[[1941]] – [[Chris McKivat]], Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1880) *[[1945]] – [[Fedor von Bock]], German field marshal (b. 1880) *[[1953]] – [[Alexandre Pharamond]], French rugby player (b. 1876)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mallon |first1=Bill |title=The 1900 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary |date=11 July 2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-8952-7 |page=276 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CHYwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA276 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1955]] – [[George Enescu]], Romanian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1881) *[[1964]] – [[Karl Robert Pusta]], Estonian politician, 4th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1883) *[[1969]] – [[Osbert Sitwell]], English-Italian author and poet (b. 1892) *[[1971]] – [[William Brown Meloney (1902–1971)|William Brown Meloney]], writer and theatrical producer (b. 1902)<ref name=NYT-1971-05-06>{{Cite news|date=1971-05-06|title=William Brown Meloney Dead; Author and Stage Producer, 69|language=en-US|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/06/archives/william-brown-meoney-dead-author-and-stageproducer-69.html|access-date=2021-02-06|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Father Chrysanthus]], Dutch arachnologist (b. 1905)<ref name="BullBritArach">{{cite journal|last=v[an] H[elsdingen] |first=P[eter] J. |date=1973 |title=Father Chrysanthus O.F.M. Cap.: 1 September 1905 – 4 May 1972 |journal=Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society |volume=2 |issue=7 |page=148 |url=https://britishspiders.org.uk/node/2313}}</ref> * 1972 – [[Edward Calvin Kendall]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1886) *[[1973]] – [[Jane Bowles]], American author and playwright (b. 1917) *[[1975]] – [[Moe Howard]], American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1897) *[[1976]] – [[Frank Strahan]], Australian public servant (b. 1886) *[[1980]] – [[Josip Broz Tito]], Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st [[President of Yugoslavia]] (b. 1892) *[[1981]] – [[C. Loganathan]], Sri Lankan banker (b. 1913) *[[1983]] – [[Nino Sanzogno]], Italian conductor and composer (b. 1911) *[[1984]] – [[Diana Dors]], English actress (b. 1931) *[[1985]] – [[Fikri Sönmez]], Turkish tailor and politician (b. 1938) * 1985 – [[Clarence Wiseman]], English-Canadian 10th [[General of The Salvation Army]] (b. 1907) *[[1987]] – [[Paul Butterfield]], American singer and harmonica player (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite news| author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->| title = Musician's Death Laid to Overdose| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-13-mn-6920-story.html| work = [[Los Angeles Times]]| date = June 13, 1987| access-date = December 27, 2020}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Cathryn Damon]], American actress (b. 1930) *[[1988]] – [[Lillian Estelle Fisher]], American historian of Spanish America (b. 1891) *[[1990]] – [[Emily Remler]], American guitarist (b. 1957) *[[1991]] – [[Mohammed Abdel Wahab]], Egyptian singer-songwriter and mandolin player (b. 1902) *[[1992]] – [[Gregor Mackenzie]], Scottish politician (b. 1927) *[[1993]] – [[France Štiglic]], Slovenian film director and screenwriter (b. 1919) *[[1995]] – [[Connie Wisniewski]], American baseball player (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Porter |first1=David L. |title=Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Baseball |date=2000 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-29884-4 |page=1709 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wD4mDsrHLS8C&pg=PA1709 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Hendrik Casimir]], Dutch physicist and academic (b. 1909) *[[2001]] – [[Bonnie Lee Bakley]], American model, wife of [[Robert Blake (actor)|Robert Blake]] (b. 1956) *[[2004]] – [[David Reimer]], Canadian man, born male but reassigned female and raised as a girl after a botched circumcision (b. 1965)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/david-reimer-and-john-money-gender-reassignment-controversy-johnjoan-case|title=David Reimer and John Money Gender Reassignment Controversy: The John/Joan Case – The Embryo Project Encyclopedia|website=embryo.asu.edu}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[David Hackworth]], American colonel and journalist (b. 1930) *[[2008]] – [[Fred Baur]], American chemist and founder of [[Pringles]] (b. 1918)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-04|title=He was buried in a can of Pringles|url=https://asillypoint.com/he-was-buried-in-a-can-of-pringles/|access-date=2020-09-06|website=A Silly Point|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2009]] – [[Dom DeLuise]], American actor, director, and producer (b. 1933) *[[2011]] – [[Sammy McCrory]], Northern Irish footballer (b. 1924) *[[2012]] – [[Mort Lindsey]], American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1923) * 2012 – [[Bob Stewart (television producer)|Bob Stewart]], American television producer, founded [[Stewart Tele Enterprises]] (b. 1920) * 2012 – [[Adam Yauch]], American rapper and director (b. 1964) * 2012 – [[Rashidi Yekini]], Nigerian footballer (b. 1963) *[[2013]] – [[Otis Bowen]], American physician and politician, 44th [[Governor of Indiana]] (b. 1918) * 2013 – [[Christian de Duve]], English-Belgian cytologist and biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1917) * 2013 – [[Javier Diez Canseco]], Peruvian sociologist and politician (b. 1948) * 2013 – [[Mario Machado]], Chinese-American journalist and actor (b. 1935) * 2013 – [[Morgan Morgan-Giles]], English admiral and politician (b. 1914) * 2013 – [[César Portillo de la Luz]], Cuban guitarist and composer (b. 1922) *[[2014]] – [[Dick Ayers]], American author and illustrator (b. 1924) * 2014 – [[Elena Baltacha]], Ukrainian-Scottish tennis player (b. 1983) * 2014 – [[Edgar Cortright]], American scientist and engineer (b. 1923) * 2014 – [[Helga Königsdorf]], German physicist and author (b. 1938) * 2014 – [[Ross Lonsberry]], Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1947) * 2014 – [[Jean-Paul Ngoupandé]], Central African politician, [[Prime Minister of the Central African Republic]] (b. 1948) *[[2015]] – [[William Bast]], American screenwriter and author (b. 1931) * 2015 – [[Ellen Albertini Dow]], American actress (b. 1913) * 2015 – [[Marv Hubbard]], American football player (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Associated Press|date=2015-05-06|title=Marv Hubbard, Three-Time Pro Bowl Fullback for Raiders, Dies at 68|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/07/sports/marv-hubbard-three-time-pro-bowl-fullback-dies-at-68.html|access-date=2020-09-06|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[2016]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Bagaza]], Burundian politician (b. 1946) *[[2020]] – [[Don Shula]], American football player and coach (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29132028/dolphins-hall-fame-coach-don-shula-dies-90 |title=Dolphins Hall of Fame coach Don Shula dies at 90 |work=[[ESPN]] |date=5 May 2020 |access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Greg Zanis]], American carpenter and activist (b. 1950)<ref name="CNN McLaughlin 5-4-2020">{{cite news |last1=McLaughlin |first1=Eliott C. |title=Greg Zanis, known the nation over as 'The Cross Man,' dies at 69 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/04/us/greg-zanis-obit-cross-man/index.html |access-date=May 4, 2020 |work=CNN |date=May 4, 2020}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Nick Kamen]], English model, songwriter (b. 1962)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-05-06|title=Nick Kamen: a life in pictures|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2021/may/06/nick-kamen-a-life-in-pictures|access-date=2021-05-08|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Ron Kavana]], Irish singer, songwriter, guitarist and band leader (b. 1950)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Death Notice of Ronnie (Ron) Kavanagh (Fermoy, Cork) {{!}} rip.ie |url=https://rip.ie/death-notice/ronnie-ron-kavanagh-cork-fermoy-555418 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=rip.ie |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Frank Stella]], American painter (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Mazariegos |first1=Miranda |last2=Veltman |first2=Chloe |date=May 4, 2024 |title=Renowned painter and pioneer of minimalism Frank Stella dies at 87 |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/05/04/1112027057/frank-stella-dead-art-minimalist |access-date=May 4, 2024 |work=[[NPR]]}}</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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