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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[465]] – [[Gerontius (bishop of Milan)|Gerontius]], Archbishop of Milan *[[1194]] – [[Casimir II the Just]], Polish son of [[Bolesław III Wrymouth]] (b. 1138) *[[1243]] – [[Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent]], English [[justiciar]] (b. {{Circa|1160}}) *[[1306]] – [[Constantine Palaiologos (son of Michael VIII)|Constantine Palaiologos]], Byzantine general (b. 1261) *[[1309]] – [[Charles II of Naples]] (b. 1254) *[[1316]] – [[Elizabeth of Rhuddlan]], daughter of King Edward I of England (b. 1282) *[[1338]] – [[Prince Tsunenaga]], son of the Japanese Emperor (b. 1324) *[[1380]] – [[Saint Philotheos]], Coptic martyr<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://icopts.com/new/index.php?option=com_synaxarium&task=alldays&rdr=bashans/day2.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927185119/http://icopts.com/new/index.php?option=com_synaxarium&task=alldays&rdr=bashans%2Fday2.php|url-status=dead|title=Coptic Synexarion|archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref> *[[1432]] – [[Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola]], Italian adventurer *[[1525]] – [[Frederick III, Elector of Saxony]] (b. 1463) *[[1582]] – [[Charlotte of Bourbon]], Princess consort of Orange, married to [[William I of Orange]] (b. 1547) *[[1586]] – [[Henry Sidney]], Irish politician, [[Lord Deputy of Ireland]] (b. 1529) ===1601–1900=== *[[1671]] – [[Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester]], English general and politician, [[Lord Chamberlain|Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1602) *[[1672]] – [[Samuel Cooper (painter)|Samuel Cooper]], English painter and linguist (b. 1609) *[[1700]] – [[Angelo Italia]], Italian architect (b. 1628) *[[1705]] – [[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. 1640) *[[1760]] – [[Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers]], English politician (b. 1720) *[[1766]] – [[Jean Astruc]], French physician and scholar (b. 1684) *[[1808]] – [[Pierre Jean George Cabanis]], French physiologist and philosopher (b. 1757) *[[1821]] – [[Napoleon]], French general and emperor (b. 1769)<ref>{{cite web |title=Napoleon I {{!}} Biography, Achievements, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=11 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1827]] – [[Frederick Augustus I of Saxony]] (b. 1750) *[[1833]] – [[Sophia Campbell]], English-Australian painter (b. 1777) *[[1855]] – [[Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet]], English politician (b. 1786) *[[1859]] – [[Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet]], German mathematician and academic (b. 1805) *[[1860]] – [[Jean-Charles Prince]], Canadian bishop (b. 1804) *[[1883]] – [[John O'Shanassy]], Irish-Australian politician, 2nd [[Premier of Victoria]] (b. 1818) *[[1892]] – [[August Wilhelm von Hofmann]], German chemist and academic (b. 1818) *[[1896]] – [[Silas Adams]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1839) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Mariano Ignacio Prado]], Peruvian general, twice President of Peru (b. 1825)<ref>{{Cite book|title=General Mariano Ignacio Prado. Su vida y su obra|first=Evaristo|last=San Cristoval|date=1966|publisher=Impr. Gil|location=Lima|page=58|language=Spanish}}</ref> *[[1902]] – [[Bret Harte]], American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xXbl9lZcW_YC&q=may+5+|title=Bret Harte: Opening the American Literary West|first=Gary|last=Scharnhorst|date=October 30, 2000|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=9780806132549|via=Google Books}}</ref> *[[1907]] – [[Şeker Ahmed Pasha]], Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841) *[[1913]] – [[Henry Moret]], French painter (b. 1856) *[[1916]] – [[John MacBride]], Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865) * 1916 – [[Maurice Raoul-Duval]], French polo player (b. 1866) *[[1921]] – [[Alfred Hermann Fried]], Austrian journalist and publicist, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1864) *[[1924]] – [[A. Sabapathy]], Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853) *[[1931]] – [[Glen Kidston]], English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899) *[[1941]] – [[Platon of Banja Luka]], Serbian Orthodox bishop (b. 1874)<ref>{{cite book|last=Goldstein|first=Slavko|author-link=Slavko Goldstein|others=Translated by Michael Gable|year=2012|title=1941: The Year That Keeps Returning|edition=2nd|publisher=New York Review Books|location=New York City|isbn=978-1-59017-673-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tPCrbVJNvWUC|page=97}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Qemal Stafa]], Albanian politician (b. 1920) *[[1947]] – [[Ty LaForest]], Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917) *[[1957]] – [[Leopold Löwenheim]], German mathematician and logician (b. 1878) *[[1959]] – [[Carlos Saavedra Lamas]], Argentinian academic and politician, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1878) *[[1962]] – [[Ernest Tyldesley]], English cricketer (b. 1889) *[[1965]] – [[Nikos Gounaris]], Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915) * 1965 – [[John Waters (director born 1893)|John Waters]], American director and screenwriter (b. 1893) *[[1971]] – [[Violet Jessop]], Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887) *[[1973]] – [[Zekai Özger]], Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948) *[[1977]] – [[Ludwig Erhard]], German economist and politician, [[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic)|Chancellor of Germany]] (b. 1897) *[[1981]] – [[Bobby Sands]], [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|PIRA volunteer]] and hunger striker (b. 1954)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bobby Sands {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bobby-Sands |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=3 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Horst Schumann]], German physician (b. 1901) * 1983 – [[John Williams (actor)|John Williams]], English-American actor (b. 1903) *[[1985]] – [[Donald Bailey (civil engineer)|Donald Bailey]], English engineer, designed the [[Bailey bridge]] (b. 1901) *[[1988]] – [[Michael Shaara]], American author and academic (b. 1928) *[[1993]] – [[Irving Howe]], American literary and social critic (b. 1920) *[[1994]] – [[Mário Quintana]], Brazilian poet and translator (b. 1906) *[[1995]] – [[Mikhail Botvinnik]], Russian chess player and coach (b. 1911) *[[1999]] – [[Vasilis Diamantopoulos]], Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1920) *[[2000]] – [[Gino Bartali]], Italian cyclist (b. 1914) * 2000 – [[Bill Musselman]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1940) *[[2001]] – [[Morris Graves]], American painter and educator (b. 1910) * 2001 – [[Clifton Hillegass]], American publisher, created ''[[CliffsNotes]]'' (b. 1918) *[[2002]] – [[Hugo Banzer]], Bolivian general and politician, 62nd [[President of Bolivia]] (b. 1926) * 2002 – [[Paul Wilbur Klipsch]], American engineer, founded [[Klipsch Audio Technologies]] (b. 1904)<ref>{{cite web |title=KLIPSCH, PAUL WILBUR (FAMOUS PHOTO) - Hempstead County, Arkansas {{!}} PAUL WILBUR (FAMOUS PHOTO) KLIPSCH - Arkansas Gravestone Photos |url=https://arkansasgravestones.org/view.php?id=939712 |website=arkansasgravestones.org |access-date=27 January 2020}}</ref> * 2002 – [[George Sidney]], American director and producer (b. 1916) * 2002 – [[Louis C. Wyman]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/09/us/louis-c-wyman-85-served-5-terms-in-house.html | title=Louis C. Wyman, 85; Served 5 Terms in House | newspaper=The New York Times | date=9 May 2002 }}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Sam Bockarie]], Sierra Leonean commander (b. 1964) * 2003 – [[Walter Sisulu]], South African activist and politician (b. 1912) *[[2006]] – [[Naushad Ali]], Indian composer and producer (b. 1919) * 2006 – [[Atıf Yılmaz]], Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925) *[[2007]] – [[Theodore Harold Maiman]], American-Canadian physicist and engineer, created the [[laser]] (b. 1927) *[[2008]] – [[Irv Robbins]], Canadian-American businessman, co-founded [[Baskin-Robbins]] (b. 1917) * 2008 – [[Jerry Wallace]], American singer and guitarist (b. 1928) *[[2010]] – [[Giulietta Simionato]], Italian soprano (b. 1910) * 2010 – [[Umaru Musa Yar'Adua]], Nigerian academic and politician, 13th [[President of Nigeria]] (b. 1951) *[[2011]] – [[Claude Choules]], English-Australian soldier (b. 1901) * 2011 – [[Yosef Merimovich]], Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1924) * 2011 – [[Dana Wynter]], British actress (b. 1931) *[[2012]] – [[Surendranath (cricketer)|Surendranath]], Indian cricketer (b. 1937) * 2012 – [[Carl Johan Bernadotte]], Count of Wisborg (b. 1916) * 2012 – [[Aatos Erkko]], Finnish journalist and publisher (b. 1932) * 2012 – [[George Knobel]], Dutch footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1922) * 2012 – [[Roy Padayachie]], South African lawyer and politician, South African Minister of Communications (b. 1950) *[[2013]] – [[Sarah Kirsch (poet)|Sarah Kirsch]], German poet and author (b. 1935) * 2013 – [[Robert Ressler]], American [[FBI]] agent and author (b. 1937) *[[2014]] – [[Michael Otedola]], Nigerian journalist and politician, 9th [[Governor of Lagos State]] (b. 1926) *[[2015]] – [[Jobst Brandt]], American cyclist, engineer, and author (b. 1935) * 2015 – [[Hans Jansen]], Dutch linguist, academic, and politician (b. 1942) *[[2017]] – [[Binyamin Elon]], Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician (b. 1954) * 2017 – [[Ely Ould Mohamed Vall]], Mauritanian politician (b. 1953) *[[2020]] – [[Millie Small]], Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1947)<ref>{{cite web|date=6 May 2020|title=Millie Small dies in London|url=https://subcultz.com/millie-small-dies-in-london/}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Jeannie Epper]], American stuntwoman and actress (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-07 |title=Jeannie Epper, epic stuntwoman behind feats of TV's 'Wonder Woman,' dies at 83 |url=https://apnews.com/article/jeannie-epper-dead-124a196695ff07b039898ed49d48157a |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Bernard Hill]], English actor (b. 1944)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68962192|title=Bernard Hill: Titanic and Lord of the Rings actor dies|date=5 May 2024|website=[[BBC]]|access-date=5 May 2024|archive-date=5 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505141301/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68962192|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2024 – [[César Luis Menotti]], Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-05 |title=Argentina World Cup-winning coach Cesar Luis Menotti dies aged 85 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c0430j1dd3no |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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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