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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[535]] – [[Pope John II]]<ref>{{cite web |title=John II {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-II-pope |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=7 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * [[615]] – [[Pope Boniface IV]] (b. 550)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095517217 |title=St Boniface IV |encyclopedia=A Dictionary of Popes |publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref> * [[685]] – [[Pope Benedict II]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Benedict II {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Benedict-II |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * [[997]] – [[Emperor Taizong of Song|Tai Zong]], Chinese emperor (b. 939) *[[1157]] – [[Ahmed Sanjar]], Seljuk sultan (b. 1086) *[[1192]] – [[Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria|Ottokar IV]], duke of Styria (b. 1163) *[[1220]] – [[Rikissa of Denmark]], queen of Sweden *[[1278]] – [[Emperor Duanzong|Duan Zong]], Chinese emperor (b. 1269) *[[1319]] – [[Haakon V of Norway|Haakon V]], king of Norway (b. 1270) *[[1473]] – [[John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire]], English politician (b. 1420) *[[1538]] – [[Edward Foxe]], English bishop and academic (b. 1496) *[[1551]] – [[Barbara Radziwiłł]], queen of Poland (b. 1520) ===1601–1900=== *[[1668]] – [[Catherine of St. Augustine]], French-Canadian nun and saint (b. 1632) *[[1766]] – [[Samuel Chandler]], English minister and author (b. 1693) *[[1773]] – [[Ali Bey al-Kabir]], Egyptian sultan (b. 1728) *[[1781]] – [[Richard Jago]], English priest and poet (b. 1715) *[[1782]] – [[Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal]], Portuguese politician, [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] (b. 1699) *[[1785]] – [[Étienne François, duc de Choiseul]], French general and politician, [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1719) * 1785 – [[Pietro Longhi]], Italian painter (b. 1701) *[[1788]] – [[Giovanni Antonio Scopoli]], Italian physician and botanist (b. 1723) *[[1794]] – [[Antoine Lavoisier]], French chemist and biologist (b. 1743) *[[1819]] – [[Kamehameha I]], king of the Hawaiian Islands (b. 1738) *[[1822]] – [[John Stark]], American general (b. 1728)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Stark {{!}} American general |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Stark |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=23 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1828]] – [[Mauro Giuliani]], Italian guitarist, cellist, and composer (b. 1781) *[[1837]] – [[Alexander Balashov]], Russian general and politician, [[Ministry of Police of the Russian Empire|Russian Minister of Police]] (b. 1770) *[[1842]] – [[Jules Dumont d'Urville]], French admiral and explorer (b. 1790) *[[1853]] – [[Jan Roothaan]], Dutch priest, 21st [[Superior General of the Society of Jesus]] (b. 1785) *[[1880]] – [[Gustave Flaubert]], French novelist (b. 1821) *[[1891]] – [[Helena Blavatsky]], Russian-English mystic and author (b. 1831) * 1891 – [[John Robertson (New South Wales Premier)|John Robertson]], English-Australian politician, 5th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1816) *[[1893]] – [[Manuel González Flores]], Mexican general and president, 1880–1884 (b. 1833)<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/10094/Manuel%20del%20Refugio%20Gonzalez%20Flores|publisher=Busca Biografias|access-date=May 28, 2019|language=es|title=Manuel del Refugio González Flores}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Paul Gauguin]], French painter and sculptor (b. 1848) *[[1907]] – [[Edmund G. Ross]], American soldier and politician, 13th [[Governor of New Mexico Territory]] (b. 1826) *[[1925]] – [[John Beresford (polo player)|John Beresford]], Irish polo player (b. 1847) *[[1936]] – [[Oswald Spengler]], German historian and philosopher (b. 1880) *[[1941]] – [[Natalie of Serbia|Natalie]], queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859) * 1941 – [[Tore Svennberg]], Swedish actor and director (b. 1858) *[[1942]] – [[Nikolai Reek]], Estonian general and politician, 11th [[Minister of Defence (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of War]] (b. 1890) *[[1943]] – [[Mordechai Anielewicz]], Polish commander (b. 1919) *[[1944]] – [[Themistoklis Diakidis]], Greek high jumper (b. 1882) *[[1945]] – [[Frank Bourne]], British soldier, last survivor of the [[Battle of Rorke's Drift]] (b. 1854) * 1945 – [[Julius Hirsch]], German footballer (b. 1892)<ref>Ernst Otto Bräunche (2006). [https://books.google.com/books?id=7N1B-sMuXJ4C&dq=Julius+Hirsch+7+April+1892&pg=PA186 ''Sport in Karlsruhe; von den Anfängen bis heute'']</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/01/25/imperishable-story-julius-hirsch-great-goalscorer-murdered-auschwitz/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/01/25/imperishable-story-julius-hirsch-great-goalscorer-murdered-auschwitz/ |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=The imperishable story of Julius Hirsch: the great goalscorer murdered at Auschwitz who adorns Stamford Bridge mural|first=Sam|last=Wallace|date=January 25, 2020|newspaper=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 1945 – [[Wilhelm Rediess]], German [[SS]] officer (b. 1900) * 1945 – [[Bernhard Rust]], German lieutenant and politician (b. 1883) * 1945 – [[Josef Terboven]], German lieutenant and politician (b. 1898) *[[1947]] – [[Harry Gordon Selfridge]], American-English businessman, founded [[Selfridges]] (b. 1858) *[[1948]] – [[U Saw]], Burmese politician, [[Prime Minister of Burma]] (b. 1900) *[[1950]] – [[Vital Brazil]], Brazilian physician and immunologist (b. 1865) *[[1952]] – [[William Fox (producer)|William Fox]], Austrian businessman, founded [[Fox Theatres]] (b. 1879) *[[1959]] – [[John Fraser (Canadian soccer)|John Fraser]], Canadian soccer player (b. 1881) *[[1960]] – [[J. H. C. Whitehead]], Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1904) *[[1965]] – [[Wally Hardinge]], English cricketer and footballer (b. 1886) *[[1969]] – [[Remington Kellogg]], American zoologist and paleontologist (b. 1892) *[[1972]] – [[Pandurang Vaman Kane]], Indian Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, [[Bharat Ratna]] awardee (b. 1880) * 1972 – [[Beatrice Helen Worsley]], Mexican-Canadian computer scientist (b. 1921) *[[1975]] – [[Avery Brundage]], American businessman and art collector (b. 1887) *[[1980]] – [[Geoffrey Baker (British Army officer)|Geoffrey Baker]], English [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] and [[Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the General Staff]] of the [[British Army]] (b. 1920) *[[1981]] – [[Uri Zvi Greenberg]], Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1896) *[[1982]] – [[Neil Bogart]], American record producer, co-founded [[Casablanca Records]] (b. 1943) * 1982 – [[Gilles Villeneuve]], Canadian race car driver (b. 1950) *[[1983]] – [[John Fante]], American author and screenwriter (b. 1909) *[[1984]] – [[Lila Bell Wallace]], American publisher, co-founded ''[[Reader's Digest]]'' (b. 1890) * 1984 – [[Gino Bianco]], Italian-Brazilian race car driver (b. 1916) *[[1985]] – [[Robert Halperin]], American yachtsman (b. 1908)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bob Halperin |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/62256 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=20 March 2024 }}</ref> * 1985 – [[Karl Marx (composer)|Karl Marx]], German conductor and composer (b. 1897) * 1985 – [[Theodore Sturgeon]], American author and critic (b. 1918) * 1985 – [[Dolph Sweet]], American actor (b. 1920) *[[1986]] – [[Ernle Bradford]], English historian and author (b. 1922) *[[1987]] – [[Doris Stokes]], English psychic and author (b. 1920) *[[1988]] – [[Robert A. Heinlein]], American science fiction writer and screenwriter (b. 1907)<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.heinleinsociety.org/rah/FAQrah.html | title= FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions about Robert A. Heinlein, the person | publisher= The Heinlein Society | year= 2003 | last= Houdek | first= D. A. | access-date= January 23, 2007 | archive-date= April 3, 2012 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120403204313/http://www.heinleinsociety.org/rah/FAQrah.html | url-status= dead }}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Luigi Nono]], Italian composer and educator (b. 1924) *[[1991]] – [[Jean Langlais]], French pianist and composer (b. 1907) * 1991 – [[Rudolf Serkin]], Czech-Austrian pianist and educator (b. 1903) *[[1992]] – [[Joyce Ricketts]], American baseball player (b. 1933) *[[1993]] – [[Avram Davidson]], American soldier and author (b. 1923) *[[1994]] – [[George Peppard]], American actor and producer (b. 1928) *[[1995]] – [[Teresa Teng]], Taiwanese singer (b. 1953) *[[1996]] – [[Beryl Burton]], English cyclist (b. 1937) * 1996 – [[Luis Miguel Dominguín]], Spanish bullfighter (b. 1926) * 1996 – [[Larry Levis]], American poet, author, and critic (b. 1946) * 1996 – [[Garth Williams]], American illustrator (b. 1912) *[[1998]] – [[Johannes Kotkas]], Estonian wrestler (b. 1915) * 1998 – [[Charles Rebozo]], American banker and businessman (b. 1912) *[[1999]] – [[Dirk Bogarde]], English actor and screenwriter (b. 1921) * 1999 – [[Ed Gilbert]], American actor (b. 1931) * 1999 – [[Dana Plato]], American actress (b. 1964) * 1999 – [[Soeman Hs]], Indonesian author and educator (b. 1904) *[[2000]] – [[Pita Amor]], Mexican poet and author (b. 1918) * 2000 – [[Dédé Fortin]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1962) * 2000 – [[Henry Nicols]], American activist (b. 1973) *[[2003]] – [[Elvira Pagã]], Brazilian [[Vedette (cabaret)|vedette]], singer, and artist (b. 1920) *[[2005]] – [[Jean Carrière]], French author (b. 1928) * 2005 – [[Nicolás Vuyovich]], Argentinian race car driver (b. 1981) *[[2006]] – [[Iain Macmillan]], Scottish photographer and author (b. 1938) *[[2007]] – [[Philip R. Craig]], American author and poet (b. 1933) * 2007 – [[Carson Whitsett]], American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (b. 1945) *[[2008]] – [[Eddy Arnold]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1918) * 2008 – [[François Sterchele]], Belgian footballer (b. 1982) *[[2009]] – [[Dom DiMaggio]], American baseball player (b. 1917) *[[2011]] – [[Lionel Rose]], Australian boxer (b. 1948) *[[2012]] – [[Maurice Sendak]], American author and illustrator (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/books/maurice-sendak-childrens-author-dies-at-83.html |title=Maurice Sendak, Children's Author Who Upended Tradition, Dies at 83 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=February 29, 2016 |date=May 8, 2012 |author=Fox, Margalit}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Ampon Tangnoppakul]], Thai criminal (b. 1948) * 2012 – [[Roman Totenberg]], Polish-American violinist and educator (b. 1911) *[[2013]] – [[Jeanne Cooper]], American actress (b. 1928) * 2013 – [[Bryan Forbes]], English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926) * 2013 – [[Juan José Muñoz]], Argentinian businessman (b. 1950) * 2013 – [[Hugh J. Silverman]], American philosopher and theorist (b. 1945) *[[2014]] – [[Roger L. Easton]], American scientist, co-invented the [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] (b. 1921) * 2014 – [[Nancy Malone]], American actress, director, and producer (b. 1935) * 2014 – [[Jair Rodrigues]], Brazilian singer (b. 1939) * 2014 – [[Joseph P. Teasdale]], American lawyer and politician, 48th [[Governor of Missouri]] (b. 1936) *[[2015]] – [[Zeki Alasya]], Turkish actor and director (b. 1943) * 2015 – [[Mwepu Ilunga]], Congolese footballer (b. 1949) * 2015 – [[Juan Schwanner]], Hungarian-Chilean footballer and manager (b. 1921) * 2015 – [[Atanas Semerdzhiev]], Bulgarian soldier and politician, 1st [[Vice President of Bulgaria]] (b. 1924) *[[2016]] – [[William Schallert]], American actor; president (1979–81) of the [[Screen Actors Guild]] (b. 1922) *[[2018]] – [[Big Bully Busick]], American professional wrestler (b. 1954)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2018/05/09/22777868.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180515073724/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2018/05/09/22777868.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 15, 2018|title=In his final years, 'Big Bully' Nick Busick gave hope and inspiration|date=May 9, 2018|last=Leturgey|first=Tom|access-date=May 9, 2018|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Anne V. Coates]], British film editor (''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'', ''[[The Elephant Man (1980 film)|The Elephant Man]]'', ''[[Erin Brockovich (film)|Erin Brockovich]]''), [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Oscar]] winner ([[35th Academy Awards|1963]]) (b. 1925)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anne-v-coates-dead-lawrence-of-arabia-film-editor-was-92-908441|title=Anne V. Coates, Oscar-Winning Film Editor on 'Lawrence of Arabia,' Dies at 92 {{pipe}} Hollywood Reporter|website=www.hollywoodreporter.com|date=9 May 2018}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Sprent Dabwido]], President of [[Nauru]] from 2011 to 2013 (b. 1972)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/former-nauru-president-sprent-dabwido-dies-aged-46|title=Former Nauru president Sprent Dabwido dies aged 46|website=SBS News|access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Helmut Jahn]], German-American architect (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-11|title=Helmut Jahn obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/may/11/helmut-jahn-obituary|access-date=2021-05-15|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Robert Gillmor]], British wildlife artist and illustrator (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Avery |first1=Mark |title=Robert Gillmor – 1936 – 2022 |author-link1=Mark Avery |url=https://markavery.info/2022/05/09/robert-gillmor-1936-2022/ |access-date=10 May 2022}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Dennis Waterman]], English actor and singer (b. 1948)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-09 |title=Dennis Waterman obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/may/09/dennis-waterman-obituary |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Chris Cannon]], American politician (b. 1950)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beal-Cvetko |first=Bridger |date=May 9, 2024 |title=Former Utah Rep. Chris Cannon dies at age 73 |url=https://www.ksl.com/article/51008078/former-utah-rep-chris-cannon-dies-at-age-73 |access-date=May 9, 2024 |website=www.ksl.com |language=en}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Jimmy Johnson (cornerback)|Jimmy Johnson]], American football player (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-09 |title=Hall of Famer Johnson, star 49ers DB, dies at 86 |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40114091/hall-fame-defensive-back-jimmy-johnson-dies-age-86 |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Pete McCloskey]], American politician (b. 1927)<ref>{{Cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=2024-05-08 |title=Pete McCloskey, Republican Who Tried to Unseat Nixon, Is Dead at 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/politics/pete-mccloskey-dead.html |access-date=2024-05-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Ramón Fonseca Mora]], Panamanian novelist and lawyer (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Leila |date=2024-05-09 |title=Ramón Fonseca, Cofounder of Law Firm at Center of Panama Papers, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/world/americas/ramon-fonseca-panama-papers-dies.html |access-date=2024-05-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * [[2025]] – [[Simon Mann]], British military officer and mercenary (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Obituaries |first=Telegraph |date=2025-05-09 |title=Simon Mann, mercenary who was jailed for leading an attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/05/09/simon-mann-mercenary-coup-equatorial-guinea-died-obituary/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</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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