May 17 - Deaths

Deaths

• 290 – Emperor Wu of Jin, Chinese emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 236)
• 1189 – Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)
• 1336 – Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)
• 1365 – Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)
• 1395 – Constantine Dragaš, Serbian ruler (b. 1355)
• 1464 – Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1427)
• 1510 – Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (b. 1445)
• 1521 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)
• 1536 – George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, English diplomat (b. 1504)
• 1536 – Francis Weston, English courtier and Gentleman of the Privy Chamber (b. 1511)
• 1536 – Henry Norris, English courtier and Groom of the Stool (b. 1482)
• 1536 – William Brereton, English courtier and Groom of the Privy Chamber
• 1536 – Mark Smeaton, English courtier and musician (b. 1512)
• 1551 – Shin Saimdang, Korean writer, artist, and poet (b. 1504)
• 1575 – Matthew Parker, English theologian, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1504)
• 1626 – Joan Pau Pujol, Catalan composer (b. 1570)
• 1643 – Giovanni Picchi, Italian composer (b. 1571/1572)
• 1727 – Catherine I of Russia (b. 1684)
• 1729 – Samuel Clarke, English philosopher (b. 1675)
• 1765 – Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician (b. 1713)
• 1797 – Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b. 1719)
• 1801 – William Heberden, English physician (b. 1710)
• 1807 – John Gunby, American soldier (b. 1745)
• 1809 – Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722)
• 1822 – Armand Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu, French-Russian statesman (b. 1766)
• 1829 – John Jay, American statesman and diplomat, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)
• 1838 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French diplomat (b. 1754)
• 1838 – René Caillé, French explorer (b. 1799)
• 1839 – Archibald Alison, Scottish author (b. 1757)
• 1868 – Isami Kondo, Japanese Shinsengumi Commander (b. 1834)
• 1875 – John C. Breckinridge, American lawyer and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States (b. 1821)
• 1879 – Asa Packer, American railroad magnate, founder of Lehigh Valley Railroad (b. 1805)
• 1886 – John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer, founded the Deere & Company (b. 1804)
• 1888 – Giacomo Zanella, Italian poet (b. 1820)
• 1911 – Frederick August Otto Schwarz, American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (b. 1836)
• 1916 – Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (b. 1862)
• 1917 – Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829)
• 1919 – Guido von List, German author (b. 1848)
• 1927 – Harold Geiger, American aviation pioneer (b. 1884)
• 1935 – Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, scholar, and teacher (b. 1865)
• 1936 – Panagis Tsaldaris, Greek politician (b. 1868)
• 1938 – Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and zionist (b. 1877)
• 1947 – George Forbes, New Zealand politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
• 1947 – Zhang Lingfu, Chinese general (b. 1903)
• 1951 – William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, English general (b. 1865)
• 1963 – John Wilce, American physician and football coach (b. 1888)
• 1964 – Nandor Fodor, Hungarian psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1895)
• 1966 – Randy Turpin, English boxer (b. 1928)
• 1974 – Ernest Nash, German archaeologist (b. 1898)
• 1977 – Charles E. Rosendahl, American vice admiral (b. 1892)
• 1985 – Abe Burrows, American author, composer, and director (b. 1910)
• 1987 – Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
• 1992 – Lawrence Welk, American musician and bandleader (b. 1903)
• 1995 – Hector "Toe" Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1912)
• 1996 – Kevin Gilbert, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (b. 1966)
• 1996 – Scott Brayton, American race car driver (b. 1959)
• 1996 – Johnny "Guitar" Watson, American singer and musician (b. 1935)
• 1999 – Bruce Fairbairn, Canadian producer and musician (b. 1949)
• 2000 – Donald Coggan, English 101st Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1909)
• 2001 – Frank G. Slaughter, American novelist and physician (b. 1908)
• 2002 – Dave Berg, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter (b. 1940)
• 2002 – Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian-Spanish footballer (b. 1927)
• 2002 – Aşık Mahzuni Şerif, Turkish poet and musician (b. 1940)
• 2003 – Pop Ivy, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1916)
• 2004 – Jørgen Nash, Danish artist (b. 1920)
• 2004 – Tony Randall, American actor (b. 1920)
• 2004 – Ezzedine Salim, Iraqi politician, author, educator, and theorist, leader of the Iraqi Governing Council (b. 1943)
• 2005 – Frank Gorshin, American actor (b. 1934)
• 2006 – Cy Feuer, American playwright (b. 1911)
• 2006 – Eric Forth, English politician (b. 1944)
• 2006 – Nichola Goddard, Canadian soldier (b. 1980)
• 2007 – Lloyd Alexander, American author (b. 1924)
• 2007 – T. K. Doraiswamy, Indian poet and author (b. 1921)
• 2009 – Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet (b. 1920)
• 2009 – Jung Seung-hye, South Korean film producer (b. 1965)
• 2010 – Yvonne Loriod, French pianist, composer, and teacher (b. 1924)
• 2010 – Walasse Ting, Chinese-American painter (b. 1929)
• 2011 – Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Warda Al-Jazairia, French-Algerian singer (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Herbert Breslin, American publicist and music executive (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Sophia Brown, English reality show contestant on Big Brother (b. 1982)
• 2012 – Gideon Ezra, Israeli politician (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Patrick Mafisango, Rwandan footballer (b. 1980)
• 2012 – Ron Shock, American comedian (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Donna Summer, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)