May 21 - Deaths

Deaths

• 987 – Louis V of France (b. 967)
• 1237 – Olaf the Black, King of Mann and the Isles
• 1254 – Conrad IV of Germany (b. 1228)
• 1471 – Henry VI of England (b. 1421)
• 1481 – Christian I of Denmark (b. 1426)
• 1512 – Pandolfo Petrucci, Italian ruler (b. 1452)
• 1524 – Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English soldier (b. 1443)
• 1542 – Hernando de Soto, Spanish explorer, first person to cross the Mississippi River (b. 1496 or 1497)
• 1607 – John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)
• 1639 – Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian (b. 1568)
• 1647 – Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet (b. 1581)
• 1650 – James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish nobleman and soldier (b. 1612)
• 1664 – Elizabeth Poole, English-American settler and founder of Taunton, Massachusetts (b. 1588)
• 1670 – Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1586)
• 1686 – Otto von Guericke, German scientist (b. 1602)
• 1690 – John Eliot, English missionary (b. 1604)
• 1719 – Pierre Poiret, French mystic (b. 1646)
• 1724 – Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, English statesman (b. 1661)
• 1742 – Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664)
• 1771 – Christopher Smart, English poet (b. 1722)
• 1786 – Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish chemist (b. 1742)
• 1790 – Thomas Warton, English poet (b. 1728)
• 1844 – Giuseppe Baini, Italian composer (b. 1775)
• 1862 – John Drew, Irish-American actor (b. 1827)
• 1879 – Arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848)
• 1894 – Émile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)
• 1894 – August Kundt, German physicist (b. 1839)
• 1895 – Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (b. 1819)
• 1901 – Joseph Olivier, French rugby player (b. 1874)
• 1911 – Williamina Fleming, Scottish astronomer (b. 1857)
• 1915 – Leonid Gobyato, Russian general (b. 1875)
• 1919 – Yevgraf Fyodorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1853)
• 1920 – Venustiano Carranza, Mexican politician, 54th President of Mexico (b. 1859)
• 1925 – Hidesaburō Ueno, Japanese scientist, guardian of Hachikō (b. 1871)
• 1929 – Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English statesman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1847)
• 1932 – Marcel Jacques Boulenger, French author and fencer (b. 1873)
• 1935 – Jane Addams, American social worker, activist, and author, co-founder of Hull House, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1949 – Klaus Mann, German writer (b. 1906)
• 1952 – John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1956 – Harry Bensley, English businessman and adventurer (b. 1877)
• 1957 – Alexander Vertinsky, Russian actor, singer, composer, and poet (b. 1889)
• 1964 – James Franck, German physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1882)
• 1965 – Geoffrey de Havilland, English aircraft designer and engineer, designed the de Havilland Mosquito (b. 1882)
• 1970 – E. L. Grant Watson, English biologist and writer (b. 1885)
• 1973 – Vaughn Monroe, American baritone singer, trumpeter, bandleader, and actor (b. 1911)
• 1981 – Raymond McCreesh, Irish activist (b. 1957)
• 1981 – Patsy O'Hara, Irish activist (b. 1957)
• 1983 – Kenneth Clark, English historian (b. 1903)
• 1984 – Ann Little, American actress (b. 1891)
• 1988 – Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer (b. 1900)
• 1991 – Lino Brocka, Filipino director (b. 1939)
• 1991 – Rajiv Gandhi, Indian politician, 6th Prime Minister of India (b. 1944)
• 1995 – Les Aspin, American politician (b. 1938)
• 1996 – Paul Delph, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Zahara) (b. 1957)
• 1996 – Lash LaRue, American actor (b. 1917)
• 1999 – Bugz, American rapper (D12) (b. 1979)
• 2000 – Barbara Cartland, English author (b. 1901)
• 2000 – John Gielgud, English actor (b. 1904)
• 2000 – Mark R. Hughes, American businessman, founder of Herbalife (b. 1956)
• 2002 – Niki de Saint Phalle, French artist and filmmaker (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentine-Italian race car driver and industrialist (b. 1928)
• 2003 – Frank D. White, American politician (b. 1933)
• 2005 – Howard Morris, American actor and director (b. 1919)
• 2006 – Spencer Clark, American race car driver (b. 1987)
• 2006 – Katherine Dunham, American dancer, director, educator, and author (b. 1909)
• 2006 – Cherd Songsri, Thai director (b. 1931)
• 2006 – Billy Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Constantine of Irinoupolis, American-Ukrainian bishop (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Eddie Blazonczyk, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Otis Clark, American butler and preacher, survivor of the Tulsa race riot (b. 1903)
• 2012 – Roman Dumbadze, Georgian military commander (b. 1964)
• 2012 – Ezell Lee, American politician (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Juan Manuel Montero Vázquez, Spanish military surgeon (b. 1947)
• 2012 – Douglas Rodríguez, Cuban boxer (b. 1950)
• 2012 – Bill Stewart, American football coach (b. 1952)
• 2012 – Rodolfo Félix Valdés, Mexican politician, Governor of Sonora (b. 1926)