May 29 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1259 – Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219)
• 1379 – Henry II of Castile (b. 1334)
• 1405 – Philippe de Mézières, French soldier and author (b. 1327)
• 1425 – Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378)
• 1453 – Constantine XI Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1404)
• 1500 – Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese nobleman and explorer
• 1546 – David Beaton, Scottish cardinal
• 1593 – John Penry, Welsh martyr (b. 1559)
• 1628 – Anaukpetlun, Burmese king (b. 1578)
• 1660 – Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician (b. 1615)
• 1691 – Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1629)
• 1790 – Israel Putnam, American general (b. 1718)
• 1796 – Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (b. 1720)
• 1814 – Joséphine de Beauharnais, French wife of Napoléon Bonaparte (b. 1763)
• 1829 – Humphry Davy, English chemist (b. 1778)
• 1847 – Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general and marshal (b. 1766)
• 1866 – Winfield Scott, American general (b. 1786)
• 1868 – Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia (b. 1823)
• 1873 – Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1870)
• 1882 – Vasily Perov, Russian painter (b. 1833)
• 1892 – Bahá'u'lláh, Persian founder of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)
• 1896 – Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist (b. 1814)
• 1903 – Draga Mašin, Serbian wife of Alexander I of Serbia (b. 1864)
• 1903 – Bruce Price, American architect, designed the American Surety Building (b. 1845)
• 1910 – Mily Balakirev, Russian composer (b. 1837)
• 1911 – W. S. Gilbert, English dramatist and poet (b. 1836)
• 1917 – Kate Harrington, American writer, poet, and educator (b. 1831)
• 1919 – Robert Bacon, American statesman and diplomat, 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1920 – Carlos Deltour, French rower (b. 1864)
• 1935 – Josef Suk, Czech composer and violinist (b. 1874)
• 1939 – Ursula Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and saint, founded the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (b. 1865)
• 1942 – John Barrymore, American actor (b. 1882)
• 1946 – Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer (b. 1905)
• 1948 – May Whitty, English actress (b. 1865)
• 1951 – Fanny Brice, American singer and actress (b. 1891)
• 1951 – Dimitrios Levidis, Greek composer (b. 1885)
• 1953 – Man Mountain Dean, American wrestler (b. 1891)
• 1958 – Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1881)
• 1970 – John Gunther, American writer (b. 1901)
• 1972 – Moe Berg, American baseball player, coach, and spy (b. 1902)
• 1972 – Prithviraj Kapoor Indian Actor (b.1906)
• 1972 – Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American mechanical engineer and writer (b. 1878)
• 1973 – P. Ramlee, Malaysian actor, director, singer, and composer (b. 1929)
• 1977 – Ba Maw, Burmese politician (b. 1893)
• 1979 – Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress, co-founder of United Artists (b. 1892)
• 1979 – John H. Wood, Jr., American judge (b. 1916)
• 1982 – Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (b. 1938)
• 1983 – Arvīds Pelše, Latvian-Soviet politician and historian (b. 1899)
• 1987 – Charan Singh. Indian politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (b.1902)
• 1989 – John Cipollina, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Dinosaurs, and Man) (b. 1943)
• 1993 – Billy Conn, American boxer (b. 1917)
• 1994 – Erich Honecker, German politician (b. 1912)
• 1996 – Tamara Toumanova, American ballerina and actress (b. 1919)
• 1997 – Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Gods and Monsters) (b. 1966)
• 1997 – George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (b. 1919)
• 1998 – Barry Goldwater, American politician (b. 1909)
• 2002 – Mildred Benson, American writer (b. 1905)
• 2003 – David Jefferies, English motorcycle racer (b. 1972)
• 2004 – Archibald Cox, American lawyer and educator, 31st United States Solicitor General (b. 1912)
• 2004 – Samuel Dash, American co-chief counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee (b. 1925)
• 2005 – George Rochberg, American composer (b. 1918)
• 2005 – Hamilton Naki, South African medical assistant (b. 1926)
• 2006 – Steve Mizerak, American pool player (b. 1944)
• 2006 – Jacques Bouchard, Canadian advertising executive and writer (b. 1930)
• 2007 – Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
• 2007 – Lois Browne-Evans, Bermudian lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
• 2008 – Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1987)
• 2008 – Harvey Korman, American actor (b. 1927)
• 2009 – Karine Ruby, French snowboarder (b. 1978)
• 2010 – Dennis Hopper, American actor and director (b. 1936)
• 2011 – Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian politician, 14th President of Hungary (b. 1931)
• 2011 – Bill Clements, American politician, Governor of Texas (b. 1917)
• 2011 – Sergei Bagapsh, Abkhazian politician, 2nd President of Abkhazia (b. 1949)
• 2012 – Dick Beals, American voice actor (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Mark Minkov, Russian composer (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Kaneto Shindo, Japanese director, screenwriter, producer, and author (b. 1912)
• 2012 – Jim Unger, English-Canadian cartoonist (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Doc Watson, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1923)