Notable Deaths on May 21st
May 21st Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
987 |
Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies |
1254 |
Conrad IV of Germany (b. 1228) |
1481 |
Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies |
1512 |
Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena |
1524 |
Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 |
1542 |
Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi River |
1607 |
John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) |
1639 |
Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 |
1647 |
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, poet/playwright (Warenar), dies at about 65 |
1650 |
James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged |
1664 |
Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman |
1670 |
Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1586) |
1686 |
(N. S.) Otto von Guericke, German scientist (b. 1602) |
1690 |
John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85 |
1703 |
Roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle |
1719 |
Pierre Poiret, French mystic (b. 1646) |
1724 |
Antonio Salvi, Rodelinda |
1725 |
Robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63 |
1742 |
Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664) |
1771 |
Christopher Smart, English poet (b. 1722) |
1786 |
Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43 |
1790 |
Thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies |
1810 |
Charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81 |
1812 |
Joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38 |
1815 |
Roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73 |
1817 |
Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64 |
1844 |
Guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68 |
1860 |
Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer, dies at 53 |
1862 |
John Drew, Irish-born American actor (b. 1827) |
1879 |
Arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848) |
1885 |
Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73 |
1886 |
Heinrich Wilken, Kyritz - Pyritz |
1894 |
August A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54 |
1894 |
Emile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872) |
1895 |
Franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76 |
1895 |
Franz von Suppé, Beetlejuice |
1897 |
Karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77 |
1911 |
Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (b. 1857) |
1915 |
Leonid Gobyato, Russian general (b. 1875) |
1915 |
Walter Turszinsky, The Pride of the Firm |
1917 |
Harry Fisher Jr., Billy Makes a Bluff |
1918 |
Algot Untola, Flame Top |
1919 |
Victor A D Segalen, [Max Anely], French ship's doctor/writer, dies |
1919 |
Yevgraf Fyodorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1853) |
1919 |
Lamar Johnstone, The Return of James Jerome |
1920 |
Venustiano Carranza, Hearst-Pathé News, No. 20 |
1920 |
Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna |
1922 |
Sidney Ainsworth, Not in the News |
1923 |
Charles Kent, Twelfth Night |
1924 |
Bobby Franks, killed by Leopold & Loeb, at 14 |
1924 |
Hjalmar Schønfeld, Den sidste dans |
1926 |
Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer, dies at 65 |
1926 |
Ronald Arthur A Firbank, British writer (Prancing Nigger), dies at 40 |
1927 |
Gordon Standing, Outlaws of the Sea |
1928 |
Martin Kukucin, Rysavá jalovica |
1929 |
V P F A Royle, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies |
1931 |
Andrew Mack, The Ragged Earl |
1932 |
Raoul Barre, Cartoons on Tour |
1932 |
Franz Porten, Der Trompeter von Säckingen |
1933 |
John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author (Der Schwimmer), dies at 69 |
1935 |
Hugo de Vries, botanist Gruppenweise Artbildung, dies at 87 |
1935 |
Jane Addams, a founder of ACLU (Nobel 1973), dies at 65 |
1935 |
Arvid E. Gillstrom, The Little Rascal |
1935 |
Jane Addams, Shoes |
1936 |
Minnie Palmer, My Sweetheart |
1938 |
Barry Barringer, Murder at Dawn |
1938 |
Edgar Lewis, The Sheriff |
1938 |
Nadezda Peedi-Hoffman, Päikese lapsed |
1941 |
Keith Armour, Atta Boy's Last Race |
1944 |
Edmund Mortimer, The Devil Bat |
1944 |
René Daumal, The Great Magician |
1944 |
Clyde Hagar, Side Show Fakir |
1945 |
Horace B. Carpenter, Maniac |
1946 |
Primula Rollo, Her Man Gilbey |
1946 |
Lou Anger, The Misfit |
1947 |
Flora Thompson, Episode #1.1 |
1949 |
Klaus Mann, German writer, dies at 42 |
1949 |
Owen Davis Jr., All Quiet on the Western Front |
1951 |
Karel Vána, Písen zivota |
1951 |
John Thomas McIntyre, The House of Fear |
1952 |
John Garfield, actor (Juarez, Air Force), dies at 39 |
1952 |
John Garfield, Gentleman's Agreement |
1954 |
Janos Hammerschlag, composer, dies at 68 |
1954 |
Harold MacChesney, Don Q Son of Zorro |
1954 |
Gyula Bartos, White Rose |
1956 |
Genjiro Yoshida, Seisaku's Wife |
1957 |
Edwin St Hill, cricketer (two Tests for West Indies 1930-31), dies |
1957 |
Aleksandr Vertinsky, Russian singer (b. 1889) |
1957 |
Aleksandr Vertinskiy, The White Countess |
1958 |
Brewster Morse, The Crimson Cross |
1959 |
Lloyd Brierly, The Strong Man |
1959 |
Lloyd Brierley, The Strong Man |
1959 |
Ilse Abel, The Unknown |
1961 |
Earle Ross, Cavalry |
1961 |
Ranko Hanai, Meshi |
1962 |
Frank Cochrane, Dark Sands |
1962 |
Ernest Curt Bach, The Trouble with Harry |
1963 |
Ilona Titkos, Európa nem válaszol |
1964 |
James Franck, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1882) |
1965 |
Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer (b. 1882) |
1966 |
Pat O'Malley, silent film actor (Wild One, Quiet Man), dies at 75 |
1966 |
Dorothy Cavendish, |
1968 |
Doris Lloyd, actress (Oliver Twist), dies of heart strain at 71 |
1968 |
Doris Lloyd, The Sound of Music |
1970 |
Vinton Hayworth, actor (Gen Schaeffer-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 63 |
1970 |
E. L. Grant Watson, Australian biologist (b. 1885) |
1970 |
Erich Stuckmann, The Last Ten Days |
1971 |
Dennis King, actor (Devil's Brother), dies of heart ailment at 73 |
1973 |
Carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (War Diary), dies at 79 |
1973 |
George Breakstone, actor/director (Great Expectations), dies at 53 |
1973 |
Vaughn Monroe, singer/orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 61 |
1973 |
Mato Grkovic, Grjesnice |
1973 |
Mato Grkovic, Na taraci |
1974 |
Dora Weissman, The Panic in Needle Park |
1976 |
Sulo Nikolai Salonen, composer, dies at 77 |
1977 |
Art Landy, Peter Pan |
1978 |
Joseph EA "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter, dies at 77 |
1980 |
Ida Kaminska, actress (Shop on Main Street), dies |
1980 |
Ingrid Foght, Söderpojkar |
1980 |
Ida Kaminska, The Shop on Main Street |
1981 |
Yuki Shimoda, actor (Farewell to Manzanar), dies |
1981 |
Patsy O'Hara, Irish hunger striker (b. 1957) |
1981 |
Raymond Mccreesh, Irish hunger striker (b. 1957) |
1981 |
Yuki Shimoda, Auntie Mame |
1982 |
Tommy McFarland, Forgotten Babies |
1982 |
Mieczyslaw Loza, Ashes and Diamonds |
1983 |
Finn Einar Mortensen, composer, dies at 61 |
1983 |
Kenneth Clark, English art historian (b. 1903) |
1983 |
Eric Hoffer, The Crowded Life |
1983 |
Kenneth Clark, Edvard Munch 1863-1944 |
1983 |
Gladys Blake, Woman of the Year |
1983 |
Boris Stepantsev, Junior and Karlson |
1983 |
Margaret Nearing, Fast Bullets |
1984 |
Andrea Leeds, actress (Stage Door, Earthbound), dies of cancer at 70 |
1984 |
Ann Little, actress (Roaring Road), dies at 93 |
1984 |
Sesilia Takaishvili, Qalaqi Anara |
1984 |
Andrea Leeds, Stage Door |
1984 |
Ann Little, The Roaring Road |
1984 |
John Röder, The Secret Life of John Chapman |
1985 |
Julie Vega, Philippine Actress (b. 1968) |
1985 |
Kurt Waitzmann, Die ruhige Tour |
1985 |
Stanislaw Wohl, Strachy |
1985 |
Signe Carlberg, Den gamla herrgården |
1985 |
Sun-Fung Lee, Chun |
1985 |
Karl Weber, Ernst Thälmann - Sohn seiner Klasse |
1986 |
Allen Boretz, Room Service |
1986 |
Bari Haydarov, Moya rodina |
1986 |
Helge Wulff, Wild Strawberries |
1986 |
Toni Bjerring, Girls at Arms |
1987 |
Alejandro Rey, actor (Carlos-Flying Nun), dies at 57 |
1987 |
Vladimir Nemolyayev, Schastlivyy reys |
1987 |
Alejandro Rey, Moscow on the Hudson |
1988 |
Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations, dies at 92 |
1988 |
Hansi Dujmic, Falco - Verdammt, wir leben noch! |
1988 |
Moltas Eriksson, The Apple War |
1988 |
Rita Cléos, Redenção |
1988 |
Harry Babasin, A Song Is Born |
1988 |
Sammy Davis Sr., The Benny Goodman Story |
1988 |
Guillermo Marín, Los últimos de Filipinas |
1989 |
Gene Gross, Network |
1989 |
Sen Hara, Happiness of Us Alone |
1989 |
Tito Colliander, Keväänhauras oksa |
1990 |
Franklyn Seales, actor (Silver Spoon, Onion Field), dies of AIDS at 37 |
1990 |
Mary Victor Bruce, who flew around empire state bldg in 1930, dies |
1990 |
Moelvi Mohammed Farouk, Indian spiritual leader, murdered |
1990 |
Morris Levy, Goodfellas |
1990 |
Kanbi Fujiyama, Zatoichi sakate giri |
1990 |
Herbert Smith, Episode dated 13 February 1957 |
1990 |
Viola Armstrong, |
1990 |
Erich Breese, Heisse Münzen |
1991 |
Bobby Dale, dies at 92 |
1991 |
Jean Van Joutte, PM of Belgium (1952-54), dies |
1991 |
Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-89), assassinated at 46 |
1991 |
Tadeusz Tarnowski, ... gdziekolwiek jestes, panie prezydencie... |
1991 |
Nicholas Dante, A Chorus Line |
1991 |
Rajiv Gandhi, World Safari |
1991 |
Shara Zhiyenkulova, Amangeldy |
1991 |
Mort R. Lewis, No Hallelujahs for Glory |
1992 |
Brendan Nulholland, Daily Mail reporter, dies at 59 |
1992 |
Elizabeth David, British cookbook writer, dies |
1992 |
Mrithi, gorilla (Gorilla in the Mist), dies at 24 |
1992 |
Skip Stephenson, TV host (Real People), dies |
1992 |
Jan Sparring, Gäst hos Hagge |
1993 |
John Frost, English lt-kol (operation Market Garden 1944), dies at 80 |
1993 |
John Holland, actor (They Saved Hitler's Brain), dies at 65 |
1993 |
John Frost, A Bridge Too Far |
1993 |
John Holland, My Fair Lady |
1994 |
Cliff Wilson, snooker player, dies at 60 |
1994 |
Forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer, dies at 84 |
1994 |
Giovanni Goria, PM of Italy (1987-88), dies |
1994 |
John Henry Weidner, Dutch/US resistance fighter, dies at 81 |
1994 |
Marjorie Deanne, Matri-Phony |
1994 |
Alfredo Fraile, Death of a Cyclist |
1994 |
Linda Cordova, El Gato |
1994 |
Ralph Miliband, |
1994 |
Stefan Tapalaga, Vin ciclistii |
1994 |
Francisco Otero Besteiro, El sexo ataca (1ª jornada) |
1995 |
Kieron Walsh, academic, dies at 46 |
1995 |
Les Aspin, US sec of Defense (1993-95), dies of stroke at 56 |
1995 |
Patrick Bowles, writer/translator, dies at 68 |
1995 |
Jerzy Medrkiewicz, Palac |
1995 |
Martorel, Bullfight |
1995 |
Annie M.G. Schmidt, Miss Minoes |
1995 |
Peter Rutherford, The Sontaran Experiment: Part One |
1995 |
Nora Minor, The Shoemaker |
1996 |
Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Lash of the West), dies at 78 |
1996 |
Bobby Tulloch, ornithologist, dies at 67 |
1996 |
Eric Stuart Woord, archaeologist, dies at 83 |
1996 |
Laurence Dowdall, lawyer, dies at 91 |
1996 |
Mary Perot Nichols, journalist, dies at 79 |
1996 |
Peter Fletcher, music teacher, dies at 60 |
1996 |
Ljuba Hermanová, Killing the Devil |
1996 |
James Loren, Mitzi's 2nd Special |
1996 |
Lash La Rue, The Dark Power |
1997 |
Fiorenzo Carpi, Zazie dans le métro |
1997 |
Sam Lanier, Greatest Rescues of Emergency! |
1997 |
Jack Philbin, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas |
1997 |
Brad Stoll, Lost in Yonkers |
1998 |
Douglas Fowley, Singin' in the Rain |
1998 |
Grant Sewell, A Man Called Smart: Part 2 |
1998 |
Robert Gist, Strangers on a Train |
1999 |
Karnail "Bugz" Pitts, American rapper (D12) (b. 1979) |
1999 |
Kazimiera Kymantaite, Svetimi |
1999 |
Fulvio Tomizza, Trenutki odlocitve |
1999 |
Vanessa Brown, General Hospital |
1999 |
Robert C. Doyle, Lonely Doryman: Portugal's Men of the Sea |
1999 |
Norman Rossington, A Hard Day's Night |
1999 |
David Morris, Debbie Does Dallas |
1999 |
Jos Cleber, Grand gala du disque 1962 |
2000 |
Barbara Cartland, English author (b. 1901) |
2000 |
Sir John Gielgud, British actor (b. 1904) |
2000 |
Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur (b. 1956) |
2000 |
Erich Mielke, |
2000 |
Olga Belyayeva, Tri sestry |
2000 |
Larry Charles White, Uncommon Valor |
2000 |
John Gielgud, Gandhi |
2000 |
Barbara Cartland, The Lady and the Highwayman |
2001 |
Josif Josifovski, Before the Rain |
2001 |
Lyn Fairhurst, Sing and Swing |
2001 |
Freddie Trenkler, The Countess of Monte Cristo |
2002 |
Niki de Saint Phalle, French artist (b. 1930) |
2002 |
Andrzej Herder, Orzel |
2002 |
Niki De Saint Phalle, Daddy |
2002 |
Johnny Hackett, Coach Trip to Blackpool |
2002 |
Joe Cobb, Thundering Fleas |
2003 |
Frank D. White, American politician (b. 1933) |
2003 |
Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentine-Italian racing driver and car manufacturer (b. 1928) |
2003 |
Sumitra Mukherjee, House of Memories |
2003 |
Natalya Strizhenova, Podgotovka k ekzamenu |
2003 |
Nancy Duiguid, Reds |
2003 |
Felice Orlandi, Bullitt |
2003 |
Mark Allen, Farewell, My Lovely |
2003 |
Buddy Small, Kansas City Confidential |
2003 |
Bernard Small, Davy Crockett, Indian Scout |
2004 |
Bernie Lefkowitz, Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge |
2004 |
Jean-Pierre Blanc, The Old Maid |
2004 |
Gene Wood, The Price Is Right |
2004 |
Maddalena Fellini, Viaggi di nozze |
2004 |
Toshikazu Kase, Banzai! Japan: 1931-1942 |
2004 |
Pertti Hostikka, Blues Abstraction |
2004 |
Milton Shulman, Every Home Should Have One |
2005 |
Howard Morris, American comic actor and director (b. 1919) |
2005 |
Olav Neuland, Corrida |
2005 |
Jason Switka, Lured Innocence |
2005 |
Stephen Elliott, Beverly Hills Cop |
2005 |
Bill Dearth, 48 Hrs. |
2005 |
Subodh Mukherji, Junglee |
2005 |
Howard Morris, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh |
2006 |
Spencer Clark, American racecar driver (b. 1987) |
2006 |
Katherine Dunham, American dancer (b. 1909) |
2006 |
Cherd Songsri, Thai film director (b. 1931) |
2006 |
Billy Walker, American singer (b. 1929) |
2006 |
Lidiya Shpara, Oni ne proydut |
2006 |
Pierre Gobeil, Cordélia |
2006 |
Katherine Dunham, Carnival of Rhythm |
2006 |
Richard McIlkenny, Life Sentence |
2006 |
Clark Gassman, Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs |
2006 |
Zdzislaw Nardelli, Za wami pójda inni... |
2006 |
Peter Poulsen, Under byens tage |
2006 |
Billy Walker, Episode #4.2 |
2006 |
Bernabe Ordez, Waiting for Fidel |
2006 |
Pierre Bastien, The Great Promenade |
2006 |
Willem van Beusekom, The Eurovision Song Contest |
2007 |
Bruno Mattei, Rats - Notte di terrore |
2007 |
Viktor Gvozditsky, Letnie lyudi |
2007 |
Bud Molin, The Jerk |
2007 |
Mel Casson, Draw Me a Laugh |
2007 |
John Goodwin, Stop the Wave, I Want to Get Off |
2007 |
Dara Vukotic-Plaovic, Jelena Cetkovic |
2007 |
Julian Dziedzina, Koniec nocy |
2007 |
Mikhail Alekseyev, Khleb - imya sushchestvitelnoe |
2008 |
Martin Levin, Paul Quarrington: Life in Music |
2008 |
Marceli Matraszek, Kariera |
2008 |
Steven Garling, Paths in the Night |
2008 |
Bert André, Grijs |
2008 |
Ernst Meyer, The Olsen Gang in Jutland |
2009 |
Barry England, Figures in a Landscape |
2009 |
Joan Alexander, Episode dated 3 January 1955 |
2009 |
Nelly Jane Benneweis, Barnförbjudet |
2009 |
Dorothy Bryce, Glacier Bay |
2009 |
João Bénard da Costa, The Convent |
2009 |
Him Mark Lai, Between Two Worlds |
2010 |
Alain Ollivier, Three Colors: Blue |
2010 |
Ronnie Wass, Superman |
2010 |
Driek Van Wissen, Sesamstraat |
2010 |
Maurice Chauvet, The Longest Day |
2010 |
Michael Kaahanni Jr., The Descendants |
2010 |
Howard Post, Battle of the Planets |
2010 |
Anna-Lena Löfgren, Episode #4.8 |
2011 |
Echo Valley, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay |
2011 |
Bill Hunter, Finding Nemo |
2011 |
Ricet Barrier, The Army Game |
2011 |
Irene Gilbert, The Last Humorously-Dressed Bellboy in America |
2011 |
Hiroyuki Nagato, Pigs and Battleships |
2011 |
Tallie Cochrane, Five Loose Women |
2011 |
Joe Steffy, Best Teams Never to Win a Title |
2011 |
Mala Sen, Bandit Queen |
2012 |
Erzsi Lengyel, Hagymácska |
2012 |
Stanislav Remunda, Escape from the Shadows |
2012 |
Harvey Berman, The Wild Ride |
2012 |
Danna Hansen, Crank: High Voltage |
2012 |
Bill Stewart, Episode dated 28 July 2008 |
2012 |
Otto W. Jensen, One More Time |
2012 |
John McAdams, Spanglish |
2012 |
Alan Thorne, Australia |
2013 |
Eddie Braben, Up the Front |
2013 |
Halina Kuzniakówna, Street Games |
2013 |
Bob Thompson, I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! |
2013 |
Frank Comstock, Rocky and His Friends |
2013 |
Thomas Protopapas, Oi Vasiliades |
2013 |
Trevor Bolder, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars |
2013 |
Antoine Bourseiller, Cleo from 5 to 7 |
2014 |
Theodor Grigoriu, Forest of the Hanged |
2014 |
Ruth Ziolkowski, Dreaming in Stone |
2014 |
Bohdan Mazurek, Sexmission |
2014 |
Frederick Bartman, The Bourne Identity |
2014 |
Ricky Grigg, Surfari |
2014 |
Olga Ilina, Kogda ryadom muzhchina |
2014 |
Jane Adams, House of Dracula |
2015 |
Anna Rita Sidoti, Le complici |
2015 |
Marian Henderson, Episode #1.4 |
2015 |
Marty Pasetta, Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii |
2015 |
Twinkle, Episode #2.33 |
2015 |
Louis Johnson, Charlie Wilson's War |
2015 |
Gudule, Two Orphan Vampires |
2016 |
Popular Mister Ed actor Alan Young dies aged 96 |
2017 |
American war photographer Stanley Greene dies aged 68 |
2017 |
Former Scottish football legend Tommy Ross dies aged 71 |
2018 |
Former Raider, LSU Heisman winner Billy Cannon dies at age 80 |
2018 |
Patricia Morison, Broadway star of 'Kiss Me, Kate,' dies at 103 |
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