Notable Deaths on May 31st
May 31st Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
455 |
Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched |
1091 |
Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies |
1198 |
Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies |
1246 |
Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England |
1349 |
Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) |
1408 |
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358) |
1410 |
King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356) |
1495 |
Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415) |
1504 |
Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies |
1551 |
Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies |
1558 |
Philip Hoby, English politician (b. 1505) |
1567 |
Pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies |
1567 |
Guido de Bres, Belgian theologian (b. 1522) |
1594 |
Tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75 |
1620 |
Willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59 |
1665 |
Pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67 |
1680 |
Joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650) |
1696 |
Heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75 |
1740 |
Frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51 |
1747 |
Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686) |
1799 |
Pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715) |
1809 |
Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33 |
1809 |
Franz Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (Jahreszeiten), dies at 77 |
1809 |
Jean Lannes, French marshal (b. 1769) |
1809 |
Joseph Haydn, Catch Me If You Can |
1831 |
Samuel Bentham, British mechanical engineer (b. 1757) |
1832 |
Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b. 1811) |
1837 |
Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57 |
1846 |
Philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b. 1780) |
1847 |
Thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780) |
1848 |
Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805) |
1849 |
Leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 69 |
1854 |
Vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34 |
1862 |
Robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34 |
1872 |
Friedrich Gerstäcker, Die Goldsucher von Arkansas |
1880 |
Hippolyte Mège-Mouriés, French chemist and inventor of margarine, dies at 62 |
1900 |
James Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75 |
1900 |
John Power, Irish baronet/whiskey manufacturer, dies in battle |
1906 |
Hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56 |
1906 |
King Alfonso XIII, assassinated in Madrid |
1906 |
Victoria von Battenberg, assassinated in Madrid |
1908 |
C L "Boy" Johnson, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1895-96), dies |
1908 |
Louis-Honoré Fréchette, French Canadian poet (b. 1839) |
1910 |
Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89 |
1916 |
Rear Admiral Sir Horace Lambert Alexander Hood, dies in Battle of Jutland |
1916 |
Gorch Fock, Die Königin von Honolulu |
1919 |
Péter Andorffy, Casanova |
1925 |
Charles Lawlor, 42 |
1927 |
Giuseppe Campanari, Webb Singing Pictures |
1927 |
Benedito Calixto, Amor e Boemia |
1928 |
Ludwig Enneccerus, German leader, dies at 85 |
1928 |
Manuel de Oliveira Lima, Brazilian historian, dies at 60 |
1930 |
Arpad Viragh, Mad Love |
1931 |
Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, French Canadian cardinal, archbishop of Quebec (b. 1866) |
1932 |
Armand Dutertre, Un drame de l'air |
1934 |
Lew Cody, Don't Change Your Husband |
1942 |
Reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia & Moravia, assassinated |
1943 |
Harry McDonald, Officer '444' |
1944 |
Alberto Doria, Il ponte sull'infinito |
1944 |
Dario Faralla, The Return of Sophie Lang |
1944 |
Amelia Chellini, Giorno di nozze |
1944 |
Eddie Butler, Wanderlust |
1946 |
Percy Hilburn, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ |
1947 |
Adrienne Ames, actress (Black Sheep, 24 Hours), dies at 39 |
1947 |
Henri Casadesus, French violist/composer (viola d'amour), dies at 67 |
1947 |
H. Casadessus, |
1947 |
Henri Casadesus, Mysteries of Paris |
1947 |
Adrienne Ames, The Death Kiss |
1948 |
Jose Vianna da Motta, composer, dies at 80 |
1948 |
Vianna da Motta, Vianna da Motta, Cenas Portuguesas |
1949 |
Patric Curwen, The Gaunt Stranger |
1949 |
Frederick Ko Vert, An Adventuress |
1951 |
Cardinal Dennis Dougherty, Cavalcade of Faith |
1952 |
Walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies |
1952 |
Eugeniusz Cekalski, Strachy |
1952 |
Robert McIntyre, The Winning of Barbara Worth |
1952 |
George Magrill, The Lone Prairie |
1953 |
Richard Rosson, Scarface |
1954 |
Guglielmo Barnabò, Miracle in Milan |
1954 |
Andrée Clément, Dieu a besoin des hommes |
1955 |
"Wild Bill" Vukovich, killed in Indy 500 |
1955 |
Raoul Gunsbourg, composer, dies at 95 |
1955 |
Tilley Christiansen, The Marconi Operator |
1957 |
Leopold Staff, Polish poet (b. 1878) |
1958 |
Aleksander Zabczynski, Love Manoeuvres |
1958 |
Herbert Heyes, A Place in the Sun |
1958 |
Harry Green, A King in New York |
1959 |
Rudolf Kadlec, Tri vejce do skla |
1960 |
Willem Elsschot, [Alfons de Ridder], Flemish writer (Kas), dies at 78 |
1960 |
Walther Funk, Nazi leader (b. 1890) |
1960 |
Walther Funk, |
1960 |
Jim Newman, The Birth of a Nation |
1960 |
Daisy Small, Poor Jake's Demise |
1960 |
Willem Elsschot, Lijmen/Het been |
1961 |
Walter Little, Canadian politician (b. 1877) |
1961 |
Ruby Goodwin, The View from Pompey's Head |
1961 |
Sydney Blow, Weddings Are Wonderful |
1962 |
Adolf Eichmann, Nazi war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56 |
1962 |
Eduardo Toldra, composer, dies at 67 |
1962 |
Henry Fountain Ashurst, American politician (b. 1874) |
1962 |
Eduard Toldrà, El señor Esteve |
1963 |
Carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Art of Ancient Rome), dies at 63 |
1963 |
Edith Hamilton, The Trojan Women |
1963 |
Lew Leary, Psycho |
1967 |
Billy Strayhorn, American composer, pianist and arranger (b. 1915) |
1970 |
Terry Sawchuk, NHL goaltender, dies from injuries suffered during an off-ice scuffle with a teammate at 40 |
1971 |
Dainty Ironmonger, cricketer (74 wkts in 14 Tests after age 46), dies |
1971 |
Massimo Campigli, Italian painter/illustrator, dies at 75 |
1972 |
Walter Freeman, American physician (b. 1895) |
1973 |
Albert Egges van Giffen, Dutch archaeologist, dies at 89 |
1974 |
Adelle Davis, US nutrionalist (Let's stay healthy), dies at 70 |
1976 |
Jacques Monod, French biochemist, dies |
1976 |
Martha Mitchell wife of former Att Gen John Mitchell, dies in NY at 57 |
1977 |
William Castle, American film director (b. 1914) |
1977 |
Somar Alberg, Murder, Ph. D. |
1978 |
József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer (b. 1925) |
1978 |
Lloyd Wright, Robin Hood |
1978 |
Heinz Scholz, Heiraten ist immer ein Risiko |
1978 |
John Zimeas, House of Usher |
1979 |
Nigel Howard, cricketer (England captain 1951-52 tour of India), dies |
1979 |
Scott Vincent, The (New) $25,000 Pyramid |
1979 |
Marcel Merminod, Black Out |
1979 |
Helmut Schiemann, Die Verführbaren |
1980 |
Aline Goodwin, Firebrand Jordan |
1980 |
Marie Norrová, Prednosta stanice |
1981 |
Jimmy Granato, Jazz Alley |
1981 |
Wadsworth Taylor, 38-23-36 |
1981 |
Gyula Lorant, Profis |
1981 |
Michal Sprusinski, Powrót |
1982 |
Carl Steppling, Angels Die Hard |
1982 |
Carlo Mauri, The Ra Expeditions |
1983 |
Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champ/actor, dies at 86 |
1983 |
Andrea Rizzoli, My Friends |
1983 |
Natalie Leeb, Jeannie Goes to Honolulu |
1984 |
Jonathan Ledford, The Amazing Transparent Man |
1984 |
May Clark, Alice in Wonderland |
1984 |
Arne Lintner, Vi er allesammen tossede |
1984 |
Hermann Wagemann, Happy End |
1985 |
Dwight Cummings, The Reckoning |
1985 |
Dwight Cummins, Loaded Pistols |
1986 |
James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1917) |
1986 |
Bud Austin, Johnny Dangerously |
1986 |
Enrico Rame, The Reckless |
1986 |
Richard Birnie, Back for Christmas |
1986 |
Albert Reed, Airport |
1986 |
Joe Strauch Jr., Under Fiesta Stars |
1986 |
Nicholas E. Baehr, The Incident |
1986 |
Sylvia Coleridge, Tess |
1986 |
Dora Russell, Reds |
1986 |
Otto Malde, Spartacus |
1987 |
Dorothy Patrick, actress (Torch Song, New Orleans, High Wall), dies |
1987 |
Alfonzó, Én vagyok Jeromos |
1987 |
Luther Greene, The Adventures of Mark Twain |
1987 |
Bradley Lieberman, Sid and Nancy |
1987 |
Jerry Adair, Game 6 |
1987 |
Roy Winsor, Search for Tomorrow |
1987 |
Lidiya Komaretskaya, Gadyuka |
1987 |
Lyubov Komaretskaya, Zvezdy na krylyakh |
1987 |
Wanda Jakubinska, Skarb |
1987 |
Wilbur Evans, Man with a Million |
1987 |
Dorothy Patrick, Follow Me Quietly |
1988 |
Lallah Rookh Hart, False to the Finish |
1988 |
Laila Jokimo, Houkutuslintu |
1989 |
C L R James, cricket writer (distinguished Trinidadian), dies |
1989 |
Charles A Hufnagel, doc (artificial heart valve pioneer), dies at 72 |
1989 |
Terry Drinkwater, CBS news correspondent, dies at 53 of cancer |
1989 |
C. Thomas Cunliffe, On the Right Track |
1989 |
André Bac, Le Jour se Leve |
1989 |
C.L.R. James, C. L. R. James Talking to Stuart Hall |
1990 |
Michael Raffetto, A Foreign Affair |
1990 |
Dragan Lakovic, Deco, pevajte sa nama |
1990 |
María Teresa Acosta, La quema de Judas |
1990 |
Elsa Hofgren, The New Land |
1990 |
Jerzy Kaliszewski, Boleslaw Smialy |
1990 |
Art Lund, Black Caesar |
1991 |
Angus Wilson, [Johnstone-W], British writer (Wrong Set), dies |
1991 |
H N "Swanie" Swanson, literary agent, dies at 91 of a stroke |
1991 |
H.N. Swanson, The Half Naked Truth |
1991 |
Ivan Kirov, Specter of the Rose |
1991 |
Angus Wilson, Episode #1.3 |
1991 |
Peter D'Arcy, Prizzi's Honor |
1992 |
Lutz Stavenhagen, top aid to Chancellor Helmut Kohl, dies at 52 |
1992 |
Karl-Erik Welin, Bang! |
1992 |
Robert Farfan, Rebel Without a Cause |
1992 |
Lillian Powell, Millionaire Father Gilhooley |
1992 |
Walter Neugebauer, The Great Meeting |
1992 |
Eddie Forman, Skipalong Rosenbloom |
1993 |
John Granger, actor (Advise & Consent), dies at 69 |
1993 |
Spuds Mackenzie, American advertisement dog |
1993 |
John Granger, Advise & Consent |
1993 |
Stuart Marshall, Desire |
1993 |
Rein Malmsten, Bande |
1994 |
Doug Freeman, cricketer (2 Tests of leg-spin for NZ 1933), dies |
1994 |
Emmanuel "Manny" Klein, trumpeter, dies at 86 |
1994 |
Herva Nelli, soprano, dies at 85 |
1994 |
Sidney Gilliat, British screenwriter/director, dies at 86 |
1994 |
Brian Kingcome, As We Forgive |
1994 |
Henri Woode, Avalon |
1994 |
Marthe Alycia, Il viccolo di madama Lucrezia |
1994 |
Sidney Gilliat, The Lady Vanishes |
1994 |
Brad Peters, These Bases Are Loaded |
1994 |
Walther Diehl, Max und Moritz |
1995 |
Tim Mara, owner (NY Giants), dies at 59 |
1995 |
Warren Sonbert, Short Fuse |
1995 |
Nagene Searle, The Fighting O'Flynn |
1995 |
Stanley Elkin, Circle of Fear |
1995 |
Pavel Sivic, Filmski obzornik 31 |
1996 |
Colin Morris, playwright/documentary filmmaker, dies at 80 |
1996 |
Elsbeary Hobbs, singer, dies at 59 |
1996 |
Neela Sanjiva Reddy, president of India (1977-82), dies |
1996 |
Paul Peter Piech, artist, dies at 76 |
1996 |
Peter Gordon Dorrell, archaeologist/photographer, dies at 68 |
1996 |
Timothy Francis Leary, Harvard prof/LSD guru, dues of cancer at 75 |
1996 |
Evelyn Lovequist, Episode #2.30 |
1996 |
Regis Parton, The Monster Squad |
1996 |
Timothy Leary, Walden |
1996 |
Luciano Lama, Lama e... 'un affresco' di Ben Shahn |
1996 |
Colin Morris, The End of the Voyage |
1997 |
Rosie Will Monroe, WW II icon (Rosie the riveter), dies at 76 |
1997 |
James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (b. 1905) |
1997 |
Bob Kline, Showdown with Rance McGrew |
1997 |
Pat Collins, Lucy and Pat Collins |
1997 |
Nando Pucci Negri, Ginger and Fred |
1997 |
Arlette Balkis, I Stand Alone |
1998 |
Charles Van Acker, Belgian racing driver (b. 1912) |
1998 |
Sherman Labby, Blade Runner |
1998 |
Lotti Huber, Anita: Dances of Vice |
1998 |
Germaine Risse, La mer |
1998 |
Lia Herskovits, Nagyhatalmú sündisznócska |
1998 |
Stanislaw Wislocki, Pierwszy dzien wolnosci |
1999 |
Larry Williams, Straight Life |
1999 |
Marianne Lüdcke, A Happy Family Life |
1999 |
Davor Dujmovic, Time of the Gypsies |
1999 |
Auguste Le Breton, Rififi |
1999 |
Joseph D. Steuben, The Hitcher |
1999 |
Charles Pierce, Torch Song Trilogy |
1999 |
Inayat Hussain Bhatti, Ultimatum |
1999 |
Ed Lautenslager, Naakt over de schutting |
1999 |
Nicolas Bréhal, Nora |
2000 |
Tito Puente, American musician (b. 1923) |
2000 |
Johnnie Taylor, American singer (b. 1938) |
2000 |
Walter Sparrow, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves |
2000 |
Irene Caine, Irma la Douce |
2000 |
Johnnie Taylor, Bedazzled |
2000 |
Barbara Barondess, Hold Your Man |
2000 |
Andrew Faulds, Cleopatra |
2001 |
Arlene Francis, American television personality (d. 1907) |
2001 |
Annyce Holzman, Re-Animator |
2001 |
Rosemary Verey, Palmers Garden Show |
2001 |
Arlene Francis, Episode dated 15 May 1955 |
2001 |
Craig Getman, Ken Park |
2001 |
Tamás Vayer, Another Way |
2002 |
Takhir Sabirov, Novye skazki Shakherezady |
2002 |
Joan Crosby, White Palace |
2002 |
Eleanor Wilson, Love of Life |
2002 |
Eleanor D. Wilson, Reds |
2003 |
Janine Bazin, Alain Cavalier - Sept chapitres, cinq jours, 2 pièces-cuisine |
2003 |
Helena Dabrowska, Night Train |
2003 |
Enayetur Rahim, Assassinations That Changed the World |
2003 |
Tania Trepanier, Sugar and Spice |
2003 |
Anil Biswas, Pardesi |
2003 |
John Ceppi, The 'Burbs |
2004 |
Robert Quine, American guitarist (b. 1941) |
2004 |
Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (b. 1941) |
2004 |
Robert Quine, A Night with Lou Reed |
2004 |
Robert A. Burns, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre |
2004 |
Evelyn Nair, Run, Girl, Run |
2004 |
Erich Altrock, Justizmord |
2005 |
Franklin Barton, The Organization |
2005 |
Archil Gomiashvili, Twelve Chairs |
2005 |
Windlind Smith, The Chase |
2005 |
Grisélidis Réal, [Sonia] |
2005 |
Jaime Mendoza-Nava, The Boys in Company C |
2006 |
Ryan Bennett, broadcast commentator (b. 1970) |
2006 |
Miguel Berrocal, sculptor (b. 1933) |
2006 |
Raymond Davis Jr., American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914) |
2006 |
Lula Mae Hardaway, American songwriter, mother of singer Stevie Wonder (b. 1930) |
2006 |
Boris Rösner, Zdislava z Lemberka |
2006 |
Arne Markusson, Caesar and Cleopatra |
2007 |
Laimonas Noreika, Povest' o chekiste |
2007 |
Milton Clark Jr., The Prince of Tides |
2007 |
Don Granberry, Trucks |
2007 |
Isabel de Pomés, The Miracle of Marcelino |
2008 |
Samir Ayadi, Et demain... |
2008 |
Charles Moskos, Chemical Plant Insecurity/They Didn't Ask, He Didn't Tell/The Kuwait of Africa |
2008 |
Bill Connell, Stroker Ace |
2008 |
Harry Bernsen, Three the Hard Way |
2008 |
Bruno Balp, A Real Young Girl |
2008 |
Hugh Jarrett, Resting Place |
2009 |
Millvina Dean, last living survivor of the RMS Titanic disaster died. (b. 1912) |
2009 |
George Tiller, American abortion doctor (b. 1941) |
2009 |
Danny La Rue, British entertainer (b. 1927) |
2009 |
Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Hedgehog in the Fog |
2009 |
Danny La Rue, The Merry Mishaps of Mr. Bean |
2009 |
Maria Lovullo, Glim-Glim |
2009 |
Howard Dayton, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice |
2009 |
Millvina Dean, Titanic: Death of a Dream |
2009 |
Jouni Apajalahti, Sissit |
2009 |
Andrei Vertogradov, Courier |
2009 |
Ingebjørg Sem, I fjelldalens skygge |
2010 |
Louise Bourgeois, French-born American sculpter (b. 1911) |
2010 |
Brian Duffy, British photographer and film producer (b. 1933) |
2010 |
William A. Fraker, American cinematographer (b. 1923) |
2010 |
Rubén Juárez, Argentine bandoneonist (b. 1947) |
2010 |
Benjamin Lees, American composer (b. 1924) |
2010 |
Merata Mita, New Zealander filmmaker (b. 1942) |
2010 |
Chris Haney, creator of Trivial Pursuit, dies at 59 |
2010 |
William A. Fraker, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
2010 |
Louise Bourgeois, Louise Bourgeois: Spiderwoman |
2010 |
Avis Scott, To Have and to Hold |
2010 |
Jim L'Ecuyer, Huckabee |
2010 |
Merata Mita, Mauri |
2010 |
Fred Vickter, Halloween |
2010 |
Brian Duffy, The Man Who Shot the 60s |
2010 |
Benjamin Lees, The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock |
2010 |
Rubén Juárez, Tango Bar |
2010 |
Donald Windham, You Touched Me |
2011 |
Grant Sullivan, The Search |
2011 |
Adolfas Mekas, Hallelujah the Hills |
2011 |
Linda Dilorenzo, 88 Seconds in Greensboro |
2011 |
Crissy Moon, Barely Legal #71 |
2011 |
Sølvi Wang, Daddy's Success |
2011 |
Abbey Vine, The Bodyguard |
2011 |
Jennifer Worth, Christmas Special |
2011 |
Alexandro Guerrero, Llegas Tarde |
2011 |
Ivaylo Kuzov, Zhivotat e pred nas |
2011 |
Hugh Stewart, The Man Who Knew Too Much |
2011 |
Roc Hillman, Made in Heaven |
2011 |
Hans Keilson, Episode #6.123 |
2011 |
Edit Kremsier, Akarsz-e bohóc lenni? |
2011 |
Andy Robustelli, Super Bowl XXXIII |
2011 |
Pauline Betz, Queens of the Court |
2011 |
Philip Rose, A Raisin in the Sun |
2012 |
Valentín Javier, Black Crown |
2012 |
Pietro Bonetti, Briscola |
2012 |
Enric Casamitjana, Episode #1.1 |
2012 |
Christopher Challis, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
2012 |
Orlando Woolridge, 1984 NBA Slam Dunk Championship |
2012 |
Clark Auster, 2002: The Rape of Eden |
2012 |
Kiyohiko Ozaki, House |
2013 |
Tim Samaras, American tornado chaser, dies from tornado injuries at 55 |
2013 |
Jean Stapleton, American actress, dies at 90 |
2013 |
Elvin Feltner, Carnival Magic |
2013 |
Jean Stapleton, Meet the Bunkers |
2013 |
Marta Romero, El señor doctor |
2013 |
Vollis Simpson, Yards of Fun |
2013 |
Carl Young, Stranded |
2013 |
Frederic Lindsay, Jill Rips |
2013 |
Paul Samaras, Stranded |
2013 |
Tim Samaras, Stranded |
2014 |
Marilyn Beck, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired |
2014 |
Pat McDonagh, A Judgment in Stone |
2014 |
Lady Mary Soames, A Picture of Britain |
2014 |
Jirí Bruder, Noise Above |
2014 |
Mary Anthony, Mary Anthony: A Life in Modern Dance |
2014 |
Martha Hyer, Sabrina |
2014 |
Steven H. Scheuer, World: Comm |
2014 |
Imants Zurins, Salna pavasari |
2015 |
Will Holt, Apollo 13 |
2015 |
Hiroshi Koizumi, Godzilla Raids Again |
2015 |
Christina Reid, Irish Stew |
2015 |
Franklin J. Anderson, Unanswered Prayer, 2007 |
2015 |
Nico Castel, Amahl and the Night Visitors |
2016 |
Former Knowsley South MP Eddie O'Hara dies aged 78 |
2016 |
Legendary Studio Ghibli Animator Makiko Futaki Dies Aged 58 |
2016 |
Jane Fawcett, British Decoder Who Helped Doom the Bismarck, Dies at 95 |
2017 |
Thunderball Bond girl Molly Peters dies aged 75 |
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