May 15 - Deaths

Deaths

• 913 – Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz
• 1036 – Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)
• 1157 – Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince
• 1174 – Nur ad-Din Zangi, ruler of Syria (b. 1118)
• 1381 – Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron
• 1470 – Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)
• 1585 – Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535)
• 1591 – Dmitry Ivanovich, Tsarevich (b. 1582)
• 1609 – Giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557)
• 1634 – Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
• 1698 – Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)
• 1699 – Edward Petre, British Jesuit and privy councilor (b. 1631)
• 1700 – John Hale, pastor during the Salem witch hunt (b.1636)
• 1703 – Charles Perrault, French writer (b. 1628)
• 1714 – Roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar
• 1740 – Ephraim Chambers, British encyclopaedist (b. 1680)
• 1760 – Alaungpaya, King of Burma (b. 1711)
• 1773 – Alban Butler, British Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710)
• 1782 – Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
• 1845 – Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican Head of State (b. 1800)
• 1879 – Gottfried Semper, German architect (b. 1803)
• 1886 – Emily Dickinson, American poet (b. 1830)
• 1924 – Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1852)
• 1928 – Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15^th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 – Kazimir Malevich, Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. 1878)
• 1937 – Phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864)
• 1940 – Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (b. 1902)
• 1945 – Charles Williams, British writer (b. 1886)
• 1948 – Edward Flanagan, American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. 1886)
• 1954 – William March, American writer (b. 1893)
• 1956 – Austin Osman Spare, British artist and magician (b. 1886)
• 1964 – Vladko Maček, Kingdom of Yugoslavia deputy prime minister (b. 1879)
• 1967 – Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)
• 1971 – Tyrone Guthrie, British director, producer, and writer (b. 1900)
• 1978 – Sir Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
• 1982 – Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)
• 1984 – Francis Schaeffer, American theologian, philosopher, and pastor (b. 1912)
• 1986 – Theodore White, American writer (b. 1915)
• 1986 – Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
• 1989 – Johnny Green, American songwriter (b. 1908)
• 1991 – Andreas Floer, German mathematician (b. 1956)
• 1991 – Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Malian writer (b. c. 1900)
• 1991 – Ronald Lacey, British actor (b. 1935)
• 1992 – Jovy Marcelo, Filipino race car driver (b. 1965)
• 1993 – Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese writer, poet, and diplomat (b. 1933)
• 1994 – Gilbert Roland, Mexican actor (b. 1905)
• 1995 – Eric Porter, British actor (b. 1928)
• 1996 – Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (b. 1910)
• 1998 – Earl "the Goat" Manigault, American basketball player (b. 1944)
• 2003 – June Carter Cash, American musician and singer (b. 1929)
• 2003 – George Francis, British gangster (b. 1940)
• 2005 – Alan B. Gold, Quebec Chief Justice (b. 1917)
• 2007 – Jerry Falwell, Pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church and Founder of Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA (b. 1933)
• 2007 – Yolanda King, American actress and activist, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1955)
• 2008 – Alexander Courage, composer of original Star Trek theme (b. 1919)
• 2008 – Tommy Burns, British footballer (b. 1956)
• 2008 – Robert Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer, younger brother of Joey Dunlop (b. 1960)
• 2008 – Astrid Zachrison, Swedish supercentenarian (b. 1895)
• 2009 – Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Australian actor (b. 1923)
• 2009 – Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player (b. 1964)
• 2010 – Loris Kessel, Swiss racing driver (b. 1950)
• 2010 – Besian Idrizaj, Footballer (b. 1987)