May 21 - Deaths

Deaths

• 987 – King Louis V of France (b. 967)
• 1254 – King Conrad IV of Germany (b. 1228)
• 1481 – King Christian I of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (b. 1426)
• 1512 – Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena (b. 1452)
• 1524 – Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English soldier (b. 1443)
• 1542 – Hernando de Soto, Spanish explorer (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 royalist (b. 1612)
• 1664 – Elizabeth Poole, English-born Puritan settler and founder of Taunton, Massachusetts (b. 1588)
• 1670 – Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1586)
• 1686 – (N. S.) Otto von Guericke, German scientist (b. 1602)
• 1690 – John Eliot, English Puritan 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-born American actor (b. 1827)
• 1879 – Arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848)
• 1894 – Emile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)
• 1894 – August Kundt, German physicist (b. 1839)
• 1895 – Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (b. 1819)
• 1911 – Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (b. 1857)
• 1915 – Leonid Gobyato, Russian general (b. 1875)
• 1919 – Yevgraf Fyodorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1853)
• 1920 – Venustiano Carranza, 54th President of Mexico (b. 1859)
• 1929 – Archibald Primrose, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1847)
• 1935 – Jane Addams, American social worker, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1949 – Klaus Mann, German writer (b. 1906)
• 1952 – John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1956 – Harry Bensley, English rake and adventurer (b. 1877)
• 1957 – Alexander Vertinsky, Russian poet, singer, composer, cabaret artist and actor (b. 1889)
• 1964 – James Franck, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1882)
• 1965 – Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer (b. 1882)
• 1970 – E. L. Grant Watson, English biologist and writer (b. 1885)
• 1973 – Vaughn Monroe, American baritone singer, trumpeter and big band leader (b. 1911)
• 1981 – Patsy O'Hara, Irish hunger striker (b. 1957)
• 1981 – Raymond McCreesh, Irish hunger striker (b. 1957)
• 1983 – Kenneth Clark, English art historian (b. 1903)
• 1984 – Ann Little, American actress (b. 1891)
• 1988 – Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer (b. 1900)
• 1991 – Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (b. 1944)
• 1995 – Les Aspin, American politician (b. 1938)
• 1996 – Paul Delph, American singer, songwriter and producer (b. 1957)
• 1996 – Lash LaRue, American actor (b. 1917)
• 1999 – Karnail "Bugz" Pitts, American rapper (D12) (b. 1979)
• 2000 – Barbara Cartland, English author (b. 1901)
• 2000 – Sir John Gielgud, British actor (b. 1904)
• 2000 – Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur (b. 1956)
• 2002 – Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptor, painter and filmmaker (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Frank D. White, American politician (b. 1933)
• 2003 – Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentine-Italian racing driver and car manufacturer (b. 1928)
• 2005 – Howard Morris, American comic actor and director (b. 1919)
• 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)