May 29 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1259 – King Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219)
• 1379 – King Henry II of Castile (b. 1334)
• 1405 – Philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France
• 1425 – Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378)
• 1453 – Constantine XI Palaeologus, last Byzantine Emperor (b. 1404)
• 1500 – Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer
• 1546 – David Beaton, Scottish Catholic cardinal
• 1593 – John Penry, Welsh Protestant leader (b. 1559)
• 1660 – Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician (b. 1615)
• 1691 – Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1629)
• 1790 – Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (b. 1718)
• 1796 – Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (b. 1720)
• 1814 – Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (b. 1763)
• 1829 – Humphry Davy, English chemist (b. 1778)
• 1847 – Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (b. 1766)
• 1866 – Winfield Scott, American general (b. 1786)
• 1868 – Michael Obrenovich 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, Queen of Serbia (b. 1864)
• 1903 – Bruce Price, American architect (b. 1845)
• 1910 – Mily Balakirev, Russian composer (b. 1837)
• 1911 – William S. Gilbert, English dramatist (b. 1836)
• 1917 – Kate Harrington, American teacher, writer and poet (b. 1831)
• 1919 – Robert Bacon, 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1935 – Josef Suk, Czech composer and violinist (b. 1874)
• 1939 – Ursula Julia Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic saint (b. 1865)
• 1942 – John Barrymore, American actor (b. 1882)
• 1946 – Martin Gottfried Weiss, Commandant of Dachau concentration camp (b. 1905)
• 1948 – Dame May Whitty, English actress (b. 1865)
• 1951 – Fanny Brice, American singer/comedian (b. 1891)
• 1951 – Dimitrios Levidis, Greek composer (b. 1885)
• 1953 – Man Mountain Dean, American professional 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 and spy (b. 1902)
• 1972 – Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (b. 1878)
• 1973 – P. Ramlee, Malaysian film actor, director, singer and songwriter. (b. 1929)
• 1977 – Ba Maw, Burmese politician (b. 1893)
• 1979 – Mary Pickford, Canadian-born American actress and studio founder (b. 1892)
• 1979 – John H. Wood, Jr., American federal judge (b. 1916)
• 1982 – Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (b. 1938)
• 1983 – Arvīds Pelše, Soviet Latvian statesman (b. 1899)
• 1989 – John Cipollina, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b. 1943)
• 1993 – Billy Conn, American boxer (b. 1917)
• 1994 – Erich Honecker, leader of East Germany (b. 1912)
• 1996 – Tamara Toumanova, Ballet star and actress (b. 1919)
• 1997 – Jeff Buckley, American musician (b. 1966)
• 1997 – George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (b. 1919)
• 1998 – Barry M. Goldwater, U.S. Senator from Arizona and presidential candidate (b. 1909)
• 2002 – Mildred Benson, American writer (b. 1905)
• 2003 – David Jefferies, British motorcycle racer (b. 1972)
• 2004 – Archibald Cox, Watergate special prosecutor (b. 1912)
• 2004 – Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (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, Quebec advertising executive (b. 1930)
• 2007 – Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
• 2007 – Lois Browne-Evans, Bermudian politician (b. 1927)
• 2008 – Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1987)
• 2008 – Harvey Korman, American actor (b. 1927)
• 2009 – Karine Ruby, French snowboarder and Olympic champion (b. 1978)
• 2010 – Dennis Hopper, American actor and director (b. 1936)