May 3 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1152 – Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105)
• 1160 – Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c. 1100)
• 1270 – King Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206)
• 1294 – John I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1252)
• 1481 – Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)
• 1598 – Anna Guarini, Italian singer (b. 1563)
• 1606 – Henry Garnet, English Jesuit (b. 1555)
• 1616 – William Shakespeare, English writer and actor (b. 1564) (his death is commonly accepted to be on April 23, according to theJulian calendar)
• 1622 – Pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary (b. 1564)
• 1679 – James Sharp, Scottish archbishop (b. 1613)
• 1693 – Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607)
• 1704 – Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Bohemian composer (b. 1644)
• 1724 – John Leverett the Younger, American President of Harvard (b. 1662)
• 1750 – John Willison, Scottish minister and writer (b. 1680)
• 1752 – Samuel Ogle, British provincial Governor of Maryland (b. c.1692)
• 1758 – Pope Benedict XIV (b. 1675)
• 1763 – George Psalmanazar, British impostor (b. 1679)
• 1764 – Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher (b. 1712)
• 1779 – John Winthrop, American astronomer (b. 1714)
• 1793 – Martin Gerbert, German theologian and historian (b. 1720)
• 1839 – Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (b. 1771)
• 1856 – Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer (b. 1803)
• 1918 – Charlie Soong, Christian missionary
• 1921 – Théodore Pilette, Belgian racing driver (b. 1883)
• 1942 – Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)
• 1958 – Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1969 – Zakir Hussain, 3rd President of India, (b. 1897)
• 1972 – Bruce Cabot, American film actor (b. 1904)
• 1978 – Bill Downs, American broadcast journalist (b. 1914)
• 1987 – Dalida, French singer (b. 1933)
• 1988 – Lev Semenovich Pontryagin, Russian mathematician (b. 1908)
• 1989 – Christine Jorgensen, American transsexual (b. 1926)
• 1989 – Edward Ochab, Polish Communist politician (b. 1906)
• 1991 – Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-born writer (b. 1933)
• 1991 – Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer and composer (b. 1907)
• 1992 – George Murphy, American dancer, actor and politician (b. 1902)
• 1996 – Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist (b. 1921)
• 1996 – Alex Kellner, American baseball player (b. 1924)
• 1996 – Jack Weston, American actor (b. 1924)
• 1997 – Sébastien Enjolras, French racing driver (b. 1976)
• 1997 – Narciso Yepes, Spanish classical guitarist (b. 1927)
• 1999 – Joe Adcock, American baseball player (b. 1927)
• 1999 – Steve Chiasson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1967)
• 1999 – Godfrey Evans, English cricketer (b. 1920)
• 2000 – John Joseph O'Connor, Cardinal Archbishop of New York (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Julia Bathory, Hungarian glass-designer (b. 1901)
• 2001 – Billy Higgins, American drummer (b. 1936)
• 2002 – Barbara Castle, British politician (b. 1910)
• 2002 – Evgeny Svetlanov, Russian composer and pianist (b. 1928)
• 2003 – Suzy Parker, American actress (b. 1932)
• 2004 – Anthony Ainley, British actor (b. 1932)
• 2004 – Ken Downing, British racing driver (b. 1917)
• 2004 – Darrell Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1928)
• 2006 – Karel Appel, Dutch painter (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Pramod Mahajan, Indian politician (b. 1949)
• 2006 – Earl Woods, athlete and father of Tiger Woods (b. 1932)
• 2007 – Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (b. 1913)
• 2007 – Wally Schirra, American astronaut (b. 1923)
• 2007 – Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician (b. 1932)
• 2008 – Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, Spanish former Prime Minister (b. 1926)
• 2009 – Ram Shewalkar, Indian Marathi writer (b.1931)
• 2010 – Guenter Wendt, German-American engineer (b.1923)
• 2010 – Roy Carrier, American Zydeco musician (b. 1947)