Famous Deaths on 1 May

Famous Deaths on 1 May

1118 - Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)
1240 - Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals
1308 - Albert I of Habsburg (murdered) (b. 1255)
1539 - Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (b. 1503)
1555 - Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501)
1572 - Pope Pius V (b. 1504)
1731 - Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (b. 1677)
1738 - Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English statesman (b. c. 1669)
1772 - Gottfried Achenwall, German statistician (b. 1719)
1813 - Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (killed in combat) (b. 1768)
1873 - David Livingstone, Scottish missionary (b. 1813)
1899 - Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (b. 1824)
1904 - Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (b. 1841)
1913 - John Barclay Armstrong, Texas Ranger and U.S. Marshal (b. 1850)
1935 - Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
1937 - Snitz Edwards, American actor (b. 1868)
1943 - Johan Oscar Smith, Norweigian Christian leader and founder of Smith's Friends (b.1871)
1945 - Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda (suicide with his wife Magda Goebbels) (b. 1897)
1963 - Lope K. Santos, Filipino writer, Father of the Philippine National Language and Grammar (b. 1879)
1965 - Spike Jones, American band leader, musician, and comedian (b. 1911)
1968 - Jack Adams, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and general manager (b.1895)
1968 - Harold Nicolson, British diplomat, author and politician (b. 1886)
1970 - Crown Prince Euimin, Crown Prince Korea (b. 1897)
1976 - Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet who fought the military junta in Greece (b. 1939)
1976 - T.R.M. Howard, civil rights leader, entrepreneur, surgeon (b. 1908)
1978 - Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer (b. 1903)
1982 - William Primrose, Scottish violist (b. 1903)
1986 - Hylda Baker, English comedy actress (b. 1905)
1986 - Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1916)
1989 - Douglass Watson, American actor (b. 1921)
1989 - Sally Kirkland, fashion editor at LIFE (b. 1912)
1990 - Sergio Franchi, Italian tenor (b. 1926)
1993 - Ranasinghe Premadasa, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1924)
1993 - Pierre Bérégovoy, French Prime Minister (b. 1925)
1994 - Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver and three-time F1 world champion (b. 1960)
1998 - Eldridge Cleaver, American activist (b. 1935)
2000 - Steve Reeves, American actor (b. 1926)
2003 - Miss Elizabeth, American wrestler (b. 1960)
2006 - Big Hawk, American rapper (b.1969)
2006 - Johnny Paris, American saxophonist (Johnny and the Hurricanes) (b. 1940)
2006 - Rob Lacey, Christian Author. (b. 1962)
2008 - Anthony Mamo, Malta's first President (b. 1909)
2008 - Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Washington, D.C. prostitution service owner (b. 1956)
408 - Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)