Famous Deaths on 29 May

Famous Deaths on 29 May

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)
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)
1919 - Robert Bacon, American politician (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)
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 - John H. Wood, Jr., American federal judge (b. 1916)
1979 - Mary Pickford, Canadian-born American actress and studio founder (b. 1892)
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 - George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (b. 1919)
1997 - Jeff Buckley, American musician (drowned) (b. 1966)
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)
2006 - Jacques Bouchard, Quebec advertising executive (b. 1930)
2006 - Steve Mizerak, American pool player (b. 1944)
2007 - Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
2007 - Lois Browne-Evans, Bermudian Politician (stroke) (b. 1927)
2007 - Posteal Laskey, American convicted murderer widely believed to be the Cincinnati Strangler of natural causes (b. 1938)
2008 - Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1987)
2008 - Harvey Korman, American actor (b. 1927)
2008 - Dianne Odell, American medical figure (b. 1947)