Famous Deaths on 9 May

Famous Deaths on 9 May

1315 - Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)
1446 - Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368)
1657 - William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth Colony (b. 1590)
1707 - Dieterich Buxtehude, German composer
1745 - Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer(b. 1663)
1747 - John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673)
1760 - Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer (b. 1700)
1789 - Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French artillery specialist (b. 1715)
1790 - William Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress
1791 - Francis Hopkinson, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1737)
1805 - Friedrich Schiller, German poet and historian (b. 1759)
1861 - Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805)
1889 - William S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800)
1914 - C.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854)
1915 - François Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887)
1918 - George CoÅŸbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866)
1931 - Albert Abraham Michelson, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
1938 - Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (b. 1866)
1949 - Prince Louis II of Monaco (b. 1870)
1950 - Esteban Terradas i Illa, Catalan mathematician, scientist, and engineer (b. 1883)
1955 - Kate Booth, the oldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1858)
1957 - Ezio Pinza, Italian bass (b. 1892)
1965 - Leopold Figl, Austrian politician (b. 1902)
1968 - Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite (b. 1893)
1968 - Finlay Currie, British actor (b. 1878)
1968 - Marion Lorne, American actress (b. 1885)
1970 - Walter Reuther, American labor leader (b. 1907)
1970 - Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (b. 1884)
1976 - Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author (b. 1920)
1976 - Ulrike Meinhof, German revolutionist (b. 1934)
1977 - James Jones, American writer (b. 1921)
1978 - Aldo Moro, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1916)
1979 - Cyrus Eaton, Canadian-American businessman and industrialist (b. 1883)
1981 - Ralph Allen, English footballer (b. 1906)
1985 - Edmond O'Brien, American actor (b. 1915)
1986 - Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese sherpa and 1st sherpa to climb Mt. Everest (b. 1914)
1989 - Keith Whitley, American country music singer (b. 1955)
1990 - James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel laureate (Physics, 1935)
1993 - Jacques Dextraze, French Canadian military officer (b. 1919)
1994 - Elias Motsoaledi, South African freedom fighter (b. 1924)
1997 - Marco Ferreri, Italian film director (b. 1928)
1998 - Alice Faye, American actress (b. 1915)
2001 - James E. Myers, American songwriter (Rock Around the Clock) and producer (b. 1919)
2002 - Dan Devine, American football coach (b. 1924)
2003 - Russell B. Long, U.S. Senator from Louisiana (b. 1918)
2004 - Alan King, American comedian (b. 1927)
2004 - Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen president (b. 1951)
2005 - Nasrat Parsa, Afghani singer (b. 1969)
2007 - Dwight Wilson, second-to-last Canadian WWI veteran (b. 1901)
2007 - Edith Rodriguez, hospital emergency room refused to treat (b. 1964)
2008 - Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach (b. 1929)
2008 - Nuala O'Faolain, Irish journalist (b. 1942)