Famous Deaths on 3 May

Famous Deaths on 3 May

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. 1252/1253)
1481 - Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)
1598 - Anna Guarini, Italian singer (b. 1563)
1606 - Henry Garnet, English Jesuit (executed) (b. 1555)
1622 - Pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary (b. 1564)
1679 - James Sharp, English archbishop (assassinated) (b. 1613)
1693 - Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607)
1704 - Heinrich Ignaz 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)
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)
1994 - Ezra Taft Benson, thirteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)
1996 - Jack Weston, American actor (b. 1924)
1996 - Alex Kellner, American baseball player (b. 1924)
1997 - Sébastien Enjolras, French racing driver (b. 197)
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)
2000 - John Joseph Cardinal O'Connor, Catholic Archbishop of New York (b. 1920)
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 - Earl Woods, Athlete and father of Tiger Woods (b. 1932)
2006 - Pramod Mahajan, Indian politician (b. 1949)
2006 - Karel Appel, Dutch painter (b. 1921)
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 Primer Minister (b. 1926)

Famous Deaths on 2 May

Famous Deaths on 2 May

1230 - William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)
1300 - Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)
1450 - William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)
1519 - Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and painter (b. 1452)
1564 - Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b. 1500)
1627 - Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (b. 1560)
1667 - George Wither, English writer (b. 1588)
1683 - Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (b. 1613)
1711 - Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman (b. 1641)
1802 - Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch statesman (b. 1762)
1810 - Rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b.1740)
1819 - Mary Moser, English painter (b. 1744)
1857 - Alfred de Musset, French writer (b. 1810)
1864 - Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (b. 1791)
1927 - Ernest Starling, British physiologist (b. 1866)
1945 - Joe Corbett, baseball player (b. 1875)
1945 - Ludwig Stumpfegger, German SS doctor (b. 1910)
1945 - Martin Bormann, Nazi official (b. 1900)
1947 - Dorothea Binz, Nazi war criminal (b. 1920)
1957 - Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator (b. 1908)
1960 - Caryl Chessman, American robber and rapist (b. 1921)
1964 - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-born politician (b. 1879)
1969 - Franz von Papen, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)
1972 - J. Edgar Hoover, American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
1979 - Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
1980 - Clarrie Grimmett, Australian cricketer (b. 1891)
1980 - George Pál, Hungarian-born film director (b. 1908)
1983 - Norm Van Brocklin, American football star (b. 1926)
1984 - Jack Barry, television game show producer and host (b. 1918)
1985 - Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1909)
1985 - Attilio Bettega, Italian rallydriver (b.1951)
1986 - Henri Toivonen, Finnish rallydriver (b.1956)
1989 - Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (b. 1902)
1989 - Giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic Cardinal (b. 1906)
1990 - David Rappaport, English actor (b. 1951)
1992 - Wilbur Mills, American politician (b. 1909)
1995 - Michael Hordern, English actor (b. 1911)
1997 - Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator (b. 1921)
1997 - John Carew Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
1998 - Gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908)
1998 - Hideto "hide" Matsumoto, Japanese musician (b. 1964)
1998 - Justin Fashanu, English footballer (b. 1961)
1998 - Kevin Lloyd, British actor (b. 1949)
1999 - Oliver Reed, English actor (b. 1938)
2001 - Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (b. 1961)
2001 - Ted Rogers, British comedian (b. 1935)
2002 - W. T. Tutte, English-born codebreaker (b. 1917)
2002 - John Nathan-Turner, English television producer (b. 1947)
2005 - Kenneth B. Clark, American psychologist (b. 1914)
2005 - Wee Kim Wee, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915)
2006 - Louis Rukeyser, American columnist (b. 1933)
2007 - Brad McGann, New Zealand film director and screenwriter (b. 1964)
2008 - Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (b. 1940)
373 - Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)
756 - Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)
907 - Boris I of Bulgaria