Famous Deaths on 14th May

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347 - Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies
649 - Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies
964 - John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies
1470 - Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)
1565 - Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies
1574 - Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479)
1608 - Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)
1610 - Henry IV, 1st Bourbon King of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56
1643 - Louis XIII, King of France (1610-43), dies at 41
1649 - Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (b. 1600)
1669 - Georges de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1601)
1688 - Antoine Furetière, French writer (b. 1619)
1726 - John B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies
1726 - Moshe Darshan, Rabbi/author (Torat Ahsam), dies
1742 - Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64
1754 - Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (b. 1692)
1761 - Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50
1801 - Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66
1818 - Matthew Gregory Lewis, English novelist (b. 1775)
1820 - Paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43
1832 - John van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried
1833 - Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88
1847 - Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41
1860 - Ludwig Bechstein, German writer (b. 1801)
1863 - Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46
1864 - William N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies
1870 - Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69
1873 - Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and writer (b. 1797)
1877 - John Roberts, composer, dies at 54
1878 - Ookubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (b. 1830)
1887 - Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808)
1889 - Volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809)
1893 - Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83
1893 - Johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer, dies at 65
1904 - Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78
1906 - Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829)
1912 - August Strindberg, Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63
1912 - Frederik VIII C W K, King of Denmark (1906-12), dies at 68
1918 - James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American newspaper publisher (b. 1841)
Founder of Heinz Henry John Heinz (1919) 1919 - Henry John Heinz, founder of the H. J. Heinz Company, dies at 74
1923 - Charles de Freycinet, French prime minister (b. 1828)
1925 - Henry Rider Haggard, English writer (Dawn, She), dies
1931 - David Belasco, American theatrical producer (b. 1853)
1931 - Denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (b. 1887)
1934 - Lou Criger, American baseball player (b. 1872)
1936 - Edmond HH Allenby, English fieldmarshal in Egypt, dies at 74
1936 - Samuel Pl'h Naber, spy/librarian, dies at 71
1938 - Jacobus C J "Jacques" Hermans, actor (Ghetto), dies at 81
1940 - Eddy [Charles E] du Platform, writer/poet, dies
1940 - Emma Goldman, US anarchists/feminist/author (Living My Life), dies
1940 - Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/SDAP-2nd-Chamber, dies at 49
1940 - Menno ter Braak, Dutch writer (Forum, New Elite), suicide at 38
1943 - Henri La Fontaine, Belgian Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1854)
1945 - Heber J. Grant, seventh president of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
1947 - John Ray Sinnock, US chief engraver (1925-47), dies at 59
1953 - Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japans/US painter/etcher, dies at 59
1954 - Heinz Guderian, German General (b. 1888)
1955 - Betty Ann Davies, dies at 44
1957 - Marie Vassilieff, Russian artist (b. 1884)
1959 - Sidney Bechet, US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62
1962 - Florence Auer, American actress (b. 1880)
1965 - Frances Perkins, US 1st female minister of Labor (1933-45), dies at 83
1966 - Georgia BD Camp Johnson, US poet/playwright, dies at 88
1966 - Megan Lloyd George, English politician, dies at 64
1968 - Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant US Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86
1969 - Enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75
1969 - Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (b. 1888)
1970 - Billie Burke, comedienne (Glinda-Wizard of Oz), dies at 84
1973 - Jean Gebser, German-born author, linguist, and poet (b. 1905)
1976 - Keith Relf, rock vocalist (Yardbirds), electrocuted at 33
1978 - Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
1979 - Paul van 't Veeer, Dutch journalist/writer (Vrije Volk), dies at 57
1980 - Hugh Griffith, actor (Passover Plot, Ben Hur, Tom Jones), dies at 67
1980 - Wilhelm Weismann, composer, dies at 79
1982 - Baron Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador, dies
1982 - Hugh Beaumont, actor (Ward-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 73
1983 - Miguel Aleman Valdes, attorney/pres of Mexico (1946-52), dies at 80
1983 - Roger J. Traynor, American judge (b. 1900)
1984 - Larry Stock, songwriter (Blueberry Hill), dies
1984 - Walter Rauff, German colonel (b. 1906)
1985 - Mohammed Munir, Indonesian worker's union leader, executed
1987 - Rita Hayworth, actress (Gilda), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 68
1988 - Willem Drees, PM of Netherland (1948-58), dies at 101
1990 - Andre Ameller, composer, dies at 78
1991 - Ast Fonteyne, Flemish lecture artist, dies
1991 - Herman Niels, Flemish radio director, dies
1991 - Jiang Qing, widow of Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung, commits suicide
1991 - John Edward Craven, dies
1991 - Shintaro Abe, minister of Exterior of Japan (1982-86), dies
1992 - Lyle Alzado, NFL defense linesman (Raiders), dies of cancer at 43
1993 - Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal, commits suicide at 40
1993 - William Randolph Hearst, US newspaper magnate (Pulitzer), dies at 85
1994 - Leonard Teale, Australian actor/reciter (Homicide), dies
1995 - Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun, teacher (Zen Buddhism), dies at 64
1995 - Christian B. Anfinsen, American Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
1996 - Edqard John Gurney, politician, dies at 82
1996 - Qazaleh Alizadeh, writer, dies at 48
1996 - Sritharan Jeganathan, cricketer, 1st Sri Lankan Test player to die
1996 - Vera Chapman, writer, dies at 98
1997 - Harry Blackstone Jr, magician, dies of cancer at 62
1997 - Laurie Lee, writer, dies at 42
1997 - Princess Caradja-Kretzulesco, descendant of Dracula, dies at 76
1997 - Thelma Carpenter, singer, dies at 76
Singer/Actor Frank Sinatra (1998) 1998 - Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor, dies at 82
1998 - Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American conservationist (b. 1890)
2000 - Obuchi Keizo, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)
2003 - Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player (b. 1940)
2003 - Wendy Hiller, British actress (b. 1912)
2003 - Robert Stack, American actor (b. 1919)
2004 - Anna Lee, British actress (b. 1913)
2006 - Lew Anderson, American actor and bandleader (b. 1922)
2006 - Stanley Kunitz, American poet (b. 1905)
2006 - Eva Norvind, Mexican actress (b. 1944)
2007 - Mary Goldsmith, American ceramist (b. 1908)
2007 - Ülo Jõgi, Estonian freedom fighter (b. 1921)
2010 - Goh Keng Swee, former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1918)