Famous Deaths on 31st May

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455 - Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched
1091 - Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies
1198 - Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies
1246 - Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England
1349 - Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)
1408 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)
1410 - King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356)
1495 - Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415)
1504 - Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies
1551 - Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies
1558 - Philip Hoby, English politician (b. 1505)
1567 - Pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies
1567 - Guido de Bres, Belgian theologian (b. 1522)
1594 - Tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75
1620 - Willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59
1665 - Pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67
1680 - Joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650)
1696 - Heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75
1740 - Frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51
1747 - Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686)
1799 - Pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715)
1809 - Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33
1809 - Franz Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (Jahreszeiten), dies at 77
1809 - Jean Lannes, French marshal (b. 1769)
1831 - Samuel Bentham, British mechanical engineer (b. 1757)
1832 - Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b. 1811)
1837 - Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57
1846 - Philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b. 1780)
1847 - Thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780)
1848 - Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805)
1849 - Leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 69
1854 - Vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34
1862 - Robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34
1900 - James Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75
1900 - John Power, Irish baronet/whiskey manufacturer, dies in battle
1906 - Hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56
1906 - King Alfonso XIII, assassinated in Madrid
1906 - Victoria von Battenberg, assassinated in Madrid
1908 - C L "Boy" Johnson, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1895-96), dies
1908 - Louis-Honoré Fréchette, French Canadian poet (b. 1839)
Physician Elizabeth Blackwell (1910) 1910 - Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89
1916 - Horace Hood, British spy (Battle of Jutland), dies in battle
1928 - Ludwig Enneccerus, German leader, dies at 85
1928 - Manuel de Oliveira Lima, Brazilian historian, dies at 60
1931 - Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, French Canadian cardinal, archbishop of Quebec (b. 1866)
1942 - Reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia & Moravia, assassinated
1947 - Adrienne Ames, actress (Black Sheep, 24 Hours), dies at 39
1947 - Henri G Casadesus, Fr altviolist/composer (viola d'amour), dies at 66
1948 - Jose Vianna da Motta, composer, dies at 80
1952 - Walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies
1955 - "Wild Bill" Vukovich, killed in Indy 500
1955 - Raoul Gunsbourg, composer, dies at 95
1957 - Leopold Staff, Polish poet (b. 1878)
1960 - Willem Elsschot, [Alfons de Ridder], Flemish writer (Kas), dies at 78
1960 - Walther Funk, Nazi leader (b. 1890)
1961 - Walter Little, Canadian politician (b. 1877)
1962 - Adolf Eichmann, Nazi war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56
1962 - Eduardo Toldra, composer, dies at 67
1962 - Henry Fountain Ashurst, American politician (b. 1874)
1963 - Carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Art of Ancient Rome), dies at 63
1967 - Billy Strayhorn, American composer, pianist and arranger (b. 1915)
1970 - Terry Sawchuk, hockey player (b. 1929)
1971 - Dainty Ironmonger, cricketer (74 wkts in 14 Tests after age 46), dies
1971 - Massimo Campigli, Italian painter/illustrator, dies at 75
1971 - Reinhold Niebuhr, US theologist, dies at 78
1972 - Walter Freeman, American physician (b. 1895)
1973 - Albert Egges van Giffen, Dutch archaeologist, dies at 89
1974 - Adelle Davis, US nutrionalist (Let's stay healthy), dies at 70
1976 - Jacques Monod, French biochemist, dies
1976 - Martha Mitchell wife of former Att Gen John Mitchell, dies in NY at 57
1977 - William Castle, American film director (b. 1914)
1978 - József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer (b. 1925)
1979 - Nigel Howard, cricketer (England captain 1951-52 tour of India), dies
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey (1982) 1982 - Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champ/actor, dies at 86
1986 - James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1917)
1987 - Dorothy Patrick, actress (Torch Song, New Orleans, High Wall), dies
1989 - C L R James, cricket writer (distinguished Trinidadian), dies
1989 - Charles A Hufnagel, doc (artificial heart valve pioneer), dies at 72
1989 - Terry Drinkwater, CBS news correspondent, dies at 53 of cancer
1991 - Angus Wilson, [Johnstone-W], British writer (Wrong Set), dies
1991 - H N "Swanie" Swanson, literary agent, dies at 91 of a stroke
1992 - Lutz Stavenhagen, top aid to Chancellor Helmut Kohl, dies at 52
1993 - John Granger, actor (Advise & Consent), dies at 69
1993 - Spuds Mackenzie, American advertisement dog
1994 - Doug Freeman, cricketer (2 Tests of leg-spin for NZ 1933), dies
1994 - Emmanuel "Manny" Klein, trumpeter, dies at 86
1994 - Herva Nelli, soprano, dies at 85
1994 - Sidney Gilliat, British screenwriter/director, dies at 86
1995 - Tim Mara, owner (NY Giants), dies at 59
1996 - Colin Morris, playwright/documentary filmmaker, dies at 80
1996 - Elsbeary Hobbs, singer, dies at 59
1996 - Neela Sanjiva Reddy, president of India (1977-82), dies
1996 - Paul Peter Piech, artist, dies at 76
1996 - Peter Gordon Dorrell, archaeologist/photographer, dies at 68
1996 - Timothy Francis Leary, Harvard prof/LSD guru, dues of cancer at 75
1997 - Rosie Will Monroe, WW II icon (Rosie the riveter), dies at 76
1997 - James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (b. 1905)
1998 - Charles Van Acker, Belgian racing driver (b. 1912)
2000 - Tito Puente, American musician (b. 1923)
2000 - Johnnie Taylor, American singer (b. 1938)
2001 - Arlene Francis, American television personality (d. 1907)
2004 - Robert Quine, American guitarist (b. 1941)
2004 - Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (b. 1941)
2006 - Ryan Bennett, broadcast commentator (b. 1970)
2006 - Miguel Berrocal, sculptor (b. 1933)
2006 - Raymond Davis Jr., American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
2006 - Lula Mae Hardaway, American songwriter, mother of singer Stevie Wonder (b. 1930)
2009 - Millvina Dean, last living survivor of the RMS Titanic disaster died. (b. 1912)
2009 - George Tiller, American abortion doctor (b. 1941)
2009 - Danny La Rue, British entertainer (b. 1927)
2010 - Louise Bourgeois, French-born American sculpter (b. 1911)
2010 - Brian Duffy, British photographer and film producer (b. 1933)
2010 - William A. Fraker, American cinematographer (b. 1923)
2010 - Rubén Juárez, Argentine bandoneonist (b. 1947)
2010 - Benjamin Lees, American composer (b. 1924)
2010 - Merata Mita, New Zealander filmmaker (b. 1942)