Famous Deaths on May 19

Anne Boleyn (1501/1507-1536)

Queen of England (1533-36), second wife of Henry VIII, beheaded at the Tower of London on charges of adultery, incest and treason, at between age 28 to 35

1567 Juan Bautista de Toledo, Spanish architect (El Escorial), dies (b. c. 1515)
1601 Costanzo Porta, Italian composer
1610 Thomas Sanchez, Spanish theologian (b. 1550)
1627 Katharina Henot, German postmaster (1st female postmaster in Germany), burnt at the stake in Cologne for being a witch (b. 1570) [1]
1637 Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher, dies at 48
1647 Sebastian Vrancx, Flemish painter (captain of vigilante), dies
1653 Carel Reyniersz, gov-gen of Neth East Indies, dies at 48
1715 Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and statesman, dies at 54
1777 Button Gwinnett, British-born American politician, and signer of the Declaration of Independence,dies from wounds incurred in a duel with rival Lachlan McIntosh at 42
1786 John Stanley, English blind composer and organist, dies at 74
1795 James Boswell, Scottish biographer of Samuel Johnson and diarist, dies at 54
1795 Josiah Bartlett, American physician and statesman (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 65
1798 William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English nobleman and politician, dies at 75
1800 French Bosbeeck, veterinarian/robber, hanged
1801 Herman Hendrik Vitringa, Dutch Federalist politician (National Meetings), dies at 43
1821 Camille Jordan, French politician (b. 1771)
1825 Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon, French political philosopher (b. 1760)
1845 Maria EJ Versfelt, mistress of general Moreau/marshal Ney, dies at 68

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)

American author (House of 7 Gables, The Scarlet Letter), dies at 59

1868 Benjamin Guinness, Irish brewer and philanthropist, dies at 69
1872 Johan Hendrik van Dale, Dutch schoolmaster and lexicographer(Van Dale's Great Dictionary of the Dutch Language), dies of smallpox at 44
1876 Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch statesman and historian, dies at 74
1885 Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)
1888 Hermann Hirschboch, German composer and music critic, dies at 76
1890 Gus Kempis, South African cricketer (South Africa's 1st Test), dies of fever at 24
1895 Jose Marti y Perez, Cuban poet (Versos sencillos) essayist and politician (fought for independence from Spain), dies fighting the Battle of Dos Rios at 42

William Gladstone (1809-1898)

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Liberal: 1868-74, 1880-86, 1892-94), dies of heart failure at 88

1901 Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st president of the Republic South Africa, dies at 81
1903 Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricket batsman (23 Tests [7 captain]; 1277 runs @ 35 47; Nottinghamshire), dies at 47
1904 Auguste Molinier, French historian (b. 1851)
1904 Jamsetji Tata, Indian pioneer industrialist (Tata Group), dies at 65

Benjamin Baker (1840-1907)

English civil engineer who designed the bridge over the Firth of Forth, Scotland and the London underground, dies at 67

1912 Bolesław Prus, Polish writer (The Outpost), dies at 64
1912 Eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist ((discovered nucleus of plant cells divides during cell division), dies at 68
1915 Bob Ferguson, Scottish golfer (British Open 1880-82), dies at 69
1915 John Simpson Kirkpatrick stretcher bearer with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli during World War I (b. 1892)
1918 Gervais Raoul Lufbery, French-American World War I fighter pilot and flying ace, dies at 33
1921 Edward Douglass White, American politician and jurist (9th Chief Justice of the United States), dies at 75
1922 Heinrich Quincke, German internist and surgeon (postural drainage), dies at 79
1924 Billy Zulch, cricketer (South African batsman scored 2 Test centuries), dies
1925 Viking Eggeling, Swedish artist/filmmaker (Symphonie Diagonale), dies at 44
1928 Henry F. Gilbert, American composer, and folk song collector, dies at 59
1928 Max Scheler, German philosopher, dies at 53
1935 Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, German-American violinist and composer, dies at 74

T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935)

British author, soldier and diplomat famous for his liaison role in Arabia during WWI, dies at 46, in a motorcycle accident in Dorset, England

1942 Nicoline Magdalene Roll Anker, Norwegian author (Enken), dies at 69
1943 Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and one of the founders of the Estonian National Museum, dies at 77
1944 Godfrey Wilson, British Anthropologist of social change and colonial problems in Africa, commits suicide as a conscientious objector in WW II
1945 Philipp Bouhler, German nazi leader (b. 1889)
1946 Booth Tarkington, American novelist (The Magnificent Ambersons) and playwright, dies at 76
1953 Damaso Berenguer, Spanish soldier and politician (122nd Prime Minister of Spain), dies at 79
1954 Aart A. van Schelven, Dutch church historian (Willem of Orange), dies at 73
1954 Charles Ives, American composer (Unanswered Question), dies at 79
1958 Archie Scott-Brown, English race car driver (b. 1927)
1958 Bruno Stürmer, German conductor, composer and educator dies at 65

Ronald Colman (1891-1958)

British actor (Lost Horizon, The Prisoner of Zenda, Phantom Shot), dies at 67

1961 Joe Howard, American vaudeville, Broadway, and television singer (Gay Nineties Revue), and songwriter ("Hello Ma Baby"), dies at 91
1962 Gabriele Münter, German expressionist painter
1965 Maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Nights and Days), dies at 75
1966 Tortoise, reportedly given to Tonga's King by Captain James Cook in 1773, dies at around 193
1967 Elmo Hope, American bebop jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, dies of heart failure at 43
1969 Coleman Hawkins, American jazz musician who virtually created tenor saxophone for jazz, dies at 64
1970 Ray Schalk, American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (World Series 1917; Chicago White Sox) and manager (Chicago White Sox 1927-28), dies from cancer at 78
1970 Tadeusz Breza, Polish writer (The Bronze Gate), dies at 64
1971 Bernard Wagenaar, Dutch-American composer (3 Songs for Chinese), dies at 76

Ogden Nash (1902-1971)

American humorous poet (I'm a Stranger Here Myself, Masquerade Party), dies at 68 [1]

1978 George Gladstone, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1930), dies
1983 Jean Rey, Belgian politician (President of the European Commission 1967-70), dies at 80
1984 Bill Holland, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1949; runner-up 1947, 48, 50), dies at 76
1984 John Betjeman, poet (Mount Zion) and English Poet Laureate (1972-1984), dies at 77
1986 Jimmy Lyons, American musician (b. 1931)
1987 James Tiptree Jr. [Alice Sheldon], American sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful), dies at 71
1988 Virginia Farmer, actress (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 90
1989 Abel Herzberg, Russian-Dutch Jewish lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies at 95
1989 Anton Diffring [Alfred Pollack], German character actor (Assignment Vienna), dies of cancer at 72
1989 Robert Webber, American actor (12 Angry Men, Moonlighting, 79 Park Avenue), dies of Lou Gehrig's disease at 64
1991 Douglas L. Mays, English cartoonist (Punch), dies at 90
1991 Rini Otte, Dutch actress (Ergens in Nederland), dies at 74
1992 Hans Vogt, German composer, dies at 81
1993 Nemesio Antunes, Chilean painter, dies at 75
1993 Ranga Sohoni, Indian cricket all-rounder (4 Tests, top score 29 no, 2 wickets), dies from a heart attack at 75
1993 Richard Murphy, director (3 Stripes in the Sun), dies of stroke at 81
1993 S W Sohoni, cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies
1994 Henry Morgan, American comedian and TV panelist (I've Got a Secret; Arena), dies of lung cancer at 79

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994)

American 1st lady (1961-63), dies of cancer at 64

1994 Jacques Ellul, French writer and philosopher, dies at 82
1994 Luis Ocana, Spanish cyclist (Tour de France 1973), commits suicide at 48
1995 Robert S. Dietz, American geophysicist who proposed a theory of seafloor spreading in 1961, dies at 80
1996 Frank Carlson, American jazz and session drummer (Woody Herman, 1937-42 - "The Golden Wedding"), dies at 82
1996 Giovanni "John" Beradino, American MLB infielder (St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians) and actor (General Hospital), dies from pancreatic cancer at 79
1996 Margaret Rawlings, actress (Roman Holiday), dies at 89
1997 Millie, dog of US President George H. W. Bush (Millie's Book), dies at 12
1998 (Edwin) "Ted" Astley, British arranger, bandleader, and film and television composer (The Mouse That Roared; The Saint), dies at 76
1998 Dorothy Donegan, American boogie-woogie, swing jazz, and classical pianist, and vocalist, dies of cancer at 76
1998 Sōsuke Uno, Japanese prime minister (b. 1922)
1999 James Blades, British classical percussionist, and educator, dies at 97
1999 Jonathan "Candy" Candido, American actor and radio performer (Peter Pan; The Great Mouse Detective), dies at 85
2000 Yevgeny Khrunov, Soviet cosmonaut, dies at 66
2001 Mike Sammes, British arranger, session, pop and easy-listening vocalist (The Mike Sammes Singers; Disneyland; The Beatles - "I Am The Walrus", "Good Night"; Olivia Newton-John - "Let Me Be There"), dies at 73
2001 Susannah McCorkle, American singer (b. 1946)
2002 John Gorton, Australian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (1968-71), dies at 90
2002 Walter Lord, American author (A Night to Remember), dies at 84
2004 Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (b. 1907)
2004 Tony Randall [Leonard Rosenberg], American actor (The Odd Couple), dies aged 84
2005 Henry Corden, American actor and voice artist (b. 1921)
2006 Freddie Garrity, English pop singer (Freddie and the Dreamers - "I'm Telling You Now"), dies at 69
2007 Bernard Blaut, Polish soccer midfielder (36 caps; KP Legia Warsaw, FC Metz) and manager (UAE), dies at 67
2007 Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician (b. 1914)
2008 George Huntington Hartford II, American heir (A&P), dies at 97
2008 Vijay Tendulkar, Indian playwright, (b. 1928)
2009 Herbert York, American physicist (b. 1921)
2009 Nicholas Maw, British composer, dies at 73
2009 Robert F. Furchgott, American pharmacologist (co-winner Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1998), and educator, dies at 92
2011 Garret FitzGerald, Irish politician and former Taoiseach (b. 1926)
2011 Kathy Kirby, English singer (Secret Love), dies at 72
2011 Phyllis Avery, American actress (Ruby Gentry, George Gobel Show, Mr Novak), dies at 88
2012 Bob Boozer, College/Basketball Hall of Fame forward (Olympic gold 1960), dies of a brain aneurysm at 75
2014 Jack Brabham, Australian auto racer and team owner (World F1 champion 1959, 60, 66 [only man to win F1 C'ship driving one of his own cars]), dies of liver disease at 88
2014 Michael Aldrich, British inventor (Online shopping), dies at 72
2016 Angus "Alan" Young, British actor and voice actor (Mister Ed, Scrooge McDuck), dies of natural causes at 96
2016 Morley Safer, Canadian-American TV newscaster (60 Minutes), dies at 84
2019 Alfred Janson, Norwegian jazz and classical pianist and composer (Passacaglia Vendetta; Variations over Variations on a Norwegian Folk Tune), dies at 82
2020 Richard Anuszkiewicz, American artist 'new wizard of op', dies at 89
2021 Abubakar Shekau, Nigerian Islamist militant (leader of Boko Haram), dies detonating a suicide vest
2021 Alix Dobkin, American folk and feminist singer-songwriter (Lavender Jane Loves Women), dies of a brain aneurysm and stroke at 80
2021 Joey Cathcart, American rock guitarist (Nelson - "Love & Affection"), dies of brain cancer at 53
2021 Lee Evans, American athlete (Olympic gold men's 400m, 4x400m relay 1968), dies from stroke complications at 74
2023 Andy Rourke British rock bassist (The Smiths - "This Charming Man"; "Ask"), dies of pancreatic cancer at 59
2023 Brian Booth, Australian cricket batsman (29 Tests @ 42.21, 5 x 100s, 10 x 50s; NSW), dies at 89
2023 Martin Amis, British novelist (London Fields; The Rachel Papers), dies of esophageal cancer at 73
2023 Pete Brown, British musician and lyricist (Cream - "I Feel Free"; "White Room"; "Sunshine of Your Love"), dies at 82 [1]