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History Deaths on May 01


Everett Shinn
Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)

#Everett_Shinn

Magda Goebbels
Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)

#Magda_Goebbels

Philipp von Boeselager
Philipp von Boeselager, German soldier and economist (b. 1917)

#Philipp_von_Boeselager

Anthony Mamo
Anthony Mamo, Maltese judge and politician, 1st President of Malta (b. 1909)

#Anthony_Mamo

Antonín Dvo?ák
Antonín Dvo?ák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)

#Antonín_Dvo?ák

Pope Marcellus II
Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501)

#Pope_Marcellus_II

Johann Ludwig Bach
Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (b. 1677)

#Johann_Ludwig_Bach

Harold Nicolson
Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (b. 1886)

#Harold_Nicolson

François de Troy
François de Troy, French painter and engraver (b. 1645)

#François_de_Troy

Pope Pius V
Pope Pius V (b. 1504)

#Pope_Pius_V

Charles Holden
Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (b. 1875)

#Charles_Holden

Henri Pélissier
Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)

#Henri_Pélissier

Wim van Est
Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)

#Wim_van_Est

Alexandros Panagoulis
Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician (b. 1939)

#Alexandros_Panagoulis

Steve Reeves
Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder and actor (b. 1926)

#Steve_Reeves

Roger de Moulins
Roger de Moulins, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller

#Roger_de_Moulins

Helen Wagner
Helen Wagner, American actress (b. 1918)

#Helen_Wagner

Vafa Guluzade
Vafa Guluzade, Azerbaijani political scientist, academic, and diplomat (b. 1940)

#Vafa_Guluzade

Princess Margaret of Connaught
Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)

#Princess_Margaret_of_Connaught

LeRoy Samse
LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883)

#LeRoy_Samse

Ludwig Büchner
Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)

#Ludwig_Büchner

Grace Lee Whitney
Grace Lee Whitney, American actress (b. 1930)

#Grace_Lee_Whitney

Pierre Bérégovoy
Pierre Bérégovoy, French metallurgist and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1925)

#Pierre_Bérégovoy

Yi Un
Yi Un, Korean prince (b. 1897)

#Yi_Un

Jean-Baptiste Bessières
Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)

#Jean-Baptiste_Bessières

Richard Thorpe
Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)

#Richard_Thorpe

Arcadius
Arcadius, Byzantine emperor (b. 377)

#Arcadius

Henry Cooper
Henry Cooper, English boxer (b. 1934)

#Henry_Cooper

Sergio Franchi
Sergio Franchi, Italian-American tenor and actor (b. 1926)

#Sergio_Franchi

Geoff Duke
Geoff Duke, English-Manx motorcycle racer (b. 1923)

#Geoff_Duke

John Barclay Armstrong
John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)

#John_Barclay_Armstrong

William Primrose
William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (b. 1903)

#William_Primrose

David Livingstone
David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)

#David_Livingstone

Jüri Lossmann
Jüri Lossmann, Estonian-Swedish runner (b. 1891)

#Jüri_Lossmann

Radhia Cousot
Radhia Cousot, Tunisian-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1947)

#Radhia_Cousot

Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1960)

#Ayrton_Senna

Assi Dayan
Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1945)

#Assi_Dayan

Saint Marcouf
Marcouf, missionary and saint

#Saint_Marcouf

Miss Elizabeth
Miss Elizabeth, American wrestler and manager (b. 1960)

#Miss_Elizabeth

Matilda of Scotland
Matilda of Scotland (b. 1080)

#Matilda_of_Scotland

Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)

#Joseph_Goebbels

Aram Khachaturian
Aram Khachaturian, Georgian-Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1903)

#Aram_Khachaturian

Patrice Tardif (politician)
Patrice Tardif, Canadian farmer and politician (b. 1904)

#Patrice_Tardif_(politician)

Frans Luycx
Frans Luycx, Flemish painter (b. 1604)

#Frans_Luycx

Walter de Gray
Walter de Gray, English prelate and statesman

#Walter_de_Gray

Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle
Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1669)

#Charles_Howard,_3rd_Earl_of_Carlisle

Lope K. Santos
Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1879)

#Lope_K._Santos

Juan de Dios Castillo
Juan de Dios Castillo, Mexican footballer and coach (b. 1951)

#Juan_de_Dios_Castillo

Johan Oscar Smith
Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)

#Johan_Oscar_Smith

Isabella of Portugal
Isabella of Portugal (b. 1503)

#Isabella_of_Portugal

William of Villehardouin
William II of Villehardouin

#William_of_Villehardouin

Asger Jorn
Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1914)

#Asger_Jorn

Stefan Uroš I
Stefan Uroš I of Serbia (b. 1223)

#Stefan_Uroš_I

Jack Adams
Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1895)

#Jack_Adams

Ranasinghe Premadasa
Ranasinghe Premadasa, Sri Lankan politician, 3rd President of Sri Lanka (b. 1924)

#Ranasinghe_Premadasa

Antoine Louis Dugès
Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)

#Antoine_Louis_Dugès

Mordechai Virshubski
Mordechai Virshubski, German-Israeli lawyer and politician (b. 1930)

#Mordechai_Virshubski

Eldridge Cleaver
Eldridge Cleaver, American author and activist (b. 1935)

#Eldridge_Cleaver

Spike Jones
Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (b. 1911)

#Spike_Jones

María Elena Velasco, Mexican actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
Adamu Atta, Nigerian lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Kwara State (b. 1927)
Pierre Pleimelding, French footballer and manager (b. 1952)
Chris Kelly, American rapper (b. 1978)
James Kinley, Canadian engineer and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (b. 1925)
Ted Lowe, English sportscaster (b. 1920)
Kenneth Clark, American psychologist and academic (b. 1914)
Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh, Indian poet and author (b. 1908)
Fernand Dumont, Canadian sociologist, philosopher, and poet (b. 1927)
Antonio Salemme, Italian-American painter (b. 1892)
V. M. Panchalingam, Sri Lankan civil servant (b. 1930)
Sally Kirkland, American journalist (b. 1912)
Ben Lexcen, Australian sailor and architect (b. 1936)
Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer (b. 1916)
Hylda Baker, English comedian, actress and music hall performer (b. 1905)
Denise Robins, English journalist and author (b. 1897)
T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (b. 1908)
John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
Gottfried Achenwall, Polish-German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1719)
Albert I of Germany (b. 1255)
Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster (b. 1110)
Wang Zongji, Chinese prince and pretender