History Deaths on May 03

Adolphe Adam, French composer and critic (b. 1803)

#Adolphe_Adam

Gary Becker, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930)

#Gary_Becker

Alexios II Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond (b. 1282)

#Alexios_II_of_Trebizond

Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (b. 1863)

#Charlie_Soong

Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607)

#Claude_de_Rouvroy,_duc_de_Saint-Simon

John I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1252)

#John_I,_Duke_of_Brabant

Zakir Husain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd President of India (b. 1897)

#Zakir_Husain_(politician)

Bill Downs, American journalist (b. 1914)

#Bill_Downs

Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent, English peer (b. 1481)

#Richard_Grey,_3rd_Earl_of_Kent

Pope Benedict XIV (b. 1675)

#Pope_Benedict_XIV

Yevgeny Svetlanov, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)

#Yevgeny_Svetlanov

Earl Woods, American colonel, baseball player, and author (b. 1932)

#Earl_Woods

Ian Deans, Canadian politician (b. 1937)

#Ian_Deans

John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, academic, and politician (b. 1662)

#John_Leverett_the_Younger

Christine Jorgensen, American trans woman (b. 1926)

#Christine_Jorgensen

Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1883)

#Théodore_Pilette

Patrick Pearse, Irish teacher and rebel leader (b. 1879)

#Patrick_Pearse

Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (b. 1871)

#Howard_Taylor_Ricketts

Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)

#Frank_Foster_(cricketer)

Revaz Chkheidze, Georgian director and screenwriter (b. 1926)

#Revaz_Chkheidze

Jadranka Stojakovi?, Yugoslav singer-songwriter (b. 1950)

#Jadranka_Stojakovi?

George Murphy, American actor, dancer, and politician (b. 1902)

#George_Murphy

Karel Appel, Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet (b. 1921)

#Karel_Appel

Gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908)

#Gene_Raymond

Suzy Parker, American model and actress (b. 1932)

#Suzy_Parker

Joe Astroth, American baseball player (b. 1922)

#Joe_Astroth

Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish assassin of Heikki Ritavuori (b. 1876)

#Ernst_Tandefelt

Cedric Brooks, Jamaican-American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1943)

#Cedric_Brooks

Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Spanish engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1926)

#Leopoldo_Calvo-Sotelo

Thomas MacDonagh, Irish poet and rebel (b. 1878)

#Thomas_MacDonagh

Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (b. 1883)

#Emil_Breitkreutz

Antipope Alexander V

#Antipope_Alexander_V

Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1712)

#Francesco_Algarotti

Mehmed the Conqueror, Ottoman sultan (b. 1432)

#Mehmed_the_Conqueror

Jack Weston, American actor (b. 1924)

#Jack_Weston

Daliah Lavi, Israeli actress, singer and model (b. 1942)

#Daliah_Lavi

John Winthrop, American mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1714)

#John_Winthrop_(educator)

Tom Clarke, Irish rebel (b. 1858)

#Tom_Clarke_(Irish_republican)

Martin Gerbert, German historian and theologian (b. 1720)

#Martin_Gerbert

Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1908)

#Lev_Pontryagin

George Psalmanazar, French-English author (b. 1679)

#George_Psalmanazar

Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1528)

#Julius,_Duke_of_Brunswick-Lüneburg

James Sharp, Scottish archbishop (b. 1613)

#James_Sharp_(bishop)

Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (b. 1841)

#Clément_Ader

Robert Alda, American actor (b. 1914)

#Robert_Alda

Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator (b. 1863)

#Jessie_Willcox_Smith

Thorvald Stauning, Danish politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)

#Thorvald_Stauning

Brad Drewett, Australian tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1958)

#Brad_Drewett

Joe Adcock, American baseball player and manager (b. 1927)

#Joe_Adcock

Charles Fort, American journalist and author (b. 1874)

#Charles_Fort

Bruce Cabot, American actor (b. 1904)

#Bruce_Cabot

Alex Kellner, American baseball player (b. 1924)

#Alex_Kellner

Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (b. 1771)

#Ferdinando_Paer

Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206)

#Béla_IV_of_Hungary

Herbert Blau, American engineer and academic (b. 1926)

#Herbert_Blau

Godfrey Evans, English cricketer (b. 1920)

#Godfrey_Evans

Darrell Johnson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1928)

#Darrell_Johnson

Wally Schirra, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)

#Wally_Schirra

Harry Miller, American engineer (b. 1875)

#Harry_Miller_(auto_racing)

Jim Oberstar, American educator and politician (b. 1934)

#Jim_Oberstar

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Czech-Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1644)

#Heinrich_Ignaz_Franz_Biber

Elizabeth Bacon, English Tudor gentlewoman (b. 1541)

#Elizabeth_Bacon_(died_1621)

Branko Vukeli?, Croatian politician, 11th Minister of Defence for Croatia (b. 1958)

#Branko_Vukeli?

Jackie Cooper, American actor, television director, producer and executive (b. 1922)

#Jackie_Cooper

Henry Garnet, English priest and author (b. 1555)

#Henry_Garnet

Jerzy Kosi?ski, Polish-American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1933)

#Jerzy_Kosi?ski

Narciso Yepes, Spanish guitarist and composer (b. 1927)

#Narciso_Yepes

Samuel Ogle, English-American captain and politician, 5th Governor of Restored Proprietary Government (b. 1692)

#Samuel_Ogle

Dalida, Italian singer, actress, dancer, and model (b. 1933)

#Dalida

Nargis, Indian actress (b. 1929)

#Nargis

Warren Smith, American golfer and coach (b. 1915)

Danny Jones, Welsh rugby player (b. 1986)

Francisco Icaza, Mexican painter (b. 1930)

Curtis Rouse, American football player (b. 1960)

David Morris Kern, American pharmacist, co-invented Orajel (b. 1909)

Keith Carter, American swimmer and soldier (b. 1924)

Felix Werder, German-Australian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1922)

Jorge Illueca, Panamanian politician, 30th President of Panama (b. 1918)

Thanasis Veggos, Greek actor and director (b. 1927)

Sergo Kotrikadze, Georgian footballer and manager (b. 1936)

Guenter Wendt, German-American engineer (b. 1923)

Peter O'Donnell, English soldier and author (b. 1920)

Roy Carrier, American accordion player (b. 1947)

Ram Balkrushna Shewalkar, Indian author and critic (b. 1931)

Renée Morisset, Canadian pianist (b. 1928)

Knock Yokoyama, Japanese politician (b. 1932)

Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (b. 1913)

Pramod Mahajan, Indian politician (b. 1949)

Ken Downing, English race car driver (b. 1917)

Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, English politician, First Secretary of State (b. 1910)

John Joseph O'Connor, American cardinal (b. 1920)

Júlia Báthory, Hungarian glass designer (b. 1901)

Steve Chiasson, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1967)

Sébastien Enjolras, French race car driver (b. 1976)

Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist, composer, and educator (b. 1921)

Kenneth Bailey, Australian lawyer and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Canada (b. 1898)

Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk, Turkish footballer, coach, and pilot (b. 1918)

Fanny Walden, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1888)

Madeleine Desroseaux, French author and poet (b. 1873)

Elizabeth Almira Allen, American educator (b. 1854)

Leonidas Smolents, Austrian-Greek general and army minister (b. 1806)

John Willison, Scottish minister and author (b. 1680)

Juana de la Cruz Vazquez Gutierrez, Spanish Roman Catholic nun and venerable (b. 1481)

John Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, English Baron (b. 1463)

Matilda of Boulogne (b. 1105)

Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil, Mayan ruler (ajaw)

T?chi, Japanese princess