History Deaths on May 09

Marion Lorne, American actress (b. 1883)

#Marion_Lorne

John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish field marshal and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (b. 1673)

#John_Dalrymple,_2nd_Earl_of_Stair

Henry Bachtold, Australian soldier and railway engineer (b. 1891)

#Henry_Bachtold

Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan banker and businessman (b. 1887)

#Ernest_de_Silva

Ulrike Meinhof, German militant, co-founded the Red Army Faction (b. 1934)

#Ulrike_Meinhof

Dieterich Buxtehude, German-Danish organist and composer (b. 1637)

#Dieterich_Buxtehude

Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian (b. 1759)

#Friedrich_Schiller

Charles de Bourbon French cardinal and pretender to the throne (b. 1523)

#Charles_de_Bourbon_(cardinal)

Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real, Portuguese judge and politician (b. 1658)

#Diogo_de_Mendonça_Corte-Real

C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)

#C._W._Post

Józef Cebula, Polish priest and saint (b. 1902)

#Józef_Cebula

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)

#Joseph_Louis_Gay-Lussac

Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint (b. 1700)

#Nicolaus_Zinzendorf

Alice Faye, American actress and singer (b. 1915)

#Alice_Faye

Ezio Pinza, Italian actor and singer (b. 1892)

#Ezio_Pinza

Nelson Algren, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1909)

#Nelson_Algren

Russell B. Long, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1918)

#Russell_B._Long

Elizabeth Wilson, American actress (b. 1921)

#Elizabeth_Wilson

Francis Hopkinson, American judge and politician (b. 1737)

#Francis_Hopkinson

Freddie Starr, English comedian, impressionist, singer and actor (1943)

#Freddie_Starr

John Arthur Jarvis, English swimmer (b. 1872)

#John_Arthur_Jarvis

Marco Ferreri, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1928)

#Marco_Ferreri

Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)

#Hugh_V,_Duke_of_Burgundy

Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883)

#Anthony_Wilding

Brenda Fassie, South African singer (b. 1964)

#Brenda_Fassie

Louis II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1870)

#Louis_II,_Prince_of_Monaco

Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)

#Jens_Bjørneboe

Ottavio Missoni, Italian hurdler and fashion designer, founded Missoni (b. 1921)

#Ottavio_Missoni

Han Yong-un, Korean poet and social reformer (b. 1879)

#Han_Yong-un

Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American banker, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1883)

#Cyrus_S._Eaton

Magnus VI of Norway

#Magnus_VI_of_Norway

John Sedgwick, American general and educator (b. 1813)

#John_Sedgwick

Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1663)

#Tomaso_Antonio_Vitali

Rawya Ateya, Egyptian captain and politician (b. 1926)

#Rawya_Ateya

Edmond O'Brien, American actor and director (b. 1915)

#Edmond_O'Brien

Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)

#Mercedes_de_Acosta

Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1902)

#Leopold_Figl

Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey (b. 1917)

#Kenan_Evren

Robert Miles, a Swiss-born Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ (b. 1969)

#Robert_Miles

Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (b. 1805)

#Peter_Ernst_von_Lasaulx

Garlieb Merkel, Estonian author and activist (b. 1769)

#Garlieb_Merkel

Niccolò Albergati, Italian Cardinal and diplomat (b. 1373)

#Niccolò_Albergati

François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)

#François_Faber

Chuck Daly, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)

#Chuck_Daly

Lena Horne, American singer, actress, and activist (b. 1917)

#Lena_Horne

Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general and engineer (b. 1715)

#Jean-Baptiste_Vaquette_de_Gribeauval

Eddie Jefferson, American singer and lyricist (b. 1918)

#Eddie_Jefferson

Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (b. 1951)

#Akhmad_Kadyrov

Aldo Moro, Italian lawyer and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1916)

#Aldo_Moro

Kate Molale, South African activist (b. 1928)

#Kate_Molale

Bhaurao Patil, Indian activist and educator (b. 1887)

#Bhaurao_Patil

Bertram Cohler, American psychologist, psychoanalyst, and academic (b. 1938)

#Bertram_Cohler

Walter Reuther, American union leader (b. 1907)

#Walter_Reuther

Giuseppe Impastato, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1948)

#Giuseppe_Impastato

Pascal Sevran, French singer, television host, and author (b. 1945)

#Pascal_Sevran

Vidal Sassoon, English-American hairdresser and businessman (b. 1928)

#Vidal_Sassoon

Wouter Weylandt, Belgian cyclist (b. 1984)

#Wouter_Weylandt

Harlan Mathews, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)

#Harlan_Mathews

William S. Harney, American general (b. 1800)

#William_S._Harney

Talat Mahmood, Indian singer and actor (b. 1924)

#Talat_Mahmood

Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese mountaineer (b. 1914)

#Tenzing_Norgay

George Co?buc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)

#George_Co?buc

Per Kirkeby, Danish painter, poet, film maker and sculptor (b. 1938)

Edward W. Estlow, American football player and journalist (b. 1920)

Mary Stewart, English-Scottish author and poet (b. 1916)

Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy, Indian politician, 12th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (b. 1935)

Giacomo Bini, Italian priest and missionary (b. 1938)

Humberto Lugo Gil, Mexican lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of Hidalgo (b. 1933)

George M. Leader, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1918)

Ramón Blanco Rodríguez, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1952)

Geoffrey Henry, Cook Islander lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (b. 1940)

Otakar Motejl, Czech lawyer and politician (b. 1932)

Nuala O'Faolain, Irish journalist and producer (b. 1942)

Baptiste Manzini, American football player (b. 1920)

Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1929)

Dwight Wilson, Canadian soldier (b. 1901)

Alan King, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)

Elias Motsoaledi, South African activist (b. 1924)

Penelope Gilliatt, English novelist, short story writer, and critic (b. 1932)

Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1909)

James Jones, American novelist (b. 1921)

Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie (b. 1894)

Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (b. 1883)

Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (b. 1866)

Ernst Bresslau, German zoologist (b. 1877)

Albert Abraham Michelson, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)

Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (b. 1844)

William Clingan, American politician (b. 1721)

William Bradford, English-American politician, 2nd Governor of Plymouth Colony (b. 1590)

Mary of Enghien (b. 1368)

John Drokensford, Bishop of Bath and Wells

Wang Sitong, Chinese general and governor (b. 892)

Adalgar, archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen

Shi Pu, warlord of the Tang Dynasty

Osric, king of Northumbria