History Deaths on May 29

Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1938)

#Dave_Balon

W. S. Gilbert, English playwright and poet (b. 1836)

#W._S._Gilbert

Walter Jakob Gehring, Swiss biologist and academic (b. 1939)

#Walter_Jakob_Gehring

Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1629)

#Cornelis_Tromp

Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and politician, Military Leader of Panama (b. 1934)

#Manuel_Noriega

Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1874)

#Josef_Suk_(composer)

Sergei Bagapsh, Abkhazian politician, 2nd President of Abkhazia (b. 1949)

#Sergei_Bagapsh

David Jefferies, English motorcycle racer (b. 1972)

#David_Jefferies

Doris Hart, American tennis player (b. 1925)

#Doris_Hart

Fanny Brice, American singer and comedian (b. 1891)

#Fanny_Brice

Kaneto Shindo, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1912)

#Kaneto_Shindo

Abbott Handerson Thayer, American painter and educator (b. 1849)

#Abbott_Handerson_Thayer

Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1987)

#Luc_Bourdon

Henry Seton-Karr, English explorer, hunter, and author (b. 1853)

#Henry_Seton-Karr

James II of Majorca (b. 1243)

#James_II_of_Majorca

Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)

#Robert_Bacon

Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General (b. 1912)

#Archibald_Cox

Constantine XI Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1404)

#Constantine_XI_Palaiologos

Franca Rame, Italian actress and playwright (b. 1928)

#Franca_Rame

Doc Watson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)

#Doc_Watson

Léo-Pol Morin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1892)

#Léo-Pol_Morin

Henry II of Castile (b. 1334)

#Henry_II_of_Castile

Christine Charbonneau, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1943)

#Christine_Charbonneau

Mulgrew Miller, American pianist and composer (b. 1955)

#Mulgrew_Miller

Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378)

#Hongxi_Emperor

David Beaton, Scottish cardinal and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1494)

#David_Beaton

Ursula Ledóchowska, Austrian-Polish nun and saint, founded the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (b. 1865)

#Ursula_Ledóchowska

Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)

#Juan_Ramón_Jiménez

Henry Morgentaler, Polish-Canadian physician and activist (b. 1923)

#Henry_Morgentaler

Moe Berg, American baseball player, coach, and spy (b. 1902)

#Moe_Berg

Betsy Palmer, American actress (b. 1926)

#Betsy_Palmer

John Barrymore, American actor (b. 1882)

#John_Barrymore

Bill Clements, American soldier and politician, 42nd Governor of Texas (b. 1917)

#Bill_Clements

Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and academic (b. 1814)

#Gabriel_Auguste_Daubrée

Philippe de Mézières, French soldier and author (b. 1327)

#Philippe_de_Mézières

Erich Honecker, German lawyer and politician (b. 1912)

#Erich_Honecker

Samuel Dash, American academic and politician (b. 1925)

#Samuel_Dash

Israel Putnam, American general (b. 1718)

#Israel_Putnam

Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer (b. 1905)

#Martin_Gottfried_Weiss

Ba Maw, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1893)

#Ba_Maw

Winfield Scott, American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1786)

#Winfield_Scott

Dennis Hopper, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1936)

#Dennis_Hopper

Bruce Price, American architect, designed the Château Frontenac and American Surety Building (b. 1845)

#Bruce_Price

Thomas Rotherham, English cleric and minister (b. 1423)

#Thomas_Rotherham

May Whitty, English actress (b. 1865)

#May_Whitty

Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1615)

#Frans_van_Schooten

Mordechai Tzipori, Israeli Lieutenant General and minister (b. 1924)

#Mordechai_Tzipori

Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer and navigator (b. 1451)

#Bartolomeu_Dias

Charan Singh, Indian politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (b. 1902)

#Charan_Singh

Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic (b. 1878)

#Stephen_Timoshenko

Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish general and politician (b. 1720)

#Carl_Fredrik_Pechlin

Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian academic and politician, 14th President of Hungary (b. 1931)

#Ferenc_Mádl

Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (b. 1831)

#Kate_Harrington_(poet)

Henry Carr, American football player and sprinter (b. 1942)

#Henry_Carr

Tamara Toumanova, American ballerina and actress (b. 1919)

#Tamara_Toumanova

Humphry Davy, English-Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1778)

#Humphry_Davy

Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek politician and prime minister (b. 1918)

#Konstantinos_Mitsotakis

Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (b. 1938)

#Romy_Schneider

Ludwig G. Strauss, German physician and academic (b. 1949)

#Ludwig_G._Strauss

Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian (b. 1927)

#Harvey_Korman

Morgan Russell, American painter and educator (b. 1886)

#Morgan_Russell

Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)

#Mily_Balakirev

Barry Goldwater, American general, activist, and politician (b. 1909)

#Barry_Goldwater

Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1870)

#Prince_Friedrich_of_Hesse_and_by_Rhine

Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded United Artists (b. 1892)

#Mary_Pickford

Ignace Lepp, Estonian-French priest and psychologist (b. 1909)

#Ignace_Lepp

Billy Conn, American boxer (b. 1917)

#Billy_Conn

William M. Roth, American businessman (b. 1916)

Herman Rattliff, American businessman and politician (b. 1926)

Miljenko Prohaska, Croatian composer and conductor (b. 1925)

Peter Glaser, Czech-American scientist and engineer (b. 1923)

Wali-ur-Rehman, Pakistani commander (b. 1970)

Andrew Greeley, American priest, sociologist, and author (b. 1928)

Françoise Blanchard, French actress (b. 1954)

Richard Ballantine, American-English journalist and author (b. 1940)

Mark Minkov, Russian composer (b. 1944)

Paula Gunn Allen, Native American writer (b. 1939)

Lois Browne-Evans, Bermudian lawyer and politician (b. 1927)

Jacques Bouchard, Canadian businessman (b. 1930)

George Rochberg, American soldier and composer (b. 1918)

Hamilton Naki, South African surgeon (b. 1926)

John D'Amico, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (b. 1937)

Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1966)

Margaret Barr (choreographer), Australian choreographer and teacher of dance-drama (b. 1904)

George C. Homans, American sociologist and academic (b. 1910)

Salem bin Laden, Saudi Arabian businessman (b. 1946)

Arv?ds Pelše, Latvian-Russian historian and politician (b. 1899)

John H. Wood Jr., American lawyer and judge (b. 1916)

George Harriman, English businessman (b. 1908)

Eva Hesse, American artist (b. 1936)

John Gunther, American journalist and author (b. 1901)

Arnold Susi, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1896)

Netta Muskett, English author (b. 1887)

James Whale, English director (b. 1889)

Dimitrios Levidis, Greek-French soldier and composer (b. 1885)

Carlos Deltour, French rower (b. 1864)

Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, English author and playwright (b. 1871)

Bahá'u'lláh, Persian religious leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)

Franz Mirecki, Polish composer, music conductor, and music teacher (b. 1791)

Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general (b. 1766)

Joséphine de Beauharnais, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (b. 1763)

John Penry, Welsh martyr (b. 1559)

Ulubatl? Hasan, Ottoman commander (b. 1428)

Jens Grand, Danish archbishop (b. c. 1260)

Pope John VIII of Alexandria, Coptic pope

Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219)

Renauld I, Count of Nevers

Jimeno Garcés of Pamplona