Famous Deaths on May 16, Who Died on May 16
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1182 | John Komnenos Vatatzes, Byzantine general (b. 1132) |
| 1265 | Simon Stock, English-French saint (b. 1165) |
| 1375 | Liu Bowen, Chinese military strategist, officer, statesman and poet (b. 1311) |
| 1412 | Gian Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan (b. 1388) |
| 1561 | Jan Tarnowski, Polish noble and statesman (b. 1488) |
| 1620 | William Adams, English sailor and navigator (b. 1564) |
| 1657 | Andrew Bobola, Polish missionary and martyr (b. 1591) |
| 1667 | Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1607) |
| 1669 | Pietro da Cortona, Italian painter and architect, designed the Santi Luca e Martina (b. 1596) |
| 1691 | Jacob Leisler, German-American politician, 8th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1640) |
| 1696 | Mariana of Austria, Queen consort of Spain (b. 1634) |
| 1703 | Charles Perrault, French author and academic (b. 1628) |
| 1778 | Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1718) |
| 1790 | Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (b. 1720) |
| 1818 | Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (b. 1775) |
| 1823 | Grace Elliott, Scottish courtesan and spy (b. c.1754) |
| 1830 | Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1768) |
| 1861 | John Stevens Henslow, British priest, geologist and doctoral advisor to Charles Darwin (b. 1796) |
| 1862 | Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (b. 1796) |
| 1882 | Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799) |
| 1890 | Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843) |
| 1891 | Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821) |
| 1910 | Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856) |
| 1913 | Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849) |
| 1920 | Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824) |
| 1926 | Mehmed VI, the 36th and last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1861) |
| 1936 | Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860) |
| 1938 | Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870) |
| 1943 | Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1865) |
| 1944 | George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866) |
| 1946 | Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (b. 1890) |
| 1947 | Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861) |
| 1953 | Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (b. 1910) |
| 1954 | Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager (b. 1893) |
| 1955 | James Agee, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic(b. 1909) |
| 1957 | Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903) |
| 1961 | George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1881) |
| 1977 | Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (b. 1915) |
| 1979 | A. Philip Randolph, American union leader and activist (b. 1889) |
| 1981 | Ernie Freeman, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1922) |
| 1984 | Andy Kaufman, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1949) |
| 1985 | Margaret Hamilton, American actress (b. 1902) |
| 1989 | Leila Kasra, Iranian poet and songwriter (b. 1939) |
| 1990 | Sammy Davis Jr., American singer, dancer, and actor (b. 1925) |
| 1993 | Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1938) |
| 1994 | Alain Cuny, French actor (b. 1908) |
| 1996 | Jeremy Michael Boorda, American admiral (b. 1939) |
| 1997 | Elbridge Durbrow, American diplomat (b. 1903) |
| 2002 | Alec Campbell, Australian soldier (b. 1899) |
| 2003 | Mark McCormack, American lawyer and sports agent, founded IMG (b. 1930) |
| 2005 | Andrew Goodpaster, American general (b. 1915) |
| 2008 | Robert Mondavi, American winemaker, co-founded the Opus One Winery (b. 1913) |
| 2010 | Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942) |
| 2011 | Ralph Barker, English author (b. 1917) |
| 2012 | Patricia Aakhus, American author and academic (b. 1952) |
| 2013 | Angelo Errichetti, American politician (b. 1928) |
| 2014 | Chris Duckworth, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (b. 1933) |
| 2015 | Prashant Bhargava, American director and producer (b. 1973) |
| 2019 | Piet Blauw, Dutch politician (b. 1937) |
| 2021 | Bruno Covas, Brazilian lawyer, politician (b. 1980) |
| 290 | Emperor Wu of Jin, Chinese emperor (b. 236) |
| 895 | Qian Kuan, Chinese nobleman |
| 934 | Meng Hanqiong, eunuch official of Later Tang |
| 995 | Fujiwara no Michitaka, Japanese nobleman (b. 953) |
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