Famous Deaths on May 21, Who Died on May 21
Here is a list who died on May 21. Famous deaths for the 21st of May. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on May 21. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
Famous people who died in May 21st?
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Who died on May 21?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1075 | Richeza of Poland, queen of Hungary (b. 1013) |
| 1086 | Wang Anshi, Chinese statesman and poet (b. 1021) |
| 1237 | Olaf the Black, Manx son of Godred II Olafsson |
| 1254 | Conrad IV, king of Germany (b. 1228) |
| 1416 | Anna of Celje, queen consort of Poland (b. 1386) |
| 1471 | Henry VI, king of England (b. 1421) |
| 1481 | Christian I, king of Denmark (b. 1426) |
| 1512 | Pandolfo Petrucci, Italian ruler (b. 1452) |
| 1524 | Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English soldier and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1443) |
| 1542 | Hernando de Soto, Spanish-American explorer (b. 1496) |
| 1563 | Martynas Mažvydas, Lithuanian writer (b. 1510) |
| 1607 | John Rainolds, English scholar and academic (b. 1549) |
| 1617 | Luis Fajardo, Spanish admiral and nobleman (b. c. 1556) |
| 1619 | Hieronymus Fabricius, Italian anatomist (b. 1537) |
| 1639 | Tommaso Campanella, Italian astrologer, theologian, and poet (b. 1568) |
| 1647 | Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1581) |
| 1650 | James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish general and politician (b. 1612) |
| 1664 | Elizabeth Poole, English settler, founded Taunton, Massachusetts (b. 1588) |
| 1670 | Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist (b. 1586) |
| 1686 | Otto von Guericke, German physicist and inventor of the Magdeburg Hemispheres (b. 1602) |
| 1690 | John Eliot, English-American minister and missionary (b. 1604) |
| 1719 | Pierre Poiret, French mystic and philosopher (b. 1646) |
| 1724 | Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661) |
| 1742 | Lars Roberg, Swedish physician and academic (b. 1664) |
| 1762 | Alexander Joseph Sulkowski, Polish and Saxon general (b. 1695) |
| 1771 | Christopher Smart, English actor, playwright, and poet (b. 1722) |
| 1786 | Carl Wilhelm Scheele, German-Swedish chemist and pharmacist (b. 1742) |
| 1790 | Thomas Warton, English poet and critic (b. 1728) |
| 1829 | Sikandar Jah, 3rd Nizam (b. 1768) |
| 1844 | Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest and composer (b. 1775) |
| 1858 | José de la Riva Agüero, Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru (b. 1783) |
| 1862 | John Drew, Irish-American actor and manager (b. 1827) |
| 1879 | Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and commander (b. 1848) |
| 1894 | Émile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872) |
| 1895 | Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1819) |
| 1901 | Joseph Olivier, French rugby player (b. 1874) |
| 1911 | Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1857) |
| 1915 | Leonid Gobyato, Russian general and engineer (b. 1875) |
| 1919 | Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (b. 1853) |
| 1920 | Venustiano Carranza, Mexican politician, 54th President of Mexico (b. 1859) |
| 1925 | Hidesaburō Ueno, Japanese agriculturalist, guardian of Hachikō (b. 1871) |
| 1926 | Ronald Firbank, English-Italian author (b. 1886) |
| 1929 | Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1847) |
| 1932 | Marcel Boulenger, French fencer and author (b. 1873) |
| 1935 | Jane Addams, American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860) |
| 1940 | Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (b. 1888) |
| 1949 | Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1906) |
| 1952 | John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913) |
| 1956 | Harry Bensley, English businessman and adventurer (b. 1877) |
| 1957 | Alexander Vertinsky, Ukrainian-Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1889) |
| 1964 | James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882) |
| 1965 | Marguerite Bise, French chef (b. 1898) |
| 1968 | Doris Lloyd, English actress (b. 1896) |
| 1970 | E. L. Grant Watson, English-Australian biologist and author (b. 1885) |
| 1973 | Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, bandleader, and actor (b. 1911) |
| 1981 | Raymond McCreesh, PIRA volunteer (b. 1957) |
| 1983 | Kenneth Clark, English historian and author (b. 1903) |
| 1984 | Ann Little, American actress (b. 1891) |
| 1988 | Sammy Davis Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1900) |
| 1991 | Rajiv Gandhi, Indian politician, 6th Prime Minister of India (b. 1944) |
| 1995 | Les Aspin, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1938) |
| 1996 | Paul Delph, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1957) |
| 1998 | Robert Gist, American actor and director (b. 1917) |
| 2000 | Barbara Cartland, English author (b. 1901) |
| 2002 | Niki de Saint Phalle, French-American sculptor and painter (b. 1930) |
| 2003 | Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentinian-Italian race car driver and businessman, founded De Tomaso (b. 1928) |
| 2005 | Deborah Berger, American outsider artist (b. 1956) |
| 2006 | Spencer Clark, American race car driver (b. 1987) |
| 2012 | Eddie Blazonczyk, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941) |
| 2013 | Count Christian of Rosenborg, member of the Danish royal family (b. 1942) |
| 2014 | Tunku Annuar, Malaysian son of Badlishah of Kedah (b. 1939) |
| 2015 | Annarita Sidoti, Italian race walker (b. 1969) |
| 2016 | Nick Menza, American drummer and songwriter (b. 1964) |
| 2019 | Rik Kuypers, Belgian film director (b. 1925) |
| 2020 | Alan Merten, fifth President of George Mason University (b. 1941) |
| 252 | Sun Quan, Chinese emperor of Eastern Wu (b. 182) |
| 954 | Feng Dao, Chinese prince and chancellor (b. 882) |
| 987 | Louis V, king of West Francia (b. c. 966) |
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