Famous Deaths on May 24, Who Died on May 24
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1089 | Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 1136 | Hugues de Payens, first Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b. c. 1070) |
| 1153 | David I of Scotland (b. 1083) |
| 1201 | Theobald III, Count of Champagne (b. 1179) |
| 1351 | Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, Moroccan sultan (b. 1297) |
| 1408 | Taejo of Joseon (b. 1335) |
| 1425 | Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) |
| 1456 | Ambroise de Loré, French commander (b. 1396) |
| 1543 | Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (b. 1473) |
| 1612 | Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1563) |
| 1627 | Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet and cleric (b. 1561) |
| 1632 | Robert Hues, English mathematician and geographer (b. 1553) |
| 1665 | Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Spanish Franciscan abbess and mystic (b. 1602) |
| 1734 | Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660) |
| 1792 | George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1718) |
| 1806 | John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, Scottish field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire (b. 1723) |
| 1843 | Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic (b. 1765) |
| 1848 | Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German author and composer (b. 1797) |
| 1861 | Elmer E. Ellsworth, American colonel (b. 1837) |
| 1872 | Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and illustrator (b. 1794) |
| 1879 | William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (b. 1805) |
| 1881 | Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (b. 1805) |
| 1901 | Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824) |
| 1908 | Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821) |
| 1915 | John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896) |
| 1919 | Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870) |
| 1929 | Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer (b. 1863) |
| 1939 | Fanny Searls, American biologist (b. 1851) |
| 1941 | Lancelot Holland, English admiral (b. 1887) |
| 1945 | Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal and pilot (b. 1892) |
| 1948 | Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885) |
| 1950 | Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English field marshal and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (b. 1883) |
| 1951 | Thomas N. Heffron, American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1872) |
| 1956 | Martha Annie Whiteley, English chemist and mathematician (b. 1866) |
| 1958 | Frank Rowe, Australian public servant (b. 1895) |
| 1959 | John Foster Dulles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd United States Secretary of State (b. 1888) |
| 1963 | Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918) |
| 1965 | Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1908) |
| 1974 | Duke Ellington, American pianist and composer (b. 1899) |
| 1976 | Denise Pelletier, Canadian actress (b. 1923) |
| 1979 | Ernest Bullock, English organist, composer, and educator (b. 1890) |
| 1981 | Herbert Müller, Swiss race car driver (b. 1940) |
| 1984 | Vince McMahon Sr., American wrestling promoter and businessman, founded WWE (b. 1914) |
| 1988 | Freddie Frith, English motorcycle road racer (b. 1909) |
| 1990 | Arthur Villeneuve, Canadian painter (b. 1910) |
| 1991 | Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944) |
| 1992 | Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese race car driver (b. 1956) |
| 1995 | Harold Wilson, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916) |
| 1996 | Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (b. 1934) |
| 1997 | Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (b. 1923) |
| 2000 | Kurt Schork, American journalist and scholar (b. 1947) |
| 2002 | Wallace Markfield, American author (b. 1926) |
| 2003 | Rachel Kempson, English actress (b. 1910) |
| 2004 | Henry Ries, German-American photographer (b. 1917) |
| 2005 | Carl Amery, German activist and author (b. 1922) |
| 2006 | Henry Bumstead, American art director and production designer (b. 1915) |
| 2008 | Dick Martin, American actor, comedian, and director (b. 1922) |
| 2009 | Jay Bennett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1963) |
| 2010 | Ray Alan, English ventriloquist, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1930) |
| 2011 | Huguette Clark, American heiress, painter, and philanthropist (b. 1906) |
| 2012 | Klaas Carel Faber, Dutch-German SS officer (b. 1922) |
| 2013 | Helmut Braunlich, German-American violinist and composer (b. 1929) |
| 2014 | David Allen, English cricketer (b. 1935) |
| 2015 | Dean Carroll, English rugby player (b. 1962) |
| 2018 | Gudrun Burwitz, daughter of Margarete Himmler and Heinrich Himmler (b. 1929) |
| 688 | Ségéne, bishop of Armagh (b. c. 610) |
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