Did you know
Romy Schneider is regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time and became a cult figure due to her role as Empress Elisabeth of Austria in the Sissi trilogy in the mid-1950s.
Notable Deaths on May 29
1982 — Romy Schneider
German-French actress (born 1938)
May 29 has 112 recorded notable deaths across history, from 931 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
112 source records
931 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on May 29
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1999 Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule. Source
- 1999 Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station. Source
- 1973 Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California. Source
- 1990 The Congress of People's Deputies of Russia elects Boris Yeltsin as President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Source
Did you know
Beginning her film career in 1909, Pickford became Hollywood's first millionaire by 1916, and, at the height of her career, had complete creative control of her films and was one of the most recognizable women in the world.
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John Barrymore was an American actor on stage, screen, and radio.
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Chaudhary Charan Singh was an Indian politician, peasant leader, author and an independence activist who briefly served as the prime minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980.
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Erich Ernst Paul Honecker was a German communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic from 1971 until shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989.
More major people who died on May 29
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1979
Mary Pickford
Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter, co-founder of United Artists (born 1892)
Gladys Louise Smith, baptised as Gladys Marie Smith, known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian American film actress and producer.
1942
John Barrymore
American actor (born 1882)
John Barrymore was an American actor on stage, screen, and radio.
1987
Charan Singh
Indian politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (born 1902)
Chaudhary Charan Singh was an Indian politician, peasant leader, author and an independence activist who briefly served as the prime minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980.
1994
Erich Honecker
German lawyer and politician, leader of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) (born 1912)
Erich Ernst Paul Honecker was a German communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic from 1971 until shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989.
1829
Humphry Davy
English-Swiss chemist and academic (born 1778)
Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet was a British chemist and inventor who invented the Davy lamp and an early form of arc lamp.
2021
Mark Eaton
American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1957)
Mark Edward Eaton was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire career (1982–1993) with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1790
Israel Putnam
American general (born 1718)
Israel Putnam, popularly known as "Old Put", was an American military officer and landowner who served in the French and Indian War and American Revolutionary War.
1911
W. S. Gilbert
English playwright and poet (born 1836)
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his collaboration with the composer Arthur Sullivan, which produced fourteen comic operas.
2008
Luc Bourdon
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1987)
Luc Bourdon was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who was a defenceman for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 2006 until 2008.
2013
Françoise Blanchard
French actress (born 1954)
Françoise Denise Aline Blanchard was a French actress. Her most notable work is that of her role in the 1982 French film La morte vivante, directed by Jean Rollin.
1660
Frans van Schooten
Dutch mathematician and academic (born 1615)
Frans van Schooten Jr., also rendered as Franciscus van Schooten, was a Dutch mathematician who is most known for popularizing the analytic geometry of René Descartes.
1866
Winfield Scott
American general, lawyer, and politician (born 1786)
Winfield Scott was an American military commander and a presidential candidate.
2015
Doris Hart
American tennis player (born 1925)
Doris Hart was an American tennis player who was active in the 1940s and first half of the 1950s. She was ranked world No. 1 in 1951. She was the fourth player, and second woman, to win a Career Grand Slam in singles.
1910
Mily Balakirev
Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1837)
Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor known today primarily for his work promoting musical nationalism and his encouragement of more famous Russian composers, notably Pyotr Ilyich…
1968
Arnold Susi
Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (born 1896)
Arnold Susi was a lawyer and the Minister of Education in the Estonian government of Otto Tief established on 18 September 1944 during WWII. In 1945, Susi befriended Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in a Soviet prison.
2012
Doc Watson
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1923)
Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music. He won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
1989
George C. Homans
American sociologist and academic (born 1910)
George Caspar Homans was an American sociologist, founder of behavioral sociology, the 54th president of the American Sociological Association, and one of the architects of social exchange theory.
1892
Bahá'u'lláh
Persian religious leader, founded the Baháʼí Faith (born 1817)
Baháʼu'lláh was an Iranian religious leader who founded the Baháʼí Faith. He was born to an aristocratic family in Iran and was exiled due to his adherence to the messianic Bábism.
1972
Moe Berg
American baseball player, coach, and spy (born 1902)
Morris Berg was an American professional baseball catcher and coach in Major League Baseball who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II.