Notable people who died on May 30 include: Xiao Tong, Hubertus, Ma Xifan, Baldwin IV, Władysław II the Exile.

Notable Deaths on May 30

Q: What is Louis Hjelmslev known for?

Louis Hjelmslev, Danish linguist and academic (born 1899)

1965 — Louis Hjelmslev

Danish linguist and academic (born 1899)

May 30 has seen 128 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 531 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · May 30 — Wikipedia

Notable Deaths 128 people 531 – 2025

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In 1931, he founded the Cercle Linguistique de Copenhague

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Hjelmslev's theory became widely influential in structural and functional grammar, and in semiotics.

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Louis Trolle Hjelmslev was a Danish linguist whose ideas formed the basis of the Copenhagen School of linguistics

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Born into an academic family, Hjelmslev studied comparative linguistics in Copenhagen, Prague and Paris

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Together with Hans Jørgen Uldall he developed a structuralist theory of language which he called glossematics, which further developed the semiotic theory of Ferdinand de Saussure

Xiao Tong

prince of the Liang dynasty (born 501)

Xiao Tong, courtesy name Deshi (德施), formally Zhaoming Taizi, was a crown prince of the Chinese Liang dynasty, posthumously honored as Emperor Zhaoming (昭明皇帝). He was the oldest son and heir apparent of Emperor Wu of…

531

Hubertus

bishop Liège

Year 727 (DCCXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 727 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the…

727

Ma Xifan

king of Chu (born 899)

Ma Xifan, courtesy name Baogui (寶規), also known by his posthumous name as the Prince Wenzhao of Chu (楚文昭王), was the third ruler of the Ma Chu dynasty of China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

947

Baldwin IV

count of Flanders (born 980)

Baldwin IV, called the Bearded, was the count of Flanders from 987 until his death.

1035

Władysław II the Exile

High Duke of Poland and Duke of Silesia (born 1105)

Władysław II the Exile was the high duke of Poland and duke of Silesia from 1138 until his expulsion in 1146. He is the progenitor of the Silesian Piasts.

1159

Ferdinand III

king of Castile and León (born 1199)

Ferdinand III, called the Saint, was King of Castile from 1217 and King of León from 1230 as well as King of Galicia from 1231. He was the son of Alfonso IX of León and Berengaria of Castile. Through his second marriage…

1252

John Darcy

1st Baron Darcy de Knayth, English peer (born 1290)

John D'arcy, 1st Baron D'arcy de Knayth was an English peer. He was created 1st Baron Darcy in 1317.

1347

Joan of Ponthieu

Dame of Epernon, French noblewoman

Jeanne de Ponthieu, dame d'Épernon, Countess of Vendôme and of Castres, better known in English as Joan of Ponthieu, was a French vassal; she was Dame d'Épernon suo jure by inheritance from 1343 to 1376. She was the…

1376

Jerome of Prague

Czech martyr and theologian (born 1379)

Jerome of Prague was a Czech scholastic philosopher and theologian. Jerome was one of the chief followers of Jan Hus and was burned for heresy at the Council of Constance.

1416

Joan of Arc

French martyr and saint (born 1412)

Joan of Arc is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War.…

1431

Prokop the Great

Czech general (born 1380)

Prokop the Great or Prokop the Bald or the Shaven was a Czech Hussite general and a prominent Taborite military leader during the Hussite Wars. On his mother's side, he came from a German patrician family living in…

1434

Lope de Barrientos

Castilian bishop (born 1389)

Lope de Barrientos (1382–1469), sometimes called Obispo Barrientos, was a powerful clergyman and statesman of the Crown of Castile during the 15th century, although his prominence and the influence he wielded during his…

1469

Jacquetta of Luxembourg

daughter of Pierre de Luxembourg (born 1416)

Jacquetta of Luxembourg was a prominent figure in the Wars of the Roses. Through her short-lived first marriage to the Duke of Bedford, brother of King Henry V, she was firmly allied to the House of Lancaster. However,…

1472

Charles IX of France (born 1550)

Charles IX was King of France from 1560 until his death in 1574. He ascended the French throne upon the death of his brother Francis II in 1560, and as such was the penultimate monarch of the House of Valois.

1574

Christopher Marlowe

English poet and playwright (born 1564)

Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe, was an English playwright, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrights. Based upon the "many imitations"…

1593

Guru Arjan Dev

fifth of the Sikh gurus (born 1563)

Guru Arjan was the fifth of the ten Sikh Gurus. He compiled the first official edition of the Sikh scripture called the Adi Granth, which later expanded into the Guru Granth Sahib. He is regarded as the first of the two…

1606

Peter Paul Rubens

German-Belgian painter (born 1577)

Sir Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens's highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of classical and…

1640

John Davenport

English minister, co-founded the New Haven Colony (born 1597)

John Davenport was an English Puritan clergyman and co-founder of the American colony of New Haven.

1670

Henry Capell

1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1638)

Henry Capell, Baron Capell of Tewkesbury, KB, PC was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1692. He was then created Baron Capell.

1696

Andrea Lanzani

Italian painter (born 1645)

Andrea Lanzani was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.

1712

Arnold van Keppel

1st Earl of Albemarle, Dutch-English general (born 1670)

Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle was a Dutch States Army officer who fought for William III of England and became the first Earl of Albemarle. He had a very close relationship with William and proved a…

1718

Alexander Pope

English poet, essayist, and translator (born 1688)

Alexander Pope was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century. An exponent of Augustan literature, Pope is best…

1744

François Boucher

French painter and set designer (born 1703)

François Boucher was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher, who worked in the Rococo style. Boucher is known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories, and pastoral scenes.…

1770

Voltaire

French philosopher and author (born 1694)

François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity and of slavery, Voltaire…

1778

José de la Borda

French/Spanish mining magnate in colonial Mexico (born ca. 1700)

José de la Borda was a Spaniard who migrated to New Spain in the 18th century, amassing a great fortune in mines in Taxco and Zacatecas in Mexico. At one point, he was the richest man in Mexico. He is best remembered…

1778

Philibert Jean-Baptiste Curial

French general (born 1774)

Philibert-Jean-Baptiste François Joseph, comte Curial was a general in the French Imperial Army during the Napoleonic Wars.

1829

James Mackintosh

Scottish historian, jurist, and politician (born 1765)

Sir James Mackintosh FRS FRSE was a Scottish jurist, Whig politician and Whig historian. His studies and sympathies embraced many interests. He was trained as a doctor and barrister, and worked also as a journalist,…

1832

Mary Reibey

Australian businesswoman, (born 1777)

Mary Reibey was an English-born merchant, shipowner and trader who was transported to Australia as a convict. After gaining her freedom, she was viewed by her contemporaries as a community role model and became…

1855

John Catron

American lawyer and judge (born 1786)

John Catron was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1837 to 1865, during the Taney Court.

1865

Ramón Castilla

Peruvian military leader and politician, President of Peru (born 1797)

Ramón Castilla y Marquesado was a Peruvian caudillo who served twice as President of Peru, first in 1845–1851, and then in 1855–1862. He also led a Military junta in 1844, and was interim president for a couple of days…

1867

Karamat Ali Jaunpuri

Indian Muslim scholar, (born 1800)

Karāmat ʿAlī Jaunpūrī, born as Muḥammad ʿAlī Jaunpūrī, was a nineteenth-century Indian Muslim social reformer and founder of the Taiyuni movement. He played a major role in propagating to the masses of Bengal and Assam…

1873

Rosa May Billinghurst

"cripple suffragette" (sic)

Rosa May Billinghurst was a British suffragette and women's rights activist. She was known popularly as the "cripple suffragette" as she campaigned in a tricycle.

1875

Mary Hannah Gray Clarke

American author, correspondent, and poet (born 1835)

Mary Hannah Gray Clarke was an American author, correspondent, and poet from Rhode Island. She wrote extensively for magazines and for the public press, and was also the author of many dramas, lyric poems, operettas,…

1892

Victor D'Hondt

Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (born 1841)

Victor Joseph Auguste D'Hondt was a Belgian lawyer and jurist of civil law at Ghent University. He devised a procedure, the D'Hondt method, which he first described in 1878, for allocating seats to candidates in…

1901

Milton Bradley

American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (born 1836)

Milton Bradley was an American business magnate, game pioneer and publisher, credited by many with launching the board game industry, with his eponymous enterprise, which was purchased by Hasbro in 1984, and folded in…

1911

Wilbur Wright

American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (born 1867)

The Wright brothers, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane. They made the first controlled,…

1912

Georgi Plekhanov

Russian philosopher and theorist (born 1856)

Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov was a Russian Marxist theorist, philosopher, and revolutionary. After beginning his revolutionary career as a populist, in 1883 Plekhanov established the Emancipation of Labour group, the…

1918

Mirza Muhammad Yusuf Ali

Bengali writer and social activist (born 1858)

Mirza Muhammad Yusuf Ali was a Bengali writer and reformer in British India.

1920

Arthur Moeller van den Bruck

German historian and author (born 1876)

Arthur Wilhelm Ernst Victor Moeller van den Bruck was a German cultural historian, philosopher, and key intellectual figure of the Conservative Revolution.

1925

Vladimir Steklov

Russian mathematician and physicist (born 1864)

Vladimir Andreevich Steklov was a prominent Russian and Soviet mathematician, mechanician and physicist.

1926

Tōgō Heihachirō

Japanese admiral (born 1848)

Tōgō Heihachirō , served as a gensui or admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and became one of Japan's greatest naval heroes. As Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War of…

1934

Floyd Roberts

American race car driver (born 1904)

Floyd Marion Roberts was an American racing driver. He won the 1938 Indianapolis 500 with a then-record speed of 117.2 mph (188.6 km/h). He led for 92 laps. The following year, 1939, driving the same car, Roberts was…

1939

Prajadhipok

Thai king (born 1893)

Prajadhipok, also known as Rama VII was the seventh monarch of the Chakri dynasty and the last king of Siam under the absolute monarchy. He ascended the throne in 1925 and reigned until his abdication in 1935 during his…

1941

Louis Slotin

Canadian physicist and chemist (born 1910)

Louis Alexander Slotin was a Canadian physicist and chemist who took part in the Manhattan Project. Born and raised in the North End of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Slotin earned both his Bachelor of Science and Master of…

1946

Georg von Trapp

Austrian captain (born 1880)

Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy who became the patriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. After their naturalisation as US citizens, the family name was changed to 'Trapp' without…

1947

József Klekl

Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician (born 1874)

József Klekl was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest from Prekmurje and politician in Hungary, writer, governor of the Slovene People's Party (Slovenska lüdska stranka), later a delegate in Belgrade. Klekl was an active…

1948

Emmanuel Célestin Suhard

French cardinal (born 1874)

Emmanuel Célestin Suhard was a French cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Paris from 1940 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935. He was instrumental in the founding of the…

1949

Hermann Broch

Austrian-American author (born 1886)

Hermann Broch was an Austrian writer, best known for two major works of modernist fiction: The Sleepwalkers and The Death of Virgil.

1951

Dooley Wilson

American actor and singer (born 1886)

Arthur "Dooley" Wilson was an American actor, singer and musician who is best remembered for his portrayal of Sam in the 1942 film Casablanca. In that romantic drama, he performs its theme song "As Time Goes By".

1953

Bill Vukovich

American race car driver (born 1918)

William Vukovich was an American racing driver. He won the 1953 and 1954 Indianapolis 500s, plus two more American Automobile Association National Championship races, and died while leading the 1955 Indianapolis 500.

1955

Piero Carini

Italian race car driver (born 1921)

Piero Carini was a racing driver from Italy. He was born in Genoa and died in Saint-Étienne, France.

1957

Boris Pasternak

Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1890)

Boris Leonidovich Pasternak was a Russian and Soviet poet, novelist, and literary translator.

1960

Rafael Trujillo

Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (born 1891)

Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina, nicknamed "El Jefe", was a Dominican military officer and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 until his assassination in May 1961. He was the 36th and 39th…

1961

Isaac Babalola Akinyele

Nigerian king (born 1882)

Oba Sir Isaac Babalola Akinyele, KBE was the first educated Olubadan of Ibadan, and the second Christian to ascend the throne.

1964

Eddie Sachs

American race car driver (born 1927)

Edward Julius Sachs Jr. was an American racing driver in the United States Auto Club.

1964

Leó Szilárd

Hungarian-American physicist and engineer (born 1898)

Leo Szilard was a Hungarian-born American physicist, biologist and inventor who made numerous important discoveries in nuclear physics and the biological sciences. He conceived the nuclear chain reaction in 1933, and…

1964

Claude Rains

English-American actor (born 1889)

William Claude Rains was a British and American character actor whose career spanned almost seven decades. He was the recipient of numerous accolades, including four Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor,…

1967

Marcel Dupré

French organist and composer (born 1886)

Marcel Jean-Jules Dupré was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue.

1971

Steve Prefontaine

American runner (born 1951)

Steve Roland Prefontaine was an American long-distance runner who set American records at every distance from 2,000 to 10,000 meters from a period of 1973 to 1975. He competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, and he was…

1975

Tatsuo Shimabuku

Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (born 1908)

Tatsuo Shimabuku was an Okinawan, Japanese martial artist. He is the founder of Isshin-ryū style of karate.

1975

Michel Simon

Swiss-born French actor (born 1895)

Michel Simon was a Swiss actor of German origin active primarily in France. He appeared in many notable French films, including La Chienne (1931), Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932), L'Atalante (1934), Port of Shadows…

1975

Max Carey

American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1890)

Maximillian George Carnarius, also known as Max George Carey, was an American professional baseball center fielder and manager. Carey played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1910 through 1926 and…

1976

Mitsuo Fuchida

Japanese captain (born 1902)

Mitsuo Fuchida was a Japanese captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and a bomber observer in the Imperial Japanese Navy before and during World War II. He is perhaps best known for leading the first wave of…

1976

Jean Deslauriers

Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1909)

Jean Deslauriers was a Canadian conductor, violinist, and composer. As a conductor he had a long and fruitful partnership with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; conducting orchestras for feature films and…

1978

Carl Radle

American bass player and producer (born 1942)

Carl Dean Radle was an American bassist who toured and recorded with many of the most influential recording artists of the late 1960s and 1970s. Radle is best remembered for his work with Eric Clapton from 1969 to 1979,…

1980

Don Ashby

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1955)

Donald Allan Ashby was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who was a centre for six seasons in the National Hockey League from 1975–76 until 1980–81.

1981

Ziaur Rahman

Bangladeshi general and politician, 7th President of Bangladesh (born 1936)

Ziaur Rahman was a Bangladeshi military leader and politician who served as the sixth president of Bangladesh from 1977 until his assassination in 1981. One of the leading figures of the country's independence war, Zia…

1981

Albert Norden

German journalist and politician (born 1904)

Albert Norden was a German communist politician, academic and journalist who held several senior positions in the ruling Socialist Unity Party of East Germany from the 1950s until his retirement in 1981. Among his…

1982

Manuel Buendía

Mexican journalist and political columnist (born 1926)

Manuel Buendía Tellezgirón was a Mexican journalist and political columnist who last worked for the daily Excélsior, one of the most-read newspapers in Mexico City. His direct reporting style in his column Red Privada,…

1984

Perry Ellis

American fashion designer, founded his own eponymous fashion brand (born 1940)

Perry Edwin Ellis was an American fashion designer who founded his eponymous sportswear house in the mid-1970s. Ellis's influence on the fashion industry has been called "a huge turning point" because he introduced new…

1986

Cécile Chabot

Canadian poet and illustrator (born 1907)

Cécile Chabot was a Canadian poet and illustrator.

1990

Sun Ra

American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1914)

Le Sony'r Ra, better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific output, and theatrical…

1993

Ezra Taft Benson

American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1899)

Ezra Taft Benson was an American farmer, federal government official, and religious leader. He served as the 15th United States Secretary of Agriculture during the entirety of both presidential terms of Dwight D.…

1994

Marcel Bich

Italian-French businessman, co-founded Société Bic (born 1914)

Marcel Bich, Baron Bich was an Italian-French manufacturer and co-founder of Bic, the world's leading producer of ballpoint pens, lighters and razors.

1994

Agostino Di Bartolomei

Italian footballer (born 1955)

Agostino Di Bartolomei was an Italian football player, who played as a midfielder or as a defender, in a sweeper role. Famed for his elegance on the ball and playmaking skills, he is regarded as one of A.S. Roma's…

1994

Ted Drake

English footballer and manager (born 1912)

Edward Joseph Drake was an English football player and manager. As a player, he first played for Southampton but made his name playing for Arsenal in the 1930s, winning two league titles and an FA Cup, as well as five…

1995

Lofty England

English-Austrian engineer (born 1911)

Frank Raymond Wilton "Lofty" England was an engineer and motor company manager from Britain. He rose to fame as the manager of the Jaguar Cars sports car racing team in the 1950s, during which time Jaguar cars won the…

1995

Bobby Stokes

English footballer (born 1951)

Robert William Thomas Stokes was an English footballer, best known for scoring the winning goal in the 83rd minute of the FA Cup Final for Southampton against Manchester United in 1976.

1995

Léon-Étienne Duval

French cardinal (born 1903)

Léon-Étienne Duval was a French prelate and cardinal. He served as Archbishop of Algiers from 1954 to 1988, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965.

1996

Alo Mattiisen

Estonian composer (born 1961)

Alo Mattiisen was an Estonian musician and composer.

1996

Kalju Lepik

Estonian poet and author (born 1920)

Kalju Lepik was an Estonian poet who lived as an exile for most of his life.

1999

Tex Beneke

American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1914)

Gordon Lee "Tex" Beneke was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader. His career is a history of associations with bandleader Glenn Miller and former musicians and singers who worked with Miller. His band is also…

2000

Denis Whitaker

Canadian general and historian (born 1915)

Brigadier William Denis Whitaker, was a Canadian athlete, soldier, businessman, and author.

2001

Gérald Leblanc

Acadian poet (born 1945)

Gérald Leblanc was an Acadian poet notable for seeking his own Acadian roots and the current voices of Acadian culture. Leblanc was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick. He studied at the Université de Moncton and lived in…

2005

Tomasz Pacyński

Polish journalist and author (born 1958)

Tomasz Pacyński was a Polish fantasy and science fiction writer, born in Warsaw. He was one of the creators and, from 2004, the chief editor of Fahrenheit, the first Polish Internet science fiction fanzine. He published…

2005

Alma Ziegler

American baseball player and stenographer (born 1918)

Alma Ziegler was an infielder and pitcher who played from 1944 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m), 125 lb., Ziegler batted and threw right-handed.

2005

Shohei Imamura

Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926)

Shōhei Imamura was a Japanese film director. His main interest as a filmmaker lay in the depiction of the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st…

2006

David Lloyd

New Zealand biologist and academic (born 1938)

David Graham Lloyd was an evolutionary biologist and the seventh New Zealander to be elected as a fellow of the Royal Society in London. He did pioneering work in the field of plant reproduction.

2006

Robert Sterling

American actor (born 1917)

Robert Sterling was an American actor. He was best known for starring in the television series Topper (1953–1955).

2006

Jean-Claude Brialy

Algerian-French actor and director (born 1933)

Jean-Claude Brialy was a French actor and film director.

2007

Birgit Dalland

Norwegian politician (born 1907)

Birgit Ellenora Johanne Dalland was a Norwegian politician for the Communist Party.

2007

Gunturu Seshendra Sarma

Indian poet and critic (born 1927)

Gunturu Seshendra Sarma B.A. B.L., also known as Yuga Kavi, was a Telugu poet, critic and litterateur. He is well known for his works Naa Desam, Naa Prajalu and Kaala Rekha. He authored over fifty works which have been…

2007

Torsten Andersson

Swedish painter and illustrator (born 1926)

Otto Torsten Andersson was a Swedish modernist painter, best known for his theme of the realistic depiction of abstract sculptures, and two-dimensional exploration of three-dimensional objects, where the colors seem to…

2009

Susanna Haapoja

Finnish politician (born 1966)

Aino Maria Susanna Haapoja was a Finnish politician in the Centre Party. Haapoja was born in Kauhava and became a Member of Parliament in 2003 and was elected for a second term in 2007. In 2005, she became the chair of…

2009

Ephraim Katzir

Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (born 1916)

Ephraim Katzir was an Israeli biophysicist and Labor Party politician. He was the president of Israel from 1973 until 1978.

2009

Yuri Chesnokov

Russian volleyball player and coach (born 1933)

Yuri Borisovich Chesnokov was a Russian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was born in Moscow.

2010

Dufferin Roblin

Canadian commander and politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba (born 1917)

Dufferin "Duff" Roblin was a Canadian businessman and politician. He served as the 14th premier of Manitoba from 1958 to 1967. Roblin was appointed to the Senate of Canada on the advice of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.…

2010

Isikia Savua

Fijian police officer and diplomat (born 1952)

Isikia Rabici Savua was a senior Fijian diplomat who had a distinguished career in the military and police forces before taking up his last post as Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations on 4…

2011

Saleem Shahzad

Pakistani journalist (born 1970)

Syed Saleem Shahzad was a Pakistani investigative journalist who wrote widely for leading European and Asian media. He served as the Pakistan Bureau Chief of Asia Times Online and Italian news agency Adnkronos (AKI).

2011

Marek Siemek

Polish philosopher and historian (born 1942)

Marek Jan Siemek was a Polish philosopher and historian of German transcendental philosophy. He was a professor at the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Warsaw and the director of its Department of Social…

2011

Clarice Taylor

American actress (born 1917)

Clarice Taylor was an American stage, film and television actress. She is best known for playing Cousin Emma on Sanford and Son; Anna Huxtable, the mother of Cliff Huxtable, on The Cosby Show; and Mrs. Brooks in Five on…

2011

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1921)

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for development of the radioimmunoassay technique. She was the second woman, and the first…

2011

John Fox

American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1957)

John Fox was an American comedian.

2012

Andrew Huxley

English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)

Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley was an English physiologist and biophysicist. He was born into the prominent Huxley family. After leaving Westminster School in central London, he went to Trinity College, Cambridge, on a…

2012

Gerhard Pohl

German economist and politician (born 1937)

Gerhard Pohl was a German politician and a member of the East German CDU. He served as Minister of Economics from April to August 1990, in the cabinet of Lothar de Maizière.

2012

Jack Twyman

American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1934)

John Kennedy Twyman was an American professional basketball player and sports broadcaster. During his career, he was a caregiver for his disabled teammate Maurice Stokes and both are the namesakes of the NBA's…

2012

Jayalath Jayawardena

Sri Lankan physician and politician (born 1953)

Ruban Canistus Jayalath Jayawardena MP, commonly as Jayalath Jayawardena, was a medical doctor who was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka for the opposition United National Party (UNP) in 1994. Jayawardena was known…

2013

Larry Jones

American football player and coach (born 1933)

Larry Bruce Jones was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Florida State University from 1971 to 1973, compiling a record of 15–19. A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Jones…

2013

Hienadz Buraukin

Belarusian poet, journalist, and diplomat (born 1936)

Hienadz Mikalaevich Buraukin was a Belarusian poet, journalist and diplomat.

2014

Henning Carlsen

Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1927)

Henning Carlsen was a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer most noted for his documentaries and his contributions to the style of cinéma vérité. Carlsen's 1966 social-realistic drama Hunger (Sult) was…

2014

Joan Lorring

British actress (born 1926)

Joan Lorring was an American actress and singer known for her work in film and theatre. For her role as Bessy Watty in The Corn Is Green (1945), Lorring was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.…

2014

Leonidas Vasilikopoulos

Greek admiral (born 1932)

Leonidas Vasilikopoulos was a Greek Navy officer, who served as Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff in 1986–1989 and then as head of the Greek National Intelligence Service in 1993–1996. A distinguished officer, he…

2014

Beau Biden

American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 44th Attorney General of Delaware (born 1969)

Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III was an American politician, lawyer, and Army National Guard officer who served as the 44th attorney general of Delaware from 2007 to 2015. A member of the Biden family and the…

2015

Joël Champetier

Canadian author and screenwriter (born 1957)

Joël Champetier was a French-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author.

2015

L. Tom Perry

American religious leader and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1922)

Lowell Tom Perry was an American businessman and religious leader who was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1974 until his death.

2015

Tom Lysiak

Polish-Canadian ice hockey player (born 1953)

Thomas James Lysiak was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Selected in the first round, second overall, of the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft by the Atlanta Flames, he was additionally selected by the Houston Aeros in…

2016

Rick MacLeish

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1950)

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American lawyer and politician (born 1937)

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Jason Marcano

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Étienne-Émile Baulieu

French biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1926)

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President Eisenhower Honors Two Unknown Soldiers at Arlington on Memorial Day 1958 — May 30, 2026

8,000 unknown fallen rest at Arlington, where President Eisenhower honored 2 unidentified American servicemen in Virginia in 1958 on Memorial Day…

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Louis Hjelmslev — Danish linguist (1899–1965)

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Known forBorn into an academic family, Hjelmslev studied comparative linguistics in Copenhagen, Prague and Paris

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Donald Trump is convicted of falsifying business records in his New York trial, the first time a former President of the United States has been found guilty in a criminal case. Wikipedia →

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Crew Dragon Demo-2 launches from Kennedy Space Center, becoming the first crewed orbital spacecraft to launch from the United States since 2011 and the first commercial flight to the International Space Station. Wikipedia →

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Nigeria passes a law banning same-sex marriage. Wikipedia →

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