History Deaths on May 21

Alireza Soleimani, Iranian wrestler (b. 1956)

#Alireza_Soleimani

Wang Anshi, Chinese statesman and poet (b. 1021)

#Wang_Anshi

Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1847)

#Archibald_Primrose,_5th_Earl_of_Rosebery

Lash LaRue, American actor and producer (b. 1917)

#Lash_LaRue

Otto von Guericke, German physicist and inventor of the Magdeburg Hemispheres (b. 1602)

#Otto_von_Guericke

Tommaso Campanella, Italian astrologer, theologian, and poet (b. 1568)

#Tommaso_Campanella

Martynas Mažvydas, Lithuanian writer (b. 1510)

#Martynas_Mažvydas

Barbara Cartland, English author (b. 1901)

#Barbara_Cartland

E. L. Grant Watson, English-Australian biologist and author (b. 1885)

#E._L._Grant_Watson

Hieronymus Fabricius, Italian anatomist (b. 1537)

#Hieronymus_Fabricius

Hidesabur? Ueno, Japanese agriculturalist, guardian of Hachik? (b. 1871)

#Hidesabur?_Ueno

Louis V, king of West Francia (b. c. 966)

#Louis_V_of_France

Henry VI, king of England (b. 1421)

#Henry_VI_of_England

Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1819)

#Franz_von_Suppé

John Gielgud, English actor (b. 1904)

#John_Gielgud

Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1906)

#Klaus_Mann

Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English soldier and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1443)

#Thomas_Howard,_2nd_Duke_of_Norfolk

Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist (b. 1586)

#Niccolò_Zucchi

Ivan Konev, Soviet World War 2 Marshal and Commander that fought in the Battle of Berlin (b. 1897)

#Ivan_Konev

Katherine Dunham, American dancer, choreographer, and author (b. 1909)

#Katherine_Dunham

Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (b. 1853)

#Evgraf_Fedorov

Mohammad Khaled Hossain, Bangladeshi mountaineer (b. 1979)

#Mohammad_Khaled_Hossain

Christian I, king of Denmark (b. 1426)

#Christian_I_of_Denmark

Ann Little, American actress (b. 1891)

#Ann_Little

James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)

#James_Franck

John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913)

#John_Garfield

Mark R. Hughes, American businessman, founded Herbalife (b. 1956)

#Mark_R._Hughes

Les Aspin, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1938)

#Les_Aspin

Louis Johnson, American bass player and producer (b. 1955)

#Louis_Johnson_(bassist)

Rajiv Gandhi, Indian politician, 6th Prime Minister of India (b. 1944)

#Rajiv_Gandhi

Bill Stewart, American football player and coach (b. 1952)

#Bill_Stewart_(American_football)

Otis Clark, American butler and preacher, survivor of the Tulsa race riot (b. 1903)

#Otis_Clark

Venustiano Carranza, Mexican politician, 54th President of Mexico (b. 1859)

#Venustiano_Carranza

August Kundt, German physicist and academic (b. 1839)

#August_Kundt

Jassem Al-Kharafi, Kuwaiti businessman and politician, 8th Kuwaiti Speaker of the National Assembly (b. 1940)

#Jassem_Al-Kharafi

Niki de Saint Phalle, French-American sculptor and painter (b. 1930)

#Niki_de_Saint_Phalle

Hernando de Soto, Spanish-American explorer (b. 1496)

#Hernando_de_Soto

Harry Bensley, English businessman and adventurer (b. 1877)

#Harry_Bensley

Sun Quan, Chinese emperor of Eastern Wu (b. 182)

#Sun_Quan

Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (b. 1547)

#Gebhard_Truchsess_von_Waldburg

Conrad IV, king of Germany (b. 1228)

#Conrad_IV_of_Germany

Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1581)

#Pieter_Corneliszoon_Hooft

Geoffrey de Havilland, English pilot and engineer, designed the de Havilland Mosquito (b. 1882)

#Geoffrey_de_Havilland

Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)

#Robert_Harley,_1st_Earl_of_Oxford_and_Earl_Mortimer

Pierre Poiret, French mystic and philosopher (b. 1646)

#Pierre_Poiret

Twinkle, English singer-songwriter (b. 1948)

#Twinkle_(singer)

Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist and geneticist (b. 1848)

#Hugo_de_Vries

Carl Wilhelm Scheele, German-Swedish chemist and pharmacist (b. 1742)

#Carl_Wilhelm_Scheele

Elizabeth Poole, English settler, founded Taunton, Massachusetts (b. 1588)

#Elizabeth_Poole

James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish general and politician (b. 1612)

#James_Graham,_1st_Marquess_of_Montrose

Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuelan physician and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1924)

#Jaime_Lusinchi

Leonid Gobyato, Russian general and engineer (b. 1875)

#Leonid_Gobyato

Frank Comstock, American trombonist, composer, and conductor (b. 1922)

#Frank_Comstock

Alexander Joseph Sulkowski, Polish and Saxon general (b. 1695)

#Alexander_Joseph_Sulkowski

Fred Gladding, American baseball player and coach (b. 1936)

#Fred_Gladding

Stephen Elliott, American actor (b. 1918)

#Stephen_Elliott_(actor)

Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)

#Williamina_Fleming

Ronald Firbank, English-Italian author (b. 1886)

#Ronald_Firbank

Émile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)

#Émile_Henry_(anarchist)

Frank D. White, American captain, banker, and politician, 41st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1933)

#Frank_D._White

Bob Thompson, American pianist and composer (b. 1924)

#Bob_Thompson_(musician)

Doris Lloyd, English actress (b. 1896)

#Doris_Lloyd

Jane Addams, American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)

#Jane_Addams

Robert Gist, American actor and director (b. 1917)

#Robert_Gist

Pandolfo Petrucci, Italian ruler (b. 1452)

#Pandolfo_Petrucci

Alexander Vertinsky, Ukrainian-Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1889)

#Alexander_Vertinsky

John Rainolds, English scholar and academic (b. 1549)

#John_Rainolds

Marcel Boulenger, French fencer and author (b. 1873)

#Marcel_Boulenger

Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, bandleader, and actor (b. 1911)

#Vaughn_Monroe

Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and commander (b. 1848)

#Arturo_Prat

Thomas Warton, English poet and critic (b. 1728)

#Thomas_Warton

Lars Roberg, Swedish physician and academic (b. 1664)

#Lars_Roberg

Christopher Smart, English actor, playwright, and poet (b. 1722)

#Christopher_Smart

Nick Menza, American drummer and songwriter (b. 1964)

Annarita Sidoti, Italian race walker (b. 1969)

Johnny Gray, American baseball player (b. 1926)

Evelyn Blackmon, American businesswoman and politician (b. 1924)

Tunku Annuar, Malaysian son of Badlishah of Kedah (b. 1939)

David Voelker, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1953)

Dominique Venner, French journalist and historian (b. 1935)

Leonard Marsh, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (b. 1933)

Cot Deal, American baseball player and coach (b. 1923)

Count Christian of Rosenborg, member of the Danish royal family (b. 1942)

Alan Thorne, Australian anthropologist and academic (b. 1939)

Douglas Rodríguez, Cuban boxer (b. 1950)

Roman Dumbadze, Georgian commander (b. 1964)

Constantine of Irinoupolis, Metropolitan of Irinoupolis and Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA (b. 1936)

Eddie Blazonczyk, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)

Billy Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)

Cherd Songsri, Thai director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1931)

Spencer Clark, American race car driver (b. 1987)

Howard Morris, American actor and director (b. 1919)

Deborah Berger, American outsider artist (b. 1956)

Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentinian-Italian race car driver and businessman, founded De Tomaso (b. 1928)

Villem Raam, Estonian art historian, art critic and conservator (b. 1910)

Paul Delph, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1957)

Lino Brocka, Filipino director and screenwriter (b. 1939)

Sammy Davis, Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1900)

Kenneth Clark, English historian and author (b. 1903)

Patsy O'Hara, INLA volunteer (b. 1957)

Raymond McCreesh, PIRA volunteer (b. 1957)

Marguerite Bise, French chef (b. 1898)

Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (b. 1888)

Joseph Olivier, French rugby player (b. 1874)

John Drew, Irish-American actor and manager (b. 1827)

Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest and composer (b. 1775)

Chevalier d'Eon, French diplomat and spy (b. 1728)

John Eliot, English-American minister and missionary (b. 1604)

#John_Eliot_(missionary)

Anna of Celje, queen consort of Poland (b. 1386)

Olaf the Black, Manx son of Godred II Olafsson

Richeza of Poland, queen of Hungary (b. 1013)

Feng Dao, Chinese prince and chancellor (b. 882)