Deaths on 10 May
2000s
Sam Rubin
2024
American journalist (1960–2024)
Jim Simons
2024
American mathematician and billionaire (1938–2024)
Bob Lanier
2022
American basketball player (1948–2022)
Leonid Kravchuk
2022
President of Ukraine from 1991 to 1994
Pauline Tinsley
2021
British opera singer (1928–2021)
Betty Wright
2020
American singer (1953–2020)
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
2019
Spanish politician
David Goodall (botanist)
2018
Botanist and ecologist
Chris Burden
2015
American artist (1946–2015)
Horst Faas
2012
German writer, journalist and photographer (1933–2012)
Carroll Shelby
2012
American racing driver and automotive designer (1923–2012)
Gunnar Sønsteby
2012
Norwegian resistance fighter (1918–2012)
Frank Frazetta
2010
American illustrator and painter (1928–2010)
Leyla Gencer
2008
Turkish operatic soprano (1928–2008)
Soraya (musician)
2006
Colombian-American singer-songwriter (1969–2006)
Milan Vukcevich
2003
Serbian chess player (1937–2003)
Kaifi Azmi
2002
Indian Urdu poet (1919–2002)
Yves Robert
2002
French director (1920-2002)
Sudhakarrao Naik
2001
Indian politician (1934–2001)
Jules Deschênes
2000
Canadian judge (1923–2000)
Dick Sprang
2000
American artist (1915–2000)
1900s
Shel Silverstein
1999
American poet, cartoonist, writer, and songwriter (1930–1999)
John Wayne Gacy
1994
American serial killer (1942–1994)
Walker Percy
1990
American novelist (1916–1990)
Dominik Tatarka
1989
Slovak writer (1913–1989)
Shen Congwen
1988
Chinese writer (1902–1988)
Peter Weiss
1982
Swedish-German playwright and author (1916–1982)
Joan Crawford
1977
American actress (1904?–1977)
Hal Mohr
1974
American cinematographer (1894–1974)
Scotty Beckett
1968
American actor (1929–1968)
Hubertus van Mook
1965
Dutch colonial governor (1894–1965)
Mikhail Larionov
1964
Russian painter and costume and set designer
Yury Olesha
1960
Russian author (1899–1960)
Belle da Costa Greene
1950
American librarian (1879–1950)
Richard Glücks
1945
SS officer (1889–1945)
Konrad Henlein
1945
Sudeten German politician, Gauleiter, SS-Obergruppenführer (1898–1945)
Stanislao Cannizzaro
1910
Italian chemist (1826–1910)
1800s
Andrés Bonifacio
1897
Filipino revolutionary leader (1863–1897)
Carl Nägeli
1891
Swiss botanist (1817–1891)
Peter Ward (New York politician)
1891
New York politician (1827–1891)
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
1889
Russian author and satirist (1826–1889)
Henry Bennett (American politician)
1868
American politician
William Armstrong (Virginia politician)
1865
American lawyer, civil servant, politician, and businessperson
Stonewall Jackson
1863
Confederate States Army general (1824–1863)
Hokusai
1849
Japanese artist (1760–1849)
Thomas Young (scientist)
1829
English polymath (1773–1829)
Paul Revere
1818
American silversmith and military officer (1735–1818)
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
1807
French Royal Army officer (1725–1807)
Before 1800
George Vancouver
1798
Royal Navy officer and explorer (1757–1798)
Élisabeth of France
1794
French princess, Sister of Louis XVI, Martyr and Servant of God (1764–1794)
William Watson (scientist)
1787
English physician and scientist (1715–1787)
Louis XV
1774
King of France from 1715 to 1774
Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans
1726
British Duke (1670–1726)
John Hathorne
1717
Merchant and magistrate (1641–1717)
Johan Banér
1641
Swedish field marshal (1596–1641)
John of Ávila
1569
Spanish priest and Doctor of the Church
Leonhart Fuchs
1566
German physician and botanist (1501–1566)
Sebastian Brant
1521
German humanist and satirist (1458–1521)
Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll
1493
Scottish nobleman (c. 1433 – 1493)
Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli
1482
Italian Renaissance astronomer (1397–1482)
Katherine Swynford
1403
Wife of John of Gaunt (c. 1349 – 1403)
Theingapati
1299
13th-century Burmese crown prince