Deaths on 14 May
2000s
Don Perlin
2024
American comic book artist and writer (1929–2024)
Netiporn Sanesangkhom
2024
Thai political activist (1995–2024)
Doyle Brunson
2023
American poker player (1933–2023)
Tim Conway
2019
American actor and comedian (1933–2019)
Grumpy Cat
2019
Cat and internet meme celebrity (2012–2019)
Tom Wolfe
2018
American author and journalist (1930–2018)
Powers Boothe
2017
American actor (1948–2017)
Darwyn Cooke
2016
Canadian cartoonist (1962–2016)
B. B. King
2015
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter (1925–2015)
Micheál O'Brien
2015
Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler
Stanton J. Peale
2015
American astrophysicist, planetary scientist (1937–2015)
Franz Wright
2015
American poet
Jeffrey Kruger
2014
British entertainment business executive
Emanuel Raymond Lewis
2014
American historian
Morvin Simon
2014
New Zealand composer and historian (1944–2014)
Wayne Brown (American politician)
2013
American politician (1936–2013)
Arsen Chilingaryan
2013
Soviet Armenian footballer
Asghar Ali Engineer
2013
Indian activist (1939–2013)
Ray Guy (humorist)
2013
Canadian writer (1939–2013)
Ernst Hinterberger
2012
Austrian writer
Mario Trejo (writer)
2012
Argentine poet, playwright, screenwriter and journalist
Frank J. Dodd
2010
American businessman and politician
Norman Hand
2010
American football player (1972–2010)
Goh Keng Swee
2010
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
Mary Scheier
2007
American artist (1908–2007)
Ülo Jõgi
2007
Estonian freedom fighter and historian
Lew Anderson
2006
American actor and musician (1922–2006)
Stanley Kunitz
2006
American poet (1905–2006)
Eva Norvind
2006
Mexican actress, writer and filmmaker
Jimmy Martin
2005
American bluegrass singer and musician (1927–2005)
Anna Lee
2004
British and American actress (1913–2004)
Dave DeBusschere
2003
American athlete (1940–2003)
Wendy Hiller
2003
English stage and film actress (1912–2003)
Robert Stack
2003
American actor (1919–2003)
Paul Bénichou
2001
French/Algerian literary historian & writer (1908-2001)
Gil Langley
2001
Australian sportsperson and politician
Keizō Obuchi
2000
Prime Minister of Japan from 1998 to 2000
1900s
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
1998
American journalist (1890–1998)
Frank Sinatra
1998
American singer and actor (1915–1998)
Harry Blackstone Jr.
1997
American magician (1934–1997)
Boris Parsadanian
1997
Soviet and Estonian composer (1925–1997)
Christian B. Anfinsen
1995
American biochemist (1916–1995)
Cihat Arman
1994
Turkish football goalkeeper and manager (1915-1994)
W. Graham Claytor Jr.
1994
American government official (1912–1994)
William Randolph Hearst Jr.
1993
American newspaper publisher (1908–1993)
Nie Rongzhen
1992
Chinese military leader
Aladár Gerevich
1991
Hungarian fencer (1910–1991)
Jiang Qing
1991
Wife of Mao Zedong (1914–1991)
Willem Drees
1988
Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1948 to 1958
Rita Hayworth
1987
American actress, dancer, pin-up girl (1918–1987)
Vitomil Zupan
1987
Slovene writer and Gonars concentration camp survivor
Ted Hicks
1984
Australian public servant and diplomat
Walter Rauff
1984
German SS officer in Nazi Germany (1906–1984)
Roger J. Traynor
1983
American judge (1900–1983)
Miguel Alemán Valdés
1983
President of Mexico from 1946 to 1952
Hugh Beaumont
1982
American actor (1910–1982)
Hugh Griffith
1980
Welsh actor (1912–1980)
Jean Rhys
1979
British novelist (1890–1979)
Keith Relf
1976
English musician (1943–1976)
Jean Gebser
1973
Swiss philosopher, linguist, and poet
Billie Burke
1970
American stage and film actress (1884–1970)
Enid Bennett
1969
Australian actress
Frederick Lane
1969
Australian swimmer (1880–1969)
Husband E. Kimmel
1968
United States Navy admiral (1882–1968)
Frances Perkins
1965
American workers rights advocate (1880–1965)
Florence Auer
1962
American actress (1880–1962)
Lucrezia Bori
1960
Spanish operatic singer
Sidney Bechet
1959
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer (1897–1959)
Infanta Maria Antónia of Portugal
1959
Titular Duchess of Parma (1862–1959)
Marie Vassilieff
1957
Russian painter
Joan Malleson
1956
British doctor and abortion advocate
Heinz Guderian
1954
German Wehrmacht Heer general (1888–1954)
Yasuo Kuniyoshi
1953
Japanese-American painter (1889–1953)
Heber J. Grant
1945
American religious leader (1856–1945)
Wolfgang Lüth
1945
German naval officer and U-boat commander during World War II
Isis Pogson
1945
British astronomer and meteorologist (1852–1945)
Henri La Fontaine
1943
Belgian politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1854–1913)
Emma Goldman
1940
Russian-born anarchist (1869–1940)
Menno ter Braak
1940
Dutch writer (1902–1940)
Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
1936
British Field Marshal (1861–1936)
Magnus Hirschfeld
1935
German sexologist (1868–1935)
Lou Criger
1934
American baseball player (1872–1934)
David Belasco
1931
American theatrical figure (1853–1931)
N. G. Chandavarkar
1923
Indian politician and reformer
Charles de Freycinet
1923
French statesman and Prime Minister (1828–1923)
Henry J. Heinz
1919
American businessman (1844–1919)
James Gordon Bennett Jr.
1918
American publisher (1841–1918)
Frederick VIII of Denmark
1912
King of Denmark from 1906 to 1912
August Strindberg
1912
Swedish writer and painter (1849–1912)
Carl Schurz
1906
US Secretary of the Interior, Senator, German revolutionary (1829–1906)
1800s
Ernst Kummer
1893
German mathematician (1810–1893)
Volney Howard
1889
American lawyer, statesman, and jurist (1809–1889)
Mary Seacole
1881
Jamaican-British businesswoman (1805–1881)
Ōkubo Toshimichi
1878
Japanese statesman (1830–1878)
Gideon Brecher
1873
Austrian writer and physician
Ludwig Bechstein
1860
German writer and fairy tale collector (1801–1860)
Fanny Hensel
1847
German pianist and composer (1805–1847)
Before 1800
Thomas Simpson
1761
British mathematician and inventor
Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée
1754
French playwright (1692-1754)
Antoine Furetière
1688
French writer and scholar (1619–1688)
Georges de Scudéry
1667
French novelist, dramatist and poet (1601–1667)
Friedrich Spanheim
1649
German Calvinist theologian
Louis XIII
1643
King of France from 1610 to 1643
Henry IV of France
1610
King of France from 1589 to 1610
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
1608
Duke Lorraine and Bar from 1545 to 1608
Magnus II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
1603
Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Tahmasp I
1576
Safavid Shah of Iran from 1524 to 1576
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke
1219
Anglo-Norman soldier and statesman (1146/7–1219)
Walcher
1080
11th-century Bishop of Durham
Pope John XII
964
Head of the Catholic Church from 955 to 964
Zhu Hongzhao
934
Pope Theodore I
649
Head of the Catholic Church from 642 to 649