Deaths on 16 May
2000s
Domingos Maubere
2025
East Timorese Catholic priest and activist (1952–2025)
Dabney Coleman
2024
American actor (1932–2024)
Eddie Gossage
2024
American public speaker and businessman (1958–2024)
Norm Green (runner)
2023
American long-distance runner
Bruno Covas
2021
Former mayor of São Paulo, Brazil
Piet Blauw
2019
Dutch politician (1937–2019)
Bob Hawke
2019
Prime Minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991
I. M. Pei
2019
Chinese-American architect (1917–2019)
Prashant Bhargava
2015
American film director
Moshe Levinger
2015
Israeli rabbi and convict (1935–2015)
Flora MacNeil
2015
Scottish Gaelic Traditional singer (1928–2015)
Chris Duckworth
2014
Rhodesian cricketer
Vito Favero
2014
Italian cyclist (1932–2014)
Bud Hollowell
2014
American baseball player (1943–2014)
Clyde Snow
2014
American forensic anthropologist (1928–2014)
Angelo Errichetti
2013
American politician (1928–2013)
Bryan Illerbrun
2013
Canadian football player
Frankie Librán
2013
Puerto Rican baseball player (1948–2013)
Heinrich Rohrer
2013
Swiss physicist (1933–2013)
Paul Shane
2013
English actor and comedian
Dick Trickle
2013
American racing driver (1941-2013)
Bernard Waber
2013
American writer
Patricia Aakhus
2012
American novelist and academic (1952–2012)
James Abdnor
2012
American politician
Chuck Brown
2012
American go-go musician (1936–2012)
Ernie Chan
2012
Chinese-American comic book artist (1940-2012)
Kevin Hickey
2012
American baseball player (1956–2012)
Ralph Barker
2011
English writer
Bob Davis (Australian rules footballer)
2011
Australian rules footballer, born 1928
Edward Hardwicke
2011
English actor (1932–2011)
Kiyoshi Kodama
2011
Japanese actor
Ronnie James Dio
2010
American heavy metal singer (1942–2010)
Hank Jones
2010
American jazz pianist and bandleader (1918–2010)
Robert Mondavi
2008
American winemaker
Andrew Goodpaster
2005
US Army general (1915–2005)
Mark McCormack
2003
American lawyer, sports agent, and writer (1930–2003)
Alec Campbell
2002
Australian soldier (1899–2002)
1900s
Elbridge Durbrow
1997
American diplomat (1903–1997)
Michael Boorda
1996
American admiral (1939–1996)
Alain Cuny
1994
French actor (1908–1994)
Marv Johnson
1993
American singer and songwriter (1938–1993)
Sammy Davis Jr.
1990
American singer and actor (1925–1990)
Jim Henson
1990
American puppeteer (1936–1990)
Leila Kasra
1989
Musical artist
Margaret Hamilton (actress)
1985
American film actress (1902–1985)
Andy Kaufman
1984
American entertainer (1949–1984)
Irwin Shaw
1984
American writer (1913–1984)
Ernie Freeman
1981
American pianist, arranger and composer (1922–1981)
Willy Hartner
1981
German scientist and polymath
A. Philip Randolph
1979
American civil rights activist (1889–1979)
Modibo Keïta
1977
First President of Mali from 1960 to 1968
George A. Malcolm
1961
Philippine Supreme Court justice (1881–1961)
Eliot Ness
1957
American Prohibition agent (1903–1957)
H. B. Reese
1956
American inventor and businessman (1879–1956)
James Agee
1955
American writer (1909–1955)
Manny Ayulo
1955
American racing driver (1921–1955)
Clemens Krauss
1954
Austrian conductor and opera impresario (1893 - 1954)
Django Reinhardt
1953
Romani-French jazz musician (1910–1953)
Frederick Gowland Hopkins
1947
English biochemist (1861–1947)
Kalle Hakala
1947
Finnish politician (1880–1947)
Zhang Lingfu
1947
Chinese general of the National Revolutionary Army (1903–1947)
Bruno Tesch
1946
German chemist and war criminal (1890–1946)
George Ade
1944
American writer, newspaper columnist, and playwright
Filip Mișea
1944
Aromanian activist, physician and politician
Alfred Hoche
1943
German psychiatrist (1865–1943)
Nigger (dog)
1943
Dog owned by Guy Gibson
Joseph Strauss (engineer)
1938
American structural engineer (1870–1938)
Leonidas Paraskevopoulos
1936
Greek politician and general (1860–1936)
Mehmed VI
1926
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1918 to 1922
Levi P. Morton
1920
Vice President of the United States from 1889 to 1893
Louis Perrier
1913
Swiss architect and politician (1849–1913)
Henri-Edmond Cross
1910
French Neo-Impressionist painter (1856–1910)
1800s
Ion C. Brătianu
1891
Romanian politician (1821–1891)
Mihkel Veske
1890
Estonian poet and linguist
Reuben Chapman
1882
American politician (1799–1882)
Edward Gibbon Wakefield
1862
English colonial theorist in Canada and New Zealand (1796–1862)
John Stevens Henslow
1861
British botanist, geologist, and priest (1796–1861)
Joseph Fourier
1830
French mathematician and physicist (1768–1830)
Grace Elliott
1823
Scottish socialite, courtesan and memoirist
Matthew Gregory Lewis
1818
English Gothic writer (1775–1818)
Before 1800
Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke
1790
British politician and writer
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness
1778
British diplomat and politician
Charles Perrault
1703
French author (1628–1703)
Mariana of Austria
1696
Queen of Spain from 1649 to 1665
Jacob Leisler
1691
Leader of the Leisler Rebellion, de facto governor of New York (1640–1691)
Pietro da Cortona
1669
Italian painter and architect of the High Baroque (1596–1669)
Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton
1667
English politician
Andrew Bobola
1657
Polish Catholic priest and saint (1591–1657)
William Adams (samurai)
1620
English sailor and samurai (1564–1620)
Jan Tarnowski
1561
Polish noble, military commander and theoretician, and statesman
Gian Maria Visconti
1412
Duke of Milan (1388–1412)
Liu Bowen
1375
Chinese philosopher and politician (1311–1375)
Simon Stock
1265
13th-century English saint; Carmelite Prior
John Komnenos Vatatzes
1182
12th-century Byzantine general
Lambert of Arras
1115
Early 12th century Flemish bishop
Fujiwara no Michitaka
995
Japanese noble (953–995)
Meng Hanqiong
934
Qian Kuan
895
Father of warlord Qian Liu (c. 835-895)
Emperor Wu of Jin
290
Emperor of the Jin Dynasty from 266 to 290