Deaths on 19 May
2000s
Christian Malanga
2024
Congolese politician and military officer (1983–2024)
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian
2024
Iranian politician (1964–2024)
Ebrahim Raisi
2024
President of Iran from 2021 to 2024
Andy Rourke
2023
English musician (1964–2023)
Paul Mooney (comedian)
2021
American writer and entertainer (1941–2021)
Zhengzhang Shangfang
2018
Chinese linguist (1933–2018)
Nawshirwan Mustafa
2017
Iraqi Kurdish politician
Stanislav Petrov
2017
Soviet Air Defence Forces officer (1939–2017)
Alan Young
2016
British actor (1919–2016)
Morley Safer
2016
Canadian-American reporter and correspondent (1931–2016)
Bruce Lundvall
2015
American record company executive (1935–2015)
Ted McWhinney
2015
Canadian politician and lawyer
Happy Rockefeller
2015
Second Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977
Robert S. Wistrich
2015
Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1945–2015)
Simon Andrews (motorcyclist)
2014
British motorcycle racer
Jack Brabham
2014
Australian racing driver and motorsport executive (1926–2014)
Sam Greenlee
2014
American novelist and poet (1930–2014)
Vincent Harding
2014
American historian and pastor
Gabriel Kolko
2014
American historian (1932–2014)
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
2014
Polish boxer (1934–2014)
G. Sarsfield Ford
2013
American judge
Robin Harrison (pianist)
2013
Neil Reynolds
2013
Canadian politician (1940–2013)
Bob Boozer
2012
American basketball player (1937–2012)
Tamara Brooks
2012
American conductor (1941–2012)
Ian Burgess
2012
British racing driver (1930–2012)
Gerhard Hetz
2012
German swimmer (1942–2012)
Phil Lamason
2012
World War II pilot from New Zealand, Buchenwald concentration camp survivor (1918–2012)
Garret FitzGerald
2011
Taoiseach (1981–1982, 1982–1987)
Jeffrey Catherine Jones
2011
American painter
Robert F. Furchgott
2009
American biochemist (1916–2009)
Nicholas Maw
2009
British composer (1935–2009)
Clint Smith
2009
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Vijay Tendulkar
2008
Indian playwright (1928-2008)
Bernard Blaut
2007
Polish footballer (1940–2007)
Dean Eyre
2007
New Zealand politician
Mary Dresselhuys
2004
Dutch actress (1907–2004)
John Gorton
2002
Prime Minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971
Walter Lord
2002
American author (1917–2002)
Aleksey Maresyev
2001
Soviet World War II flying ace
Susannah McCorkle
2001
American jazz singer
1900s
Sōsuke Uno
1998
Prime Minister of Japan in 1989
John Beradino
1996
American baseball player and actor (1917–1996)
Jacques Ellul
1994
French anarchist philosopher (1912–1994)
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
1994
First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963
Luis Ocaña
1994
Spanish cyclist (1945–1994)
Yiannis Papaioannou
1989
Greek composer and teacher
James Tiptree Jr.
1987
American sci-fi writer (1915–1987)
Jimmy Lyons (saxophonist)
1986
American alto saxophone player
Maqbular Rahman Sarkar
1985
John Betjeman
1984
English poet (1906–1984)
Jean Rey (politician)
1983
Belgian politician (1902–1983)
Joseph Schull
1980
Canadian playwright and historian
Albert Kivikas
1978
Estonian writer and journalist
Ogden Nash
1971
American poet (1902–1971)
Coleman Hawkins
1969
American jazz saxophonist (1904–1969)
Walter Russell
1963
American artist (1871–1963)
Gabriele Münter
1962
German painter (1877–1962)
Jadunath Sarkar
1958
Indian historian
Archie Scott Brown
1958
British racing driver (1927–1958)
Ronald Colman
1958
British and American actor (1891–1958)
Charles Ives
1954
American modernist composer (1874–1954)
Daniel Ciugureanu
1950
Moldovan-Romanian politician (1885–1950)
Booth Tarkington
1946
American novelist (1869–1946)
Philipp Bouhler
1945
German senior Nazi Party functionary (1899–1945)
Kristjan Raud
1943
Estonian painter
Ahmet Ağaoğlu
1939
Turkish politician (1869–1939)
Marmaduke Pickthall
1936
English Islamic scholar (1875–1936)
T. E. Lawrence
1935
British Army officer, diplomat and writer (1888–1935)
Raoul Lufbery
1918
French-American fighter pilot
John Simpson Kirkpatrick
1915
Australian soldier (1892–1915)
Bolesław Prus
1912
Polish novelist (1847–1912)
Benjamin Baker (engineer)
1907
British engineer (1840–1907)
Gabriel Dumont (Métis leader)
1906
Métis leader (1837–1906)
Auguste Molinier
1904
French historian (1851–1904)
Jamsetji Tata
1904
Indian industrialist (1839–1904)
Arthur Shrewsbury
1903
English cricketer (1856-1903)
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
1901
Founder of Pretoria, South Africa (1819-1901)
1800s
William Ewart Gladstone
1898
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868-74; 1880-85; 1886; 1892-94)
José Martí
1895
Cuban national hero (1853–1895)
Peter W. Barlow
1885
English civil engineer (1809–1885)
Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer
1876
Dutch politician and historian (1801–1876)
John Baker (Australian politician)
1872
Australian politician
Sengge Rinchen
1865
Jasagh & Prince Bodlogotoi of the Horqin Left Rear Banner
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1864
American author (1804–1864)
Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz
1831
Baltic German explorer and scientist (1793–1831)
Henri de Saint-Simon
1825
French early socialist theorist (1760–1825)
Camille Jordan (politician)
1821
French politician (1771–1821)
Before 1800
William Byron, 5th Baron Byron
1798
British politician
Josiah Bartlett
1795
American Founding Father, physician, and judge
James Boswell
1795
Scottish lawyer, diarist and author (1740–1795)
John Stanley (composer)
1786
English composer and organist (1712–1786)
Button Gwinnett
1777
American Founding Father and politician
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax
1715
British politician and poet (1661–1715)
Isaac Beeckman
1637
Dutch philosopher and scientist (1588–1637)
Mariam-uz-Zamani
1623
Empress Consort of Mughal Emperor Akbar
Thomas Sanchez
1610
Spanish theologian (1550–1610)
García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete
1609
Royal Governor of Chile (1535–1609)
Costanzo Porta
1601
Italian composer
Anne Boleyn
1536
Queen of England from 1533 to 1536
Jan Łaski (1456–1531)
1531
Polish nobleman (1456–1531)
Emperor Go-Kashiwabara
1526
Emperor of Japan from 1500 to 1526
John I of Aragon
1396
King of Aragon from 1387 to 1396
Dmitry Donskoy
1389
Prince of Moscow (1359–1389)
Louis, Count of Évreux
1319
French prince (1276–1319)
Ivo of Kermartin
1303
Breton Catholic saint (1253–1303)
Pope Celestine V
1296
Head of the Catholic Church in 1294
Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
1218
Holy Roman Emperor from 1209 to 1218
Bashnouna
1164
Egyptian saint and martyr
Vladimir II Monomakh
1125
Grand Prince of Kiev from 1113 to 1125
Stephen, Count of Blois
1102
Count of Blois from 1089 to 1102
Dunstan
988
Archbishop of Canterbury from 959 to 988, Christian saint
Robert (archbishop of Trier)
956
Archbishop, politician, patron and reformer (died 956)
Alcuin
804
8th-century English scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher