Deaths on 22 May
2000s
David Wilkie (swimmer)
2024
Scottish swimmer (1954–2024)
Dervla Murphy
2022
Irish writer and touring cyclist (1931–2022)
Denise Cronenberg
2020
Canadian costume designer (1938–2020)
Judith Kerr
2019
British writer and illustrator (1923–2019)
Nicky Hayden
2017
American motorcycle racer
Bata Živojinović
2016
Serbian actor
Marques Haynes
2015
American basketball player (1926–2015)
Vladimir Katriuk
2015
Ukrainian-Canadian Nazi collaborator (1921–2015)
Sigurd Schmidt
2013
Russian historian (1922–2013)
Muzafar Bhutto
2012
Sindhi nationalist politician
Wesley A. Brown
2012
American naval officer
Joseph Brooks (songwriter)
2011
American director and composer (1938–2011)
Martin Gardner
2010
American mathematics and science writer (1914–2010)
Robert Asprin
2008
American science fiction and fantasy author (1946–2008)
Pemba Doma Sherpa
2007
Nepalese mountain climber
Lee Jong-wook
2006
South Korean physician (1945–2006)
Charilaos Florakis
2005
Greek communist politician
Thurl Ravenscroft
2005
American actor (1914–2005)
Richard Biggs
2004
American actor (1960–2004)
Mikhail Voronin
2004
Russian gymnast
Davie Fulton
2000
Canadian politician
1900s
John Derek
1998
American actor and filmmaker (1926–1998)
José Enrique Moyal
1998
Alziro Bergonzo
1997
Italian architect and painter
Alfred Hershey
1997
American bacteriologist and geneticist (1908–1997)
Mieczysław Horszowski
1993
Polish and American pianist (1892–1993)
Zellig Harris
1992
American linguist (1909–1992)
Lino Brocka
1991
Filipino film director (1939–1991)
Shripad Amrit Dange
1991
Indian communist politician
Stan Mortensen
1991
English footballer and football manager
Rocky Graziano
1990
American boxer (1919–1990)
Steven De Groote
1989
South African classical pianist (1953–1989)
Giorgio Almirante
1988
Italian politician (1914–1988)
Wolfgang Reitherman
1985
German-American animator (1909–1985)
Karl-August Fagerholm
1984
Prime Minister of Finland (1948–1950, 1956–1957, 1958–1959)
Albert Claude
1983
Belgian-American cell biologist (1899–1983)
Erna Scheffler
1983
German judge
Cevdet Sunay
1982
President of Turkey from 1966 to 1973
Lefty Grove
1975
American baseball player (1900–1975)
Irmgard Flügge-Lotz
1974
German-American mathematician and aerospace engineer
Cecil Day-Lewis
1972
Irish-born British poet (1904–1972)
Margaret Rutherford
1972
English actress (1892–1972)
Langston Hughes
1967
American writer and social activist (1901–1967)
Charlotte Serber
1967
Manhattan Project member (1911–1967)
Tom Goddard
1966
English cricketer
Christopher Stone (broadcaster)
1965
Chief Bender
1954
Native American baseball player (1884–1954)
Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
1950
President of El Salvador (1914–1915; 1918–1919; 1923–1927)
Claude McKay
1948
Jamaican American writer and poet (1890–1948)
Ernst Toller
1939
German author, playwright, left-wing politician and revolutionary (1893–1939)
Jiří Mahen
1939
Czech writer (1882–1939)
William Glackens
1938
American painter (1870–1938)
Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav
1933
Prime minister of Mongolia (1894–1933)
Lady Gregory
1932
Irish playwright, poet and folklorist (1852–1932)
Jules Renard
1910
French author (1864–1910)
Gaetano Bresci
1901
Italian anarchist and assassin (1869–1901)
1800s
Victor Hugo
1885
French writer and politician (1802–1885)
Julius Plücker
1868
German mathematician and physicist
Thornsbury Bailey Brown
1861
Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
1859
King of the Two Sicilies from 1830 to 1859
Mordecai Manuel Noah
1851
American diplomat and utopian writer (1785–1851)
Martha Washington
1802
First Lady of the United States from 1789 to 1797
Before 1800
Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg
1795
Prussian politician (1725–1795)
Durastante Natalucci
1772
Italian historian (1687–1772)
Baal Shem Tov
1760
Polish founder of Hasidic Judaism (1698–1760)
François Marie de Broglie, 1st Duke of Broglie
1745
Pope Alexander VII
1667
Head of the Catholic Church from 1655 to 1667
Gaspar Schott
1666
German scientist
Pieter Willemsz Verhoeff
1609
Dutch admiral (c. 1573–1609)
Renata of Lorraine
1602
Duchess of Bavaria from 1579 to 1597
Giovanni Bernardi
1553
Italian sculptor
Sher Shah Suri
1545
Sultan of Hindustan from 1540 to 1545
Francesco Guicciardini
1540
Italian writer, historian, and politician (1483–1540)
John Forest
1538
16th-century English Franciscan friar and martyr
Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent
1490
English administrator, nobleman and magnate
Rita of Cascia
1457
15th-century Italian Augustinian nun and saint
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset
1455
English noble (1406–1455)
Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron Clifford
1455
15th-century English noble
Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland
1455
English nobleman and military commander (1393–1455)
Blanche of England
1409
English princess (1392–1409)
Saint Humility
1310
Italian saint
Emperor Go-Reizei
1068
Emperor of Japan from 1045 to 1068
Empress Genshō
748
Empress of Japan from 715 to 724
Constantine the Great
337
Roman emperor from 306 to 337
Dong Zhuo
192
2nd-century Chinese military general and warlord