Deaths on 24 May
2000s
Gary Pierce (footballer)
2025
English footballer and manager (1951–2025)
Doug Ingle
2024
American musician (1945–2024)
Kabosu (dog)
2024
Memed Japanese pet dog (c. 2005 – 2024)
Tina Turner
2023
Singer-songwriter and actress (1939–2023)
TotalBiscuit
2018
British game critic and commentator (1984–2018)
Gudrun Burwitz
2018
Daughter of Heinrich Himmler (1929–2018)
Dean Carroll
2015
English rugby league footballer
Kenneth Jacobs (judge)
2015
Australian judge
Tanith Lee
2015
British science fiction and fantasy writer (1947 – 2015)
David Allen (cricketer)
2014
English cricketer (1935–2014)
Stormé DeLarverie
2014
American singer, activist and instigator of the Stonewall Uprising (1920–2014)
Mahafarid Amir Khosravi
2014
Iranian businessman
Knowlton Nash
2014
Canadian journalist (1927-2014)
John Vasconcellos
2014
American politician
Helmut Braunlich
2013
American classical composer
Ron Davies (footballer, born 1942)
2013
Welsh footballer
Gotthard Graubner
2013
German painter (1930–2013)
Haynes Johnson
2013
American journalist
Pyotr Todorovsky
2013
Russian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer
Klaas Carel Faber
2012
Dutch-German war criminal
Kathi Kamen Goldmark
2012
American author, publishing consultant, producer, and musician (1948–2012)
Jacqueline Harpman
2012
Belgian writer (1929–2012)
Francisco Lombardo
2012
Argentine footballer
Lee Rich
2012
American film and television producer
Huguette Clark
2011
American philanthropist
Hakim Ali Zardari
2011
Pakistani politician
Ray Alan
2010
English ventriloquist, television personality (1930-2010)
Paul Gray (American musician)
2010
American bassist (1972–2010)
Raymond V. Haysbert
2010
Tuskegee Airman and American businessman (1920–2010)
Petr Muk
2010
Czech musician (1965–2010)
Anneliese Rothenberger
2010
German operatic soprano
Jay Bennett
2009
American songwriter (1963–2009)
Dick Martin
2008
American comedian (1922–2008)
Jimmy McGriff
2008
American jazz organist and bandleader
Andrew Stephen Wilson
2008
Astronomer and university professor
Henry Bumstead
2006
American art director
Claude Piéplu
2006
French actor (1923–2006)
Carl Amery
2005
German writer and environmental activist
Arthur Haulot
2005
Guy Tardif
2005
Canadian politician (1935–2005)
Henry Ries
2004
American photographer
Milton Shulman
2004
Canadian author, film and theatre critic
Edward Wagenknecht
2004
American literary critic and teacher
Rachel Kempson
2003
British actress (1910–2003)
Wallace Markfield
2002
American novelist
Kurt Schork
2000
American and Bosnian journalist (1947–2000)
Majrooh Sultanpuri
2000
Indian Urdu poet and Hindi language lyricist (1919-2000)
1900s
Edward Mulhare
1997
Irish American actor (1923–1997)
Thomas F. Connolly
1996
Enrique Álvarez Félix
1996
Mexican actor
Joseph Mitchell (writer)
1996
American writer (1908–1996)
Harold Wilson
1995
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1964–1970, 1974–1976)
Hitoshi Ogawa
1992
Japanese racing driver
Gene Clark
1991
American singer-songwriter (1944–1991)
Arthur Villeneuve
1990
Canadian artist (1910-1990)
Freddie Frith
1988
British motorcycle racer
Vincent J. McMahon
1984
American professional wrestling promoter (1914–1984)
Herbert Müller (racing driver)
1981
Swiss racing driver (1940–1981)
Ernest Bullock
1979
English organist, composer, teacher (1890–1979)
Denise Pelletier
1976
Canadian actress
Duke Ellington
1974
American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)
Sonny Boy Williamson II
1965
American blues musician (1912–1965)
Elmore James
1963
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader (1918–1963)
John Foster Dulles
1959
American politician and diplomat (1888–1959)
Frank Rowe (public servant)
1958
Australian public servant (1895–1958)
Martha Annie Whiteley
1956
English chemist
Thomas N. Heffron
1951
American film director
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
1950
British field marshal (1883–1950)
Alexey Shchusev
1949
Russian architect (1873–1949)
Jacques Feyder
1948
Belgian actor, screenwriter and film director
Robert Ritter von Greim
1945
German field marshal (1892–1945)
Lancelot Holland
1941
Royal Navy admiral (1887–1941)
Fanny Searls
1939
American doctor and botanical collector (1851–1939)
Nikolai von Meck
1929
Russian engineer and entrepreneur (1863–1929)
Rolf Skår
1923
Norwegian engineer (1941–2023)
Amado Nervo
1919
Mexican poet
John Condon (British Army soldier)
1915
Irish soldier
Old Tom Morris
1908
Scottish professional golfer (1821–1908)
Louis-Zéphirin Moreau
1901
Canadian Roman Catholic prelate
1800s
Samuel Palmer
1881
English painter
William Lloyd Garrison
1879
American journalist and abolitionist (1805–1879)
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld
1872
German painter (1794–1872)
Elmer E. Ellsworth
1861
United States Army officer
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
1848
German composer and writer (1797–1848)
Sylvestre François Lacroix
1843
French mathematician (1765–1843)
John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll
1806
British Army officer and politician (1723–1806)
Before 1800
George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney
1792
Royal Navy officer, politician and colonial administrator (1718–1792)
Georg Ernst Stahl
1734
German physician (1659–1734)
Mary of Jesus of Ágreda
1665
Spanish nun (1602–1665)
Robert Hues
1632
English mathematician and geographer (1553–1632)
Luis de Góngora
1627
Spanish Baroque lyric poet (1561-1627)
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
1612
English government minister (1563–1612)
Nicolaus Copernicus
1543
Mathematician and astronomer (1473–1543)
Ambroise de Loré
1456
French knight (1396–1446)
Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany
1425
Scottish nobleman (1362–1425)
Taejo of Joseon
1408
King of Joseon from 1392 to 1398
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Uthman
1351
Marinid sultan (c.1297–1351)
Theobald III, Count of Champagne
1201
Count of Champagne from 1197 to 1201
David I of Scotland
1153
King of Alba from 1124 to 1153
Hugues de Payens
1136
Co-Founder and Grand Master of the Knights Templar
Lanfranc
1089
Italian jurist and theologian, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1070 to 1089
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