Deaths on 29 May
2000s
Bernard Kerik
2025
American police officer and political consultant (1955–2025)
Bob Rogers (DJ)
2024
Australian disc jockey and radio broadcaster (1926–2024)
Ronnie Hawkins
2022
American-Canadian singer (1935–2022)
Sidhu Moose Wala
2022
Indian rapper and singer (1993–2022)
Gavin MacLeod
2021
American actor (1931–2021)
Mark Eaton
2021
American basketball player (1957–2021)
B. J. Thomas
2021
American singer (1942–2021)
Cornelius Sim
2021
Bruneian cardinal (1951–2021)
Maikanti Baru
2020
Nigerian engineer (1959–2020)
Manuel Noriega
2017
Military dictator of Panama from 1983 to 1989
Mordechai Tzipori
2017
Israeli politician (1924–2017)
Konstantinos Mitsotakis
2017
Prime Minister of Greece from 1990 to 1993
Henry Carr
2015
American track and field athlete (1941–2015)
Doris Hart
2015
American tennis player (1925–2015)
Betsy Palmer
2015
American actress (1926–2015)
Christine Charbonneau
2014
French Canadian singer and songwriter
Walter Jakob Gehring
2014
Swiss developmental biologist (1939–2014)
Peter Glaser
2014
Czechoslovak-born American scientist and aerospace engineer (1923-2014)
Miljenko Prohaska
2014
Croatian composer and conductor
William M. Roth
2014
American shipping executive and special ambassador for trade
Richard Ballantine
2013
American-British bicycling writer and journalist (1940–2013)
Françoise Blanchard
2013
French actress
Andrew Greeley
2013
American novelist (1928–2013)
Mulgrew Miller
2013
American jazz pianist (1955–2013)
Henry Morgentaler
2013
Canadian physician and abortion rights advocate (1923–2013)
Franca Rame
2013
Italian actress and politician (1929–2013)
Ludwig G. Strauss
2013
German physician (1949–2013)
Wali-ur-Rehman
2013
Taliban spokesman
Mark Minkov
2012
Musical artist
Kaneto Shindo
2012
Japanese filmmaker (1912–2012)
Doc Watson
2012
American musician (1923–2012)
Sergei Bagapsh
2011
President of Abkhazia from 2005 to 2011
Bill Clements
2011
American businessman and politician (1917–2011)
Ferenc Mádl
2011
President of Hungary from 2000 to 2005
Dennis Hopper
2010
American actor and filmmaker (1936–2010)
Paula Gunn Allen
2008
American poet
Luc Bourdon
2008
Canadian ice hockey player (1987–2008)
Harvey Korman
2008
American actor and comedian (1927–2008)
Dave Balon
2007
Ice hockey player
Lois Browne-Evans
2007
Bermudian politician
Jacques Bouchard
2006
Canadian marketing executive
Katarína Kolníková
2006
Slovak actress (1921–2006)
John D'Amico (ice hockey)
2005
Canadian ice hockey official
Hamilton Naki
2005
South African surgeon (1926–2005)
George Rochberg
2005
American composer
Archibald Cox
2004
American prosecutor (1912–2004)
Samuel Dash
2004
American lawyer
David Jefferies
2003
English motorcycle racer (1972–2003)
1900s
Barry Goldwater
1998
American politician and military officer (1909–1998)
Jeff Buckley
1997
American musician (1966–1997)
Tamara Toumanova
1996
Georgian-American ballerina (1919–1996)
Erich Honecker
1994
Leader of East Germany from 1971 to 1989 (1912–1994)
Lady May Abel Smith
1994
Member of the British royal family (1906–1994)
Billy Conn
1993
American boxer (1917–1993)
Rogério Lemgruber
1992
Brazilian criminal
Margaret Barr (choreographer)
1991
Australian choreographer and teacher of dance-drama
George C. Homans
1989
American sociologist (1910–1989)
Salem bin Laden
1988
Saudi billionaire businessman (1946–1988)
Charan Singh
1987
Prime Minister of India from 1979 to 1980
Arvīds Pelše
1983
Soviet Latvian politician (1899–1983)
Romy Schneider
1982
German and French actress (1938–1982)
Nina Negri
1981
Argentine-French painter and engraver
Mary Pickford
1979
Canadian actress and producer (1892–1979)
John H. Wood Jr.
1979
American federal judge (1916–1979)
Ba Maw
1977
Burmese leader and independence activist (1893–1977)
Radoslav Andrea Tsanoff
1976
Bulgarian-American philosopher and author
George Harriman
1973
British businessman
Moe Berg
1972
American baseball player and spy (1902–1972)
Stephen Timoshenko
1972
Ukrainian engineer and academic (1878–1972)
John Gunther
1970
American journalist (1901–1970)
Eva Hesse
1970
German-born American sculptor and textile artist (1936-1970)
Arnold Susi
1968
Estonian writer
Ignace Lepp
1966
French writer
Netta Muskett
1963
British novelist
Juan Ramón Jiménez
1958
Spanish poet (1881–1958)
James Whale
1957
English film director (1889-1957)
Morgan Russell
1953
American artist
Fanny Brice
1951
American actress, singer, and comedian (1891–1951)
Dimitrios Levidis
1951
Greek composer
May Whitty
1948
English actress (1865–1948)
Martin Gottfried Weiss
1946
German SS officer
John Barrymore
1942
American actor (1882–1942)
Léo-Pol Morin
1941
Ursula Ledóchowska
1939
Polish Roman Catholic nun and saint (1865–1939)
Josef Suk (composer)
1935
Czech composer and violinist (1874–1935)
Abbott Handerson Thayer
1921
American painter (1849–1921)
Carlos Deltour
1920
French rower (1864–1920)
Robert Bacon
1919
American diplomat (1860–1919)
Kate Harrington (poet)
1917
American poet
Laurence Irving (dramatist)
1914
English dramatist and actor
Henry Seton-Karr
1914
British politician
W. S. Gilbert
1911
English dramatist, poet and illustrator (1836–1911)
Mily Balakirev
1910
Russian composer and pianist (1837–1910)
Bruce Price
1903
American architect (1845-1903)
1800s
Gabriel Auguste Daubrée
1896
French geologist
Baháʼu'lláh
1892
Founder of the Baháʼí Faith (1817–1892)
Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine
1873
German prince (1870–1873)
Winfield Scott
1866
United States Army general (1786–1866)
Franciszek Mirecki
1862
Polish composer, music conductor, and music teacher
Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy
1847
French Marshal
Humphry Davy
1829
British chemist and inventor (1778–1829)
Joséphine de Beauharnais
1814
Empress of the French from 1804 to 1810
Before 1800
Carl Fredrik Pechlin
1796
Swedish politician (1720–1796)
Israel Putnam
1790
American military officer and landowner (1718–1790)
Cornelis Tromp
1691
Dutch naval officer
Frans van Schooten
1660
Dutch mathematician (1615–1660)
John Penry
1593
Welsh protestant martyr (1563–1593)
David Beaton
1546
Scottish cardinal
Bartolomeu Dias
1500
Portuguese maritime explorer (c. 1450–1500)
Thomas Rotherham
1500
Archbishop of York from 1480 to 1500
Ulubatlı Hasan
1453
Turkish martyr (1428 – 1453)
Constantine XI Palaiologos
1453
Last Byzantine Emperor from 1449 to 1453
Hongxi Emperor
1425
Emperor of China from 1424 to 1425
Philippe de Mézières
1405
Henry II of Castile
1379
King of Castile and León (1366–1367, 1369–1379)
Jens Grand
1327
Danish archbishop
Pope John VIII of Alexandria
1320
Head of the Coptic Church from 1300 to 1320
James II of Majorca
1311
King of Majorca (1243–1311)
Christopher I of Denmark
1259
King of Denmark from 1252 to 1259
Renauld I, Count of Nevers
1040
Jimeno Garcés
931
King of Pamplona from 925 to 932/3