Deaths on 6 May
2000s
Bernard Pivot
2024
French journalist (1935–2024)
Brian Wenzel
2024
Australian actor (1929–2024)
George Pérez
2022
American comic book artist and writer (1954–2022)
Kentaro Miura
2021
Japanese manga artist (1966–2021)
Patrick Ekeng
2016
Cameroonian footballer (1990–2016)
Reg Grundy
2016
Australian businessman (1923–2016)
Novera Ahmed
2015
Bangladeshi artist (1939 – 2015)
Denise McCluggage
2015
American journalist (1927–2015)
Jim Wright
2015
American politician (1922–2015)
Wil Albeda
2014
Dutch politician (1925–2014)
William H. Dana
2014
NASA research pilot and astronaut (1930–2014)
Jimmy Ellis (boxer)
2014
American boxer (1940–2014)
Billy Harrell
2014
American baseball player (1928–2014)
Antony Hopkins
2014
English composer, pianist and conductor (1921–2014)
Maria Lassnig
2014
Austrian artist (1919–2014)
Farley Mowat
2014
Canadian writer and environmentalist (1921–2014)
Giulio Andreotti
2013
Prime Minister of Italy (1963–1968; 1974–1976)
Severo Aparicio Quispe
2013
Peruvian friar and bishop
Michelangelo Spensieri
2013
Canadian politician
James R. Browning
2012
American judge (1918–2012)
James Isaac
2012
American film director
Jean Laplanche
2012
French psychoanalyst, author & editor
Robin Roberts (baseball)
2010
American baseball player (1926–2010)
Kevin Grubb
2009
American racing driver
Enéas Carneiro
2007
Brazilian politician (1938–2007)
Curtis Harrington
2007
American film director (1926–2007)
Grant McLennan
2006
Australian musician (1958–2006)
Lorne Saxberg
2006
Canadian television journalist
Virginia Capers
2004
American actress (1925–2004)
Philip Kapleau
2004
Zen Buddhist teacher (1912–2004)
Barney Kessel
2004
American jazz guitarist (1923–2004)
Art Houtteman
2003
American baseball player (1927–2003)
Murray Adaskin
2002
Canadian violinist, teacher and composer
Otis Blackwell
2002
American songwriter (1931–2002)
Pim Fortuyn
2002
Dutch politician (1948–2002)
Bjørn Johansen (musician)
2002
Norwegian jazz musician
Gordon McClymont
2000
Australian agricultural scientist
1900s
Noel Brotherston
1995
Northern Irish footballer
Ann Todd
1993
English actress (1907–1993)
Marlene Dietrich
1992
German and American actress (1901–1992)
Wilfrid Hyde-White
1991
British actor (1903–1991)
Charles Farrell
1990
American actor (1900–1990)
Earl Blaik
1989
American football player, coach, college athletics administrator and army officer
William J. Casey
1987
Director of Central Intelligence from 1981 to 1987
Mary Cain (editor)
1984
American journalist
Bonner Pink
1984
British politician (1912–1984)
Ezra Jack Keats
1983
American children's writer and illustrator
Kai Winding
1983
Danish-American jazz composer and trombonist (1922–1983)
María Luisa Bombal
1980
Chilean novelist and poet (1910–1980)
József Mindszenty
1975
Hungarian cardinal (1892–1975)
Ernest MacMillan
1973
Canadian conductor
Alexander Rodzyanko
1970
Ukrainian general (1879–1970)
Zhou Zuoren
1967
Chinese writer
Theodore von Kármán
1963
Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist (1881–1963)
Ted Weems
1963
American musician and bandleader (1901–1963)
Monty Woolley
1963
American actor (1888–1963)
Lucian Blaga
1961
Romanian philosopher and writer (1895–1961)
Maria Dulęba
1959
Polish actress (1881–1959)
Ragnar Nurkse
1959
Estonian-American economist
Maria Montessori
1952
Italian physician and educator (1870–1952)
Élie Cartan
1951
French mathematician (1869–1951)
Maurice Maeterlinck
1949
Belgian playwright and essayist (1862–1949)
Konstantin Somov
1939
Russian painter (1869–1939)
L. Frank Baum
1919
American author (1856–1919)
René Vallon
1911
French aviator (1880–1911)
Edward VII
1910
King of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910
Emanuele Luigi Galizia
1907
Maltese architect and engineer (1830–1907)
Robert Herbert
1905
Australian politician
1800s
Abraham Joseph Ash
1888
Rabbi (c. 1813–1888)
Thomas Henry Burke (civil servant)
1882
Irish civil servant (1829–1882)
Lord Frederick Cavendish
1882
British politician (1836–1882)
Johan Ludvig Runeberg
1877
Finnish poet (1804–1877)
Socrates Nelson
1867
American politician (1814–1867)
Henry David Thoreau
1862
American philosopher (1817–1863)
Alexander von Humboldt
1859
German polymath (1769–1859)
Francisco de Paula Santander
1840
Colombian military and political leader (1792–1840)
Before 1800
Christine Kirch
1782
German astronomer
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton
1757
British peer and politician
Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin
1757
German general (1684–1757)
François de Laval
1708
First Catholic bishop of Québec (1623–1708)
Cornelius Jansen
1638
Dutch bishop and theologian (1585–1638)
Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington
1631
English antiquarian (1570/71–1631)
Giaches de Wert
1596
Franco-Flemish composer (1535–1596)
Juan Luis Vives
1540
Spanish humanist scholar (1493–1540)
Charles III, Duke of Bourbon
1527
French general and nobleman (1490–1527)
James Tyrrell
1502
English knight (c. 1455–1502)
Queen Jeonghui
1483
Queen of Joseon from 1455 to 1468
Dieric Bouts
1475
15th-century Dutch painter
Edmund Beaufort (died 1471)
1471
15th-century English noble
Thomas Tresham (speaker)
1471
English politician, soldier and administrator (died 1471)
Roger of Wendover
1236
English monk and chronicler (died 1236)
Ruben III
1187
Lord of Cilicia
Ealdwulf (archbishop of York)
1002
Archbishop of York from 995 to 1002
Dirk II, Count of Holland
988
Count of West Frisia
Qian Liu
932
King of Wuyue from 907 to 932
Emperor Ninmyō
850
Emperor of Japan from 833 to 850
Eadberht of Lindisfarne
698
7th-century Bishop of Lindisfarne and saint