Historical Deaths for Tomorrow

🏥 Famous Historical Deaths - May 1, 2026

1926 Nicolaus Adriani, translator (Middle-Celebes Language), dies at 60

1979 Berkeley Bertram McGarrell Gaskin, cricketer (2 Tests for WI), dies

1733 Nicolas Coustou, French sculptor (Sa“n), dies at 75

1886 Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer, dies at 56

1898 Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81

1994 Ayrton Senna, Brazilian Grand prix driver, dies in crash at 34

1982 Gene Sheldon, actor (Bernardo-Zorro), dies at 72

1277 Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies

1869 ?, colt reported killed by a meteorite near New Concord Ohio

1900 Mih ly von Munk csy, [Michael von Lieb], German painter, dies at 56

1993 Pierre B‚r‚govoy, PM of France (1992-93), commits suicide at 67

1969 George Parker, cricketer (2 Tests for S Afr 1924), dies

1896 Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65

1903 Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (compiler of "Scores & Biographies"), dies

1941 John R Locksmith de Brown, vicar/CHU-politician, dies at 71

1903 Luigi Arditi, violist/composer, dies at 80

1983 V N Swamy, Indian cricket pace bowler (without distinction), dies

1971 Glenda Farrell, actress (Grand Slam, Exposed), dies at 66

1946 Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer, dies at 71

1996 William Mitchell Byers, musician, dies on 79th birthday

1947 Sanner, leader of Norger blood bath, executed

1996 Asher Wallfish, journalist, dies at 67

1902 John Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85

1957 Grant Mitchell, actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at 82

1990 Sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at 62

1873 David Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60

1981 Peter Huchel, writer, dies at 78

1972 Fernand Ansseau, Belgian operator (Orfeo), dies at 82

1937 Snitz Edwards, actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at 75

1968 Harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71

1971 Edith Day, actress (Romance of Air), dies at 75

1886 Conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens)

1954 Tom Tyler, actor (Lost Ranch, Coyote Trails), dies at 50

1959 Oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies

1984 Gordon Jenkins, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 73

1993 Ranasinghe Premadasa, pres (Sri Lanka, 1989-93), assassinated at 68

1989 Douglass Watson, actor (Mac Cory-Another World), dies at 68

1997 Bebe, AKA Flipper, dolphin, dies at 40

1996 Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, film scholar/exhibitor, dies at 74

1892 Willem A Scholten, manufacturer (potatoes), dies at 89

1572 Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies

1703 Kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese monarch, murdered

1870 Francisco Solano Lўpez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay

1988 Paolo Stoppa, actor (Garibaldi, Visit, Freedom Fighters), dies

1978 Aram Katchaturian, Russian composer (The Earth), dies at 74

1917 Jos‚ E Rodo, Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo), dies

1948 Christos Ladas, Greek minister of Justice, murdered

1981 Clarence A Bacote, historian/political scientist, dies at 75

1772 Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52

1831 Antonius van Alphen, apostle vicar of De Bosch, dies at 82

1456 Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies

1965 Leo Spies, composer, dies at 65

1932 Paul Doumer, Pres France (1931-32), assassin by Russia's Paul Gargalov

1471 Thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91

1863 Edward Dorr Tracy, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 29

1872 Amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies

1965 Spike Jones, composer (Spike Jones Show), dies at 53

1447 Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies

1555 Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53

1976 Rex O'Malley, actor (Camille, Zara, Midnight, Thief), dies at 75

1946 Percy William Whitlock, composer, dies at 42

1952 William Fox, [Fried], US film pioneer (Nickelodeon), dies at 73

1700 John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies

1993 Hans [Henri EA] Tuynman, provo (Full-time Provo), dies at 50

1874 Vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39

1171 Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies

1924 August Cuppens, Flemish author (Limburgs Driemanschap), dies at 62

1945 Paul Josef Goebbels, Nazi minister on propoganda, commits suicide

1921 Louis Campbell-Tipton, composer, dies at 43

1308 Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered

1934 Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko, composer, dies at 35

1969 Ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at 56

1991 Richard Thorpe, director (Jailhouse Rock, Night Must Fall), dies

1989 Marion Mack, actress (General), dies

1989 David Webster, South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered

1988 Carroll Righter, astrologer, dies at 88 of postrate cancer

1679 Esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43

1994 Imre Gy”ngy”ssy, Hungarian director, dies at 64

1945 Desider Antalffy-Zsiross, Hungarian organist/composer, dies at 59

1904 AntonЎn Dvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62

1939 Wilhelm Normann, German chemist (harden van oli‰n), dies

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