Died On May 16th
Discover the most famous people who died on May 16. The list includes people like Eliot Ness, Andy Kaufman, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joseph Fourier, A. Philip Randolph. Famous personalities featured on this list, include soldiers, physicists, actors and composers and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France & Germany and many more countries.
Sammy Davis Jr.08 December 1925, American
singer
Andy Kaufman17 January 1949, American
Entertainer
Eliot Ness19 April 1903, American
Special Agent
Django Reinhardt23 January 1910, French
Musician
I. M. Pei26 April 1917, American
Master of Modern Architecture
Mehmed VI14 January 1861, Turkish
Last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Bob Hawke09 December 1929, Australian
23rd Prime Minister of Australia
Joseph Fourier21 March 1768, French
Mathematician & Physicist
George Hill Hodel10 October 1907, American
Suspected Murderer
A. Philip Randolph15 April 1889, American
Leader of the African-American civil-rights
Levi P. Morton16 May 1824, American
22nd Vice President of the U.S.A
Irwin Shaw27 February 1913, American
Illness
Frederick Gowland Hopkins20 June 1861, British
English biochemist
Heinrich Rohrer06 June 1933, Swiss
Physicist
William Adams24 September 1564, British
First ever Western Samurai
Jim Henson24 September 1936, American
Television director, Film director, Film producer,
Sammy Davis Jr.08 December 1925, American
American singer
Ronnie James Dio10 July 1942, American
Singer, Composer
King Kong15 July 1909, Australian, Hungarian, Indian
Wrestler
Robert Mondavi18 June 1913, American
Winegrower
Charles Perrault12 January 1628, French
Writer, Poet, Children's writer, Screenwriter,
Lola Flores21 January 1923, Spanish
Actor, Singer, Choreographer
Dean Potter14 April 1972, American
Mountaineer, Rock climber
Dick Trickle27 October 1941, American
Mariana of Austria24 December 1634, Austrian, Spanish
Politician
Héloïse1101 AD, French
French nun
Sammy Davis, Jr.09 December 1925, American
Singer
Julius Schreck13 July 1898, German
Military personnel
Jeremy Michael Boorda26 November 1939, American
Naval Officer
Oleg Penkovsky23 April 1919, Russian
Spy
Christian Wirth24 November 1885, German
Officer, Torturer
Alec Campbell26 February 1899, Australian
Trade unionist
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Mary Douglas25 March 1921, British
Anthropologist, Writer, University teacher
Val A. Browning20 August 1895, American
Businessperson
Pietro da Cortona01 November 1596, Italian
Painter, Architect, Artist
Henri-Edmond Cross20 May 1856, French
painter
Modibo Keïta04 June 1915, Malian
Prime Minister, President
Mary Kennedy1960 AD
Architect
Chalino Sanchez30 August 1960, Mexican
Will Adams24 September 1564, British, American
James Maury Henson24 September 1936, American
Puppeteer
Edward Cedric Hardwicke07 August 1932, British
Actor