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.American
singer
Andy KaufmanAmerican
Entertainer
Eliot NessAmerican
Special Agent
Mehmed VITurkish
Last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Django ReinhardtFrench
Musician
I. M. PeiAmerican
Master of Modern Architecture
Bob HawkeAustralian
23rd Prime Minister of Australia
Charles PerraultFrench
Author
A. Philip RandolphAmerican
Leader of the African-American civil-rights
Joseph FourierFrench
Mathematician & Physicist
Levi P. MortonAmerican
22nd Vice President of the U.S.A
Irwin ShawAmerican
Illness
Frederick Gowland HopkinsBritish
English biochemist
Heinrich RohrerSwiss
Physicist
George Hill HodelAmerican
Suspected Murderer
William AdamsBritish
First ever Western Samurai
Sammy Davis Jr.American
American singer
Jim HensonAmerican
Television director, Film director, Film producer,
Ronnie James DioAmerican
Singer, Composer
Wally WestAmerican
Actor
Lola FloresSpanish
Actor, Singer, Choreographer
Dean PotterAmerican
Mountaineer, Rock climber
Dick TrickleAmerican
Robert MondaviAmerican
Winegrower
HéloïseFrench
French nun
Mariana of AustriaAustrian, Spanish
Politician
Julius SchreckGerman
Military personnel
Christian WirthGerman
Officer, Torturer
James AgeeAmerican
Novelist
Oleg PenkovskyRussian
Spy
Jeremy Michael BoordaAmerican
Naval Officer
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Sammy Davis, Jr.American
Singer
Emile CzajaAustralian, Hungarian, Indian
Wrestler
Hank JonesAmerican
Musician
Mary KennedyArchitect
Mary DouglasItalian, British
Anthropologist
Alec CampbellAustralian
Trade unionist
Val A. BrowningAmerican
Businessperson
Pietro da CortonaItalian
Painter, Architect, Artist
June TaylorAmerican
Choreographer
Edward Gibbon WakefieldBritish
British colonial administrator
Edmund GosseBritish
Poet
Felicia HemansBritish
Poet
Modibo KeïtaMalian
Prime Minister, President
Henri-Edmond CrossFrench
painter
Kamala MarkandayaIndian, British
Novelist
George AdeAmerican
Writer
Andrew GoodpasterAmerican
Military Personnel
Nicolae RădescuRomanian
Officer
Jacob LeislerGerman
Colonist
William SteinbergGerman
Conductor
José Gómez OrtegaSpanish
Matador
Giuseppe De SantisItalian
Director
Jimmy SlydeAmerican
Dancer
John Stevens HenslowBritish
Priest
Peter Hill-NortonBritish, South African
Royal Navy Officer
Casimir Pierre PérierFrench
Banker
Ion C. BrătianuRomanian
Politician
Sir William Congreve, 2nd BaronetBritish
Inventor
Werner BischofSwiss
Photographer
Bernard WaberAmerican
Author
Jan TarnowskiPolish
Military officer
Sibyl SandersonAmerican
Opera singer
William Pember ReevesNew Zealander, British
Politician
Chalino SanchezMexican
Ragnhild HattonNorwegian
Historian
George Foot MooreAmerican
Historian
Joseph Hilarius EckhelAustrian
Priest
Giovanni Carlo Maria ClariItalian
Composer
Joseph StraussAmerican
Engineer
Raymond LyttletonBritish
Mathematician
Edward Winslow GiffordAmerican
Anthropology
Will AdamsBritish, American
Mary BreckinridgeAmerican
American nurse
Charles ChubbBritish
Businessman
Jakob Christof Le BlonGerman
Painter
Stephen FairbairnAustralian
Rower
Edward Cedric HardwickeBritish
Actor