History Deaths on May 06

François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop (b. 1623)

#François_de_Laval

Monty Woolley, American raconteur, actor, and director (b. 1888)

#Monty_Woolley

Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)

#Alexander_von_Humboldt

Billy Harrell, American baseball player and scout (b. 1928)

#Billy_Harrell

Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress and singer (b. 1901)

#Marlene_Dietrich

Charles Farrell, American actor (b. 1901)

#Charles_Farrell

William H. Dana, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)

#William_H._Dana

Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)

#Thomas_Henry_Burke_(civil_servant)

William J. Casey, American politician, 13th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1913)

#William_J._Casey

Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)

#Emanuele_Luigi_Galizia

Enéas Carneiro, Brazilian physician and politician (b. 1938)

#Enéas_Carneiro

Ted Weems, American violinist, trombonist, and bandleader (b. 1901)

#Ted_Weems

Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (b. 1879)

#Alexander_Rodzyanko

Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (b. 1940)

#Jimmy_Ellis_(boxer)

Giulio Andreotti, Italian journalist and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1919)

#Giulio_Andreotti

Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)

#Johan_Ludvig_Runeberg

Barney Kessel, American guitarist and composer (b. 1923)

#Barney_Kessel

Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)

#Henry_David_Thoreau

Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1906)

#Murray_Adaskin

Kevin Grubb, American race car driver (b. 1978)

#Kevin_Grubb

Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1893)

#Ernest_MacMillan

Maria Lassnig, Austrian painter and academic (b. 1919)

#Maria_Lassnig

Wil Albeda, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs (b. 1925)

#Wil_Albeda

Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library (b. 1570)

#Sir_Robert_Cotton,_1st_Baronet,_of_Connington

Art Houtteman, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1927)

#Art_Houtteman

Qian Liu, Chinese warlord and king (b. 852)

#Qian_Liu

Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)

#Bret_Harte

Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (b. 1792)

#Francisco_de_Paula_Santander

Maria Dul?ba, Polish actress (b. 1881)

#Maria_Dul?ba

Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)

#Lord_Frederick_Cavendish

Philip Kapleau, American monk and educator (b. 1912)

#Philip_Kapleau

Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881)

#Theodore_von_Kármán

Jim Wright, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1922)

#Jim_Wright

József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1892)

#József_Mindszenty

James R. Browning, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1918)

#James_R._Browning

Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1926)

#Robin_Roberts_(baseball)

Earl Blaik, American football player and coach (b. 1897)

#Earl_Blaik

Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer (b. 1922)

#Kai_Winding

L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)

#L._Frank_Baum

Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator (b. 1885)

#Zhou_Zuoren

Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)

#Robert_Herbert

Pim Fortuyn, Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician (b. 1948)

#Pim_Fortuyn

Edmund Beaufort, English commander (b. 1438)

#Edmund_Beaufort_(died_1471)

Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor (b. 1903)

#Wilfrid_Hyde-White

Cornelius Jansen, Dutch-French bishop and theologian (b. 1585)

#Cornelius_Jansen

María Luisa Bombal, Chilean writer (b. 1910)

#María_Luisa_Bombal

Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1990)

#Patrick_Ekeng

Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895)

#Lucian_Blaga

Dieric Bouts, Flemish painter (b. 1415)

#Dieric_Bouts

Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)

#Edward_VII

Ann Todd, English actress and producer (b. 1909)

#Ann_Todd

Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1683)

#Charles_FitzRoy,_2nd_Duke_of_Grafton

Farley Mowat, Canadian environmentalist and author (b. 1921)

#Farley_Mowat

Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne (b.1490)

#Charles_III,_Duke_of_Bourbon

Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)

#Maria_Montessori

Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)

#Konstantin_Somov

Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b. 1684)

#Kurt_Christoph_Graf_von_Schwerin

Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

#Maurice_Maeterlinck

Reg Grundy, Australian businessman (b. 1923)

Denise McCluggage, American race car driver and journalist (b. 1927)

Novera Ahmed, Bangladeshi sculptor (b. 1930)

Antony Hopkins, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1921)

Michelangelo Spensieri, Italian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)

Severo Aparicio Quispe, Peruvian bishop (b. 1923)

Jean Laplanche, French psychoanalyst and author (b. 1924)

James Isaac, American director and producer (b. 1960)

Curtis Harrington, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)

Lorne Saxberg, Canadian journalist (b. 1958)

Grant McLennan, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958)

Virginia Capers, American actress and singer (b. 1925)

Bjørn Johansen, Norwegian saxophonist (b. 1940)

Otis Blackwell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1932)

Gordon McClymont, Australian ecologist and academic (b. 1920)

Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1956)

Bonner Pink, English politician (b. 1912)

Mary Cain, American journalist and politician (b. 1904)

Ezra Jack Keats, American author and illustrator (b. 1916)

Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (b. 1907)

Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869)

Christine Kirch, German astronomer and academic (b. 1696)

Giaches de Wert, Flemish-Italian composer (b. 1535)

Juan Luís Vives, Spanish scholar (b. 1492)

James Tyrrell, English knight (b. 1450)

Queen Jeonghui, Korean regent (b. 1418)

Thomas Tresham, Speaker of the House of Commons

Roger of Wendover, Benedictine monk and chronicler

Ruben III, Prince of Armenia (b. 1145)

Ealdwulf, Archbishop of York, Abbot of Peterborough and Bishop of Worcester

Dirk II, count of Frisia and Holland

Ninmy?, Japanese emperor (b. 808)

Eadberht, bishop of Lindisfarne