History Deaths on May 22

Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, English commander (b. 1406)

#Edmund_Beaufort,_2nd_Duke_of_Somerset

Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)

#Augusta,_Lady_Gregory

Lee Rigby, British fusilier

#Murder_of_Lee_Rigby

Pope Alexander VII (b. 1599)

#Pope_Alexander_VII

Muzafar Bhutto, Pakistani politician (b. 1970)

#Muzafar_Bhutto

William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)

#William_Glackens

Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)

#Jules_Renard

Rita of Cascia, Italian nun and saint (b. 1381)

#Rita_of_Cascia

Alfred Hershey, American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)

#Alfred_Hershey

Pieter Willemsz. Verhoeff, Dutch captain (b. 1573)

#Pieter_Willemsz._Verhoeff

Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)

#Mordecai_Manuel_Noah

Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (b. 272)

#Constantine_the_Great

Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent, English administrator, nobleman and magnate (b. 1416)

#Edmund_Grey,_1st_Earl_of_Kent

Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)

#Julius_Plücker

Wesley A. Brown, American lieutenant and engineer (b. 1927)

#Wesley_A._Brown

Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)

#Ernst_Toller

Robert Asprin, American soldier and author (b. 1946)

#Robert_Asprin

Giorgio Almirante, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1914)

#Giorgio_Almirante

François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general (b. 1671)

#François-Marie,_1st_duc_de_Broglie

Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright (b. 1902)

#Langston_Hughes

Lefty Grove, American baseball player (b. 1900)

#Lefty_Grove

Renata of Lorraine (b. 1544)

#Renata_of_Lorraine

Shripad Amrit Dange, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1899)

#Shripad_Amrit_Dange

Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)

#Gaetano_Bresci

Martin Gardner, American mathematician, cryptographer, and author (b. 1914)

#Martin_Gardner

Constantine X, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1006)

#Constantine_X_Doukas

Velimir "Bata" Živojinovi?, Serbian actor and politician (b. 1933)

#Bata_Živojinovi?

Giovanni Bernardi, Italian sculptor and engraver (b. 1495)

#Giovanni_Bernardi

Albert Claude, Belgian biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)

#Albert_Claude

Dong Zhuo, Chinese warlord and politician (b. 138)

#Dong_Zhuo

Charlotte Serber, American Librarian of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos site (b. 1911)

#Charlotte_Serber

Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)

#Ferdinand_II_of_the_Two_Sicilies

Sher Shah Suri, Indian ruler (b. 1486)

#Sher_Shah_Suri

Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English commander (b. 1393)

#Henry_Percy,_2nd_Earl_of_Northumberland

Judith Kerr, German-born British writer and illustrator (b. 1923)

#Judith_Kerr

Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b. 1945)

#Mikhail_Voronin

Davie Fulton, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1916)

#Davie_Fulton

Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian and politician (b. 1483)

#Francesco_Guicciardini

Richard Biggs, American actor (b. 1960)

#Richard_Biggs

Blanche of England, sister of King Henry V (b. 1392)

#Blanche_of_England

Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)

#Victor_Hugo

Lee Jong-wook, South Korean physician and diplomat (b. 1945)

#Lee_Jong-wook

Mieczys?aw Horszowski, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1892)

#Mieczys?aw_Horszowski

Christopher Stone, English radio host (b. 1882)

#Christopher_Stone_(broadcaster)

Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg, Prussian politician, Foreign Minister of Prussia (b. 1725)

#Ewald_Friedrich_von_Hertzberg

Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician (b. 1914)

#Charilaos_Florakis

Alziro Bergonzo, Italian architect and painter (b. 1906)

#Alziro_Bergonzo

Saint Humility, founder of the Vallumbrosan religious order of nuns (b. c. 1226)

#Saint_Humility

John Derek, American actor, director, and photographer (b. 1926)

#John_Derek

Nicky Hayden, American professional motorcycle racer (b. 1981)

#Nicky_Hayden

Chief Bender, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1884)

#Chief_Bender

Gaspar Schott, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1608)

#Gaspar_Schott

Cevdet Sunay, Turkish general and politician, 5th President of Turkey (b. 1899)

#Cevdet_Sunay

John Forest, English friar and martyr (b. 1471)

#John_Forest

Martha Washington, First, First Lady of the United States (b. 1731)

#Martha_Washington

Margaret Rutherford, English actress (b. 1892)

#Margaret_Rutherford

Vladimir Katriuk, Ukrainian-Canadian SS officer (b. 1921)

Marques Haynes, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)

Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt, Russian historian and ethnographer (b. 1922)

Joseph Brooks, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (b. 1938)

Pemba Doma Sherpa, Nepalese mountaineer (b. 1970)

Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer (b. 1914)

José Enrique Moyal, Israeli physicist and engineer (b. 1910)

Zellig Harris, American linguist and academic (b. 1909)

Stan Mortensen, English footballer and manager (b. 1921)

Rocky Graziano, American boxer (b. 1922)

Steven De Groote, South African pianist and educator (b. 1953)

Wolfgang Reitherman, German-American animator, director, and producer (b. 1909)

Irmgard Flügge-Lotz, German-American mathematician and aerospace engineer (b. 1903)

Cecil Day-Lewis, Anglo-Irish poet and author (b. 1904)

Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b. 1900)

Ji?í Mahen, Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)

Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)

Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)

Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian and academic (b. 1687)

Baal Shem Tov, Polish rabbi and author (b. 1700)

Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, Lancastrian commander (b. 1414)

Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (b. 1025)

Empress Gensh? of Japan (b. 683)