History Deaths on May 31

Hans Keilson, German-Dutch psychoanalyst and author (b. 1909)

#Hans_Keilson

Danny La Rue, Irish-British drag queen performer and singer (b. 1927)

#Danny_La_Rue

Jean Lannes, French general (b. 1769)

#Jean_Lannes

William Castle, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)

#William_Castle

Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)

#Louis-Honoré_Fréchette

Frederick William I of Prussia (b. 1688)

#Frederick_William_I_of_Prussia

Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist and journalist (b. 1914)

#Barbara_Ward,_Baroness_Jackson_of_Lodsworth

James Rainwater, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)

#James_Rainwater

Joachim Neander, German theologian and educator (b. 1650)

#Joachim_Neander

Philip Hoby, English general and diplomat (b. 1505)

#Philip_Hoby

Engelbert II of Nassau (b. 1451)

#Engelbert_II_of_Nassau

Willem Elsschot, Flemish author and poet (b. 1882)

#Willem_Elsschot

Jacques Monod, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)

#Jacques_Monod

Eugénie de Guérin, French author (b. 1805)

#Eugénie_de_Guérin

Tito Puente, American jazz musician (b. 1923)

#Tito_Puente

Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)

#Billy_Strayhorn

Géza II, king of Hungary (b. 1130)

#Géza_II_of_Hungary

Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer, (b. 1779)

#Joseph_Grimaldi

Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1811)

#Évariste_Galois

Petar Mladenov, Bulgarian diplomat, 1st President of Bulgaria (b. 1936)

#Petar_Mladenov

Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)

#Elizabeth_Blackwell

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese sh?gun (b. 1358)

#Ashikaga_Yoshimitsu

Rupert Neudeck, German journalist and humanitarian (b. 1939)

#Rupert_Neudeck

Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer and author (b. 1921)

#Gaston_Rébuffat

Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (b. 1864)

#Willy_Stöwer

Pauline Betz, American tennis player (b. 1919)

#Pauline_Betz

Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer and explorer (b. 1930)

#Carlo_Mauri

Fujiwara no Morosuke, Japanese statesman (b. 909)

#Fujiwara_no_Morosuke

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Dutch painter (b. 1597)

#Pieter_Jansz._Saenredam

Miguel Ortiz Berrocal, Spanish sculptor (b. 1933)

#Miguel_Ortiz_Berrocal

Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister and economist (b. 1780)

#Thomas_Chalmers

Samuel Bentham, English architect and engineer (b. 1757)

#Samuel_Bentham

Gerald E. Brown, American physicist and academic (b. 1926)

#Gerald_E._Brown

Terry Sawchuk, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1929)

#Terry_Sawchuk

Philip Marheineke, German pastor and philosopher (b. 1780)

#Philip_Marheineke

Paul Pietsch, German racing driver and publisher (b. 1911)

#Paul_Pietsch

Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley (b. 1271)

#Maurice_de_Berkeley,_2nd_Baron_Berkeley

Martin of Aragon, Spanish king (b. 1356)

#Martin_of_Aragon

Birger, king of Sweden (b. 1280)

#Birger,_King_of_Sweden

Martha Hyer, American actress (b. 1924)

#Martha_Hyer

Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (b. 1878)

#Leopold_Staff

Timothy Leary, American psychologist and author (b. 1920)

#Timothy_Leary

Arlene Francis, American actress, talk show host, game show panelist, and television personality (b. 1907)

#Arlene_Francis

Tintoretto, Italian painter and educator (b. 1518)

#Tintoretto

Walther Funk, German economist, journalist, and politician, German Minister of Economics (b. 1890)

#Walther_Funk

Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (1976–2016) (b. 1947)

#Mohamed_Abdelaziz_(Sahrawi_politician)

Marinho Chagas, Brazilian footballer and coach (b. 1952)

#Marinho_Chagas

Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)

#Thomas_Price_(South_Australian_politician)

Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1732)

#Joseph_Haydn

George Tiller, American physician (b. 1941)

#George_Tiller

Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician (b. 1874)

#Henry_F._Ashurst

C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and historian (b. 1901)

#C._L._R._James

Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)

#Felix-Raymond-Marie_Rouleau

Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1686)

#Andrey_Osterman

Owen Lattimore, American author and academic (b. 1900)

#Owen_Lattimore

Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)

#Stefanos_Koumanoudis

Jack Dempsey, American boxer and lieutenant (b. 1895)

#Jack_Dempsey

Vitalis of Assisi, Italian hermit and monk (b. 1295)

#Vitalis_of_Assisi

Petronius Maximus, Roman emperor (b. 396)

#Petronius_Maximus

Jean Stapleton, American actress (b. 1923)

#Jean_Stapleton

József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1925)

#József_Bozsik

Carla Lane, English television writer (b. 1928)

Jan Crouch, American televangelist, co-founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (b. 1938)

Gladys Taylor, Canadian author and publisher (b. 1917)

Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, English author (b. 1922)

Lewis Katz, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1942)

Hoss Ellington, American race car driver (b. 1935)

Marilyn Beck, American journalist (b. 1928)

Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist (b. 1987)

Tim Samaras, American engineer and storm chaser (b. 1957)

Miguel Méndez, American author and poet (b. 1930)

Frederic Lindsay, Scottish author and educator (b. 1933)

Orlando Woolridge, American basketball player and coach (b. 1959)

Randall B. Kester, American lawyer and judge (b. 1916)

Christopher Challis, English cinematographer (b. 1919)

Andy Robustelli, American football player and manager (b. 1925)

John Martin, English admiral and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (b. 1918)

Derek Hodge, Virgin Islander lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (b. 1941)

Jonas Bevacqua, American fashion designer, co-founded the Lifted Research Group (b. 1977)

Merata Mita, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)

Rubén Juárez, Argentinian singer-songwriter and bandoneón player (b. 1947)

William A. Fraker, American director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1923)

Brian Duffy, English photographer and producer (b. 1933)

Louise Bourgeois, French-American sculptor and painter (b. 1911)

Raymond Davis, Jr., American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)

Ryan Bennett, American sportscaster (b. 1970)

Étienne Roda-Gil, French screenwriter and composer (b. 1941)

Robert Quine, American guitarist (b. 1941)

Aiyathurai Nadesan, Sri Lankan journalist (b. 1954)

Subhash Gupte, Indian cricketer (b. 1929)

A. Jeyaratnam Wilson, Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic (b. 1928)

Charles Van Acker, Belgian-American race car driver (b. 1912)

Stanley Elkin, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1930)

Herva Nelli, Italian-American soprano (b. 1909)

Uzay Hepar?, Turkish actor, producer, and composer (b. 1969)

John Abraham, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1937)

Jane Frank, American painter and sculptor (b. 1918)

Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)

Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (b. 1873)

Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (b. 1904)

Guido de Bres, Belgian pastor and theologian (b. 1522)

Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)

Albertino Mussato, Italian statesman and writer (b. 1261)

Sigwin von Are, archbishop of Cologne

Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria, English politician (b. 1050)

Liu Hua, princess of Southern Han (b. 896)