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May 31st famous deaths

List of celebrities and famous people who died on May 31st

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2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on May 31st for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2022

2020

  • Bulgarian-born artist known for his wrapping projects with his wife Jeanne-Claude.

  • Renowned for his large-scale environmental artworks like 'The Gates' in Central Park.

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on May 31st for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2016

  • German journalist and humanitarian (d. 2016)

  • English television writer (b. 1928)

  • American televangelist, co-founder of the trinity broadcasting network (d. 2016)

2015

2014

  • Martha Hyer

    Texas, united states -- actress. (day of the wolves and night of the grizzly).

  • Lewis Katz was a prominent businessman and philanthropist.

  • American race car driver (b. 1935)

  • Brazilian footballer and coach (d. 2014)[184]

  • English author baroness soames (d. 2014.)

2013

  • Jean Stapleton

    American actress and singer (d. 2013)

  • American storm chaser and engineer (d. 2013).

  • Scottish author and educator (b. 1933)

  • Costa rican environmentalist (d. 2013)

  • Mexican american author, also known as miguel ma(c),ndez morales. his novel peregrinos de aztla?n (pilgrims of aztla!) is his most famous work. he was 82 years old when he died in tucson, arizona, on may 31, 2013.

2012

2011

  • American tennis player, champion of wimbledon women's singles in 1946.

  • German-dutch psychoanalyst and author (b. 1909)

  • American fashion designer, co-founded the lifted research group (b. 1977)

  • Virgin islander lawyer and politician, lieutenant governor of the united states virgin islands (b. 1941)

  • American football player and manager (b. 1925)

2010

  • French artist and contemporary representative of american sculpture. she began her career as an engraver and painter. in the late 1940s, she switched to sculpture. her wood constructions in black or white were her first recognition. bourgeois also works in metal, stone and latex. her work is abstract, but often suggests the human form. after a 1995 retrospective of her …

  • Chinese-american composer and soldier (d. 2010).

  • Argentinian singer-songwriter and bandoneón player (b. 1947)

  • British film producer and photographer (born 1933).

  • New zealand director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on May 31st for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009

  • Pioneering computer scientist known for her work in artificial intelligence.

  • Founder of the successful tech company

  • English civil servant and cartographer; last survivor from the rms titanic (d.2009)

  • Franklin H. Littell was a journalist and historian known for his work on the Holocaust.

  • American abortion doctor (born in 1941)

2007

  • Emmit McDonald was a renowned physicist known for his contributions to quantum mechanics.

2006

2004

  • French screenwriter and songwriter (born 1941).

  • American musician and influential punk guitarist of the late 20th century, despite only having two albums. quine was the co-founder and first member of the punk rock group "richard hell & the voidoids."

  • Sri lankan journalist (b. 1954)

  • French screenwriter and songwriter (d. 2004).

2002

2001

  • Arlene Francis was an American actress, radio and television personality, and game show panelist.

  • Arlene Francis

    American actress and television personality, she has been a fixture on "what's my line" for 25 years. warm, talented, and elegant, she was host of "the arlene francis show", a daily new york interview program, for 23 years. she is well-known for her success on tv.

  • Prominent statistician and philosopher of science.

2000

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on May 31st for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1998

1997

  • First African-American woman to hold a U.S. Cabinet position.

  • Renowned lawyer known for her work in civil rights and as the first African American woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • World war ii icon, rosie the riveter, dies at age of 76.

1996

  • Advocate of psychedelic drugs and counterculture icon.

  • American psychologist and advocate for psychedelic drugs.

  • American professor and guru of 1960's drug culture. he coined the phrase "turn on, tune in, drop out." he was a pioneer in the field of psychedelic drugs and was fired from harvard. he was arrested 29 times and sentenced to two years in prison in 1970. he was released in 1976. he was once called "the most dangerous man …

  • Playwright/documentary filmmaker, dies at age 80.

  • Archaeologist/photographer, dies at age 68.

1995

  • Stanley Elkin was an American novelist acclaimed for his darkly comic works.

1994

1993

1992

  • At 52, helmut kohl, the top-ranking aid recipient to chancellor helmut kohl, has died.

1991

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on May 31st for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

1987

1986

  • American physicist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1917)

  • American painter and sculptor (b. 1918)

1985

  • Gaston rebuffat was a french alpinist, mountain guide, and author, best known for his numerous first ascents in the french alps and his influential writings on mountaineering.

  • French mountain guide and alpinist. his name was given to the climbing technique of gaston. he was the recipient of france's chevalier de la la(c.gion d’honneurin) 1984.

1984

  • Mariano Pavone was an Italian sculptor known for his intricate works.

1983

  • Jaking Dempsey was an American professional boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927, and reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926.

  • Legendary heavyweight boxing champion known for his aggressive style.

  • Renowned heavyweight boxing champion in the 1920s.

  • Jack Dempsey was a legendary American boxer known for his aggressive fighting style and heavyweight championships.

1982

  • Italian mountaineer and explorer (d. 1982)

  • Jack Dempsey

    In 1919, jess willard was defeated by american heavyweight boxing champion. gene tunney won the title in 1926. dempsey was a referee in boxing and wrestling, and he retired in 1940. in 1954, he was elected to the boxing hall of fame.

1981

  • Baroness jackson of lodsworth, english economist, journalist, and prominent catholic layperson (d. 1981)

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on May 31st for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1978

  • Hungarian footballer who played as a midfielder for Hungary and Honvéd.

  • Influential Dada artist known for her photomontage works challenging gender and societal norms.

  • Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1925)

1977

1976

  • A french biologist was awarded the nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 1965. he shared it with franassois jacob, andre lwoff, "for their discoveries regarding genetic control of enzyme- and virus synthesis".

  • French biochemist and geneticist, nobel prize laureate (d. 1976)

  • John mitchell's wife, 57 years old, has died in new york.

1974

  • American biochemist and nutritionist. she has been a crusader for good nutrition and diet for over 40 years. her four books, "let's cook it right," “let's have healthy children,” and "let's eat right to keep fit" have all been published since 1974. her mom, adelle, was only two years old when she died. she earned a b.a. after working her …

1973

1972

1971

1970

  • British author and sculptor, known for her memoir 'The Wilder Shores of Love.'

  • Canadian-american ice hockey player (d. 1970).

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on May 31st for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1967

1964

  • Lace Dempsey was a renowned boxer known for his powerful punches.

1963

  • Edith Hamilton was an American educator and author who was a pioneer in the field of classical studies.

  • Age 63, archaeologist (art of ancient rome),

1962

  • German lieutenant colonel in ss, who compiled a "doomsday list" of 11,000,000 jews that was to be exterminated. he was considered a hero by nazi germany at the time. eichmann was an unimaginable beast that went down in history. eichmann escaped in 1945, and was pursued for many years. eichmann was finally captured and faced a long trial that led …

  • American lawyer and politician (b. 1874)

  • American politician (born 1874)

  • Composer dies at 67

1961

1960

  • German economist, journalist, and politician, german minister of economics (b. 1890)

  • Pseudonym for alfons de ridder. flemish poet and novelist, alfons de ridder is a remarkable example of an outstanding flemish novelist of the first half century. his laconic style and ironic observations of urban life in the middle class make him one of the most notable flemish novelists.

  • Flemish writer (kas) dies at 78

  • German politician and economist reich minister of economics (d. 1960).

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on May 31st for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1957

1955

1954

  • Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the benaki museum (b. 1873)

1952

  • German nazi leader, executive of the s.d. ausland. he was sentenced in 1949 as a war crime and released from prison two year later. he was diagnosed with cancer and died in torino (italy) on march 31, 1952.

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on May 31st for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1948

1947

  • Renowned artist known for his graphic designs and typography work.

  • Adrienne Ames

    Actress (black sheep 24 hours), dies in 39

1945

1941

  • Brazilian painter known for his works in the Academic style.

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on May 31st for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1931

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on May 31st for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1928

1926

  • Saxton Pope was an American physician known for his contributions to archery and bowhunting.

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on May 31st for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1916

1910

  • First woman to receive a medical degree in the United States and opened her own medical college.

  • First woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.

  • Jaysiah Blackwell was a pioneering American physician and a leading advocate for women's rights in the medical field.

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on May 31st for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

1909

  • Welsh-australian politician, 24th premier of south australia (b. 1852)

1908

1906

1900

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