Famous Deaths on May 6, Who Died on May 6
Here is a list who died on May 6. Famous deaths for the 6th of May. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on May 6. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1002 | Ealdwulf, Archbishop of York, Abbot of Peterborough and Bishop of Worcester |
| 1187 | Ruben III, Prince of Armenia (b. 1145) |
| 1236 | Roger of Wendover, Benedictine monk and chronicler |
| 1471 | Edmund Beaufort, English commander (b. 1438) |
| 1475 | Dieric Bouts, Flemish painter (b. 1415) |
| 1483 | Queen Jeonghui, Korean regent (b. 1418) |
| 1502 | James Tyrrell, English knight (b. 1450) |
| 1527 | Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne (b.1490) |
| 1540 | Juan Luís Vives, Spanish scholar (b. 1492) |
| 1596 | Giaches de Wert, Flemish-Italian composer (b. 1535) |
| 1631 | Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library (b. 1570) |
| 1638 | Cornelius Jansen, Dutch-French bishop and theologian (b. 1585) |
| 1708 | François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop (b. 1623) |
| 1757 | Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1683) |
| 1782 | Christine Kirch, German astronomer and academic (b. 1696) |
| 1840 | Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (b. 1792) |
| 1859 | Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769) |
| 1862 | Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817) |
| 1867 | Socrates Nelson, American businessman and politician (b. 1814) |
| 1877 | Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804) |
| 1882 | Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829) |
| 1905 | Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831) |
| 1907 | Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830) |
| 1910 | Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841) |
| 1919 | L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856) |
| 1939 | Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869) |
| 1949 | Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862) |
| 1951 | Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869) |
| 1952 | Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870) |
| 1959 | Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (b. 1881) |
| 1961 | Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895) |
| 1963 | Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881) |
| 1967 | Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator (b. 1885) |
| 1970 | Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (b. 1879) |
| 1973 | Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1893) |
| 1975 | József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1892) |
| 1980 | María Luisa Bombal, Chilean writer (b. 1910) |
| 1983 | Ezra Jack Keats, American author and illustrator (b. 1916) |
| 1984 | Mary Cain, American journalist and politician (b. 1904) |
| 1987 | William J. Casey, American politician, 13th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1913) |
| 1989 | Earl Blaik, American football player and coach (b. 1897) |
| 1990 | Charles Farrell, American actor (b. 1900) |
| 1991 | Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor (b. 1903) |
| 1992 | Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress and singer (b. 1901) |
| 1993 | Ann Todd, English actress and producer (b. 1909) |
| 1995 | Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1956) |
| 2000 | Gordon McClymont, Australian ecologist and academic (b. 1920) |
| 2002 | Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1906) |
| 2003 | Art Houtteman, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1927) |
| 2004 | Virginia Capers, American actress and singer (b. 1925) |
| 2006 | Grant McLennan, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958) |
| 2007 | Enéas Carneiro, Brazilian physician and politician (b. 1938) |
| 2009 | Kevin Grubb, American race car driver (b. 1978) |
| 2010 | Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1926) |
| 2012 | James R. Browning, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1918) |
| 2013 | Giulio Andreotti, Italian journalist and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1919) |
| 2014 | Wil Albeda, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs (b. 1925) |
| 2015 | Novera Ahmed, Bangladeshi sculptor (b. 1930) |
| 2016 | Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1990) |
| 2021 | Kentaro Miura, Japanese manga artist (b. 1966) |
| 2022 | George Pérez, American comic book artist and writer (b. 1954) |
| 698 | Eadberht, bishop of Lindisfarne |
| 850 | Ninmyō, Japanese emperor (b. 808) |
| 932 | Qian Liu, Chinese warlord and king (b. 852) |
| 988 | Dirk II, count of Frisia and Holland |
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