People who died on May 16

2003

Mark McCormack (d: May 16, 2003)
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1990

Jim Henson, American puppeteer (b: September 24, 1936 ; d: May 16, 1990)
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Sammy Davis, Jr. (d: May 16, 1990)
   ► Biography of Sammy Davis, Jr.

1988

Charles Keeping, British illustrator (b: September 22, 1924 ; d: May 16, 1988)
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1985

Margaret Hamilton, American actress (b: December 9, 1902 ; d: May 16, 1985)
   ► Biography of Margaret Hamilton

1984

Andy Kaufman, American comedian (b: January 17, 1949 ; d: May 16, 1984)
   ► Biography of Andy Kaufman

Irwin Shaw, American writer (b: February 27, 1913 ; d: May 16, 1984)
   ► Biography of Irwin Shaw

1957

Eliot Ness, American lawman (b: April 19, 1903 ; d: May 16, 1957)
   ► Biography of Eliot Ness

1955

James Agee, American writer (b: November 27, 1909 ; d: May 16, 1955)
   ► Biography of James Agee

1953

Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist (b: January 23, 1910 ; d: May 16, 1953)
   ► Biography of Django Reinhardt

1947

Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (b: June 20, 1861 ; d: May 16, 1947)
   ► Biography of Frederick Hopkins

1944

George Ade (d: May 16, 1944)
   ► Biography of George Ade

1926

Mehmed VI, Ottoman Sultan (b: January 14, 1861 ; d: May 16, 1926)
   ► Biography of Mehmed VI

1891

Ion C. Bratianu (d: May 16, 1891)
   ► Biography of Ion C. Bratianu

1782

Daniel Solander (d: May 16, 1782)
   ► Biography of Daniel Solander

1703

Charles Perrault, French folklorist (b: January 12, 1628 ; d: May 16, 1703)
   ► Biography of Charles Perrault

1691

Jacob Leisler (d: May 16, 1691)
   ► Biography of Jacob Leisler

1669

Pietro da Cortona (d: May 16, 1669)
   ► Biography of Pietro da Cortona

1667

Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton (d: May 16, 1667)
   ► Biography of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton

1657

Andrzej Bobola (d: May 16, 1657)
   ► Biography of Andrzej Bobola

1620

William Adams, British navigator and samurai (b: September 24, 1564 ; d: May 16, 1620)
   ► Biography of William Adams

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