Famous people died in May - page 21

David Parker Ray

David Parker Ray

David Parker Ray was a serial rapist, torturer of women, and a suspected serial killer

Anne Brontë

Anne Bronte was an English novelist and one of the members of the prominent Bronte literary family

BritishJanuary 17, 1820125 views

John Barrymore

John Barrymore, born John Sidney Blyth, was an American actor and performer

AmericanFebruary 15, 1882149 views

Jean Stapleton

Jean Stapleton was a well-known American actress, known for her character roles on stage, TV, and films

AmericanJanuary 19, 1923115 views

Alfred Day Hershey

Alfred Day Hershey was an American bacteriologist and geneticist who won the 1969 Noble Prize in Medicine

George Hill Hodel

George Hill Hodel was a suspect in the notorious murder case of Elizabeth Short

AmericanOctober 10, 1907477 views

Albert A. Michelson

Albert Abraham Michelson was the first American scientist who received the Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on finding the speed of light

AmericanDecember 19, 1852163 views

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington was an American jazz composer and performer who is among one of the greatest names in the history of jazz

AmericanApril 29, 1899210 views

Adolf Eichmann

Adolf Eichmann or Otto Adolf Eichmann was a lieutenant colonel in the German Army responsible for organizing the Holocaust in which almost six million Jews were exterminated.

GermanMarch 19, 1906426 views

Bonnie Lee Bakley

Bonnie Lee Bakley was the wife of American actor Robert Blake

AmericanJune 7, 1956278 views