May 22 Deaths |
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| May 22nd, 2008 (May 22 2008) | Death | Robert Asprin, American author (born in 1946) | |
| May 22nd, 2006 (May 22 2006) | Death | Lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the World Health Organisation (born in 1945) | |
| May 22nd, 2006 (May 22 2006) | Death | Heather Crowe, Canadian activist (born in 1945) | |
| May 22nd, 2005 (May 22 2005) | Death | Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician, long-time General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (born in 1914) | |
| May 22nd, 2005 (May 22 2005) | Death | Julia Randall, American poet (born in 1924) | |
| May 22nd, 2005 (May 22 2005) | Death | Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer (born in 1914) | |
| May 22nd, 2004 (May 22 2004) | Death | Richard Biggs, American actor (born in 1960) | |
| May 22nd, 2004 (May 22 2004) | Death | Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (born in 1945) | |
| May 22nd, 2003 (May 22 2003) | Death | Ousmane Zongo, Burkinabe shooting victim | |
| May 22nd, 1998 (May 22 1998) | Death | Jose Enrique Moyal, mathematical physicist (born in 1910) | |
| May 22nd, 1997 (May 22 1997) | Death | Alfred Hershey, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1908) | Alfred Nobel Quotes |
| May 22nd, 1992 (May 22 1992) | Death | Zellig Harris, American linguist (born in 1909) | |
| May 22nd, 1990 (May 22 1990) | Death | Rocky Graziano, American boxer (born in 1922) | |
| May 22nd, 1989 (May 22 1989) | Death | Steven DeGroote, South African classical pianist (born in 1953) | |
| May 22nd, 1988 (May 22 1988) | Death | Giorgio Almirante, Italian politician (born in 1914) | |
| May 22nd, 1983 (May 22 1983) | Death | Albert Claude, Belgian biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1899) | |
| May 22nd, 1975 (May 22 1975) | Death | Lefty Grove, American Baseball Player (born in 1900) | |
| May 22nd, 1972 (May 22 1972) | Death | Cecil Day-Lewis, Irish poet and writer (born in 1904) | Cecil Day Lewis Quotes |
| May 22nd, 1972 (May 22 1972) | Death | Margaret Rutherford, English actress (born in 1892) | |
| May 22nd, 1967 (May 22 1967) | Death | Langston Hughes, American writer (born in 1902) | |
| May 22nd, 1966 (May 22 1966) | Death | Tom Goddard, English cricketer (born in 1900) | |
| May 22nd, 1965 (May 22 1965) | Death | Christopher Stone, first disc jockey in the United Kingdom (born in 1882) | |
| May 22nd, 1939 (May 22 1939) | Death | Ernst Toller, German author (born in 1893) | |
| May 22nd, 1939 (May 22 1939) | Death | Jiri Mahen, Czech author (born in 1882) | |
| May 22nd, 1932 (May 22 1932) | Death | Lady Gregory, Irish playwright (born in 1852) | |
| May 22nd, 1910 (May 22 1910) | Death | Jules Renard, French author (born in 1864) | |
| May 22nd, 1901 (May 22 1901) | Death | Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist (born in 1869) | |
| May 22nd, 1885 (May 22 1885) | Death | Victor Hugo, French author (born in 1802) | Victor Hugo Quotes |
| May 22nd, 1868 (May 22 1868) | Death | Julius Plucker, German mathematician and physicist (born in 1801) | |
| May 22nd, 1859 (May 22 1859) | Death | King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (born in 1810) | |
| May 22nd, 1851 (May 22 1851) | Death | Mordecai Manuel Noah, American writer, journalist (born in 1755) | |
| May 22nd, 1795 (May 22 1795) | Death | Ewald Friedrich, Count von Hertzberg, Prussian statesman (born in 1725) | |
| May 22nd, 1772 (May 22 1772) | Death | Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (born in 1687) | |
| May 22nd, 1760 (May 22 1760) | Death | Israel ben Eliezer, Polish-born mystical rabbi (born in 1700) | |
| May 22nd, 1746 (May 22 1746) | Death | Thomas Southerne, Irish dramatist (born in 1660) | Thomas Southerne Quotes |
| May 22nd, 1745 (May 22 1745) | Death | Francois-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (born in 1671) | |
| May 22nd, 1667 (May 22 1667) | Death | Pope Alexander VII (born in 1599) | Alexander Pope Quotes |
| May 22nd, 1666 (May 22 1666) | Death | Gaspar Schott, German scientist (born in 1608) | |
| May 22nd, 1540 (May 22 1540) | Death | Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian (born in 1483) | |
| May 22nd, 1538 (May 22 1538) | Death | John Forrest, English Franciscan friar (martyred) (born in 1471) | |
| May 22nd, 1457 (May 22 1457) | Death | Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (born in 1381) | |
| May 22nd, 1455 (May 22 1455) | Death | Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (killed in battle) | |
| May 22nd, 1455 (May 22 1455) | Death | Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, English commander (killed in battle) (born in 1406) | |
| May 22nd, 1068 (May 22 1068) | Death | Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (born in 1025) | |
| May 22nd, 0748 (May 22 0748) | Death | Empress Gensho of Japan (born in 680) | |
| May 22nd, 0337 (May 22 0337) | Death | Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor (born in 272) | |
