Deaths on May 19
This archive lists notable deaths associated with May 19 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on May 19, 2026.
Kim Ji-seok
South Korean businessman
Died on Friday May 19th 2017
Wayne Walker
American football player (Detroit Lions)
Died on Friday May 19th 2017
Janet Lewis-Jones
British executive
Died on Friday May 19th 2017
Ulrich Libbrecht
Belgian philosopher
Died on Friday May 19th 2017
Robert Gutter
American conductor
Died on Friday May 19th 2017
Frankie Paul
Jamaican musician
Died on Friday May 19th 2017
Jeanne Button
American costume designer
Died on Friday May 19th 2017
Stanley Greene
American photojournalist
Died on Friday May 19th 2017
Todor Veselinović
Serbian football player and manager
Died on Friday May 19th 2017
Volodymyr Dudarenko
Ukrainian football player and manager
Died on Friday May 19th 2017
Alan Swinbank
British racehorse trainer
Died on Friday May 19th 2017
Tommy Ross
Scottish footballer
Died on Friday May 19th 2017
Nawshirwan Mustafa
General coordinator of the Movement for Change (Gorran)
Died on Friday May 19th 2017
Faruq Ahmed Choudhury
Bangladeshi politician and diplomat
Died on Friday May 19th 2017
Raúl Córdoba
Mexican footballer
Died on Friday May 19th 2017
Ronald C. Davidson
Canadian physicist
Died on Thursday May 19th 2016
Irving Benson
American actor and comedian
Died on Thursday May 19th 2016
Donna Barr Tabor
American paratrooper and military historian
Died on Thursday May 19th 2016
Hu Hongwen
Chinese organic chemist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Died on Thursday May 19th 2016
Hugh Honour
British art historian
Died on Thursday May 19th 2016
Donald Snelgrove
British Anglican clergyman
Died on Thursday May 19th 2016
James King
American bluegrass musician
Died on Thursday May 19th 2016
Cindy Nicholas
Canadian long distance swimmer and politician
Died on Thursday May 19th 2016
Alan Young
English-born Canadian-American actor (Mister Ed
Died on Thursday May 19th 2016
Jim Ray Hart
American baseball player (San Francisco Giants)
Died on Thursday May 19th 2016
N. S. Palanisamy
Indian politician
Died on Thursday May 19th 2016
Laxminarayan Pandey
Indian politician
Died on Thursday May 19th 2016
Morley Safer
Canadian-born American reporter (60 Minutes)
Died on Thursday May 19th 2016
Alexandre Astruc
French film critic and director
Died on Thursday May 19th 2016
Marco Pannella
Italian politician
Died on Thursday May 19th 2016
Joseph J. Barnicke
Canadian real estate magnate
Died on Tuesday May 19th 2015
Gerald Götting
German politician
Died on Tuesday May 19th 2015
Dale D. Myers
American Deputy Administrator of NASA
Died on Tuesday May 19th 2015
John Sadler
British sports journalist
Died on Tuesday May 19th 2015
Ted McWhinney
Australian-born Canadian politician and academic
Died on Tuesday May 19th 2015
Fahd Jaradat
Jordanian politician
Died on Tuesday May 19th 2015
Evgeny Menshov
Russian actor and presenter
Died on Tuesday May 19th 2015
Bruce Lundvall
American record executive (Blue Note Records)
Died on Tuesday May 19th 2015
Ahmad Alasgarov
Azerbaijani footballer and manager
Died on Tuesday May 19th 2015
Happy Rockefeller
wife of Nelson Rockefeller
Died on Tuesday May 19th 2015
Robert S. Wistrich
Polish-born history professor
Died on Tuesday May 19th 2015
Evgueny Menishov
Soviet and Russian actor
Died on Tuesday May 19th 2015
Jack Aspinwall
British politician
Died on Tuesday May 19th 2015
Burhan Muhammad
Indonesian diplomat
Died on Tuesday May 19th 2015
Franklin White
British ballet dancer
Died on Sunday May 19th 2013
Ally Sykes
Tanzanian politician
Died on Sunday May 19th 2013
Mirek Smíšek
Czech-born New Zealand potter
Died on Sunday May 19th 2013
Neil Reynolds
Canadian newspaper editor (The Ottawa Citizen)
Died on Sunday May 19th 2013
Murat Öztürk
Turkish aerobatics pilot
Died on Sunday May 19th 2013
Carlo Monni
Italian character actor
Died on Sunday May 19th 2013
Robin Harrison
Canadian pianist and composer
Died on Sunday May 19th 2013
Michael Kpakala Francis
Liberian Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Sunday May 19th 2013
G. Sarsfield Ford
American judge
Died on Sunday May 19th 2013
Bella Flores
Filipino actress
Died on Sunday May 19th 2013
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
Polish boxer
Died on Monday May 19th 2014
Mario Missiroli
Italian director
Died on Monday May 19th 2014
Gabriel Kolko
American historian and author
Died on Monday May 19th 2014
Sante Kimes
American murderer
Died on Monday May 19th 2014
April Jace
American athlete
Died on Monday May 19th 2014
Vincent Harding
American civil rights activist and speechwriter (Martin Luther King
Died on Monday May 19th 2014
Sam Greenlee
American writer and filmmaker (The Spook Who Sat by the Door)
Died on Monday May 19th 2014
Terry W. Gee
American businessman and politician
Died on Monday May 19th 2014
Eurico Dias Nogueira
Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Monday May 19th 2014
Franz-Paul Decker
German-born Canadian conductor (Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Died on Monday May 19th 2014
Peter Curtin
Australian actor
Died on Monday May 19th 2014
Count Suckle
Jamaican-born British sound system operator and club owner
Died on Monday May 19th 2014
Sir Jack Brabham
Australian racing driver
Died on Monday May 19th 2014
Antanas Šurna
Lithuanian actor
Died on Monday May 19th 2014
Simon Andrews
British motorcycle racer
Died on Monday May 19th 2014
Michael Aldrich
British inventor
Died on Monday May 19th 2014
Christine Quinn-Brintnall
American judge
Died on Monday May 19th 2014