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Best known
John of Beverley
Bishop of York from 705 to 718, Christian saint
Otto the Great
Holy Roman Emperor from 962 to 973
Bagrat III of Georgia
King of Georgia from 1008 to 1014
Remigius de Fécamp
11th-century Bishop of Lincoln
Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey
English nobleman (c. 1130–1202)
Ladislaus III of Hungary
King of Hungary and Croatia from 1204 to 1205
John of Beverley — Bishop of York from 705 to 718, Christian saint, who died on May 7 721.
Otto the Great — Holy Roman Emperor from 962 to 973, who died on May 7 973.
Bagrat III of Georgia — King of Georgia from 1008 to 1014, who died on May 7 1014.
Remigius de Fécamp — 11th-century Bishop of Lincoln, who died on May 7 1092.
Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey — English nobleman (c. 1130–1202), who died on May 7 1202.
Ladislaus III of Hungary — King of Hungary and Croatia from 1204 to 1205, who died on May 7 1205.
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- 1234
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- 1523
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- 1682
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Mary of ModenaQueen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1685 to 1688 - 1793
Pietro NardiniItalian composer - 1800
Niccolò PiccinniItalian composer
- 1805
William Petty, 2nd Earl of ShelburnePrime Minister of Great Britain from 1782 to 1783 - 1815
Jabez BowenAmerican judge - 1825
Antonio SalieriItalian composer and teacher - 1840
Caspar David FriedrichGerman Romantic landscape painter - 1868
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and VauxBritish Lord High Chancellor - 1872
Alexander LoydAmerican politician - 1876
William Buell Sprague - 1880
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- 1919
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- 1978
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- 1987
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- 1994
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- 2004
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- 2005
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- 2006
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- 2007
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- 2009
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- 2010
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- 2012
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- 2015
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- 2023
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89 people with a Wikipedia article died on May 7, including John of Beverley, Otto the Great, Bagrat III of Georgia. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
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