page_title: 2014
section_title: May
hierarchical_section_title: 2014 / Deaths / May
caption_attribution_description: English: Maya Angelou visits York College Feb 2013
context_page_description: 2014 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2014th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 14th year of the 3rd millennium, the 14th year of the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2010s decade.
  2014 was designated as:
  International Year of Crystallography
  International Year of Family Farming
  International Year of Small Island Developing States
  International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
context_section_description: May 2 – Efrem Zimbalist Jr., American actor (b. 1918)
  May 3 – Gary Becker, American Nobel economist (b. 1930)
  May 4
  Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1948)
  Tatiana Samoilova, Russian actress (b. 1934)
  May 6
  Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (b. 1940)
  Farley Mowat, Canadian author (b. 1921)
  May 11 – Reg Gasnier, Australian rugby league player (b. 1939)
  May 12
  Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (b. 1925)
  H. R. Giger, Swiss artist (b. 1940)
  May 15 – Jean-Luc Dehaene, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1940)
  May 17 – Gerald Edelman, American Nobel biologist (b. 1929)
  May 18
  Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian writer and politician, President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1921)
  Wubbo Ockels, Dutch astronaut and physicist (b. 1946)
  Gordon Willis, American cinematographer (b. 1931)
  May 19 – Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (b. 1926)
  May 21
  Jaime Lusinchi, President of Venezuela (b. 1924)
  Alireza Soleimani, Iranian heavyweight freestyle wrestler (b. 1956)
  May 25
  Wojciech Jaruzelski, Communist leader of Poland (b. 1923)
  Toaripi Lauti, 1st Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. 1928)
  May 28
  Maya Angelou, American poet and author (b. 1928)
  Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (b. 1928)
  May 29 – Karlheinz Böhm, Austrian actor (b. 1928)
  May 31
  Marinho Chagas, Brazilian footballer (b. 1952)
  Martha Hyer, American actress (b. 1924)
caption: Maya Angelou
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