page_title: 1994
section_title: May
hierarchical_section_title: 1994 / Deaths / May
caption_attribution_description: English: Ayrton Senna.
context_page_description: 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1994th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 994th year of the 2nd millennium, the 94th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1990s decade.
  The year 1994 was designated as the "International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations.
context_section_description: May 1 – Ayrton Senna, Brazilian Formula One driver (b. 1960)
  May 5 – Joe Layton, American director and choreographer (b. 1931)
  May 7 – Clement Greenberg, American art critic (b. 1909)
  May 8 – George Peppard, American actor (b. 1928)
  May 9 – Elias Motsoaledi,  South African political activist (b. 1924)
  May 10 – John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer (b. 1942)
  May 12
  Erik Erikson, Danish-American developmental psychologist (b. 1902)
  Roy J. Plunkett, American chemist (b. 1910)
  John Smith, Scottish politician (b. 1938)
  May 13 – Duncan Hamilton, English racing driver (b. 1920)
  May 14 – W. Graham Claytor, Jr., American businessman and naval officer (b. 1914)
  May 15
  Royal Dano, American actor (b. 1922)
  Gilbert Roland, American actor (b. 1905)
  May 16 – Alain Cuny, French actor (b. 1908)
  May 17 – Étienne Hirsch, French engineer and administrator (b. 1901)
  May 19
  Henry Morgan, American comedian (b. 1915)
  Luis Ocaña, Spanish bicycle racer (b. 1945)
  Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American socialite, conservationist, and First Lady of the United States (b. 1929)
  May 21
  Giovanni Goria, Italian Prime Minister (b. 1943)
  Masayoshi Ito, Japanese politician (b. 1913)
  Ralph Miliband, Polish-born British academic (b. 1924)
  May 26
  Hezi Leskali, Israeli poet and artist (b. 1952)
  Sonny Sharrock, American jazz musician (b. 1940)
  May 28 – Julius Boros, American golfer (b. 1920)
  May 29 – Erich Honecker, East German politician (b. 1912)
  May 30
  Ezra Taft Benson, American religious leader (b. 1899)
  Marcel Bich, French businessman (b. 1914)
  Juan Carlos Onetti, Uruguayan novelist (b. 1909)
  May 31 – Sidney Gilliat, British film director (b. 1908)
caption: Ayrton Senna
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