18 Famous People Who Died on Their Birthday, From Shakespeare to Ingrid Bergman (Photos)

A number of well-known folks have died on their birthdays. Here are 18 of the most famous of them.

Renowned Renaissance painter Raphael died April 6, 1520, his 37th birthday.

William Shakespeare, a.k.a. The Bard, passed away on April 23, 1616, what is thought to be his 52nd birthday.

Edna May Oliver, a popular character actress in early Hollywood who earned an Oscar nomination for her supporting role in 1939’s “Drums Along the Mohawk,” died on her 59th birthday — November 9, 1942 — following an intestinal ailment. (By the way, Hattie McDaniel won the Oscar that year for “Gone With the Wind.)