Famous People Who Died in May
Remembering actors, musicians, athletes, scientists, and other notable figures who passed away in May.
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Agnes of Bohemia, Duchess of Austria
b. 1269 — d. May 17, 1296
Alexander Pope
b. 1688 — d. May 30, 1744
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Sr.
b. 1877 — d. May 7, 1915
Alice Munro
b. 1931 — d. May 13, 2024
Alice Tegnér
b. 1864 — d. May 26, 1943
Anne Boleyn
b. c. 1501 — d. May 19, 1536
Anselme Payen
b. 1795 — d. May 5, 1871
Anton von Schmerling
b. 1805 — d. May 23, 1893
Arnold Gesell
b. 1880 — d. May 29, 1961
August Strindberg
b. 1849 — d. May 14, 1912
B.B. King
b. 1925 — d. May 14, 2015
Bonnie and Clyde
b. — d. May 23, 1934
Byrhthelm
b. — d. May 15, 973
Carlos Schwabe
b. 1866 — d. May 25, 1926
Charles Farrell
b. 1900 — d. May 6, 1990
Charles Grodin
b. 1935 — d. May 18, 2021
Chukwuedu Nwokolo
b. — d. May 18, 2014
Daniel Ciugureanu
b. 1885 — d. May 19, 1950
Danny La Rue
b. 1927 — d. May 31, 2009
Dave Balon
b. 1938 — d. May 29, 2007
Doyle Brunson
b. 1933 — d. May 14, 2023
Duke Ellington
b. 1899 — d. May 24, 1974
Empress Dowager Hu
b. — d. May 17, 528
Frederick Innes
b. — d. May 11, 1882
George Irving Bell
b. — d. May 28, 2000
Henrik Ibsen
b. 1828 — d. May 23, 1906
Humphry Davy
b. 1778 — d. May 29, 1829
Jabez Bowen
b. 1739 — d. May 7, 1815
Jack Adams
b. 1895 — d. May 1, 1968
Jack Kemp
b. 1935 — d. May 2, 2009
James Baker
b. 1930 — d. May 16, 2023
Jerry Stiller
b. 1927 — d. May 11, 2020
Jim Brown
b. 1936 — d. May 18, 2023
Joan Crawford
b. 1904 — d. May 10, 1977
Joe Adcock
b. 1927 — d. May 3, 1999
John Forbes Nash Jr.
b. 1928 — d. May 23, 2015
José Martí
b. 1853 — d. May 19, 1895
José Mujica
b. 1935 — d. May 13, 2025
Joseph McCarthy
b. 1908 — d. May 2, 1957
Josiah Henson
b. 1789 — d. May 5, 1883
Kamla Beniwal
b. — d. May 15, 2024
Kaneto Shindo
b. 1912 — d. May 29, 2012
Karl Marx
b. 1897 — d. May 8, 1985
Kathleen Winsor
b. 1919 — d. May 26, 2003
Ken Venturi
b. 1931 — d. May 17, 2013
L. Frank Baum
b. 1856 — d. May 6, 1919
Lambert of Guînes
b. — d. May 16, 1115
Leonardo da Vinci
b. 1452 — d. May 2, 1519