Famous people and celebrities who died in May 1911

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in May 1911. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• May 1 Makea Takau Ariki
• May 2 Demetrio Baffa
• May 4 Henry Howe Bemrose
• May 6 Massimiliano Massimo
• May 7 Michael Masing
• May 9 Thomas Wentworth Higginson

  American abolitionist (b. 1823).

• May 13 Francesco Bonatelli
• May 15 Giuseppe Ippolito Franchi-Verney della Valetta
• May 16 Lorenzo Panepinto
• May 16 Roberto Bonola
• May 16 Gheorghe Manu
• May 17 Frederick August Otto Schwarz
• May 17 Samuel Hubbard Scudder
• May 18 Gustav Mahler

  Austrian composer and one the most prominent conductors of his time, who is best known as the author of nine great symphonies.

• May 19 Alice Hoschedé
• May 21 Williamina Fleming

  Scottish-american academic and astronomer (d. 1911).

• May 24 Dezső Bánffy
• May 24 Menina Izildinha
• May 24 Ernst Julius Remak
• May 25 Vasilij Osipovič Ključevskij
• May 27 Thursday October Christian II
• May 29 W. S. Gilbert

  English playwright and poet (b. 1836).

• May 29 William Schwenck Gilbert
• May 29 Stephanus Jacobus du Toit
• May 30 Milton Bradley

  Pioneering American businessman who founded the Milton Bradley Company, a major board game manufacturer that revolutionized family...

• May 30 Arturo Faldi