Famous people and celebrities who died in May 1921

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in May 1921. 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 Francesco Ceppatelli
• May 2 Yosef Haim Brenner
• May 2 Alexander Vallaury
• May 3 Théodore Pilette

  Belgian race car driver (d. 1921).

• May 4 Max Kalbeck
• May 5 Alfred Hermann Fried

  Austrian journalist and publicist, nobel prize laureate (b. 1864).

• May 5 William Friese-Greene
• May 6 Jules Sambon
• May 7 Paolo Orengo
• May 12 Emilia Pardo Bazán
• May 12 Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten
• May 13 Jean Aicard

  French poet, novelist and dramatist.

• May 15 Milenko Vesnić
• May 15 Robert Charles Wroughton
• May 18 Francesco Buonamici
• May 18 Cirillo Makarios
• May 19 Michael Llewelyn Davies
• May 19 Edward Douglass White
• May 20 Bernard Coyne
• May 20 Alexander Halprin
• May 23 August Nilsson

  Shot putter and competitor in tug of war for the swedish pole vaulter (d.1921).

• May 23 Fernando Primo de Rivera
• May 24 Pasquale Cordopatri
• May 25 Émile Combes
• May 25 Nathalie Lemel
• May 27 Maria Czaplicka
• May 29 Abbott Handerson Thayer

  American artist known for his wildlife and landscape paintings.