Famous people and celebrities who died in May 1925

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in May 1925. 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

  • Antun Branko Šimić
    May 2 Antun Branko Šimić

    Croatian and bosnian-herzegovinian poet (b. 1898).

  • Johann Palisa
    May 2 Johann Palisa

    Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)[29].

  • Vigilio Covi
    May 2 Vigilio Covi
  • Clément Ader
    May 3 Clément Ader

    French inventor, engineer, and aeronautical pioneer, self-taught.

  • Alberto Cavaciocchi
    May 3 Alberto Cavaciocchi
  • Eugenio Griffini
    May 3 Eugenio Griffini
  • Courtenay Foote
    May 4 Courtenay Foote
  • Giovanni Battista Grassi
    May 4 Giovanni Battista Grassi
  • Eugenia Maximilianovna di Leuchtenberg
    May 4 Eugenia Maximilianovna di Leuchtenberg
  • Tomé de Barros Queirós
    May 5 Tomé de Barros Queirós
  • William Lever
    May 7 William Lever

    1st viscount leverhulme, english businessman and politician (b. 1851).

  • Romeo Antoniazzi
    May 7 Romeo Antoniazzi
  • Auguste Pavie
    May 7 Auguste Pavie
  • Emilio Quadrelli
    May 7 Emilio Quadrelli
  • Boris Savinkov
    May 7 Boris Savinkov
  • Doveton Sturdee
    May 7 Doveton Sturdee
  • John Beresford
    May 8 John Beresford

    Irish polo player (d. 1925).

  • Amy Lowell
    May 12 Amy Lowell

    American poet, author of over a dozen volumes and a poet.

  • Ferruccio Mengaroni
    May 13 Ferruccio Mengaroni
  • I visconte Milner Alfred Milner
    May 13 I visconte Milner Alfred Milner
  • John Webster
    May 13 John Webster
  • Joseph Howard
    May 20 Joseph Howard

    Maltese politician, 1st prime minister of malta (b. 1862).

  • Hidesaburō Ueno
    May 21 Hidesaburō Ueno

    Japanese agriculturalist, guardian of hachikō (b. 1871).

  • John French
    May 22 John French

    British commander-in chief of the army during wwi.

  • Wilhelm Fröhner
    May 22 Wilhelm Fröhner
  • Henri Hébrard de Villeneuve
    May 22 Henri Hébrard de Villeneuve
  • Luigi Siciliani
    May 24 Luigi Siciliani
  • Arthur Moeller van den Bruck
    May 30 Arthur Moeller van den Bruck

    German historian and author (b. 1876).

  • Albert Mosse
    May 31 Albert Mosse