Famous people and celebrities who died in May 1926

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in May 1926. 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 3 Napoleone Vittorio Bonaparte
• May 4 Silvio Bencini
• May 6 Herbert Miles
• May 6 Edward Aleksander Raczyński
• May 6 Thomas Humphry Ward
• May 7 Enrico Gemelli
• May 7 Lillian Lawrence
• May 7 Howard Van Doren Shaw
• May 13 Libert H. Boeynaems

  Belgian-american bishop (b. 1857).

• May 15 Joseph James Fletcher

  Australian biologist (b. 1850).

• May 16 Mehmed VI

  The 36th and last sultan of the ottoman empire (b. 1861).

• May 21 Ronald Firbank

  English-italian author (d. 1926).

• May 21 Adrien Guyon
• May 21 Friedrich Kluge
• May 22 Vincenzo Severino
• May 24 Robert Engels
• May 24 Thomas Erskine Holland
• May 24 Luigi Giacomelli
• May 24 Salvatore Orlando
• May 25 Symon Petliura

  Ukrainian journalist and politician (b. 1879).

• May 26 Srečko Kosovel

  Influential Slovenian avant-garde poet known for his modernist and expressionist poetry, who died tragically young at 22 years old.

• May 26 Cecilia Maria de Candia
• May 26 Rinaldo Camillo Rousset
• May 26 Arthur Somerset
• May 26 Şehzade Mehmed Abdülhalim
• May 29 Antonín Bennewitz
• May 29 Wilmot Fawkes
• May 30 Vladimir Steklov

  Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1864).

• May 31 Luigi Robecchi Bricchetti