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Famous people and celebrities who died in May 1949

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in May 1949. 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

  • Fanny Walden
    May 3 Fanny Walden

    English cricketer and footballer (d. 1949).

  • Aldo Ballarin
    May 4 Aldo Ballarin
  • Valerio Bacigalupo
    May 4 Valerio Bacigalupo
  • Guglielmo Gabetto
    May 4 Guglielmo Gabetto
  • Valentino Mazzola
    May 4 Valentino Mazzola
  • Ernő Erbstein
    May 4 Ernő Erbstein
  • Renato Casalbore
    May 4 Renato Casalbore
  • Maurice Maeterlinck
    May 6 Maurice Maeterlinck

    Belgian essayist, poet and playwright.

  • Count Maurice (Mooris) Polidore Marie Bernhard Maeterlinck
    May 6 Count Maurice (Mooris) Polidore Marie Bernhard Maeterlinck

    Prize laureate in appreciation of his many-sided literary activities, and especially of his dramatic works, which are distinguished by a...

  • Johannes Andreas Brinkman
    May 6 Johannes Andreas Brinkman
  • Louis II
    May 9 Louis II

    Prince of monaco (b. 1870).

  • Thomas Heggen
    May 19 Thomas Heggen
  • Randolph West
    May 20 Randolph West

    American biochemist known for the Dakin-West reaction, a significant organic chemistry process for amino acid synthesis.

  • Damaskinos of Athens
    May 20 Damaskinos of Athens

    Greek archbishop and politician, 137th prime minister of greece (b. 1891).

  • Klaus Mann
    May 21 Klaus Mann

    Renowned German writer and intellectual, son of Thomas Mann, known for his novel 'Mephisto' and his complex personal life during the Nazi...

  • Hans Pfitzner
    May 22 Hans Pfitzner
  • James Vincent Forrestal
    May 22 James Vincent Forrestal
  • Jan Frans De Boever
    May 23 Jan Frans De Boever

    Belgian painter and illustrator (b. 1872).

  • Alexey Shchusev
    May 24 Alexey Shchusev

    Russian architect, designed lenin's mausoleum and moscow kazanskaya railway station (b. 1873).

  • Eduardo Chicharro y Agüera
    May 24 Eduardo Chicharro y Agüera
  • Piero Schiavazzi
    May 25 Piero Schiavazzi
  • XV conte di Strathmore e Kinghorne Patrick Bowes-Lyon
    May 25 XV conte di Strathmore e Kinghorne Patrick Bowes-Lyon
  • Alessandro Tarabini
    May 25 Alessandro Tarabini
  • Giuseppe Colarieti Tosti
    May 26 Giuseppe Colarieti Tosti
  • Euday L. Bowman
    May 26 Euday L. Bowman
  • Robert Ripley
    May 27 Robert Ripley

    American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded ripley's believe it or not! (b. 1890).

  • Emmanuel Célestin Suhard
    May 30 Emmanuel Célestin Suhard

    French cardinal (b. 1874).

  • Emmanuel Suhard
    May 30 Emmanuel Suhard