| 50281 | May.01 | Death | 1118 – Matilda of Scotland (b. 1080) |
| 50282 | May.01 | Death | 1277 – Stephen Uroš I of Serbia (b. 1223) |
| 50283 | May.01 | Death | 1308 – Albert I of Germany (b. 1255) |
| 50284 | May.01 | Death | 1539 – Isabella of Portugal (b. 1503) |
| 50285 | May.01 | Death | 1555 – Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501) |
| 50286 | May.01 | Death | 1572 – Pope Pius V (b. 1504) |
| 50287 | May.01 | Death | 1731 – Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (b. 1677) |
| 50288 | May.01 | Death | 1738 – Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1669) |
| 50289 | May.01 | Death | 1772 – Gottfried Achenwall, Polish-German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1719) |
| 50290 | May.01 | Death | 1813 – Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768) |
| 50291 | May.01 | Death | 1856 – John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774) |
| 50292 | May.01 | Death | 1873 – David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813) |
| 50293 | May.01 | Death | 1899 – Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824) |
| 50294 | May.01 | Death | 1904 – Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841) |
| 50295 | May.01 | Death | 1913 – John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850) |
| 50296 | May.01 | Death | 1920 – Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882) |
| 50297 | May.01 | Death | 1935 – Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889) |
| 50298 | May.01 | Death | 1937 – Snitz Edwards, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1868) |
| 50299 | May.01 | Death | 1943 – Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871) |
| 50300 | May.01 | Death | 1945 – Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897) |
| 50301 | May.01 | Death | 1945 – Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901) |
| 50302 | May.01 | Death | 1953 – Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876) |
| 50303 | May.01 | Death | 1956 – LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883) |
| 50304 | May.01 | Death | 1960 – Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (b. 1875) |
| 50305 | May.01 | Death | 1963 – Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1879) |
| 50306 | May.01 | Death | 1965 – Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (b. 1911) |
| 50307 | May.01 | Death | 1968 – Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1895) |
| 50308 | May.01 | Death | 1968 – Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (b. 1886) |
| 50309 | May.01 | Death | 1970 – Yi Un, Korean prince (b. 1897) |
| 50310 | May.01 | Death | 1973 – Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1914) |