| 52711 | May.07 | Death | 1682 – Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661) |
| 52712 | May.07 | Death | 1718 – Mary of Modena (b. 1658) |
| 52713 | May.07 | Death | 1793 – Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1722) |
| 52714 | May.07 | Death | 1800 – Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (b. 1728) |
| 52715 | May.07 | Death | 1805 – William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish-English general and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737) |
| 52716 | May.07 | Death | 1815 – Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1739) |
| 52717 | May.07 | Death | 1825 – Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1750) |
| 52718 | May.07 | Death | 1840 – Caspar David Friedrich, German painter and educator (b. 1774) |
| 52719 | May.07 | Death | 1868 – Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778) |
| 52720 | May.07 | Death | 1872 – Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805) |
| 52721 | May.07 | Death | 1876 – William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795) |
| 52722 | May.07 | Death | 1887 – C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811) |
| 52723 | May.07 | Death | 1896 – H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1860) |
| 52724 | May.07 | Death | 1902 – Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818) |
| 52725 | May.07 | Death | 1917 – Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896) |
| 52726 | May.07 | Death | 1922 – Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857) |
| 52727 | May.07 | Death | 1924 – Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897) |
| 52728 | May.07 | Death | 1925 – William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851) |
| 52729 | May.07 | Death | 1937 – Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and author (b. 1886) |
| 52730 | May.07 | Death | 1940 – George Lansbury, English journalist and politician (b. 1859) |
| 52731 | May.07 | Death | 1941 – James George Frazer, Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (b. 1854) |
| 52732 | May.07 | Death | 1942 – Felix Weingartner, Croatian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863) |
| 52733 | May.07 | Death | 1943 – Fethi Okyar, Turkish colonel and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1880) |
| 52734 | May.07 | Death | 1946 – Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian journalist and politician (b. 1864) |
| 52735 | May.07 | Death | 1951 – Warner Baxter, American actor and singer (b. 1889) |
| 52736 | May.07 | Death | 1958 – Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1880) |
| 52737 | May.07 | Death | 1978 – Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (b. 1915) |
| 52738 | May.07 | Death | 1986 – Jeffrey Mylett, American actor (b. 1949) |
| 52739 | May.07 | Death | 1986 – Haldun Taner, Turkish playwright and author (b. 1915) |
| 52740 | May.07 | Death | 1987 – Colin Blakely, Irish-English actor (b. 1930) |