| 50311 | May.01 | Death | 1976 – T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (b. 1908) |
| 50312 | May.01 | Death | 1976 – Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician (b. 1939) |
| 50313 | May.01 | Death | 1978 – Aram Khachaturian, Georgian-Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1903) |
| 50314 | May.01 | Death | 1982 – William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (b. 1903) |
| 50315 | May.01 | Death | 1984 – Jüri Lossmann, Estonian-Swedish runner (b. 1891) |
| 50316 | May.01 | Death | 1985 – Denise Robins, English journalist and author (b. 1897) |
| 50317 | May.01 | Death | 1986 – Hylda Baker, English actress and singer (b. 1905) |
| 50318 | May.01 | Death | 1986 – Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer (b. 1916) |
| 50319 | May.01 | Death | 1989 – Sally Kirkland, American journalist (b. 1912) |
| 50320 | May.01 | Death | 1989 – V. M. Panchalingam, Sri Lankan civil servant (b. 1930) |
| 50321 | May.01 | Death | 1989 – Patrice Tardif, Canadian farmer and politician (b. 1904) |
| 50322 | May.01 | Death | 1989 – Douglass Watson, American actor (b. 1921) |
| 50323 | May.01 | Death | 1990 – Sergio Franchi, Italian-American tenor and actor (b. 1926) |
| 50324 | May.01 | Death | 1991 – Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896) |
| 50325 | May.01 | Death | 1992 – Sharon Redd, American singer and actress (Harlettes) (b. 1945) |
| 50326 | May.01 | Death | 1993 – Pierre Bérégovoy, French metallurgist and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1925) |
| 50327 | May.01 | Death | 1993 – Ranasinghe Premadasa, Sri Lankan politician, 3rd President of Sri Lanka (b. 1924) |
| 50328 | May.01 | Death | 1994 – Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1960) |
| 50329 | May.01 | Death | 1995 – Antonio Salemme, Italian-American painter (b. 1892) |
| 50330 | May.01 | Death | 1996 – Luana Patten, American actress and singer (b. 1938) |
| 50331 | May.01 | Death | 1997 – Fernand Dumont, Canadian sociologist, philosopher, and poet (b. 1927) |
| 50332 | May.01 | Death | 1998 – Eldridge Cleaver, American author and activist (b. 1935) |
| 50333 | May.01 | Death | 1999 – Jos LeDuc, Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1944) |
| 50334 | May.01 | Death | 2002 – Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh, Indian poet and author (b. 1908) |
| 50335 | May.01 | Death | 2002 – Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder and actor (b. 1926) |
| 50336 | May.01 | Death | 2000 – Jukka Tapanimäki, Finnish game programmer (b. 1961) |
| 50337 | May.01 | Death | 2002 – John Nathan-Turner, English screenwriter and producer (b. 1947) |
| 50338 | May.01 | Death | 2003 – Miss Elizabeth, American wrestler and manager (b. 1960) |
| 50339 | May.01 | Death | 2003 – Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923) |
| 50340 | May.01 | Death | 2004 – Larkin Kerwin, Canadian physicist and academic (b. 1924) |