| 50701 | May.02 | Death | 1880 – Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805) |
| 50702 | May.02 | Death | 1880 – Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835) |
| 50703 | May.02 | Death | 1885 – Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817) |
| 50704 | May.02 | Death | 1915 - Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870) |
| 50705 | May.02 | Death | 1918 – Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889) |
| 50706 | May.02 | Death | 1925 – Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898) |
| 50707 | May.02 | Death | 1927 – Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866) |
| 50708 | May.02 | Death | 1929 – Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879) |
| 50709 | May.02 | Death | 1941 – Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874) |
| 50710 | May.02 | Death | 1945 – Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900) |
| 50711 | May.02 | Death | 1945 – Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875) |
| 50712 | May.02 | Death | 1945 – Ludwig Stumpfegger, German physician (b. 1910) |
| 50713 | May.02 | Death | 1947 – Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920) |
| 50714 | May.02 | Death | 1953 – Wallace Bryant, American archer (b. 1863) |
| 50715 | May.02 | Death | 1957 – Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1908) |
| 50716 | May.02 | Death | 1960 – Caryl Chessman, American criminal (b. 1921) |
| 50717 | May.02 | Death | 1963 - Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, peer, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (b. 1884) |
| 50718 | May.02 | Death | 1964 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (b. 1879) |
| 50719 | May.02 | Death | 1968 – Harri Moora, Estonian archeologist and academic (b. 1900) |
| 50720 | May.02 | Death | 1969 – Franz von Papen, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879) |
| 50721 | May.02 | Death | 1972 – J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895) |
| 50722 | May.02 | Death | 1974 – James O. Richardson, American admiral (b. 1878) |
| 50723 | May.02 | Death | 1979 – Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903) |
| 50724 | May.02 | Death | 1980 – Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer (b. 1891) |
| 50725 | May.02 | Death | 1980 – George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and producer (b. 1908) |
| 50726 | May.02 | Death | 1983 – Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (b. 1926) |
| 50727 | May.02 | Death | 1984 – Jack Barry, American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (b. 1918) |
| 50728 | May.02 | Death | 1984 – Bob Clampett, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1913) |
| 50729 | May.02 | Death | 1985 – Attilio Bettega, Italian race car driver (b. 1951) |
| 50730 | May.02 | Death | 1985 – Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1909) |