| 50731 | May.02 | Death | 1986 – Sergio Cresto, American race car driver (b. 1956) |
| 50732 | May.02 | Death | 1986 – Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (b. 1956) |
| 50733 | May.02 | Death | 1989 – Veniamin Kaverin, Russian author (b. 1902) |
| 50734 | May.02 | Death | 1989 – Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal (b. 1906) |
| 50735 | May.02 | Death | 1990 – David Rappaport, English-American actor (b. 1951) |
| 50736 | May.02 | Death | 1991 – Ronald McKie, Australian journalist and author (b. 1909) |
| 50737 | May.02 | Death | 1992 – Wilbur Mills, American lawyer and politician (b. 1909) |
| 50738 | May.02 | Death | 1993 – André Moynet, French race car driver, pilot, and politician (b. 1921) |
| 50739 | May.02 | Death | 1994 – Dorothy Marie Donnelly, American poet and author (b. 1903) |
| 50740 | May.02 | Death | 1995 – John Bunting, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (b. 1918) |
| 50741 | May.02 | Death | 1995 – Michael Hordern, English actor and singer (b. 1911) |
| 50742 | May.02 | Death | 1997 – John Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903) |
| 50743 | May.02 | Death | 1997 – Paulo Freire, Brazilian philosopher and academic (b. 1921) |
| 50744 | May.02 | Death | 1998 – hide, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (X Japan and Zilch) (b. 1964) |
| 50745 | May.02 | Death | 1998 – Justin Fashanu, English footballer (b. 1961) |
| 50746 | May.02 | Death | 1998 – Kevin Lloyd, English actor (b. 1949) |
| 50747 | May.02 | Death | 1998 – Gene Raymond, American actor and singer (b. 1908) |
| 50748 | May.02 | Death | 1999 – Augie Blunt, American actor (b. 1929) |
| 50749 | May.02 | Death | 1999 – Douglas Harkness, Canadian colonel and politician (b. 1903) |
| 50750 | May.02 | Death | 1999 – Oliver Reed, English actor (b. 1938) |
| 50751 | May.02 | Death | 2001 – Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (b. 1961) |
| 50752 | May.02 | Death | 2001 – Ted Rogers, English comedian and actor (b. 1935) |
| 50753 | May.02 | Death | 2002 – W. T. Tutte, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1917) |
| 50754 | May.02 | Death | 2005 – Wee Kim Wee, Singaporean journalist and politician, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915) |
| 50755 | May.02 | Death | 2006 – Louis Rukeyser, American journalist and author (b. 1933) |
| 50756 | May.02 | Death | 2007 – Brad McGann, New Zealand director and screenwriter (b. 1964) |
| 50757 | May.02 | Death | 2008 – Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (b. 1940) |
| 50758 | May.02 | Death | 2008 – Izold Pustõlnik, Ukrainian-Estonian astronomer and academic (b. 1938) |
| 50759 | May.02 | Death | 2009 – Marilyn French, American author and academic (b. 1929) |
| 50760 | May.02 | Death | 2009 – Kiyoshiro Imawano, Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (RC Succession) (b. 1951) |