| 51121 | May.03 | Death | 1916 – Patrick Pearse, Irish lawyer, poet, and activist (b. 1879) |
| 51122 | May.03 | Death | 1918 – Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (b. 1863) |
| 51123 | May.03 | Death | 1921 – Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1883) |
| 51124 | May.03 | Death | 1932 – Charles Fort, American journalist and author (b. 1874) |
| 51125 | May.03 | Death | 1939 – Madeleine Desroseaux, French author and poet (b. 1873) |
| 51126 | May.03 | Death | 1942 – Thorvald Stauning, Danish politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873) |
| 51127 | May.03 | Death | 1943 – Harry Miller, American engineer (b. 1875) |
| 51128 | May.03 | Death | 1948 – Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish assassin of Heikki Ritavuori (b. 1876) |
| 51129 | May.03 | Death | 1948 – Gideon Wahlberg, Swedish actor, screen writer, and film director (b. 1890) |
| 51130 | May.03 | Death | 1949 – Fanny Walden, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1888) |
| 51131 | May.03 | Death | 1958 – Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889) |
| 51132 | May.03 | Death | 1969 – Zakir Hussain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd President of India (b. 1897) |
| 51133 | May.03 | Death | 1970 – Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk, Turkish footballer, coach, and pilot (b. 1918) |
| 51134 | May.03 | Death | 1972 – Kenneth Bailey, Australian lawyer and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Canada (b. 1898) |
| 51135 | May.03 | Death | 1972 – Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (b. 1883) |
| 51136 | May.03 | Death | 1972 – Bruce Cabot, American actor (b. 1904) |
| 51137 | May.03 | Death | 1972 – Leslie Harvey, Scottish guitarist (Stone the Crows) (b. 1944) |
| 51138 | May.03 | Death | 1978 – Bill Downs, American journalist (b. 1914) |
| 51139 | May.03 | Death | 1981 – Nargis, Indian actress (b. 1929) |
| 51140 | May.03 | Death | 1987 – Dalida, Egyptian-Italian singer and actress (b. 1933) |
| 51141 | May.03 | Death | 1988 – Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1908) |
| 51142 | May.03 | Death | 1988 – Paul Vario, American mobster (b. 1914) |
| 51143 | May.03 | Death | 1989 – Christine Jorgensen, American trans woman (b. 1926) |
| 51144 | May.03 | Death | 1991 – Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American author (b. 1933) |
| 51145 | May.03 | Death | 1992 – George Murphy, American actor, dancer, and politician (b. 1902) |
| 51146 | May.03 | Death | 1996 – Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist, composer, and educator (b. 1921) |
| 51147 | May.03 | Death | 1996 – Alex Kellner, American baseball player (b. 1924) |
| 51148 | May.03 | Death | 1996 – Jack Weston, American actor (b. 1924) |
| 51149 | May.03 | Death | 1997 – Sébastien Enjolras, French race car driver (b. 1976) |
| 51150 | May.03 | Death | 1997 – Narciso Yepes, Spanish guitarist and composer (b. 1927) |