| 52741 | May.07 | Death | 1987 – Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (b. 1941) |
| 52742 | May.07 | Death | 1989 – Guy Williams, American actor (b. 1924) |
| 52743 | May.07 | Death | 1990 – Sam Tambimuttu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1932) |
| 52744 | May.07 | Death | 1993 – Mary Philbin, American actress (b. 1903) |
| 52745 | May.07 | Death | 1995 – Ray McKinley, American drummer, singer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (b. 1910) |
| 52746 | May.07 | Death | 1998 – Allan McLeod Cormack, South African-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924) |
| 52747 | May.07 | Death | 1998 – Eddie Rabbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941) |
| 52748 | May.07 | Death | 2000 – Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American captain, actor, and producer (b. 1909) |
| 52749 | May.07 | Death | 2001 – Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, French author and politician (b. 1912) |
| 52750 | May.07 | Death | 2002 – Kevyn Aucoin, American makeup artist and photographer (b. 1962) |
| 52751 | May.07 | Death | 2002 – Robert Kanigher, American author (b. 1915) |
| 52752 | May.07 | Death | 2002 – Seattle Slew, American race horse (b. 1974) |
| 52753 | May.07 | Death | 2004 – Waldemar Milewicz, Polish journalist (b. 1956) |
| 52754 | May.07 | Death | 2005 – Tristan Egolf, American author and activist (b. 1971) |
| 52755 | May.07 | Death | 2005 – Peter W. Rodino, American captain and politician (b. 1909) |
| 52756 | May.07 | Death | 2005 – Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1980) |
| 52757 | May.07 | Death | 2006 – Richard Carleton, Australian journalist (b. 1943) |
| 52758 | May.07 | Death | 2006 – Joan C. Edwards, American singer and philanthropist (b. 1918) |
| 52759 | May.07 | Death | 2006 – Machiko Soga, Japanese actress (b. 1943) |
| 52760 | May.07 | Death | 2007 – Diego Corrales, American boxer (b. 1977) |
| 52761 | May.07 | Death | 2007 – Octavian Paler, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1926) |
| 52762 | May.07 | Death | 2007 – Yahweh ben Yahweh, American cult leader, founded the Nation of Yahweh (b. 1935) |
| 52763 | May.07 | Death | 2007 – Nicholas Worth, American actor (b. 1937) |
| 52764 | May.07 | Death | 2009 – Mickey Carroll, American actor (b. 1919) |
| 52765 | May.07 | Death | 2009 – David Mellor, English designer (b. 1930) |
| 52766 | May.07 | Death | 2009 – Danny Ozark, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1923) |
| 52767 | May.07 | Death | 2011 – Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer (b. 1957) |
| 52768 | May.07 | Death | 2011 – Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924) |
| 52769 | May.07 | Death | 2011 – Big George, English songwriter, producer, and radio host (b. 1957) |
| 52770 | May.07 | Death | 2011 – Allyson Hennessy, Trinidadian journalist (b. 1948) |