Famous people and celebrities who died in May 1916

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in May 1916. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• May 3 Patrick Pearse

  Irish poet and educator, lawyer (d. 1916).

• May 3 Thomas MacDonagh

  Irish poet and rebel (b. 1878)

• May 3 Leaders of the Easter Rising\ \ Tom Clarke

  Irish nationalist, leader, and organiser of easter rising (born 1858). thomas macdonagh (b. 1878)\ patrick pearse (b. 1879)

• May 4 Ned Daly

  Irish rebel commander (easter rising) (b. 1891)

• May 4 Willie Pearse

  Irish rebel (b. 1881)

• May 4 Joseph Plunkett

  Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887)

• May 4 John Murray

  Australian politician, 23rd premier of victoria (b. 1851)

• May 4 Members of the Easter Rising\ \ Edward Daly

  Irish nationalist and member the easter rising (born in 1891) joseph mary plunkett (b. 1887)\ willie pearse (b.1891), irish nationalist, and member of easter rising 1891)

• May 5 John MacBride

  Irish nationalist, member of the easter rising (born in 1865).

• May 5 Maurice Raoul-Duval

  French polo player (d. 1916)

• May 6 Earl Ross Drake composer

  At the age of 50, a person dies.

• May 6 Dirk Bos

  Dutch mp (liberal), dies at 53

• May 11 Max Reger

  Johannes brahms was a german organist, composer and conductor. he was prolific and composed music for organ, chamber music, and orchestral and choral works. his many creations include "fantasy," "bapcklin suite," and "fugue in c minor," as well as "improvisation," and "fugue on bach".

• May 11 Karl Schwarzschild

  Developed the first exact solution to Einstein's field equations of general relativity.

• May 11 Max [Johann BJM] Reger

  German composer / pianist/organist dies at 43

• May 12 James Connolly

  Scottish-born irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)

• May 13 Sholem Aleichem

  Ukrainian-american playwright and author (d. 1916).

• May 17 Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre composer

  At the age of 68, he dies.

• May 17 Boris Borisovich Galitzine

  Russian physicist (born 1862)

• May 18 Chen Qimei

  Chinese revolutionary (b. 1878)[42]

• May 28 Ivan Franko

  Ukrainian economist, journalist, and poet (b. 1856)

• May 31 Horace Hood British spy (Battle of Jutland)

  Dies in battle.