Famous people and celebrities who died in May 1926

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in May 1926. 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 1 Nicolaus Adriani

  Translator (middle celebes language), dies in age 60.

• May 3 Napoleon V Bonaparte

  At 63, a french pretender to the throne dies.

• May 9 Joseph Mallaby Dent

  Publisher

• May 13 Libert H. Boeynaems

  Belgian-american bishop (b. 1857)

• May 15 Joseph James Fletcher

  Australian biologist (b. 1850)

• May 15 Mohammed VI Vahideddin

  The last sultan of turkey (1918-22).

• May 16 Mehmed VI

  The 36th and last sultan of the ottoman empire (b. 1861)

• May 16 Mehmed VI Vahideddin (Mohammed Osman)

  Last sultan (turkey) (1918-22), is killed.

• May 17 Lucien Herr

  French leader (correspondance entre scheiller)

• May 21 Ronald Firbank

  English-italian author (d. 1926)

• May 21 Ronald Arthur A Firbank

  At 40, a british writer (prancing nigger) dies

• May 23 Hans Koessler

  Composer dies at 73

• May 25 Symon Petliura

  Ukrainian journalist and politician (b. 1879)

• May 26 Srečko Kosovel

  Influential Slovenian avant-garde poet known for his modernist and expressionist poetry, who died tragically young at 22 years old. He is considered a significant figure in Slovenian literary history.

• May 26 S V Petlura

  Ukrainain ataman assassinated by shalom schwarzbard

• May 30 Vladimir Steklov

  Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1864)