Famous people and celebrities who died in May 1943
This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in May 1943. 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 Johan Oscar Smith
Norwegian religious leader, founded the brunstad christian church (b. 1871)
- May 3 Harry Miller
American engineer (d. 1943)
- May 3 Leslie Heward
Composer dies at 45
- May 7 Fethi Okyar
Turkish colonel and politician, 2nd prime minister of turkey (b. 1880)
- May 8 Mordechai Anielewicz
Polish commander (b. 1919)
- May 10 Arnaud / Armand Fraiteur
Belgian resistance fighter, hanged
- May 10 Maurice-Albert Raskin
Belgian resistance fighter, hanged.
- May 12 Albert Stoessel
Composer dies at 48
- May 14 Henri La Fontaine
PEA - Belgian lawyer and author, nobel prize laureate (b. 1854)
- May 16 Alfred Hoche
German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1865)
- May 16 Nigger
Black labrador retriever belonging to wing commander guy gibson of the royal air force, and the mascot of no. 617 squadron.
- May 17 Montagu Love
Actor (wind), passes away at 65
- May 18 Ōnishiki Daigorō
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th yokozuna (b. 1883)
- May 19 Kristjan Raud
Estonian painter and illustrator (b. 1865)
- May 22 Helen Taft
American first lady, wife to us president william howard taft was inaugurated on 3/04/1909. she was raised in a politically active household and got engaged to taft in may 1885. they were married 6/19/1886.
- May 24 Vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko
Russian playwright dies at the age of 84.
- May 25 Nils von Dardel
Swedish post-impressionist painter (born in 1888).
- May 26 Edsel Ford
Son of Henry Ford and president of Ford Motor Company.
- May 26 Alice Tegnér
Swedish organist, composer, and educator (b. 1864)
- May 27 Gordon Coates
New zealand soldier and politician, 21st prime minister of new zealand (b. 1878)
- May 29 Hermann Hans Wetzler
Composer dies at 72