Famous people and celebrities who died in May 1949

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in May 1949. 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 Fanny Walden

  English cricketer and footballer (d. 1949).

• May 6 Maurice Maeterlinck

  Belgian essayist, poet and playwright. he was also a naturalist and lawyer. he won the 1911 nobel prize for literature. he was made a count in 1932 by the belgian king. he is best known for his books "the blind", 1891, and "the interior", 1892. there are also many studies on nature. maeterlinck was able to dedicate all his time …

• May 6 Count Maurice (Mooris) Polidore Marie Bernhard Maeterlinck

  Nobel Prize laureate in appreciation of his many-sided literary activities, and especially of his dramatic works, which are distinguished by a wealth of imagination and by a poetic fancy, which reveals, sometimes in the guise of a fairy tale, a deep inspiration, while in a mysterious way they appeal to the readers' own feelings and stimulate their imaginations

• May 9 Louis II

  Prince of monaco (b. 1870)

• May 9 Prince Louis

  Ii of monaco (born 1870).

• May 11 Adrianus PHA de Kleyn

  65 years old. throat/nose/otologist (ear doctor).

• May 16 William Newzam Prior Nicholson

  Painter / engraver

• May 18 James T

  Adams; us historian (pulitzer 1921).

• May 20 Randolph West

  American biochemist known for the Dakin-West reaction, a significant organic chemistry process for amino acid synthesis.

• May 20 Damaskinos of Athens

  Greek archbishop and politician, 137th prime minister of greece (b. 1891)

• May 20 Archbishop Damaskinos

  Athens (born in 1891)

• May 21 Klaus Mann

  Renowned German writer and intellectual, son of Thomas Mann, known for his novel 'Mephisto' and his complex personal life during the Nazi era.

• May 22 Hans Erich Pfitzner

  Russian/german composer dies at the age of 80.

• May 23 Jan Frans De Boever

  Belgian painter and illustrator (b. 1872)

• May 24 Alexey Shchusev

  Russian architect, designed lenin's mausoleum and moscow kazanskaya railway station (b. 1873)

• May 25 Simon H Spoor

  At 47 years old, intelligence officer/general (wwii) dies.

• May 27 Robert Ripley

  American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded ripley's believe it or not! (b. 1890)

• May 30 Emmanuel Célestin Suhard

  French cardinal (b. 1874)