Famous people and celebrities who died in May 1973

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in May 1973. 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 2 Alan Carney

  Actor (herbie-take it from me), dies aged 61

• May 4 Jane Bowles

  American playwright and writer (born 1917).

• May 6 Ernest MacMillan

  Canadian composer and conductor of orchestras (born 1893)

• May 8 Ralph Miller

  At 100 years old, the last 19th-century baseball player dies in cincinnati ohio usa.

• May 10 Loren Tindall

  Heart attack deaths at 51

• May 10 Jack E Leonard

  Chicago ill, comedian, is killed at 62

• May 11 Lex Barker

  American actor famous for portraying Tarzan in multiple films and starring in German Western adaptations of Karl May's novels. He was a prominent Hollywood actor during the 1940s and 1950s.

• May 11 Grigory M Kosinzev

  Russian director, dies.

• May 12 Art Pollard

  American racecar driver (born 1927).

• May 12 Frances Marion

  American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (b. 1888)

• May 14 Jean Gebser

  Jean Gebser was an influential German-Polish philosopher, poet, and linguist who developed groundbreaking theories about the evolution of human consciousness. His work explored different structures and stages of consciousness throughout human history.

• May 15 Willem H Rassers

  Dutch cult anthropologist, pandji-novel, dies at 95

• May 17 Alexander J Kropholler

  Dutch writer/architect, dies at the age of 91.

• May 18 Jeannette Rankin

  First woman elected to the U.S. Congress and a prominent suffragist.

• May 20 Jarno Saarinen

  Finnish motorcycle racer (born 1945).

• May 20 Renzo Pasolini

  Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1938)

• May 21 Vaughn Monroe

  Prominent American big band singer, bandleader, and actor who was popular during the 1940s and early 1950s, known for his distinctive baritone voice and appearances in several Hollywood films.

• May 21 Ivan Konev

  Soviet marshal and general (b. 1897)

• May 21 George Breakstone

  Actor/director (great expectations), dead at 53

• May 21 Carlo E Gadda

  Italian engineer/writer (war diary), died at 79

• May 23 Athena Lorde

  Actress (fuzz skin game, firecreek), is killed at 57

• May 27 PRamlee

  Malaysian actor, singer and songwriter (born 1922)

• May 28 Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

  German conductor/composer (hassan) dies at the age of 73.

• May 29 George Harriman

  English businessman (b. 1908)

• May 29 Eric Applewhite

  Entertainer

• May 30 Hal Hastings

  Orchestra leader (chevrolet, broadway) dies at the age of 66.

• May 31 Albert Egges van Giffen Dutch archaeologist

  At the age of 89, he dies.