May 1st
183 Notable deaths
José Enrique Rodó
Uruguayan writer.
Born July 15th, 1871 in Montevideo. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1917 at 45 years old in Palermo. [ref]
Moshe Landau
Israeli judge.
Born April 29th, 1912 in Gdańsk.
Died May 1st, 2011 at 99 years old in Jerusalem (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Delara Darabi
Iranian artist (1986-2009).
Born September 29th, 1986 in Rasht.
Died May 1st, 2009 at 22 years old in Rasht (hanging). [ref]
Klymentiy Sheptytsky
Ukrainian catholic monk and political prisoner (1869–1951).
Born November 17th, 1869 in Prylbychi.
Died May 1st, 1951 at 81 years old in Vladimir Central Prison.
Paul Gustav Fischer
Danish artist (1860-1934).
Born July 22nd, 1860 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1934 at 73 years old in Gentofte Municipality.
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
French film director (1917–2017).
Born November 29th, 1917 in Libourne.
Died May 1st, 2017 at 99 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Itzhak Katzenelson
Jewish teacher, poet and dramatist, murdered in holocaust (1886-1944).
Born July 1st, 1886 in Kareličy.
Died May 1st, 1944 at 57 years old in Auschwitz, Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.
Tun Tin
Prime minister of burma for a few months in 1988.
Born October 2nd, 1920 in Myitkyina.
Died May 1st, 2020 at 99 years old in Yangon. [ref]
Josep Maria Jujol
Spanish architect (1879–1949).
Born September 16th, 1879 in Tarragona.
Died May 1st, 1949 at 69 years old in Barcelona.
Thomas Cooper Gotch
English pre-raphaelite painter and book illustrator (1854-1931).
Born December 10th, 1854 in Kettering.
Died May 1st, 1931 at 76 years old in Cornwall.
Deaths 81 to 90 of 183
Though death be poor, it ends a mortal woe. William Shakespeare