May 1st
166 Notable deaths
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.
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.
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. [ref]
Nirmala Deshpande
Indian politician.
Born October 19th, 1929 in Nagpur.
Died May 1st, 2008 at 78 years old in New Delhi. [ref]
Terry Medwin
Welsh footballer (1932–2024).
Born September 25th, 1932 in Swansea.
Died May 1st, 2024 at 91 years old [ref]
Anthony Mamo
President of malta (1909-2008).
Born January 9th, 1909 in Birkirkara.
Died May 1st, 2008 at 99 years old in Mosta. [ref]
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
French film director.
Born November 29th, 1917 in Libourne.
Died May 1st, 2017 at 99 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Henri Ellenberger
Swiss psychiatrist (1905-1993).
Born November 6th, 1905 in Southern Rhodesia. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1993 at 87 years old in Quebec. [ref]
Henri Pélissier
Road racing cyclist.
Born January 22nd, 1889 in 18th arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 1st, 1935 at 46 years old in Dampierre-en-Yvelines.
Bill Johnston
American tennis player.
Born November 2nd, 1894 in San Francisco.
Died May 1st, 1946 at 51 years old in San Francisco (tuberculosis).
Deaths 81 to 90 of 166
I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner