May 7th

185 Notable deaths

Dimitar Blagoev

Bulgarian politician.

Born June 14th, 1856 in Vasileiada. [ref]

Died May 7th, 1924 at 67 years old in Sofia. [ref]

Edward Sedgwick

American film director, screenwriter (1889–1953).

Born November 7th, 1892 in Galveston.

Died May 7th, 1953 at 60 years old in North Hollywood (myocardial infarction).

Cleopa Msuya

Prime minister of tanzania (1980–1983, 1994-1995).

Born January 4th, 1931 in Kilimanjaro Region.

Died May 7th, 2025 at 94 years old in Dar es Salaam. [ref]

Aharon Yariv

Israeli politician.

Born December 20th, 1920 in Moscow. [ref]

Died May 7th, 1994 at 73 years old in Kfar Saba.

Margaret Cole

English socialist politician (1893-1980).

Born May 6th, 1893 in Cambridge.

Died May 7th, 1980 at 87 years old in Goring-on-Thames.

Vasiliy Ulrikh

Soviet jurist (1889-1951).

Born July 13th, 1889 in Riga.

Died May 7th, 1951 at 61 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).

Wilhelm Filchner

German explorer (1877-1957).

Born September 13th, 1877 in Munich.

Died May 7th, 1957 at 79 years old in Zurich.

Wu Wenjun

Chinese mathematician.

Born May 12th, 1919 in Shanghai.

Died May 7th, 2017 at 97 years old in Beijing. [ref]

Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov

Russian politician (1879–1940).

Born February 1st, 1879 in Saint Petersburg.

Died May 7th, 1940 at 61 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).

Frederick Stark Pearson

United states electrical engineer.

Born July 3rd, 1861 in Lowell.

Died May 7th, 1915 at 53 years old in Atlantic Ocean, RMS Lusitania.

Deaths 81 to 90 of 185

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