Nanette Rainone
American feminist and reporterDied on Monday May 23rd 2016
Who Died in May 2016?
Who died in May 2016? Over 500 obituaries from that month — notable deaths, news, info and memorial pages.
Khamidbi M. Beshtoev
Russian physicistDied on Friday May 13th 2016
Erkin Vohidov
Uzbek poetDied on Monday May 30th 2016
Martha Seim Valeur
Norwegian politicianDied on Thursday May 5th 2016
Olav Djupvik
Norwegian politicianDied on Tuesday May 31st 2016
Astrid Gunnestad
Norwegian journalistDied on Wednesday May 18th 2016
Lloyd Campbell
Canadian curlerDied on Wednesday May 25th 2016
Ida Pedanda Gede Made Gunung
63Died on Wednesday May 18th 2016
Yuri Volkov
Russian ice hockey playerDied on Tuesday May 17th 2016
Gaylord T. Gunhus
American army officerDied on Friday May 27th 2016
Thomas E. Schaefer
American Air Force colonelDied on Tuesday May 31st 2016
Sergio Adolfo Govi
Italian-born Central African Roman Catholic prelateDied on Tuesday May 31st 2016
Xavier de Planhol
French geographerDied on Tuesday May 17th 2016
Tsuyoshi Makino
Japanese authorDied on Friday May 20th 2016
Wanaro N’Godrella
French tennis playerDied on Thursday May 26th 2016
Svetozar Koljević
Serbian authorDied on Sunday May 29th 2016
Müzahir Sille
Turkish wrestlerDied on Tuesday May 17th 2016
Leo Proost
Belgian cyclistDied on Tuesday May 24th 2016
Günter Braake
German soldierDied on Saturday May 21st 2016
George Wildman
American cartoonistDied on Sunday May 22nd 2016
Greg Melvill-Smith
South African actorDied on Tuesday May 31st 2016
Tony Kriletich
New Zealand rugby league player (AucklandDied on Saturday May 21st 2016
Yuka Sugizaki
Japanese animator (Attack on TitanDied on Saturday May 28th 2016
Louise Erickson
American baseball player (Racine BellesDied on Friday May 27th 2016
James Campbell
English historianDied on Tuesday May 31st 2016
Denise Bernot
French academicDied on Thursday May 12th 2016
Wang Shizhen
Chinese nuclear medicine physician and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences)Died on Friday May 27th 2016
Marianne Gaba
American model and actressDied on Tuesday May 3rd 2016
Bob Williams
American football player (Chicago Bears)Died on Thursday May 26th 2016
Jimmy Borges
American jazz singerDied on Monday May 30th 2016
Marion Lambert
art collectorDied on Saturday May 28th 2016
Devarakonda Vittal Rao
Indian politicianDied on Saturday May 28th 2016
Joan Helpern
American shoe designerDied on Sunday May 8th 2016
Joel Hastings
Canadian pianistDied on Thursday May 26th 2016
C. Michael Harper
American executive (ConAgra Foods)Died on Monday May 30th 2016
David McNiven Garner
New Zealand oceanographerDied on Friday May 13th 2016
Suzanne Corkin
American neuroscientistDied on Tuesday May 24th 2016
Esad Čolaković
Macedonian footballer (FK Sloga Jugomagnat)Died on Thursday May 26th 2016
Erika Berger
German television presenter and authorDied on Sunday May 15th 2016
Jules Browde
(South African lawyer). Died on Tuesday May 31st 2016
Harambe
-Died on Saturday May 28th 2016
Rudra Madhab Ray
Indian politicianDied on Tuesday May 31st 2016
Steve Szkotak
American journalist (Associated Press)Died on Tuesday May 31st 2016
David Tod Roy
Chinese translatorDied on Tuesday May 31st 2016
Jorma Salmi
Finnish ice hockey player (IlvesDied on Tuesday May 24th 2016
Carla Lane
English television writer (The Liver BirdsDied on Tuesday May 31st 2016
Merv Cowan
Australian rules footballerDied on Sunday May 22nd 2016
Peter DeTroy
American attorneyDied on Saturday May 28th 2016
Boniface Choi Ki-San
South Korean Roman Catholic prelateDied on Monday May 30th 2016
Mohamed Abdelaziz
The 3rd elected President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic RepublicDied on Tuesday May 31st 2016
Thomas Fekete
American indie rock guitarist (Surfer Blood)Died on Tuesday May 31st 2016
Malvina Cheek
British war artistDied on Friday May 20th 2016
Rupert Neudeck
German journalist and humanitarianDied on Tuesday May 31st 2016
Antonio Imbert Barrera
Dominican politicianDied on Tuesday May 31st 2016
Jan Crouch
American televangelist and broadcasting executive (Trinity Broadcasting Network)Died on Tuesday May 31st 2016
Rick MacLeish
66Died on Monday May 30th 2016
Chen Wei-chau
61-62Died on Tuesday May 31st 2016
Kazimierz Barburski
Polish fencerDied on Thursday May 26th 2016
Wang You-theng
Taiwanese entrepreneur (Rebar)Died on Friday May 27th 2016
Kenne Fant
Swedish actorDied on Monday May 30th 2016
Michael Dann
American television executive (CBS)Died on Friday May 27th 2016
Will Nicholson, Jr.
American golf executiveDied on Saturday May 28th 2016
Tom Lysiak
Canadian ice hockey player (Atlanta FlamesDied on Monday May 30th 2016
Javare Gowda
Indian writerDied on Monday May 30th 2016
Alexis Navarro
Venezuelan politician and diplomatDied on Sunday May 22nd 2016
Carlos García y García
Peruvian politicianDied on Wednesday May 11th 2016
Marshall Jones
American musician (Ohio Players)Died on Friday May 27th 2016
Martin Senn
Swiss insurance executive (Zurich Insurance Group)Died on Friday May 27th 2016
Rosanna Huffman
American actressDied on Friday May 20th 2016
Mathew Mattam
Indian Malayalam authorDied on Sunday May 29th 2016
Daniel Kunene
South African-American poetDied on Friday May 27th 2016
Tien Chih-hsuan
Taiwanese politicianDied on Sunday May 29th 2016
Chen Nengkuan
Chinese metal and detonation physicist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences)Died on Friday May 27th 2016
Lucille Richards
American baseball player (Racine BellesDied on Friday May 20th 2016
Ronald C. Davidson
Canadian physicistDied on Thursday May 19th 2016
Ralph Ketner
American businessman and philanthropistDied on Sunday May 29th 2016
M. Brendan Fleming
American politicianDied on Saturday May 28th 2016
Edward O’Hara
British politicianDied on Saturday May 28th 2016
Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen
British barrister and life peerDied on Saturday May 28th 2016
Stanley Burke
Canadian television journalistDied on Saturday May 28th 2016
K. P. Noorudeen
Indian politicianDied on Sunday May 29th 2016
Nihal Bitla
Indian progeria advocateDied on Monday May 2nd 2016
Joanna Blake
American sculptorDied on Sunday May 22nd 2016
Arturo Pomar
Spanish chess grandmasterDied on Thursday May 26th 2016
Berrick Saul
British economist and academic administratorDied on Sunday May 29th 2016
Frank Modell
American cartoonist (The New Yorker)Died on Friday May 27th 2016
Chris Meek
British racing driver and businessmanDied on Saturday May 21st 2016
Krystian Rempała
Polish motorcycle racerDied on Saturday May 28th 2016
John Webster
British theologianDied on Wednesday May 25th 2016
Howard Meeks
American Episcopal prelateDied on Friday May 13th 2016