Editing 1952 (section)

===May===
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* [[May 2]] – [[Matrona Nikonova]], Soviet [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] nun and saint (b. [[1881]])
* [[May 5]] – [[Alberto Savinio]], Italian writer (b. [[1891]])
* [[May 6]] – [[Maria Montessori]], Italian educator (b. [[1870]])
* [[May 7]] – [[Juan Bautista Pérez]], Venezuelan lawyer, magistrate and politician, 43rd [[President of Venezuela]] (b. [[1869]])
* [[May 8]] – [[William Fox (producer)|William Fox]], Austro-Hungarian-born film producer (b. [[1879]])
* [[May 9]] – [[Canada Lee]], American actor and boxer (b. [[1907]])
* [[May 10]] – [[Clark L. Hull]], American psychologist (b. [[1884]])
* [[May 11]] – [[Giovanni Tebaldini]], Italian composer (b. [[1864]])
* [[May 15]] 
** [[Albert Bassermann]], German actor (b. [[1867]])
** [[Italo Montemezzi]], Italian composer (b. [[1875]])
* [[May 21]] – [[John Garfield]], American actor (b. [[1913]])
* [[May 23]] – [[Georg Schumann (composer)|Georg Schumann]], German composer (b. [[1866]])