Tommy Burns (1881-1955)
May 10 Canadian boxer (World Heavyweight Champion 1906–08), dies of a heart attack at 73
- May 11 Gilbert Jessop, English cricket batsman (18 Tests; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1898), dies at 80
- May 17 Alan Fairfax, Australian cricket all-rounder (10 Tests, 4 x 50, 21 wickets, BB 4/31; NSWCA), dies of war wounds at 48
- May 17 Leslie Hylton, Jamaican cricketer and West Indies fast bowler, executed and hanged for murder at 50
Alberto Ascari (1918-1955)
May 26 Italian auto racer (World F1 champion 1952, 53), dies in a testing accident at 36
- May 31 Bill Vukovich, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1953-4), dies in a car crash at 36 while competing in the Indianapolis 500
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