They died in May 2022
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May 2022
May 28
Bujar Nishani - Albanian politician, President of Albania (2012-2017)
Yves Piétrasanta - French politician, local government member, MEP
May 27
Jean Carrère - French rugby player, national representative
Gautam Chakroborty - Bengali politician, Minister of Water Resources (2001–2006)
Pedro de Moraes - Brazilian cinematographer
Claude Rutault - French painter
Michael Sela - Israeli biochemist and immunologist of Polish origin, rector of the Weizman Research Institute
Angelo Sodano - Italian Roman Catholic priest and diplomat, cardinal-bishop, secretary of state of the Holy See (1991–2006), dean of the College of Cardinals (2005–2019)
Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif - Indonesian Muslim clergyman and philanthropist, leader of Muhammadiyah (1998–2005)
26th of May
Michał Cichy - Polish volleyball coach
Ciriaco De Mita - Italian politician and lawyer, national and European parliamentarian, minister, leader of DC (1982–1989), Prime Minister of Italy (1988–1989)
Lee Eol - South Korean actor
Andy Fletcher - British bassist and keyboardist, co-founder and member of the Depeche Mode band
Teodor Kukuruza - Ukrainian poet, singer and composer
Stefan Laube - Polish pharmacist, participant in the Warsaw Uprising and veteran activist, Knight of Orders
Ray Liotta - American actor
Sergey Romanovtsv - Soviet KGB officer with the rank of colonel and diplomat, Hero of the Soviet Union
Enju Todorow - Bulgarian wrestler
Alan White - British drummer, member of the band Yes
Sergiusz Wilczycki - Belarusian historian, journalist
John Zderko - American actor
25th of May
Jean-Louis Chautemps - French jazz saxophonist
Dick Conway - New Zealand rugby player
Luis Eichhorn - Argentine Roman Catholic priest, Bishop of Morón (2004–2017)
Livia Gyarmathy - Hungarian film director and screenwriter
Armin Kühne - German photographer
Eduardo Lizalde - Mexican poet
Wies van Dongen - Dutch road cyclist
May 24
Barbara Allende - Spanish photographer, cover designer
Vladimir Awierczew - Russian politician and economist, deputy of the State Duma
Luis Calderón - Peruvian footballer
Gennaro Cannavacciuolo - Italian actor
David Datuna - American visual artist of Georgian origin
Jan Gąsiorowski - Polish ski jumper trainer
Tadeusz Jankowski - Polish skier and coach, Olympian (1964)
Horst Sachtleben - German actor
Stanisław Salmonowicz - Polish historian, prof. dr hab.
Thomas Ulsrud - Norwegian curler, Olympic medalist
Maciej Wacław - Polish guitarist and vocalist, member of the band Schizma
May 23
Élie Buzyn - French surgeon of Polish-Jewish origin, survivor of the Holocaust
Francesco Ferrari - Italian politician and local government member, national and European parliamentarian
Marian Górski - Polish economist, prof. dr hab. economics, dean of the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw (1990–1996)
Anita Gradin - Swedish journalist, diplomat, politician, EU commissioner
Maja Lidia Kossakowska - Polish fantasy writer, journalist
Wendell Lucena Ramalho - Brazilian footballer
Lech Ramczykowski - Polish handball player and sports activist
Ilkka Suominen - Finnish politician, Minister of Trade and Industry (1987–1991), MEP
Ryszard Turkiewicz - Polish librarian, poet and columnist
Zaw Htay - Burmese military and press spokesman, director of the office of the head of government (2016-2021)
May 22
Hakim Bey (Peter Lamborn Wilson) - American writer, poet and cultural historian, anarchist activist
Kanamat Botashev - Russian military pilot, major general, participant in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Chafia Boudraa - Algerian actress
József Duró - Hungarian footballer
Les Dyl - English rugby player
Agnieszka Gawerska-Jabłonowska - Polish TV journalist
Mohammad Ibrahim Kederi - Afghan wrestler, Olympian
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