Died in May

2 May
1519: Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter
2011: Usama bin Laden, Al-Qaeda leader

4 May
1799: Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore state
1963: Shaukat Thanvi, Urdu poet

6 May
1831: Syed Ahmed Brelvi, revolutionary Islamist
1831: Shah Ismail, grandson of Shah Waliullah

9 May
1978: Kazi Salim Akbar, Ibrat newspaper editor
1958: Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (Dr Khan Sahib), 1st CM of West Pakistan

13 May
1951: Maulana Hasrat Muhani, Urdu poet

14 May
1943: Shaheed Allah Bux Soomro, Sindhi statesman

15 May
1174: Nuruddin Zangi, Egyptian Emperor

18 May
1967: Elsa Kazi, wife of Allama II Kazi

20 May
1506: Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer

21 May
1970: Hyder Bux Jatoi, Father of Sindh
1991: Rajiv Gandhi, Son of Indra Gandhi
2016: Mulla Akhtar Mansour, Taliban leader

22 May
1545: Sher Shah Suri, founder of Suri Dynasty

24 May
2011: Hakim Ali Zardari, father of Asif Ali Zardari

26 May
1908: Mirza Ghulam Ahmed, founder of Ahmedi Movement

27 May
1964: Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Prime Minister of India

30 May
1744: Alexander Pope, English poet
2005: Fazal Mehmud, Pakistani cricketer

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