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Hans May

Austrian film composer
Person Human Q214202

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
July 1, 1886, July 11, 1886[10]
Date of death
December 31, 1958
Place of birth
Vienna
Place of death
London
Country of citizenship
Austria[12]
Occupation
composer, actor, conductor, film score composer, director, musician[13]
Sibling
Karl M. May[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[17]
Family name
May[15]
Given name
Hans[16]
Place of burial
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Hans May en Johann Mayer ar هانس ماي cs Johann Mayer cs Johannes Mayer fa هانس می ja ハンス・メイ ru Ханс Мэй sv May
🔖 Identifiers · 65
ISNI
0000000110552827
VIAF cluster ID
37107923, 10912240
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n87860276
GND ID
12896815X
AllMovie person ID
p101818
AlloCiné person ID
54215
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13952661h
CANTIC ID
981058520797006706
CONOR.SI ID
194807907
Carnegie Hall agent ID
1014910
Cinémathèque québécoise person ID
29739
Classical Archives composer ID
18225
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DAHR artist ID
105704
DDB person (GND) ID
12896815X
Danish National Filmography person ID
214570
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
12896815X
Discogs artist ID
582961
Elonet person ID
135135
Europeana entity
agent/base/44800
FES digital collections entity ID
392798
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_12896815X
FactGrid item ID
Louis Renault
Film.ru person ID
hans-mey
Filmportal ID
b77d532fdcbc4fa5a0960767f00a5c24
Find a Grave memorial ID
249356700
Freebase ID
/m/0hglv9n
GTAA ID
262686
Geni profile ID
6000000028318606383
HAND ID
9BBA-0591-3408-21A8-2898
Historical picture postcards University of Osnabrück ID
hans_may
IMDb ID
nm0561963
IdRef ID
102542376
Ivi person ID
gans-maj
J9U entity ID
987007290064605171
KBR person ID
19560738
Kallías ID
PE00081808
Kinobox person ID
885695
Kinopoisk person ID
368643
LexM ID
00003603
Movie Walker Press person ID
26430
MusicBrainz artist ID
163f6c7e-1b4e-4c70-8286-16d90d82ee1b
Musicalics composer ID
93109
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000277542
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2011621466
NLA Trove people ID
1147714
NLP ID
a0000002086816
NUKAT ID
n2006059009
National Library of Greece ID
234416
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000627029
National Library of Latvia ID
000037173
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810644921905606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX848302, XX5139993
PORT person ID
181550
Plex person key
5d776a2e594b2b001e6b54cf
Prabook ID
2330131
SBN author ID
DDSV394234
SecondHandSongs artist ID
108127
Swedish Film Database person ID
63036
TMDB person ID
120123
Theatricalia person ID
vrv
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058520797006706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1309025
Yale LUX ID
person/b364167a-755f-4e10-83a5-d6e900060b80
Österreichisches Musiklexikon Online ID
M/May_Brueder
ČSFD person ID
291779

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🔗 Connections
Compositions 29
Tillie's Punctured Romance, Brighton Rock, The Stars Look Down, The Gypsy and the Gentleman, The Love of Jeanne Ney, Four Flights to Love, Never Let Me Go, The Wicked Lady +21 more
Occupation 4
actor, composer, conductor, film score composer
Country of citizenship 1
Austria
FactGrid item ID 1
Louis Renault
Family name 1
May
Given name 1
Hans
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Place of birth 1
Vienna
Place of death 1
London
Sex or gender 1
male
← EU Knowledge Graph item ID 1
Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
← FactGrid item ID 1
Stinchcombe
← Mb:sibling 1
Karl M. May
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Summary

Hans May was born on July 1, 1886[1], in Vienna[2]. He died on December 31, 1958[3], in London[4]. He worked as a composer[5], actor[6], conductor[7], film score composer[8], and director[9].

FAQs

Where was Hans May born?

Hans May was born in Vienna[2].

Where did Hans May die?

Hans May died in London[4].

What did Hans May do for work?

Hans May worked as a composer[5], actor[6], conductor[7], film score composer[8], and director[9].

Related Entities

Austria Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences London

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Musicalics. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65762: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  2. 4d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sibling → Karl M. May
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #64330: import sibling (P3373) from GND"
  3. 8d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ISNI → 0000000110552827
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63746: replace redirected ISNI with target"
  4. 23d ago · Bargioni · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #60914: add P1810 to P396"
  5. 5w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SBN author ID → DDSV394234
    "Created claim: SBN author ID: DDSV394234, batch #289737"
  6. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → 9BBA-0591-3408-21A8-2898
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46379: HAND ID (2)"
  7. 19w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FES digital collections entity ID → 392798
    "Created claim: FES digital collections entity ID: 392798, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782398664614"
  8. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → composer, actor, conductor +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32080: import P21 and P106 from GND (22)"
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