| 50041 | May.01 | Birth | 1901 – Heinz Eric Roemheld, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1985) |
| 50042 | May.01 | Birth | 1901 – Antal Szerb, Hungarian scholar and author (d. 1945) |
| 50043 | May.01 | Birth | 1905 – Henk de Best, Dutch boxer (d. 1978) |
| 50044 | May.01 | Birth | 1905 – Paul Desruisseaux, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1982) |
| 50045 | May.01 | Birth | 1905 – Henry Koster, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1988) |
| 50046 | May.01 | Birth | 1906 – Horst Schumann, German SS officer and physician (d. 1983) |
| 50047 | May.01 | Birth | 1907 – Hayes Alvis, American bassist (Mills Blue Rhythm Band) (d. 1972) |
| 50048 | May.01 | Birth | 1907 – Oliver Hill, American lawyer (d. 2007) |
| 50049 | May.01 | Birth | 1907 – Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish runner (d. 1969) |
| 50050 | May.01 | Birth | 1907 – Kate Smith, American singer and actress (d. 1986) |
| 50051 | May.01 | Birth | 1908 – Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and author (d. 1968) |
| 50052 | May.01 | Birth | 1908 – Morris Kline, American mathematician and academic (d. 1992) |
| 50053 | May.01 | Birth | 1909 – Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1990) |
| 50054 | May.01 | Birth | 1910 – Behice Boran, Turkish sociologist and politician (d. 1987) |
| 50055 | May.01 | Birth | 1910 – Raya Dunayevskaya, Ukrainian-American philosopher and activist (d. 1987) |
| 50056 | May.01 | Birth | 1910 – Dirk Andries Flentrop, Dutch organ builder (d. 2003) |
| 50057 | May.01 | Birth | 1910 – J. Allen Hynek, American astronomer and ufologist (d. 1986) |
| 50058 | May.01 | Birth | 1911 – Wilfred Watson, English-Canadian poet, playwright and educator (b. 1998) |
| 50059 | May.01 | Birth | 1912 – Otto Kretschmer, Polish-German admiral (d. 1998) |
| 50060 | May.01 | Birth | 1913 – Louis Nye, American actor and singer (d. 2005) |
| 50061 | May.01 | Birth | 1913 – Walter Susskind, Czech-English pianist, conductor, and educator (d. 1980) |
| 50062 | May.01 | Birth | 1914 – Jaap van der Poll, Dutch javelin thrower (d. 2010) |
| 50063 | May.01 | Birth | 1915 – Hanns Martin Schleyer, German businessman (d. 1977) |
| 50064 | May.01 | Birth | 1915 – Archie Williams, American runner and educator (d. 1993) |
| 50065 | May.01 | Birth | 1916 – Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor and producer (d. 2006) |
| 50066 | May.01 | Birth | 1917 – John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (d. 1996) |
| 50067 | May.01 | Birth | 1917 – Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (d. 2013) |
| 50068 | May.01 | Birth | 1917 – Danielle Darrieux, French actress and singer |
| 50069 | May.01 | Birth | 1917 – Ahron Soloveichik, Russian rabbi and scholar (d. 2001) |
| 50070 | May.01 | Birth | 1918 – Gersh Budker, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (d. 1977) |