| 50521 | May.02 | Birth | 1925 – John Neville, English-Canadian actor (d. 2011) |
| 50522 | May.02 | Birth | 1926 – Gérard D. Levesque, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Premier of Quebec (d. 1993) |
| 50523 | May.02 | Birth | 1927 – Ray Barrett, Australian actor and singer (d. 2009) |
| 50524 | May.02 | Birth | 1928 – Hans Trass, Estonian ecologist and botanist |
| 50525 | May.02 | Birth | 1928 – Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (d. 1972) |
| 50526 | May.02 | Birth | 1929 – Édouard Balladur, Turkish-French economist and politician, 162nd Prime Minister of France |
| 50527 | May.02 | Birth | 1929 – James Dillion, American discus thrower (d. 2010) |
| 50528 | May.02 | Birth | 1929 – Eddie Garcia, Filipino actor and director |
| 50529 | May.02 | Birth | 1929 – Link Wray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005) |
| 50530 | May.02 | Birth | 1930 – Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli painter and critic (d. 2013) |
| 50531 | May.02 | Birth | 1930 – Marco Pannella, Italian journalist and politician |
| 50532 | May.02 | Birth | 1930 – Öztürk Serengil, Turkish actor and producer (d. 1999) |
| 50533 | May.02 | Birth | 1931 – Phil Bruns, American actor and stuntman (d. 2012) |
| 50534 | May.02 | Birth | 1931 – Martha Grimes, American author and poet |
| 50535 | May.02 | Birth | 1932 – Maury Allen, American journalist, actor, and author (d. 2010) |
| 50536 | May.02 | Birth | 1933 – Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales |
| 50537 | May.02 | Birth | 1935 – Lance LeGault, American actor (d. 2012) |
| 50538 | May.02 | Birth | 1935 – Faisal II of Iraq (d. 1958) |
| 50539 | May.02 | Birth | 1935 – Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish footballer and manager |
| 50540 | May.02 | Birth | 1936 – Norma Aleandro, Argentinian actress, director, and screenwriter |
| 50541 | May.02 | Birth | 1936 – Engelbert Humperdinck, Indian-English singer and pianist |
| 50542 | May.02 | Birth | 1936 – Michael Rabin, American violinist (d. 1972) |
| 50543 | May.02 | Birth | 1937 – Lorenzo Music, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001) |
| 50544 | May.02 | Birth | 1938 – Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (d. 1996) |
| 50545 | May.02 | Birth | 1939 – Sumio Iijima, Japanese physicist and engineer |
| 50546 | May.02 | Birth | 1940 – Jo Ann Pflug, American actress |
| 50547 | May.02 | Birth | 1941 – Tony Adamowicz, American race car driver |
| 50548 | May.02 | Birth | 1941 – Bruce Cameron, Scottish bishop |
| 50549 | May.02 | Birth | 1941 – Clay Carroll, American baseball player |
| 50550 | May.02 | Birth | 1941 – Connie Crothers, American pianist |