| 51271 | May.04 | Birth | 1820 – Julia Gardiner Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 11th First Lady of the United States (d. 1889) |
| 51272 | May.04 | Birth | 1820 – John Whiteaker, American soldier, judge, and politician, 1st Governor of Oregon (d. 1902) |
| 51273 | May.04 | Birth | 1822 – Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Canadian physician and politician, 3rd Premier of Quebec (d. 1915) |
| 51274 | May.04 | Birth | 1825 – Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist, anatomist, and academic (d. 1895) |
| 51275 | May.04 | Birth | 1825 – Augustus Le Plongeon, English-American historian, photographer, and academic (d. 1908) |
| 51276 | May.04 | Birth | 1826 – Frederic Edwin Church, American painter (d. 1900) |
| 51277 | May.04 | Birth | 1827 – John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer (d. 1864) |
| 51278 | May.04 | Birth | 1851 – Thomas Dewing, American painter (d. 1938) |
| 51279 | May.04 | Birth | 1852 – Alice Liddell, English model (d. 1934) |
| 51280 | May.04 | Birth | 1856 – Pablo de Escandón, Mexican polo player (d. 1929) |
| 51281 | May.04 | Birth | 1864 – Marie Booth, English daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1937) |
| 51282 | May.04 | Birth | 1870 – Alexandre Benois, Russian painter and critic (d. 1960) |
| 51283 | May.04 | Birth | 1873 – Joe De Grasse, Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1940) |
| 51284 | May.04 | Birth | 1884 – Richard Baggallay, English army officer and cricketer (d. 1975) |
| 51285 | May.04 | Birth | 1887 – Andrew Dasburg, French-American painter (d. 1979) |
| 51286 | May.04 | Birth | 1889 – Francis Spellman, American cardinal (d. 1967) |
| 51287 | May.04 | Birth | 1890 – Franklin Carmichael, Canadian painter (d. 1945) |
| 51288 | May.04 | Birth | 1902 – Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator (d. 1986) |
| 51289 | May.04 | Birth | 1902 – Cola Debrot, Dutch physician, lawyer, and politician (d. 1981) |
| 51290 | May.04 | Birth | 1903 – Luther Adler, American actor (d. 1984) |
| 51291 | May.04 | Birth | 1907 – Lincoln Kirstein, American soldier and playwright, co-founded the New York City Ballet (d. 1996) |
| 51292 | May.04 | Birth | 1907 – Walter Walsh, American target shooter and FBI agent (d. 2014) |
| 51293 | May.04 | Birth | 1908 – Wolrad Eberle, German decathlete (d. 1949) |
| 51294 | May.04 | Birth | 1911 – Evald Seepere, Estonian boxer (d. 1990) |
| 51295 | May.04 | Birth | 1913 – John Broome, American author (d. 1999) |
| 51296 | May.04 | Birth | 1913 – Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (d. 2007) |
| 51297 | May.04 | Birth | 1914 – Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (d. 1971) |
| 51298 | May.04 | Birth | 1916 – Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (d. 2006) |
| 51299 | May.04 | Birth | 1916 – Richard Proenneke, American soldier, carpenter, and meteorologist (d. 2003) |
| 51300 | May.04 | Birth | 1917 – Edward T. Cone, American pianist and composer (d. 2004) |