| 51691 | May.05 | Birth | 1800 – Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (d. 1864) |
| 51692 | May.05 | Birth | 1813 – Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and author (d. 1855) |
| 51693 | May.05 | Birth | 1818 – Karl Marx, German philosopher, sociologist, and journalist (d. 1883) |
| 51694 | May.05 | Birth | 1826 – Eugénie de Montijo, French wife of Napoleon III (d. 1920) |
| 51695 | May.05 | Birth | 1830 – John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company (d. 1906) |
| 51696 | May.05 | Birth | 1832 – Hubert Howe Bancroft, American ethnologist and historian (d. 1918) |
| 51697 | May.05 | Birth | 1833 – Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer and academic (d. 1905) |
| 51698 | May.05 | Birth | 1834 – Viktor Hartmann, Russian painter and architect (d. 1873) |
| 51699 | May.05 | Birth | 1843 – William George Beers, Canadian dentist and patriot (d. 1900) |
| 51700 | May.05 | Birth | 1846 – Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916) |
| 51701 | May.05 | Birth | 1858 – John L. Leal, American physician (d. 1914) |
| 51702 | May.05 | Birth | 1864 – Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (d. 1922) |
| 51703 | May.05 | Birth | 1866 – Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (d. 1938) |
| 51704 | May.05 | Birth | 1869 – Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator (d. 1937) |
| 51705 | May.05 | Birth | 1869 – Hans Pfitzner, German composer and conductor (d. 1949) |
| 51706 | May.05 | Birth | 1883 – Agustín Barrios, Paraguayan guitarist and composer (d. 1944) |
| 51707 | May.05 | Birth | 1883 – Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (d. 1950) |
| 51708 | May.05 | Birth | 1884 – Chief Bender, American baseball player and coach (d. 1954) |
| 51709 | May.05 | Birth | 1887 – Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1941) |
| 51710 | May.05 | Birth | 1887 – Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop (d. 1972) |
| 51711 | May.05 | Birth | 1889 – Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer and soldier (d. 1973) |
| 51712 | May.05 | Birth | 1890 – Christopher Morley, American journalist and author (d. 1957) |
| 51713 | May.05 | Birth | 1898 – Elsie Eaves, American engineer (d. 1983) |
| 51714 | May.05 | Birth | 1899 – Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1982) |
| 51715 | May.05 | Birth | 1901 – Blind Willie McTell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959) |
| 51716 | May.05 | Birth | 1903 – James Beard, American chef and author (d. 1985) |
| 51717 | May.05 | Birth | 1905 – Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator (d. 1986) |
| 51718 | May.05 | Birth | 1906 – Charles Exbrayat, French author and screenwriter (d. 1989) |
| 51719 | May.05 | Birth | 1907 – Iryna Vilde, Ukrainian journalist and author (d. 1982) |
| 51720 | May.05 | Birth | 1908 – Kurt Böhme, German opera singer (d. 1989) |