| 51811 | May.05 | Birth | 1959 – Ian McCulloch, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Echo & the Bunnymen, Electrafixion, and Crucial Three) |
| 51812 | May.05 | Birth | 1959 – Peter Molyneux, English video game designer, created Fable |
| 51813 | May.05 | Birth | 1959 – Steve Stevens, American guitarist and songwriter (Juno Reactor) |
| 51814 | May.05 | Birth | 1959 – Brian Williams, American journalist |
| 51815 | May.05 | Birth | 1961 – Hiroshi Hase, Japanese wrestler and politician |
| 51816 | May.05 | Birth | 1961 – Rob Williams, American basketball player (d. 2014) |
| 51817 | May.05 | Birth | 1962 – Sot Chitalada, Thai boxer |
| 51818 | May.05 | Birth | 1962 – Nicolas Vanier, Senegalese explorer, author, and director |
| 51819 | May.05 | Birth | 1962 – Kaoru Wada, Japanese composer and conductor |
| 51820 | May.05 | Birth | 1963 – Heidi Kozak, American actress |
| 51821 | May.05 | Birth | 1963 – James LaBrie, Canadian singer-songwriter (Dream Theater, Winter Rose, Explorers Club, and MullMuzzler) |
| 51822 | May.05 | Birth | 1963 – Simon Rimmer, English chef and author |
| 51823 | May.05 | Birth | 1963 – Scott Westerfeld, American author and composer |
| 51824 | May.05 | Birth | 1964 – Jean-François Copé, French politician, French Minister of Budget |
| 51825 | May.05 | Birth | 1964 – Heike Henkel, German high jumper |
| 51826 | May.05 | Birth | 1964 – Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013) |
| 51827 | May.05 | Birth | 1964 – Minami Takayama, Japanese voice actress and singer |
| 51828 | May.05 | Birth | 1965 – Leslie Law, English horse rider |
| 51829 | May.05 | Birth | 1965 – Glenn Seton, Australian race car driver |
| 51830 | May.05 | Birth | 1966 – Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer (Megadeth, Eidolon, and Act of Defiance) |
| 51831 | May.05 | Birth | 1966 – Sergei Stanishev, Ukrainian-Bulgarian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Bulgaria |
| 51832 | May.05 | Birth | 1966 – Josh Weinstein, American screenwriter and producer |
| 51833 | May.05 | Birth | 1967 – Levent Kazak, Turkish actor and screenwriter |
| 51834 | May.05 | Birth | 1967 – Takehito Koyasu, Japanese voice actor and singer |
| 51835 | May.05 | Birth | 1967 – Charles Nagy, American baseball player and coach |
| 51836 | May.05 | Birth | 1967 – Alexis Sinduhije, Burundian journalist and politician |
| 51837 | May.05 | Birth | 1967 – Bill Ward, English actor |
| 51838 | May.05 | Birth | 1968 – Katherine Rake, English academic |
| 51839 | May.05 | Birth | 1969 – Olav Sepp, Estonian chess player |
| 51840 | May.05 | Birth | 1970 – Kyan Douglas, American television host and author |