| 52201 | May.06 | Birth | 1952 – Gregg Henry, American actor and singer |
| 52202 | May.06 | Birth | 1952 – Michael O'Hare, American actor (d. 2012) |
| 52203 | May.06 | Birth | 1952 – Fred Newman, American actor and composer |
| 52204 | May.06 | Birth | 1952 – Gerrit Zalm, Dutch economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands |
| 52205 | May.06 | Birth | 1953 – Alexander Akimov, Ukrainian Chernobyl worker (d. 1986) |
| 52206 | May.06 | Birth | 1953 – Tony Blair, Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| 52207 | May.06 | Birth | 1953 – Michelle Courchesne, Canadian urban planner and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec |
| 52208 | May.06 | Birth | 1953 – Ülle Rajasalu, Estonian politician |
| 52209 | May.06 | Birth | 1953 – David Rudder, Trinidadian calypsonian |
| 52210 | May.06 | Birth | 1953 – Graeme Souness, Scottish footballer and manager |
| 52211 | May.06 | Birth | 1953 – Lynn Whitfield, American actress and producer |
| 52212 | May.06 | Birth | 1954 – Tom Abernethy, American basketball player |
| 52213 | May.06 | Birth | 1954 – Dora Bakoyannis, Greek politician, 120th Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 52214 | May.06 | Birth | 1954 – Angela Hernández Nuñez, Dominican author and poet |
| 52215 | May.06 | Birth | 1955 – Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh |
| 52216 | May.06 | Birth | 1955 – Tom Bergeron, American television host |
| 52217 | May.06 | Birth | 1955 – Ron Fawcett, English rock climber |
| 52218 | May.06 | Birth | 1955 – John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Defence |
| 52219 | May.06 | Birth | 1956 – Lakis Lazopoulos, Greek actor and screenwriter |
| 52220 | May.06 | Birth | 1956 – Roland Wieser, German race walker and coach |
| 52221 | May.06 | Birth | 1958 – Lolita Flores, Spanish singer and actress |
| 52222 | May.06 | Birth | 1958 – Jan Leyers, Belgian singer-songwriter (Soulsister) |
| 52223 | May.06 | Birth | 1958 – Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (d. 2014) |
| 52224 | May.06 | Birth | 1959 – Andreas Busse, German runner |
| 52225 | May.06 | Birth | 1959 – Charles Hendry, English politician |
| 52226 | May.06 | Birth | 1960 – Lyudmila Andonova, Bulgarian high jumper |
| 52227 | May.06 | Birth | 1960 – Keith Dowding, English political scientist, philosopher, and academic |
| 52228 | May.06 | Birth | 1960 – Roma Downey, Irish-American actress and producer |
| 52229 | May.06 | Birth | 1960 – John Flansburgh, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (They Might Be Giants and Mono Puff) |
| 52230 | May.06 | Birth | 1960 – Aleksei Lotman, Estonian biologist and politician |