| 50101 | May.01 | Birth | 1929 – Sonny Ramadhin, Trinidadian cricketer |
| 50102 | May.01 | Birth | 1930 – Ollie Matson, American sprinter and football player (d. 2011) |
| 50103 | May.01 | Birth | 1930 – Richard Riordan, American lieutenant and politician, 39th Mayor of Los Angeles |
| 50104 | May.01 | Birth | 1930 – Little Walter, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1968) |
| 50105 | May.01 | Birth | 1931 – Naim Attallah, Palestinian author and publisher |
| 50106 | May.01 | Birth | 1931 – Jacques Languirand, Canadian radio host and actor |
| 50107 | May.01 | Birth | 1932 – Sandy Woodward, English admiral (d. 2013) |
| 50108 | May.01 | Birth | 1934 – Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician |
| 50109 | May.01 | Birth | 1934 – Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist (d. 2005) |
| 50110 | May.01 | Birth | 1934 – Phillip King, Tunisian-English sculptor |
| 50111 | May.01 | Birth | 1935 – Ian Curteis, English director and playwright |
| 50112 | May.01 | Birth | 1935 – Julian Mitchell, English playwright and screenwriter |
| 50113 | May.01 | Birth | 1936 – Jerry Mander, American author and activist |
| 50114 | May.01 | Birth | 1936 – Hans E. Wallman, Swedish director, producer, and composer (d. 2014) |
| 50115 | May.01 | Birth | 1937 – Tamsyn Imison, English illustrator and educator |
| 50116 | May.01 | Birth | 1937 – Bo Nilsson, Swedish composer |
| 50117 | May.01 | Birth | 1937 – Una Stubbs, English actress and dancer |
| 50118 | May.01 | Birth | 1939 – Judy Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 50119 | May.01 | Birth | 1939 – Victor Davies, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor |
| 50120 | May.01 | Birth | 1939 – Max Robinson, American journalist and academic (d. 1988) |
| 50121 | May.01 | Birth | 1940 – Bobbie Ann Mason, American author and critic |
| 50122 | May.01 | Birth | 1940 – Elsa Peretti, Italian jewelry designer |
| 50123 | May.01 | Birth | 1940 – John Wheeler, British politician |
| 50124 | May.01 | Birth | 1940 – Yury Yershov, Russian mathematician and academic |
| 50125 | May.01 | Birth | 1941 – Asil Nadir, Cypriot-English businessman |
| 50126 | May.01 | Birth | 1942 – Stephen Macht, American actor |
| 50127 | May.01 | Birth | 1943 – Vassal Gadoengin, Nauruan politician (d. 2004) |
| 50128 | May.01 | Birth | 1943 – Joe Walsh, Irish politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (d. 2014) |
| 50129 | May.01 | Birth | 1944 – Costa Cordalis, Greek-German singer |
| 50130 | May.01 | Birth | 1944 – Suresh Kalmadi, Indian businessman and politician |