| 50131 | May.01 | Birth | 1945 – Rita Coolidge, American singer-songwriter |
| 50132 | May.01 | Birth | 1945 – Carson Whitsett, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (The Imperial Show Band and Booker T. & the M.G.'s) (d. 2007) |
| 50133 | May.01 | Birth | 1946 – Tõnu Lepik, Estonian long jumper |
| 50134 | May.01 | Birth | 1946 – Joanna Lumley, English actress, voice-over artist, author and activist |
| 50135 | May.01 | Birth | 1946 – John Woo, Hong Kong director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 50136 | May.01 | Birth | 1946 – Paul S. Wright, English dentist and academic |
| 50137 | May.01 | Birth | 1947 – Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist (d. 2015) |
| 50138 | May.01 | Birth | 1947 – Sergio Infante, Chilean-Swedish poet and author |
| 50139 | May.01 | Birth | 1948 – Györgyi Balogh, Hungarian sprinter |
| 50140 | May.01 | Birth | 1948 – Patricia Hill Collins, American sociologist and scholar |
| 50141 | May.01 | Birth | 1948 – Conrad Palmisano, American stuntman and director |
| 50142 | May.01 | Birth | 1949 – Jim Clench, Canadian bass player (April Wine and Bachman–Turner Overdrive) (d. 2010) |
| 50143 | May.01 | Birth | 1949 – Joanna Hewitt, Australian public servant |
| 50144 | May.01 | Birth | 1949 – Tim Hodgkinson, English saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer |
| 50145 | May.01 | Birth | 1949 – Paul Teutul, Sr., American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers |
| 50146 | May.01 | Birth | 1950 – John Diehl, American actor and producer |
| 50147 | May.01 | Birth | 1950 – Dann Florek, American actor and director |
| 50148 | May.01 | Birth | 1950 – Danny McGrain, Scottish footballer and coach |
| 50149 | May.01 | Birth | 1950 – Marina Stepanova, Russian hurdler |
| 50150 | May.01 | Birth | 1951 – Gordon Greenidge, Barbadian cricketer and coach |
| 50151 | May.01 | Birth | 1951 – Geoff Lees, English race car driver |
| 50152 | May.01 | Birth | 1951 – Sally Mann, American photographer |
| 50153 | May.01 | Birth | 1951 – Antony Worrall Thompson, English chef and television host |
| 50154 | May.01 | Birth | 1952 – Richard Blundell, English economist and academic |
| 50155 | May.01 | Birth | 1952 – Kim Lewison, English lawyer and judge |
| 50156 | May.01 | Birth | 1952 – Peter Smith, Malaysian-English academic and judge |
| 50157 | May.01 | Birth | 1953 – Glen Ballard, American songwriter and producer |
| 50158 | May.01 | Birth | 1953 – Naoya Uchida, Japanese voice actor, actor, and singer |
| 50159 | May.01 | Birth | 1954 – Fred Chichin, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (Les Rita Mitsouko) (d. 2007) |
| 50160 | May.01 | Birth | 1954 – Archie Norman, English businessman and politician |