| 51301 | May.04 | Birth | 1918 – Tom Mead, Australian journalist and politician (d. 2004) |
| 51302 | May.04 | Birth | 1918 – Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese soldier and politician, 64th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1993) |
| 51303 | May.04 | Birth | 1919 – Dory Funk, American wrestler and trainer (d. 1973) |
| 51304 | May.04 | Birth | 1919 – Basil Yamey, South African-English economist and academic |
| 51305 | May.04 | Birth | 1921 – Patsy Garrett, American actress and singer (d. 2015) |
| 51306 | May.04 | Birth | 1921 – John van Kesteren, Dutch-American tenor and actor (d. 2008) |
| 51307 | May.04 | Birth | 1921 – Edo Murtić, Croatian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2005) |
| 51308 | May.04 | Birth | 1921 – Werner Schumacher, German actor (d. 2004) |
| 51309 | May.04 | Birth | 1922 – Paul-Émile Charbonneau, Canadian archbishop (d. 2014) |
| 51310 | May.04 | Birth | 1922 – Eugenie Clark, American biologist and academic (d. 2015) |
| 51311 | May.04 | Birth | 1923 – Stanley Biber, American soldier and physician (d. 2006) |
| 51312 | May.04 | Birth | 1923 – Ed Cassidy, American drummer (Spirit and Rising Sons) (d. 2012) |
| 51313 | May.04 | Birth | 1923 – Godfrey Quigley, Palestinian-Irish actor (d. 1994) |
| 51314 | May.04 | Birth | 1923 – Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer and producer (d. 1986) |
| 51315 | May.04 | Birth | 1923 – Eric Sykes, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 51316 | May.04 | Birth | 1923 – John Toner, American football player and coach (d. 2014) |
| 51317 | May.04 | Birth | 1925 – Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer and coach (d. 2015) |
| 51318 | May.04 | Birth | 1925 – Maurice R. Greenberg, American businessman and philanthropist |
| 51319 | May.04 | Birth | 1926 – David Stoddart, Baron Stoddart of Swindon, English politician |
| 51320 | May.04 | Birth | 1927 – Terry Scott, English actor (d. 1994) |
| 51321 | May.04 | Birth | 1928 – Maynard Ferguson, Canadian trumpet player and bandleader (Big Bop Nouveau) (d. 2006) |
| 51322 | May.04 | Birth | 1928 – Thomas Kinsella, Irish poet, translator, and publisher |
| 51323 | May.04 | Birth | 1928 – Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian air marshal and politician, 4th President of Egypt |
| 51324 | May.04 | Birth | 1928 – Betsy Rawls, American golfer |
| 51325 | May.04 | Birth | 1928 – Wolfgang von Trips, German race car driver (d. 1961) |
| 51326 | May.04 | Birth | 1929 – Manuel Contreras, Chilean general (d. 2015) |
| 51327 | May.04 | Birth | 1929 – Ronald Golias, Brazilian actor (d. 2005) |
| 51328 | May.04 | Birth | 1929 – Audrey Hepburn, British actress and humanitarian (d. 1993) |
| 51329 | May.04 | Birth | 1929 – Sydney Lamb, American linguist and academic |
| 51330 | May.04 | Birth | 1930 – Katherine Jackson, matriarch of the Jackson family |