| 51721 | May.05 | Birth | 1909 – Miklós Radnóti, Hungarian poet and author (d. 1944) |
| 51722 | May.05 | Birth | 1910 – Leo Lionni, American author and illustrator (d. 1999) |
| 51723 | May.05 | Birth | 1911 – Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter (d. 1996) |
| 51724 | May.05 | Birth | 1911 – Andor Lilienthal, Russian-Hungarian chess player (d. 2010) |
| 51725 | May.05 | Birth | 1911 – Pritilata Waddedar, Indian educator and activist (d. 1932) |
| 51726 | May.05 | Birth | 1914 – Tyrone Power, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1958) |
| 51727 | May.05 | Birth | 1915 – Alice Faye, American actress and singer (d. 1998) |
| 51728 | May.05 | Birth | 1915 – Ben Wright, English-American actor (d. 1989) |
| 51729 | May.05 | Birth | 1916 – Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India (d. 1987) |
| 51730 | May.05 | Birth | 1917 – Pío Leyva, Cuban singer-songwriter (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2006) |
| 51731 | May.05 | Birth | 1919 – Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1999) |
| 51732 | May.05 | Birth | 1921 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| 51733 | May.05 | Birth | 1922 – Irene Gut Opdyke, Polish-American nurse (d. 2003) |
| 51734 | May.05 | Birth | 1923 – James Gilbert, Scottish television producer and director |
| 51735 | May.05 | Birth | 1923 – Richard Wollheim, English philosopher and academic (d. 2003) |
| 51736 | May.05 | Birth | 1925 – Eddi Arent, Polish-German actor (d. 2013) |
| 51737 | May.05 | Birth | 1925 – Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and politician (d. 1978) |
| 51738 | May.05 | Birth | 1926 – Ann B. Davis, American actress and singer (d. 2014) |
| 51739 | May.05 | Birth | 1927 – Pat Carroll, American actress and singer |
| 51740 | May.05 | Birth | 1927 – Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (d. 2012) |
| 51741 | May.05 | Birth | 1928 – Richard Schaal, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2014) |
| 51742 | May.05 | Birth | 1929 – Ayhan Işık, Turkish actor and producer (d. 1979) |
| 51743 | May.05 | Birth | 1929 – Ilene Woods, American actress and singer (d. 2010) |
| 51744 | May.05 | Birth | 1930 – Hans Abramson, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 51745 | May.05 | Birth | 1930 – Will Hutchins, American actor |
| 51746 | May.05 | Birth | 1931 – Greg, Belgian author and illustrator (d. 1999) |
| 51747 | May.05 | Birth | 1932 – Stan Goldberg, American illustrator (d. 2014) |
| 51748 | May.05 | Birth | 1932 – Bob Said, American race car driver and bobsled racer (d. 2002) |
| 51749 | May.05 | Birth | 1933 – Igor Kashkarov, Russian high jumper |
| 51750 | May.05 | Birth | 1934 – Ace Cannon, American saxophonist |