| 52141 | May.06 | Birth | 1915 – Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (d. 1986) |
| 52142 | May.06 | Birth | 1916 – Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1997) |
| 52143 | May.06 | Birth | 1916 – Sif Ruud, Swedish actress (d. 2011) |
| 52144 | May.06 | Birth | 1916 – Adriana Caselotti, American voice actress and singer (d. 1997) |
| 52145 | May.06 | Birth | 1917 – Kal Mann, American songwriter (d. 2001) |
| 52146 | May.06 | Birth | 1917 – Jilly Rizzo, American businessman and actor (d. 1992) |
| 52147 | May.06 | Birth | 1919 – André Guelfi, French race car driver |
| 52148 | May.06 | Birth | 1920 – Martha Beck, American murderer (d. 1951) |
| 52149 | May.06 | Birth | 1920 – Ross Hunter, American actor and producer (d. 1996) |
| 52150 | May.06 | Birth | 1920 – Kamisese Mara, Fijian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji (d. 2004) |
| 52151 | May.06 | Birth | 1921 – Erich Fried, Austrian-German author, poet, and translator (d. 1988) |
| 52152 | May.06 | Birth | 1922 – Vladimir Etush, Russian actor |
| 52153 | May.06 | Birth | 1922 – Camille Laurin, Canadian psychiatrist and politician, 7th Deputy Premier of Quebec (d. 1999) |
| 52154 | May.06 | Birth | 1923 – Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2002) |
| 52155 | May.06 | Birth | 1924 – Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 2014) |
| 52156 | May.06 | Birth | 1924 – Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American author (d. 2006) |
| 52157 | May.06 | Birth | 1924 – Denny Wright, English guitarist, composer, and producer (d. 1992) |
| 52158 | May.06 | Birth | 1926 – Gilles Grégoire, Canadian politician, co-founded the Parti Québécois (d. 2006) |
| 52159 | May.06 | Birth | 1926 – Marguerite Piazza, American soprano and actress (d. 2012) |
| 52160 | May.06 | Birth | 1929 – Rosemary Cramp, English archaeologist and academic |
| 52161 | May.06 | Birth | 1929 – Paul Lauterbur, American chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007) |
| 52162 | May.06 | Birth | 1929 – John Taylor, English bishop and theologian |
| 52163 | May.06 | Birth | 1930 – Sonia Rykiel, French fashion designer |
| 52164 | May.06 | Birth | 1931 – Willie Mays, American baseball player and coach |
| 52165 | May.06 | Birth | 1932 – Ahmet Haxhiu, Kosovan activist (d. 1994) |
| 52166 | May.06 | Birth | 1932 – Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, English lieutenant and politician |
| 52167 | May.06 | Birth | 1934 – Richard Shelby, American lawyer and politician |
| 52168 | May.06 | Birth | 1936 – Bernard Lemaire, Canadian businessman |
| 52169 | May.06 | Birth | 1937 – Rubin Carter, American-Canadian boxer (d. 2014) |
| 52170 | May.06 | Birth | 1938 – Jean Garon, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician (d. 2014) |