| 52171 | May.06 | Birth | 1938 – Larry Gogan, Irish radio host |
| 52172 | May.06 | Birth | 1939 – Eddie C. Campbell, American singer and guitarist |
| 52173 | May.06 | Birth | 1940 – Alexandra Burslem, Chinese-English academic |
| 52174 | May.06 | Birth | 1942 – Ariel Dorfman, Argentinian author, playwright, and academic |
| 52175 | May.06 | Birth | 1942 – David Friesen, American bassist |
| 52176 | May.06 | Birth | 1942 – Rin Kaiho, Chinese-Japanese go player |
| 52177 | May.06 | Birth | 1943 – Andreas Baader, German terrorist, co-founded the Red Army Faction (d. 1977) |
| 52178 | May.06 | Birth | 1943 – Grange Calveley, English animator and screenwriter |
| 52179 | May.06 | Birth | 1943 – Milton William Cooper, American theorist and author (d. 2001) |
| 52180 | May.06 | Birth | 1943 – Wolfgang Reinhardt, German pole vaulter (d. 2011) |
| 52181 | May.06 | Birth | 1943 – James Turrell, American sculptor and illustrator |
| 52182 | May.06 | Birth | 1944 – Anton Furst, English-American production designer and art director (d. 1991) |
| 52183 | May.06 | Birth | 1944 – Masanori Murakami, Japanese baseball player and coach |
| 52184 | May.06 | Birth | 1945 – Richard Eyer, American actor and educator |
| 52185 | May.06 | Birth | 1945 – Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (The Flatlanders) |
| 52186 | May.06 | Birth | 1945 – Bob Seger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 52187 | May.06 | Birth | 1946 – Susan Brown, English actress |
| 52188 | May.06 | Birth | 1946 – Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2013) |
| 52189 | May.06 | Birth | 1947 – Alan Dale, New Zealand actor |
| 52190 | May.06 | Birth | 1947 – Kit Martin, English architect and author |
| 52191 | May.06 | Birth | 1947 – Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher and author |
| 52192 | May.06 | Birth | 1947 – Ljubomir Vračarević, Serbian martial artist, founded Real Aikido (d. 2013) |
| 52193 | May.06 | Birth | 1948 – Robert Eyer, American actor (d. 2005) |
| 52194 | May.06 | Birth | 1948 – Mary MacGregor, American singer-songwriter |
| 52195 | May.06 | Birth | 1950 – Jeffery Deaver, American journalist and author |
| 52196 | May.06 | Birth | 1950 – Robbie McIntosh, Scottish drummer (Average White Band and The Senate) (d. 1974) |
| 52197 | May.06 | Birth | 1951 – Samuel Doe, Liberian sergeant and politician, 21st President of Liberia (d. 1990) |
| 52198 | May.06 | Birth | 1951 – Antonio Saldías, Chilean historian and author |
| 52199 | May.06 | Birth | 1952 – Graham Brazier, New Zealand singer-songwriter (Hello Sailor) (d. 2015) |
| 52200 | May.06 | Birth | 1952 – Christian Clavier, French actor and producer |