| 52501 | May.07 | Birth | 1892 – Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia (d. 1980) |
| 52502 | May.07 | Birth | 1893 – Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey coach and manager (d. 1985) |
| 52503 | May.07 | Birth | 1899 – Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic (d. 1998) |
| 52504 | May.07 | Birth | 1901 – Gary Cooper, American actor and singer (d. 1961) |
| 52505 | May.07 | Birth | 1903 – Jimmy Ball, Canadian sprinter (d. 1988) |
| 52506 | May.07 | Birth | 1904 – Kurt Weitzmann, German-American historian and author (d. 1993) |
| 52507 | May.07 | Birth | 1906 – Eric Krenz, American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1931) |
| 52508 | May.07 | Birth | 1909 – Edwin H. Land, American scientist and inventor, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation (d. 1991) |
| 52509 | May.07 | Birth | 1911 – Ishirō Honda, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993) |
| 52510 | May.07 | Birth | 1911 – Rıfat Ilgaz, Turkish author, poet, and educator (d. 1993) |
| 52511 | May.07 | Birth | 1912 – Pannalal Patel, Indian author (d. 1989) |
| 52512 | May.07 | Birth | 1913 – John Spencer Hardy, American general (d. 2012) |
| 52513 | May.07 | Birth | 1913 – Simon Ramo, American physicist and engineer |
| 52514 | May.07 | Birth | 1914 – Arthur Snelling, English civil servant and diplomat. British Ambassador to South Africa (d. 1996) |
| 52515 | May.07 | Birth | 1916 – Huw Wheldon, Welsh-English broadcaster (d. 1986) |
| 52516 | May.07 | Birth | 1916 – W. B. Young, Scottish rugby player and physician (d. 2013) |
| 52517 | May.07 | Birth | 1917 – Domenico Bartolucci, Italian cardinal and composer (d. 2013) |
| 52518 | May.07 | Birth | 1917 – Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant |
| 52519 | May.07 | Birth | 1917 – David Tomlinson, English actor and singer (d. 2000) |
| 52520 | May.07 | Birth | 1919 – La Esterella, Belgian singer (d. 2011) |
| 52521 | May.07 | Birth | 1919 – Eva Perón, Argentinian actress, 25th First Lady of Argentina (d. 1952) |
| 52522 | May.07 | Birth | 1921 – Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs, English historian and academic |
| 52523 | May.07 | Birth | 1921 – Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer and author (d. 1985) |
| 52524 | May.07 | Birth | 1922 – Lew Anderson, American actor and singer (d. 2006) |
| 52525 | May.07 | Birth | 1922 – Darren McGavin, American actor and director (d. 2006) |
| 52526 | May.07 | Birth | 1922 – Joe O'Donnell, American photographer and journalist (d. 2007) |
| 52527 | May.07 | Birth | 1923 – Anne Baxter, American actress and singer (d. 1985) |
| 52528 | May.07 | Birth | 1924 – Albert Band, French-American director and producer (d. 2002) |
| 52529 | May.07 | Birth | 1925 – Lauri Vaska, Estonian-American chemist and academic |
| 52530 | May.07 | Birth | 1926 – Val Bisoglio, American actor |