| 52531 | May.07 | Birth | 1927 – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German-American author and screenwriter (d. 2013) |
| 52532 | May.07 | Birth | 1927 – Jim Lowe, American singer-songwriter |
| 52533 | May.07 | Birth | 1928 – John Ingle, American actor and singer (d. 2012) |
| 52534 | May.07 | Birth | 1929 – Dick Williams, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2011) |
| 52535 | May.07 | Birth | 1930 – Totie Fields, American actress and author (d. 1978) |
| 52536 | May.07 | Birth | 1930 – Babe Parilli, American football player and coach |
| 52537 | May.07 | Birth | 1930 – John Smith, Baron Kirkhill, English politician |
| 52538 | May.07 | Birth | 1931 – Teresa Brewer, American singer (d. 2007) |
| 52539 | May.07 | Birth | 1931 – Gene Wolfe, American author |
| 52540 | May.07 | Birth | 1932 – Jordi Bonet, Spanish-Canadian painter and sculptor (d. 1979) |
| 52541 | May.07 | Birth | 1932 – Alan Cuthbert, English pharmacologist and academic |
| 52542 | May.07 | Birth | 1932 – Pete Domenici, American lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Albuquerque |
| 52543 | May.07 | Birth | 1933 – Nexhmije Pagarusha, Kosovar singer and actress |
| 52544 | May.07 | Birth | 1933 – Johnny Unitas, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2002) |
| 52545 | May.07 | Birth | 1935 – Avraham Heffner, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014) |
| 52546 | May.07 | Birth | 1935 – Michael Hopkins, English architect |
| 52547 | May.07 | Birth | 1936 – Bobby Joe Green, American football player and coach (d. 1993) |
| 52548 | May.07 | Birth | 1936 – Robin Hanbury-Tenison, English explorer and author |
| 52549 | May.07 | Birth | 1936 – Tony O'Reilly, Irish rugby player and businessman |
| 52550 | May.07 | Birth | 1936 – Jimmy Ruffin, American singer (d. 2014) |
| 52551 | May.07 | Birth | 1937 – Claude Raymond, Canadian baseball player and coach |
| 52552 | May.07 | Birth | 1939 – Sidney Altman, Canadian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 52553 | May.07 | Birth | 1939 – Ruggero Deodato, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter |
| 52554 | May.07 | Birth | 1939 – Ruud Lubbers, Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands |
| 52555 | May.07 | Birth | 1939 – Clive Soley, Baron Soley, English politician |
| 52556 | May.07 | Birth | 1939 – Marco St. John, American actor and producer |
| 52557 | May.07 | Birth | 1940 – Angela Carter, English author and journalist (d. 1992) |
| 52558 | May.07 | Birth | 1940 – Dave Chambers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
| 52559 | May.07 | Birth | 1940 – Jim Connors, American radio host (d. 1987) |
| 52560 | May.07 | Birth | 1941 – Lawrence Collins, Baron Collins of Mapesbury, English lawyer and judge |