| 52891 | May.08 | Birth | 1901 – Turkey Stearnes, American baseball player (d. 1979) |
| 52892 | May.08 | Birth | 1902 – André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994) |
| 52893 | May.08 | Birth | 1903 – Fernandel, French actor and singer (d. 1971) |
| 52894 | May.08 | Birth | 1904 – John Snagge, English journalist (d. 1996) |
| 52895 | May.08 | Birth | 1905 – Red Nichols, American cornet player, composer, and bandleader (The California Ramblers) (d. 1965) |
| 52896 | May.08 | Birth | 1906 – Esther Hoffe, Israeli mistress of Max Brod (d. 2007) |
| 52897 | May.08 | Birth | 1906 – Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1977) |
| 52898 | May.08 | Birth | 1910 – Andrew E. Svenson, American author and publisher (d. 1975) |
| 52899 | May.08 | Birth | 1910 – Mary Lou Williams, American pianist and composer (d. 1981) |
| 52900 | May.08 | Birth | 1911 – Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman, Dutch jurist and politician, Dutch Minister of The Interior (d. 1997) |
| 52901 | May.08 | Birth | 1911 – Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1938) |
| 52902 | May.08 | Birth | 1912 – George Woodcock, Canadian author and poet (d. 1995) |
| 52903 | May.08 | Birth | 1913 – Bob Clampett, American animator, director, and producer (d. 1984) |
| 52904 | May.08 | Birth | 1913 – Sid James, South African-English actor and singer (d. 1976) |
| 52905 | May.08 | Birth | 1915 – John Archer, American actor (d. 1999) |
| 52906 | May.08 | Birth | 1915 – Milton Meltzer, American historian and author (d. 2009) |
| 52907 | May.08 | Birth | 1916 – João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman |
| 52908 | May.08 | Birth | 1916 – Chinmayananda Saraswati, Indian spiritual leader and educator (d. 1993) |
| 52909 | May.08 | Birth | 1917 – John Anderson, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Kansas (d. 2014) |
| 52910 | May.08 | Birth | 1919 – Lex Barker, American actor (d. 1973) |
| 52911 | May.08 | Birth | 1920 – Saul Bass, American graphic designer and director (d. 1996) |
| 52912 | May.08 | Birth | 1920 – Tom of Finland, Finnish illustrator (d. 1991) |
| 52913 | May.08 | Birth | 1920 – Sloan Wilson, American author and poet (d. 2003) |
| 52914 | May.08 | Birth | 1920 – Gordon McClymont, Australian ecologist and academic (d. 2000) |
| 52915 | May.08 | Birth | 1922 – Mary Q. Steele, American naturalist and author (d. 1992) |
| 52916 | May.08 | Birth | 1924 – S. Vithiananthan, Sri Lankan author and academic (d. 1989) |
| 52917 | May.08 | Birth | 1924 – A. J. Watson, American mechanic (d. 2014) |
| 52918 | May.08 | Birth | 1925 – Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Tanzanian politician, 2nd President of Tanzania |
| 52919 | May.08 | Birth | 1926 – David Attenborough, English environmentalist and television host |
| 52920 | May.08 | Birth | 1926 – Don Rickles, American comedian and actor |