| 53701 | May.10 | Birth | 1902 – David O. Selznick, American director and producer (d. 1965) |
| 53702 | May.10 | Birth | 1903 – Otto Bradfisch, German economist, jurist, and SS officer (d. 1994) |
| 53703 | May.10 | Birth | 1904 – David Brown, English businessman (d. 1993) |
| 53704 | May.10 | Birth | 1905 – Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (d. 1972) |
| 53705 | May.10 | Birth | 1907 – Harilaos Perpessas, Greek composer (d. 1995) |
| 53706 | May.10 | Birth | 1908 – Carl Albert, American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2000) |
| 53707 | May.10 | Birth | 1909 – Maybelle Carter, American autoharp player (Carter Family and The Carter Sisters) (d. 1978) |
| 53708 | May.10 | Birth | 1911 – Bel Kaufman, American author and educator (d. 2014) |
| 53709 | May.10 | Birth | 1915 – Monica Dickens, English author (d. 1992) |
| 53710 | May.10 | Birth | 1915 – Denis Thatcher, English soldier and businessman, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2003) |
| 53711 | May.10 | Birth | 1916 – Milton Babbitt, American composer and educator (d. 2011) |
| 53712 | May.10 | Birth | 1918 – T. Berry Brazelton, American pediatrician and author |
| 53713 | May.10 | Birth | 1918 – Desmond MacNamara, Irish painter, sculptor, and author (d. 2008) |
| 53714 | May.10 | Birth | 1920 – Basil Kelly, Northern Irish barrister, judge and politician (d. 2008) |
| 53715 | May.10 | Birth | 1920 – Bert Weedon, English guitarist (d. 2012) |
| 53716 | May.10 | Birth | 1922 – David Azrieli, Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014) |
| 53717 | May.10 | Birth | 1922 – Nancy Walker, American actress and director (d. 1992) |
| 53718 | May.10 | Birth | 1923 – Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijan general and politician, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (d. 2003) |
| 53719 | May.10 | Birth | 1923 – Otar Korkia, Georgian basketball player and coach (d. 2005) |
| 53720 | May.10 | Birth | 1926 – Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, 62nd President of Bolivia (d. 2002) |
| 53721 | May.10 | Birth | 1927 – Nayantara Sahgal, Indian author |
| 53722 | May.10 | Birth | 1928 – Arnold Rüütel, Estonian agronomist and politician, 3rd President of Estonia |
| 53723 | May.10 | Birth | 1928 – Lothar Schmid, German chess player (d. 2013) |
| 53724 | May.10 | Birth | 1929 – Audun Boysen, Norwegian runner (d. 2000) |
| 53725 | May.10 | Birth | 1929 – George Coe, American actor and producer (d. 2015) |
| 53726 | May.10 | Birth | 1929 – Antonine Maillet, Canadian author and playwright |
| 53727 | May.10 | Birth | 1930 – George E. Smith, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 53728 | May.10 | Birth | 1931 – Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter |
| 53729 | May.10 | Birth | 1931 – Ichirō Nagai, Japanese voice actor (d. 2014) |
| 53730 | May.10 | Birth | 1932 – Karthigesu Sivathamby, Sri Lankan author and academic (d. 2011) |