| 55111 | May.14 | Birth | 1699 – Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian general (d. 1786) |
| 55112 | May.14 | Birth | 1701 – William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (d. 1782) |
| 55113 | May.14 | Birth | 1710 – Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (d. 1771) |
| 55114 | May.14 | Birth | 1725 – Ludovico Manin, French politician, Doge of Venice (d. 1802) |
| 55115 | May.14 | Birth | 1727 – Thomas Gainsborough, English painter and academic (d. 1788) |
| 55116 | May.14 | Birth | 1737 – George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Irish-English politician and diplomat, Governor of Grenada (d. 1806) |
| 55117 | May.14 | Birth | 1752 – Timothy Dwight IV, American minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1817) |
| 55118 | May.14 | Birth | 1752 – Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist and author (d. 1828) |
| 55119 | May.14 | Birth | 1771 – Robert Owen, Welsh businessman and social reformer (d. 1858) |
| 55120 | May.14 | Birth | 1781 – Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, German historian and academic (d. 1873) |
| 55121 | May.14 | Birth | 1814 – Charles Beyer, German-English engineer, co-founded the Beyer, Peacock and Company (d. 1876) |
| 55122 | May.14 | Birth | 1817 – Alexander Kaufmann, German poet and educator (d. 1893) |
| 55123 | May.14 | Birth | 1832 – Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (d. 1903) |
| 55124 | May.14 | Birth | 1832 – Charles Peace, English criminal (d. 1879) |
| 55125 | May.14 | Birth | 1852 – Henri Julien, Canadian illustrator (d. 1908) |
| 55126 | May.14 | Birth | 1863 – John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (d. 1932) |
| 55127 | May.14 | Birth | 1867 – Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Bavaria (d. 1919) |
| 55128 | May.14 | Birth | 1868 – Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (d. 1935) |
| 55129 | May.14 | Birth | 1869 – Arthur Rostron, English captain (d. 1940) |
| 55130 | May.14 | Birth | 1872 – Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinal (d. 1961) |
| 55131 | May.14 | Birth | 1874 – Polaire, French singer and actress (d. 1939) |
| 55132 | May.14 | Birth | 1878 – J.L. Wilkinson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1964) |
| 55133 | May.14 | Birth | 1879 – Fred Englehardt, American jumper (d. 1942) |
| 55134 | May.14 | Birth | 1880 – Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971) |
| 55135 | May.14 | Birth | 1881 – George Murray Hulbert, American judge and politician (d. 1950) |
| 55136 | May.14 | Birth | 1881 – Ed Walsh, American baseball player and coach (d. 1959) |
| 55137 | May.14 | Birth | 1885 – Otto Klemperer, German composer and conductor (d. 1973) |
| 55138 | May.14 | Birth | 1887 – Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (d. 1943) |
| 55139 | May.14 | Birth | 1893 – Louis Verneuil, French actor and playwright (d. 1952) |
| 55140 | May.14 | Birth | 1897 – Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 1959) |