| 56071 | May.16 | Birth | 1943 – Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews, English politician |
| 56072 | May.16 | Birth | 1943 – Dan Coats, American politician and diplomat, 29th United States Ambassador to Germany |
| 56073 | May.16 | Birth | 1943 – Marko Kravos, Italian-Slovenian poet and translator |
| 56074 | May.16 | Birth | 1944 – Billy Cobham, Panamanian-American drummer, composer, and bandleader (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jazz Is Dead, and Bobby and the Midnites) |
| 56075 | May.16 | Birth | 1944 – Antal Nagy, Hungarian footballer |
| 56076 | May.16 | Birth | 1944 – Danny Trejo, American actor and producer |
| 56077 | May.16 | Birth | 1945 – Nicky Chinn, English songwriter and producer |
| 56078 | May.16 | Birth | 1945 – Massimo Moratti, Italian businessman |
| 56079 | May.16 | Birth | 1945 – Marta Beatriz Roque, Cuban economist and activist |
| 56080 | May.16 | Birth | 1946 – Roger Earl, English drummer and songwriter (Savoy Brown and Foghat) |
| 56081 | May.16 | Birth | 1946 – Robert Fripp, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (King Crimson, The League of Gentlemen, Giles, Giles and Fripp, and Fripp & Eno) |
| 56082 | May.16 | Birth | 1946 – John Law, English sociologist and academic |
| 56083 | May.16 | Birth | 1947 – Barbara Lee, American singer (The Chiffons) (d. 1992) |
| 56084 | May.16 | Birth | 1947 – Bill Smitrovich, American actor |
| 56085 | May.16 | Birth | 1947 – Darrell Sweet, English-Scottish drummer (Nazareth) (d. 1999) |
| 56086 | May.16 | Birth | 1947 – Roch Thériault, Canadian religious leader (d. 2011) |
| 56087 | May.16 | Birth | 1948 – Jesper Christensen, Danish actor, director, and producer |
| 56088 | May.16 | Birth | 1948 – Katia Dandoulaki, Greek model and actress |
| 56089 | May.16 | Birth | 1948 – Judy Finnigan, English talk show host and author |
| 56090 | May.16 | Birth | 1948 – Emma Georgina Rothschild, English historian and academic |
| 56091 | May.16 | Birth | 1948 – Staf Van Roosbroeck, Belgian cyclist |
| 56092 | May.16 | Birth | 1949 – Rick Reuschel, American baseball player |
| 56093 | May.16 | Birth | 1950 – Georg Bednorz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 56094 | May.16 | Birth | 1950 – Ray Condo, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2004) |
| 56095 | May.16 | Birth | 1950 – Bruce Coville, American author |
| 56096 | May.16 | Birth | 1951 – Unshō Ishizuka, Japanese voice actor |
| 56097 | May.16 | Birth | 1951 – Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer |
| 56098 | May.16 | Birth | 1951 – Jonathan Richman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Modern Lovers) |
| 56099 | May.16 | Birth | 1951 – Janet Soskice, Canadian philosopher and theologian |
| 56100 | May.16 | Birth | 1952 – James Herndon, American psychologist and academic |