| 56101 | May.16 | Birth | 1953 – Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor and producer |
| 56102 | May.16 | Birth | 1953 – David Maclean, Scottish politician |
| 56103 | May.16 | Birth | 1953 – Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna |
| 56104 | May.16 | Birth | 1953 – Stephen Woolman, Lord Woolman, Scottish judge and academic |
| 56105 | May.16 | Birth | 1954 – Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut |
| 56106 | May.16 | Birth | 1955 – Olga Korbut, Belarusian gymnast |
| 56107 | May.16 | Birth | 1955 – Jack Morris, American baseball player and sportscaster |
| 56108 | May.16 | Birth | 1955 – Hazel O'Connor, English-Irish singer-songwriter and actress |
| 56109 | May.16 | Birth | 1955 – Páidí Ó Sé, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2012) |
| 56110 | May.16 | Birth | 1955 – Debra Winger, American actress and producer |
| 56111 | May.16 | Birth | 1957 – Joan Benoit, American runner |
| 56112 | May.16 | Birth | 1957 – Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft, English politician |
| 56113 | May.16 | Birth | 1957 – Yuri Shevchuk, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (DDT) |
| 56114 | May.16 | Birth | 1957 – Anthony St John, 22nd Baron St John of Bletso, English lawyer and businessman |
| 56115 | May.16 | Birth | 1957 – Bob Suter, American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014) |
| 56116 | May.16 | Birth | 1958 – Gitane Demone, American singer-songwriter (Christian Death and Pompeii 99) |
| 56117 | May.16 | Birth | 1958 – Glenn Gregory, English singer-songwriter (Heaven 17, Honeyroot, and ABC) |
| 56118 | May.16 | Birth | 1959 – Mitch Webster, American baseball player |
| 56119 | May.16 | Birth | 1959 – Mare Winningham, American actress and singer-songwriter |
| 56120 | May.16 | Birth | 1960 – Landon Deireragea, Nauruan politician, Nauruan Speaker of Parliament |
| 56121 | May.16 | Birth | 1960 – S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan commander and politician (d. 1998) |
| 56122 | May.16 | Birth | 1960 – Steve Scott, British journalist and presenter |
| 56123 | May.16 | Birth | 1961 – Kevin McDonald, Canadian actor and screenwriter |
| 56124 | May.16 | Birth | 1961 – Charles Wright, American wrestler |
| 56125 | May.16 | Birth | 1962 – Jimmy Hood, Scottish engineer and politician |
| 56126 | May.16 | Birth | 1962 – Helga Radtke, German long jumper |
| 56127 | May.16 | Birth | 1962 – Lisa Yuskavage, American painter |
| 56128 | May.16 | Birth | 1963 – Jon Coffelt, American painter and sculptor |
| 56129 | May.16 | Birth | 1963 – Mercedes Echerer, Austrian actress and politician |
| 56130 | May.16 | Birth | 1963 – Serge Teyssot-Gay, French guitarist (Noir Désir) |