| 56491 | May.17 | Birth | 1955 – Bill Paxton, American actor and director |
| 56492 | May.17 | Birth | 1955 – David Townsend, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Surface) (d. 2005) |
| 56493 | May.17 | Birth | 1956 – Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer and actor |
| 56494 | May.17 | Birth | 1956 – Bob Saget, American comedian, actor, and television host |
| 56495 | May.17 | Birth | 1956 – Dave Sim, Canadian cartoonist and author |
| 56496 | May.17 | Birth | 1957 – Anne Main, Welsh-English educator and politician |
| 56497 | May.17 | Birth | 1957 – Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball player (d. 2012) |
| 56498 | May.17 | Birth | 1958 – Ivor Bolton, English harpsichord player and conductor |
| 56499 | May.17 | Birth | 1958 – Paul Di'Anno, English singer-songwriter (Iron Maiden and Gogmagog) |
| 56500 | May.17 | Birth | 1958 – Paul Whitehouse, Welsh-English actor, producer, and screenwriter |
| 56501 | May.17 | Birth | 1959 – Richard Barrons, English general |
| 56502 | May.17 | Birth | 1959 – Marcelo Loffreda, Argentinian rugby player and coach |
| 56503 | May.17 | Birth | 1959 – Jim Nantz, American sportscaster |
| 56504 | May.17 | Birth | 1960 – Lou DiBella, American boxing promoter, actor, and producer |
| 56505 | May.17 | Birth | 1960 – Simon Fuller, Cypriot-English talent manager and producer, created the Idols series |
| 56506 | May.17 | Birth | 1961 – Enya, Irish singer-songwriter and producer (Clannad) |
| 56507 | May.17 | Birth | 1961 – Jamil Azzaoui, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 56508 | May.17 | Birth | 1961 – Justin King, English businessman |
| 56509 | May.17 | Birth | 1962 – Lise Lyng Falkenberg, Danish journalist and author |
| 56510 | May.17 | Birth | 1962 – Craig Ferguson, Scottish-American comedian, actor, and talk show host |
| 56511 | May.17 | Birth | 1962 – Jane Moore, English journalist and author |
| 56512 | May.17 | Birth | 1962 – Rosalind Picard, American computer scientist and engineer, co-founded Affectiva |
| 56513 | May.17 | Birth | 1963 – Jon Koncak, American basketball player |
| 56514 | May.17 | Birth | 1963 – Page McConnell, American keyboard player and songwriter (Phish, Vida Blue, and Phil Lesh and Friends) |
| 56515 | May.17 | Birth | 1963 – Taimo Toomast, Estonian opera singer |
| 56516 | May.17 | Birth | 1964 – Stratos Apostolakis, Greek footballer and coach |
| 56517 | May.17 | Birth | 1964 – David Eigenberg, American actor |
| 56518 | May.17 | Birth | 1964 – Mauro Martini, Italian race car driver |
| 56519 | May.17 | Birth | 1964 – Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (d. 1999) |
| 56520 | May.17 | Birth | 1965 – Trent Reznor, American singer-songwriter and producer (Nine Inch Nails, How to Destroy Angels) |