| 57241 | May.19 | Birth | 1910 – Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (d. 1949) |
| 57242 | May.19 | Birth | 1910 – Alan Melville, South African cricketer (d. 1983) |
| 57243 | May.19 | Birth | 1913 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India (d. 1996) |
| 57244 | May.19 | Birth | 1913 – Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania (d. 1973) |
| 57245 | May.19 | Birth | 1914 – Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002) |
| 57246 | May.19 | Birth | 1914 – Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005) |
| 57247 | May.19 | Birth | 1914 – John Vachon, American photographer and journalist (d. 1975) |
| 57248 | May.19 | Birth | 1915 – Renée Asherson, English actress (d. 2014) |
| 57249 | May.19 | Birth | 1918 – Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist, historian, and academic (d. 2000) |
| 57250 | May.19 | Birth | 1919 – Georgie Auld, Canadian-American saxophonist, clarinet player, and bandleader (d. 1990) |
| 57251 | May.19 | Birth | 1919 – Mitja Ribičič, Italian-Slovenian soldier and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 2013) |
| 57252 | May.19 | Birth | 1921 – Leslie Broderick, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 2013) |
| 57253 | May.19 | Birth | 1921 – Harry W. Brown, American colonel and pilot (d. 1991) |
| 57254 | May.19 | Birth | 1921 – Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2002) |
| 57255 | May.19 | Birth | 1921 – Yuri Kochiyama, American activist (d. 2014) |
| 57256 | May.19 | Birth | 1921 – Karel van het Reve, Dutch historian and author (d. 1999) |
| 57257 | May.19 | Birth | 1922 – Joe Gilmore, Irish bartender |
| 57258 | May.19 | Birth | 1924 – Sandy Wilson, English composer and songwriter (d. 2014) |
| 57259 | May.19 | Birth | 1925 – Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (d. 1998) |
| 57260 | May.19 | Birth | 1925 – Guy Provost, Canadian actor (d. 2004) |
| 57261 | May.19 | Birth | 1925 – Malcolm X, American minister and activist (d. 1965) |
| 57262 | May.19 | Birth | 1926 – Kriyananda, Romanian-American spiritual leader and author (d. 2013) |
| 57263 | May.19 | Birth | 1926 – David Jacobs, English radio and television host (d. 2013) |
| 57264 | May.19 | Birth | 1926 – Edward Parkes, English engineer and academic |
| 57265 | May.19 | Birth | 1926 – Fernand Raynaud, French actor and singer (d. 1973) |
| 57266 | May.19 | Birth | 1926 – Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter (d. 2009) |
| 57267 | May.19 | Birth | 1927 – Serge Lang, French-American mathematician, author and academic (d. 2005) |
| 57268 | May.19 | Birth | 1928 – Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (d. 1982) |
| 57269 | May.19 | Birth | 1928 – Thomas Kennedy, English air marshal (d. 2013) |
| 57270 | May.19 | Birth | 1928 – Gil McDougald, American baseball player and coach (d. 2010) |