| 58501 | May.22 | Birth | 1850 – Hildegard Thorell, Swedish painter (d. 1930) |
| 58502 | May.22 | Birth | 1852 – Émile Sauret, French violinist and composer (d. 1920) |
| 58503 | May.22 | Birth | 1852 – Augustine Podmore Williams, English sailor (d. 1916) |
| 58504 | May.22 | Birth | 1859 – Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish physician and author (d. 1930) |
| 58505 | May.22 | Birth | 1859 – Farquhar McGillivray Knowles, American-Canadian painter (d. 1932) |
| 58506 | May.22 | Birth | 1859 – Tsubouchi Shōyō, Japanese author, playwright, and educator (d. 1935) |
| 58507 | May.22 | Birth | 1864 – Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (d. 1931) |
| 58508 | May.22 | Birth | 1865 – Enric Morera i Viura, Spanish trumpet player, violinist, and composer (d. 1942) |
| 58509 | May.22 | Birth | 1867 – Romaine Fielding, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1927) |
| 58510 | May.22 | Birth | 1868 – William Beach Thomas, English journalist and author (d. 1957) |
| 58511 | May.22 | Birth | 1868 – Augusto Pestana, Brazilian engineer and politician (d. 1934) |
| 58512 | May.22 | Birth | 1871 – Harold Nelson, English illustrator and engraver (d. 1948) |
| 58513 | May.22 | Birth | 1874 – Daniel François Malan, South African clergyman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1959) |
| 58514 | May.22 | Birth | 1876 – Antonius Bouwens, Dutch target shooter (d. 1963) |
| 58515 | May.22 | Birth | 1876 – Julius Klinger, Austrian painter and illustrator (d. 1942) |
| 58516 | May.22 | Birth | 1879 – Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 1947) |
| 58517 | May.22 | Birth | 1879 – Jean Cras, French admiral and composer (d. 1932) |
| 58518 | May.22 | Birth | 1879 – Jack White, Irish trade unionist and army organizer (d. 1946) |
| 58519 | May.22 | Birth | 1880 – Francis de Miomandre, French author and translator (d. 1959) |
| 58520 | May.22 | Birth | 1881 – Garrard Tyrwhitt-Drake, English businessman and politician (d. 1964) |
| 58521 | May.22 | Birth | 1881 – Colin Veitch, English footballer and manager (d. 1938) |
| 58522 | May.22 | Birth | 1885 – Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician (d. 1924) |
| 58523 | May.22 | Birth | 1885 – Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral (d. 1957) |
| 58524 | May.22 | Birth | 1887 – Frederick Garfield Gilmore, Canadian-American boxer (d. 1969) |
| 58525 | May.22 | Birth | 1887 – Frank Nelson, American pole vaulter and baseball player (d. 1970) |
| 58526 | May.22 | Birth | 1888 – Percy Sillitoe, English intelligence officer (d. 1962) |
| 58527 | May.22 | Birth | 1889 – Hugh Miller, English actor (d. 1976) |
| 58528 | May.22 | Birth | 1890 – Per Collinder, Swedish astronomer and author, founded Collinder catalog (d. 1975) |
| 58529 | May.22 | Birth | 1891 – Johannes R. Becher, German politician, novelist, and poet (d. 1958) |
| 58530 | May.22 | Birth | 1891 – Eddie Edwards, American baseball player and trombonist (Original Dixieland Jazz Band) (d. 1963) |