| 59521 | May.24 | Birth | 1955 – Rosanne Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 59522 | May.24 | Birth | 1955 – Philippe Lafontaine, Belgian singer-songwriter |
| 59523 | May.24 | Birth | 1955 – David Leonard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 59524 | May.24 | Birth | 1956 – Richard B. Bernstein, American historian and academic |
| 59525 | May.24 | Birth | 1956 – Larry Blackmon, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Cameo and Black Ivory) |
| 59526 | May.24 | Birth | 1956 – Dominic Grieve, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales |
| 59527 | May.24 | Birth | 1956 – Michael Jackson, Irish archbishop |
| 59528 | May.24 | Birth | 1956 – Zaid Shakir, American author and scholar |
| 59529 | May.24 | Birth | 1958 – Chip Ganassi, American race car driver and businessman |
| 59530 | May.24 | Birth | 1959 – Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish-American ice hockey player (d. 1985) |
| 59531 | May.24 | Birth | 1960 – Guy Fletcher, English keyboard player, guitarist, and producer (Dire Straits and The Notting Hillbillies) |
| 59532 | May.24 | Birth | 1960 – Doug Jones, American actor |
| 59533 | May.24 | Birth | 1960 – Paul McCreesh, English conductor |
| 59534 | May.24 | Birth | 1960 – Kristin Scott Thomas, English-French actress and singer |
| 59535 | May.24 | Birth | 1961 – Show Aikawa, Japanese actor |
| 59536 | May.24 | Birth | 1961 – Lorella Cedroni, Italian philosopher and theorist (d. 2013) |
| 59537 | May.24 | Birth | 1961 – Alain Lemieux, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach |
| 59538 | May.24 | Birth | 1962 – Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican boxer and singer (d. 2012) |
| 59539 | May.24 | Birth | 1962 – Stephen Otter, English police officer |
| 59540 | May.24 | Birth | 1962 – Gene Anthony Ray, American actor, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2003) |
| 59541 | May.24 | Birth | 1963 – Lois Ayres, American porn actress |
| 59542 | May.24 | Birth | 1963 – Ivan Capelli, Italian race car driver and sportscaster |
| 59543 | May.24 | Birth | 1963 – Michael Chabon, American author and screenwriter |
| 59544 | May.24 | Birth | 1963 – Joe Dumars, American basketball player |
| 59545 | May.24 | Birth | 1963 – Rich Rodriguez, American football player and coach |
| 59546 | May.24 | Birth | 1964 – Liz McColgan, Scottish educator and runner |
| 59547 | May.24 | Birth | 1964 – Adrian Moorhouse, English swimmer |
| 59548 | May.24 | Birth | 1964 – Isidro Pérez, Mexican boxer (d. 2013) |
| 59549 | May.24 | Birth | 1964 – Pat Verbeek, Canadian ice hockey player and manager |
| 59550 | May.24 | Birth | 1965 – Jens Becker, German bass player (Grave Digger, Running Wild, and X-Wild) |