| 60331 | May.26 | Birth | 1925 – Alec McCowen, English actor |
| 60332 | May.26 | Birth | 1926 – Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (Miles Davis Quintet) (d. 1991) |
| 60333 | May.26 | Birth | 1927 – Jacques Bergerac, French actor (d. 2014) |
| 60334 | May.26 | Birth | 1928 – Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist, author, and activist (d. 2011) |
| 60335 | May.26 | Birth | 1929 – J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian and academic (d. 2014) |
| 60336 | May.26 | Birth | 1929 – John Jackson, English lawyer and businessman |
| 60337 | May.26 | Birth | 1929 – Catherine Sauvage, French singer and actress (d. 1998) |
| 60338 | May.26 | Birth | 1930 – Karim Emami, Indian-Iranian lexicographer and critic (d. 2005) |
| 60339 | May.26 | Birth | 1932 – Grigor Vachkov, Bulgarian actor (d. 1980) |
| 60340 | May.26 | Birth | 1933 – Edward Whittemore, American soldier and author (d. 1995) |
| 60341 | May.26 | Birth | 1935 – Eero Loone, Estonian philosopher and academic |
| 60342 | May.26 | Birth | 1935 – Sheila Steafel, South African–English actress |
| 60343 | May.26 | Birth | 1936 – David Stevens, Baron Stevens of Ludgate, English politician |
| 60344 | May.26 | Birth | 1937 – Manorama, Indian actress and singer (d. 2015) |
| 60345 | May.26 | Birth | 1938 – William Bolcom, American pianist and composer |
| 60346 | May.26 | Birth | 1938 – Pauline Parker, New Zealand murderer |
| 60347 | May.26 | Birth | 1938 – Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian author and playwright |
| 60348 | May.26 | Birth | 1938 – K. Bikram Singh, Indian director and producer (d. 2013) |
| 60349 | May.26 | Birth | 1938 – Teresa Stratas, Canadian soprano and actress |
| 60350 | May.26 | Birth | 1939 – Merab Kostava, Georgian poet, activist, and educator (d. 1989) |
| 60351 | May.26 | Birth | 1939 – Jaki Liebezeit German drummer (Can) |
| 60352 | May.26 | Birth | 1939 – Brent Musburger, American sportscaster |
| 60353 | May.26 | Birth | 1939 – Herb Trimpe, American author and illustrator (d. 2015) |
| 60354 | May.26 | Birth | 1940 – Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, Canadian academic and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec |
| 60355 | May.26 | Birth | 1940 – Levon Helm, American singer-songwriter, drummer, producer, and actor (The Band) (d. 2012) |
| 60356 | May.26 | Birth | 1941 – Aldrich Ames, American CIA officer |
| 60357 | May.26 | Birth | 1941 – Reg Bundy, English drag queen performer, dancer, and actor (d. 2003) |
| 60358 | May.26 | Birth | 1941 – Jim Dobbin, Scottish microbiologist and politician (d. 2014) |
| 60359 | May.26 | Birth | 1941 – Cliff Drysdale, South African tennis player and sportscaster |
| 60360 | May.26 | Birth | 1941 – Imants Kalniņš, Latvian composer |