| 60691 | May.27 | Birth | 1883 – Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (d. 1971) |
| 60692 | May.27 | Birth | 1884 – Max Brod, Czech journalist, author, and composer (d. 1968) |
| 60693 | May.27 | Birth | 1888 – Louis Durey, French composer (d. 1979) |
| 60694 | May.27 | Birth | 1891 – Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (d. 1965) |
| 60695 | May.27 | Birth | 1891 – Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (d. 1958) |
| 60696 | May.27 | Birth | 1891 – Aage Redal, Danish actor (d. 1950) |
| 60697 | May.27 | Birth | 1893 – Hermann Dörnemann, German super-centenarian (d. 2005) |
| 60698 | May.27 | Birth | 1894 – Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French physician and author (d. 1961) |
| 60699 | May.27 | Birth | 1894 – Dashiell Hammett, American author and screenwriter (d. 1961) |
| 60700 | May.27 | Birth | 1895 – Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian educator and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (d. 1995) |
| 60701 | May.27 | Birth | 1897 – John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967) |
| 60702 | May.27 | Birth | 1897 – Dink Templeton, American rugby player and coach (d. 1962) |
| 60703 | May.27 | Birth | 1899 – Johannes Türn, Estonian chess and draughts player (d. 1993) |
| 60704 | May.27 | Birth | 1900 – Ethel Lang, English super-centenarian (d. 2015) |
| 60705 | May.27 | Birth | 1900 – Uładzimir Žyłka, Belarusian poet and translator (d. 1933) |
| 60706 | May.27 | Birth | 1902 – Fanny Godin, Belgian super-centenarian (d. 2014) |
| 60707 | May.27 | Birth | 1904 – Chūhei Nambu, Japanese jumper and journalist (d. 1997) |
| 60708 | May.27 | Birth | 1906 – Buddhadasa, Thai monk and philosopher (d. 1993) |
| 60709 | May.27 | Birth | 1906 – Antonio Rosario Mennonna, Italian bishop (d. 2009) |
| 60710 | May.27 | Birth | 1907 – Nicolas Calas, Swiss-American poet and critic (d. 1988) |
| 60711 | May.27 | Birth | 1907 – Rachel Carson, American biologist, environmentalist, and author (d. 1964) |
| 60712 | May.27 | Birth | 1909 – Don Finlay, English hurdler and pilot (d. 1970) |
| 60713 | May.27 | Birth | 1909 – Dolores Hope, American singer and philanthropist (d. 2011) |
| 60714 | May.27 | Birth | 1911 – Hubert Humphrey, American journalist and politician, 38th Vice President of the United States (d. 1978) |
| 60715 | May.27 | Birth | 1911 – Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (d. 2007) |
| 60716 | May.27 | Birth | 1911 – Vincent Price, American actor and singer (d. 1993) |
| 60717 | May.27 | Birth | 1912 – John Cheever, American author and academic (d. 1982) |
| 60718 | May.27 | Birth | 1912 – Sam Snead, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2002) |
| 60719 | May.27 | Birth | 1912 – Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1995) |
| 60720 | May.27 | Birth | 1913 – Wols, German painter and photographer (d. 1951) |