Birthdays in History
- May 3 Earl Blackwell, American society impresario (Celebrity Register), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1995)
- May 3 William M. Inge, American playwright (Picnic-Pulitzer 1953), born in Independence, Kansas (d. 1973)
- May 4 Lady Katherine Brandram, Princess of Greece, the last surviving great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, born in Athens, Greece (d. 2007)
- May 6 Jack [John T] Aitken, British anatomist
- May 6 Kenneth Horne, English paper manufacturer/multi-millionaire
- May 6 Ronald Harris, British 1st Church Estates Commissioner
- May 9 John Hayes, British Naval Officer and Naval Secretary, born Southcote, Bermuda (d. 1998)
- May 9 Victor Smith, Admiral (Australian Chiefs of Staff)
- May 11 Robert Jungk, Austrian publicist (d. 1994)
- May 13 William R Tolbert, president Liberia (1971-80)
- May 17 Alec Ogilvie, CEO (Powell Duffryn)
- May 17 Lord Hirshfield, chartered accountant
- May 19 Sanjiva Reddy, Indian politician, sixth President of India (1977-82), born in Illur, British India (d. 1996)
- May 19 Bert Hardy, English photographer (Picture Post), born in London (d. 1995)
- May 20 Henry Cadbury Brown, architect
William Hewlett
May 20 William Hewlett, American engineer and businessman (co-founder Hewlett-Packard), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan (d. 2001)
William Hewlett
- May 23 Ian Graeme, major-general
- May 25 Joseph Peter Grace, businessman
- May 26 Fred Bertrand, Belgian politician
- May 27 Arthur Mervyn Stockwood, bishop (Southwark England)
- May 27 Wolfgang Schulze, [Wols], German cartoonist/painter
- May 28 Gordon Wolstenholme, British physician (Ciba Foundation), born in Sheffield, England (d. 2004)
- May 29 Douglas Black, physician
- May 31 Peter Gibson, British Rear-Admiral