Editing 1920 (section)

===May===
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* [[May 1]] &ndash; [[Alan Burgess (cricketer)|Alan Burgess]], New Zealand cricketer (d. [[2021]])
* [[May 2]]
** [[Jean-Marie Auberson]], Swiss conductor (d. [[2004]])
** [[Otto Buchsbaum]], Austrian-born writer, ecological activist (d. [[2000]])
** [[Joan van der Waals]], Dutch physicist (d. [[2022]])
* [[May 5]] &ndash; [[Jon Naar]], British-American author, photographer (d. [[2017]])
* [[May 6]] 
** [[Mollie Lentaigne]], English medical artist and Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse (d. [[2024]])
** [[Kamisese Mara|Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara]], first [[Prime Minister of Fiji|prime minister of Fiji]] and [[President of Fiji]] (d. [[2004]])
* [[May 8]] 
** [[Tom of Finland]], Finnish artist (d. [[1991]])<ref>{{cite book|author=David A. Gerstner|title=Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XS_SnVPixE8C&pg=PA564|year=2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-30651-5|pages=564}}</ref>
** [[Jean Maran]], French politician (d. [[2021]])
** [[Saul Bass]], American graphic designer (d. [[1996]])
* [[May 9]]
** [[Michael Dauncey]], British Army brigadier (d. [[2017]])
** [[Mitsuko Mori]], Japanese actress (d. [[2012]])
* [[May 10]] &ndash; [[Richard Adams]], English novelist (d. [[2016]])
* [[May 11]] &ndash; [[Gene Hermanski]], American baseball player (d. [[2010]])
* [[May 12]] 
** [[John Tyler Bonner]], American biologist (d. [[2019]])
** [[Gerald Stapleton]], South African [[Battle of Britain]] fighter pilot (d. [[2010]])
* [[May 13]] &ndash; [[Vassos Lyssarides]], Cypriot politician and physician (d. [[2021]])
* [[May 15]] &ndash; [[Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir]], Lebanese cardinal (d. [[2019]])
* [[May 17]] &ndash; [[Lydia Wideman]], Finnish Olympic cross-country skier (d. [[2019]])
* [[May 18]] &ndash; [[Pope John Paul II]] (d. [[2005]])
* [[May 19]]
** [[Ted Knap]], American journalist (d. [[2023]])
** [[Tina Strobos]], Dutch psychiatrist known for rescuing Jews during [[World War II]] (d. [[2012]])
* [[May 20]] 
** [[John Cruickshank]], Scottish [[Victoria Cross]] recipient 
** [[Betty Driver]], British singer and actress (d. [[2011]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Betty Driver|author2=Daran Little|title=Betty: The Autobiography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rexNAAAAYAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Granada Media|isbn=978-0-233-99780-3|page=8}}</ref>
** [[Domenico Leccisi]], Italian politician (d. [[2008]])
* [[May 21]] &ndash; [[Sonja de Lennart]], German fashion designer 
* [[May 22]] &ndash; [[Helen Andelin]], American author (d. [[2009]])
* [[May 23]] &ndash; [[Helen O'Connell]], American singer (d. [[1993]])<ref>The Annual Obituary - Louise Mooney Collins, Roland Turner - 1993 Page 693  "HELEN O'CONNELL American Singer Born Lima, Ohio, 23 May 1920 Died San Diego, California, 9 September 1993 A ... O'Connell was also the affable host of the Miss Universe Pageant for nine years, and was the longtime television ... "</ref>
* [[May 25]] &ndash; [[Arthur Wint]], Jamaican runner (d. [[1992]])
* [[May 26]]
** [[John Dall]], American actor (d. [[1971]])<ref>{{cite news|title=John Dall, 50, Oscar Nominee For 'Corn Is Green' Role, Dies|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A00E2D61F38E53BBC4052DFB766838A669EDE|access-date=December 2, 2014|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 18, 1971}}</ref>
** [[Peggy Lee]], American singer (d. [[2002]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Strom|title=Miss Peggy Lee: A Career Chronicle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iDsIAQAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-1936-4|page=5}}</ref>
* [[May 28]] &ndash; [[Gene Levitt]], American television writer, producer and director (d. [[1999]])
* [[May 29]] &ndash; [[John Harsanyi]], Hungarian-born economist, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[2000]])
* [[May 30]]
** [[Godfrey Binaisa]], [[President of Uganda]] (d. [[2010]])
** [[James F. Leonard]], American diplomat (d. [[2020]])
** [[Frederick M. Nicholas]], American lawyer 
** [[Franklin Schaffner]], American film, television director (d. [[1989]])
** [[Shōtarō Yasuoka]], Japanese writer (d. [[2013]])