Editing 1943 (section)

===May===
[[File:Michael Palin (46317977182) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michael Palin]]]]
[[File:Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, September 2011 (cropped).jpeg|thumb|100px|[[Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson]]]]
[[File:Betty Williams, Women's World Awards 2009 c.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Betty Williams (peace activist)|Betty Williams]]]]
[[File:James Chaney (3x4 cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[James Chaney]]]]
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* [[May 1]]
**[[Ian Dunn (activist)|Ian Dunn]], Scottish gay and paedophile rights activist (d. [[1998]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-ian-dunn-1151494.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-ian-dunn-1151494.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Obituary: Ian Dunn|date=March 21, 1998|website=The Independent}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
**[[Vassal Gadoengin]], [[Nauru]]an politician (d. [[2004]])
* [[May 2]] &ndash; [[Mustafa Nadarević]], Yugoslav and Bosnian actor and comedian (d. [[2020]])
* [[May 3]] – [[Jim Risch]], American politician
* [[May 5]] – [[Michael Palin]], English comedian, actor, and television presenter (''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'')
* [[May 6]] – [[Grange Calveley]], British writer, artist (d. [[2021]])
* [[May 7]]
** [[Orlando Ramírez (footballer)|Orlando Ramírez]], Chilean footballer (d. [[2018]])
** [[Thelma Houston]], American disco singer
* [[May 8]] – [[Danny Whitten]], American musician (d. [[1972]])
* [[May 10]] – [[Richard Darman]], American federal government official, businessman (d. [[2008]])
* [[May 13]] – [[Kurt Trampedach]], Danish artist (d. [[2013]])
* [[May 14]]
** [[Jack Bruce]], British musician, songwriter (d. [[2014]])
** [[Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson]], 5th [[President of Iceland]]
* [[May 16]] – [[Dan Coats]], American politician and diplomat
* [[May 17]]
** [[Mark W. Olson]], American economist, politician (d. [[2018]]) 
** [[Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin]], [[King of Malaysia]]
** [[Mangala Narlikar]], Indian mathematician (d. [[2023]])
* [[May 20]] – [[Imata Kabua]], Marshallese politician, 2nd [[List of Presidents of the Marshall Islands|President of the Marshall Islands]] (d. [[2019]])
* [[May 22]] – [[Betty Williams (Nobel laureate)|Betty Williams]], Northern Irish political activist, co-recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (d. [[2020]])
* [[May 24]] – [[Gary Burghoff]], American actor (''[[M*A*S*H]]'') 
* [[May 25]] – [[Jessi Colter]], American singer, composer
* [[May 26]] – [[Erica Terpstra]], Dutch swimmer, politician and president of the Dutch Olympic Committee
* [[May 27]] 
** [[Bruce Weitz]], American actor
** [[Diane Pershing]], American actress
** [[Cilla Black]], English singer, entertainer (d. [[2015]]) 
* [[May 29]] – [[Ion Ciubuc]], Moldovan politician (d. [[2018]])
* [[May 30]] – [[James Chaney]], African-American civil rights worker (d. [[1964]])
* [[May 31]]
** [[Sharon Gless]], American actress
** [[Joe Namath]], American football player