Editing 1944 (section)

===May===
[[File:(John Rhys-Davies) 2018-02-11 15-35-40 ILCE-6500 DSC07150 (31235662177) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[John Rhys-Davies]]]]
[[File:George Lucas cropped 2009.jpg|thumb|100px|[[George Lucas]]]]
[[File:Danny Trejo by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Danny Trejo]]]]
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[[File:Mary Robinson (2014).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mary Robinson]]]]
[[File:Patti Labelle.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Patti LaBelle]]]]
[[File:Rudy Giuliani (49279859833) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rudy Giuliani]]]]
[[File:Gladys Knight 1997.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Gladys Knight]]]]
[[File:Locke HS Yearbook.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sondra Locke]]]]
* [[May 1]]
** [[Costa Cordalis]], German singer (d. [[2019]])
** [[Suresh Kalmadi]], Indian politician
** [[Marva Whitney]], American singer (d. [[2012]])
* [[May 4|May 2]] &ndash; [[Gloria Lizárraga de Capriles]], Venezuelan politician (d. [[2021]])<ref name="Carabobeño">{{Cite news|date=31 March 2021|title=Falleció Gloria Lizárraga de Capriles: primera alcaldesa de Baruta|agency=[[El Carabobeño]]|url=https://www.el-carabobeno.com/fallecio-gloria-lizarraga-de-capriles-primera-alcaldesa-de-baruta/|access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref>
* [[May 3]] – [[Rusty Wier]], American singer-songwriter (d. [[2009]])
*[[May 4]]
** [[Walker Boone]], Canadian actor (d. [[2021]])
** [[Russi Taylor]], American actress (d. [[2019]])
* [[May 5]]
** [[Roger Rees]], Welsh actor and director (d. [[2015]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Contemporary|author2=Contemporary Books|title=Chase's Annual Events: The Day-By-Day Directory to 1994|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zQoBM1qCk5wC|year=1993|publisher=Contemporary books|isbn=978-0-8092-3732-6|page=193}}</ref>
** [[John Rhys-Davies]], Welsh actor<ref>{{cite book|author=Brad Linaweaver|title=Sliders: The Episode Guide : the Classic Episodes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1SDugAAQxVAC|year=1998|publisher=TV Books|isbn=978-1-57500-053-4|page=21}}</ref>
* [[May 6]] – [[Mike Coulman]], English dual-code rugby international (d. [[2023]])
* [[May 7]] – [[Richard O'Sullivan]], English comedy actor
* [[May 8]]  
** [[Gary Glitter]] (Paul Gadd), English glam rock singer and paedophile
** [[David Vaughan (artist)|David Vaughan]], psychedelic artist (d. [[2003]])
* [[May 9]]
** [[Richie Furay]], American rock singer-songwriter ([[Poco (band)|Poco]], [[Buffalo Springfield]])
** [[Lars Norén]], Swedish playwright, novelist and poet (d. [[2021]])
** [[Laurence Owen]], American figure skater (d. [[1961]])
* [[May 10]]
** [[Jim Abrahams]], American film director
** [[Jackie Lomax]], English rock singer-songwriter, guitarist (d. [[2013]])
* [[May 12]] 
** [[Sara Kestelman]], English actress
** [[Chris Patten]], British politician
* [[May 13]]
** [[Armistead Maupin]], American fiction writer
** [[Carolyn Franklin]], American soul singer-songwriter (d. [[1988]])
* [[May 14]]
** [[Connie Lawn]], American journalist (d. [[2018]])
** [[George Lucas]], American film director and producer
* [[May 15]]  &ndash;[[Ulrich Beck]], German sociologist (d. [[2015]])
* [[May 16]] &ndash; [[Danny Trejo]], Hispanic-American actor
* [[May 17]] &ndash; [[Jesse Winchester]], American-Canadian country singer-songwriter (d. [[2014]])
* [[May 18]] 
** [[Marianne Battani]], American jurist (d. [[2021]])
** [[Albert Hammond]], [[United Kingdom|British]]-[[Gibraltarians|Gibraltarian]] singer, songwriter and record producer
* [[May 19]] 
** [[Peter Mayhew]], English-American actor (d. [[2019]])
** [[Jaan Talts]], Estonian-Soviet weightlifter
* [[May 20]]
** [[Joe Cocker]], English rock singer (d. [[2014]])
** [[Boudewijn de Groot]], Batavian-born Dutch folk singer-songwriter
* [[May 21]] &ndash; [[Mary Robinson]], [[President of Ireland]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Mary Robinson |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/mary-robinson |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=28 July 2021 |language=en |date=27 February 2020}}</ref>
* [[May 22]] &ndash; [[Roberto A. Abad]], Filipino lawyer
* [[May 23]]
** [[John Newcombe]], Australian tennis player
** [[Avraham Oz]], Israeli theater professor, translator and political activist
* [[May 24]]
** [[Patti LaBelle]], American singer, actress and entrepreneur
** [[David Mark Berger]], Israeli weightlifter (d. [[1972]])
** [[Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg]], Dutch ancient historian
** [[Dominique Lavanant]], French film and theatrical actress
* [[May 25]] &ndash; [[Frank Oz]], English puppeteer and film director
* [[May 26]] &ndash; [[Jan Schakowsky]], U.S. Representative, [[Illinois's 9th congressional district]]
* [[May 27]] 
** [[Chris Dodd]], American politician
** [[Jon Brittenum]], American football player (d. [[2022]])
** [[Alain Souchon]], [[Music of France|French singer-songwriter]] and actor
* [[May 28]]
** [[Rudy Giuliani]], American politician, Mayor of New York City
** [[Gladys Knight]], American singer
** [[Sondra Locke]], American actress and director (d. [[2018]])
** [[Rita MacNeil]], Canadian folk singer (d. [[2013]])
** [[Gary Stewart (singer)|Gary Stewart]], American country rock singer-songwriter and musician (d. [[2003]])
** [[Patricia Quinn (Northern Irish actress)|Patricia Quinn]] (Lady Stephens), Northern Irish actress
* [[May 29]] &ndash; [[Helmut Berger]], Austrian actor (d. [[2023]])
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Meredith MacRae]], American actress (d. [[2000]])
* [[May 31]] &ndash; [[Ayad Allawi]], 38th [[Prime Minister of Iraq]]