Editing 1948 (section)

===May===
[[File:George Tupou V of Tonga, 2011 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[George Tupou V]]]]
[[File:Steve-Winwood2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Steve Winwood]]]]
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[[File:Brian Eno 2008.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Brian Eno]]]]
[[File:Grace Jones (June 1, 2015).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Grace Jones]]]]
[[File:Sayer.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Leo Sayer]]]]
[[File:Klaus Meine.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Klaus Meine]]]]
[[File:Stevie Nicks - In Your Dreams Premiere March 2013 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Stevie Nicks]]]]
[[File:Swetlana Alexijewitsch 2013.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Svetlana Alexievich]]]]
[[File:John Bonham 1975.jpg|thumb|100px|[[John Bonham]]]]
* [[May 2]]
** [[Vladimir Matorin]], Russian opera singer
** [[Larry Gatlin]], American singer, songwriter
* [[May 3]]
** [[William H. Miller (writer)|William H. Miller]], American maritime historian 
** [[Chris Mulkey]], American actor
* [[May 4]] 
** [[Jan Kantůrek]], Czech translator (d. [[2018]])
** [[Tanya Falan Welk|Tanya Falan]], American singer
** King [[George Tupou V]] of Tonga (d. [[2012]])
* [[May 5]]
** [[Joe Esposito (singer)|Joe Esposito]], American singer, songwriter
** [[Richard Pacheco]], American pornographic actor
** [[Bill Ward (musician)|Bill Ward]], English rock drummer
* [[May 7]] – [[Susan Atkins]], convicted murderer and ex-follower of [[Charles Manson]] (d. [[2009]])
* [[May 8]]
** Dame [[Felicity Lott]], English soprano
** [[Stephen Stohn]], Canadian television producer
* [[May 9]]
** [[Steven W. Mosher]], American social scientist, author
** [[Calvin Murphy]], American basketball player, analyst
* [[May 10]] &ndash; [[Meg Foster]], American actress 
* [[May 11]]
** [[Pam Ferris]], Welsh actress 
** [[Shigeru Izumiya]], Japanese musician
* [[May 12]] 
** [[Steve Winwood]], English rock singer ("[[Higher Love]]")
** [[Lindsay Crouse]], American actress
* [[May 14]] &ndash; [[Bob Woolmer]], Indian-born English cricket coach (d. [[2007]])
* [[May 15]]
** [[Yutaka Enatsu]], Japanese professional baseball pitcher
** [[Brian Eno]], English musician, record producer
* [[May 16]] &ndash; [[Jesper Christensen]], Danish actor
* [[May 17]] &ndash; [[Penny DeHaven]], American country singer (d. [[2014]])
* [[May 18]]
** [[Olivia Harrison]], American author and film producer
** [[Mikko Heiniö]], Finnish composer
* [[May 19]] &ndash; [[Grace Jones]], Jamaican singer, actress
* [[May 20]] &ndash; [[Tesshō Genda]], Japanese voice actor
* [[May 21]]
** [[D'Jamin Bartlett]], American musical theatre actress
** [[Elizabeth Buchan]], English writer
** [[Jonathan Hyde]], Australian-born English actor
** [[Carol Potter (actress)|Carol Potter]], American actress
** [[Leo Sayer]], English rock musician ("[[When I Need You]]")
* [[May 23]] &ndash; [[Gary McCord]], American professional golfer
* [[May 25]] &ndash; [[Klaus Meine]], German singer ([[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]])
* [[May 26]]
** [[Dayle Haddon]], Canadian model, actress (d. [[2024]])
** [[Stevie Nicks]], American rock singer, songwriter ([[Fleetwood Mac]])
* [[May 27]] &ndash; [[Wubbo de Boer]], Dutch civil servant
* [[May 29]] &ndash; [[Michael Berkeley]], English composer
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Paul L. Schechter]], American astronomer and cosmologist 
* [[May 31]]
** [[Svetlana Alexievich]], Belarusian writer of literary reportage, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate
** [[Lynda Bellingham]], English actress, broadcaster and author (d. [[2014]])
** [[John Bonham]], English rock drummer ([[Led Zeppelin]]) (d. [[1980]])