Editing 1949 (section)

===May===
[[File:Billy Joel Shankbone NYC 2009.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Billy Joel]]]]
[[File:Alan García presidente del Perú.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Alan García]]]]
[[File:Jim Broadbent 2012.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jim Broadbent]]]]
[[File:Official portrait of Jeremy Corbyn crop 2, 2020.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jeremy Corbyn]]]]
[[File:Tom_Berenger_2019.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tom Berenger]]]]
* [[May 2]] &ndash; [[Alan Titchmarsh]], English gardener
* [[May 3]] &ndash; [[Leopoldo Luque]], Argentine soccer player (d. [[2021]])
* [[May 6]] – [[Larry Rivers (basketball)|Larry Rivers]], Basketball player for the [[Harlem Globetrotters]] (d. [[2023]])
* [[May 9]] 
** [[Billy Joel]], American singer, songwriter and pianist
** [[Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara]], military [[President of Niger]] (d. [[1999]])
* [[May 10]] &ndash; [[Mahfuzur Rahman Khan]], Bangladeshi cinematographer (d. [[2019]])
* [[May 13]] &ndash; [[Zoë Wanamaker]], American-British actress
* [[May 14]] &ndash; [[Sverre Årnes]], Norwegian writer
* [[May 18]]
** [[Rick Wakeman]], English rock musician, songwriter
** [[Bill Wallace (musician)|Bill Wallace]], Canadian rock musician ([[The Guess Who]])
* [[May 19]]
** [[Dusty Hill]], American bassist ([[ZZ Top]]) (d. [[2021]])<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lavin|first=Will|date=July 28, 2021|title=Tributes paid to ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, who has died aged 72|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/tributes-paid-to-zz-top-bassist-dusty-hill-who-has-died-aged-72-3005418|url-status=live|access-date=July 28, 2021|website=[[NME]]|archive-date=July 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728204625/https://www.nme.com/news/music/tributes-paid-to-zz-top-bassist-dusty-hill-who-has-died-aged-72-3005418}}</ref>
** [[Ashraf Ghani]], President of [[Afghanistan]]
* [[May 20]] &ndash; [[Dave Thomas (actor)|Dave Thomas]], Canadian actor, comedian (''[[Second City Television]]'')
* [[May 21]] &ndash; [[Andrew Neil]], Scottish journalist and broadcaster<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/jul/28/sundaytimes.comment|title=The Observer profile: Andrew Neil|date=July 27, 2002|website=the Guardian}}</ref>
* [[May 22]] 
** [[Cheryl Campbell]], English actress
** [[Ieuan Wyn Jones]], Welsh politician
* [[May 23]] &ndash; [[Alan García]], [[President of Peru]] (d. [[2019]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/18/alan-garcia-obituary|title=Alan García obituary|date=18 April 2019|author=Nick Caistor|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=20 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419151928/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/18/alan-garcia-obituary|archive-date=19 April 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[May 24]]
** [[Jim Broadbent]], English actor
** [[Tomaž Pisanski]], Slovenian mathematician
* [[May 25]] &ndash; [[Jamaica Kincaid]], Antiguan-born novelist
* [[May 26]]
** [[Ward Cunningham]], American computer programmer
** [[Jeremy Corbyn]], British politician
** [[Pam Grier]], African-American actress
** [[Hank Williams Jr.]], American country singer
* [[May 27]]
** [[Jo Ann Harris]], American actress
** [[Alma Guillermoprieto]], Mexican journalist
* [[May 29]] &ndash; [[Francis Rossi]], English rock guitarist, singer ([[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]])
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Bob Willis]], English cricketer (d. [[2019]])
* [[May 31]] &ndash; [[Tom Berenger]], American actor (''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]'')