Editing 1957 (section)

===May===
[[File:Richard E. Grant 2018 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Richard E. Grant]]]]
[[File:Sid Vicious 1978 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sid Vicious]]]]
[[File:Yoshihiko Noda 20110902 (retouched).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Yoshihiko Noda]]]]
[[File:Renée Soutendijk 1992.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Renée Soutendijk]]]]
[[File:Siouxsie-sioux-van-oakland-np.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Siouxsie Sioux]]]]
* [[May 1]] – [[Jo Jorgensen]], American libertarian politician and academic
* [[May 3]] – [[Jo Brand]], English comedian
* [[May 5]] – [[Richard E. Grant]], English actor
* [[May 10]] – [[Sid Vicious]] (John Beverley), English punk rock bassist ([[Sex Pistols]]) (d. [[1979]])
* [[May 13]] – [[Carrie Lam]], Hong Kong civil servant
* [[May 14]] – [[Daniela Dessì]], Italian operatic soprano (d. [[2016]])
* [[May 15]]
** [[Kevin Von Erich]], American professional wrestler
** [[Juan José Ibarretxe]], Basque Lehendakari (Prime Minister)
* [[May 16]]
** [[Joan Benoit]], American Olympic gold medal-winning marathon runner
** [[Bob Suter]], American professional ice hockey player (d. [[2014]])
* [[May 17]] – [[Gösta Sundqvist]], Finnish rock singer and songwriter ([[Leevi and the Leavings]]) (d. [[2003]])
* [[May 18]]
** [[Michael Cretu]], Romanian–German new-age musician ([[Enigma (German band)|Enigma]])
** [[Frank Plasberg]], German journalist and television presenter
* [[May 20]] – [[Yoshihiko Noda]], 62nd [[Prime Minister of Japan]]
* [[May 21]]
** [[Rebecca Jones (Mexican actress)|Rebecca Jones]], Mexican actress
** [[Judge Reinhold]], American actor
** [[Renée Soutendijk]], Dutch actress
* [[May 22]]
** [[Shinji Morisue]], Japanese gymnast
** [[Gary Sweet]], Australian actor
** [[Lisa Murkowski]], US Senator- R-Alaska
* [[May 23]] – [[Jimmy McShane]] (aka Baltimora), Northern Irish singer and dancer (d. [[1995]])
* [[May 24]]
** [[John Harrington (ice hockey)|John Harrington]], American professional ice hockey player
** [[Walter Moers]], German comic artist and writer<ref>{{Citation |last=Engelhardt |first=Dirk |title=Walter Moers |date=2017 |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-476-04359-7_48 |work=Kindler Kompakt: Märchen |pages=199–203 |access-date=2023-07-05 |place=Stuttgart |publisher=J.B. Metzler |language=de |doi=10.1007/978-3-476-04359-7_48 |isbn=978-3-476-04358-0|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
** [[John G. Rowland]], American [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician, [[List of governors of Connecticut|Governor of Connecticut]] and felon
* [[May 26]]
** [[François Legault]], Canadian politician, [[Premier of Quebec]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/legault-francois-4131/biographie.html |title=François Legault - National Assembly of Québec |publisher=[[National Assembly of Quebec]]}}</ref>
** [[Pontso Sekatle]], Lesotho academic and politician
* [[May 27]] – [[Siouxsie Sioux]], born Susan Ballion, English post-punk singer ([[Siouxsie and the Banshees]])
* [[May 28]] – [[Kirk Gibson]], American baseball player
* [[May 29]] – [[Ted Levine]], American actor
* [[May 31]] – [[Jim Craig (ice hockey)|Jim Craig]], American professional ice hockey player