Editing May 1 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[1218]] &ndash; [[John I, Count of Hainaut]] (d. 1257)
*  1218   &ndash; [[Rudolf I of Germany]] (d. 1291)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography: A Series of Original Memoirs of Distinguished Men, of All Ages and All Nations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nTMOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA699|year=1857|publisher=William Mackenzie, 22 Paternoster Row; Howard Street, Glasgow; South Bridge, Edinburgh|pages=699}}</ref>
*[[1285]] &ndash; [[Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel]], English politician (d. 1326)
*[[1326]] &ndash; [[Rinchinbal Khan]], Mongolian emperor (d. 1332)
*[[1488]] &ndash; [[Sidonie of Bavaria]], eldest daughter of Duke Albrecht IV of Bavaria-Munich (d. 1505)
*[[1527]] &ndash; [[Johannes Stadius]], German astronomer, astrologer, mathematician (d. 1579)
*[[1545]] &ndash; [[Franciscus Junius (the elder)|Franciscus Junius]], French theologian (d. 1602)
*[[1579]] &ndash; [[Wolphert Gerretse]], Dutch-American farmer, co-founded [[New Netherland]] (d. 1662)
*[[1582]] &ndash; [[Marco da Gagliano]], Italian composer (d. 1643)
*[[1585]] &ndash; [[Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill]], Belarusian saint (d. 1612)
*[[1591]] &ndash; [[Johann Adam Schall von Bell]], German missionary and astronomer (d. 1666)
*[[1594]] &ndash; [[John Haynes (governor)|John Haynes]], English-American politician, 1st Governor of the Colony of Connecticut (d. 1653)