Editing May 1 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1602]] &ndash; [[William Lilly]], English astrologer (d. 1681)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Burns |first1=William |title=Lilly, William: Born: 1 May 1602 Diseworth, Leicestershire Died: 9 June 1681, Hersham, Surrey |journal=Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy |date=2022 |pages=1923–1924 |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-14169-5_517}}</ref>
*[[1672]] &ndash; [[Joseph Addison]], English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician (d. 1719)
*[[1730]] &ndash; [[Joshua Rowley]], English admiral (d. 1790)
*[[1735]] &ndash; [[Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen]], Dutch admiral and philanthropist (d. 1819)
*[[1751]] &ndash; [[Judith Sargent Murray]], American poet and playwright (d. 1820)
*[[1764]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Henry Latrobe]], English-American architect, designed the [[United States Capitol]] (d. 1820)
*[[1769]] &ndash; [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]], Irish-English field marshal and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1852)
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[Phoebe Hinsdale Brown]], American hymnwriter (d. 1861)<ref name="Julian1892">{{cite book|last=Julian|first=John|title=A Dictionary of Hymnology: Setting Forth the Origin and History of Christian Hymns of All Ages and Nations|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_I-0sAAAAYAAJ|edition=Public domain|year=1892|publisher=C. Scribner's Sons|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_I-0sAAAAYAAJ/page/n149 185]–}}</ref>
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[James Clarence Mangan]], Irish poet and author (d. 1849)
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Andreas Laskaratos]], Greek satirical poet and writer (d. 1901)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://1hellinas.pblogs.gr/2007/11/andreas-laskaratos.html |title=Ανδρεασ Λασκαρατοσ |website=1hellinas.pblogs.gr |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165701/http://1hellinas.pblogs.gr/2007/11/andreas-laskaratos.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Henry Ayers]], English-Australian politician, 8th [[Premier of South Australia]] (d. 1897)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Alexander William Williamson]], English chemist and academic (d. 1904)
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Johann Jakob Balmer]], Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1898)
*  1825   &ndash; [[George Inness]], American painter and educator (d. 1894)
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[Jules Breton]], French painter (d. 1906)
*[[1829]] &ndash; [[José de Alencar]], Brazilian author and playwright (d. 1877)
*  1829   &ndash; [[Frederick Sandys]], English painter and illustrator (d. 1904)
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Guido Gezelle]], Belgian priest and poet (d. 1899)
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Emily Stowe]], Canadian physician and activist (d. 1903)<ref>{{cite book|first=Juanne N.|last=Clarke|title=Health, Illness, and Medicine in Canada|location=Toronto|publisher=McClelland & Stewart|year=1992|page=234|isbn=978-0-7710-2146-6}}</ref>
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Henry Demarest Lloyd]], American journalist and politician (d. 1903)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Adelsteen Normann]], Norwegian painter (d. 1919)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn]] (d. 1942)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Calamity Jane]], American frontierswoman and professional scout (d. 1903)
*  1852   &ndash; [[Santiago Ramón y Cajal]], Spanish neuroscientist and pathologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1934)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin]], Ukrainian-American journalist, actor, and playwright (d. 1909)
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Cecilia Beaux]], American painter and academic (d. 1942)<ref>{{cite book | last=Marter | first=Joan M. | title=The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art | place=New York | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2001 | isbn=978-0-19-533579-8 | page=229}}</ref>
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Theo van Gogh (art dealer)|Theo van Gogh]], Dutch art dealer (d. 1891)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Jacqueline Comerre-Paton]], French painter and sculptor (d. 1955)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Marcel Prévost]], French novelist and playwright (d. 1941)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Anna Jarvis]], American founder of [[Mother's Day]] (d. 1948)<ref>{{cite book | last=O'Reilly | first=Angela | title=Encyclopedia of Motherhood | volume=1 | place=Los Angeles | publisher=Sage | year=2010 | isbn=978-1-4129-6846-1 | page=602}}</ref>
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Seakle Greijdanus]], Dutch theologian and scholar (d. 1948)
*  1871   &ndash; [[Emiliano Chamorro Vargas]], President of Nicaragua (d. 1966)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Hugo Alfvén]], Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter (d. 1960)
*  1872   &ndash; [[Sidónio Pais]], Portuguese soldier and politician, 4th [[President of Portugal]] (d. 1918)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Romaine Brooks]], American-French painter and illustrator (d. 1970)
*  1874   &ndash; [[Paul Van Asbroeck]], Belgian target shooter (d. 1959)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[David Hall (athlete)|Dave Hall]], American runner (d. 1972)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Pierre Teilhard de Chardin]], French priest, palaeontologist, and philosopher (d. 1955)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe]], English race car driver and politician (d. 1964)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Clément Pansaers]], Belgian poet (d. 1922)
*  1885   &ndash; [[Ralph Stackpole]], American sculptor and painter (d. 1973)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Alan Cunningham]], Anglo-Irish general and diplomat, [[High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan]] (d. 1983)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Clelia Lollini]], Italian physician (d. 1963 or 1964)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.enciclopediadelledonne.it/biografie/clelia-lollini/|title=Clelia Lollini|last=Mori|first=Sylvia|website=enciclopedia delle donne|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827114058/http://www.enciclopediadelledonne.it/biografie/clelia-lollini/|archive-date=2019-08-27|access-date=2020-01-26}}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Lillian Estelle Fisher]], American historian of Spanish America (d. 1988)<ref>{{cite web | title=Fisher | url=https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/fisher__lillian_estelle | publisher=The Pennsylvania State University | access-date=10 July 2019}}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[May Hollinworth]], Australian theatre producer and director (d. 1968)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Murphy |first1=Lynne |title=Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 14 |date=1996 |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |isbn=0-522-84236-4 |chapter-url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hollinworth-may-10522 |access-date=22 May 2019 |chapter=Hollinworth, May (1895–1968)}}</ref>
*  1895   &ndash; [[Nikolai Yezhov]], [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] secret police official, head of the [[NKVD]] (d. 1940)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Herbert Backe]], German agronomist and politician (d. 1947)
*  1896   &ndash; [[Mark W. Clark]], American general (d. 1984)
*  1896   &ndash; [[J. Lawton Collins]], American general (d. 1987)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Alfred Schmidt (weightlifter)|Alfred Schmidt]], Estonian weightlifter (d. 1972)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Ignazio Silone]], Italian journalist and politician (d. 1978)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Aleksander Wat]], Polish poet and writer (d. 1967)