April 30, 1839 – Floriano Vieira de Araújo Peixoto was a Brazilian soldier and politician, a veteran of the War of the Triple Alliance, and the second President of Brazil.
May 1, 1769 – Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century.
May 2, 1882 – James Francis Byrnes was an American statesman from the state of South Carolina.
May 3, 1903 – Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (d. 1977)
May 4, 1928 – Hosni Mubarak, former President of Egypt.
May 5, 1818 – Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist.
May 6, 1574 – Pope Innocent X, born Giovanni Battista Pamphilj (or Pamphili), was Pope from 1644 to 1655.