May 2, 1695 – Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766). Designed the facade of Eglise Saint Sulpice.
May 3, 1903 – Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (d. 1977)
May 4, 1929 – Audrey Hepburn, Anglo-Dutch actress (d. 1993)
May 5, 1830 – John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906)
May 6, 1856 – Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (d. 1939)
May 7, 1774 – William Bainbridge, American Commodore (d. 1833)
May 8, 1884 – Harry S. Truman, President of the United States (d. 1972)