May 11, 1904 – Salvador Dalí, a prominent Spanish surrealist painter.
May 12, 1968 – Tony Hawk, an American former professional skateboarder and actor.
May 13, 1717 – Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina, the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg.
May 14, 1929 – “Gump” Worsley, a professional ice hockey goaltender.
May 15, 1909 – James Neville Mason, an American actor.
May 16, 1964 – John Thomas Salley, a retired American professional basketball player, actor and talk show host.
May 17, 1956 – Sugar Ray Leonard, an American retired professional boxer and occasional actor.