* May 16-Joseph Strauss, American bridge engineer ( born 1870 )

Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (; 13 February 1805 – 5 May 1859 ) was a German mathematician with deep contributions to number theory ( including creating the field of analytic number theory ), and to the theory of Fourier series and other topics in mathematical analysis ; he is credited with being one of the first mathematicians to give the modern formal definition of a function.

Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (, Anatolij Evgen ' evič Karpov ; born May 23, 1951 ) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion.

Karpov was born on May 23, 1951 at Zlatoust in the Urals region of the former Soviet Union, and learned to play chess at the age of four.

Louisa May Alcott was born on her father's birthday, November 29, 1832, at a half hour past midnight.

The marriage took place on 15 May 1239, and produced one son, the future Alexander III, born in 1241.

* Leandro Alfonso Luis Ruíz y Moragas ( born 26 April 1929 ), officially recognized by Spanish Courts on 21 May 2003 as Leandro Alfonso Luis de Borbón y Ruíz Moragas

Antonio Salieri ( 18 August 17507 May 1825 ) was a classical composer, conductor and teacher born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, but who spent his adult life and career as a faithful subject of the Habsburg monarchy.

Dürer was born on 21 May 1471, third child and second son of his parents, who had between fourteen and eighteen children.

Adam Carolla ( born May 27, 1964 ) is an American radio personality, television host, comedian, and actor.

Sakharov was born in Moscow on May 21, 1921.

‘ Abdu ’ l-Bahá (‎; 23 May 1844 – 28 November 1921 ), born ‘ Abbás Effendí, was the eldest son of Bahá ' u ' lláh, the founder of the Bahá ' í Faith.

` Abdu ' l-Bahá was born in Tehran, Iran on 23 May 1844 ( 5th of Jamadiyu ' l-Avval, 1260 AH ), the eldest son of Bahá ' u ' lláh and Navváb.

Brigitte's mother enrolled Brigitte and her sister Marie-Jeanne ( born 5 May 1938 ) in dance.

Bernard Allan Federko ( born May 12, 1956 ) is a retired professional ice hockey centre who played fourteen seasons in the National Hockey League from 1976 through 1990.

Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM ( born 2 May 1969, in Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago ) is a former West Indian international cricket player.

Bill Macy ( born Wolf Mavin Garber, May 18, 1922 ) is an American television and stage actor.

When their son, Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr, was born on 5 May 1925, Chaplin sent Grey and the child into hiding: it was seen as too close to their wedding, so a fake birth announcement was made to the press at the end of June.

Carl Linnaeus was born in the village of Råshult in Småland, Sweden on 23 May 1707.

Christopher Columbus ( Italian: Cristoforo Colombo ; Spanish: Cristóbal Colón ; before 31 October 145120 May 1506 ) was an explorer, navigator, and colonizer, born in the Republic of Genoa, in what is today northwestern Italy.

Charles Baxter ( born May 13, 1947 ) is an American author of fiction, nonfiction and poetry.

* José Cortéz ( born May 1975 ), professional NFL place-kicker

Gini was born on May 23, 1884, in Motta di Livenza, near Treviso, into an old landed family.

Janssen was born as David Harold Meyer in Naponee, Nebraska to Harold Edward Meyer, a banker ( May 12, 1906 – November 4, 1990 ) and Berniece Graf ( May 11, 1910 – November 26, 1995 ).

Daniel Robert " Danny " Elfman ( born May 29, 1953 ) is an American composer, best known for scoring music for television and film and creating The Simpsons main title theme as well as the 1989 Batman movie theme.

Dave Winer ( born May 2, 1955 in Brooklyn, New York City ) is an American software developer, entrepreneur and writer in New York City.

Dolley Payne was born May 20, 1768, at the New Garden Quaker settlement in North Carolina, where her parents, John Payne and Mary Coles Payne, lived briefly.

* May 1 – Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal ( killed in combat ) ( b. 1768 )

* May 27 – Melesina Trench, Irish born writer and socialite ( b. 1768 )

He was retained as travelling physician (" Livmedikus hos Kong Christian VII ") on 5 April 1768, and accompanied the entourage on the King ’ s foreign tour to Paris and London via Hannover from 6 May 1768 to 12 January 1769.

He was given the title of State Councilor (" etatsråd ") on 12 May 1768, barely a week after leaving Altona.

Maria, his wife, died in 1768 and Louis himself died on 10 May 1774.

One of the major events on the road to revolution in which Madeira played a key role was the British seizure of John Hancock ’ s sloop the Liberty on May 9, 1768.

Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ( Caroline Amelia Elizabeth ; later Queen Caroline ; 17 May 1768 – 7 August 1821 ) was the Queen consort of King George IV of the United Kingdom from 29 January 1820 until her death.

Caroline was born as Princess of Brunswick, with the courtesy title of Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel on 17 May 1768 at Braunschweig ( known in English as Brunswick ) in Germany.

* 17 May 1768 – 8 April 1795: Her Highness Princess Caroline, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

| Princess Louisa || 8 March 1749 || 13 May 1768 || Died aged nineteen, unmarried.

In May 1768, the Spanish Visitor General, José de Gálvez, planned a four-prong expedition to settle Alta California, two by sea and two by land, which Gaspar de Portolà volunteered to command.

# Maria Cristina Ferdinanda of Savoy ( 21 November 1760 – 19 May 1768 ) died in infancy.

" Commodore Samuel Hood responded by sending the fifty-gun warship, which arrived in Boston Harbor in May 1768.

On 10 May 1768, at approximately the site of the Imperial War Museum today, the Massacre of St George's Fields took place.

Dolley Payne Todd Madison ( May 20, 1768 – July 12, 1849 ) was the spouse of the fourth President of the United States, James Madison, and was First Lady of the United States from 1809 to 1817.

Dolley Payne was born as the first girl in her family on May 20, 1768, in the Quaker settlement of New Garden, North Carolina, in Guilford County.

Originally part of the town of Windsor, Ellington was part of the town of East Windsor from that town's incorporation in 1768 until Ellington split off twenty years later and incorporated itself in May 1786.

Over the centuries, portions of the township have been taken to form Stafford Township ( March 3, 1750 ), Dover Township ( March 1, 1768, now Toms River Township ), Ocean Township ( February 24, 1849 ), Red Bank ( March 17, 1870 ), Eatontown ( April 4, 1873 ), Rumson ( May 15, 1907 ), Fair Haven ( March 28, 1912 ), Little Silver ( March 19, 1923 ), Shrewsbury borough ( March 22, 1926 ) and New Shrewsbury ( April 15, 1950, now Tinton Falls ).

Richard Wilson ( 1 August 1714 – 15 May 1782 ) was a Welsh landscape painter and one of the founder members in 1768 of the Royal Academy.

John Wilkes Esq ; before the Court of King's Bench, engraving from The Gentleman's Magazine for May 1768

When Wilkes was imprisoned in the King's Bench Prison on 10 May 1768, his supporters appeared before King's Bench, London, chanting " No liberty, no King.

In May 1768 Fergusson returned to Edinburgh.

* Henry Seymour Conway: 23 May 1766 – 20 January 1768