Soviet Armed Forces (d. 1991) Ezekiel Guti, Zimbabwean pastor and archbishop Edit Perényi-Weckinger, Hungarian gymnast (d. 2019) Konrad Repgen, German historian (d. 2017) Richard Wollheim, English philosopher (d. 2003) Archduchess Yolande of Austria May 6 – Josep Seguer, Spanish football defender, manager (d. 2014) May 7 Anne Baxter, American actress (d. 1985) Jim Lowe, American singer-songwriter (d. 2016) J. Mack Robinson, American businessman (d. 2014) May 8 Louise Meriwether, American novelist, journalist and activist Yusof Rawa, Malaysian politician (d. 2000) May 10 – Heydar Aliyev, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (1993–2003) (d. 2003) May 11 Louise Arnold, American baseball player (d. 2010) Eugenio Calabi, Italian-born American mathematician Fred McLafferty, American chemist (d. 2021) May 12 – Mila del Sol, Filipino actress, entrepreneur and philanthropist (d. 2020) May 13 Ruth Adler Schnee, German-American textile, interior designer (d. 2023) John Pearce, Australian tennis player (d. 1992) May 14 Willis Blair, Canadian politician (d. 2014) Alberto Ortiz, Uruguayan pentathlete Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi Foreign Minister (d. 2019) Mrinal Sen, Indian filmmaker (d. 2018) May 15 Doris Dowling, American actress (d. 2004) John Lanchbery, English composer (d. 2003) Gholamreza Pahlavi, Persian prince (d. 2017) May 16 Merton Miller, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000) Lingam Suryanarayana, Indian surgeon May 17 Anthony Eyton, English painter and educator Peter Mennin, American composer, teacher and administrator (d. 1983) David Wasawo, Kenyan zoologist, conservationist, and university administrator (d. 2014) May 18 – Hugh Shearer, Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 2004) May 19 – Peter Lo Sui Yin, Malaysian politician (d. 2020) May 20 – Israel Gutman, Israeli historian (d. 2013) May 21 Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (d. 2003) Dorothy Hewett, Australian writer (d. 2002) Ara Parseghian, American football coach (d. 2017) Evelyn Ward, American actress (d. 2012) May 22 – Aline Griffith, Dowager Countess of Romanones, Spanish-American cipher clerk, aristocrat, socialite and writer (d. 2017) May 23 Ranajit Guha, Indian historian Kalidas Shrestha, Nepalese artist (d. 2016) May 24 Knut Ahnlund, Swedish literary historian, writer (d. 2012) Seijun Suzuki, Japanese filmmaker, actor and screenwriter (d. 2017) May 25 – Bernard Koura, French painter (d. 2018) May 26 James Arness, American actor (Gunsmoke) (d. 2011) Roy Dotrice, English actor (d. 2017) Horst Tappert, German television actor (d. 2008) May 27 Henry Kissinger, German-born United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize Sumner Redstone, American businessman (d. 2020) Alfonso Wong, Hong Kong cartoonist (d. 2017) May 28 György