| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for | 
|---|
| Kamal Ahmed | Comic | 07-May-1966 |  | Half of The Jerky Boys | 
| Mimi Alford | Author | 7-May-1943 |  | Once Upon a Secret | 
| Carlos Alomar | Guitarist | 7-May-1951 |  | Longtime Bowie guitarist | 
| Sidney Altman | Chemist | 7-May-1939 |  | Proved enzyme role of RNA | 
| George Archainbaud | Film Director | 7-May-1890 | 20-Feb-1959 | Thirteen Women | 
| Susan Atkins | Criminal | 7-May-1948 | 24-Sep-2009 | Manson Family | 
| William Bainbridge | Military | 7-May-1774 | 27-Jul-1833 | Commodore, War of 1812 | 
| Jan Peter Balkenende | Head of State | 7-May-1956 |  | Prime Minister of the Netherlands | 
| Albert Band | Film Director | 7-May-1924 | 14-Jun-2002 | I Bury the Living | 
| Jacqueline K. Barton | Chemist | 7-May-1952 |  | Professor of Chemistry at CalTech | 
| Anne Baxter | Actor | 7-May-1923 | 12-Dec-1985 | The Razor's Edge | 
| Doug Benson | Comic | 7-May-1964 |  | Super High Me | 
| Val Bisoglio | Actor | 7-May-1926 |  | Danny Tovo on Quincy | 
| Robert O. Bowen | Novelist | 7-May-1920 | 9-Jun-2003 | The Weight of the Cross | 
| Johannes Brahms | Composer | 7-May-1833 | 3-Apr-1897 | Ein deutsches Requiem | 
| Teresa Brewer | Singer | 7-May-1931 | 17-Oct-2007 | Till I Waltz Again with You | 
| Robert Browning | Poet | 7-May-1812 | 12-Dec-1889 | Prominent Victorian poet and playwright | 
| Martin Bryant | Criminal | 7-May-1967 |  | Killed 35 in a shooting spree in Tasmania | 
| Joseph Gurney Cannon | Politician | 7-May-1836 | 12-Nov-1926 | Speaker of the House, 1903-11 | 
| Cornelius Cardew | Musician | 7-May-1936 | 31-Dec-1981 | Experimental composer | 
| Angela Carter | Author | 7-May-1940 | 16-Feb-1992 | Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman | 
| Eagle-Eye Cherry | Musician | 7-May-1968 |  | Desireless | 
| Pat Collins | TV Personality | 7-May-1935 | 31-May-1997 | The Hip Hypnotist | 
| Gary Cooper | Actor | 7-May-1901 | 14-May-1961 | High Noon | 
| Axel Corti | Film Director | 7-May-1933 | 29-Dec-1993 | Where To and Back trilogy | 
| Rodger P. Davies | Diplomat | 7-May-1921 | 19-Aug-1974 | US Ambassador to Cyprus, 1974 | 
| Ruggero Deodato | Film Director | 7-May-1939 |  | Cannibal Holocaust | 
| Theodore E. Deutch | Politician | 7-May-1966 |  | Congressman, Florida 19th | 
| Pete Domenici | Politician | 7-May-1932 |  | US Senator from New Mexico, 1973-2009 | 
| Anne Dudley | Musician | 7-May-1956 |  | Founding member of Art of Noise | 
| Totie Fields | Comic | 7-May-1930 | 2-Aug-1978 | Weight-conscious comedienne | 
| Owen Hart | Wrestling | 7-May-1965 | 23-May-1999 | Wrestler fell to his death | 
| Thom Hartmann | Radio Personality | 7-May-1951 |  | The Thom Hartmann Program | 
| Gabby Hayes | Actor | 7-May-1885 | 9-Feb-1969 | Don't Fence Me In | 
| Amy Heckerling | Film Director | 7-May-1954 |  | Fast Times At Ridgemont High | 
| Ray L. Heffner | Educator | 7-May-1925 |  | President of Brown University, 1966-69 | 
| Robert Hegyes | Actor | 7-May-1951 | 26-Jan-2012 | Epstein on Welcome Back, Kotter | 
| Gary R. Herbert | Politician | 7-May-1947 |  | Governor of Utah | 
| Ishirô Honda | Film Director | 7-May-1911 | 28-Feb-1993 | Godzilla | 
| Thelma Houston | Singer | 7-May-1946 |  | Don't Leave Me This Way | 
| David Hume | Philosopher | 7-May-1711 | 25-Aug-1776 | Empiricist nonpareil | 
| John Irvin | Film Director | 7-May-1940 |  | Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy | 
| Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Novelist | 7-May-1927 |  | Heat and Dust | 
| Patrick Read Johnson | Film Director | 7-May-1962 |  | Angus | 
| Dale W. Jorgenson | Economist | 7-May-1933 |  | Economist at Harvard | 
| Brian Kilmeade | TV Personality | 7-May-1963 |  | Fox & Friends | 
| Robbie Knievel | Daredevil | 7-May-1962 |  | Evel Knievel's daredevil son | 
| Edwin H. Land | Inventor | 7-May-1909 | 1-Mar-1991 | Polaroid Land Camera | 
| Traci Lords | Pornstar | 7-May-1968 |  | We Love You, Traci | 
| George E. Lounsbury | Politician | 7-May-1838 | 16-Aug-1904 | Governor of Connecticut, 1899-1901 | 
| Ruud Lubbers | Head of State | 7-May-1939 |  | Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1982-94 | 
| Alexander Ludwig | Actor | 7-May-1992 |  | The Seeker: Dark Is Rising | 
| Blaine Luetkemeyer | Politician | 7-May-1952 |  | Congressman, Missouri 9th | 
| Archibald Macleish | Poet | 7-May-1892 | 20-Apr-1982 | Conquistador | 
| A. E. W. Mason | Novelist | 7-May-1865 | 22-Nov-1948 | The Four Feathers | 
| Darren McGavin | Actor | 7-May-1922 | 25-Feb-2006 | A Christmas Story | 
| Breckin Meyer | Actor | 7-May-1974 |  | Road Trip | 
| Candice Miller | Politician | 7-May-1954 |  | Congresswoman, Michigan 10th | 
| Marvin Mitchelson | Attorney | 7-May-1928 | 18-Sep-2004 | Celebrity divorce lawyer | 
| Nikon | Religion | 7-May-1605 | 17-Aug-1681 | Reformer Patriarch of Moscow | 
| James B. Pearson | Politician | 7-May-1920 | 13-Jan-2009 | US Senator from Kansas, 1962-78 | 
| Evita Peron | First Lady | 7-May-1919 | 26-Jul-1952 | Don't cry for her | 
| John J. Phelan, Jr. | Business | 7-May-1931 | 4-Aug-2012 | CEO of the NYSE, 1984-91 | 
| Archibald Philip Primrose | Head of State | 7-May-1847 | 21-May-1929 | UK Prime Minister 1894-95 | 
| Peter Reckell | Actor | 7-May-1955 |  | Bo Brady on Days of Our Lives | 
| Irving Reis | Film Director | 7-May-1906 | 3-Jul-1953 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | 
| Wladyslaw Reymont | Author | 7-May-1867 | 5-Dec-1925 | The Peasants | 
| Tim Russert | Talk Show Host | 7-May-1950 | 13-Jun-2008 | Meet the Press | 
| Frank J. Selke | Hockey | 7-May-1893 | 3-Jul-1985 | Montreal Canadiens GM, 1946-64 | 
| Jean Senebier | Botanist | 7-May-1742 | 22-Jul-1809 | Explained vegetable nutrition | 
| Ivan Sergei | Actor | 7-May-1972 |  | Mac Ramsey on Once a Thief | 
| Richard Norman Shaw | Architect | 7-May-1831 | 17-Nov-1912 | Late 19th c. British architect | 
| Alex Smith | Football | 7-May-1984 |  | San Francisco 49ers QB | 
| James B. Steinberg | Government | 7-May-1953 |  | Deputy Secretary of State | 
| William J. Stone | Politician | 7-May-1848 | 14-Apr-1918 | Governor and Senator from Missouri | 
| Otto Wilhelm Struve | Astronomer | 7-May-1819 | 14-Apr-1905 | Studied double stars | 
| Rabindranath Tagore | Poet | 7-May-1861 | 7-Aug-1941 | Gitanjali | 
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Composer | 7-May-1840 | 6-Nov-1893 | Russia's best known composer | 
| Lester Thurow | Economist | 7-May-1938 |  | Sloan School of Management | 
| Josip Broz Tito | Head of State | 7-May-1892 | 4-May-1980 | Communist dictator of Yugoslavia | 
| David Tomlinson | Actor | 7-May-1917 | 24-Jun-2000 | Mary Poppins | 
| Ralph Truman | Actor | 7-May-1900 | 15-Oct-1977 | Quo Vadis | 
| Johnny Unitas | Football | 7-May-1933 | 11-Sep-2002 | The Golden Arm | 
| Scooter Ward | Musician | 7-May-1970 |  | Frontman for the band Cold | 
| Gene Wolfe | Novelist | 7-May-1931 |  | The Book of the New Sun |