May 20 Leonardo Noeren Franco, Argentine football goalkeeper and manager, born in San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina

D'Amico, Francine (1996-01-01). "Review of Her Excellency: An Oral History of American Women Ambassadors". The Oral History Review. 23 (2): 104–107. doi: 10.1093/ohr/23.2.104. JSTOR 3675856. May 26 Luca Toni, Italian soccer striker (47 caps; Palermo, Fiorentina, Bayern Munich), born in Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy Anderson, Mark (2008-10-01). "The Complicated Career of Hugh Smythe … Anthropologist and Ambassador: The Early Years, 1940–50". Transforming Anthropology. 16 (2): 128–146. doi: 10.1111/j.1548-7466.2008.00021.x. ISSN 1548-7466. May 12 Graeme Dott, Scottish snooker player (World C'ship 2006; world #2 2007-08), born in Larkhall, Scotland Although fictional, this was a true story for many women of that time and is based on several older women whom the author met and supported whilst an NHS nurse in the large hospital system.May 20 Matt Czuchry, American actor (Gilmore Girls, The Resident), born in Manchester, New Hampshire Mabel was an Irish immigrant who escaped from the terrible potato famine by boarding an unknown ship destined for America. After many hardships at sea, the ship sank in heavy fog three miles from the coast. Mabel was one of the few who survived but had lost all her belongings and her sense of direction. Determined to live, she swam for two months until she reached the shore, wrinkled and waterlogged, on the Minnesota side of Lake Superior. Assistant Director, Department of Special Research, New York City Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Her first husband, Hugh H. Smythe, died in 1977; her second husband, Robert Haith Jr., died in 1988. May 13 Diane Halber, American figure skater (1996 National Collegiate champ), born in Torrance, California

Research Assistant and Instructor in the Department of Social Sciences (Sociology) University, Nashville, Tennessee. a b c Sullivan, Patricia (2006-02-25). "Mabel Smythe-Haith; Envoy, State Department Official". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved 2016-11-29. She and her husband traveled extensively, taking students to Africa in the 1940s and going to Japan in the 1950s, when Dr. Smythe-Haith taught economics at Shiga University, learned Japanese and helped write a Japanese-English phrase book.May 16 Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer and songwriter ("Jungle Drum"; "Gollum's Song"), born in Kópavogur, Iceland Field Research and Administrative Assistant for the American Youth Commission of the American Council of Education, Atlanta, Georgia. She worked with Thurgood Marshall on preparation for the historic desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education. May 29 Marco Cassetti, Italian soccer defender (Italy 5 caps, Roma, Watford), born in Brescia, Italy