- May 3 Vissarion Belinsky, Russian literary critic (Sovremennik) and influential Westernizer, born in Sveaborg, Grand Duchy of Finland (d. 1848)
John William Draper (1811-1882)
May 5 British-American scientist, chemist, and early photographer, born in St. Helens, Lancashire, England
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