- May 5 Jean-Pierre Léaud, French actor (Detective), born in Paris, France
- May 5 John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor (Sir Edward-Quest, Sliders), born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
- May 5 Roger Rees, Welsh Tony winning stage and screen actor (Cheers - "Robin Colcord"), born in Aberystwyth (d. 2015)
- May 6 Anton Furst, American production designer (Batman), born in London (d. 1991)
- May 7 Eva Norvind, Norwegian-Mexican actress, born in Trondheim, Norway (d. 2006)
- May 7 Richard O'Sullivan, British comedy actor (Man About the House), born in Chiswick, London
- May 7 Sivi Aberg, Swedish actress (Batman TV show), born in Gävle, Sweden
- May 10 Marie-France Pisier, Daclat, Vietnam, French actress and writer (Love on the Run, Cousin cousine)
- May 14 Francesca Annis, actress (Madame Bovary, Dune), born in London, England
George Lucas (80 years old)
May 14 American film director, screenwriter, and producer (Star Wars; Indiana Jones; American Graffiti), born in Modesto, California
- May 14 Russi Taylor, American voice actress (6th Minnie Mouse, 1986-2019), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 2019)
- May 15 Gunilla Hutton, Goteborg Sweden, actress (Petticoat Junction)
- May 16 Danny Trejo, American actor
- May 19 Peter Mayhew, British-American actor (Chewbacca in Star Wars), born in London, England (d. 2019)
- May 25 Frank Oz [Oznowicz], American muppetteer (Sesame Street - "Grover"; " Cookie Monster"; "Bert"; The Muppet Show - "Miss Piggy", Fozzie Bear"), film director (Little Shop of Horrors, What About Bob?; Bowfinger), and actor, born in Hereford, England
- May 25 John Bunnell, former Sheriff of Multnomah County, Oregon and TV personality (World's Wildest Police Videos), born in Pendleton, Oregon
- May 26 Sam Posey, American auto racer (12 Hours of Sebring 1975; 24 Hours of Le Mans 1971 3rd) and TV commentator (ABC Sports), born in New York City
- May 28 Faith Brown, British actress and impressionist
- May 28 Patricia Quinn, Lady Stephens, Northern-Irish actress, voice artist and singer (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- May 28 Sondra Locke, American actress (The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter; Willard), and director (Impulse), born in Shelbyville, Tennessee (d. 2018)
- May 29 Helmut Berger [Steinberger], Austrian film actor (Ludwig; Ash Wednesday; The Damned; Dorian Gray), born in Bad Ischl, Austria
About May 1944
How Old? 80 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: Yes
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