May 29

• 363 – The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city.
• 1108 – Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under the command of Tamim ibn Yusuf defeat a Castile and León alliance under the command of Prince Sancho Alfónsez.
• 1167 – Battle of Monte Porzio: A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel.
• 1176 – Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
• 1233 – Mongol–Jin war: The Mongols entered Kaifeng after a successful siege and began looting in the fallen capital of the Jin dynasty.{{cite book |last1=Twitchett |first1=Denis C. |last2=Franke |first2=Herbert |last3=Fairbank |first3=John King |title=The Cambridge History of China: Volume 6, Alien Regimes and Border States, 907-1368 |year=1978 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-24331-5 |page=264 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iN9Tdfdap5MC&q=arrived+26+February+1233+29+May++city+gates+were+opened |access-date=28 February 2021 |language=en}}
• 1328 – Philip VI is crowned King of France.
• 1416 – Battle of Gallipoli: The Venetians under Pietro Loredan defeat a much larger Ottoman fleet off Gallipoli.{{EI2 | last = İnalcık | first = Halil | authorlink = Halil İnalcık | volume=2 | title = Gelibolu | pages = 983–987 | url =http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/gelibolu-SIM_2431 }}{{cite journal | last=Melville-Jones | first=J. | year=2017 | title=The Battle of Gallipoli 1416: a detail rescued from a chronicle | journal=The Medieval Chronicle | volume=11 | pages=213–219 | doi=10.1163/9789004351875_012 | isbn=9789004351875 }}
• 1453 – Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Roman Empire after over 2,000 years.{{cite wikisource |last1=Brodribb |first1=William Jackson |last2=Besant |first2=Walter |title=Constantinople: A Sketch of its History from its Foundation to its Conquest by the Turks in 1453 |date=1879 |publisher=Seeley, Jackson & Halliday |location=London |pages=264-266 |wslink=Constantinople: A Sketch of its History from its Foundation to its Conquest by the Turks in 1453/Chapter 12 |wspages=264 |author-link2=Walter Besant}}

• 1658 – Battle of Samugarh: decisive battle in the struggle for the throne during the Mughal war of succession (1658–1659).
• 1660 – English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland.
• 1733 – The right of settlers in New France to enslave natives is upheld at Quebec City.
• 1780 – American Revolutionary War: At the Waxhaws Massacre, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
• 1790 – Rhode Island becomes the last of North America's original Thirteen Colonies to ratify the Constitution and become one of the United States.{{cite book|title=Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_FAv39yCUYcC&pg=PA170|year=1855|publisher=Published for John Conrad and Company|pages=170}}
• 1798 – United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are executed as rebels by the British Army in County Kildare, Ireland.
• 1807 – Mustafa IV became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• 1825 – The Coronation of Charles X of France takes place in Reims Cathedral, the last ever coronation of a French monarch.* Price, Munro. The Perilous Crown: France Between Revolutions, 1814-1848. Pan Macmillan, 2010. p.119
• 1851 – Sojourner Truth delivers her famous Ain't I a Woman? speech at the Woman's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Malea |date=2021-04-07 |title=Sojourner Truth's Most Famous Speech {{!}} Headlines and Heroes |url=https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2021/04/sojourner-truths-most-famous-speech/ |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=blogs.loc.gov}}
• 1852 – Jenny Lind leaves New York after her two-year American tour.
• 1861 – The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
• 1864 – Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
• 1867 – The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
• 1886 – The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
• 1900 – N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.

• 1903 – In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
• 1913 – Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
• 1914 – The Ocean liner {{RMS|Empress of Ireland}} sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.{{cite web |title=Wreck of RMS Empress of Ireland National Historic Site of Canada |url=https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=12391 |website=Parks Canada |access-date=22 June 2021 |language=en}}
• 1918 – Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
• 1919 – Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.
• 1920 – The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth, resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in the United Kingdom during the 20th century.{{cite book|last1=Nobbs|first1=Patrick|title=The Story of the British and Their Weather: From Frost Fairs to Indian Summers|year=2015|publisher=Amberley |isbn=978-1445644523}}
• 1931 – Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by a Royal Italian Army firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
• 1932 – World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
• 1935 – First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
• 1945 – First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.
• 1947 – United Airlines Flight 521 crashes at LaGuardia Airport, killing 43.{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-4 NC30046 New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19470529-1 |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}
• 1948 – United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is founded.
• 1950 – The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• 1953 – Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.{{cite news |title=TENZING NORKAY, 72, IS DEAD: CLIMBED EVEREST WITH HILLARY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/10/obituaries/tenzing-norkay-72-is-dead-climbed-everest-with-hillary.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=10 May 1986}}
• 1964 – The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
• 1964 – Having deposed them in a January coup South Vietnamese leader Nguyễn Khánh had rival Generals Trần Văn Đôn and Lê Văn Kim convicted of "lax morality".{{cite news|work=New York Times |date=31 May 1964 |page=2 |title=KHANH RELEASES 4 RIVAL GENERALS; Key Men in Diem's Ouster Are Freed in Vietnam |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/31/archives/khanh-releases-4-rival-generals-key-men-in-diems-ouster-are-freed.html |access-date=13 February 2024}}{{cite book | title = Our Vietnam: The War, 1954–1975 | author = Langguth, A. J. | author-link = A. J. Langguth | year = 2000 | publisher = Simon and Schuster | isbn = 0-684-81202-9 | location = New York City | url = https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_f6q3 |pages= 289–291}}
• 1973 – Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
• 1974 – SETA, a Finnish LGBT rights organisation, is founded in Helsinki.{{cite web|url=https://seta.fi/2019/05/29/seta-taytti-45-vuotta-minidokumentti-julkaistiin/|title=Seta täytti 45 vuotta – minidokumentti julkaistiin|publisher=Seta|date=29 May 2019|access-date=29 May 2024|language=fi}}
• 1982 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
• 1982 – Falklands War: the British Army defeats the Argentine Army at the Battle of Goose Green.
• 1985 – Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
• 1985 – Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
• 1988 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
• 1989 – Signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United States that allows for the manufacture of F-16 Falcon parts in Egypt.
• 1990 – The Congress of People's Deputies of Russia elects Boris Yeltsin as President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
• 1993 – The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war-torn Sarajevo drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.
• 1999 – Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
• 1999 – Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
• 2001 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
• 2004 – The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
• 2005 – France rejects the Constitution of the European Union in a national referendum.{{Cite news |title=European Union Fast Facts|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/06/06/world/europe/european-union-fast-facts/index.html |access-date=12 January 2022 |work=CNN|date=6 June 2013 }}
• 2008 – A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
• 2012 – A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.
• 2015 – One World Observatory at One World Trade Center opens.
• 2020 – An oil spill in Norilsk releases 17,500 tons of diesel oil into nearby rivers.{{cite news |date=5 June 2020 |title=Diesel fuel spill in Norilsk in Russia's Arctic contained |url=https://tass.com/emergencies/1164423 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606223937/https://tass.com/emergencies/1164423 |archive-date=6 June 2020 |accessdate=6 June 2020 |work=TASS |location=Moscow, Russia}}
• 2021 – A Cessna Citation I/SP crashes into Percy Priest Lake in Tennessee, killing all six people on board, including actor Joe Lara and his wife Gwen Shamblin Lara.{{cite news |last1=Bacon |first1=John |last2=Sharon |first2=Keith |date=30 May 2021 |title=Plane carrying diet guru Gwen Lara, 6 others crashes into Tennessee lake; all on board presumed dead |work=USA Today |publisher=Gannett |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/05/30/tennessee-plane-crash-plane-carrying-gwen-lara-crashes-into-lake/5271725001/ |access-date=31 May 2021}}
• 2022 – Tara Air Flight 197 crashes in Nepal's Mustang District, killing 22.{{Cite news |date=31 May 2022 |title=Nepal plane crash: Officials recover black box from wreckage |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61642218 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531105651/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61642218 |archive-date=31 May 2022 |access-date=31 May 2022 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

• 1421 – Charles, Prince of Viana (died 1461)
• 1443 – Victor, Duke of Münsterberg, Reichsgraf, Duke of Münsterberg and Opava, Count of Glatz (died 1500)
• 1504 – Antun Vrančić, Croatian archbishop (died 1573)
• 1555 – George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes, English general and administrator (died 1629){{cite ODNB |last1=Lotz-Heumann |first1=Ute |title=Carew, George, earl of Totnes (1555–1629), soldier and administrator |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/4628}}
• 1568 – Virginia de' Medici, Italian princess (died 1615)
• 1594 – Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal (died 1632)

• 1627 – Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French princess (died 1693)
• 1630 – Charles II of England (died 1685){{cite ODNB |last1=Seaward |first1=Paul |title=Charles II (1630–1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland |date=19 May 2011 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/5144}}
• 1675 – Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher (died 1715){{cite ODNB |last1=Flood |first1=Raymond |title=Ditton, Humphry [Humphrey] (1675–1714), mathematician |date=14 April 2022 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/7692}}
• 1716 – Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French zoologist and mineralogist (died 1800)
• 1722 – James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish soldier and politician (died 1773){{cite ODNB |last1=Magennis |first1=Eoin |title=Fitzgerald, James, first duke of Leinster (1722–1773), politician and landowner |date=27 May 2010 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/9565}}
• 1730 – Jackson of Exeter, English organist and composer (died 1803){{cite Grove |last1=McGrady |first1=Richard |title=Jackson, William (i) |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.14032}}
• 1736 – Patrick Henry, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia (died 1799){{cite ANB |last1=Tate |first1=Thad |title=Henry, Patrick (1736-1799), revolutionary statesman, orator, and lawyer |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0100396}}
• 1780 – Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (died 1855){{cite book |last1=Crini |first1=Gregorio |title=Chitin and Chitosan: Discoveries and Applications for Sustainability |date=2022 |publisher=Academic Press |location=London |isbn=9780323995733 |page=19}}
• 1794 – Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer and selenographer (died 1874){{cite journal |last1=Tipler |first1=F. J. |title=Johann Madler's Resolution of Olber's Paradox |journal=Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society |date=September 1988 |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=313–325 |bibcode=1988QJRAS..29..313T}}
• 1797 – Louise-Adéone Drölling, French painter (died 1836){{cite journal |title=Drolling, Louise Adéone |journal=Benezit Dictionary of Artists |date=31 October 2011 |doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00053883}}
• 1823 – John H. Balsley, American carpenter and inventor (died 1895)
• 1860 – Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (died 1909){{cite Grove |last1=Barulich |first1=Frances |title=Albéniz, Isaac |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.00421}}
• 1871 – Clark Voorhees, American painter (died 1933){{cite journal |title=Voorhees, Clark Greenwood |journal=Benezit Dictionary of Artists |date=31 October 2011 |doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00192747}}
• 1873 – Rudolf Tobias, Estonian organist and composer (died 1918){{cite Grove |last1=Humal |first1=Mart |title=Tobias, Rudolf |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.42474}}
• 1874 – G. K. Chesterton, English essayist, poet, and playwright (died 1936){{cite ODNB |last1=Bergonzi |first1=Bernard |title=Chesterton, Gilbert Keith [G. K. C.] (1874–1936), writer |date=6 January 2011 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/32392}}
• 1880 – Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (died 1936)
• 1892 – Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author (died 1938)
• 1893 – Max Brand, American journalist and author (died 1944)
• 1894 – Beatrice Lillie, Canadian-English actress, singer and writer (died 1989){{cite ODNB |last1=Morley |first1=Sheridan |title=Lillie, Beatrice Gladys [married name Beatrice Gladys Peel, Lady Peel] (1894–1989), actress and singer |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/39938}}
• 1894 – Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1969){{cite ANB |last1=Baxter |first1=Peter |title=Sternberg, Josef von (1894-1969), film director |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1801187}}
• 1897 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1957){{cite Grove |last1=Carroll |first1=Brendan G. |title=Korngold, Erich Wolfgang |date=31 January 2020 |doi=10.1093/omo/9781561592630.013.3000000199}}
• 1899 – Douglas Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Defence (died 1987)

• 1902 – Harry Kadwell, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1999)
• 1903 – Bob Hope, English-American actor, singer, and producer (died 2003){{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/bob-hope-biography/9725/|title=This Is Bob Hope… Biography|last1=Zoglin |first1=Richard |date=30 November 2017|publisher=PBS|access-date=24 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514064753/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/bob-hope-biography/9725/|archive-date=14 May 2018|url-status=live}}
• 1904 – Hubert Opperman, Australian cyclist and politician (died 1996){{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last1=Oakman |first1=Daniel |title=Sir Hubert Ferdinand (Oppy) Opperman (1904–1996) |id2=opperman-sir-hubert-ferdinand-oppy-28107 |access-date=13 February 2024 |date=2020}}
• 1905 – Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright (died 1994){{cite news |last1=Benedick |first1=Adan |title=Sebastian Shaw |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/sebastian-shaw-1572845.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The Independent |date=13 February 1995 |language=en}}
• 1906 – T. H. White, Indian-English author (died 1964){{cite ODNB |last1=Ingrams |first1=Richard |last2=Gallix |first2=François |title=White, Terence Hanbury (1906–1964), novelist |date=25 May 2006 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/38122}}
• 1907 – Hartland Molson, Canadian captain and politician (died 2002)
• 1908 – Diana Morgan, Welsh-English playwright and screenwriter (died 1996)
• 1910 – Aleksandr Laktionov, Soviet painter (died 1972){{Cite web |url=https://artinvestment.ru/auctions/68/ |title=Лактионов Александр Иванович |trans-title=Laktionov Alexander Ivanovich |access-date=17 May 2025 |website=artinvestment.ru}}
• 1910 – Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician (died 1978){{CongBio |id=M000675 |name=METCALFE, Ralph Harold |inline=YES}}
• 1913 – Tony Zale, American boxer (died 1997)
• 1914 – Stacy Keach Sr., American actor (died 2003)
• 1914 – Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese-Indian mountaineer (died 1986)
• 1915 – Karl Münchinger, German conductor and composer (died 1990){{cite Grove |last1=Schwinger |first1=Wolfram |title=Münchinger, Karl |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.19351}}
• 1917 – John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (died 1963){{CongBio |id=K000107 |name=KENNEDY, John Fitzgerald |inline=YES}}
• 1917 – Marcel Trudel, Canadian historian, author, and academic (died 2011)
• 1919 – Jacques Genest, Canadian physician and academic (died 2018){{cite journal |last1=Schiffrin |first1=Ernesto L. |title=Jacques Genest Sr: 1919–2018 |journal=Hypertension |date=April 2018 |volume=71 |issue=4 |pages=548–549 |doi=10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.10875}}
• 1920 – John Harsanyi, Hungarian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000){{cite ANB |last1=Von Stengel |first1=Bernhard |title=Harsanyi, John Charles (1920-2000), theoretical economist, philosopher, and Nobel Prize winner in economics |date=April 2008 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1401156}}
• 1920 – Clifton James, American actor (died 2017){{cite news |title=Clifton James, Who Played a Sheriff in 2 Bond Films, Dies at 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/16/movies/clifton-james-who-played-a-sheriff-in-2-bond-films-dies-at-96.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=16 April 2017}}
• 1921 – Norman Hetherington, Australian cartoonist and puppeteer (died 2010)
• 1922 – Edith Roger, Norwegian dancer and choreographer (died 2023){{cite encyclopedia|title=Edith Roger |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |date= 23 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Edith_Roger |language=no|access-date=19 March 2024}}
• 1922 – Joe Weatherly, American race car driver (died 1964)
• 1922 – Iannis Xenakis, Greek-French composer, engineer, and theorist (died 2001){{cite Grove |last1=Hoffmann |first1=Peter |title=Xenakis, Iannis |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.30654}}
• 1923 – Bernard Clavel, French author (died 2010){{cite news |title=Briefly: Bernard Clavel |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/briefly-bernard-clavel-2139103.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The Independent |date=20 November 2010 |language=en}}
• 1923 – John Parker, 6th Earl of Morley, English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Devon (died 2015){{cite news |title=The Earl of Morley - obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11939285/The-Earl-of-Morley-obituary.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The Telegraph |date=18 October 2015 |language=en}}
• 1923 – Eugene Wright, American jazz bassist (died 2020){{cite Grove |last1=Pennell |first1=Brenda |last2=Kernfeld |first2=Barry |title=Wright, Gene |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J492100}}
• 1924 – Lars Bo, Danish author and illustrator (died 1999)
• 1924 – Miloslav Kříž, Czech basketball player and coach (died 2013)
• 1924 – Pepper Paire, American baseball player (died 2013){{cite news |last1=Yardley |first1=William |title=Lavonne Paire Davis, Baseball Pioneer, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/05/sports/baseball/lavonne-paire-davis-baseball-pioneer-dies-at-88.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=5 February 2013}}
• 1926 – Katie Boyle, Italian-English actress and television host (died 2018){{cite news |last1=Barker |first1=Dennis |title=Katie Boyle obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/mar/20/katie-boyle-obituary |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=20 March 2018}}
• 1926 – Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe, Queen Consort of Tonga (died 2017){{cite news |last1=Latu |first1=Kalino |title=Gifts, visits and presentations begin ahead of Queen Mother's 90 birthday |url=https://www.kanivatonga.co.nz/2016/05/gifts-visits-and-presentations-begin-ahead-of-queen-mothers-90-birthday/ |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=Kaniva Tonga News |date=23 May 2016 |language=en-NZ}}
• 1926 – Abdoulaye Wade, Senegalese academic and politician, 3rd President of Senegal
• 1927 – Jean Coutu, Canadian pharmacist and businessman, founded the Jean Coutu Group
• 1928 – Freddie Redd, American jazz pianist and composer (died 2021){{Cite web |date=2021-03-18 |title=Freddie Redd, Pianist and Composer Known For 'The Connection,' Has Died at 92 |url=https://www.wbgo.org/music/2021-03-17/freddie-redd-pianist-and-composer-known-for-the-connection-has-died-at-92 |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=WBGO |language=en}}
• 1929 – Harry Frankfurt, American philosopher and academic (died 2023){{cite news |last1=Ryerson |first1=James |title=Harry G. Frankfurt, Philosopher With a Surprise Best Seller, Dies at 94 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/books/harry-g-frankfurt-dead.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=17 July 2023}}
• 1929 – Peter Higgs, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024){{cite book |last1=Close |first1=Frank |title=Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass |date=2022 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=9780141997599 |page=16 |chapter=1. A Name on the Board}}
• 1929 – Roberto Vargas, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2014)
• 1932 – Paul R. Ehrlich, American biologist and author
• 1932 – Richie Guerin, American basketball player and coach
• 1933 – Helmuth Rilling, German conductor and educator{{cite Grove |last1=Bash |first1=James |title=Rilling, Helmuth |date=3 September 2014 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2267549}}
• 1933 – Tarquinio Provini, Italian motorcycle racer (died 2005)
• 1934 – Bill Vander Zalm, Dutch-Canadian businessman and politician, 28th Premier of British Columbia
• 1935 – André Brink, South African author and playwright (died 2015){{cite news |last1=Walder |first1=Dennis |title=André Brink obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/feb/08/andre-brink |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=8 February 2015}}
• 1935 – Sylvia Robinson, American singer and producer (died 2011)
• 1937 – Charles W. Pickering, American lawyer and judge
• 1937 – Irmin Schmidt, German keyboard player and composer{{cite Grove |last1=Buckley |first1=David |title=Can |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.46597}}
• 1937 – Alwin Schockemöhle, German show-jumper
• 1937 – Harry Statham, American basketball player and coach
• 1938 – Christopher Bland, English businessman and politician (died 2017){{cite news |last1=Adeney |first1=Martin |title=Sir Christopher Bland obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jan/29/sir-christopher-bland-obituary |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=29 January 2017}}
• 1938 – Fay Vincent, American lawyer and businessman, 8th Commissioner of Baseball (died 2025){{Cite web |date=February 2, 2025 |title=Former MLB commissioner Fay Vincent dies at 86 |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/43667090/former-mlb-commissioner-fay-vincent-dies-86 |access-date=February 3, 2025 |website=ESPN |language=en}}
• 1939 – Pete Smith, Australian radio and television announcer
• 1939 – Al Unser, American race car driver (died 2021){{cite news |last1=Schudel |first1=Matt |title=Al Unser, four-time Indianapolis 500 champion, dies at 82 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2021/12/11/al-unser-dies/ |access-date=13 February 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=12 December 2021}}
• 1940 – Taihō Kōki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48th Yokozuna (died 2013){{cite news |last1=Carlson |first1=Michael |title=Taiho obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jan/27/taiho |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=27 January 2013}}
• 1940 – Farooq Leghari, Pakistani politician, 8th President of Pakistan (died 2010)
• 1941 – Doug Scott, English mountaineer and author (died 2020){{cite news |last1=Douglas |first1=Ed |title=Doug Scott obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/07/doug-scott-obituary |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=7 December 2020}}
• 1941 – Bob Simon, American journalist (died 2015){{cite news |last1=Southall |first1=Ashley |title=Bob Simon, '60 Minutes' Correspondent, Dies at 73 in Manhattan Car Crash |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/12/nyregion/bob-simon-cbs-correspondent-is-killed-in-manhattan-car-crash.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=12 February 2015}}
• 1942 – Pierre Bourque, Canadian businessman and politician, 40th Mayor of Montreal
• 1942 – Kevin Conway, American actor and director (died 2020){{cite news |last1=Genzlinger |first1=Neil |title=Kevin Conway, 'Elephant Man' Actor Known for Intensity, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/theater/kevin-conway-dead.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=7 February 2020}}
• 1943 – Robert W. Edgar, American educator and politician (died 2013){{CongBio |id=E000043 |name=EDGAR, Robert William |inline=YES}}
• 1944 – Bob Benmosche, American businessman (died 2015){{cite news |last1=Kandell |first1=Jonathan |title=Robert Benmosche, Rescuer of A.I.G. After Bailout, Dies at 70 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/28/business/dealbook/robert-benmosche-ex-metlife-chief-who-rescued-aig-dies-at-70.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=27 February 2015}}
• 1944 – Quentin Davies, English soldier and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• 1945 – Gary Brooker, English singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2022){{cite news |last1=Sweeting |first1=Adam |title=Gary Brooker obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/feb/23/gary-brooker-obituary |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=23 February 2022}}
• 1945 – Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie, Scottish lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland (died 2013){{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Brian |title=Lord Fraser of Carmyllie obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/jun/24/lord-fraser-of-carmyllie |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=24 June 2013}}
• 1945 – Julian Le Grand, English economist and author
• 1945 – Martin Pipe, English jockey and trainer
• 1945 – Joyce Tenneson, American photographer
• 1945 – Jean-Pierre Van Rossem, Belgian scholar and author (died 2018){{cite news |title=Jean-Pierre Van Rossem, colourful Belgian ex-Marxist 'financial wizard', libertarian politician and one-time F1 team owner – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/12/17/jean-pierre-van-rossem-colourful-belgian-ex-marxist-financial/ |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The Telegraph |date=17 December 2018}}
• 1946 – Fernando Buesa, Spanish politician (died 2000)
• 1947 – Anthony Geary, American actor
• 1948 – Michael Berkeley, English composer and radio host{{cite Grove |last1=Miller |first1=Malcolm |title=Berkeley, Michael |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.46150}}
• 1948 – Keith Gull, English microbiologist and academic
• 1949 – Robert Axelrod, American actor and screenwriter (died 2019)
• 1949 – Brian Kidd, English footballer and manager{{cite web |title=Brian Kidd |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4186 |website=soccerbase.com |access-date=29 May 2020 |language=en}}
• 1949 – Francis Rossi, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 – Rebbie Jackson, American singer and actress
• 1953 – Danny Elfman, American film composer, singer-songwriter, producer, and actor{{cite Grove |last1=Marks |first1=Martin |title=Elfman, Danny |date=31 January 2020 |doi=10.1093/omo/9781561592630.013.3000000183}}
• 1954 – Robert Beaser, American composer and educator{{cite Grove |last1=Chute |first1=James |title=Beaser, Robert |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.42535}}
• 1954 – Jerry Moran, American lawyer and politician{{CongBio |id=M000934 |name=MORAN, Jerry |inline=YES}}
• 1955 – Frank Baumgartl, German runner (died 2010)
• 1955 – John Hinckley Jr., American attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan
• 1955 – David Kirschner, American animator, producer, and author
• 1955 – Gordon Rintoul, Scottish historian and curator
• 1955 – Ken Schrader, American race car driver and sportscaster
• 1956 – Mark Lyall Grant, English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations
• 1956 – La Toya Jackson, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1957 – Steven Croft, English bishop and theologian
• 1957 – Jeb Hensarling, American lawyer and politician{{CongBio |id=H001036 |name=HENSARLING, Jeb |inline=YES}}
• 1957 – Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iranian film director
• 1958 – Annette Bening, American actress
• 1958 – Juliano Mer-Khamis, Israeli actor, director, and activist (died 2011){{cite news |last1=Shabi |first1=Rachel |title=Juliano Mer-Khamis obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/apr/11/juliano-mer-khamis-obituary |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=11 April 2011}}
• 1958 – Uwe Rapolder, German footballer and coach
• 1958 – Mike Stenhouse, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1959 – Rupert Everett, English actor and novelist
• 1959 – Mel Gaynor, English drummer
• 1959 – Steve Hanley, Irish-English bass player and songwriter
• 1960 – Thomas Baumer, Swiss economist and academic
• 1960 – Mike Freer, English politician
• 1961 – Melissa Etheridge, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist{{cite Grove |last1=Hill |first1=Megan E. |title=Etheridge, Melissa |date=11 February 2013 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2235129}}
• 1961 – John Miceli, American drummer
• 1962 – Fandi Ahmad, Singaporean footballer, coach, and manager
• 1962 – Eric Davis, American baseball player
• 1962 – Carol Kirkwood, Scottish weather presenter
• 1962 – Chloé Sainte-Marie, Canadian actress and singer
• 1963 – Blaze Bayley, English singer-songwriter
• 1963 – Zhu Jianhua, Chinese high jumper
• 1963 – Ukyo Katayama, Japanese race car driver
• 1963 – Claude Loiselle, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1964 – Howard Mills III, American academic and politician
• 1964 – Oswaldo Negri Jr., Brazilian race car driver{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Oswaldo_Negri_Jr|title=Oswaldo Negri, Jr.|access-date=25 November 2018}}
• 1966 – Natalie Nougayrède, French journalist{{cite web |title=Natalie Nougayrede {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Natalie-Nougayrede |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 January 2020 |language=en}}
• 1967 – Noel Gallagher, English singer-songwriter and guitarist{{cite Grove |last1=Buckley |first1=David |title=Oasis |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.46603}}
• 1967 – Mike Keane, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1967 – Steven Levitt, American economist, author, and academic
• 1968 – Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician
• 1968 – Tate George, American basketball player
• 1968 – Jessica Morden, English politician
• 1968 – Hida Viloria, American activist
• 1970 – Natarsha Belling, Australian journalist
• 1970 – Roberto Di Matteo, Italian footballer and manager
• 1971 – Éric Lucas, Canadian boxer
• 1971 – Bernd Mayländer, German race car driver
• 1971 – Filipa Pinto, Portuguese politician{{cite web |title=Deputados: Deputados em funções - Biografia - Filipa Pinto |url=https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=8491 |publisher=Assembly of the Republic |access-date=20 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250315232937/https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=8491 |archive-date=15 March 2025 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}
• 1971 – Jo Beth Taylor, Australian television host and actress
• 1971 – Rob Womack, English shot putter and discus thrower
• 1972 – Laverne Cox, American actress and LGBT advocate
• 1972 – Bill Curley, American basketball player and coach
• 1972 – Simon Jones, English singer and bass player
• 1972 – John Simon, Australian rugby league player{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/john-simon/summary.html|title= John Simon - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=8 November 2019}}
• 1973 – Tomoko Kaneda, Japanese voice actress, singer, and radio personality
• 1973 – Mark Lee, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1973 – Alpay Özalan, Turkish footballer{{cite book |editor1-last=Hugman |editor1-first=Barry J. |title=The PFA footballers' Who's Who 2002-03 |date=2002 |publisher=Queen Anne |isbn=1852916486 |page=18}}
• 1973 – Myf Warhurst, Australian radio and television host
• 1974 – Steve Cardenas, American martial artist and retired actor
• 1974 – Stephen Larkham, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1974 – Aaron McGruder, American author and cartoonist
• 1974 – Jenny Willott, English politician
• 1975 – Jason Allison, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Mel B, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1975 – Sven Kubis, German footballer
• 1975 – Sarah Millican, English comedian
• 1975 – Anthony Wall, English golfer
• 1975 – Daniel Tosh, American comedian, television host, actor, writer, and executive producer
• 1976 – Caçapa, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1976 – Jerry Hairston Jr., American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1976 – Raef LaFrentz, American basketball player
• 1976 – Yegor Titov, Russian footballer
• 1977 – Massimo Ambrosini, Italian footballer
• 1977 – Marco Cassetti, Italian footballer
• 1977 – António Lebo Lebo, Angolan footballer
• 1978 – Pelle Almqvist, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1978 – Sébastien Grosjean, French tennis player
• 1978 – Adam Rickitt, English singer
• 1979 – Arne Friedrich, German footballer
• 1979 – Brian Kendrick, American wrestler
• 1979 – John Rheinecker, American baseball player (died 2017)
• 1980 – Ernesto Farías, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 – Andrey Arshavin, Russian footballer{{cite book |editor1-last=Hugman |editor1-first=Barry J. |title=The PFA footballers' Who's Who 2010-11 |date=2010 |publisher=Mainstream Publishing |isbn=9781845966010 |page=25}}
• 1982 – Nataliya Dobrynska, Ukrainian heptathlete
• 1982 – Matt Macri, American baseball player
• 1982 – Kim Tae-kyun, South Korean baseball player
• 1984 – Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player
• 1984 – Nia Jax, Australian-American professional wrestler
• 1984 – Funmi Jimoh, American long jumper
• 1984 – Dhar Mann, American entrepreneur, film producer and YouTuber{{Cite tweet |number=1398720779538345993 |user=dharmann |title=Today's not only special because it's my 37th bday- it's also the 3-year anniversary of Dhar Mann Studios. I'm not always the best at describing my feelings, but from what I've been told I am pretty good at telling stories. [Read more on my Instagram] |date=May 29, 2021 |access-date=September 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529192005/https://twitter.com/dharmann/status/1398720779538345993 |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |url-status=live |link=https://twitter.com/dharmann/status/1398720779538345993 |last=Mann |first=Dhar}}
• 1984 – Andreas Schäffer, German footballer
• 1984 – Ina Wroldsen, Norwegian singer and songwriter
• 1985 – Nathan Horton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 – Lina Andrijauskaitė, Lithuanian long jumper
• 1987 – Jon Holland, Australian cricketer{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/holland-takes-his-turn-410430|title=Holland takes his turn|last=Coverdale|first=Brydon|date=25 June 2009|access-date=24 December 2022|website=ESPNcricinfo}}
• 1987 – Issac Luke, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1987 – Kelvin Maynard, Dutch footballer (died 2019)
• 1987 – Noah Reid, Canadian actor, musician, producer, and screenwriter
• 1987 – Rui Sampaio, Portuguese footballer
• 1988 – Muath Al-Kasasbeh, Jordanian captain and pilot (died 2015)
• 1988 – Cheng Fei, Chinese gymnast
• 1988 – Tobin Heath, American soccer player{{cite web |title=Tobin Heath |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/122528/tobin-heath |publisher=ESPN |access-date=25 May 2023}}
• 1988 – Steve Mason, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 – Ezekiel Ansah, Ghanaian-American football player
• 1989 – Diego Barisone, Argentinian footballer (died 2015)
• 1989 – Riley Keough, American model and actress{{cite magazine |last1=Green |first1=Michelle |last2=Armstrong |first2=Lois |date=19 June 1989 |title=The Presleys' Newest Star |url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-the-presleys-newest-star-vol-31-no-24/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200517052747/https://people.com/music/presley-family-biggest-ups-downs/ |archive-date=17 May 2020 |magazine=People}}
• 1990 – Joe Biagini, American baseball pitcher
• 1990 – Erica Garner, American civil rights activist (died 2017){{cite news |title=Erica Garner: US civil rights activist whose father was killed by police chokehold |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/erica-garner-us-civil-rights-police-chokehold-death-black-lives-matter-nypd-new-york-racism-staten-island-a8141921.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/erica-garner-us-civil-rights-police-chokehold-death-black-lives-matter-nypd-new-york-racism-staten-island-a8141921.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Independent |access-date=30 December 2020 |language=en |date=4 January 2018}}
• 1991 – Yaime Perez, Cuban discus thrower
• 1991 – Tan Zhongyi, Women's World Chess Champion,{{cite web |last1=Aaron |first1=Arvind |title=Tan Zhongyi is World Women's Champion |url=https://aicf.in/tan-zhongyi-is-world-womens-champion/ |publisher=All India Chess Federation |access-date=6 May 2024}} 2017-2018
• 1992 – Sarah Moundir, Swiss tennis player
• 1992 – Gregg Sulkin, English actor{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/MTV/status/1001516114181058561 |title=HBD, @GreggSulkin 👑 |website=MTV – Twitter |date=29 May 2018}}
• 1993 – Jana Čepelová, Slovak tennis player
• 1993 – Maika Monroe, American actress and kiteboarder
• 1993 – Grete Šadeiko, Estonian heptathlete
• 1997 – Tyler Nevin, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Tyler Nevin Stats |website=MLB.com |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/tyler-nevin-663527 |access-date=3 November 2023 }}
• 1998 – Markelle Fultz, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Marielle Fultz |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/player/gamelog/_/id/4066636/markelle-fultz |website=ESPN |access-date=30 December 2020}}
• 1998 – Austin Reaves, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Austin Reaves |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630559/austin-reaves |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=25 May 2023}}
• 1999 – Park Ji-hoon, South Korean actor and singer{{cite web|url=http://www.marooentertainment.com/artist_view.php?pk=2|title=Park Ji-hoon|website=Maroo Entertainment|access-date=January 17, 2022}}
• 2000 – Gennaro Nigro, American soccer player{{cite web |title=G. NIGRO |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/489823/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=3 November 2023}}
• 2001 – Puka Nacua, American football player{{cite web |title=Puka Nacua Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/N/NacuPu00.htm |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=May 27, 2024}}
• 2001 – Andrew Torgashev, American figure skater{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014939.htm |title= Andrew TORGASHEV: 2018/2019 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20180910231248/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014939.htm |archivedate=10 September 2018 |url-status= dead}}
• 2002 – Paul Skenes, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Paul Skenes Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.milb.com/player/paul-skenes-694973 |website=Minor League Baseball |publisher=MLB Advanced Media |access-date=2 August 2023}}
• 2006 – Dommaraju Gukesh, Youngest contender to compete for the title of World Chess Champion{{cite web |last1=Leonard |first1=Barden |title=Chess: Gukesh, 17, shocks favourites to become youngest challenger for title |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/26/chess-gukesh-17-shocks-favourites-to-become-youngest-challenger-for-title |work=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2024 |date=26 April 2024}}

• 931 – Jimeno Garcés of Pamplona
• 1040 – Renauld I, Count of Nevers
• 1259 – Christopher I of Denmark (born 1219)
• 1311 – James II of Majorca (born 1243)
• 1320 – Pope John VIII of Alexandria, Coptic pope
• 1327 – Jens Grand, Danish archbishop (born c. 1260)
• 1379 – Henry II of Castile (born 1334)
• 1405 – Philippe de Mézières, French soldier and author (born 1327)
• 1425 – Hongxi Emperor of China (born 1378)
• 1453 – Ulubatlı Hasan, Ottoman commander (born 1428)
• 1453 – Constantine XI Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (born 1404)
• 1500 – Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer and navigator (born 1451)
• 1500 – Thomas Rotherham, English cleric and minister (born 1423)
• 1546 – David Beaton, Scottish cardinal and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (born 1494){{cite ODNB |last1=Sanderson |first1=Margaret H. B. |title=Beaton [Betoun], David (1494?–1546), cardinal and archbishop of St Andrews |date=26 May 2005 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/1823}}
• 1593 – John Penry, Welsh martyr (born 1559){{cite ODNB |last1=Cross |first1=Claire |title=Penry, John (1562/3–1593), religious controversialist |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/21894}}

• 1660 – Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician and academic (born 1615)
• 1691 – Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (born 1629)
• 1790 – Israel Putnam, American general (born 1718){{cite ANB |last1=Daniels |first1=Bruce C. |title=Putnam, Israel (1718-1790), American Revolution general |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0100763}}
• 1796 – Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish general and politician (born 1720)
• 1814 – Joséphine de Beauharnais, French empress, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (born 1763)
• 1829 – Humphry Davy, English-Swiss chemist and academic (born 1778){{cite ODNB |last1=Knight |first1=David |title=Davy, Sir Humphry, baronet (1778–1829), chemist and inventor |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/7314}}
• 1847 – Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general (born 1766)
• 1862 – Franz Mirecki, Polish composer, music conductor, and music teacher (born 1791){{cite book|chapter=Mirecki, Franz|chapter-url=http://www.literature.at/viewer.alo?objid=11640&page=356&scale=3.33&viewmode=fullscreen|title=Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich|language=de|page=351|access-date=July 26, 2019|title-link = Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich}}
• 1866 – Winfield Scott, American general, lawyer, and politician (born 1786){{cite ANB |last1=Beringer |first1=Richard E. |title=Scott, Winfield (1786-1866), soldier |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0400890}}
• 1873 – Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (born 1870)
• 1892 – Bahá'u'lláh, Persian religious leader, founded the Baháʼí Faith (born 1817)
• 1896 – Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and academic (born 1814)

• 1903 – Bruce Price, American architect, designed the Château Frontenac and American Surety Building (born 1845){{cite ANB |last1=Smentek |first1=Kristel R. |title=Price, Bruce (1845-1903), architect |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1700704}}
• 1910 – Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1837){{cite Grove |last1=Campbell |first1=Stuart |title=Balakirev, Mily Alekseyevich |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.40685}}
• 1911 – W. S. Gilbert, English playwright and poet (born 1836){{cite ODNB |last1=Stedman |first1=Jane W. |title=Gilbert, Sir William Schwenck (1836–1911), playwright |date=9 January 2014 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/33400}}
• 1914 – Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, English author and playwright (born 1871)
• 1914 – Henry Seton-Karr, English explorer, hunter, and author (born 1853)
• 1917 – Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (born 1831)
• 1919 – Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (born 1860){{cite ANB |last1=Davis |first1=Calvin D. |title=Bacon, Robert (1860-1919), banker, diplomat, and soldier |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0600017}}
• 1920 – Carlos Deltour, French rower (born 1864)
• 1921 – Abbott Handerson Thayer, American painter and educator (born 1849){{cite ANB |last1=Anderson |first1=Ross |title=Thayer, Abbott Handerson (1849-1921), painter and naturalist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1700854}}
• 1935 – Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer (born 1874){{cite Grove |last1=Tyrrell |first1=John |title=Suk, Josef (i) |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.27094}}
• 1939 – Ursula Ledóchowska, Austrian-Polish nun and saint, founded the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (born 1865){{cite book|first=Paul|last=Burns|title=Butler's Saints of the Third Millennium|location=London|publisher=Burns & Oates|year=2005|isbn=0-86012-383-9|page=133}}
• 1941 – Léo-Pol Morin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (born 1892){{cite Grove |last1=Paul |first1=Hélène |title=Morin, Léo-Pol |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.44097}}
• 1942 – John Barrymore, American actor (born 1882){{cite ANB |last1=Norden |first1=Martin F. |title=Barrymore, John (14 or 15 Feb. 1882–29 May 1942), actor |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1800065}}
• 1946 – Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer (born 1905)
• 1948 – May Whitty, English actress (born 1865){{cite ODNB |last1=Casson |first1=Lewis |title=Webster, Benjamin (1864–1947), actor |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/36806}}
• 1951 – Fanny Brice, American singer and comedian (born 1891){{cite ANB |last1=Goldman |first1=Herbert G. |title=Brice, Fanny (1891-1951), comedienne and singer |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1800150}}
• 1951 – Dimitrios Levidis, Greek-French soldier and composer (born 1885){{cite Grove |last1=Leotsakos |first1=George |title=Levidis, Dimitrios |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.16518}}
• 1953 – Morgan Russell, American painter and educator (born 1886)
• 1957 – James Whale, English director (born 1889){{cite ODNB |last1=Kemp |first1=Philip |title=Whale, James (1889–1957), theatre and film director |date=6 January 2011 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/57320}}
• 1958 – Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)
• 1963 – Netta Muskett, English author (born 1887)
• 1966 – Ignace Lepp, Estonian-French priest and psychologist (born 1909)
• 1968 – Arnold Susi, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (born 1896)
• 1970 – John Gunther, American journalist and author (born 1901){{cite ANB |last1=Heald |first1=Morrell |title=Gunther, John (1901-1970), foreign correspondent and writer |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1600673}}
• 1970 – Eva Hesse, American artist (born 1936){{cite ANB |last1=Isaacs |first1=J. Susan |title=Hesse, Eva (1936-1970), artist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1700403}}
• 1972 – Moe Berg, American baseball player, coach, and spy (born 1902)
• 1972 – Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic (born 1878){{cite ANB |last1=Havlik |first1=Robert J. |title=Timoshenko, Stephen Prokofievitch (1878-1972), scientist, engineer, and educator |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1302515}}
• 1973 – George Harriman, English businessman (born 1908){{cite ODNB |last1=Bloomfield |first1=G. T. |title=Harriman, Sir George William (1908–1973), motor vehicle manufacturer |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/47602}}
• 1977 – Ba Maw, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (born 1893)
• 1979 – Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter, co-founder of United Artists (born 1892){{cite book|first=Frank Northen|last=Magill|title=Great Lives from History|location=Pasadena|publisher=Salem Press|year=1995|page=1447|isbn=9780893568962}}
• 1979 – John H. Wood Jr., American lawyer and judge (born 1916)
• 1982 – Romy Schneider, German-French actress (born 1938){{cite news |title=Tragic Diva |url=https://www.dw.com/en/looking-back-at-romy-schneider-a-tragic-screen-goddess/a-2561610 |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=DW |date=29 May 2007 |language=en}}
• 1983 – Arvīds Pelše, Latvian-Russian historian and politician (born 1899)
• 1987 – Charan Singh, Indian politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (born 1902){{cite news |title=LEADING INDIAN POLITICIAN CHARAN SINGH, 84, DIES |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1987/05/30/leading-indian-politician-charan-singh-84-dies/0e2167bb-3167-4f2f-ae82-32357ad6ce4f/ |access-date=13 February 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=30 December 2023}}
• 1988 – Salem bin Laden, Saudi Arabian businessman (born 1946)
• 1989 – George C. Homans, American sociologist and academic (born 1910){{cite news |title=George Homans, 78, Sociologist And Harvard Professor Emeritus |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/31/obituaries/george-homans-78-sociologist-and-harvard-professor-emeritus.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=31 May 1989}}
• 1991 – Margaret Barr (choreographer), Australian choreographer and teacher of dance-drama (born 1904){{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last1=Lester |first1=Garry |title=Barr, Margaret (1904–1991) |id2=barr-margaret-14855/text26040 |access-date=24 April 2019 |date=2014}}
• 1993 – Billy Conn, American boxer (born 1917){{cite news |title=Ex-Fighter Billy Conn Dies at 75 : Boxing: He nearly defeated Joe Louis for the heavyweight championship in 1941, but decided to slug it out. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-30-sp-41440-story.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=30 May 1993}}
• 1994 – Erich Honecker, German lawyer and politician (born 1912)
• 1994 – Lady May Abel Smith, member of the British Royal Family (born 1906){{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |title=Abel Smith, Lady May Helen (1906–1994) |id2=abel-smith-lady-may-helen-27158 |last=McConnel |first=Katie |volume=19 |year=2021 |access-date=13 February 2024}}
• 1996 – Tamara Toumanova, American ballerina and actress (born 1919)
• 1997 – Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1966){{cite Grove |last1=Samples |first1=Mark C. |title=Buckley, Jeff(rey Scott) |date=25 July 2013 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2240342}}
• 1998 – Barry Goldwater, American general, activist, and politician (born 1909){{CongBio |id=G000267 |name=GOLDWATER, Barry Morris |inline=YES}}
• 2003 – David Jefferies, English motorcycle racer (born 1972)
• 2004 – Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General (born 1912){{cite ANB |last1=Gormley |first1=Ken |title=Cox, Archibald (1912-2004), distinguished lawyer, Harvard Law professor, U.S. solicitor general, and Watergate special prosecutor |date=April 2013 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1501334}}
• 2004 – Samuel Dash, American academic and politician (born 1925){{cite news |last1=Leary |first1=Warren E. |title=Samuel Dash, Chief Counsel for Senate Watergate Committee, Dies at 79 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/30/us/samuel-dash-chief-counsel-for-senate-watergate-committee-dies-at-79.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=30 May 2004}}
• 2005 – John D'Amico, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (born 1937)
• 2005 – Hamilton Naki, South African surgeon (born 1926)
• 2005 – George Rochberg, American soldier and composer (born 1918){{cite Grove |last1=Clarkson |first1=Austin |last2=Johnson |first2=Steven |title=Rochberg, George |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.23617}}
• 2006 – Jacques Bouchard, Canadian businessman (born 1930)
• 2006 – Katarína Kolníková, Slovak actress (born 1921){{cite web |date=19 April 2021 |title=Pred 100 rokmi sa narodila nezabudnuteľná herečka Katarína Kolníková |url=https://kultura.pravda.sk/divadlo/clanok/584981-pred-100-rokmi-sa-narodila-nezabudnutelna-herecka-katarina-kolnikova/ |access-date=28 August 2023 |website=Pravda.sk |language=sk-SK}}
• 2007 – Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1938){{cite news |title=Dave Balon, 68, Rangers Wing, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/31/sports/hockey/31balon.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=31 May 2007}}
• 2007 – Lois Browne-Evans, Bermudian lawyer and politician (born 1927)
• 2008 – Paula Gunn Allen, American writer (born 1939){{cite web|url=http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/obituary-paula-gunn-allen-68-noted-51516|title=Obituary: Paula Gunn Allen, 68, noted English, American Indian studies scholar|last=Marquez|first=Letisia|website=UCLA Newsroom|language=en|access-date=23 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325163728/http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/obituary-paula-gunn-allen-68-noted-51516|archive-date=25 March 2019 |url-status=dead}}
• 2008 – Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1987)
• 2008 – Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian (born 1927){{cite news |last1=Lambert |first1=Bruce |title=Harvey Korman of 'Burnett Show' Dies at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/arts/television/30korman.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=30 May 2008}}
• 2010 – Dennis Hopper, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1936){{cite news |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Dennis Hopper |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/may/29/dennis-hopper-obituary |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=30 May 2010}}
• 2011 – Sergei Bagapsh, Abkhazian politician, 2nd President of Abkhazia (born 1949){{cite news |last1=Parfitt |first1=Tom |title=Sergei Bagapsh obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jun/16/sergei-bagapsh-obituary |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=16 June 2011}}
• 2011 – Bill Clements, American soldier and politician, 42nd Governor of Texas (born 1917){{cite news |last1=McKinley |first1=James C. Jr |title=Bill Clements Dies at 94; Set Texas on G.O.P. Path |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/us/politics/31clements.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=31 May 2011}}
• 2011 – Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian academic and politician, 14th President of Hungary (born 1931)
• 2012 – Mark Minkov, Russian composer (born 1944)
• 2012 – Kaneto Shindo, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1912){{cite news |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Kaneto Shindo obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/may/30/kaneto-shindo |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=30 May 2012}}
• 2012 – Doc Watson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1923){{cite Grove |last1=Malone |first1=Bill C. |last2=Rockwell |first2=Joti |title=Watson, Doc |date=13 January 2015 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2276797}}
• 2013 – Richard Ballantine, American-English journalist and author (born 1940){{cite news |last1=Grant |first1=Richard |title=Richard Ballantine obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/07/richard-grant |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=7 June 2013}}
• 2013 – Françoise Blanchard, French actress (born 1954)
• 2013 – Andrew Greeley, American priest, sociologist, and author (born 1928){{cite news |last1=Carlson |first1=Michael |title=Father Andrew Greeley obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/father-andrew-greeley |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=6 June 2013}}
• 2013 – Mulgrew Miller, American pianist and composer (born 1955){{cite Grove |last1=Kernfeld |first1=Barry |title=Miller, Mulgrew |date=22 March 2023 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J301400}}
• 2013 – Henry Morgentaler, Polish-Canadian physician and activist (born 1923){{cite journal |last1=Kermode-Scott |first1=B. |title=Henry Morgentaler |journal=BMJ |date=7 August 2013 |volume=347 |issue=7923 |page=27 |doi=10.1136/bmj.f4569|s2cid=220176427 }}
• 2013 – Franca Rame, Italian actress and playwright (born 1928){{cite news |last1=Lane |first1=John Francis |title=Franca Rame obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/may/29/franca-rame |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=29 May 2013}}
• 2013 – Ludwig G. Strauss, German physician and academic (born 1949){{cite journal |last1=Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss |first1=Antonia |last2=Carrió |first2=Ignasi |title=In memoriam: Ludwig G. Strauss, MD, 1949–2013 |journal=European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging |date=September 2013 |volume=40 |issue=9 |pages=1299–1300 |doi=10.1007/s00259-013-2475-y}}
• 2013 – Wali-ur-Rehman, Pakistani commander (born 1970)
• 2014 – Christine Charbonneau, Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1943)
• 2014 – Walter Jakob Gehring, Swiss biologist and academic (born 1939){{cite journal |last1=Morata |first1=Ginés |last2=Affolter |first2=Markus |title=Walter Jakob Gehring. 20 March 1939—29 May 2014 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=December 2021 |volume=71 |pages=197–212 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.2021.0011|doi-access=free }}
• 2014 – Peter Glaser, Czech-American scientist and engineer (born 1923){{cite news |last1=Yardley |first1=William |title=Peter Glaser, Who Envisioned Space Solar Power, Dies at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/06/us/peter-glaser-who-envisioned-space-solar-power-dies-at-90.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=5 June 2014}}
• 2014 – Miljenko Prohaska, Croatian composer and conductor (born 1925)
• 2014 – William M. Roth, American businessman (born 1916){{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |title=William M. Roth, Shipping Heir Who Became Lifelong Public Servant, Dies at 97 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/16/business/william-m-roth-shipping-heir-who-became-lifelong-public-servant-dies-at-97.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=16 June 2014}}
• 2015 – Henry Carr, American football player and sprinter (born 1942){{cite news |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Henry Carr, Olympic Sprinter and a Football Giant, Dies at 73 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/08/sports/football/henry-carr-gold-medalist-and-then-a-giant-dies-at-73.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=8 June 2015}}
• 2015 – Doris Hart, American tennis player (born 1925){{cite news |last1=Litsky |first1=Frank |title=Doris Hart, a Tennis Star Who Deftly Overcame Leg Ailments, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/01/sports/tennis/doris-hart-tennis-standout-despite-physical-limitations-dies-at-89.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=31 May 2015}}
• 2015 – Betsy Palmer, American actress (born 1926){{cite news |last=Weber |first=Bruce |date=1 June 2015 |title=Betsy Palmer, 88, Dies; From TV Panelist to 'Friday the 13th' Villainess |page=B19 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/02/arts/television/betsy-palmer-friday-the-13th-villainess-dies-at-88.html |url-status=live |access-date=15 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021005602/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/02/arts/television/betsy-palmer-friday-the-13th-villainess-dies-at-88.html |archive-date=21 October 2017}}
• 2017 – Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and politician, Military Leader of Panama (born 1934)
• 2017 – Mordechai Tzipori, Israeli Lieutenant General and minister (born 1924)
• 2017 – Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek politician and prime minister (born 1918){{cite news |title=Former Greek PM Konstantinos Mitsotakis dies at 98 |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/former-greek-pm-konstantinos-mitsotakis-dies-at-98-117052900767_1.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=Business Standard |agency=IANS |date=29 May 2017}}
• 2020 – Maikanti Baru, Nigerian engineer, former chief of state oil firm. (born 1959){{cite news |title=Ex-NNPC GMD Maikanti Baru is dead |date=30 May 2020 |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/395230-ex-nnpc-gmd-maikanti-baru-is-dead.html |work=Premium Times |access-date=30 May 2020}}
• 2021 – Gavin MacLeod, American actor, Christian activist, and author (born 1931){{cite news|url = https://apnews.com/article/gavin-macleod-entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-6313dfd801244eeeea2be2ddeac1cdbb|title = Gavin MacLeod, 'Love Boat' captain, dies at 90|date =29 May 2021|accessdate =29 May 2021|work = Associated Press}}{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/29/arts/television/gavin-macleod-dead.html|title = Gavin MacLeod, 'Mary Tyler Moore' and 'Love Boat' Actor, Dies at 90|work = The New York Times|date =29 May 2021|accessdate =29 May 2021|last1 = Flaherty|first1= Mike}}
• 2021 – Mark Eaton, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1957){{cite news |last1=Reynolds |first1=Tim |title=Mark Eaton, shot-blocking king and Jazz great, dies at 64 |url=https://apnews.com/article/utah-jazz-nba-sports-6f8f2f160b19ee697d3444c0cd12df48 |work=Associated Press |access-date=30 May 2021 |date=29 May 2021}}
• 2021 – B. J. Thomas, American singer (born 1942){{cite news |last1=Italie |title='Hooked on a Feeling' singer B.J. Thomas dies at 78 |url=https://apnews.com/article/music-entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-58b888a1f4954ce6db86024be9c24a52 |work=Associated Press |access-date=30 May 2021 |date=29 May 2021}}
• 2021 – Cornelius Sim, Bruneian cardinal (born 1951){{Cite web|last=Francis|first=Sebastian|date=29 May 2021|title=The passing of HE Cardinal Cornelius Sim|url=https://www.archkl.org/images/08_ArchKL/05_2021_May/CBCMSB_Statement_on_the_Demise_of_Cardinal_Sim.pdf|url-status=live|website=Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei|access-date=29 May 2021|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602212409/https://www.archkl.org/images/08_ArchKL/05_2021_May/CBCMSB_Statement_on_the_Demise_of_Cardinal_Sim.pdf}}
• 2022 – Ronnie Hawkins, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist.{{Cite news |title=Rockabilly pioneer Ronnie Hawkins dies at 87 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/rockabilly-pioneer-ronnie-hawkins-dies-87-rcna31071 |access-date=30 May 2022 |work=NBC News |date=30 May 2022 |language=en}} (born 1935)
• 2022 – Sidhu Moosewala, Indian singer, rapper, actor and politician.{{Cite news |title=Days after his security trimmed, Congress leader Moosewala shot dead in Punjab |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/amritsar/punjabi-singer-congress-leader-sidhu-moose-wala-shot-dead-7942590/|first1=Kamaldeep |last1=Singh Brar |first2=Navjeevan |last2=Gopal |date=30 May 2022 |access-date=18 July 2022 |work=Indian Express|language=en}} (born 1993)
• 2024 – Bob Rogers, Australian radio and television host (born 1926){{cite news |last1=Hyland |first1=Jesse |date=29 May 2024 |title=Australia's longest serving DJ Bob Rogers, who had a 78-year broadcasting career, dies aged 97 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-29/nsw-bob-rogers-dies-radio-broadcaster/103909712 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529091441/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-29/nsw-bob-rogers-dies-radio-broadcaster/103909712 |archive-date=29 May 2024 |access-date=29 May 2024 |publisher=ABC News}}
• 2025 – Bernie Kerik, American police officer, 40th Police Commissioner of New York City and interior minister of the Iraqi Coalition Provisional Authority (born 1955){{cite news|url = https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/bernard-kerik-former-nypd-commissioner-dies-age-69/|title = Bernard Kerik, former NYPD commissioner who served during 9/11, dies at 69|date = May 29, 2025|accessdate = May 30, 2025|work = WCBS-TV}}

• Army Day (Argentina)
• Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh (Baháʼí Faith) (Only if Baháʼí Naw-Rúz falls on March 21 of the Gregorian calendar)
• Christian feast day:
• Bona of Pisa
• Hypomone (Eastern Orthodox Church)
• Joseph Gérard{{cite book |last1=Attwater |first1=Donald |title=A New Dictionary of Saints |date=1994 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=0814623247 |page=176 |editor-first1=John |editor-last1=Cumming}}
• Maximin of Trier{{cite book |last1=Attwater |first1=Donald |title=A New Dictionary of Saints |date=1994 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=0814623247 |page=222 |editor-first1=John |editor-last1=Cumming}}
• Pope Alexander of Alexandria (Eastern Orthodox Church)
• Pope Paul VI{{cite web|url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2019/02/06/0103/00210.html|title=Decreto della Congregazione del Culto Divino e la Disciplina dei Sacramenti sull'iscrizione della celebrazione di San Paolo VI, Papa, nel calendario Romano Generale|date=6 February 2019|publisher=Holy See|access-date=6 February 2019|archive-date=7 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015902/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2019/02/06/0103/00210.html|url-status=live}}
• Richard Thirkeld{{cite book |last1=Attwater |first1=Donald |title=A New Dictionary of Saints |date=1994 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=0814623247 |page=271 |editor-first1=John |editor-last1=Cumming}}
• Theodosia of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodox Church){{cite book |last1=Attwater |first1=Donald |title=A New Dictionary of Saints |date=1994 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=0814623247 |page=302 |editor-first1=John |editor-last1=Cumming}}
• Ursula Ledóchowska
• May 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers (International){{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}
• Oak Apple Day (England),{{cite journal |last1=Box |first1=John |title=Dressing the Arbor Tree |journal=Folklore |date=1 June 2003 |volume=114 |issue=1 |pages=13–28 |doi=10.1080/0015587032000059861|s2cid=216644520 }} and its related observance:
• Castleton Garland Day (Castleton)
• Veterans Day (Sweden){{cite journal |last1=Bergman Rosamond |first1=Annika |last2=Kronsell |first2=Annica |title=Cosmopolitanism and individual ethical reflection – the embodied experiences of Swedish veterans |journal=Critical Military Studies |date=3 April 2022 |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=159–178 |doi=10.1080/23337486.2020.1784639|hdl=20.500.11820/0e5512ac-7ca0-42cb-9bae-5183f553b353 |hdl-access=free }}
• Democracy Day (Nigeria){{cite web |date=29 May 2023 |title=5 Things You Should Know About the Significance of May 29 in Nigeria |url=https://www.bellanaija.com/2023/05/facts-about-may-29-in-nigeria/ |access-date=12 February 2024 |website=BellaNaija |language=en-US}}

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• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/29 BBC: On This Day]
• {{NYT On this day|month=5|day=29}}
• [https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/29 Historical Events on May 29]

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