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- May 8 William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, 5th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1756-57), born in Hardwicke, England (d. 1764)
- May 11 Baron Münchhausen, German adventurer, soldier and storyteller (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen), born in Hanover (d. 1797)
- May 15 Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)
- May 21 Antonio Corbisiero, Italian Baroque composer, born in Marzano di Nola, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1790)
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