Malcolm X (Malcolm Little) (born May 19, 1925) U.S. political activist – “Message to the Grass Roots” (1963)
Elena Poniatowska (born May 19, 1932 / 1933) Polish-Mexican novelist, testimonial literature – La noche de Tlatelolco (Massacre in Mexico) 1971
Lorraine Hansberry (born May 19, 1930) U.S. playwright - A Raisin in the Sun (1957)