May 22, 1859 – Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
May 25, 1803 – American author and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson is born in Boston, Massachusetts.
May 26, 1886 – Singer, actor, and self-billed “World’s Greatest Entertainer”, Al Jolson is born in Seredzius, Lithuania.
May 27, 1837 – Legendary wild west figure Wild Bill Hickok is born in Troy Grove, LaSalle County, Illinois.