Famous May Birthdays

The following 7,600 famous people including celebrities were born in the month of May. A random sample was chosen for each day. Click the after the name to explore the birth date info. You might also want to browse the filtered celebrity birthdays in May.

Zodiac signs for May are Taurus ♉ and Gemini ♊. The modern birthstone for May is Emerald while the mystical gemstone (based on Tibetan origin) is Sapphire.

May 1

• 1875
  Dave Hall, American runner (d. 1972)
• 1912
  Otto Kretschmer, Polish-German admiral (d. 1998)
• 1950
  Marina Stepanova, Russian hurdler
• 1978
  Orhan Ölmez, Turkish singer-songwriter
• 1992
  You Kikkawa, Japanese singer (MilkyWay)

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May 2

• 1360
  Yongle Emperor of China (d. 1424)
• 1923
  Patrick Hillery, Irish physician and politician, 6th President of Ireland (d. 2008)
• 1962
  David Volz, American pole vaulter
• 1962
  Elizabeth Berridge, American actress
• 1982
  Johan Botha, South African cricketer

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May 3

• 1849
  Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)
• 1928
  Dave Dudley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
• 1974
  Peter Everitt, Australian footballer and radio host
• 1978
  Dai Tamesue, Japanese hurdler
• 1980
  Zuzana Ondrášková, Czech tennis player

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May 4

• 1649
  Chhatrasal, Indian warrior (d. 1731)
• 1942
  Nickolas Ashford, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Ashford & Simpson) (d. 2011)
• 1951
  Gérard Jugnot, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958
  Keith Haring, American graffiti artist (d. 1990)
• 2009
  Prince Henrik of Denmark

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May 5

• 1948
  Bella van der Spiegel-Hage, Dutch cyclist
• 1964
  Minami Takayama, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1974
  Seiji Ara, Japanese race car driver
• 1977
  Virginie Efira, Belgian actress and journalist
• 1982
  Wouter D'Haene, Belgian sprinter

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May 6

• 1917
  Kal Mann, American songwriter (d. 2001)
• 1958
  Jan Leyers, Belgian singer-songwriter (Soulsister)
• 1958
  Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (d. 2014)
• 1963
  Alessandra Ferri, Italian ballerina
• 1985
  Chris Paul, American basketball player

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May 7

• 1767
  Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia (d. 1820)
• 1927
  Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German-American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1931
  Gene Wolfe, American author
• 1939
  Marco St. John, American actor and producer
• 1946
  Jerry Nolan, American drummer (New York Dolls, The Heartbreakers, and The Pleasure Seekers/Cradle) (d. 1992)

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May 8

• 1858
  Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (d. 1924)
• 1960
  Eric Brittingham, American bass player (Cinderella and Naked Beggars)
• 1970
  Michael Bevan, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1974
  Marge Kõrkjas, Estonian swimmer
• 1982
  Adrian Gonzalez, American baseball player

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May 9

• 1746
  Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1818)
• 1979
  Pierre Bouvier, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Simple Plan and Reset)
• 1983
  Tyler Lumsden, American baseball player
• 1987
  Vitaliy Pushkar, Ukrainian race car driver
• 1996
  Saron Läänmäe, Estonian footballer

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May 10

• 1640
  Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1701)
• 1905
  Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (d. 1972)
• 1908
  Carl Albert, American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2000)
• 1958
  Tauseef Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer
• 1961
  Johanna ter Steege, Dutch actress

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May 11

• 1963
  Roark Critchlow, Canadian-American actor
• 1974
  Stanley Gene, Papua New Guinean rugby player and coach
• 1982
  Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and singer (d. 2013)
• 1988
  Marcel Kittel, German cyclist
• 1989
  Cam Newton, American football player

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May 12

• 1820
  Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse, social reformer, and statistician (d. 1910)
• 1907
  Katharine Hepburn, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
• 1922
  Marco Denevi, Argentinian lawyer and author (d. 1998)
• 1946
  Daniel Libeskind, American architect, designed the Imperial War Museum North and Jewish Museum
• 1950
  Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

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May 13

• 1895
  Nandor Fodor, Hungarian-American psychologist, parapsychologist, and author (d. 1964)
• 1941
  Senta Berger, Austrian actress, producer, and author
• 1947
  Charles Baxter (author), American novelist, essayist, and poet
• 1968
  PMD, American rapper (EPMD)
• 1979
  Mickey Madden, American bass player (Maroon 5)

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May 14

• 1904
  Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-American engineer and educator (d. 1973)
• 1942
  Prentis Hancock, Scottish actor
• 1943
  Jack Bruce, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and bass player (Cream, Blues Incorporated, The Graham Bond Organisation, and West, Bruce and Laing) (d. 2014)
• 1952
  David Byrne, Scottish-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Talking Heads)
• 1965
  Eoin Colfer, Irish author

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May 15

• 1891
  Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (d. 1971)
• 1935
  Don Bragg, American pole vaulter
• 1936
  Wavy Gravy, American clown and activist
• 1959
  Andrew Eldritch, English singer-songwriter (The Sisters of Mercy, The Sisterhood, and SSV)
• 1959
  Beverly Jo Scott, American-Belgian singer-songwriter

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May 16

• 1898
  Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 1956)
• 1910
  Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (d. 2014)
• 1966
  Celia Ireland, Australian actress
• 1969
  David Boreanaz, American actor, director, and producer
• 1978
  Scott Nicholls, English motorcycle racer

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May 17

• 1844
  Julius Wellhausen, German orientalist and scholar (d. 1918)
• 1944
  Peter Price, English bishop
• 1958
  Paul Di'Anno, English singer-songwriter (Iron Maiden and Gogmagog)
• 1973
  Steve Barakatt, Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1987
  Aleandro Rosi, Italian footballer

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May 18

• 1887
  Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1946)
• 1936
  Rita Cadillac, French dancer, singer, and actress (d. 1995)
• 1962
  Nanne Grönvall, Swedish singer-songwriter (One More Time)
• 1972
  Turner Stevenson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1987
  Luisana Lopilato, Argentinian actress and singer (Erreway)

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May 19

• 1908
  Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1956)
• 1947
  Paul Brady, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Planxty and The Johnstons)
• 1951
  Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (Ramones and Sniper) (d. 2001)
• 1964
  Sean Whalen, American actor and screenwriter
• 1975
  Masanobu Ando, Japanese actor

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May 20

• 1838
  Jules Méline, French lawyer and politician, 65th Prime Minister of France (d. 1925)
• 1944
  Keith Fletcher, English cricketer and manager
• 1965
  Ted Allen, American television host and author
• 1983
  Roger Huerta, American mixed martial artist
• 1987
  Julian Wright, American basketball player

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May 21

• 1884
  Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet and publisher (d. 1920)
• 1904
  Robert Montgomery, American actor and director (d. 1981)
• 1962
  David Crumb, American composer and educator
• 1966
  Tatyana Ledovskaya, Belarusian hurdler
• 1979
  Damián Ariel Álvarez, Argentinian-Mexican footballer

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May 22

• 1711
  Guillaume du Tillot, French politician (d. 1774)
• 1811
  Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, English politician, Secretary of State for War (d. 1864)
• 1946
  Lyudmila Zhuravlyova, Russian-Ukrainian astronomer and academic
• 1957
  Albert Boonstra, Dutch swimmer
• 1987
  José Luis Miñano, Spanish footballer

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May 23

• 1871
  Saint George Ashe, Maltese-English rower (d. 1922)
• 1931
  José da Conceição, Brazilian high jumper (d. 1974)
• 1939
  Reinhard Hauff, German director and screenwriter
• 1949
  Alan García, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 93rd President of Peru
• 1988
  Roope Ranta, Finnish ice hockey player

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May 24

• 1863
  George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (d. 1938)
• 1913
  Audrey Brown, English runner (d. 2005)
• 1934
  Barry Rose, English organist and conductor
• 1975
  Giannis Goumas, Greek footballer and coach
• 1980
  Jenn Korbee, American singer and actress (Hi-5)

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May 25

• 1852
  William Muldoon, American wrestler and trainer (d. 1933)
• 1856
  Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (d. 1942)
• 1953
  Daniel Passarella, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1982
  Ryan Gallant, American skateboarder
• 1984
  A. J. Foyt IV, American race car driver

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May 26

• 1893
  Norma Talmadge, American actress and producer (d. 1957)
• 1915
  Vernon Alley, American bassist (d. 2004)
• 1917
  Éva Szörényi, Hungarian actress (d. 2009)
• 1933
  Edward Whittemore, American soldier and author (d. 1995)
• 1973
  Naomi Harris, Canadian-American photographer

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May 27

• 1933
  Manfred Sommer, Spanish author and illustrator (d. 2007)
• 1967
  Eddie Harsch, Canadian-American keyboard player and bass player (The Black Crowes and The Detroit Cobras)
• 1971
  Kaur Kender, Estonian author
• 1981
  Johan Elmander, Swedish footballer
• 1988
  Allyn Rose, American model and volleyball player, Miss Maryland USA 2011

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May 28

• 1588
  Pierre Séguier, French politician, Lord Chancellor of France (d. 1672)
• 1923
  György Ligeti, Romanian-Austrian composer and educator (d. 2006)
• 1962
  Brandon Cruz, American actor and singer
• 1981
  Adam Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Moldy Peaches)
• 1988
  Meisa Kuroki, Japanese actress and singer

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May 29

• 1940
  Farooq Leghari, Pakistani politician, 8th President of Pakistan (d. 2010)
• 1945
  Joyce Tenneson, American photographer
• 1947
  Anthony Geary, American actor
• 1951
  Peter Chernin, American businessman
• 1955
  Gordon Rintoul, Scottish historian and curator

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May 30

• 1956
  Tim Lucas, American author, screenwriter, and critic
• 1961
  Ralph Carter, American actor and singer
• 1964
  Tom Morello, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Axis of Justice, and Street Sweeper Social Club)
• 1974
  CeeLo Green, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (Goodie Mob and Gnarls Barkley)
• 1985
  Vladimir Latin, Estonian rower

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May 31

• 1469
  Manuel I of Portugal (d. 1521)
• 1914
  Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer and educator (d. 2006)
• 1940
  Anatoliy Bondarchuk, Ukrainian hammer thrower and coach
• 1977
  June Sarpong, English television host
• 1984
  Jason Smith, Australian actor and singer

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