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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.
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May 1
1901
Antal Szerb, Hungarian scholar and author (d. 1945)
1947
Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist (d. 2015)
1962
Maia Morgenstern, Romanian actress
1969
Billy Owens, American basketball player
1984
Víctor Montaño, Colombian footballer
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May 2
1879
James F. Byrnes, American stenographer and politician, 49th United States Secretary of State (d. 1972)
1913
Aydın Sayılı, Turkish historian and academic (d. 1993)
1970
Marco Walker, Swiss footballer and coach
1977
Brian Cardinal, American basketball player
1980
Artūras Masiulis, Lithuanian basketball player
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May 3
1892
George Paget Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
1897
William Joseph Browne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Solicitor General of Canada (d. 1989)
1934
Georges Moustaki, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1953
Gary Young, American drummer (Pavement)
1961
Steve McClaren, English footballer and manager
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May 4
1921
Patsy Garrett, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
1937
Mel Edwards, American sculptor and academic
1937
Ron Carter, American bassist and educator (Miles Davis Quintet)
1944
Robin Sibson, English mathematician and academic
1964
Igors Miglinieks, Latvian basketball player
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May 5
1935
Douglas Marland, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1993)
1938
Bill Robertson, American businessman and politician (d. 2013)
1940
Michael Lindsay-Hogg, American director and producer
1944
John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor and screenwriter
1959
Steve Stevens, American guitarist and songwriter (Juno Reactor)
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May 6
1936
Bernard Lemaire, Canadian businessman
1946
Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2013)
1960
Anne Parillaud, French actress
1960
John Flansburgh, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (They Might Be Giants and Mono Puff)
1982
Jason Witten, American football player
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May 7
1881
George E. Wiley, American cyclist (d. 1954)
1906
Eric Krenz, American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1931)
1956
Anne Dudley, English pianist and composer (Art of Noise)
1958
Mark G. Kuzyk, American physicist and academic
1965
Owen Hart, Canadian-American wrestler (d. 1999)
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May 8
1910
Mary Lou Williams, American pianist and composer (d. 1981)
1928
Robert Conley, American journalist (d. 2013)
1955
Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (d. 2012)
1984
Yara Sofia, Puerto Rican drag queen performer
1988
Tanel Kurbas, Estonian basketball player
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May 9
1909
Don Messer, Canadian violinist (d. 1973)
1935
Roger Hargreaves, English author and illustrator (d. 1988)
1948
Steven W. Mosher, American social scientist and author
1953
Amy Hill, American actress
1977
Svein Tuft, Canadian cyclist
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May 10
1915
Denis Thatcher, English soldier and businessman, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2003)
1922
Nancy Walker, American actress and director (d. 1992)
1967
Nobuhiro Takeda, Japanese footballer and sportscaster
1975
Andrea Anders, American actress
1991
Giorgos Machlelis, Greek footballer
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May 11
1888
Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
1912
Saadat Hasan Manto, Indian-Pakistani author and screenwriter (d. 1955)
1958
Dan Ireland, American director and producer
1983
Frédéric Xhonneux, Belgian decathlete
1993
Jirapong Meenapra, Thai sprinter
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May 12
1812
Edward Lear, English author, poet, and illustrator (d. 1888)
1872
Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 1940)
1943
Linda Dano, American actress and author
1958
Andreas Petroulakis, Greek cartoonist
1966
Stephen Baldwin, American actor, director, and producer
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May 13
1792
Pope Pius IX (d. 1878)
1888
Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist and geophysicist (d. 1993)
1911
Robert Middleton, American actor (d. 1977)
1933
John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (d. 2002)
1975
Cristian Bezzi, Italian rugby player and coach
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May 14
1657
Sambhaji, Indian emperor (d. 1689)
1814
Charles Beyer, German-English engineer, co-founded the Beyer, Peacock and Company (d. 1876)
1928
Brian Macdonald, Canadian dancer and choreographer (d. 2014)
1965
Emma Forbes, English radio and television host
1974
Jennifer Allan, American model
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May 15
1910
Constance Cummings, American-English actress (d. 2005)
1931
Ken Venturi, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2013)
1960
R. Kuhaneswaran, Sri Lankan politician
1972
Conrad Keely, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead)
1990
Lee Jong-hyun, South Korean singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (CNBLUE)
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May 16
1907
Bob Tisdall, Sri Lankan-Irish hurdler (d. 2004)
1940
Ole Ernst, Danish actor (d. 2013)
1953
Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor and producer
1982
Hanna Mariën, Belgian sprinter
1991
Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian tennis player
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May 17
1836
Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian-American chess player (d. 1900)
1943
David Simeon, English actor
1962
Lise Lyng Falkenberg, Danish journalist and author
1971
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
1990
Fabian Giefer, German footballer
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May 18
1878
Johannes Terwogt, Dutch rower (d. 1977)
1922
Bill Macy, American actor
1961
Russell Senior, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pulp)
1971
Mark Menzies, Scottish politician
1981
Mahamadou Diarra, Malian footballer
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May 19
1944
Peter Mayhew, English-American actor
1951
Dick Slater, American wrestler
1972
Claudia Karvan, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
1977
Brandon Inge, American baseball player
1980
Drew Fuller, American model and actor
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May 20
1899
Aleksandr Deyneka, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1969)
1942
Raymond Chrétien, Canadian lawyer and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States
1967
Graham Brady, English politician
1975
Tahmoh Penikett, Canadian actor and producer
1982
Daniel Ribeiro, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
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May 21
1755
Alfred Moore, American lawyer and judge (d. 1810)
1901
Manfred Aschner, German-Israeli microbiologist and entomologist (d. 1989)
1986
Alexander Noyes, American drummer (Honor Society)
1988
Kaire Leibak, Estonian triple jumper
1991
Guilherme, Brazilian footballer
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May 22
1859
Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish physician and author (d. 1930)
1950
Bernie Taupin, English singer-songwriter and poet
1977
Dré Bly, American football player
1981
Bassel Khartabil, Syrian computer programmer and engineer
1990
Melanie Klaffner, Austrian tennis player
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May 23
1867
John Exley, American rower (d. 1938)
1926
Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African politician (d. 1995)
1957
Craig Brown, English journalist and critic
1972
Martin Saggers, English cricketer and umpire
1985
Sekou Cissé, Ivorian footballer
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May 24
1816
Major John Buckley VC, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1876)
1879
H. B. Reese, American candy maker, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (d. 1956)
1913
Joe Abreu, American baseball player and soldier (d. 1993)
1969
Jacob Rees-Mogg, English politician
2001
Darren Espanto, Filipino-Canadian singer
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May 25
1846
Naim Frashëri, Albanian-Turkish poet and translator (d. 1900)
1952
Al Sarrantonio, American author and publisher
1954
Murali, Indian actor, producer, and politician (d. 2009)
1980
Jae Hee, South Korean actor
2001
Chloe Lukasiak, American child dancer, television personality, and model
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May 26
1669
Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (d. 1722)
1913
Pierre Daninos, French author (d. 2005)
1948
Stevie Nicks, American singer-songwriter (Fleetwood Mac)
1964
Argiris Pedoulakis, Greek basketball player and coach
1971
Zaher Andary, Lebanese footballer
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May 27
1537
Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg (d. 1604)
1820
Mathilde Bonaparte, Italian-French daughter of Catharina of Württemberg (d. 1904)
1832
Zenas Ferry Moody, American surveyor and politician, 7th Governor of Oregon (d. 1917)
1942
Lee Baca, American police officer
1986
Conor Cummins, Manx motorcycle racer
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May 28
1807
Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American paleontologist and geologist (d. 1873)
1924
Paul Hébert, Canadian actor
1944
Billy Vera, American singer-songwriter and actor
1974
Alicia Minshew, American actress
1979
Jesse Bradford, American actor
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May 29
1915
Karl Münchinger, German conductor and composer (d. 1990)
1940
Taihō Kōki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48th Yokozuna (d. 2013)
1975
Mel B, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Spice Girls)
1980
Ernesto Farías, Argentinian footballer
1981
Justin Chon, American actor, director, and screenwriter
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May 30
1925
John Henry Marks, English physician and author
1951
Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan bishop and politician, President of Paraguay
1958
Michael López-Alegría, Spanish-American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1977
Marc Dos Santos, Canadian soccer player, coach, and manager
1984
Sham Kwok Fai, Hong Kong footballer
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May 31
1887
Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
1938
Peter Yarrow, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Peter, Paul and Mary)
1947
Gabriele Hinzmann, German discus thrower
1955
Susie Essman, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1964
Scotti Hill, American guitarist and songwriter (Skid Row)
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