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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.
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.
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May 1
1803
James Clarence Mangan, Irish poet and author (d. 1849)
1910
Raya Dunayevskaya, Ukrainian-American philosopher and activist (d. 1987)
1924
Karel Kachyňa, Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1966
Charlie Schlatter, American actor
1978
Nick Traina, American singer-songwriter (Link 80) (d. 1997)
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May 2
1922
Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor and director (d. 2007)
1929
Édouard Balladur, Turkish-French economist and politician, 162nd Prime Minister of France
1952
Christine Baranski, American actress and singer
1962
Elizabeth Berridge, American actress
1962
Taťána Kocembová, Czech runner
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May 3
1859
Andy Adams, American author (d. 1935)
1870
Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1948)
1892
George Paget Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
1906
Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist and author (d. 1975)
1954
Patti Boulaye, Nigerian-English singer and actress
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May 4
1947
Ronald Sørensen, Dutch historian and politician
1960
Paul Bhattacharjee, English actor (d. 2013)
1977
Mariano Pernía, Argentinian-Spanish footballer
1980
Franziska Weisz, Austrian actress
1986
Devan Dubnyk, Canadian ice hockey player
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May 5
1813
Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and author (d. 1855)
1903
James Beard, American chef and author (d. 1985)
1935
Bernard Pivot, French journalist, talk show host, and producer
1949
Eppie Bleeker, Dutch speed skater
1969
Olav Sepp, Estonian chess player
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May 6
1742
Jean Senebier, Swiss pastor and physiologist (d. 1809)
1945
Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (The Flatlanders)
1947
Alan Dale, New Zealand actor
1954
Angela Hernández Nuñez, Dominican author and poet
1980
Kelly van der Veer, Dutch singer and actress
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May 7
1945
Christy Moore, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Planxty and Moving Hearts)
1959
Georgiy Kolnootchenko, Belarusian discus thrower
1960
Almudena Grandes, Spanish author
1976
Andrea Lo Cicero, Italian rugby player
1979
Katie Douglas, American basketball player
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May 8
1916
João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman
1926
Don Rickles, American comedian and actor
1930
René Maltête, French photographer and poet (d. 2000)
1947
David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland, English politician
1987
Aarne Nirk, Estonian hurdler
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May 9
1855
Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch composer (d. 1932)
1906
Eleanor Estes, American librarian, author, and illustrator (d. 1988)
1939
Pierre Desproges, French journalist and actor (d. 1988)
1943
Colin Pillinger, English astronomer, chemist, and academic (d. 2014)
1983
Ryuhei Matsuda, Japanese actor
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May 10
1878
Konstantinos Parthenis, Greek painter (d. 1967)
1922
Nancy Walker, American actress and director (d. 1992)
1944
Jim Abrahams, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1965
Linda Evangelista, Canadian model and actress
1971
Leslie Stefanson, American model and actress
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May 11
1881
Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1944)
1890
Helge Løvland, Norwegian decathlete (d. 1984)
1927
Gene Savoy, American explorer, author, and scholar (d. 2007)
1956
Alex Lester, English radio host
1970
Harold Ford, Jr., American lawyer and politician
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May 12
1590
Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)
1925
Yogi Berra, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2015)
1958
Andreas Petroulakis, Greek cartoonist
1967
Bill Shorten, Australian lawyer and politician, 21st Minister for Education and Training
1997
Odeya Rush, Israeli-American actress
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May 13
1588
Ole Worm, Danish physician and historian (d. 1654)
1795
Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist and chronologist (d. 1875)
1939
Harvey Keitel, American actor and producer
1979
Vyacheslav Shevchuk, Ukrainian footballer
1981
James Yun, American wrestler and actor
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May 14
1874
Polaire, French singer and actress (d. 1939)
1932
Mario Bichón, Chilean civil servant and politician (d. 2013)
1942
Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green, English businessman and politician (d. 2014)
1945
George Nicholls, English rugby player
1952
Donald R. McMonagle, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
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May 15
1938
Lenny Welch, American singer
1971
Karin Lušnic, Slovenian tennis player
1981
Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress and singer
1982
Tatsuya Fujiwara, Japanese actor
1987
Ersan İlyasova, Turkish basketball player
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May 16
1948
Jesper Christensen, Danish actor, director, and producer
1964
Milton Jones, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1974
Adam Richman, American actor and television host
1977
Dolcenera, Italian singer-songwriter and actress
1978
Lionel Scaloni, Argentinian footballer
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May 17
1964
Mauro Martini, Italian race car driver
1966
Hill Harper, American actor and producer
1976
Kandi Burruss, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Xscape)
1984
Christian Bolaños, Costa Rican footballer
1991
Johanna Konta, Australian-English tennis player
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May 18
1891
Rudolf Carnap, German-American philosopher and academic (d. 1970)
1959
Jay Wells, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1963
Marty McSorley, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and actor
1968
Ralf Kelleners, German race car driver
1977
Lee Hendrie, English footballer
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May 19
1884
David Munson, American runner (d. 1953)
1889
Henry B. Richardson, American archer (d. 1963)
1964
Miloslav Mečíř, Slovak tennis player
1965
Boris, French singer-songwriter and radio host
1980
Tony Hackworth, English footballer
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May 20
1899
Aleksandr Deyneka, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1969)
1906
Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal (d. 1989)
1927
David Hedison, American actor
1985
Chris Froome, Kenyan-English cyclist
1991
Henrik Ojamaa, Estonian footballer
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May 21
1688
Alexander Pope, English poet and author (d. 1744)
1947
İlber Ortaylı, Turkish historian and academic
1955
Paul Barber, English field hockey player
1965
Josh Richman, American actor and producer
1982
Brian Klemm, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Suburban Legends and Big D and the Kids Table)
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May 22
1700
Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, French painter and illustrator (d. 1785)
1770
Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)
1897
Jeanne de Casalis, South African-English actress (d. 1966)
1968
Karen Lord, Barbadian author
1970
Pedro Diniz, Brazilian race car driver
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May 23
635
K'inich Kan B'alam II, Mayan king (d. 702)
1943
Alan Walden, American businessman and manager, co-founded Capricorn Records
1967
Luis Roberto Alves, Mexican footballer
1970
Bryan Herta, American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Bryan Herta Autosport
1983
Josh Pace, American basketball player
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May 24
1803
Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish biologist and paleontologist (d. 1866)
1878
Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American psychologist and engineer (d. 1972)
1900
Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1984)
1913
Peter Ellenshaw, American special effects designer (d. 2007)
1989
Andrew Jordan, English race car driver
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May 25
1048
Emperor Shenzong of Song (d. 1085)
1889
Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aircraft designer, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (d. 1972)
1916
Giuseppe Tosi, Italian discus thrower (d. 1981)
1948
Bülent Arınç, Turkish lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
1954
Murali, Indian actor, producer, and politician (d. 2009)
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May 26
1909
Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (d. 1969)
1943
Erica Terpstra, Dutch swimmer, journalist, and politician
1957
Roberto Ravaglia, Italian race car driver
1963
Musetta Vander, South African model and actress
1967
Philip Treacy, Irish hat designer
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May 27
1756
Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (d. 1825)
1891
Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (d. 1965)
1897
Dink Templeton, American rugby player and coach (d. 1962)
1960
Gaston Therrien, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1985
Chiang Chien-ming, Taiwanese baseball player
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May 28
1974
Alicia Minshew, American actress
1976
Alexei Nemov, Russian gymnast
1981
Aaron Schock, American lawyer and politician
1992
Tom Carroll, English footballer
1993
Bárbara Luz, Portuguese tennis player
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May 29
1921
Norman Hetherington, Australian cartoonist and puppeteer (d. 2010)
1952
Zeituni Onyango, Kenyan-American computer programmer (d. 2014)
1958
Uwe Rapolder, German footballer and coach
1979
Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin, Singaporean footballer
1993
Jana Čepelová, Slovak tennis player
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May 30
1924
Armando Peraza, Cuban-American drummer (Santana) (d. 2014)
1967
Sven Pipien, German-American bass player (The Black Crowes)
1980
Ryōgo Narita, Japanese author
1989
Kevin Covais, American singer and actor
1997
Jake Short, American actor
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May 31
1613
John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)
1914
Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer and educator (d. 2006)
1950
Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior
1958
Roma Maffia, American actress
1968
John Connolly, Irish journalist and author
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