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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
1827
Jules Breton, French painter (d. 1906)
1930
Richard Riordan, American lieutenant and politician, 39th Mayor of Los Angeles
1940
Elsa Peretti, Italian jewelry designer
1973
Oliver Neuville, German footballer
1982
Darijo Srna, Croatian footballer
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May 2
1926
Gérard D. Levesque, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Premier of Quebec (d. 1993)
1950
Duncan Gay, Australian businessman and politician
1950
Lou Gramm, American singer-songwriter (Foreigner and Shadow King)
1950
Simon Gaskell, English chemist and academic
1968
Hikaru Midorikawa, Japanese voice actor and singer
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May 3
1930
Juan Gelman, Argentinian poet and author (d. 2014)
1943
Jim Risch, American lawyer and politician, 31st Governor of Idaho
1953
Bruce Hall, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (REO Speedwagon)
1962
Anders Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder
1969
Amy Ryan, American actress
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May 4
1008
Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, Persian mystic and poet (d. 1088)
1796
William H. Prescott, American historian and scholar (d. 1859)
1937
Marisa Robles, Spanish harp player and educator
1959
Bob Tway, American golfer
1976
Jason Michaels, American baseball player
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May 5
1905
Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator (d. 1986)
1972
James Cracknell, English rower
1978
John Wilshere, Papua New Guinean rugby player
1984
Christian Valdéz, Mexican footballer
1987
Marija Šestić, Bosnian singer
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May 6
1848
Henry Edward Armstrong, English chemist and academic (d. 1937)
1955
John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
1986
Roman Kreuziger, Czech cyclist
1987
Kaliese Spencer, Jamaican hurdler
1990
Caitlin Yankowskas, American figure skater
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May 7
1946
Brian Turner, English chef and television host
1953
Ian McKay, English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1982)
1957
Ned Bellamy, American actor
1987
Michael Hinz, German footballer
1988
Eino Puri, Estonian footballer
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May 8
1928
Robert Conley, American journalist (d. 2013)
1970
Michael Bevan, Australian cricketer and coach
1984
David King, English figure skater
1985
Devon Soltendieck, Canadian journalist and game show host
2003
Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco
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May 9
1930
Kalifa Tillisi, Libyan historian and linguist (d. 2010)
1938
Charles Simić, Serbian-American poet and academic
1955
Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (d. 1991)
1968
David Benoit, American basketball player
1991
Stasija Rage, Latvian figure skater
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May 10
1760
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French captain, engineer, and composer (d. 1836)
1922
Nancy Walker, American actress and director (d. 1992)
1927
Nayantara Sahgal, Indian author
1963
Lisa Nowak, American commander and astronaut
1981
Nicky Whelan, Australian model and actress
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May 11
1881
Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (d. 1963)
1901
Gladys Rockmore Davis, American painter (d. 1967)
1948
Nirj Deva, Sri Lankan-English politician
1976
Sahlene, Swedish singer and actress
1978
Laetitia Casta, French model and actress
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May 12
1803
Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (d. 1873)
1872
Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 1940)
1910
Dorothy Hodgkin, English biochemist, crystallographer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
1926
Viren J. Shah, Indian politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal (d. 2013)
1956
Kimiko Yo, Japanese actress
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May 13
1904
Chishū Ryū, Japanese actor (d. 1993)
1941
Ritchie Valens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)
1957
David Hill, English organist and conductor
1961
Dennis Rodman, American basketball player, wrestler, and actor
1966
Lee Altus, American heavy metal guitarist (Angelwitch and Heathen)
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May 14
1725
Ludovico Manin, French politician, Doge of Venice (d. 1802)
1727
Thomas Gainsborough, English painter and academic (d. 1788)
1900
Walter Rehberg, Swiss pianist and composer (d. 1957)
1972
Mark Ruskell, Scottish politician
1975
Nicki Sørensen, Danish cyclist
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May 15
1567
Claudio Monteverdi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1643)
1874
Polaire, French singer and actress (d. 1939)
1925
Bert Bolin, Swedish meteorologist and academic (d. 2007)
1969
Emmitt Smith, American football player and sportscaster
1992
Clark Beckham, American singer-songwriter
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May 16
1917
Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot (d. 2015)
1960
S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan commander and politician (d. 1998)
1975
Tony Kakko, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sonata Arctica and Northern Kings)
1983
Kyle Wellwood, Canadian ice hockey player
1988
Martynas Gecevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
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May 17
1551
Martin Delrio, Belgian occultist and theologian (d. 1601)
1891
Napoleon Zervas, Greek general and politician (d. 1957)
1926
Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1933
Yelena Gorchakova, Russian javelin thrower (d. 2002)
1990
Leven Rambin, American actress
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May 18
1883
Walter Gropius, German-American architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building (d. 1969)
1944
W. G. Sebald, German author and academic (d. 2001)
1979
Julián Speroni, Argentinian footballer
1983
Vince Young, American football player
1985
Henrique Sereno, Portuguese footballer
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May 19
1919
Georgie Auld, Canadian-American saxophonist, clarinet player, and bandleader (d. 1990)
1938
Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese politician (d. 1989)
1980
Tony Hackworth, English footballer
1984
Carla Lynch, English actress and model
1984
Marcedes Lewis, American football player
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May 20
1924
Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (d. 1976)
1939
John David Bingham Younger, Scottish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tweeddale
1946
Robert Chua, Singaporean broadcaster, founded China Entertainment Television
1951
Mike Crapo, American lawyer and politician
1964
Kōichirō Genba, Japanese politician, 80th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs
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May 21
1856
José Batlle y Ordóñez, Uruguayan journalist and politician, President of Uruguay (d. 1929)
1902
Earl Averill, American baseball player (d. 1983)
1970
Brigita Bukovec, Slovenian hurdler
1988
Park Gyu-ri, South Korean singer and actress (Kara)
1996
Indy de Vroome, Dutch tennis player
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May 22
1859
Farquhar McGillivray Knowles, American-Canadian painter (d. 1932)
1939
Paul Winfield, American actor (d. 2004)
1940
Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor (d. 2011)
1943
David Bernstein, English accountant and businessman
1970
Nadia Khan, Pakistani actress and producer
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May 23
1930
Friedrich Achleitner, German poet and critic
1947
Ann Hui, Hong Kong actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
1959
Bob Mortimer, English comedian and actor
1960
Linden Ashby, American actor and martial artist
1974
Manuela Schwesig, German politician, German Federal Minister of Family Affairs
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May 24
1937
Maryvonne Dupureur, French runner and educator (d. 2008)
1941
George Lakoff, American linguist and academic
1964
Isidro Pérez, Mexican boxer (d. 2013)
1976
Alessandro Cortini, Italian-American singer and keyboard player (Modwheelmood, SONOIO, Blindoldfreak, and Nine Inch Nails)
1984
Brodney Pool, American football player
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May 25
1952
David Jenkins, Trinidadian-Scottish runner
1963
Mike Myers, Canadian-American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
1976
Ethan Suplee, American actor and singer
1979
Carlos Bocanegra, American soccer player
1988
Cameron van der Burgh, South African swimmer
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May 26
1898
Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater (d. 1965)
1908
Robert Morley, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1992)
1938
K. Bikram Singh, Indian director and producer (d. 2013)
1941
Cliff Drysdale, South African tennis player and sportscaster
1949
Anne McGuire, Scottish educator and politician
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May 27
1944
Chris Dodd, American lawyer and politician
1946
Lewis Collins, English-American actor (d. 2013)
1962
Steven Brill, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1963
Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Cuban pianist and composer
1974
Derek Webb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Caedmon's Call)
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May 28
1922
Roger Fisher, American author and academic (d. 2012)
1923
N. T. Rama Rao, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician, 10th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (d. 1996)
1940
David William Brewer, English politician, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London
1960
Mark Sanford, American captain and politician, 115th Governor of South Carolina
1965
Mary Coughlan, Irish politician and Deputy prime minister of Ireland
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May 29
1773
Princess Sophia of Gloucester (d. 1844)
1942
Kevin Conway, American actor and director
1963
Ukyo Katayama, Japanese race car driver
1971
Éric Lucas, Canadian boxer
1978
Lorenzo Odone, American Adrenoleukodystrophy patient (d. 2008)
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May 30
1937
Christopher Haskins, Anglo-Irish businessman, life peer and politician
1949
Klaus Flouride, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Dead Kennedys)
1949
P. J. Carlesimo, American basketball player and coach
1971
Duncan Jones, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1981
Gianmaria Bruni, Italian race car driver
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May 31
1641
Patriarch Dositheos II of Jerusalem (d. 1707)
1852
Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic (d. 1919)
1957
Kyle Secor, American actor and director
1964
Darryl McDaniels, American rapper and producer (Run–D.M.C.)
1983
Dustin Wells, New Zealand footballer
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