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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
1672
Joseph Addison, English journalist and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (d. 1719)
1829
Frederick Sandys, English painter and illustrator (d. 1904)
1971
Artur Kohutek, Polish hurdler and soldier
1980
Inês Henriques, Portuguese race walker
1980
Marvin Cabrera, Mexican footballer
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May 2
1737
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)
1886
Gottfried Benn, German author and poet (d. 1956)
1956
Yasushi Akimoto, Japanese songwriter and producer
1974
Andy Johnson, English-Welsh footballer
1991
Laurie Duncan, English actor
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May 3
1764
Princess Élisabeth of France (d. 1794)
1944
Alan Rose, Australian public servant
1965
Ignatius Aphrem II, Syrian patriarch
1975
Christina Hendricks, American actress
1975
Maksim Mrvica, Croatian pianist
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May 4
1856
Pablo de Escandón, Mexican polo player (d. 1929)
1960
Paul Bhattacharjee, English actor (d. 2013)
1967
Akiko Yajima, Japanese voice actress
1987
Anjeza Shahini, Albanian singer
1990
Irina Falconi, American tennis player
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May 5
1958
Jack Wishna, American businessman, co-founded Rockcityclub (d. 2012)
1966
Josh Weinstein, American screenwriter and producer
1976
Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentinian footballer and sportscaster
1980
DerMarr Johnson, American basketball player
1988
Richard O'Dwyer, English computer programmer
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May 6
1909
Loyd Sigmon, American radio host (d. 2004)
1915
Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1985)
1922
Camille Laurin, Canadian psychiatrist and politician, 7th Deputy Premier of Quebec (d. 1999)
1945
Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (The Flatlanders)
1985
Tanerau Latimer, New Zealand rugby player
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May 7
1924
Albert Band, French-American director and producer (d. 2002)
1964
Ronnie Harmon, American football player
1974
Ian Pearce, English footballer and manager
1979
Katie Douglas, American basketball player
1987
Mark Reynolds Scottish footballer
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May 8
1521
Peter Canisius, Dutch-Swiss priest and saint (d. 1597)
1893
Teddy Wakelam, English rugby player and sportscaster (d. 1963)
1925
Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Tanzanian politician, 2nd President of Tanzania
1961
David Winning, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1971
Chuck Huber, American voice actor, director, and screenwriter
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May 9
1866
Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian economist and politician (d. 1915)
1918
Orville Freeman, American soldier and politician, 16th United States Secretary of Agriculture (d. 2003)
1970
Ghostface Killah, American rapper and actor (Wu-Tang Clan and Theodore Unit)
1985
Jake Long, American football player
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May 10
1891
Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and academic (d. 1934)
1915
Denis Thatcher, English soldier and businessman, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2003)
1920
Bert Weedon, English guitarist (d. 2012)
1942
Youssouf Sambo Bâ, Nigerien-Burkinabe educator and politician
1969
Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer and manager
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May 11
1890
Willie Applegarth, English-American sprinter (d. 1958)
1907
Rose Ausländer, Ukrainian-English poet and author (d. 1988)
1934
Jim Jeffords, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 2014)
1974
Billy Kidman, American wrestler, trainer, and producer
1977
Pablo Gabriel García, Uruguayan footballer
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May 12
1911
Charles Biro, American author and illustrator (d. 1972)
1938
Terry Farrell, English architect, designed the KK100 and the SIS Building
1954
Rafael Yglesias, American author and screenwriter
1985
Jeroen Simaeys, Belgian footballer
1986
Jonathan Orozco, Mexican footballer
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May 13
1794
Louis Léopold Robert, French painter (d. 1835)
1898
Justin Tuveri, Italian-French soldier (d. 2007)
1965
José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountaineer (d. 2006)
1967
Melanie Thornton, American-German singer (La Bouche) (d. 2001)
1983
Natalie Cassidy, English actress and singer
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May 14
1737
George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Irish-English politician and diplomat, Governor of Grenada (d. 1806)
1897
Ed Ricketts, American biologist and ecologist (d. 1948)
1899
Earle Combs, American baseball player and coach (d. 1976)
1942
Prentis Hancock, Scottish actor
1949
Klaus-Peter Thaler, German cyclist
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May 15
1531
Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (d. 1581)
1926
Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter
1944
Bill Alter, American police officer and politician
1960
Rob Bowman, American director and producer
1992
Clark Beckham, American singer-songwriter
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May 16
1929
Claude Morin, Canadian academic and politician
1950
Georg Bednorz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1964
Milton Jones, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1977
Claudia Albertario, Argentinian model and actress
1977
Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Canadian ice hockey player
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May 17
1895
Reinhold Saulmann, Estonian sprinter and bandy player (d. 1936)
1950
Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Russian journalist and politician (d. 2014)
1955
David Townsend, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Surface) (d. 2005)
1970
René Vilbre, Estonian director and screenwriter
1974
William Yiampoy, Kenyan runner
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May 18
1610
Stefano della Bella, Italian engraver and etcher (d. 1664)
1822
Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (d. 1896)
1901
Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)
1954
Wreckless Eric, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983
Gary O'Neil, English footballer
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May 19
1908
Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1956)
1928
Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (d. 1982)
1929
John Stroger, American politician (d. 2008)
1941
Tania Mallet, English model and actress
1963
Filippo Galli, Italian footballer and manager
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May 20
1759
William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol (d. 1828)
1939
Balu Mahendra, Sri Lankan-Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1975
Mark Zupan, American rugby player and actor
1983
Matthew Langridge, English rower
1992
Jack Gleeson, Irish actor
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May 21
1912
Chen Dayu, Chinese painter and calligrapher (d. 2001)
1920
Bill Barber, American tuba player and educator (d. 2007)
1923
Vernon Biever, American photographer (d. 2010)
1928
Alice Drummond, American actress
1980
Gotye, Belgian-Australian singer-songwriter (The Basics)
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May 22
1622
Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier and politician, 3rd Governor General of New France (d. 1698)
1907
Martha Angelici, French soprano and actress (d. 1973)
1916
William C. Brown, American engineer (d. 1999)
1965
Catie Curtis, American singer-songwriter
1988
Anthony Andreu, French footballer
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May 23
1855
Isabella Ford, English author and activist (d. 1924)
1928
Nina Otkalenko, Russian runner (d. 2015)
1974
Jewel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet
1977
Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater
1983
Josh Pace, American basketball player
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May 24
1870
Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and judge (d. 1938)
1931
Michael Lonsdale, French actor and singer
1964
Isidro Pérez, Mexican boxer (d. 2013)
1973
Ruslana, Ukrainian singer, dancer, producer, and actress
1992
Travis T. Flory, American actor
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May 25
1334
Emperor Sukō of Japan (d. 1398)
1879
William Stickney, American golfer (d. 1944)
1933
Romuald Klim, Belarusian hammer thrower (d. 2011)
1956
Tatsutoshi Goto, Japanese wrestler
1976
Erki Pütsep, Estonian cyclist
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May 26
1908
Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Vietnamese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam
1922
Troy Smith, American businessman, founded Sonic Drive-In (d. 2009)
1963
Mary Nightingale, English journalist
1983
Henry Holland, English fashion designer
1988
Dani Samuels, Australian discus thrower
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May 27
1818
Amelia Bloomer, American journalist and activist (d. 1894)
1915
Ester Soré, Chilean singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
1946
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish bassist and composer (d. 2005)
1954
Jackie Slater, American football player and coach
1983
Bobby Convey, American soccer player
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May 28
1853
Carl Larsson, Swedish painter and author (d. 1919)
1928
Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer (d. 2015)
1979
Joeri Jansen, Belgian runner
1991
Kail Piho, Estonian skier
1992
Huang Qiushuang, Chinese gymnast
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May 29
1794
Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer and selenographer (d. 1874)
1921
Clifton James, American actor
1975
Mel B, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Spice Girls)
1976
Jerry Hairston, Jr., American baseball player and sportscaster
1977
António Lebo Lebo, Angolan footballer
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May 30
1899
Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1936)
1912
Hugh Griffith, Welsh-English actor (d. 1980)
1938
David Early, American actor and educator (d. 2013)
1943
Charles Collingwood, Canadian-English actor
1943
James Chaney, American activist (d. 1964)
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May 31
1753
Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, French lawyer and politician (d. 1793)
1860
Walter Sickert, English painter (d. 1942)
1909
Aurore Gagnon, Canadian child abuse victim (d. 1920)
1925
Julian Beck, American actor and director (d. 1986)
1977
Joachim Olsen, Danish shot putter and politician
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