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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
1949
Paul Teutul, Sr., American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers
1950
John Diehl, American actor and producer
1966
Charlie Schlatter, American actor
1967
Tim McGraw, American singer-songwriter and actor
1978
Sachie Hara, Japanese model and actress
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May 2
1910
Alexander Bonnyman, Jr., American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1943)
1930
Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli painter and critic (d. 2013)
1931
Phil Bruns, American actor and stuntman (d. 2012)
1938
Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (d. 1996)
1981
Rina Satō, Japanese voice actress and singer
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May 3
1662
Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect, designed the Pillnitz Castle (d. 1736)
1826
Charles XV of Sweden (d. 1872)
1893
Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (d. 1975)
1944
Alan Rose, Australian public servant
1997
Ivana Jorović, Serbian tennis player
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May 4
1890
Franklin Carmichael, Canadian painter (d. 1945)
1930
Roberta Peters, American soprano
1931
Thomas Stuttaford, English physician, journalist, and politician
1971
Joe Borowski, American baseball player and sportscaster
1984
Montell Owens, American football player
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May 5
1934
Victor Garland, Australian accountant and politician, 26th Australian Minister for Veterans' Affairs
1944
John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor and screenwriter
1961
Rob Williams, American basketball player (d. 2014)
1966
Sergei Stanishev, Ukrainian-Bulgarian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
1985
Terrence Wheatley, American football player
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May 6
1909
Loyd Sigmon, American radio host (d. 2004)
1942
Rin Kaiho, Chinese-Japanese go player
1943
Milton William Cooper, American theorist and author (d. 2001)
1977
Christophe Brandt, Belgian cyclist
1978
John Abraham, American football player
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May 7
1911
Rıfat Ilgaz, Turkish author, poet, and educator (d. 1993)
1984
Drew Stanton, American football player
1985
Drew Neitzel, American basketball player
1987
Michael Maidens, English footballer (d. 2007)
1999
Masaki Sato, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume)
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May 8
1745
Carl Stamitz, German violinist and composer (d. 1801)
1818
Samuel Leonard Tilley, Canadian pharmacist and politician, 3rd Premier of New Brunswick (d. 1896)
1943
Paul Samwell-Smith, English bass player and producer (The Yardbirds and Box of Frogs)
1961
David Winning, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1964
Melissa Gilbert, American actress and director
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May 9
1892
Zita of Bourbon-Parma (d. 1989)
1950
Tom Petersson, American bass player and songwriter (Cheap Trick and Fuse)
1982
Gu Yuan, Chinese hammer thrower
1991
Stasija Rage, Latvian figure skater
1996
Saron Läänmäe, Estonian footballer
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May 10
1770
Louis-Nicolas Davout, French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1823)
1896
Alberts Ozoliņš, Latvian weightlifter (d. 1985)
1958
Rick Santorum, American lawyer and politician
1959
Victoria Rowell, American actress and dancer
1960
Dean Heller, American lawyer and politician, 15th Secretary of State of Nevada
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May 11
1715
Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, German organist (d. 1739)
1924
Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and theorist (d. 2014)
1950
Jeremy Paxman, English journalist and author
1952
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Iranian-American actress
1983
Steven Sotloff, American-Israeli journalist (d. 2014)
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May 12
1812
Edward Lear, English author, poet, and illustrator (d. 1888)
1922
Marco Denevi, Argentinian lawyer and author (d. 1998)
1962
Brett Gurewitz, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Bad Religion, Daredevils, and Error)
1973
Lutz Pfannenstiel, German footballer and manager
1995
Irina Khromacheva, Russian tennis player
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May 13
1024
Hugh of Cluny, French abbot and saint (d. 1109)
1904
Louis Duffus, Australian-South African cricketer and journalist (d. 1984)
1973
Eric Lewis, American pianist
1978
Mike Bibby, American basketball player and coach
1993
Bang Minah, South Korean singer and actress (Girl's Day)
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May 14
1900
Walter Rehberg, Swiss pianist and composer (d. 1957)
1959
Patrick Bruel, French actor, singer, and poker player
1961
Tommy Rogers, American wrestler (d. 2015)
1962
Danny Huston, Italian-American actor and director
1978
Gustavo Varela, Uruguayan footballer
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May 15
1901
Luis Monti, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (d. 1983)
1943
Freddie Perren, American songwriter, producer, and conductor (d. 2004)
1943
Paul Bégin, Canadian lawyer and politician
1951
Dennis Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter (Toto, Angel, and Le Roux) (d. 2014)
1952
Phil Seymour, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1993)
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May 16
1925
Bobbejaan Schoepen, Belgian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2010)
1940
Ole Ernst, Danish actor (d. 2013)
1955
Olga Korbut, Belarusian gymnast
1990
Thomas Brodie-Sangster, English actor
1998
Ariel Waller, Canadian actress
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May 17
1923
Anthony Eyton, English painter and educator
1946
F. Paul Wilson, American author
1953
Luca Prodan, Italian-Argentinian singer-songwriter (Sumo and Hurlingham Reggae Band)
1985
Teófilo Gutiérrez, Colombian footballer
1990
Guido Pella, Argentinian tennis player
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May 18
1931
Clément Vincent, Canadian farmer and politician
1936
Türker İnanoğlu, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter
1937
Jacques Santer, Luxembourger jurist and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Luxembourg
1939
Silvana Armenulić, Bosnian singer-songwriter and actress
1976
Marko Tomasović, Croatian pianist and composer
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May 19
1914
Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
1926
Edward Parkes, English engineer and academic
1934
Jim Lehrer, American journalist and author
1966
Polly Walker, English actress
1997
Ida LaFontaine, Swedish singer
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May 20
1895
R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire and Supermarine S.6B (d. 1937)
1943
Vernon Fougère, Canadian bishop (d. 2013)
1961
Clive Allen, English footballer and manager
1967
Ramzi Yousef, Kuwaiti-Pakistani terrorist, conducted the World Trade Center bombing
1981
Kensuke Tanaka, Japanese baseball player
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May 21
1960
Vladimir Salnikov, Russian swimmer
1969
Pierluigi Brivio, Italian footballer
1976
Abderrahim Goumri, Moroccan runner (d. 2013)
1980
Gotye, Belgian-Australian singer-songwriter (The Basics)
1988
Kaire Leibak, Estonian triple jumper
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May 22
1909
Margaret Mee, English illustrator and educator (d. 1988)
1950
Bill Whelan, Irish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Planxty)
1970
Nadia Khan, Pakistani actress and producer
1984
Didier Ya Konan, Ivorian footballer
1986
Matt Jarvis, English footballer
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May 23
1912
John Payne, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1989)
1951
Antonis Samaras, Greek economist and politician, 185th Prime Minister of Greece
1958
Jack Lohman, English historian and curator
1962
Matt Wrack, English firefighter and union leader
1983
Cas Alfonso, Indonesian singer-songwriter and composer
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May 24
1494
Pontormo, Italian painter (d. 1557)
1686
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-German physicist and engineer, developed the Fahrenheit scale (d. 1736)
1901
José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 1968)
1903
Milo Burcham, American pilot (d. 1944)
1987
Aiko Orgla, Estonian footballer
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May 25
1933
Basdeo Panday, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
1935
W. P. Kinsella, Canadian author and poet
1953
Eve Ensler, American playwright and producer
1953
Stan Sakai, Japanese-American author and illustrator
1990
Bo Dallas, American wrestler
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May 26
1940
Levon Helm, American singer-songwriter, drummer, producer, and actor (The Band) (d. 2012)
1951
Madeleine Taylor-Quinn, Irish educator and politician
1957
Kristina Olsen, American singer-songwriter
1971
Matt Stone, American actor, animator, screenwriter, producer, and composer
1987
Josh Thomas, Australian comedian and actor
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May 27
1936
Benjamin Bathurst, English admiral
1973
Tana Umaga, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1977
Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian high jumper
1984
Darin Brooks, American actor
1985
Roberto Soldado, Spanish footballer
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May 28
1872
Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist and mountaineer (d. 1917)
1909
Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
1910
Rachel Kempson, English-American actress (d. 2003)
1965
Mary Coughlan, Irish politician and Deputy prime minister of Ireland
1984
Beth Allen, New Zealand actress
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May 29
1594
Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal (d. 1632)
1873
Rudolf Tobias, Estonian organist and composer (d. 1918)
1917
Marcel Trudel, Canadian historian, author, and academic (d. 2011)
1971
Rob Womack, English shot putter and discus thrower
1974
Stephen Larkham, Australian rugby player and coach
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May 30
1890
Roger Salengro, French soldier and politician, French Minister of the Interior (d. 1936)
1969
Naomi Kawase, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
1971
Jiří Šlégr, Czech ice hockey player and politician
1981
Gianmaria Bruni, Italian race car driver
1984
Matt Maguire, Australian footballer
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May 31
1908
Don Ameche, American actor and singer (d. 1993)
1932
Jay Miner, American computer scientist and engineer (d. 1994)
1964
Stéphane Caristan, French hurdler and coach
1977
Scott Klopfenstein, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (Reel Big Fish, The Littlest Man Band, The Scholars, and Nuckle Brothers)
1981
Daniele Bonera, Italian footballer
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