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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
1940
Yury Yershov, Russian mathematician and academic
1947
Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist (d. 2015)
1954
Ray Parker, Jr., American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Raydio)
1980
Jan Heylen, Belgian race car driver
1980
Marvin Cabrera, Mexican footballer
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May 2
1752
Ludwig August Lebrun, German oboe player and composer (d. 1790)
1890
E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (d. 1965)
1922
Serge Reggiani, Italian-French actor and singer (d. 2004)
1948
Larry Gatlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Imperials)
1962
Big Boss Man, American wrestler and manager (d. 2004)
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May 3
1901
Gino Cervi, Italian actor (d. 1974)
1915
Richard Lippold, American sculptor and academic (d. 2002)
1921
Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer and actor (d. 1989)
1964
Ron Hextall, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
1981
Farrah Franklin, American singer, dancer, and actress (Destiny's Child)
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May 4
1864
Marie Booth, English daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1937)
1913
John Broome, American author (d. 1999)
1928
Wolfgang von Trips, German race car driver (d. 1961)
1937
Ron Carter, American bassist and educator (Miles Davis Quintet)
1972
Chris Tomlin, American singer-songwriter and pianist
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May 5
1898
Elsie Eaves, American engineer (d. 1983)
1951
Nicholas Guest, American actor
1973
Tina Yothers, American actress and singer
1987
Ian Michael Smith, American actor
1990
Hannah Davis, American model
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May 6
1742
Jean Senebier, Swiss pastor and physiologist (d. 1809)
1758
Maximilien Robespierre, French lawyer and politician (d. 1794)
1934
Richard Shelby, American lawyer and politician
1960
Aleksei Lotman, Estonian biologist and politician
1978
Aleksandr Fyodorov, Russian bodybuilder
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May 7
1901
Gary Cooper, American actor and singer (d. 1961)
1943
Terry Allen, American singer and painter
1959
Heiki Valk, Estonian archeologist and academic
1971
Reidar Horghagen, Norwegian drummer (Immortal, Hypocrisy, and Grimfist)
1988
Sander Puri, Estonian footballer
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May 8
1942
Martin Dobkin, Canadian doctor and politician, 2nd Mayor of Mississauga
1945
Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, Dutch jurist and politician
1964
Päivi Alafrantti, Finnish javelin thrower
1972
Candy Pangilinan, Filipino actress
1974
Jon Tickle, English television host
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May 9
1884
Valdemar Psilander, Danish actor (d. 1917)
1918
Mike Wallace, American journalist and game show host (d. 2012)
1960
Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
1977
Asal Badiee, Iranian actress (d. 2013)
1985
Audrina Patridge, American model and actress
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May 10
1886
Felix Manalo, Filipino religious leader, founded Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963)
1944
Jim Abrahams, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1952
Sly Dunbar, Jamaican drummer (Sly and Robbie, The Aggrovators, The Upsetters, and The Revolutionaries)
1960
Dean Heller, American lawyer and politician, 15th Secretary of State of Nevada
1965
Rony Seikaly, Lebanese-American basketball player and radio host
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May 11
1881
Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (d. 1963)
1895
William Grant Still, American composer and conductor (d. 1978)
1974
Kevin Brown, English-Canadian ice hockey player
1977
Gonzalo Colsa, Spanish footballer
1988
Marcel Kittel, German cyclist
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May 12
1918
Julius Rosenberg, American spy (d. 1953)
1933
Andrei Voznesensky, Russian poet and author (d. 2010)
1942
Michel Fugain, French singer-songwriter
1967
Joe McKinney, Irish actor
1989
Eleftheria Eleftheriou, Cypriot singer and actress
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May 13
1912
Gil Evans, Canadian-American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1988)
1941
Senta Berger, Austrian actress, producer, and author
1978
Ryan Bukvich, American baseball player
1983
Yaya Touré, Ivorian footballer
1987
Laura Izibor, Irish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
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May 14
1900
Leo Smit, Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1943)
1916
Del Moore, American actor (d. 1970)
1948
Bob Woolmer, Indian-English cricketer and coach (d. 2007)
1983
Uroš Slokar, Slovenian basketball player
1986
Alyosha, Ukrainian singer
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May 15
1951
Chris Ham, English political scientist and academic
1958
Ron Simmons, American football player and wrestler
1978
David Krumholtz, American actor and producer
1982
Tatsuya Fujiwara, Japanese actor
1987
Jennylyn Mercado, Filipino singer-songwriter and actress
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May 16
1845
Élie Metchnikoff, Ukrainian-French biologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
1919
Ramon Margalef, Spanish ecologist and biologist (d. 2004)
1948
Judy Finnigan, English talk show host and author
1957
Anthony St John, 22nd Baron St John of Bletso, English lawyer and businessman
1982
Hanna Mariën, Belgian sprinter
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May 17
1873
Henri Barbusse, French author and journalist (d. 1935)
1964
Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (d. 1999)
1978
Carlos Peña, Dominican-American baseball player
1985
Alyssa Stringfellow, New Zealand actress
1985
Todd Redmond, American baseball player
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May 18
1711
Ruđer Bošković, Croatian physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1787)
1883
Walter Gropius, German-American architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building (d. 1969)
1922
Bill Macy, American actor
1933
H. D. Deve Gowda, Indian farmer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of India
1966
Michael Tait, American singer-songwriter and producer (DC Talk, Tait, and Newsboys)
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May 19
1915
Renée Asherson, English actress (d. 2014)
1921
Leslie Broderick, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 2013)
1929
Richard Larter, Australian painter (d. 2014)
1954
Phil Rudd, Australian-New Zealand drummer (AC/DC and Buster Brown)
1977
Kelly Sheridan, Canadian voice actress and singer
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May 20
1593
Salomo Glassius, German theologian and critic (d. 1656)
1897
Malcolm Nokes, English hammer and discus thrower (d. 1986)
1899
John Marshall Harlan II, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1971)
1938
Alan Smithers, English physiologist and academic
1986
Stéphane Mbia, Cameroonian footballer
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May 21
1941
Ronald Isley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Isley Brothers)
1954
D. B. S. Jeyaraj, Sri Lankan-Canadian journalist and blogger
1967
Chris Benoit, Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2007)
1969
Masayo Kurata, Japanese voice actress and singer
1992
Philipp Grüneberg, German footballer
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May 22
1891
Eddie Edwards, American baseball player and trombonist (Original Dixieland Jazz Band) (d. 1963)
1904
Paul Viiding, Estonian author, poet, and critic (d. 1962)
1968
Randy Brown, American basketball player and manager
1970
Paddy Atkinson, Singaporean-English footballer and manager
1975
Tracy Brookshaw, Canadian-American wrestler and referee
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May 23
1820
James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (d. 1887)
1893
Ulysses S. Grant IV, American geologist and paleontologist (d. 1977)
1932
Kevork Ajemian, Syrian-French journalist and author (d. 1998)
1945
Lauren Chapin, American actress
1974
Charlie Young, Taiwanese-Hong Kong actress and singer
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May 24
1932
James Anderton, English police officer
1967
Tamer Karadağlı, Turkish actor
1976
Alessandro Cortini, Italian-American singer and keyboard player (Modwheelmood, SONOIO, Blindoldfreak, and Nine Inch Nails)
1979
Kareem McKenzie, American football player
1986
Jordan Metcalfe, English actor
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May 25
1925
Don Liddle, American baseball player (d. 2000)
1939
Dixie Carter, American actress and singer (d. 2010)
1947
Karen Valentine, American actress
1970
Sidney Greenbush, American actress
1982
Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenyan runner
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May 26
1938
Pauline Parker, New Zealand murderer
1949
Ward Cunningham, American computer programmer, developed the first wiki
1957
Kristina Olsen, American singer-songwriter
1962
Bobcat Goldthwait, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1976
Paul Collingwood, English cricketer and coach
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May 27
1944
Chris Dodd, American lawyer and politician
1971
Sophie Walker, British politician, leader of the Women's Equality Party
1975
Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer
1989
Ben Pringle, English footballer
1990
Chris Colfer, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
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May 28
1908
Ian Fleming, English journalist and author, created ''James Bond'' (d. 1964)
1946
William Shawcross, English journalist and author
1949
Susan Fitzgerald, English-Irish actress (d. 2013)
1964
Armen Gilliam, American basketball player and coach (d. 2011)
1985
Colbie Caillat, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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May 29
1940
Taihō Kōki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48th Yokozuna (d. 2013)
1973
Anthony Azizi, American actor
1975
Anthony Wall, English golfer
1988
Muath al-Kasasbeh, Jordanian captain and pilot (d. 2015)
1989
Ezekiel Ansah, Ghanaian-American football player
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May 30
1887
Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian-American sculptor and illustrator (d. 1964)
1912
Erich Bagge, German physicist and academic (d. 1996)
1924
Anthony Dryden Marshall, American CIA officer and diplomat (d. 2014)
1971
Duncan Jones, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1990
Andrei Loktionov, Russian ice hockey player
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May 31
1927
James Eberle, English admiral
1961
Ray Cote, Canadian ice hockey player
1977
Phil Devey, Canadian baseball player
1977
Theodoros Baev, Bulgarian-Greek volleyball player
1997
Inês Murta, Portuguese tennis player
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