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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
1218
John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)
1896
J. Lawton Collins, American general (d. 1987)
1951
Geoff Lees, English race car driver
1953
Glen Ballard, American songwriter and producer
1967
Scott Coffey, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
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May 2
1551
William Camden, English historian and topographer (d. 1623)
1917
Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (d. 2002)
1945
Gene Deckerhoff, American sportscaster
1946
David Suchet, English actor and producer
1946
Lesley Gore, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2015)
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May 3
1905
Red Ruffing, American baseball pitcher and coach (d. 1986)
1906
Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist and author (d. 1975)
1930
Juan Gelman, Argentinian poet and author (d. 2014)
1954
Peter Duncan, English actor and television host
1982
Nick Stavinoha, American baseball player
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May 4
1921
Patsy Garrett, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
1959
Scott Armstrong, American wrestler and referee
1975
Catherine Trudeau, Canadian actress
1985
Henry Sugut, Kenyan runner
1992
Rasmus Mägi, Estonian hurdler
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May 5
1934
Johnnie Taylor, American singer (d. 2000)
1946
Jim Kelly, American actor and martial artist (d. 2013)
1963
James LaBrie, Canadian singer-songwriter (Dream Theater, Winter Rose, Explorers Club, and MullMuzzler)
1988
Richard O'Dwyer, English computer programmer
1993
Francine Niyonsaba, Burundian runner
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May 6
1923
Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2002)
1953
Graeme Souness, Scottish footballer and manager
1953
Michelle Courchesne, Canadian urban planner and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
1956
Lakis Lazopoulos, Greek actor and screenwriter
1969
Jim Magilton, Irish footballer and manager
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May 7
1860
Tom Norman, English businessman (d. 1930)
1903
Jimmy Ball, Canadian sprinter (d. 1988)
1949
Kathy Ahern, American golfer (d. 1996)
1954
Amy Heckerling, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1961
Ivar Must, Estonian composer and producer
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May 8
1853
Dan Brouthers, American baseball player and manager (d. 1932)
1912
George Woodcock, Canadian author and poet (d. 1995)
1913
Bob Clampett, American animator, director, and producer (d. 1984)
1913
Sid James, South African-English actor and singer (d. 1976)
1915
John Archer, American actor (d. 1999)
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May 9
1895
Richard Barthelmess, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1963)
1943
Colin Pillinger, English astronomer, chemist, and academic (d. 2014)
1972
Dana Perino, American journalist and politician, 27th White House Press Secretary
1982
Rachel Boston, American actress and producer
1983
Gilles Müller, Luxembourgian tennis player
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May 10
1855
Yukteswar Giri, Indian guru and educator (d. 1936)
1891
Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and academic (d. 1934)
1944
Jim Abrahams, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1946
Donovan, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1974
Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer
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May 11
1824
Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904)
1890
Helge Løvland, Norwegian decathlete (d. 1984)
1948
Shigeru Izumiya, Japanese singer, actor, and poet
1958
Dan Ireland, American director and producer
1978
Laetitia Casta, French model and actress
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May 12
1892
Fritz Kortner, Austrian-German actor and director (d. 1970)
1910
Dorothy Hodgkin, English biochemist, crystallographer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
1942
Dragoljub Velimirović, Serbian chess player and theoretician (d. 2014)
1943
Linda Dano, American actress and author
1956
Bernie Federko, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
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May 13
1964
Chris Maitland, English drummer (Porcupine Tree and Nosound)
1969
Buckethead, American guitarist and songwriter (Guns N' Roses, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, Praxis, and Deli Creeps)
1983
Jacob Reynolds, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1986
Lena Dunham, American actress, director, and screenwriter
1993
Siim-Tanel Sammelselg, Estonian ski jumper
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May 14
1727
Thomas Gainsborough, English painter and academic (d. 1788)
1919
Solange Chaput-Rolland, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2001)
1931
Alvin Lucier, American composer and academic
1959
Markus Büchel, Liechtensteiner politician, 9th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (d. 2013)
1993
Kristina Mladenovic, French tennis player
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May 15
1948
Kathleen Sebelius, American politician, 44th Governor of Kansas
1969
Assala Nasri, Syrian singer
1984
Jeff Deslauriers, Canadian ice hockey player
1987
Leonardo Mayer, Argentinian tennis player
1988
Nemanja Nešić, Serbian rower (d. 2012)
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May 16
1891
Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor and actor (d. 1948)
1921
Harry Carey, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1940
Ole Ernst, Danish actor (d. 2013)
1951
Janet Soskice, Canadian philosopher and theologian
1959
Mitch Webster, American baseball player
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May 17
1551
Martin Delrio, Belgian occultist and theologian (d. 1601)
1934
Friedrich-Wilhelm Kiel, German educator and politician
1956
Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer and actor
1967
Paul D'Amour, American bass player (Tool and Replicants)
1990
Guido Pella, Argentinian tennis player
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May 18
1889
Thomas Midgley, Jr., American chemist and engineer (d. 1944)
1927
Richard Body, English politician
1955
Peeter Vähi, Estonian composer
1978
Jessica Cutler, American blogger and author
1982
Marie-Ève Pelletier, Canadian tennis player
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May 19
1874
Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1955)
1947
Christopher Chope, English lawyer and politician
1949
Archie Manning, American football player and sportscaster
1977
Natalia Oreiro, Uruguayan singer-songwriter and actress
1979
Bérénice Marlohe, French actress
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May 20
1916
Ondina Valla, Italian sprinter and hurdler (d. 2006)
1964
Edin Osmanović, Slovenian footballer, coach, and manager
1975
Mark Zupan, American rugby player and actor
1981
Mark Winterbottom, Australian race car driver
1986
Robert Emms, English actor
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May 21
1853
Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905)
1930
Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2015)
1947
Jonathan Hyde, Australian-English actor
1952
Mr. T, American actor and wrestler
1974
Havoc, American rapper and producer (Mobb Deep)
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May 22
1904
Pyotr Sobolevsky, Russian actor (d. 1977)
1933
Gamaliel Onosode, Nigerian businessman and politician (d. 2015)
1952
Bernhard Brinkmann, German lawyer and politician
1953
Doris Barnett, German politician
1981
Louis Talpe, Belgian actor
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May 23
1882
William Halpenny, Canadian pole vaulter (d. 1960)
1914
Celestine Sibley, American journalist and author (d. 1999)
1923
Walter Wolfrum, German lieutenant and pilot (d. 2010)
1928
Pauline Julien, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1998)
1958
Mitch Albom, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
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May 24
1924
Philip Pearlstein, American soldier and painter
1933
Aharon Lichtenstein, French-Israeli rabbi and author (d. 2015)
1964
Liz McColgan, Scottish educator and runner
1964
Pat Verbeek, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1972
Layne Beachley, Australian surfer
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May 25
1830
Trebor Mai (né Robert Williams), Welsh poet (d. 1877)
1845
Lip Pike, American baseball player and manager (d. 1893)
1921
Hal David, American songwriter and composer (d. 2012)
1936
Tom T. Hall, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1984
Luke Ball, Australian footballer
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May 26
1912
János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1989)
1936
David Stevens, Baron Stevens of Ludgate, English politician
1938
Pauline Parker, New Zealand murderer
1946
Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Spiders from Mars and Mott the Hoople) (d. 1993)
1979
Elisabeth Harnois, American actress
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May 27
1950
Dee Dee Bridgewater, American singer-songwriter and actress
1962
Anthony A. Hyman, Israeli-English biologist and academic
1970
Cherry Pie Picache, Filipino actress and screenwriter
1971
Wayne Carey, Australian footballer and coach
1988
Tyler Sash, American football player (d. 2015)
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May 28
1921
Heinz G. Konsalik, German journalist and author (d. 1999)
1959
John Morgan, English etiquette expert and author (d. 2000)
1965
Mary Coughlan, Irish politician and Deputy prime minister of Ireland
1970
Jimi Goodwin, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Doves and Sub Sub)
1985
Colbie Caillat, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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May 29
1730
Jackson of Exeter, English organist and composer (d. 1803)
1917
John F. Kennedy, American lieutenant and politician, 35th President of the United States (d. 1963)
1972
Bill Curley, American basketball player and coach
1974
Myf Warhurst, Australian radio and television host
1978
Adam Rickitt, English actor and singer (5th Story)
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May 30
1940
Jagmohan Dalmiya, Indian cricket administrator (d. 2015)
1948
Michael Piller, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)
1968
Zacarias Moussaoui, French terrorist
1980
Ilona Korstin, Russian basketball player
1984
Jordan Palmer, American football player
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May 31
1847
William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Canadian-Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast (d. 1924)
1852
Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist, invented the Petri dish (d. 1921)
1933
Henry B. Eyring, American religious leader, educator, and author
1962
Corey Hart, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
1989
Sean Johnson, American soccer player
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