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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
1764
Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English-American architect, designed the United States Capitol (d. 1820)
1971
Artur Kohutek, Polish hurdler and soldier
1976
Patricia Stokkers, Dutch swimmer
1987
Matt Di Angelo, English actor and singer
1990
Caitlin Stasey, Australian actress and singer
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May 2
1601
Athanasius Kircher, German priest and scholar (d. 1680)
1929
Eddie Garcia, Filipino actor and director
1936
Norma Aleandro, Argentinian actress, director, and screenwriter
1941
Clay Carroll, American baseball player
1980
Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Canadian skateboarder
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May 3
1632
Catherine of St. Augustine, French-Canadian nurse and saint, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (d. 1668)
1891
Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet and critic (d. 1969)
1959
Ben Elton, English actor, director, and screenwriter
1966
Darren Morgan, Welsh snooker player and coach
1969
Daryl F. Mallett, American author and actor
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May 4
1827
John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer (d. 1864)
1907
Lincoln Kirstein, American soldier and playwright, co-founded the New York City Ballet (d. 1996)
1928
Maynard Ferguson, Canadian trumpet player and bandleader (Big Bop Nouveau) (d. 2006)
1951
Jackie Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer (The Jackson 5)
1961
Chris Packham, English photographer, author, and television host
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May 5
1833
Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer and academic (d. 1905)
1935
Douglas Marland, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1993)
1951
Nicholas Guest, American actor
1968
Katherine Rake, English academic
1970
Todd Newton, American game show host
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May 6
1871
Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
1895
Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian soldier and politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (d. 1946)
1931
Willie Mays, American baseball player and coach
1963
Alessandra Ferri, Italian ballerina
1979
Mark Burrier, American illustrator
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May 7
1904
Kurt Weitzmann, German-American historian and author (d. 1993)
1951
Raia Prokhovnik, English political scientist and academic
1957
Ned Bellamy, American actor
1974
Breckin Meyer, American actor and screenwriter
1979
Katie Douglas, American basketball player
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May 8
1946
Jonathan Dancy, English philosopher, author, and academic
1969
Jonny Searle, English rower
1974
Marge Kõrkjas, Estonian swimmer
1981
Björn Dixgård, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mando Diao)
1982
Ninja Sarasalo, Finnish model and singer
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May 9
1937
Dave Prater, American singer (Sam & Dave) (d. 1988)
1951
Alley Mills, American actress
1958
Graham Smith, Canadian swimmer
1983
Christos Marangos, Cypriot footballer
1986
Grace Gummer, American actress
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May 10
1908
Carl Albert, American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2000)
1918
Desmond MacNamara, Irish painter, sculptor, and author (d. 2008)
1920
Basil Kelly, Northern Irish barrister, judge and politician (d. 2008)
1970
Dallas Roberts, American actor
1977
Sergei Nakariakov, Russian trumpet player
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May 11
1881
Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
1911
Phil Silvers, American actor and singer (d. 1985)
1954
Lubomir Stoykov, Bulgarian journalist and radio host
1958
Dan Ireland, American director and producer
1966
Christoph Schneider, German drummer (Rammstein and Feeling B)
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May 12
1845
Gabriel Fauré, French pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1924)
1950
Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1958
Dries van Noten, Belgian fashion designer
1978
Aya Ishiguro, Japanese singer and fashion designer (Morning Musume and Tanpopo)
1997
Odeya Rush, Israeli-American actress
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May 13
1911
Robert Middleton, American actor (d. 1977)
1950
Manning Marable, American author and academic (d. 2011)
1963
Andrea Leadsom, English politician
1969
Nikos Aliagas, French-Greek journalist and television host
1991
Francisco Lachowski, Brazilian model
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May 14
1817
Alexander Kaufmann, German poet and educator (d. 1893)
1901
Robert Ritter, German psychologist and physician (d. 1951)
1916
Robert F. Christy, Canadian-American physicist and astronomer (d. 2012)
1923
Mrinal Sen, Bangladeshi-Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
1973
Hakan Ünsal, Turkish footballer and sportscaster
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May 15
1759
Maria Theresia von Paradis, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1824)
1918
Eddy Arnold, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2008)
1935
Ted Dexter, Italian-English cricketer
1948
Kathleen Sebelius, American politician, 44th Governor of Kansas
1978
David Krumholtz, American actor and producer
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May 16
1611
Pope Innocent XI (d. 1689)
1930
Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 2000)
1937
Yvonne Craig, American actress and dancer (d. 2015)
1947
Roch Thériault, Canadian religious leader (d. 2011)
1991
Ashley Wagner, American figure skater
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May 17
1732
Francesco Pasquale Ricci, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1817)
1958
Ivor Bolton, English harpsichord player and conductor
1959
Richard Barrons, English general
1975
Laura Voutilainen, Finnish singer
1978
John Foster, American baseball player and coach
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May 18
1905
Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1943)
1919
Margot Fonteyn, English-Panamanian ballerina and academic (d. 1991)
1928
Pernell Roberts, American actor and singer (d. 2010)
1954
Wreckless Eric, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959
Graham Dilley, English cricketer and coach (d. 2011)
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May 19
1908
Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (d. 1982)
1939
Livio Berruti, Italian sprinter
1976
Ed Cota, American basketball player
1979
Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer
1989
Jasmine, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
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May 20
1901
Doris Fleeson, American journalist (d. 1970)
1967
Ramzi Yousef, Kuwaiti-Pakistani terrorist, conducted the World Trade Center bombing
1975
Isaac Gálvez, Spanish cyclist (d. 2006)
1988
Yusuf Kasal, Turkish footballer
1992
Christian Antidormi, Australian actor
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May 21
1527
Philip II of Spain (d. 1598)
1835
František Chvostek, Czech-Austrian physician and academic (d. 1884)
1902
Earl Averill, American baseball player (d. 1983)
1949
Rosalind Plowright, English soprano
1958
Muffy Calder, Canadian-Scottish computer scientist and academic
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May 22
1920
Thomas Gold, Austrian-American astrophysicist and academic (d. 2004)
1927
George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1950
Alekos Alavanos, Greek lawyer and politician
1963
Andrej Blatnik, Slovene author and academic
1964
Mark Christopher Lawrence, American actor and producer
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May 23
1734
Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologer (d. 1815)
1910
Margaret Wise Brown, American author and educator (d. 1952)
1939
Michel Colombier, French-American composer and conductor (d. 2004)
1974
Jewel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet
1983
Josh Pace, American basketball player
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May 24
1879
H. B. Reese, American candy maker, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (d. 1956)
1962
Stephen Otter, English police officer
1967
Tamer Karadağlı, Turkish actor
1984
Sarah Hagan, American actress
1987
Matt Prior, Australian rugby player
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May 25
1852
William Muldoon, American wrestler and trainer (d. 1933)
1900
Alain Grandbois, Canadian poet and author (d. 1975)
1932
Roger Bowen, American actor and author (d. 1996)
1957
Robert Picard, Canadian ice hockey player
1970
Lindsay Greenbush, American actress
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May 26
1913
Josef Manger, German weightlifter (d. 1991)
1916
Moondog, American drummer, composer, and poet (d. 1999)
1942
Ganapathi Sachchidananda, Indian guru
1958
Arto Bryggare, Finnish hurdler and politician
1968
Fernando León de Aranoa, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
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May 27
1651
Louis Antoine de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)
1738
Nathaniel Gorham, American merchant and politician, 14th President of the Continental Congress (d. 1796)
1909
Don Finlay, English hurdler and pilot (d. 1970)
1933
Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian businessman (d. 2008)
1942
Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman, English accountant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
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May 28
1837
Tony Pastor, American businessman (d. 1908)
1908
Léo Cadieux, Canadian journalist and politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 2005)
1956
Peter Wilkinson, English admiral
1977
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, American talk show host and author
1979
Ronald Curry, American football player and coach
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May 29
1945
Jean-Pierre Van Rossem, Belgian scholar and author
1947
Constantino Romero, Spanish radio host and actor (d. 2013)
1974
Aaron McGruder, American author and cartoonist
1975
Jason Allison, Canadian ice hockey player
1976
Raef LaFrentz, American basketball player
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May 30
1875
Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher and academic (d. 1944)
1887
Emil Reesen, Danish pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1964)
1951
Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor, singer, and director
1977
Marc Dos Santos, Canadian soccer player, coach, and manager
1990
Mustafa Akbaş, Turkish footballer
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May 31
1852
Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic (d. 1919)
1953
Lynne Truss, English journalist and author
1966
Jeremy Hotz, Canadian-American comedian and actor
1977
Theodoros Baev, Bulgarian-Greek volleyball player
1989
Marco Reus, German footballer
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