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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
1900
Ignazio Silone, Italian journalist and politician (d. 1978)
1927
Gary Bertini, Israeli conductor and composer (d. 2005)
1935
Ian Curteis, English director and playwright
1967
Scott Coffey, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
1969
Hannes Võrno, Estonian comedian and television host
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May 2
1921
Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
1938
Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (d. 1996)
1968
Hikaru Midorikawa, Japanese voice actor and singer
1972
Ahti Heinla, Estonian programmer and businessman, co-developed Skype
1974
Garðar Thór Cortes, Icelandic tenor and actor
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May 3
1446
Margaret of York (d. 1503)
1859
Andy Adams, American author (d. 1935)
1957
Rod Langway, Taiwanese-American ice hockey player and coach
1970
Marie-Soleil Tougas, Canadian actress (d. 1997)
1994
Lindsay Bushman, American actress
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May 4
1772
Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823)
1928
Thomas Kinsella, Irish poet, translator, and publisher
1954
Ryan Cayabyab, Filipino pianist, composer, and conductor
1978
Erin Andrews, American sportscaster and journalist
1979
Marie Poissonnier, French pole vaulter
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May 5
1749
Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French pianist and composer (d. 1794)
1906
Charles Exbrayat, French author and screenwriter (d. 1989)
1936
Patrick Gowers, English composer and educator (d. 2014)
1938
Barbara Wagner, Canadian figure skater and coach
1961
Hiroshi Hase, Japanese wrestler and politician
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May 6
1856
Sigmund Freud, Austrian-English neurologist and psychoanalyst (d. 1939)
1938
Larry Gogan, Irish radio host
1951
Samuel Doe, Liberian sergeant and politician, 21st President of Liberia (d. 1990)
1968
Lætitia Sadier, French singer and keyboard player (Stereolab, Monade, and McCarthy)
1986
Gintarė Vostrecovaitė, Lithuanian figure skater
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May 7
1903
Jimmy Ball, Canadian sprinter (d. 1988)
1921
Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer and author (d. 1985)
1928
John Ingle, American actor and singer (d. 2012)
1974
Lawrence Johnson, American pole vaulter
1985
Drew Neitzel, American basketball player
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May 8
1735
Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician (d. 1811)
1941
Bill Lockyer, American academic and politician, 30th Attorney General of California
1959
Ronnie Lott, American football player and sportscaster
1982
Buakaw Banchamek, Thai kick-boxer
1988
David Aleksander Sjølie, Norwegian guitarist (Mopti)
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May 9
1924
Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer, poet, and author (d. 1997)
1932
Geraldine McEwan, Scottish actress and singer (d. 2015)
1965
Ken Nomura, Japanese race car driver and sportscaster
1968
Marie-José Pérec, French runner
1975
Chris Diamantopoulos, Canadian actor
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May 10
1911
Bel Kaufman, American author and educator (d. 2014)
1933
Barbara Taylor Bradford, English-American author
1938
Jean Becker, French actor, director, and screenwriter
1967
Nobuhiro Takeda, Japanese footballer and sportscaster
1984
Edward Mujica, Venezuelan baseball player
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May 11
1888
Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
1928
Marco Ferreri, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1958
Phil Smyth, Australian basketball player and coach
1963
Masatoshi Hamada, Japanese comedian and actor
1964
Bobby Witt, American baseball player
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May 12
1828
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (d. 1882)
1859
William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (d. 1932)
1918
Julius Rosenberg, American spy (d. 1953)
1958
Dries van Noten, Belgian fashion designer
1960
Lisa Martin, Australian runner
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May 13
1713
Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (d. 1765)
1742
Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (d. 1798)
1944
Carolyn Franklin, American singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
1979
Steve Mildenhall, English footballer
1986
Lena Dunham, American actress, director, and screenwriter
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May 14
1868
Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (d. 1935)
1945
Francesca Annis, English actress
1959
Heather Wheeler, English politician
1965
Emma Forbes, English radio and television host
1995
Kelly Gale, Swedish model
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May 15
1856
Matthias Zurbriggen, Swiss mountaineer (d. 1917)
1891
Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (d. 1971)
1905
Abraham Zapruder, American businessman, filmed the Zapruder film (d. 1970)
1954
Suzanne Basso, American murderer (d. 2014)
1988
Nemanja Nešić, Serbian rower (d. 2012)
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May 16
1845
Élie Metchnikoff, Ukrainian-French biologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
1914
Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author (d. 2009)
1931
K. Natwar Singh, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs
1984
Jensen Lewis, American baseball player
1988
Jaak Põldma, Estonian tennis player
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May 17
1931
Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader, founded Heaven's Gate (d. 1997)
1944
Peter Price, English bishop
1981
Leon Osman, English footballer
1982
Dan Hardy, English mixed martial artist
1988
Soccer, American acting dog (d. 2001)
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May 18
1934
Dwayne Hickman, American actor and director
1936
Rita Cadillac, French dancer, singer, and actress (d. 1995)
1950
Mark Mothersbaugh, American singer-songwriter and painter (Devo)
1990
Yuya Osako, Japanese footballer
1992
Spencer Breslin, American actor and singer
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May 19
1593
Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter and illustrator (d. 1678)
1929
John Stroger, American politician (d. 2008)
1975
Josh Paul, American baseball player and manager
1981
Michael Leighton, Canadian ice hockey player
1981
Sina Schielke, German sprinter
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May 20
1916
Ondina Valla, Italian sprinter and hurdler (d. 2006)
1916
Owen Chadwick, English rugby player, historian, and academic (d. 2015)
1930
Sam Etcheverry, American football player and coach (d. 2009)
1941
John Strasberg, American actor
1983
N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Indian actor, singer, and dancer
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May 21
1792
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1843)
1917
Raymond Burr, Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1993)
1933
Yevgeny Minayev, Russian weightlifter (d. 1993)
1967
Blake Schwarzenbach, American singer and guitarist (Jawbreaker, Jets to Brazil, The Thorns of Life, and forgetters)
1984
Lorena Ayala, Dutch model
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May 22
1770
Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)
1814
Erasmus Ommanney, English admiral and explorer (d. 1904)
1914
Max Kohnstamm, Dutch historian and diplomat (d. 2010)
1977
Vinnie Potestivo, American casting director and producer
1988
Chase Budinger, American basketball player
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May 23
1865
Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian jurist and politician, 11th President of Brazil (d. 1942)
1888
Zack Wheat, American baseball player and police officer (d. 1972)
1935
Julian Grenfell, 3rd Baron Grenfell, English politician
1955
Luka Bloom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975
Michiel van den Bos, Dutch DJ and composer
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May 24
1616
John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, Scottish politician, Secretary of State, Scotland (d. 1682)
1868
Charlie Taylor, American engineer and mechanic (d. 1956)
1899
Henri Michaux, Belgian-French poet and painter (d. 1984)
1973
Shirish Kunder, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
1981
Sayaka Ando, Japanese model
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May 25
1877
Billy Murray, American singer and actor (d. 1954)
1935
W. P. Kinsella, Canadian author and poet
1937
Tom Phillips, English painter and academic
1943
John Palmer, English keyboard player (Family, Eclection, and Blossom Toes)
1986
Neon Hitch, English singer-songwriter
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May 26
1887
Ba U, 2nd President of Burma (d. 1963)
1909
Nikolay Guryanov, Russian priest and mystic (d. 2002)
1923
Roy Dotrice, English actor
1956
Neil Parish, English politician
1964
Caitlín R. Kiernan, Irish-American paleontologist and author
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May 27
1891
Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (d. 1965)
1962
Ravi Shastri, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
1984
Blake Ahearn, American basketball player
1984
Kalle Spjuth, Swedish bandy player
1991
Eneli Vals, Estonian footballer
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May 28
1917
Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (d. 2012)
1925
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German opera singer and conductor (d. 2012)
1944
Patricia Quinn, Irish actress and singer
1974
Romain Duris, French actor and singer
1983
Humberto Sánchez, Dominican-American baseball player
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May 29
1921
Clifton James, American actor
1949
Brian Kidd, English footballer and coach
1961
John Miceli, American drummer (Neverland Express)
1972
Közi, Japanese singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Malice Mizer and Eve of Destiny)
1978
Sébastien Grosjean, French tennis player
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May 30
1879
Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1917)
1934
Alexey Leonov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut
1940
Jagmohan Dalmiya, Indian cricket administrator (d. 2015)
1981
Hisanori Takada, Japanese footballer
1985
Vladimir Latin, Estonian rower
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May 31
1863
Francis Younghusband, Indian-English captain and explorer (d. 1942)
1919
Robie Macauley, American editor, novelist and critic (d. 1995)
1943
Sharon Gless, American actress
1962
Noriko Hidaka, Japanese voice actress and singer
1992
Laura Ikauniece, Latvian heptathlete
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