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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
1853
Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin, Ukrainian-American journalist, actor, and playwright (d. 1909)
1913
Louis Nye, American actor and singer (d. 2005)
1937
Bo Nilsson, Swedish composer
1949
Paul Teutul, Sr., American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers
1971
Ethan Albright, American football player
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May 2
1772
Novalis, German author and poet (d. 1801)
1802
Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (d. 1870)
1922
A. M. Rosenthal, Canadian-American journalist and author (d. 2006)
1966
Uwe Freiler, German footballer
1975
Eva Santolaria, Spanish actress
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May 3
1632
Catherine of St. Augustine, French-Canadian nurse and saint, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (d. 1668)
1905
Red Ruffing, American baseball pitcher and coach (d. 1986)
1953
Bruce Hall, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (REO Speedwagon)
1969
Amy Ryan, American actress
1971
Josey Scott, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Saliva)
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May 4
1923
John Toner, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
1930
Katherine Jackson, matriarch of the Jackson family
1937
Ron Carter, American bassist and educator (Miles Davis Quintet)
1956
David Guterson, American journalist and author
1960
Paul Bhattacharjee, English actor (d. 2013)
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May 5
1858
John L. Leal, American physician (d. 1914)
1887
Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1941)
1943
Dilys Watling, English actress and singer
1955
Melinda Culea, American actress
1990
Hannah Davis, American model
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May 6
1856
Sigmund Freud, Austrian-English neurologist and psychoanalyst (d. 1939)
1913
Stewart Granger, English-American actor (d. 1993)
1915
Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1985)
1915
Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (d. 1986)
1934
Richard Shelby, American lawyer and politician
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May 7
1927
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German-American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1943
Terry Allen, American singer and painter
1946
Bill Kreutzmann, American drummer (Grateful Dead, The Other Ones, The Dead, 7 Walkers, Rhythm Devils, and BK3)
1946
Brian Turner, English chef and television host
1954
Amy Heckerling, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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May 8
1915
John Archer, American actor (d. 1999)
1929
Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-American actress and singer (d. 2007)
1955
Mladen Markač, Croatian general
1980
Evgeny Lebedev, Russian-English publisher and philanthropist
1988
David Aleksander Sjølie, Norwegian guitarist (Mopti)
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May 9
1917
Fay Kanin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
1936
Albert Finney, English actor, singer, and producer
1959
Ulrich Matthes, German actor
1961
Sean Altman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Rockapella)
1972
Daniela Silivaș, Romanian gymnast
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May 10
1265
Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)
1714
Sophie Charlotte Ackermann, German actress (d. 1792)
1953
Tito Santana, American wrestler and coach
1969
Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer and manager
1990
Lauren Potter, American actress
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May 11
1875
Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter (d. 1912)
1941
Ian Redpath, Australian cricketer and coach
1963
Masatoshi Hamada, Japanese comedian and actor
1975
Coby Bell, American actor and producer
1984
Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer
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May 12
1626
Louis Hennepin, Flemish priest and missionary (d. 1705)
1938
Millie Perkins, American actress
1962
Emilio Estevez, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1983
Charilaos Pappas, Greek footballer
1986
Im Dong-Hyun, South Korean archer
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May 13
1934
Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist, architect, and academic (d. 2010)
1949
Philip Kruse, Norwegian trumpeter and orchestra leader
1957
Alan Ball, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1965
Hikari Ōta, Japanese comedian and actor
1981
Nicolas Jeanjean, French rugby player
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May 14
1874
Polaire, French singer and actress (d. 1939)
1880
Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971)
1955
Kenth Eldebrink, Swedish javelin thrower
1958
Wilma Rusman, Dutch runner
1973
Voshon Lenard, American basketball player
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May 15
1869
Paul Probst, Swiss target shooter (d. 1945)
1898
Arletty, French model, actress, and singer (d. 1992)
1915
Gus Viseur, Belgian-French accordion player (Quintette du Hot Club de France) (d. 1974)
1936
Ralph Steadman, English painter and illustrator
1942
Lois Johnson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
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May 16
1953
Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna
1972
Christian Califano, French rugby player
1985
Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player
1985
Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor
1989
Behati Prinsloo, Namibian model
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May 17
1749
Edward Jenner, English physician and microbiologist (d. 1823)
1935
Dennis Potter, English voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1994)
1978
Carlos Peña, Dominican-American baseball player
1982
Reiko Nakamura, Japanese swimmer
1989
Rain Raadik, Estonian basketball player
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May 18
1940
Erico Aumentado, Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)
1952
David Leakey, English general and politician
1970
Tim Horan, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
1979
Michal Martikán, Slovak canoe racer
1986
Ahmed Hamada, Egyptian race car driver
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May 19
1926
David Jacobs, English radio and television host (d. 2013)
1934
Ruskin Bond, Indian author and poet
1981
Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer
1982
Alexandru Găvan, Romanian mountaineer
1991
Jordan Pruitt, American singer-songwriter
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May 20
1955
Vivienne Faull, English priest
1956
Dean Butler, Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1957
Yoshihiko Noda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 62nd Prime Minister of Japan
1958
Ron Reagan, American journalist and radio host
1961
Clive Allen, English footballer and manager
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May 21
1912
Akiva Vroman, Dutch-Israeli geologist and academic (d. 1989)
1941
Ronald Isley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Isley Brothers)
1959
Nick Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1983
Deidson Araújo Maia, Brazilian footballer
1985
Mark Cavendish, Manx cyclist
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May 22
1936
M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and author (d. 2005)
1947
Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos, Egyptian-American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1997)
1966
Wang Xiaoshuai, Chinese director and screenwriter
1971
Daryn Cresswell, Australian footballer and coach
1984
Laurence Halsted, English fencer
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May 23
1707
Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (d. 1778)
1932
Kevork Ajemian, Syrian-French journalist and author (d. 1998)
1952
Anne-Marie David, French singer
1973
Mirjam Sterk, Dutch minister and politician
1984
Hugo Almeida, Portuguese footballer
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May 24
1945
Richard Ottaway, English lieutenant and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
1950
Terry Scott Taylor, American singer-songwriter and producer (Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies, and Lost Dogs)
1973
Vladimír Šmicer, Czech footballer and manager
1982
Issah Gabriel Ahmed, Ghanaian footballer
1994
Cayden Boyd, American actor
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May 25
1951
Bob Gale, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1963
George Hickenlooper, American director and producer (d. 2010)
1976
Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
1983
Aleksandr Petrov, Estonian ice hockey player
1984
Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, Icelandic model and actress, Miss World 2005
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May 26
1921
Ernst Märzendorfer, Austrian conductor (d. 2009)
1938
K. Bikram Singh, Indian director and producer (d. 2013)
1945
Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2012)
1946
Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian gymnast and coach
1963
Mary Nightingale, English journalist
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May 27
1936
Benjamin Bathurst, English admiral
1944
Chris Dodd, American lawyer and politician
1949
Christa Vahlensieck, German runner
1951
John Conteh, English boxer
1962
David Mundell, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
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May 28
1906
Henry Thambiah, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and diplomat, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada (d. 1997)
1944
Gary Stewart, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
1953
Pierre Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1974
Alicia Minshew, American actress
1986
Charles N'Zogbia, French footballer
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May 29
1934
Grandma Lee, American comedian
1948
Keith Gull, English microbiologist and academic
1948
Linda Esther Gray, Scottish soprano and educator
1959
Rupert Everett, English actor, singer, and producer
1975
Daniel Tosh, American comedian and actor
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May 30
1820
Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Quebec (d. 1890)
1886
Randolph Bourne, American theorist and author (d. 1918)
1934
Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1961
Harry Enfield, English actor, director, and screenwriter
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May 31
1933
Henry B. Eyring, American religious leader, educator, and author
1934
Jim Hutton, American actor (d. 1979)
1960
Chris Elliott, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1972
Dave Roberts, American baseball player and coach
1972
Sarah Murdoch, English-Australian model and actress
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