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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
1875
Dave Hall, American runner (d. 1972)
1923
Marcel Rayman, Polish soldier (d. 1944)
1930
Little Walter, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1968)
1937
Tamsyn Imison, English illustrator and educator
1989
Alejandro Arribas, Spanish footballer
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May 2
1925
John Neville, English-Canadian actor (d. 2011)
1945
Gene Deckerhoff, American sportscaster
1946
Indrek Tart, Estonian sociologist and poet
1975
David Beckham, English footballer, coach, and model
1980
Tim Borowski, German footballer
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May 3
1761
August von Kotzebue, German playwright and author (d. 1819)
1826
Charles XV of Sweden (d. 1872)
1893
Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (d. 1975)
1916
Léopold Simoneau, Canadian tenor and actor (d. 2006)
1974
Princess Haya bint Al Hussein of Jordan
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May 4
1822
Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Canadian physician and politician, 3rd Premier of Quebec (d. 1915)
1826
Frederic Edwin Church, American painter (d. 1900)
1928
Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian air marshal and politician, 4th President of Egypt
1948
Hurley Haywood, American race car driver
1960
Martyn Moxon, English cricketer and coach
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May 5
1887
Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1941)
1916
Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India (d. 1987)
1932
Bob Said, American race car driver and bobsled racer (d. 2002)
1979
Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
1991
Xenofon Fetsis, Greek footballer
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May 6
1635
Johann Joachim Becher (d. 1682)
1680
Jean-Baptiste Stuck, Italian-French cellist and composer (d. 1755)
1902
Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter (d. 1957)
1974
Faruk Namdar, German-Turkish footballer
1986
Goran Dragić, Slovenian basketball player
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May 7
1927
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German-American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1944
Eva Norvind, Norwegian-Mexican actress, director, and producer (d. 2006)
1959
Heiki Valk, Estonian archeologist and academic
1979
Katie Douglas, American basketball player
1987
Jérémy Ménez, French footballer
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May 8
1899
Arthur Q. Bryan, American voice actor and singer (d. 1959)
1926
David Attenborough, English environmentalist and television host
1936
Haljand Udam, Estonian orientalist and academic (d. 2005)
1976
Ian "H" Watkins, Welsh singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Steps and H & Claire)
1977
Theodoros Papaloukas, Greek basketball player
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May 9
1945
Gamal El-Ghitani, Egyptian journalist and author (d. 2015)
1949
Billy Joel, American singer-songwriter and pianist (The Hassles and Attila)
1959
Ulrich Matthes, German actor
1970
Ghostface Killah, American rapper and actor (Wu-Tang Clan and Theodore Unit)
1992
Chris Gutierrez, American-Filipino actor
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May 10
1810
E. Cobham Brewer, English lexicographer and author (d. 1897)
1886
Felix Manalo, Filipino religious leader, founded Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963)
1911
Bel Kaufman, American author and educator (d. 2014)
1956
Paige O'Hara, American actress and singer
1995
Yoan Garneau, Canadian singer-songwriter
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May 11
1733
Princess Victoire of France (d. 1799)
1907
Rip Sewell, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)
1953
David Gest, American concert promoter
1963
Natasha Richardson, English-American actress (d. 2009)
1969
Simon Vroemen, Dutch runner
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May 12
1496
Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)
1921
Joseph Beuys, German sculptor and illustrator (d. 1986)
1950
Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1986
Jonathan Orozco, Mexican footballer
1987
Kieron Pollard, Trinidadian cricketer
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May 13
1927
Archie Scott Brown, Scottish race car driver (d. 1958)
1937
Roch Carrier, Canadian librarian and author
1957
Koji Suzuki, Japanese author and screenwriter
1978
Mike Bibby, American basketball player and coach
1991
Francisco Lachowski, Brazilian model
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May 14
1814
Charles Beyer, German-English engineer, co-founded the Beyer, Peacock and Company (d. 1876)
1940
Chay Blyth, Scottish sailor and rower
1950
Adolfo Domínguez, Spanish fashion designer
1955
Jens Sparschuh, German author and playwright
1970
Erkan Mustafa, English actor and television presenter
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May 15
1841
Clarence Dutton, American commander and geologist (d. 1912)
1935
Akihiro Miwa, Japanese singer, actor, director, composer, and author
1936
Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-American actress and singer
1957
Juan José Ibarretxe, Spanish politician
1978
Edu Gaspar, Brazilian footballer
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May 16
1948
Emma Georgina Rothschild, English historian and academic
1952
James Herndon, American psychologist and academic
1963
Mercedes Echerer, Austrian actress and politician
1976
Dirk Nannes, Australian-Dutch cricketer
1981
Ricardo Costa, Portuguese footballer
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May 17
1718
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (d. 1778)
1864
Louis Richardet, Swiss target shooter (d. 1923)
1952
Patricia Aakhus, American author and academic (d. 2012)
1970
Jordan Knight, American singer-songwriter (New Kids on the Block)
1989
Rain Raadik, Estonian basketball player
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May 18
1797
Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (d. 1854)
1854
Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (d. 1924)
1876
Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1931)
1962
Sandra, German singer (Arabesque and Enigma)
1986
Ahmed Hamada, Egyptian race car driver
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May 19
1946
Claude Lelièvre, Belgian activist
1947
Steve Currie, English bass player (T. Rex) (d. 1981)
1953
Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge, Scottish lawyer and judge
1954
Hōchū Ōtsuka, Japanese voice actor
1961
Gregory Poirier, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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May 20
1943
Vernon Fougère, Canadian bishop (d. 2013)
1945
Clive Hollick, Baron Hollick, English businessman
1959
Annabel Giles, Welsh-English radio and television host
1967
Graham Brady, English politician
1988
Trīna Šlapeka, Latvian tennis player
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May 21
1799
Mary Anning, English paleontologist (d. 1847)
1853
Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905)
1898
Carl Johnson, American long jumper (d. 1932)
1903
Manly Wade Wellman, American author (d. 1986)
1918
Dennis Day, American singer and actor (d. 1988)
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May 22
1892
William Roy Hodgson, Australian soldier and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to South Africa (d. 1958)
1940
Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor (d. 2011)
1954
Shuji Nakamura, Japanese-American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
1982
Tom Scudamore, English jockey
1999
Camren Bicondova, American actress and dancer
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May 23
1718
William Hunter, Scottish-English anatomist and physician (d. 1783)
1951
Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player
1956
Andrea Pazienza, Italian illustrator and painter (d. 1988)
1973
Juan José Padilla, Spanish bullfighter
1984
Sam Milby, American-Filipino actor and singer
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May 24
1686
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-German physicist and engineer, developed the Fahrenheit scale (d. 1736)
1913
Peter Ellenshaw, American special effects designer (d. 2007)
1937
Maryvonne Dupureur, French runner and educator (d. 2008)
1984
Ryan Wieber, American director and special effects designer
1988
Kimberley Crossman, New Zealand actress and dancer
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May 25
1867
Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (d. 1950)
1962
Ric Nattress, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1974
Miguel Tejada, Dominican-American baseball player
1985
Demba Ba, French footballer
1991
Jillian Wheeler, American singer-songwriter and actress
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May 26
1913
Josef Manger, German weightlifter (d. 1991)
1915
Vernon Alley, American bassist (d. 2004)
1932
Grigor Vachkov, Bulgarian actor (d. 1980)
1957
François Legault, Canadian businessman and politician
1977
Raina Telgemeier, American author and cartoonist
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May 27
1897
Dink Templeton, American rugby player and coach (d. 1962)
1966
Heston Blumenthal, English chef and author
1970
Cherry Pie Picache, Filipino actress and screenwriter
1981
Miloy, Angolan footballer
1986
Conor Cummins, Manx motorcycle racer
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May 28
1836
Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1916)
1938
Maurice Woods, American actor (d. 1983)
1943
Terry Crisp, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1949
Susan Fitzgerald, English-Irish actress (d. 2013)
1992
Huang Qiushuang, Chinese gymnast
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May 29
1894
Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1969)
1948
Nick Mancuso, Italian-Canadian actor and producer
1954
Jerry Moran, American lawyer and politician
1974
Aaron McGruder, American author and cartoonist
1985
Yukihiro Takiguchi, Japanese actor (PureBoys)
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May 30
1926
Johnny Gimble, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2015)
1955
Caroline Swift, English lawyer and judge
1966
Stephen Malkmus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pavement, Silver Jews, and Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks)
1969
Naomi Kawase, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
2000
Jared S. Gilmore, American actor
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May 31
1773
Ludwig Tieck, German poet, author, and critic (d. 1853)
1940
Anatoliy Bondarchuk, Ukrainian hammer thrower and coach
1964
Leonard Asper, Canadian lawyer and businessman
1972
Antti Niemi, Finnish footballer and coach
1977
Domenico Fioravanti, Italian swimmer
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