1655 – Innocent XIII [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italian 244th Pope (1721-24) tried to introduce frugal measures and end nepotism, born in Poli, Papal States (d. 1724)
1883 – Georgios Papanicolaou, Greek-American doctor, cytopathologist, and inventor of the Pap smear, born in Kymi, Greece (d. 1962)
1901 – Witold Pilecki, Polish WWII resistance fighter (volunteered to go to Auschwitz, Witold’s Report), born in Olonets, Russian Empire (d. 1948)
1931 – Eileen Diss, British theatrical designer (August, Secret Places, Betrayal), born in London (d. 2024)
1940 – Richard Brooks, American soul singer (Impressions, 1958-62 – “Gypsy Woman”), and songwriter (“For Your Precious Love”), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 2023)
1944 – Betsy Finley Ashton, American broadcast journalist, author and lecturer, born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
1959 – Paul Pesco, Eurasian American session guitarist, singer-songwriter and record producer, born in Canandaigua, New York
1962 – Sean McDonough, American sports newscaster
1964 – Tom Verica, American actor, director and producer (How to Get Away with Murder, Bridgerton), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1965 – Chris Washburn, American NBA player, born in Hickory, North Carolina
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Famous Birthdays for 12th May 2026
1753 – Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violonist and composer, born in Fontanetto Po, Savoia, Kingdom of Sardinia (d. 1824)
1921 – (Otis W.) “Joe” Maphis, American session and country music guitarist (“Dim Lights”), born in Suffolk, Virginia (d. 1986)
1922 – Barend Busnac, Dutch office clerk and resistance fighter, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1944)
1923 – Ewart Abner, American record company executive (President of Motown, manager of Stevie Wonder), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1997)
1924 – Tony Hancock, English comedian and actor (Hancock’s Half Hour), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1968)
1935 – Gary Peacock, American jazz bassist (Keith Jarrett Trio), born in Burley, Idaho (d. 2020)
1942 – Barry Longyear, American sci-fi author (City of Baraboo), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
1961 – Thomas Dooley, American soccer midfielder (81 caps; FC Homburg, 1. FC Kaiserslautern), born in Bechhofen, Germany
1963 – Vanessa Williams, American actress (Soul Food, Murder One, Melrose Place – “Rhonda Blair”;), born in Brooklyn, New York [not Miss America]
1969 – Kim Fields Freeman, American actress (The Facts of Life – “Tootie”), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 11th May 2026
1871 – Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and director of the Yale University Observatory (1920-41), born in New York City (d. 1943)
1882 – Joseph Marx, Austrian composer and music critic, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1964)
1909 – Herbert Murrill, British organist, composer (The Song of the Birds; Carillon), and educator (Royal Academy of Music, 1933-52), born in London, England (d. 1952)
1918 – Richard Feynman, American theoretical physicist known for his work on quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics (1965 Nobel), born in Queens, New York (d. 1988)
1934 – Jim. Jeffords, American politician (Senator-R+I-Vermont 1989-2007, Rep-R-VT, 1975-89), born in Rutland, Vermont (d. 2014)
1943 – Nancy Greene Raine OC OBC OD, Canadian alpine skier (Olympic gold giant slalom 1968; World C’ship gold giant slalom, combined 1968) and senator (BC), born in Ottawa, Ontario
1963 – Mark Breland, American welterweight boxer (Olympic gold 1984), born in Brooklyn, New York
1967 – Eric Young, infielder (Colorado Rockies), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
1979 – Laphonza Butler, American politician (Senator-D-California 2023-), born in Magnolia, Mississippi
1988 – Marek Pospieszalski, Polish avant-garde jazz saxophonist and composer, born in Częstochowa, Poland
Famous Birthdays for 10th May 2026
1824 – Charles Henry Van Wyck, American politician and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Poughkeepsie, New York (d. 1895)
1885 – Fritz von Unruh, German expressionist playwright (Jurgen Wullenweber, Zero), born in Koblenz, Germany (d. 1970)
1912 – Edward Gardner, British barrister and Conservative Party politician (British Nationality Act 1981), born in Preston, Lancashire, England (d. 2001)
1930 – George E. Smith, American physicist and co-inventor of the charge-coupled device who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics (2009), born in White Plain, New York (d. 2025)
1932 – Ian Leslie, 21st Earl of Rothes, Scottish nobleman (House of Lords, 1974-99), born in Chelsea, England (d. 2005)
1940 – Arthur Alexander, American singer-songwriter (“Lonely Just Like Me”), whose songs were covered by The Beatles (“Anna”), The Rolling Stones (“You Better Move On”), and Bob Dylan (“Sally Sue Brown”), born in Sheffield, Alabama (d. 1993)
1942 – Carl Douglas, Jamaican-British singer (“Kung Fu Fighting”), born in Kingston, Jamaica
1956 – Vladislav Listyev, Russian television anchor and journalist, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1995)
1958 – Rick Santorum, American politician (Rep-R-Penn 1995-2007), born in Winchester, Virginia
1977 – Amanda Borden, American gymnast (World silver 1994, Olympic gold 1996), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
Famous Birthdays for 9th May 2026
1771 – Antoine-Charles Glachant, French violinist, composer, and artillery commander, born in Paris, France (d. 1851)
1901 – John Forest “Fuzzy” Knight, American actor (Oklahoma Annie, Cowby and the Lady), born in Fairmont, West Virginia (d. 1976)
1924 – Connie Russell, American singer (Club Embassy; Garroway at Large), born in New York City (d. 1990)
1934 – Robert Heide [Heitke], American author and playwright (The Bed, West of the Moon), born in Irvington, New Jersey (d. 2025)
1965 – Ken Nomura, Japanese auto racer (D1 Grand Prix 2006, 08 runner-up), born in Fukuoka, Japan
1975 – Brian Deegan, American freestyle motocross cyclist, born in Omaha, Nebraska
1979 – Pierre Bouvier, Canadian singer and bass player (Simple Plan – “Perfect”; “Welcome To My Life”), born in Montreal, Quebec
1985 – Jake Long, American football player
1985 – Kyle Marvin, American actor and screenwriter (Splitsville, The Climb), born in Portland, Oregon
1989 – C418 [Daniel Rosenfeld], German ambient musician, and video game and soundtrack composer (Minecraft; Beyond Stranger Things), born in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany (now Chemnitz, Germany)
Famous Birthdays for 8th May 2026
1641 – Nicolaas Witsen, Dutch statesman and mayor of Amsterdam, born in Amsterdam (d. 1717)
1829 – Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1869)
1895 – Joselito [José Gómez Ortega], Spanish matador (bullfighter) prodigy, born in Gelves, Spain (d. 1920)
1902 – Andre Michel Lwoff, French physiologist (1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries of genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis), born in Ainay-le-Château, France (d. 1994)
1920 – Sloan Wilson, American novelist (“The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit”; “A Summer Place”), born in Norwalk, Connecticut (d. 2003)
1935 – Lucius Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland, British peer (Lib-Dem), born in UK
1954 – John Michael Talbot, American contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter, and television host, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1964 – Melissa Gilbert, American actress (Little House on the Prairie), born in Los Angeles, California
1978 – Matthew Davis, American actor (Legally Blonde, Vampire Diaries), born in Salt Lake City, Utah
1981 – John Maine, American baseball player (NY Mets), born in Fredericksburg, Virgini
Famous Birthdays for 7th May 2026
1840 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer of the late-Romantic period (1812 Overture; The Nutcracker; Swan Lake), born in Votkinsk, Russia (d. 1893)
1873 – Clarence Dickinson, American composer, born in Lafayette, Indiana (d. 1969)
1893 – Frank J. Selke, Canadian Hockey HOF executive (9 x Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens), born in Berlin, Ontario (d. 1985)
1908 – Leo Sternbach, Polish-American chemist, created first benzodiazepines including valium, born in Abbazia, Austria-Hungary (d. 2005)
1917 – David Tomlinson, British actor (Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Helter Skelter), born in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England (d. 2000)
1935 – Kevin O’Connor, American actor (Bogie, Special Effects), born in Honolulu, Hawaii (d. 1991)
1935 – Isobel Warren, Canadian author and journalist (On the Go at 50 Plus), born in Canada
1938 – Johnny Caldwell, Irish flyweight boxer (Olympic bronze 1956), born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 2009)
1950 – Tim Russert, American television journalist and host of NBC’s Meet the Press, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2008)
1951 – Bernie Marsden, English rock and blues guitarist and songwriter (Whitesnake – “Fool for Your Loving”; “Here I Go Again”), born in Buckingham, England (d. 2023)
Famous Birthdays for 6th May 2026
1909 – Loyd Sigmon, American radio broadcaster, sound engineer, and inventor (“Sig Alert” for traffic and emergency notices), born in Stigler, Oklahoma (d. 2004)
1912 – William “Bill” Quinn, American actor (Star Trek, The Birds, Rifleman, All in the Family), born in New York City (d. 1994)
1939 – Gerald M. Levin, American businessman and chief executive officer of Time Warner (1992-2002), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2024)
1947 – Sandra Fisher, American painter, born in New York City (d. 1994)
1952 – Christian Clavier, French actor (Les Visiteurs (The Visitors)), and film maker, born in Paris France
1958 – Lolita Flores, Spanish-Gypsy singer (Sarandonga) and actress, born in Madrid, Spain
1967 – Mark Bryan, American songwriter, and lead guitarist (Hootie and the Blowfish – “Only Wanna Be With You”, born in Silver Spring, Maryland
1980 – Brooke Bennett, American swimmer (Olympic gold 400/800m freestyle 2000; 800m freestyle 1996), born in Tampa, Florida
1980 – Kelly van der Veer, Dutch actress and reality TV star (Big Brother, Gay in Amsterdam, Kelly), born in Hilversum, Netherlands
1987 – Meek Mill [Rihmeek Williams], American rapper, singer, and songwriter (“Amen”;” All Eyes On You”), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays for 5th May 2026
1869 – Hans Pfitzner, German composer (Palestrina), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1949)
1883 – Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, British general, born in Colchester, Essex, England (d. 1950)
1887 – Mervyn S. Bennion, United States Navy officer (Captain of USS West Virginia), WWI veteran, and Medal of Honor recipient, born in Vernon, Utah Territory (d. 1941)
1907 – Benny Baker, American actor (18 Again, Sting II, Thunderbirds), born in St Joseph, Missouri (d. 1994)
1950 – Googoosh [Faegheh Atashin (فائقه آتشین)], Persian singer and actress, born in Sarcheshmeh Street, Tehran, Iran
1966 – Mike Stapleton, Canadian NHL center (Winnipeg Jets), born in Sarnia, Ontario
1972 – Travis Jervey, American football running back (Super Bowl XXXI Green Bay Packers; Pro Bowl 1997), born in Columbia, South Carolina
1977 – Zolani Marali, South African boxer (IBO World Super Bantamweight title 2003–04; IBO Super Featherweight title 2009), born in Mdantsane, South Africa (d. 2022)
1978 – Bruno Cheyrou, French footballer, born in Suresnes, France
1994 – Celeste [Epiphany Waite], British singer (Not Your Muse), born in Culver City, California
Famous Birthdays for 4th May 2026
1810 – Alexander Walewski, French earl and Foreign Minister, born in Walewice, Warsaw, Poland (d. 1868)
1826 – Frederick Edwin Church, American romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1900)
1909 – Howard Da Silva [Silverblatt], American actor (1776, The Lost Weekend, The Blue Dahlia), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1986)
1915 – Curt Conway, American stage and screen actor (A Touch of the Poet; Casbah; Raw Deal; The Twilight Zone), and acting teacher, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1974)
1932 – Fausto Razzi, Italian composer, choral director, and educator, born in Rome (d. 2022)
1948 – George Tupou V, King of Tonga (2006-2012), born in Tongatapu, Tonga (d. 2012)
1970 – Giovanni Mirabassi, Italian-French jazz pianist (Avanti!), born in Perugia, Italy
1978 – Shaenon K. Garrity, American webcomics writer and artist (creator of Narbonic), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1979 – Lesley Vainikolo, Tongan rugby union winger (5 Tests England; Gloucester Rugby, La Rochelle) and rugby league winger (12 Tests NZ; Canberra Raiders, Bradford Bulls), born in Nukuʻalofa, Tonga
1985 – Anthony Fedorov, Ukranian-American singer (7th Heaven), born in Yalta, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union