1901 – Luis Monti, Argentine-Italian footballer (d. 1983)
1922 – Jakucho Setouchi, Japanese writer and Buddhist nun
1923 – Richard Avedon, American photographer (1957 ASMP award)
1925 – Jos Jacobs, Flemish director (Madonna of Nedermunster)
1935 – (Bruce) “Utah” Phillips, American folk singer-songwriter (“Green Rolling Hills”; “The Goodnight-Loving Trail”) storyteller, poet, and labor organizer, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2008)
1954 – Robert P. Harrison, American thinker
1970 – Desmond Howard, College Football Hall of Fame wide receiver (Heisman Trophy 1991, U of Michigan; Super Bowl MVP 1996, Green Bay Packers), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1970 – Tony Brown, NFL cornerback (Seattle Seahawks)
1972 – Patrick Pothuizen, soccer player (Vitesse)
1974 – Ahmet Zappa, American musician, actor (2 Hip 4 TV), novelist, and film maker (The Odd Life Of Timothy Green), born in Los Angeles, California
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Famous Birthdays for 14th May 2022
1679 – Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer
1880 – Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971)
1892 – Arthur Vincent Lourie, Russian composer, born in Propoysk, Russia (d. 1966)
1917 – Herta Ryder, literary agent
1929 – Henry McGee, British actor and comedian (No, That’s Me Over Here!, The Benny Hill Show), born in South Kensington, London (d. 2006)
1947 – Jon Landau, American music writer, artist manager, and record producer (Bruce Springsteen; Train; Shania Twain), born in New York City
1948 – Dave LaRoche, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
1952 – Scott Irwin, American professional wrestler (d. 1987)
1973 – Julian White, English rugby union footballer
1983 – Tom Welham, British musician (Thirteen Senses)
Famous Birthdays for 13th May 2022
1592 – John Cloppenburg, Dutch vicar and theologist
1840 – Alphonse Daudet, French writer (Tartarin of Tarascon), born in Nîmes, France (d. 1897)
1856 – Peter Henry Emerson, British writer and photographer (1st to promote photography as an independent art), born on La Palma Estate planation, Cuba (d. 1936)
1917 – Wilhelmus Wijen [Broeder Pius], social worker (Curacao)
1918 – T. Balasaraswati, Bharatanatyam dancer (d. 1984)
1922 – Bea Arthur, American comedian, singer and actress (Maude, The Golden Girls), born in NYC, New York (d. 2009)
1927 – Herbert Ross, American director, producer and choreographer (Footloose, Steel Magnolias), born in New York City (d. 2001)
1937 – Roch Carrier, Canadian novelist (The Hockey Sweater), born in Sainte-Justine, Quebec
1941 – Senta Berger, Austrian stage and screen actress (Cast a Giant Shadow), born in Vienna, Austria
1952 – John Kasich, US politician (Governor of Ohio (R), 2011-19), born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays for 12th May 2022
1401 – Emperor Shōkō, 101st Japanese Emperor (412-428) (d. 1428)
1662 – Jan F van Bloom [Orizonte], Flemish painter, baptized
1700 – Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect (Palace of Caserta), born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1773)
1937 – Gerry Studds, American politician (Rep-D-MA, 1973-97), first openly gay member of US Congress, born in Mineola, New York (d. 2006)
1942 – Barry Longyear, American sci-fi author (City of Baraboo), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
1945 – Ian McLagan, English rock keyboardist (Small Face; Faces), born in Hounslow, Middlesex, (d. 2014)
1946 – L. Neil Smith, American sci-fi author (Lando Calrissian novels), born in Denver, Colorado
1956 – Greg Phillinganes, American session and touring keyboardist, and musical director (Stevie Wonder, Toto, Micheal Jackson, David Gilmour), born in Detroit, Michigan
1978 – Hossein Reza Zadeh, Iranian weightlifter and politician, born in Ardabil, Iran
2003 – Madeleine McCann, English child who mysteriously disappeared on holiday in Spain in 2007, born in Leicester, England
Famous Birthdays for 11th May 2022
1817 – Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909)
1835 – Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905)
1912 – Foster Brooks, American comedian and actor (The Villain, Oddballs, Mork and Mindy), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2001)
1928 – Yaacov Agam, Israeli sculptor
1928 – Brother Andrew, Dutch missionary
1930 – Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Caribbean poet (Born to Slow Horses) and academic, born in Bridgetown, Barbados (d. 2020)
1930 – M J Hamlin, Principal/Vice-Chancellor (Dundee University)
1961 – Diana Lee[-Hsu], American actress (Licence to Kill), and model (Playboy playmate May, 1988), born in Seattle, Washington
1962 – Emmanuelle Haïm, French harpsichordist, and conductor (Le Concert d’Astrée, 2000-present), born in Paris, France
1964 – Bobby Witt, American MLB pitcher, 1986-2001 (Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, and 5 other teams), born in Arlington, Virginia
Famous Birthdays for 10th May 2022
1830 – Francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult)
1838 – John Wilkes Booth, American stage actor and assassin of US President Abraham Lincoln, born in Bel Air, Maryland (d. 1865)
1843 – Kaufmann Kohler, German-born American reform rabbi and theologian, born in Fürth (d. 1926)
1872 – Marcel Mauss, French sociologist (d. 1950)
1886 – Felix Manalo, Founder and 1st Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963)
1937 – Tamara Press, Soviet athlete (Olympic gold shot put 1960, 64; discus 1960, 64), born in Kharkiv, Ukraine (d.2021)
1941 – Ken Berry [Allen Kent Berry], American baseball player (White Sox, Angels, Brewers, Indians), born in Kansas City, Missouri
1958 – Yu Suzuki, Japanese creator of Virtua Fighter series
1963 – Lisa M Nowak, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, born in Washington, D.C.
1982 – Daniel Harris, Australian rules footballer
Famous Birthdays for 9th May 2022
1921 – Sophie Scholl, German anti-Nazi political activist, active in the non-violent resistance group, the White Rose (Die Weisse Rose), born in Forchtenberg, Germany (d. 1943)
1929 – Anthony Lloyd, Lord Justice of Appeal
1934 – John Robertson, deputy chairman (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
1937 – Dave Prater, American soul singer (Sam and Dave – “Soul Man”), born in Ocilla, Georgia (d. 1988)
1939 – Kenneth Warby, fastest man on water at 300 knots (345 mph)
1951 – Joy Harjo, American poet and musician (first Native American US Poet Laureate, 2019-), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1952 – Patrick Ryecart, actor (Silas Mariner)
1962 – John Corbett, American actor (Northern Exposure – “Chris Stevens”; Sex and the City – Aidan; My Big Fat Greek Wedding), and country music singer, born in Wheeling, West Virginia
1965 – Marc Logan, NFL running back (Washington Redskins), born in Lexington, Kentucky
1991 – Majlinda Kelmendi, Kosovar-Albanian judoka (Olympic gold 2016), born in Peć, SFR Yugoslavia
Famous Birthdays for 8th May 2022
1703 – Gottlob Harrer, German composer, born in Görlitz (d. 1755)
1786 – Jean Vianney, French Catholic priest, born in Dardilly, Lyonnais, Kingdom of France (d. 1859)
1814 – Mikhail Bakunin, Russian revolutionary anarchist, born in Pryamukhino, Tver Governorate of the Russian Empire (d. 1876)
1814 – Thomas Green, American soldier and lawyer (Confederate Army), born in Buckingham County, Virginia (d. 1864)
1943 – Paul Samwell-Smith, British blues-rock bassist, and record producer (The Yardbirds, 1963-66 “For Your Love”), born in Richmond, Surrey, England
1948 – Don “Red” Young, American session, touring keyboard and piano player, band leader, and jazz Hammond B3 organist, born in Fort Worth, Texas
1956 – Jeff Madrigali, American soling sailor (Olympic-bronze-96), born in Walnut Creek, California
1977 – Joe Bonnamassa, American blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter (“Dust Bowl”; “Redemption”), born in New Hartford, New York
1983 – Matt Willis, British pop singer, bassist (Busted), and television personality. born in Tooting, London, England
1987 – Aneurin Barnard, Welsh actor (The White Queen), born in Bridgend, Wales
Famous Birthdays for 7th May 2022
1328 – Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg, born in Rome (d. 1365)
1767 – Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of York and Albany, born in Charlottenburg, Germany (d. 1820)
1795 – Gerhard Moritz Roentgen, Dutch industrialist (founder of Fijenoord dockyard), born in Esen, East Frisia (d. 1852)
1883 – Gino Roncaglia, Italian composer, born in Modena, Italy (d. 1968)
1885 – George “Gabby” Hayes, American actor (In Old Santa Fe, El Paso), born in Wellesvile, New York (d. 1969)
1896 – Pavel Sergeevich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician (topology), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1982)
1918 – Argeliers León, Cuban composer, born in Pinar del Río, Cuba (d. 1991)
1957 – Hercules [Raymond Fernandez], American professional wrestler, born in Tampa, Florida (d. 2004)
1964 – Mustapha Zerqti, Moroccan Dutch writer (Ihtidaar hub fi el-mahd)
1971 – Rondell Jones, NFL safety (Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens)
Famous Birthdays for 6th May 2022
1713 – Charles Batteux, French philosopher, born in Alland’Huy-et-Sausseuil, Ardennes (d. 1780)
1800 – Ferdinand Marcucci, Italian harpist and composer, born in Florence (d. 1871)
1802 – Wilhelm Schirmer, German landscape artist, born in Berlin (d. 1866)
1899 – Billy Cotton, British bandleader and entertainer, born in Smith Square, London (d. 1969)
1915 – Orson Welles [George], American actor (Citizen Kane, War of the Worlds), born in Kenosha, Wisconsin (d. 1985)
1948 – Mary MacGregor, American pop singer (“Torn Between Two Lovers”), born in St. Paul, Minnesota
1948 – Jacques Israelievitch, French Canadian classical violinist, concertmaster (St. Louis Symphony, 1978-88; Toronto Symphony, 1988-2008), and music director ( Koffler Chamber Orchestra, 2005-14), born in Cannes, France (d. 2015) Born in Cannes, Fra
1953 – Michelle Courchesne, Quebec politician
1961 – Frans Timmermans, Dutch politician (First Vice President of the European Commission 2014-), born in Maastricht, Netherlands
1965 – Paul Frase, American NFL defensive end (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31), born in Elmira, New York