1869 – Hans Pfitzner, German composer (Palestrina), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1949)
1883 – Charles “Chief” Bender, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (only indigenous American in BHOF; World Series 1910, 11, 13; no-hitter 1910; Philadelphia Athletics), born in Crow Wing County, Minnesota (d. 1954)
1885 – Henri Velge, 1st chairman (Belgian Council of State) (d. 1951)
1887 – Geoffrey Fisher, Baron Fisher of Lambeth, Archbishop of Canterbury (1945-61), born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England (d. 1972)
1911 – Gilles Grangier, French film director (Archimède le clochard), born in Paris (d. 1996)
1914 – Frank Carlson, American jazz and session drummer (Woody Herman, 1937-42 – “The Golden Wedding”), born in New York City
1925 – Bob Cerv, American baseball player (Yankees), born in Weston, Nebraska (d. 2017)
1939 – James R. Jones, American lawyer and politician (U.S. Ambassador to Mexico), born in Muskogee, Oklahoma
1972 – Travis Jervey, American NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31), born in Columbia, South Carolina
1977 – Choi Kang-hee, South Korean actress (Sweet Buns), born in Seoul, South Korea
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Famous Birthdays for 4th May 2022
1655 – Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian instrument maker – considered the inventor of the piano, born in Padua (d. 1731)
1822 – Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Premier of Quebec, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1915)
1891 – Frederick Jacobi, American composer, born in San Francisco (d. 1952)
1893 – Edgar Dearing, American actor (Pollyanna, Abraham Lincoln, Free and Easy), born in Ceres, California (d. 1974)
1907 – Lincoln Kirstein, American writer and impresario, born in Rochester, New York (d. 1996)
1955 – Robert Ellis Orrall, American singer and songwriter, born in Winthrop, Massachusetts
1968 – Julian Barratt, English comedian and musician, one half of The Mighty Boosh, born in Leeds, England
1976 – Ben Grieve, American baseball player, born in Arlington, Texas
1977 – Mariano Pernía, Argentine-Spanish footballer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1979 – Lance Bass, American pop singer (NSYNC – “Bye, Bye, Bye”), born in Laurel, Mississippi
Famous Birthdays for 3rd May 2022
1692 – Jan Jacob Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1768)
1819 – Nicola De Giosa, Italian composer, born in Bari, Italy (d. 1885)
1826 – Charles XV, King of Sweden and Norway (1859-72), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1872)
1860 – Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist, born in Ancona, Italy (d. 1940)
1903 – (Harry Lillis) “Bing” Crosby, American Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer (“White Christmas”; with David Bowie – “Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy” ), and actor (Going My Way; High Society; Road To…(with Bob Hope)), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 1977)
1921 – Joe Ames, American singer and actor (The Ames Brothers Show), born in Malden, Massachusetts (d. 2007)
1928 – Dave Dudley, American country singer (Six Days on the Road), born in Spencer, Wisconsin (d. 2003)
1937 – Nélida Piñon, Brazilian writer (The Republic of Dreams), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1948 – Peter Oosterhuis, British golfer (British Open 1974, 82 runner-up; Ryder Cup x 6), born in London, England
1963 – Jeff Hornacek, American basketball player and coach, born in Elmhurst, Illinois
Famous Birthdays for 2nd May 2022
1754 – Vicente Martín y Soler, Valencian composer, born in Valencia, Spain (d. 1806)
1821 – Abram Sanders Piatt, American farmer, publisher, poet, politician, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1908)
1915 – Jan Hanus, Czech composer, born in Prague (d. 2004)
1950 – Duncan Gay, Australian politician, Vice-President of the Executive Council (2014-17), born in Crookwell, New South Wales
1957 – Domonic L. Pudwill Gorie, American NASA astronaut (sk: STS-91), born in Lake Charles, Louisiana
1965 – Matthew Barley, British classical, contemporary, and jazz cellist (The Peasant Girl), born in London, England
1968 – Ziana Zain, Malaysian singer and actress, born in Merlimau, Malacca, Malaysia
1981 – Matt Murray, English football goalkeeper, born in Solihull, England
1983 – Mon Laferte [Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte], Chilean singer-songwriter, born in Viña del Mar, Chile
1986 – James Kirk, Canadian actor (She’s the Man), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Famous Birthdays for 1st May 2022
1764 – Gottfried Rieger, Czech composer, born in Opavice, Czech Replublic (d. 1855)
1818 – José Amador de los Ríos, Spanish historian and poet, born in Baena, Spain (d. 1878)
1829 – José de Alencar, Brazilian writer (O Guarani), born in Fortaleza, Ceará, Empire of Brazil (d. 1877)
1858 – Anthony Johnson Showalter, American composer, born in Cherry Grove, Virginia (d. 1924)
1889 – John Evans, English cricket batsman (1 Test) and author (‘The Escaping Club’), born in Newtown, Hampshire (d. 1960)
1925 – Scott Carpenter, American astronaut (Mercury 7-Aurora 7), born in Boulder, Colorado (d. 2013)
1927 – Bernard Vukas, Croatian soccer forward (59 caps, Yugoslavia; Hajduk Split; Olympic silver 1948, 52), born in Zagreb, Croatia (d. 1983)
1937 – Una Stubbs, English actress (Till Death Us Do Part), born in Welwyn Garden City
1947 – Jacob Bekenstein, American-Israeli theoretical physicist (Bekenstein-Hawking radiation), born in Mexico City (d. 2015)
1970 – Damon Diletti, Australian field hockey goal keeper (Olympic silver 1992; Champions Trophy gold 1999), born in Perth, West Australia
Famous Birthdays for 30th April 2022
1777 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician considered one of the greatest of all time (Gaussian distribution, fundamental theorem of algebra), born in Brunswick, Germany (d. 1855)
1895 – Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, diplomat and writer (Trente arpents), born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec (d. 1960)
1909 – F. E. McWilliam [Frederick Edward], Northern-Irish surrealist sculptor (Four Seasons Group), born in Banbridge, County Down (d. 1992)
1917 – Bea Wain, American singer and radio host (“Deep Purple”; “Heart and Soul”), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2017)
1938 – Larry Niven, American sci-fi author (5 Hugo, Neutron Star), born in Los Angeles, California
1941 – Johnny Farina, American rocker (Santo and Johnny), born in Brooklyn, New York
1944 – Jill Clayburgh, American actress (Unmarried Woman, Semi-Tough), born in NYC, New York (d. 2010)
1945 – Claude van de Berge, Flemish writer (Graph Theory), born in Assenede, Belgium
1963 – Steve Smith, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks), born in Glasgow, Scotland
1982 – Kirsten Dunst, American actress (Interview with the Vampire, Spider-Man), born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey
Famous Birthdays for 29th April 2022
1908 – Philippe Brun, French jazz trumpeter, born in Paris (d. 1994)
1912 – Terence de Vere White, Irish novelist (An Affair with the Moon), born in Dublin (d. 1994)
1918 – Merv Harvey, Australian cricketer (brother of Neil, Test for Australia), born in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1995)
1921 – Cornelis de Jager, Dutch astronomer (Sun), born in Den Burg, Texel, Netherlands
1922 – George Allen, American NFL football coach (LA Rams, Washington Redskins), born in Nelson County, Virginia (d. 1990)
1934 – Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan baseball player (Chicago White Sox, MLB Hall of Fame), born in Maracaibo, Venezuela
1962 – Robert Druppers, Dutch runner (world record 1 km indoor), born in Utrecht, Netherlands
1962 – Bruce Driver, Canadian NHL defenseman (NY Rangers), born in Toronto, Ontario
1966 – John Vander Wal, American NLB outfielder (Colorado Rockies), born in Grand Rapids Michigan
1967 – Mary McCagg, American rower (Olympic 4th 1992, 96), born in Seattle, Washington
Famous Birthdays for 28th April 2022
1810 – Daniel Ullman, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1892)
1886 – Erich Salomon, German photographer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1944)
1908 – Jack Fingleton, Australian cricket batsman (18 Tests, 1,189 runs @ 42.46, 5 x 100s), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1981)
1948 – Dorothée Berryman, Canadian stage and screen actress (The Decline of the American Empire), and jazz singer, born in Quebec City, Quebec
1948 – Marcia Strassman, American actress (Julle Kotter-Welcome Back Kotter), born in New York, (d. 2014)
1949 – Paul Guilfoyle, American actor (CSI, Mrs. Doubtfire), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1950 – Robert Greenidge, Trinidadian steelpan drum player (Jimmy Buffet; John Lennon; Grover Washington, Jr.), born in Success Village, Trinidad
1978 – Drew Scott, Canadian TV personality (Property Brothers), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1986 – George [Nozuka], Canadian-Japanese RandB singer-songwriter (“Talk To Me”), born in New York City
1995 – Melanie Martinez, American singer-songwriter (Cry Baby), born in Queens, New York
Famous Birthdays for 27th April 2022
1410 – Jean Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland, Zealand and West Frisia (d. 1493)
1875 – Freddie Fane, British cricketer (Hobbs’ 1st Test opening partner), born in Curragh Camp, County Kildare, Ireland (d. 1960)
1875 – André Baillon, Belgian-French author (Un homme si simple), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1932)
1888 – Florence La Badie, Canadian-American actress (Cinderella, The Evidence of the Film), born in NYC, New York (d. 1917)
1919 – Walter Ritchie, British sculptor (Man’s Struggle), born in Coventry, England (d. 1997)
1922 – Daphne Anderson, British actress (Beggar’s Opera, Hobson’s Choice), born in London, England (d. 2013)
1922 – Martin Gray, Polish-born American writer, holocaust survivor, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 2016)
1937 – Sandy Dennis, American actress (Up the Down Staircase), born in Hastings, Nebraska (d. 1992)
1942 – Jim Keltner, American session drummer (Bob Dylan; George Harrison; John Lennon; Ringo Starr; Harry Nilsson; Richard Thompson; Traveling Wilburys; Elvis Costello; Joe Cocker; Ry Cooder; Eric Clapton; Carly Simon; Jackson Browne; Randy Newman; and others…), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1958 – David Barnes, New Zealand sailor (470 world champion 1981, 83, 84), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 2020)
Famous Birthdays for 26th April 2022
1863 – Charles Haslewood Shannon, English lithographer and painter, born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire (d. 1937)
1922 – Paul-André Gaillard, Swiss composer, born in Veytaux, Switzerland (d. 1992)
1925 – Jørgen Ingmann, Danish jazz guitarist (“Apache”; “Dansevise”), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2015)
1940 – Cliff Watson, English rugby league front rower (30 Tests GB, 4 England; St Helens 373 games, Cronulla-Sutherland), born in London, England (d. 2018)
1945 – Chuck Blazer [Charles Gordon Blazer], American soccer administrator, born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
1949 – Carlos Bianchi, Argentine soccer forward and coach (14 caps; Vélez Sarsfield, Boca Juniors), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1961 – Al Lawrence, Jamaican 4X100m relayer (Olympic silver 1984), born in Jamaica
1965 – Kevin James, American actor and comedian (The King of Queens), born in Mineola, Long Island, New York
1967 – Marianne Jean-Baptiste, English actress (Secrets and Lies), born in Camberwell, London
1982 – Brock Gillespie, American basketball player (CB Ciudad de Valladolid), born in Des Moines, Iowa