1754 – Franz Anton Hoffmeister, German composer, born in Rottenburg am Neckar, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1812)
1899 – Indra Devi, Latvian Yoga Instructor (d. 2002)
1914 – Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet/writer
1922 – Barend Busnac, office clerk/resistance fighter
1926 – Mervyn Dymally, American politician (Rep-D-CA, 1981-93), born in Cedros, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2012)
1936 – Klaus Doldinger, German jazz saxophonist (Passport) and composer for film, born in Berlin
1947 – Micheline Lanctôt, American film actor, director and screenwriter
1958 – Christian Brando, son of Marlon/killed sisters boyfriend
1961 – Lar Park Lincoln, American actress
1972 – Jason Kyle, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
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Famous Birthdays for 11th May 2020
1733 – Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)
1881 – Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian physicist (d. 1963)
1926 – Ernest Harrison, CEO (Racal Electronics)
1941 – Ian Redpath, cricketer (dependable Australian opening batsman 1964-76)
1942 – Rachel Billington, British writer
1967 – Eric Young, infielder (Colorado Rockies), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
1970 – Michael Joubert, Australian 400m/800m (Olympics 1996)
1972 – Anita Hegh, Australian actress
1979 – Erin Lang, Canadian musician
1983 – Frédéric Xhonneux, Belgian decathlete
Famous Birthdays for 10th May 2020
1741 – Johann Michael Schmidt, composer
1825 – Rudolf Viole, composer
1910 – Margot Turner, matron-in-chief (Army Nursing Service)
1941 – Ken Berry [Allen Kent Berry], American baseball player (White Sox, Angels, Brewers, Indians), born in Kansas City, Missouri
1942 – Ingram Douglass Marshall, American composer (Alcatraz, Fragility Cycles), born in Mount Vernon, New York
1946 – Donovan [Philips Leitch], Scottish musician (Sunshine Superman, Catch the Wind), born in Glasgow, Scotland
1962 – Garry Daley, keyboard (China Crisis-Christian)
1966 – Mikael Andersson, Swedish NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning), born in Malmö, Sweden
1970 – Dallas Roberts, American actor
1973 – Rüştü Reçber, Turkish soccer goalkeeper (120 caps, record appearance holder, FIFA World Cup All Star Team: 2002; Fenerbahçe, Barcelona, Beşiktaş), born in Korkuteli, Turkey
Famous Birthdays for 9th May 2020
1810 – Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau and daughter of King Willem I, born in Berlin (d. 1883)
1887 – Jules Van de Leene, Belgian painter, born in Ixelles, Belgium (d. 1962)
1895 – Lucian Blaga, Romanian philosopher and poet (Dogmatic Aeon), born in Lámkerék, Szeben County, Austria-Hungary (d. 1961)
1920 – William Tenn, American author
1924 – Bulat S Okudzjava, Russian author (Student!)
1941 – Howard Komives, American NBA star (NY Knicks, Buffalo Braves), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2009)
1951 – Joy Harjo, American poet and musician (first Native American US Poet Laureate 2019-), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1963 – Sanja Doležal, Croatian singer (Novi fosili)
1979 – Andrew W.K., American musician
1996 – Mary Matilyn Mouser, American child actress
Famous Birthdays for 8th May 2020
1720 – William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, 5th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1756-57), born in Hardwicke, England (d. 1764)
1763 – John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman
1803 – Joseph Napoleon Ney, French politician, born in Paris (d. 1857)
1891 – Chet “Red” Hoff, pitcher (NY Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+
1916 – Swami Chinmayananda, Indian spiritualist (d. 1993)
1921 – Graham Leonard, Bishop of London, most senior Anglican to convert to Catholicism since the reformation (d. 2010)
1933 – Alistair Service, writer/publisher
1974 – Colin Daynes, 68 kg Greco Roman wrestler (Olympic-96), born in Windsor, Ontario
1980 – Michelle McManus, Scottish singer
1984 – Nadine Chandrawinata, 2006 Miss Universe Pageant (Indonesia)
Famous Birthdays for 7th May 2020
1724 – Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general, born in Strasbourg, Alsace, France (d. 1797)
1918 – Argeliers León, Cuban composer, born in Pinar del Río, Cuba (d. 1991)
1922 – Joe O’Donnell, American documentary photographer and photojournalist, born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (d. 2007)
1929 – Dick Williams, American baseball player and manager (including Seattle 1986-87), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2011)
1930 – Totie Fields [Sophie Feldman], American comedienne, born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1978)
1932 – Derek Taylor, English publicist for the Beatles, born in Liverpool, Merseyside (d. 1997)
1951 – Carlos Alomar, Puerto Rican-American guitarist, composer, and arranger (David Bowie), born in Ponce, Puerto Rico
1970 – Sebastien Britten, Brossard Que, figure skater (1995 Canadian Champ)
1973 – Dameian Jeffries, NFL defensive end (New Orleans Saints)
1979 – Katie Douglas, American basketball player
Famous Birthdays for 6th May 2020
1397 – Sejong the Great, 4th King of Joseon (1418-50), born in Hanseong, Kingdom of Joseon (d. 1450)
1581 – Frans Francken the Younger, Flemish painter, born in Antwerp (d. 1642)
1869 – Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian and general archivist, born in Bilzen, Belgium (d. 1947)
1895 – Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian writer (The Man Who Counted), born in Rio de Janeiro (d. 1974)
1904 – Raymond Bailey, American actor (Vertigo, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Incredible Shrinking Man), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1980)
1921 – Freddy Randall, English jazz trumpeter, born in London (d. 1999)
1934 – Richard Shelby, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama’s 7th district), born in Birmingham, Alabama
1961 – Clay O’Brien, actor (Weedy-Cowboys), born in Ray, Arizona
1980 – Taebin, Korean singer (1TYM)
1990 – José Altuve, Venezuelan professional baseball second baseman (Houston Astros), born in Maracay, Venezuela
Famous Birthdays for 5th May 2020
1830 – John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer, born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1906)
1900 – Mervyn A. Ellison, British astronomer (spectrohelioscope), born in Fethard-on-Sea, County Wexford, Ireland (d. 1963)
1907 – Kenneth Muir, English scholar, born in London (d. 1996)
1911 – Gilles Grangier, French film director (Archimède le clochard), born in Paris (d. 1996)
1919 – Tony Canadeo, American NFL hall of fame halfback (Green Bay Packers), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2003)
1934 – Ace Cannon, American saxophonist (Tuff Sax), born in Grenada, Mississippi (d. 2018)
1935 – Edward “Kidd” Jordan, American jazz saxophonist and music educator, born in Crowley, New Orleans
1957 – Peter Howitt, British actor and film director (Laws of Attraction), born in Manchester, Lancashire, England
1976 – Anastasios Pantos, Greek footballer, born in Korydallos, Greece
1988 – Jessica Dubroff, American aviator (attempting to become the youngest person to fly a light utility aircraft across the United States), born in Falmouth, Massachusetts (d. 1996)
Famous Birthdays for 4th May 2020
1932 – Fausto Razzi, Italian composer, born in Rome
1939 – Paul Gleason, American actor (Breakfast Club, Die Hard), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2006)
1943 – Mihail Chemiakin, Russian painter, born in Moscow
1943 – Stella Parton, American singer (A Woman’s Touch), sister of Dolly Parton, born in Sevierville, Tennessee
1945 – Monika van Paemel, Belgian writer (Accursed Fathers), born in Poesele, Belgium
1948 – Hurley Haywood, American auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1977, 83, 94; 24 Hours of Daytona 1973, 75, 77, 79, 91), born in Chicago, Illinois
1950 – Darryl Hunt, English pop bassist (Pogues-Pair of Brown Eyes), born in Christchurch, New Zealand
1961 – Eugene Daniel, American football NFL center (Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1967 – Matthew Crane, American actor (Matt Cory-Another World), born in Kimberton, Pennsylvania
1978 – Shaenon K. Garrity, American webcomics writer and artist (creator of Narbonic)
Famous Birthdays for 3rd May 2020
1737 – Friedrich Schwindl, Dutch composer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1786)
1826 – Charles XV, King of Sweden and Norway (1859-72), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1872)
1861 – Emmett Dalton, American outlaw, member of the Dalton Gang in the American Old West, born in Belton, Missouri (d. 1937)
1940 – Clemens Westerhof, Dutch football manager, born in Beek, Netherlands
1940 – Conny Plank, German record producer and musician, born in Hütschenhausen, Germany (d. 1987)
1945 – Sadiq Mohammad, Pakistani cricketer (attacking Pakistan opening batsman 1969-81), born in Junagadh, Gujarat, British India
1952 – Caitlin Clarke, American actress (Dragonslayer), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2004)
1956 – Marc Bellemare, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
1956 – Gillian Rolton, Australian equestrian (Summer Olympics 1992, 1996- gold), born in Adelaide, South Australia (d. 2017)
1980 – Marcel Vigneron, American chef (Top Chef), born in Bainbridge Island, Washington