1835 – Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese military leader, born in Hino, Tokyo, Japan (d. 1869)
1872 – Charles Greeley Abbot, American astronomer (Solar Constant), born in Wilton, New Hampshire (d. 1973)
1902 – Ralph Wood, British contemporary classical composer, born in London, England (d. 1957)
1912 – Dave O’Brien [Fronabarger], American actor and writer (Reefer Madness, Kiss Me Kate, 1st Aid), born in Big Spring, Texas (d. 1969)
1939 – Terry Waite, English Anglican Church envoy/Lebanese hostage, born in Bollington, Cheshire
1942 – John Daniel, British Vice-Chancellor (Open U), born in Surrey
1943 – Wayne Carson, American country musician and songwriter (“Always On My Mind”), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2015)
1962 – Børge Ousland, Norwegian polar explorer, 1st person to complete solo crossing of the Antarctic, born in Oslo, Norway
1971 – Sarah Murdoch [Sarah O’Hare], British-Australian model, born in London, England
1974 – Chad Campbell, American golfer (US masters 2009 runner-up, 4 PGA Tour titles), born in Andrews, Texas
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Famous Birthdays for 30th May 2025
1797 – Johann Christian Lobe, German composer, born in Weimar, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar (d. 1881)
1887 – Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian-American sculptor and lithographer, born in Kyiv, Russian Empire (d. 1964)
1920 – John Heawood, Canadian actor, singer and choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), born in Canada (d. 1995)
1925 – Gerard Toorenaar, Dutch controversial police officer (political commissar in Amsterdam 1975-79), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1994)
1947 – Krishna Das [Jeffrey Kagel], American new age and kirtan vocalist, and record producer (All One), born on Long Island, New York
1948 – Michael Piller, American screenwriter and television producer (Star Trek: The Next Generation; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), born in Port Chester, New York (d. 2005)
1950 – Bertrand Delanoë, French politician and mayor of Paris (2001-14), born in Tunis, French Tunisia
1960 – Stephen Duffy, English rock singer, songwriter, and musician (The Lilac Time – “Paradise Circus”; solo – “Sugar High”; Duran Duran 1978-79), born in Alum Rock, England
1974 – Big L [Lamont Coleman], American rapper (Lifestylez Ov Da Poor and Dangerous), born in Harlem, New York (d. 1999)
1981 – Devendra Banhart, Venezulan-American singer-songwriter (Cripple Crow), born in Houston, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 29th May 2025
1675 – Humphry Ditton, English mathematician, born in Salisbury, England (d. 1715)
1837 – Luca Fumagalli, Italian pianist and composer (Luigi XI), born in Inzago, Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom, Austrian Empire (d. 1908)
1839 – Nat Thomson, Australian cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 1 wicket, HS 41; NSW CA), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1896)
1874 – G. K. Chesterton [Gilbert Keith], English writer (Father Brown; The Everlasting Man), born in London (d. 1936)
1935 – Martin Garrod, Commandant General Royal Marines, born in Darjeeling, British India (d. 2009)
1955 – John Hinckley Jr., American man who attempted to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan in 1981, born in Ardmore, Oklahoma
1975 – Alexander Zhurik, Belarusian hockey defenseman (Belarus, Olympics 1998), born in Minsk, Belarus
1983 – Richard Jackson, American actor (Ryan Meyers-Saved by the Bell), born in Redlands, California
1986 – Dylan Postl, American professional wrestler (Hornswaggle), born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
1987 – Issac Luke, New Zealand Rugby League hooker (NZ 37 caps), born in Hawera, NZ
Famous Birthdays for 28th May 2025
1760 – Alexandre de Beauharnais, French politician, general of the revolution and first husband of Joséphine de Beauharnais, born in Fort-Royal, Martinique, France (d. 1794)
1819 – William Birney, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Huntsville, Alabama (d. 1907)
1886 – Santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-American mobster, born in Cianciana, Sicily, Italy (d. 1954)
1887 – Jim Thorpe, American all-round athlete (Olympic gold decathlon, pentathlon 1912; College and Pro Football Hall of Fame), born in Indian Territory, Oklahoma (d. 1953)
1894 – Sammy White, American comedian and actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1960)
1896 – Marius Monnikendam, Dutch choir composer, born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1977)
1916 – Walker Percy, American writer and novelist (“The Moviegoer”, “Lancelot”), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1990)
1962 – François-Henri Pinault, French businessman (CEO of Kering, president of Groupe Artémis), born in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
1978 – Jake Johnson [Weinberger], American actor (New Girl – “Nick”), film producer, and screenwriter, born in Evanston, Illinois
1980 – Mark Feehily, Irish pop singer (Westlife – “Flying Without Wings”), born in Sligo, Ireland
Famous Birthdays for 27th May 2025
1819 – Julia Ward Howe, American poet (Battle Hymn of the Republic), author, abolitionist, and women’s suffragist, born in New York City (d. 1910)
1863 – Arthur Mold, English cricket fast bowler (England 3 Tests; 1,673 1st class wickets), born in Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire (d. 1921)
1870 – Lionel Palairet, British cricket batsman (2 Tests; Somerset CCC, Oxford Uni CC), born in Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire, England (d. 1933)
1884 – Max Brod, Czech-born Israeli composer, writer, and biographer of Kafka, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1968)
1894 – Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon), born in St. Mary’s County, Maryland (d. 1961)
1923 – Sumner Redstone, American media mogul (ViacomCBS), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2020)
1944 – Pleun Strik, Dutch soccer defender (8 caps, FIFA World Cup 1974 runner-up; PSV Eindhoven 270 games), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2022)
1957 – Siouxsie Sioux [Susan Ballion], British rock musician, singer and songwriter (Siouxsie and the Banshees – “Peek-a-Boo’; “Kiss Them For Me”), born in Southwark, England
1963 – Calliope Tsoupaki, Greek classical pianist and composer (Sappho’s Tears), born in Piraeus, Greece
1973 – Jack McBrayer, American comedian and actor (Conan O’Brien; 30 Rock – “Kenneth”), born in Macon, Georgia
Famous Birthdays for 26th May 2025
1602 – Philippe de Champaigne, French painter, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1674)
1871 – Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), born in Bilzen, Belgium (d. 1968)
1909 – Richard Maibaum, American screenwriter (Goldfinger), born in New York City (d. 1991)
1911 – Ben Alexander, American actor (Dragnet, All Quiet on the Western Front), born in Goldfield, Nevada (d. 1969)
1923 – Horst Tappert, German director, actor and former SS member (Derrick), born in Elberfeld, Germany (d. 2008)
1949 – Hank Williams, Jr, American country singer-songwriter (“All My Rowdy Friends”; “Honky Tonkin'”: “There’s A Tear In My Beer”), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
1961 – Tarsem Singh, Indian film director, born in Jalandhar, India
1966 – Grant Bradburn, New Zealand cricketer and coach (son of Wynne NZ off-spinner), born in Hamilton, New Zealand
1974 – Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer, born in Boden, Sweden
1978 – Phil Elverum (né Elvrum), American singer-songwriter (The Microphones), born in Anacortes, Washington
Famous Birthdays for 25th May 2025
1550 – Camillus de Lellis, Italian Roman Catholic saint (founder of the Ministers of the Sick), born in Bucchianico, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1614)
1803 – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and philosopher (Concord Hymn), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1882)
1882 – Marie Doro, American stage and film actress of the early silent film era (The Heart of Nora Flynn, The White Pearl), born in Duncannon, Pennsylvania (d. 1956)
1918 – Peder Lunde Sr., Norwegian yachtsman (Olympic silver 1952), born in Nordstrand, Norway (d. 2009)
1929 – Beverly Sills [Belle Miriam Silverman], American operatic soprano, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2007)
1943 – Jessi Colter [Miriam Johnson], American country singer (“I’m Not Lisa”), born in Phoenix, Arizona
1945 – Dave Lee Travis [David Griffin], British DJ and presenter (Top of the Pops], convicted of indecent assault, born in Buxton, Derbyshire
1956 – (Lincoln) “Sugar” Minott, Jamaican reggae singer (The African Brothers), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2010)
1966 – Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, wife of Prince Constantijn and sister-in-law of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, born in Leiden, Netherlands
1969 – Anne Heche, American actress (Donnie Brasco; Juror; Volcano), born in Aurora, Ohio (d. 2022)
Famous Birthdays for 24th May 2025
1836 – Joseph Rowntree, British social reformer, born in York, England (d. 1925)
1855 – Arthur Wing Pinero, English actor and playwright, born in London (d. 1934)
1909 – Guillermo Díaz-Plaja, Spanish literary and poet (Lorca), born in Manresa, Barcelona (d. 1984)
1911 – Barbara West, English survivor of the Titanic sinking, born in Bournemouth, Dorset, England (d. 2007)
1931 – Michael Lonsdale, French actor (The Day of the Jackal, Moonraker), born in Paris, France (d. 2020)
1935 – Joan Micklin Silver, American film director (Hester Street; Crossing Delancey), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2020)
1941 – Tony Valentino, Italian-American rock guitarist (Standells – “Dirty Water”), born in Sicily, Italy
1965 – John C. Reilly, American actor (Chicago, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story), born in Chicago, Illinois
1973 – Dermot O’Leary, British-Irish television presenter (The X Factor), born in Colchester, Essex, England
1978 – Brad Penny, American baseball pitcher (World Series 2003 Florida Marlins; MLB All Star 2006, 07; NL wins leader 2006 LA Dodgers), born in Blackwell, Oklahoma
Famous Birthdays for 23rd May 2025
1756 – Nicolas-Joseph Hüllmandel, Alsatian composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1823)
1828 – Edward Hitchcock Jr., 1st American physical educator (Amherst College), born in Amherst, Massachusetts (d. 1911)
1933 – Bruce Peterson, American aeronautical engineer, and NASA test pilot (M2, HL-10), born in Washburn, North Dakota (d. 2006)
1943 – Lars-Åke Nilsson, Swedish diplomat, born in Lund, Sweden (d. 1996)
1970 – Matt Flynn, American drummer (Maroon 5, since 2006 – “Moves Like Jagger”), born in Woodstock, New York
1972 – Rene Ingoglia, running back (Buffalo Bills)
1972 – Isabelle Fijalkowski, WNBA center/forward (Cleveland Rockers)
1974 – Duane Clemons, American NFL linebacker (Minnesota Vikings), born in Riverside, California
1974 – Jewel [Kilcher], American singer-songwriter (“Pieces Of You”; “You Were Meant For Me”; “Standing Still”), born in Payson, Utah
1991 – Aaron Donald, American NFL football defensive end, Defensive Rookie of the Year, 7x Pro Bowls, 3x Defensive Player of the Year (St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays for 22nd May 2025
1821 – Alfred Sully, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1879)
1923 – Aline Griffith, American-born Spanish aristocrat, Countess of Romanones, spy and author, born in Pearl River, New York (d. 2017)
1925 – James King, American tenor, born in Dodge City, Kansas (d. 2005)
1934 – Arne Harris, American television sports director, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2001)
1934 – Peter Nero [Bernard Nierow], American conductor (Philadelphia POPS, 1979-2013), pianist and composer (Sunday in New York), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2023)
1941 – Paul Winfield, American actor (Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn, Mars Attack), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2004)
1942 – Malika Sabirova, Soviet Tajik ballet dancer, born in Dushanbe, Tajikistan (d. 1982)
1954 – Jerry Dammers, British keyboardist (The Specials), born in Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, India
1975 – Jaane Niinimaa, Finnish NHL defenseman (Finland Olympic bronze 1998, Flyers), born in Raahe, Finland
1980 – Rhett Fisher, American actor and musician, born in Indianapolis, Indiana