1680 – Frederich Karl Erbach, German composer, born in Erbach im Odenwald, Electoral Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1731)
1822 – Dabney Herndon Maury, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Fredericksburg, Virginia (d. 1900)
1825 – George Lafayette Beal, American politician and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Norway, Maine (d. 1896)
1867 – Désiré Pâque, Belgian organist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1939)
1878 – Louis de Visser, Dutch Communist politician (CPN), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1945)
1878 – Glenn Hammond Curtiss, American inventor (hydroplane) and founder of the US aviation industry, born in Hammondsport, New York (d. 1930)
1933 – Gene “Joe” Byrd, American jazz bassist (Charlie Byrd Trio), born in Chuckatuck, Virginia (d. 2012)
1942 – John Konrads, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 1500m freestyle, bronze 400m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle 1960; 26 individual world records), born in Riga, Latvia (d. 2021)
1942 – David Hunt, British Conservative politician, born in Glyn Ceiriog, Wales
1954 – Marina Langner, German beauty queen, Miss World runner-up (1975), born in Dusseldorf, Germany
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Famous Birthdays for 20th May 2025
1883 – Faisal I of Iraq, King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria (1920–1933) and King of Iraq (1921–1933), born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia (d. 1933)
1883 – Paul Arntzenius, Dutch painter, graphic artist and etcher, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1965)
1890 – Beniamino Gigli, Italian lyric tenor (La Gioconde – “Enzo”; Metropolitan Opera, 1920-32), born in Recanati, Marche, Italy (d. 1957)
1908 – Jimmy Stewart, American actor (The Philadelphia Story; It’s a Wonderful Life; Mr Smith Goes to Washington; Vertigo), born in Indiana, Pennsylvania (d. 1997)
1911 – Annie M. G. Schmidt, Dutch writer (Fam Doorsnee, Jip and Janneke), born in Kapelle, Netherlands (d. 1995)
1913 – William Hewlett, American engineer and businessman (co-founder Hewlett-Packard), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan (d. 2001)
1927 – Harry “Bud” Grant, American Pro Football HOF coach (NFL Coach of the Year 1969 Minnesota Vikings; 4 x Grey Cup C’ship Winnipeg Blue Bombers) and basketball forward (NBA C’ship 1950 Minnesota Lakers), born in Superior, Wisconsin (d. 2023)
1955 – Nigel Griffiths, British Labour Party politician, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, and MP for Edinburgh South, born in Glasgow, Scotland
1977 – Chad Muska, American Skateboarder for Element Skateboards, born in Lorain, Ohio
1986 – Yolanda “LaLa” Brown, American RandB singer (“S.E.X”), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2007)
Famous Birthdays for 19th May 2025
1469 – Giovanni della Robbia, Italian Renaissance sculptor (The Resurrection of Christ, Ospedale del Ceppo at Pistoia), born in Florence, Republic of Florence (d. c. 1529)
1857 – John Jacob Abel, American pharmacologist (endocrine glands), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1938)
1861 – Nellie Melba [Helen Mitchell], Australian operatic soprano and face of the Australian 100 dollar note, born in Richmond, Victoria, Australia (d. 1931)
1913 – Sanjiva Reddy, Indian politician, sixth President of India (1977-82), born in Illur, British India (d. 1996)
1926 – Swami Kriyananda [J. Donald Walters], American Hindu guru, yoga teacher, and author, born in Teleajen, Romania (d. 2013)
1940 – Carlos Diegues, Brazilian film director and screenwriter (Xica), born in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
1946 – Michele Placido, Italian actor (La Lupa, La Piovra), born in Ascoli Satriano, Italy
1946 – André the Giant, French pro wrestler (WWF World Heavyweight C’ship 1988; WWF World Tag Team C’ship [with Haku] 1989), born in Grenoble, France (d. 1993)
1948 – Jean-Pierre Haigneré, French cosmonaut and first non-Russian flight engineer on a Soyuz flight (Soyuz TM-29), born in Paris, France
1975 – Masanobu Ando, Japanese actor (Kids Return, Battle Royale), born in Kanagawa, Japan
Famous Birthdays for 18th May 2025
1851 – James Budd, American politician, Governor of California (1895-99), born in Janesville, Wisconsin (d. 1908)
1869 – Ruprecht, crown prince of Bavaria and WWI Commander of the 6th army, last heir to the Bavarian throne, born in Munich (d. 1955)
1923 – Liam Sullivan, American singer and actor (Star Trek, The Magic Sword, Monroes), born in Jacksonville, Illinois (d. 1998)
1930 – Don Lind, American USN Commander, and pilot, and NASA astronaut (STS-51-B), born in Midvale, Utah (d. 2022)
1930 – Warren Rudman, American politician (Sen-R-NH, 1980-93), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
1941 – Malcolm Longair, British physicist (Jacksonian chair at Cavendish Laboratory), born in Dundee, Scotland
1944 – Peter Ryan, British police officer and first non-Australian Commissioner of the NSW Police, Australia, born in Lancaster, England
1955 – Chow Yun-fat, Hong Kong actor (Better Tomorrow), born in Lamma Island, British Hong Kong
1960 – Tyka Nelson, American RandB singer (“Marc Anthony’s Tune”), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2024)
1983 – Vince Young, American football player, born in Houston, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 17th May 2025
1551 – Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist, born in Antwerp (d. 1608)
1794 – Anna Brownell Jameson, Anglo-Irish historian and writer (Loves of the Poets), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1860)
1911 – Maureen O’Sullivan, Irish actress (Tarzan, Pride and Prejudice, Hannah and Her Sisters), born in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland (d. 1998)
1932 – Peter Burge, Australian cricket batsman (42 Tests, 4 x 100, HS 181; Queensland CA), born in Brisbane, Australia (d. 2001)
1936 – Dennis Hopper, American actor and director (True Grit, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider), born in Dodge City, Kansas (d. 2010)
1949 – Andrew Latimer, English musician (Camel), born in Guildford, England
1953 – George Johnson, American funk and RandB guitarist and vocalist (Brothers Johnson), born in Los Angeles, California
1964 – Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (7 ATP doubles titles), born in Son en Breugel, Netherlands (d. 1999)
1973 – Sasha Alexander, American television actress (Rizzoli and Isles, NCIS), born in Los Angeles, California
1995 – Hannah Dodd, English actress (Bridgerton), born in Colchester, England
Famous Birthdays for 16th May 2025
1824 – Edmund Kirby Smith, American military officer (Confederate Army General), born in St Augustine, Florida (d. 1893)
1940 – Sir Gareth Gwyn Roberts, Welsh physicist (semiconductors and molecular electronics) and president of the Institute of Physics, born in Penmaenmawr, North Wales (d. 2007)
1948 – Jimmy Franklin, American aerobatics pilot, born in Lovington, New Mexico (d. 2005)
1951 – Jonathan Richman, American rock singer-songwriter (Modern Lovers – “Road Runner”), born in Natick, Massachusetts
1965 – Krist Novoselic, American rock bassist, and accordion player (Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”; Giants In The Trees), born in Compton, California
1966 – Janet Jackson, American pop singer (Control, “Nasty”), sister of Michael, born in Gary, Indiana
1970 – Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player (US Open 1990), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1977 – Dolcenera [Emanuela Trane], Italian singer-songwriter, born in Galatina, Italy
1982 – Łukasz Kubot, Polish tennis player
1984 – Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Alberta, Canada (d. 2011)
Famous Birthdays for 15th May 2025
1817 – Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher of the Bengal Renaissance, religious reformer and founder of the Brahmo religion, born in Calcutta, British India (d. 1905)
1873 – Nikolay Tcherepnin, Russian composer of ballets, born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1945)
1892 – Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer (Flyweight World Champion, 1916-23), referee, and columnist (News of the World), born in Quakers Yard, Wales (d. 1969)
1911 – Leo Fuchs, Polish-born Jewish American actor (The Six Million Dollar Man, Avalon), born in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1994)
1925 – Andrei Yakoulevich Eshpai, Soviet composer, born in Kozmodemyansk, Mari Autonomous Region, Soviet Union (d. 2015)
1926 – Peter Shaffer, English playwright (Equus, Amadeus), twin brother to Anthony, born in Liverpool (d. 2016)
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)
1969 – Emmitt Smith, American College/Pro Football HOF running back (Uni of Florida; Super Bowl 1992, 93 [MVP], 95; NFL MVP 1993; 3 x NFL rushing leader; Dallas Cowboys), born in Pensacola, Florida
1969 – Assala [Nasri], Syrian-Bahraini Middle Eastern and Arabic pop singer (“Ma Aaaraftik”), born in Damascus, Syria
1975 – Shiney Ahuja, Indian Bollywood actor, born in New Delhi, India
Famous Birthdays for 14th May 2025
1781 – Friedrich von Raumer, German historian, travel writer (Italy and the Italians) and politician, born in Wörlitz (d. 1873)
1846 – Pieter Cort van de Linden, Dutch politician (Prime Minister of Netherlands 1913-18), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1935)
1907 – Mohammed Ayub Khan, Pakistani general and politician (1958 coup, President of Pakistan 1958-69), born in Rehana, British India (d. 1974)
1932 – Richard Estes, American artist and photorealist painter (Telephone Booths), born in Kewanee, Illinois
1952 – Donald R McMonagle, Mjr USAF/astronaut (STS 39, 54, 66), born in Flint, Michigan
1960 – Anne Clark, British poet and avant garde recording artist, born in Croydon, Surrey, England
1978 – Brent Harvey, Australian footballer
1982 – Ai Shibata, Japanese swimmer (Olympic gold 800m freestyle 2004), born in Dazaifu, Japan
1984 – Gary Ablett Jr, Australian Rules Football midfielder (Brownlow Medal 2009, 13; 8-time All Australian; Geelong, Gold Coast), born in Moriac, Victoria
1988 – Nadine Sierra, American opera singer (Lucia di Lammermoor), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Famous Birthdays for 13th May 2025
1735 – Horace Coignet, French violinist, singer, and composer, born in Lyon, France (d. 1821)
1795 – Gérard-Paul Deshayes, French geologist, known for his research on Cenozoic marine fossil molluscs of the Paris Basin, born in Nancy, France (d. 1875)
1903 – Paul Page, American actor (Girl From Havana, Moth), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1974)
1904 – Earle Birney, Canadian poet and novelist who twice won the Governor General’s Award, born in Calgary, Northwest Territories (d. 1995)
1925 – Russ Savakus, American jazz, folk, and rock session bassist and violinist, born in Reading, Pennsylvania (d. 1984)
1931 – Eileen Diss, British theatrical designer (August, Secret Places, Betrayal), born in London, England
1933 – Stig Gustav Schonberg, Swedish composer and organist, born in Västra Husby, Sweden
1966 – Alison Goldfrapp, English singer-songwriter (Seventh Tree), born in London
1974 – Brian Geraghty, American actor (Broadwalk Empire, Big Sky), born in Toms River, New Jersey
1980 – Mau Marcelo, Filipina-American soul and RandB singer, born in Lucena, Philippines
Famous Birthdays for 12th May 2025
1855 – Anatoly Lyadov, Russian composer (From the Apocalypse; Bewitched Lake), conductor, and pedagogue (St. Petersburg Conservatory, 1878-1914), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1914)
1933 – Andrey Voznesensky, Russian poet, born in Moscow, Soviet Union (d. 2010)
1936 – David Snell, British jazz harpist and conductor, born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
1936 – Klaus Doldinger, German jazz saxophonist (Passport) and composer for film, born in Berlin, Germany
1941 – Anthony Newman, American harpsichordist and organist (Bhajeb), born in Los Angeles, California
1946 – Leonard Baichan, West Indian cricketer (WI opener, 103 v Pakistan on debut 1975), born in Rose Hall, British Guiana
1955 – Kix Brooks, American country music singer (Brooks and Dunn – “Brand New Man”), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
1959 – Ving Rhames [Irving Rameses Rhames], American actor (Mission Impossible), born in New York City
1972 – Jason Kyle, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks), born in Tempe, Arizona
1995 – Luke Benward, American actor, born in Franklin, Tennessee