1836 – Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist and son of Eilhard Mitscherlich, born in Berlin (d. 1918)
1841 – Giovanni Sgambati, Italian pianist and composer, born in Rome (d. 1914)
1932 – Neil Black, British oboist, and educator, born in Birmingham, England (d. 2016)
1936 – Frank Orr, Canadian sports author and journalist (Hockey Hall of Fame; Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award; Toronto Star), born in Hillsburgh, Ontario (d. 2021)
1952 – Russell J. Wintner, American film executive
1961 – Roland Gift, British pop-rock singer (Fine Young Cannibals – “She Drives Me Crazy”), and actor, born in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England
1970 – Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (d. 2002)
1976 – Glenn Morrison, Rugby League Player
1979 – Monica Keena, American actress
1981 – Adam Green, American anti-folk singer-songwriter, born in Mount Kisco, New York
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Famous Birthdays for 27th May 2024
1892 – Sara Heyblom, Dutch actress (Pygmalion, Fietsen naar de Maan), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1990)
1904 – Chūhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (Olympic gold triple jump 1932; only person to have held WRs in both long jump and triple jump), born in Sapporo, Japan (d. 1997)
1923 – Henry Kissinger, German-American diplomat (US Secretary of State, 1973-77) and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, born in Fürth, Bavaria, Germany (d. 2023)
1926 – Kees Rijvers, Dutch soccer midfielder (33 caps; NAC Breda, Saint-Étienne, Feyenoord) and manager (FC Twente, PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands), born in Breda, Netherlands (d. 2024)
1931 – Florence Sharples, director (British YWCA)
1961 – Cathy Silvers, actress (Happy Days, Foley Square), born in New York City
1962 – Meg Parsont, personality (David Letterman Show)
1967 – Chin Yang, Laos-born American jockey
1969 – Todd Hundley, American baseball catcher (MLB All-Star 1996, 97 NY Mets; LA Dodgers, Chicago Cubs), born in Martinsville, Virginia
1976 – Darrell Russell, American football defensive tackle (Pro Bowl 1998, 99; First-Team All-Pro 1998; Oakland Raiders), born in Pensacola, Florida (d. 2005)
Famous Birthdays for 26th May 2024
1908 – Robert Morley, British actor (Marie Antoinette, The Young Ones, How the Other Half Loves), born in Semley, Wiltshire, England (d. 1992)
1916 – Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch political prisoner and journalist (The Walls Came Tumbling Down) (d. 1972)
1932 – Joe Altobelli, American baseball utility (Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins) and manager (SF Giants, World Series Baltimore Orioles 1983, Chicago Cubs), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2021)
1938 – Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian playwright and novelist
1941 – Imants Kalniņš, Latvian classical, choral and rock composer (“Hey, You There!”), born in Riga, Latvian SSR
1944 – Sam Posey, American auto racer (12 Hours of Sebring 1975; 24 Hours of Le Mans 1971 3rd) and TV commentator (ABC Sports), born in New York City
1949 – Philip Michael Thomas, American actor (Miami Vice – “Tubbs”), born in Columbus, Ohio
1949 – Dan Pastorini, American football quarterback (Super Bowl 1980 Oakland Raiders; Pro Bowl 1975 Houston Oilers), born in Sonora, California
1951 – Sally Ride, American astronaut (first American woman to go to space), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2012)
1976 – Scott Humphries, Greely Colo, tennis star (1995 doubles Binghampton)
Famous Birthdays for 25th May 2024
1729 – Jean de Neufville, Dutch-American merchant (started 4th English war), born in Amsterdam (d. 1796)
1789 – Simon Paap, Dutch dwarf (71 cm/28 inches tall) cabaret artist, born in Zandvoort, Holland (d. 1828)
1878 – Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, American actor and tap dancer (Stormy Weather; The Little Colonel), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1949)
1918 – Peder Lunde Sr., Norwegian yachtsman (Olympic silver 1952), born in Nordstrand, Norway (d. 2009)
1926 – Bill Sharman, American Basketball HOF guard (8 × NBA All-Star; 4 x NBA C’ship; Boston Celtics) and coach (NBA C’ship 1972 LA Lakers), born in Abilene, Texas (d. 2013)
1936 – Tom T. Hall, American country singer, songwriter (“Harper Valley PTA”), and author, born in Olive Hill, Kentucky (d. 2021)
1976 – Sandra Nasić, German singer (Guano Apes), born in Göttingen, Germany
1976 – Cillian Murphy, Irish actor (28 Days Later), born in Douglas, County Cork, Ireland
1982 – Ryan Gallant, American professional skateboarder, born in Southboro, Massachusetts
1984 – Marion Raven, Norwegian singer and songwriter (M2M), born in Lørenskog, Norway
Famous Birthdays for 24th May 2024
1904 – Patrick Johnson, English physicist (d. 1996)
1933 – Bal Dani, Indian cricket all-rounder (1 Test, 1 wicket; Maharashtra, Services), born in Dudhani, India (d. 1999)
1947 – Martin Winterkorn, German automotive executive, born in Leonberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1959 – Mario Igrec, Croatian jazz guitarist, composer and music professor (Cubismo), born in Zagreb, Croatia
1972 – Greg Berlanti, American television writer and producer (Dawson’s Creek, Riverdale, Arrowverse), born in Rye, New York
1972 – Tito Paul, American NFL defensive back (Arizona Cardinals, Cincinnati Bengals), born in Kissimmee, Florida
1973 – Dermot O’Leary, British-Irish television presenter (The X Factor), born in Colchester, Essex, England
1975 – Yannis Goumas, Greek footballer (Greece national team), born in Ampelonas, Greece
1976 – Catherine Cox, Australian netballer, born in Whangarei, New Zealand
1989 – Tara Correa-McMullen, American actress (Judging Amy), born in Westminster, Vermont (d. 2005)
Famous Birthdays for 23rd May 2024
1606 – Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1682)
1834 – Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890)
1848 – Maritcha Remond Lyons, American educator, civic leader, suffragist, and civil rights leader (co-founder of the Women’s Loyal Union of New York and Brooklyn), born in New York City (d. 1929)
1910 – Artie Shaw [Arthur Arshawsky], American gig 0bandleader, jazz clarinetist and actor (“Begin the Beguine”), and actor, born in New York City (d. 2004)
1920 – Sid Melton [Sidney Meltzer], American actor (Green Acres; The Danny Thomas Show), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2011)
1939 – Marvin Stamm, American jazz and session trumpeter, and flugelhorn player (Stan Kenton; Woody Herman; Thad Jones/Mel Lewis; Paul McCartney – “Uncle Albert”), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1946 – Danny Klein, American rock bassist (J Geils Band – “Centerfold”), born in New York City
1947 – Bernard Comrie, English linguist
1950 – Aleksandr Klepikov, Russian rower (Olympic gold Soviet Union coxed four 1976), born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 2021)
1965 – James Hasty, NFL cornerback (KC Chiefs)
Famous Birthdays for 22nd May 2024
1808 – Gérard de Nerval [Gérard Labrunie], French writer, born in Paris (d. 1855)
1891 – Lucien Cailliet, French-American clarinetist, composer, conductor (Allentown Band), arranger (Philadelphia Orchestra, 1919-1937), and teacher, born in Châlons-sur-Marne, France (d. 1985)
1957 – Gary Sweet, Australian actor (Alexandra’s Project – Steve), born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1962 – Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler, born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1997)
1966 – Donald Royal, American NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets, Orlando Magic), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1968 – Randy Brown, American NBA point guard and executive (NBA C’ship 1996-98, Chicago Bulls), born in Chicago, Illinois
1970 – Eric Wunderlich, American 200m breaststroke (Olympic 7th 1996)
1977 – Dre Bly, American Football Player
1984 – Joe Lauzon, American martial artist
2004 – Peyton Elizabeth Lee, American actress (Andi Mack; Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.), born in New York City
Famous Birthdays for 21st May 2024
1792 – Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (Coriolis effect), born in Paris, France (d. 1843)
1880 – Pablo Luna, Spanish composer (De España vengo), born in Alhama de Aragón, Spain (d. 1942)
1884 – Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet (d. 1920)
1904 – Robert Montgomery, American actor and director (Robert Montgomery Presents, Earl of Chicago, Yellow Jack), born in Fishkill Landing, New York (d. 1981)
1916 – Dennis Day [Owen Patrick Eugene McNulty], Irish-American tenor (“Danny Boy”), radio and television comic actor (Jack Benny Program; A Day in the Life of Dennis Day), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1988)
1920 – Anthony Steel, British actor and singer (Malta Story, The Wooden Horse), born in London, England (d. 2001)
1924 – Robert Parris, American composer (Book of Imaginary Beings), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1999)
1951 – Arthur Russell, American experimental classical-pop fusion cellist, and composer, born in Oskaloosa, Iowa (d. 1992)
1979 – Damián Ariel Álvarez, Argentinian Mexican footballer, born in Morón, Argentina
1994 – Tom Daley, English diver (2021 Olympic Gold), born in Plymouth, England
Famous Birthdays for 20th May 2024
1726 – Francis Cotes, English painter (d. 1770)
1925 – D. French Slaughter Jr, American politician (Rep-R-VA, 1985-91), born in Culpeper, Virginia (d. 1998)
1954 – Guy Hoffman, American drummer (BoDeans, 1984-87; Violent Femmes, 1993-2002), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1955 – Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, Indian poet and film and theater lyricist (“Vidhata Thalapuna”), born in Anakapalle, India (d. 2021)
1956 – William Michaelian, American novelist and poet
1961 – Nick Heyward, British rock guitarist and vocalist (Haircut 100 – “Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)”), born in Becjenham, Kent, England
1966 – Gina Ravera, American actress
1967 – Beate Reinstadler, Stuttgart Ger, tennis star (1989 Futures Israel)
1967 – Ramzi Yousef, Kuwaiti-born Pakistani terrorist
1977 – Chad Muska, American Skateboarder for Element Skateboards, born in Lorain, Ohio
Famous Birthdays for 19th May 2024
1857 – John Jacob Abel, American pharmacologist (endocrine glands), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1938)
1898 – Julius Evola, Italian philosopher (d. 1974)
1909 – Sir Nicholas Winton, British humanitarian (‘British Schindler’ – saved 669 children from Nazis), born in London (d. 2015)
1914 – Go Seigen [Wu Qingyuan], Chinese-born Japanese Go master considered the greatest Go player in the 20th century, born in Minhou County, Fujian, Republic of China (d. 2014)
1930 – Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright (A Raisin in the Sun), and writer (To Be Young Gifted And Black), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1965)
1932 – Claude Blanchard, French Canadian singer, comedian and actor, born in Joliette, Canada (d. 2006)
1936 – Elisabeth Schwartz, Austrian pairs figure skater (Olympic gold 1956)
1940 – Carlos Diegues, Brazilian film director and screenwriter (Xica), born in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
1940 – (Milton) “Mickey” Newbury, American outlaw-country singer-songwriter, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2002)
1942 – Curly Neal, American basketball guard (Harlem Globetrotters 1963-85), born in Greensboro, North Carolina (d. 2020)