1605 – Nikon [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church, born in Veldemanovo, Russia (d. 1681)
1905 – Mikhail Sholokhov, Soviet writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965), born in Veshenskaya, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire (d. 1984)
1928 – Peter Griffiths, British politician (C), controversially won his seat (1964), born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire (d. 2013)
1947 – Robert “Waddy” Wachtel, American session guitarist, composer and record producer (Warren Zevon; Stevie Nicks; James Taylor; Linda Ronstadt; Jackson Browne), born in NYC, New York
1953 – Alfred Molina, British actor (Spider Man 2, Frida, Chocolat), born in London, England
1960 – Pete Metzelaars, NFL tight end (Carolina Panthers, GB Packers, Lions)
1963 – Ken Flach, American professional tennis player (4 Grand Slam titles, 2 mixed doubles), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2018)
1967 – Margaret Crowley, Australian 800m/1500m runner (Olympics 1996)
1982 – Issah Ahmed, Ghanaian football player, born in Dawu, Ghana
1989 – Tara Correa-McMullen, American actress (Judging Amy), born in Westminster, Vermont (d. 2005)
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 23rd May 2021
1707 – Carolus Linnaeus [Carl von Linné], Swedish botanist, explorer and the Father of Taxonomy, born in Råshult, Sweden (d. 1778)
1729 – Giuseppe Parini, Italian prose writer and poet (Il Giorno), born in Bosisio, Lombardy, Italy (d. 1799)
1737 – Louis François Chambray, French composer, born in Château de Chambray, Evreux, France (d. 1807)
1799 – Thomas Hood, English poet and composer (The Song of the Shirt), born in London (d. 1845)
1851 – Antoni Stolpe, Polish pianist and composer, born in Pulawy, Poland (d. 1872)
1920 – Helen O’Connell, American big-band singer (Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – “Green Eyes”; “Anapola”), born in Lima, Ohio (d. 1993)
1950 – William Barr, American lawyer (US Attorney General, 1992-93 and 2019-20), born in New York City
1965 – Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Real Madrid footballer
1970 – Blake Schwendiman, American author
1980 – Sarah Louise Catherwood, 4x200m swimmer (Olympics 1996), born in Christchurch, New Zealand
Famous Birthdays for 22nd May 2021
1671 – Abraham Patras, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1735-37), born in Grenoble, France (d. 1737)
1770 – Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, 7th child and 3rd daughter of King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, born in Buckingham House, London (d. 1840)
1804 – John William Livingston, American Commander (Union Navy), born in NYC, New York (d. 1885)
1940 – Bernard Shaw, American news correspondant (CBS, CNN), born in Chicago, Illinois
1950 – Bernie Taupin, British singer and lyricist (writes with Elton John), born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire
1954 – Shuji Nakamura, Japanese-born American electronic engineer (invented the Blue LED), born in Ikata, Japan
1959 – [Steven] Morrissey, British rock vocalist (The Smiths), born in Davyhulme, Lancashire
1975 – Tracy Brookshaw, American professional wrestler and valet
1980 – Rhett Fisher, American actor and musician, born in Indianapolis, Indiana
1985 – Tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer
Famous Birthdays for 21st May 2021
1688 – Alexander Pope, English poet (Rape of the Lock, translation of Homer) (d. 1744), born in London, England
1822 – Mosby Monroe Parsons, United States officer in the Mexican–American War and brigadier general of the Confederate States Army, born in Charlottesville, Virginia (d. 1865)
1825 – George Lafayette Beal, American politician and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Norway, Maine (d. 1896)
1903 – Manly Wade Wellman, Angolan born American sci-fi author (After Dark, Devil’s Planet), born in Kamundongo, Portuguese West Africa (d. 1986)
1927 – Kay Kendall [Justine McCarthy], British actress (Genevieve, The Constant Husband, Les Girls), born in Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire (d. 1959)
1942 – David Hunt, British Conservative politician, born in Glyn Ceiriog, Wales
1955 – Paul Barber, British field hockey player
1957 – Judge Reinhold, American actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High), born in Wilmington, Delaware
1977 – Quinton Fortune, South African footballer, born in Cape Town, South Africa
1984 – Brandon Fields, National Football League punter, born in Southfield, Michigan
Famous Birthdays for 20th May 2021
1841 – Sara Louisa Oberholtz, social reformer, anti-smoking advocate
1856 – Henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter
1900 – Lydia Cabrera, Cuban Anthropologist, born in Havana, Cuba
1927 – [Harold] Bud Grant, Wisc, CFL/NFL player and coach (Winnipeg, Minnesota)
1942 – Lynn Davies, long jumper
1961 – Nick Heyward, guitar/vocals (Haircut 100-Favourite Shirts)
1965 – Bruno Marie-Rose, French runner (world record 200 m indoor)
1965 – Ted Allen, American television host
1981 – Lindsay Taylor, American basketball player
1982 – Imran Farhat, Pakistani cricketer
Famous Birthdays for 19th May 2021
1914 – Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
1939 – Sonny Fortune [Cornelius Fortune], American jazz saxophonist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2018)
1940 – Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist
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)
1946 – Claude Lelièvre, Belgian commissioner for children’s rights
1956 – Martyn Ware, rocker (Heaven 17-Electric Dreams)
1963 – Filippo Galli, Italian footballer
1975 – Masanobu Ando, Japanese actor
1979 – Barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress
1984 – Marcedes Lewis, American NFL tight end (Pro Bowl 2010; Jacksonville Jaguars, Green Bay Packers), born in Los Alamitos, California
Famous Birthdays for 18th May 2021
1778 – Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (d. 1854)
1850 – Oliver Heaviside, English physicist (predicted ionosphere), born in London, England (d. 1925)
1851 – James Budd, American politician, Governor of California (1895-99), born in Janesville, Wisconsin (d. 1908)
1887 – Ernst Wiechert, German writer (The Simple Life), born in Kleinort, East Prussia (d. 1950)
1897 – Jack Raine, British actor (Quartet), born in London, England (d. 1979)
1928 – Pernell Roberts, American actor (Adam-Bonanza, Trapper John MD), born in Waycross, Georgia (d. 2010)
1962 – Mike Darnell, American television executive ‘the King of Reality TV’ (Fox, Warner Bros), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1963 – Marty McSorley, Canadian NHL defenseman (LA Kings, NY Rangers), born in Hamilton, Ontario
1972 – Turner Stevenson, Canadian NHL right wing (Montreal Canadiens), born in Prince George, British Columbia
1977 – Lee Hendrie, English footballer, born in Solihull, England
Famous Birthdays for 17th May 2021
1490 – Albert of Prussia, 1st Duke of Prussia, born in Ansbach (d. 1568)
1749 – Edward Jenner, English physician, father of (western) immunology, pioneered smallpox vaccinations, born in Berkeley (d. 1823)
1794 – Anna Brownell Jameson, Anglo-Irish historian and writer (Loves of the Poets), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1860)
1926 – Geoffrey Caston, vice chancellor (U of South Pacific)
1929 – John Davies, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 200m breaststroke 1952; WR 200m breaststroke 2:34.4 1952), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2020)
1939 – Gary Paulsen, American author of young adult literature, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1949 – Andrew Latimer, English musician (Camel), born in Guildford, England
1951 – I R Evans, CEO (Hyder, Welsh Water)
1973 – Matthew McGrory, American actor (d. 2005)
1990 – Leven Rambin, American actress
Famous Birthdays for 16th May 2021
1816 – Henry Hopkins Sibley, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1886)
1878 – Taylor Holmes, American actor (Sleeping Beauty, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1959)
1893 – Jose Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance (1925-30)
1906 – Alfred Pellan, French Canadian painter (d. 1988)
1918 – Juan Rulfo, Mexican writer (Pedro Paramo)
1941 – Maurice Henry Weddington, composer
1946 – Jessi B Wilson, Mississippi, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1953 – Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor (Remington Steele, Golden Eye), born in Drogheda, Ireland
1968 – Patrick Waite, British reggae-rock bassist (Musical Youth – “Pass the Dutchie”), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1993)
1972 – Keith Burns, American NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32), born in Greeleyville, South Carolina
Famous Birthdays for 15th May 2021
1892 – Jimmy Wilde, boxer (d. 1969)
1902 – Richard J Daley, American politician (38th Mayor-Chicago-D:1955-76), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1976)
1915 – Paul A Samuelson, economist (1970 Nobel, 1947 John Bates Clark Medal)
1936 – Jean Balissat, Swiss composer pedagogue and conductor (Kaleidoscope for trumpet and percussion), born in Lausanne, Switzerland (d. 2007)
1938 – Mireille Darc, French actress (Week End, Hurried Man), born in Toulon
1940 – Roger Ailes, American TV executive and CEO of Fox News (1996-2016), born in Warren, Ohio (d. 2017)
1949 – Eric J Beekes, actor/singer (Hunk)
1952 – Chazz Palminteri, American actor (The Usual Suspects, Bronx Tale), born in The Bronx, New York
1965 – Dan Stryzinski, NFL punter (Atlanta Falcons)
1978 – Krissy Taylor, American model, born in Miami, Florida (d. 1995)