1893 – Michel Gusikoff, composer
1908 – Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, Akarp Sweden, composer (Linden)
1914 – Turk Broda, ice hockey goaltender (d. 1972)
1919 – Charles Palmer, cricketer (one Test 1955, later MCC president)
1924 – Maria Koepcke, German ornithologist (d. 1971)
1941 – K T Oslin, Crossett Ar, country singer (80’s Ladies)
1971 – Phil Pfister, American strength athlete
1972 – Troy Drake, NFL tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
1988 – Jessica Falkholt, Australian actress (Hope Morrison-Home and Away, born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2018)
1990 – Joe Mattock, English football player
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 14th May 2019
1553 – Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)
1805 – Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer
1897 – Sidney Bechet, American jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/band leader
1900 – Leo Smit, Dutch composer who died in a Nazi extermination camp, born in Amsterdam (d. 1943)
1905 – Jean Daniélou, French cardinal (d. 1974)
1916 – Del Moore, American comedian and actor (Cal-Bachelor Father), born in Pensacola, Florida (d. 1970)
1917 – Herta Ryder, literary agent
1924 – Joly Braga Santos, composer
1948 – Dave LaRoche, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
1980 – Eugene Martineau, Dutch decathlete
Famous Birthdays for 13th May 2019
1588 – Ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654)
1655 – Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italian 244th Pope (1721-24)
1854 – Louis H Chrispijn, Dutch actor and director (Krates, Lost and Found, Silvia Silombra), born in Amsterdam, Netherland (d. 1926)
1857 – Ronald Ross, British pathologist (Nobel Prize 1902), born in Almora, North-Western Provinces, British India (d. 1932)
1915 – John Habakkuk, principal (Jesus College in Oxford)
1944 – Armistead Maupin, American author
1952 – Manfred Langer, Austrian/Dutch disco builder
1969 – Lyle Mouton, American outfielder (Chicago White Sox), born in Lafayette, Louisiana
1976 – Mark Delaney, Welsh footballer
1978 – Ryan Bukvich, American baseball player
Famous Birthdays for 12th May 2019
1590 – Cosimo II de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)
1868 – Halsey William Wilson, American publisher of reference books
1880 – Lincoln Ellsworth, led 1st transarctic, transantarctic flights
1907 – Katharine Hepburn, American actress (Adam’s Rib, On Golden Pond), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2003)
1922 – Barend Busnac, office clerk/resistance fighter
1928 – Manuel Lujan Jr, (Rep-R-NM, 1969- )
1955 – Kix Brooks, singer (Brooks and Dunn-Brand New Man), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
1956 – Glenn Robbins, Australian comedian
1962 – Emilio Estevez, American actor (Breakfast Club, Young Guns, Mighty Ducks), born in NYC, New York
1972 – David Oaks, 100m/200m runner
Famous Birthdays for 11th May 2019
1916 – Camilo Jose Cela, Spanish writer (Nobel Prize 1989), born in Padrón, La Coruña (d. 2002)
1923 – Joan Moriarty, Brigadier matron-in-chief/dir (Army Nursing Services)
1939 – Milt Pappas, American baseball pitcher, (3-time MLB All Star), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2016)
1941 – Graham Miles, English snooker player
1946 – Robert Jarvik, American scientist and researcher (developed the Jarvik-7 artificial heart), born in Midland, Michigan
1952 – Warren Littlefield, American television executive
1963 – Roark Critchlow, actor
1974 – Billy Kidman, American professional wrestler
1977 – Pablo García, Uruguayan footballer
1977 – Matthew Newton, Australian actor
Famous Birthdays for 10th May 2019
1788 – Augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist
1900 – Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, British-American astronomer and astrophysicist who proposed that stars are composed largely of hydrogen and are not glowing balls of molten rock, born in Wendover, England (d. 1979)
1912 – Edward Gardner, Queen’s Court/MP
1914 – Lord Smith, British surgeon
1926 – Duncan Watson, president (World Blind Union)
1929 – Brian Corby, CEO (Prudential)
1944 – Abdul Kadir, cricketer (Pakistani batsman-keeper in 4 Tests 1964-65)
1961 – Randy Cunneyworth, Etobicoke, NHL left wing (Ottawa Senators)
1966 – Mikael Andersson, Swedish NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning), born in Malmö, Sweden
1977 – Chas Licciardello, Australian comedian, member of The Chaser
Famous Birthdays for 9th May 2019
1738 – John Wolcot, English satirist (Peter Pindar), baptized in Dodbrooke, Kingsbridge, Devon (d. 1819)
1800 – John Brown, American abolitionist and revolutionary (Harpers Ferry), born in Torrington, Connecticut (d. 1859)
1907 – Kathryn Kuhlman, famed evangelist (d. 1976)
1925 – Peter Leng, Master General of the Ordnance
1941 – Howard Komives, American NBA star (NY Knicks, Buffalo Braves), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2009)
1958 – Esko Rechardt, Finland, yachtsman (Olympic gold 1980)
1964 – Miloslav Mecir, Czech tennis player (Olympic gold 1988), born in Bojnice, Czechoslovakia
1972 – Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and artist
1977 – Maggie Dixon, American college basketball coach (d. 2006)
1980 – Cho Hyeon Jae, South Korean actor
Famous Birthdays for 8th May 2019
1806 – Johann Friedrich Kittl, Czech composer, born in Orlík, Bohemia (d. 1868)
1844 – Hermann Gradener, German composer, born in Kiel, Germany (d. 1929)
1937 – Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian politician
1937 – Mike Cuellar, baseball player
1941 – Jim Mitchum, actor (Blackout, Invincible 6), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
1945 – Keith Jarrett, jazz musician/film composer (Nachtfahrer)
1951 – Chris Frantz, American rock drummer (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club), born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1957 – Deana Deardruff, American 4 X 100m swimmer (Olympic gold 1972)
1957 – Bill Cowher, American football coach (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Crafton, Pennsylvania
1975 – Jussi Markkanen, Finnish ice hockey player
Famous Birthdays for 7th May 2019
1704 – Carl Heinrich Graun, German composer, born in Wahrenbrück, Brandenburg, Germany (d. 1759)
1847 – Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, British Prime Minister (Liberal: 1894-95), born in London (d. 1929)
1916 – Huw Wheldon, Welsh broadcaster (BBC), born in Prestatyn, Denbighshire (d. 1986)
1917 – David Tomlinson, British actor (Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Helter Skelter), born in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England (d. 2000)
1929 – Dick Williams, American baseball player and manager (including Seattle 1986-87), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2011)
1952 – Amy Heckerling, American director (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Clueless), born in The Bronx, New York
1960 – Almudena Grandes, Spanish novelist (Las edades de Lulú), born in Madrid, Spain
1964 – Ronnie Harmon, NFL running back (San Diego Chargers, Tennessee Oilers), born in Queens, New York
1971 – Dave Karpa, Regina, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1976 – Nicholas Butcher, field hockey midfielder/forward (Olympics 1996), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 6th May 2019
1825 – Joseph Bailey, American civil engineer and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Morgan County, Ohio (d. 1867)
1829 – Phoebe Ann Coffin Hanaford, 1st female ordained minister in New England, born in Siasconset, Massachusetts (d. 1921)
1889 – Stanley Morison, British typographer, born in Wanstead, Essex (d. 1967)
1904 – Catherine Lacey, British actress (Sorcerors), born in London, England (d. 1979)
1905 – Norman De Tar, composer
1906 – Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican writer (d. 2005)
1921 – Freddy Randall, English jazz trumpeter, born in London (d. 1999)
1962 – Adam Yellin, American record producer
1973 – Wendy Ward, American golfer (Women’s PGA C’ship 2000-01 3rd), born in San Antonio, Texas
1978 – Fredrick Federley, Swedish politician