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
Category: Famous Birthdays
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
Famous Birthdays for 11th May 2025
1854 – Jack Blackham, Australian cricket wicketkeeper (35 Tests, 4 x 50s, 61 dismissals; Victoria CA), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1932)
1875 – Harriet Quimby, American pioneering aviator, 1st woman in the US to receive a pilot certificate and to cross the English Channel, born in Arcadia, Michigan (d. 1912)
1881 – Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer (Frau Helga von Staveren; Thijl), conductor, and anti-Nazi resistance fighter, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1944)
1894 – Anton Mussert, Dutch fascist (co-founded the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands), born in Werkendam, Netherlands (d. 1946)
1906 – Jacqueline Cochran, US pilot and 1st woman to break the sound barrier, born in Muscogee, Florida (d. 1980)
1924 – Jackie Milburn, English soccer striker (13 caps; Newcastle United 353 games), born in Ashington, England (d. 1988)
1952 – Shohreh Aghdashloo [Shohreh Vaziri-Tabar], Iranian actress (House of Sand and Fog, The Stoning of Soraya M.), born in Tehran, Iran
1977 – Victor Matfield, South African rugby union footballer
1978 – Richard Spencer, American white supremacist, born in Boston, Massachusetts
1987 – Justin King, American football player
Famous Birthdays for 10th May 2025
1783 – Nicola Benvenuti, Italian composer, born in Pisa, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1867)
1887 – (Jacobus) “J.C.” Bloem, Dutch poet (Sintels – Embers), born in 1887, Oudshoorn, South Holland, Netherlands (d. 1966)
1902 – David O Selznick, American Academy Award-winning producer (Gone With The Wind; Rebecca), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1965)
1919 – Ella Grasso, American politician (1st woman governor not a widow/spouse of a previous governor, Governor of Connecticut (D) 1975-80), born in Windsor Locks, Connecticut (d. 1981)
1940 – Bill Cash, British politician (C), born in London
1951 – Steve Gunderson, American politician (Rep-R-WI, 1981-97), born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
1960 – Tauseef Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (leading Pakistani off-spinner of 80’s), born in Karachi, Pakistan
1969 – John Scalzi, American science fiction writer (Old Man’s War, Redshirts), born in Fairfield, California
1972 – Emma Ridley, American actress (Return to Oz, Boy Meets World), born in Hampstead, England
1991 – Kenny Beats [Blume], American hip-hop record producer and songwriter, born in Greenwich, Connecticut
Famous Birthdays for 9th May 2025
1909 – Don Messer, Canadian folk fiddler, and television host (Jubilee, 1959-73), born in Tweedside, New Brunswick (d. 1973)
1931 – Alistair MacFarlane, Scottish electrical engineer and principal (Heriot-Watt University, 1989-96), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 2021)
1939 – Ion Ţiriac, Romanian tennis manager
1942 – John D Ashcroft, American lawyer and attorney general under President George W. Bush (2001-5), born in Chicago, Illinois
1942 – Val Garay, American record producer and engineer (“Bette Davis Eyes”), born in San Francisco, California
1956 – Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress (Saving Hope), born in Hamilton, Ontario
1960 – Jim Reilly, Northern Irish drummer (Red Rockers), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1966 – Mark Tinordi, Canadian NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals), born in Red Deer, Alberta
1968 – David Benoit, NBA forward (Utah Jazz, NJ Nets)
1977 – Dan Regan, American ska trombonist (Reel Big Fish), and craft brewer, born in Corpus Christi, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 8th May 2025
1653 – Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshal of France, born in Moulins, France (d. 1734)
1720 – William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, 5th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1756-57), born in Hardwicke, England (d. 1764)
1846 – Oscar Hammerstein, German-American cigar maker, opera and theater impresario, composer, and playwright, born in Stettin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1919)
1895 – Edmund Wilson, American literary critic and writer (Patriotic Gore), born in Red Bank, New Jersey (d. 1972)
1919 – Leon Festinger, American psychologist who developed the theory of cognitive dissonance, born in New York City (d. 1989)
1934 – Roger Kendrick, British prison governor who worked at Dartmoor Prison (1990-91), born in Waltham Abbey, England (d. 2009)
1937 – Thomas Pynchon, American novelist (V, Gravity’s Rainbow), born in Glen Cove, New York
1948 – John Reid, British politician (L), born in Bellshill, Scotland
1951 – Philip Bailey, American RandB and pop singer (Earth Wind and Fire – “Shining Star”; solo – “Easy Lover”), born in Denver, Colorado
1963 – Clemens Lothaller, Austrian physician cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13 backup), born in Vienna, Austria
Famous Birthdays for 7th May 2025
1643 – Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician, 17th Mayor of New York City (1686-88), born in New Amsterdam (now NYC) (d. 1700)
1763 – Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish general and marshal of France, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1813)
1883 – Martin Albertz, German theologist (Jesus Christ’s Church) and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime, born in Halle, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1956)
1916 – Huw Wheldon, Welsh broadcaster (BBC), born in Prestatyn, Denbighshire (d. 1986)
1929 – Gisèle Rabesahala, Malagasy politician (1st female minister) and human righter activist, born in Antananarivo, Magaascar (d. 2011)
1930 – Totie Fields [Sophie Feldman], American comedienne, born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1978)
1945 – Christy Moore, Irish folk singer and songwriter, born in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland
1960 – Almudena Grandes, Spanish novelist (Las edades de Lulú), born in Madrid, Spain
1961 – Phil “Wizzö” Campbell, Welsh rock musician (Motörhead), born in Pontypridd, Wales
1982 – Matt Gaetz, American politician (Rep-R-Fla 2017-), born in Hollywood, Florida
Famous Birthdays for 6th May 2025
1889 – Stanley Morison, British typographer, born in Wanstead, Essex (d. 1967)
1912 – Hugh Martell, British Vice Admiral, born in Penzance, Cornwall, England (d. 1998)
1913 – Carmen Cavallaro, American actor and pianist (Hollywood Canteen; Diamond Horseshoe), born in New York City (d. 1989)
1918 – Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, 1st President of the United Arab Emirates, born in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, birth date disputed (d. 2004)
1922 – John Ernest, American constructionist artist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1994)
1924 – Denny Wright, British jazz guitarist, born in Bromley, Kent, England (d. 1992)
1956 – Brad Felt, American jazz tuba and euphonium player, composer, and bandleader, born in Royal Oak, Michigan (d. 2011)
1961 – Clay O’Brien, American actor (Weedy-Cowboys), born in Ray, Arizona
1962 – Stan Cullimore, British guitarist (Housemartins, “Happy Hour”; “Caravan Of Love”), journalist, and music educator, born in Kingston upon Hull, England
1967 – Mark Bryan, American songwriter, and lead guitarist (Hootie and the Blowfish – “Only Wanna Be With You”, born in Silver Spring, Maryland