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
Category: Famous Birthdays
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)
Famous Birthdays for 18th May 2024
1759 – Charles Duquesnoy, South Netherlands composer and singer, born in Beuzet (d. 1822)
1882 – Eduardo Fabini, Uruguayan composer, born in Solís de Mataojo, Uruguay (d. 1950)
1903 – George E Stone, Polish actor (Viva Villa; Last Mile; 5 Star Final; Front Page), born in Łódź, Poland (d. 1967)
1918 – Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (Last Tango in Paris, In the Name of the Law), born in Mogliano, Marche, Italy (d. 2003)
1931 – Don Martin, American cartoonist “Mad’s Maddest Artist”, born in Paterson, New Jersey (d. 2000)
1939 – Patrick Cormack, British politician (C), born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire
1961 – Hugh Whitaker, British rock drummer (The Housemartins), born in England
1971 – Nobuteru Taniguchi, Japanese racing driver
1983 – Gary O’Neil, English footballer (Portsmouth), born in Beckenham, England
1997 – Alana Etheridge, American actress, born in San Diego, California
Famous Birthdays for 17th May 2024
1905 – John Patrick, American screenwriter and playwright (Pulitzer Prize 1954), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1995)
1911 – Maureen O’Sullivan, Irish actress (Tarzan, Pride and Prejudice, Hannah and Her Sisters), born in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland (d. 1998)
1934 – Abe Terry, English rugby league front rower (11 Tests; Challenge Cup 1961 St. Helens RLFC [216 games]), born in St. Helens, England (d. 2024)
1938 – Trinus Riemersma, Dutch-Frisian writer (Conquest of Leeuwarden)
1941 – Grace Zabriskie, American actress
1944 – Arif Butt, Pakistani cricket pace bowler (3 Tests, 14 wickets; Lahore, Pakistan Railways), born in Lahore, Pakistan (d. 2007)
1949 – Timothy Cordy, British director (Town/Country Planning Association)
1973 – Matthew McGrory, American actor (d. 2005)
1978 – Carlos Peña, Dominican MLB baseball infielder, 2001-14 (Detroit Tigers, Tampa Bay Devil Rays and 6 other teams), and broadcaster, born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1985 – Matt Ryan, American football player
Famous Birthdays for 16th May 2024
1832 – Philip Danforth Armour, American industrialist (foundered meatpacking firm Armour Foods), born in Stockbridge, New York (d. 1901)
1917 – Geraint Jones, Welsh conductor and organist, born in Porth, Wales (d. 1998)
1923 – Merton Miller, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000)
1929 – John Conyers, American politician (Rep-D-MI, 1965-2017), born in Highland Park, Michigan (d. 2019)
1931 – Donald James Martino, American classical composer (Notturno – Pulitzer Prize, 1974), born in Plainfield, New Jersey (d. 2005)
1931 – Peter Levi, poet/writer
1931 – Natwar Singh, Indian politician
1936 – Philippe de Montebello, art exhibitionist (Treasures of Tut), born in Paris, France
1955 – Hazel O’Connor, British singer-songwriter (“Eighth Day”; “Will You?”),and actress (Breaking Glass), born in Coventry, England
1978 – Jim Sturgess, British actor (“Across the Universe”; “The Way Back”), and singer-songwriter, born in Wandsworth, London, England
Famous Birthdays for 15th May 2024
1567 – Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer and pioneer in development of opera (L’Orfeo, espro della Beata Vergine), baptized in Cremona, Italy (d. 1643)
1848 – Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (d. 1926)
1918 – Eddy Arnold, American country music singer (“Make The World Go Away”; “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye”), born in Henderson Tennessee (d. 2008)
1923 – Ellis Larkins, American classically trained (1st Black student at Peabody Institute) jazz pianist (Ruby Braff), and accompanist (Ella Fitzgerald; Eartha Kitt, Mildred Bailey), born in Baltimore Maryland (d. 2002)
1936 – Robert Smith, American baseball administrator (President International Baseball Federation 1981-93; IOC Olympic Order), born in Greenville, Illinois (d. 2021)
1936 – Wavy Gravy, American clown and activist
1938 – Mireille Darc, French actress (Week End, Hurried Man), born in Toulon
1938 – Lenny Welch, American singer (Since I Fell for You), born in New York
1958 – Ron Simmons, American professional wrestler
1978 – Dwayne DeRosario, Canadian footballer
Famous Birthdays for 14th May 2024
1878 – J. L. Wilkinson, American Baseball HOF executive (founder All Nations Baseball club 1912 and NgL Kansas City Monarchs 1920), born in Algona, Iowa (d. 1964)
1932 – Robert Bechtle, American painter
1943 – Elizabeth Ray, American beauty queen, “secretary” and US Congressman Wayne Hays’ lover, born in Marshall, North Carolina
1954 – Jens Sparschuh, German writer
1959 – Mike Quick, NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles)
1964 – Nancy Sorel, actress (Generations, Black Foix)
1972 – Chad Cascadden, American NFL linebacker, 1995-99 (New York Jets), s), Two Rivers, Wisconsin
1973 – Shanice [Wilson], American RandB and soul vocalist (“I Love Your Smile”; “Saving Forever For You”), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1977 – Jayna Hefford, ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics 1998)
1985 – Sally Martin, American actress
Famous Birthdays for 13th May 2024
1314 – Sergius of Radonezh, Russian saint, born in Varnitsa, Rostov Velikiy (d. 1392)
1854 – Paul Klengel, German pianist, violinist, composer and educator, born in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony (now Germany) (d. 1935)
1856 – Tom O’Rourke, American boxing manager (George Dixon, Barbados Joe Walcott, George Gardner, Tom Sharkey), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1938)
1883 – Henk Sneevliet, Dutch Communist, editor (Spartacus) and WWII resistance fighter, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1942)
1920 – Gareth Morris, British flautist (Philharmonia Orchestra, 1948-72), and educator (Royal Academy of Music, 1945-85), born in Clevedon, Somerset, England (d. 2007)
1922 – Michael Ainsworth, British cricketer (d. 1978)
1930 – Mike Gravel, American politician (US Senator (D) – Alaska, 1969-81), and peace activist (Pentagon Papers), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 2021)
1967 – Melanie Thornton, American pop-dance singer (La Bouche – “Be My Lover”), born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 2001)
1976 – Mark Delaney, Welsh footballer (Aston Villa), born in Haverfordwest, Wales
1993 – Romelu Lukaku, Belgium footballer (Chelsea, Manchester United), born in Antwerp, Belgium