1886 – Ole Windingstad, Norwegian composer (The Tide), born in Sandefjord, Norway (d. 1959)
1905 – Hedley Verity, English cricket spin bowler (40 Tests, 144 wickets @ 24.37), born in Leeds, Yorkshire (d. 1943)
1907 – Carl Mydans, American photojournalist (Life Magazine), born in Medford, Massachusetts (d. 2004)
1915 – Leon Shenandoah, native American leader (Iroquois Confederacy) (d. 1996)
1945 – Maarten van Traa, Dutch politician (PvdA)
1953 – (Feliciano) “Butch” Tavares, American RandB singer (Tavares – “Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel”), born in Providence, Rhode Island
1958 – Ray Donaldson, NFL center (Dallas Cowboys), born in Rome, Georgia
1963 – Marty McSorley, Canadian NHL defenseman (LA Kings, NY Rangers), born in Hamilton, Ontario
1967 – Karl Dunbar, American NFL defensive tackle (Arizona Cardinals), born in Opelousas, Louisiana
1970 – Vicky Sunohara, Canadian ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics 1998)
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 17th May 2023
1898 – A. J. Casson, Canadian painter (member of Group of Seven), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1992)
1912 – Archibald Cox, American lawyer and special prosecutor (Watergate), born in Plainfield, New Jersey (d. 2004)
1932 – Colin Hope, British industrialist (Turner and Newall), born in Birkenhead (d. 2015)
1935 – Ivan Slone, world-famous watchmaker
1941 – David Cope, American composer, born in San Francisco, California
1945 – D A S Pennefather, Maj-General/Commandant (General Royal Marines)
1946 – F. Paul Wilson, American horror and sci-fi novelist (Repairman Jack), and medical doctor, born in Jersey City, New Jersey
1969 – Ujesh Ranchod, cricketer (Zimbabwe off-spinner 1993)
1970 – Jodie Rogers, Australian diver (Olympics 1996), born in Melbourne, Victoria
1979 – Kristóf Baráti, Hungarian classical violinist, born in Budapest, Hungary
Famous Birthdays for 16th May 2023
1659 – Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologian (wrote work on prophetic theology – Anacrisis Apocalypseos Joannis Apostoli), born in Leeuwarden, Dutch Republic (d. 1722)
1788 – Friedrich Rückert, German Poet, Translator and Orientalist (d. 1866)
1832 – Philip Danforth Armour, American industrialist (foundered meatpacking firm Armour Foods), born in Stockbridge, New York (d. 1901)
1880 – Julius Tannen, American vaudeville comedian (Great Moment), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1965)
1893 – José Calvo Sotelo, Spanish politician (Minister of Finance 1925-30, his murder helped lead to civil war), born in Tui, Spain (d. 1936)
1910 – Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (d. 1975)
1934 – Nicholas Goodison, CEO (TSB Group)
1961 – Charles Wright, American professional wrestler known as “The Godfather”
1965 – Krist Novoselic, American rock bassist, and accordion player (Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”; Giants In The Trees), born in Compton, California
1970 – Eric Lynch, NFL running back (Detroit Lions)
Famous Birthdays for 15th May 2023
1851 – Herbert Lawford, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1887; first exponent of topspin), born in Bayswater, England (d. 1925)
1905 – Joseph Cotten, American actor (Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Airport 77, Hearse), born in Petersburg, Virginia (d. 1994)
1914 – Walter “Turk” Broda, Canadian ice hockey goaltender, 5x Stanley Cup, 2x Vezina Trophy (Toronto Maple Leafs, 1935-51), born in Brandon, Manitoba (d. 1972)
1919 – Charles Palmer, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Leicestershire CCC, Worcestershire CCC) and administrator (President MCC 1978–79, chairman Test and County Cricket Board 1983-85), born in Sandwell, England (d. 2005)
1920 – Hugh Henry Home Popham, aviator/writer/poet
1936 – Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-American Tony Award-winning stage singer and actress (Carnival), and film star (Cinderfella), born in Pesaro, Italy
1939 – Dudley Wysong, American golfer (PGA C’ship 1966 runner-up), born in McKinney, Texas (d. 1998)
1940 – Paul Ryan Rudd, American stage and screen actor, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2010)
1961 – Katrin Cartlidge, British actress (d. 2002)
1982 – Alex Breckenridge, American actress
Famous Birthdays for 14th May 2023
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)
1937 – Peter Williams, British organist and musicologist, born in Wolverhampton, England (d. 2016)
1947 – Tamara Dobson, American actress (Amazons; Cleopatra Jones), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2006)
1947 – Karin Struck, German feminist writer, born in Groß Kiesow
1947 – Dick “Dirt” Tidrow, American MLB pitcher, 1972-84 (Cleveland Indians; New York Yankees and 3 other teams), and executive (Asst GM, San Francisco Giants), born in San Francisco, California
1948 – Dave LaRoche, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
1952 – Robert Zemeckis, American film director (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future), born in Chicago, Illinois
1962 – Ian Astbury, British-Canadian rock singer and songwriter (The Cult – “Fire Woman”), born in Heswall, Cheshire, England
1968 – Greg Davis, Welsh-born, British stand-up comedian, actor, and former secondary school teacher (We Are Klang, The Inbetweeners, Cuckoo, Taskmaster), born in St Asaph, Denbighshire
1978 – André Macanga, Angolan footballer
Famous Birthdays for 13th May 2023
1717 – Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia (1740-1780) only woman to rule Habsburg Empire in her own right, born in Vienna (d. 1780)
1776 – Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa, Portuguese composer (d. 1825)
1840 – Alphonse Daudet, French writer (Tartarin of Tarascon), born in Nîmes, France (d. 1897)
1920 – Gareth Morris, British flautist (d. 2007)
1937 – Zohra Lampert, American actress (Doctor’s Hospital, Girl With Something Extra), born in NYC, New York
1961 – Dennis Rodman, American NBA forward (Chicago Bulls), born in Trenton, New Jersey
1965 – Natalie Massenet, entrepreneur and founder of Net-a-Porter, born in Los Angeles, California
1976 – Mark Delaney, Welsh footballer (Aston Villa), born in Haverfordwest, Wales
1986 – Robert Pattinson, English actor (Cedric Diggory-Harry Potter, Edward Cullen-Twilight), born in London, England
1987 – Candice King, American actress (The Vampire Diaries), born in Houston, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 12th May 2023
1848 – Cyrill Kistler, German composer, educator, and music theorist, born in Großaitingen, Swabia, Germany (d. 1907)
1895 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (Songs of Life), born in Madanapalle, India (d. 1986)
1912 – Archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General (d. 2004)
1918 – Julius Rosenberg, 1st American civilian executed for espionage after he and his wife were convicted of passing secret radar, jet and nuclear information to the Soviet Union, born in NYC, New York (d. 1953)
1935 – Felipe Alou, Dominican baseball utility (MLB All-Star 1962, 66, 68; SF Giants, Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves) and manager (Montreal Expos 1992–2001, SF Giants 2003–06), born in Haina, Dominican Republic
1943 – David Walker, American rock guitarist (Gary Lewis and Playboys – “This Diamond Ring”), born in Montgomery Alabama
1950 – Billy Squier, American rock singer-songwriter, and guitarist (“The Stroke”; “My Kind Of Lover”), born in Wellesley, Massachusetts
1966 – Stephen Baldwin, American actor (The Usual Suspects), born in Massapequa, New York
1968 – Catherine Tate, English actress and comedian (The Catherine Tate Show, Doctor Who), born in London, England
1979 – Steve Smith, American football player, orn in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 11th May 2023
1821 – [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Swedish-American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Skåne, Sweden (d. 1894)
1861 – Frederick Russell Burnham, American scout and adventurer whose friendship with Baden-Powell inspired the founding of the international scouting movement, born in Tivoli, a Dakota Sioux Indian reservation in modern-day Minnesota, (d. 1947)
1896 – Philippo de Pisis, Italian painter and poet, born in Ferarra, Itay (d. 1956)
1896 – Josip Slavenski, Croatian composer and pedagogue, born in Čakovec, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1955)
1925 – Rhodes Boyson, British politician and author (Black Papers), born in Haslingden, Lancashire (d. 2012)
1925 – Edward J. King, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 2006)
1940 – Juan Downey, Chilean video artist (d. 1993)
1943 – Arnie Satin [Silver], American pop-rock singer (The Dovells – “Bristol Stomp”; “You Can’t Sit Down”), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1961 – David Ake, American jazz pianist (Humanities) and educator, born in New Haven, Connecticut
1967 – Kenneth Gould, Welterweight boxer (Olympic bronze 1988), born in Chicago, Illinois
Famous Birthdays for 10th May 2023
1705 – Gallus Zeiler, German composer, born in Kempten (d. 1755)
1727 – Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, French economist and statesman (First Minister of State 1774-76), born in Paris, France (d. 1781)
1911 – Alexander Goode, American US Navy chaplain and rabbi (The Four Chaplains), born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 1943)
1930 – Scott Muni, American radio DJ (d. 2004)
1938 – Merritt Ranew, baseball player
1947 – Paul Nicholas Young, architect
1949 – Michael Larson, American “Press Your Luck” scandal big-winning contestant, born in Lebanon, Ohio (d. 1999)
1957 – Phil Mahre, alpine slalom skier (Olympic gold/silver-80, 84), born in Yakima, Washington
1968 – Al Murray, British comedian
1969 – John Scalzi, American writer
Famous Birthdays for 9th May 2023
1785 – James Pollard Espy, American meteorologist (Philosophy of Storms), born in Pennsylvania (d. 1860)
1873 – Anton Cermak, American politician (44th Mayor of Chicago, 1931-33), born in Kladno, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1933)
1912 – Per Imerslund, “The aryan idol” (d. 1943)
1923 – Johnny Grant, American radio personality, television producer, and “honorary mayor” of Hollywood (d. 2008)
1928 – Páll Pampichier Pálsson, Austrian-Icelandic composer, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1966)
1932 – David Plastow, CEO (Medical Research Council)
1939 – Ralph Boston, American athlete (Olympic gold long jump 1960, silver 1964, bronze 1968; first to break 27 feet [8.2m] barrier), born in Laurel, Mississippi (d. 2023)
1948 – Calvin Murphy, American basketball player
1965 – Marc Logan, NFL running back (Washington Redskins), born in Lexington, Kentucky
1980 – Cho Hyeon Jae, South Korean actor, born in Seoul, South Korea