1786 – Thomas Hancock, British engineer, founded British rubber industry, born in Malborough, Wilshire (d. 1865)
1814 – Mikhail Bakunin, Russian revolutionary anarchist, born in Pryamukhino, Tver Governorate of the Russian Empire (d. 1876)
1825 – George Bruce Malleson, English officer in India and author, born in Wimbledon, London (d. 1898)
1913 – Sid James [Solomon Joel Cohen], South African-born British character and comedy actor (Hancock’s Half Hour, Carry On), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province (d. 1976)
1928 – Larry Levine, American sound engineer (Phil Spector’s wall of sound; Herb Alpert; Beach Boys), born in New York City (d. 2008)
1932 – Julieta Campos, Cuban-Mexican writer (d. 2007)
1934 – Roger Kendrick, British governor (Dartmoor Prison) (d. 2009)
1941 – Mahmoud Ahmed, Ethiopian singer, born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [some sources cite May 18]
1974 – Korey Stringer, American NFL football tackle, 1995-2000 (Minnesota Vikings), born in Warren, Ohio (d. 2001)
1990 – Kemba Walker, American NBA player (New York Knicks), born in The Bronx, New York
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 7th May 2023
1724 – Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general, born in Strasbourg, Alsace, France (d. 1797)
1803 – Johan Peter Cronhamm, Swedish composer, born in Östra Karup, Skåne, Sweden (d. 1875)
1826 – Varina Howell Davis, First Lady of the Confederate States (1862-65), born in Natchez, Mississippi (d. 1906)
1911 – Ishirō Honda, Japanese film director and producer (Godzilla), born in Yamagata, Japan (d. 1993)
1923 – Pete Domenici, American politician, U.S. Senator from New Mexico (1973-2009), born in Albuquerque, New Mexico (d. 2017)
1924 – Albert Band, American film director, born in Paris (d. 2002)
1929 – Babe Parilli, American football player, born in Rochester, Pennsylvania (d. 2017)
1939 – Johnny Maestro, American rock vocalist (Crests – “16 Candles”; Brooklyn Bridge), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2010)
1951 – Robert Hegyes, American actor (Underground Aces; Welcome Back, Kotter – “Juan Epstein”), born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey (d. 2012)
1957 – Paul Leary, American rock guitarist (Butthole Surfers), and music producer, born in San Antonio, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 6th May 2023
1843 – Grove Karl Gilbert, American geologist (investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1918)
1899 – Billy Cotton, British bandleader and entertainer, born in Smith Square, London (d. 1969)
1902 – Max Ophüls, German director (The Earrings of Madame de…), born in Saarbrücken, German Empire (d. 1957)
1909 – Loyd Sigmon, American radio broadcaster, sound engineer, and inventor (“Sig Alert” for traffic and emergency notices), born in Stigler, Oklahoma (d. 2004)
1940 – Henry Habibe, Arubian poet (Kerensentenchi), born in Aruba
1953 – Michelle Courchesne, Quebec politician
1964 – Dana Hill [Goetz], American actress (2 of Us, Shoot the Moon), born in Van Nuys California,
1967 – Mark Bryan, American songwriter, and lead guitarist (Hootie and the Blowfish – “Only Wanna Be With You”, born in Silver Spring, Maryland
1973 – Clay Williams, OL (Indianapolis Colts)
1982 – David Vencl, Czech free-diver (record ice dive without a wetsuit), born in Vrchlabí, Czechoslovakia
Famous Birthdays for 5th May 2023
1657 – Jacques Danican Philidor, French composer (d. 1708)
1764 – Robert Craufurd, British general, born in Newark Castle, Ayrshire (d. 1812)
1846 – Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905), born in Wola Okrzejska, Poland (d. 1916)
1883 – Charles “Chief” Bender, American Baseball HOF pitcher (only indigenous American in BHOF; World Series 1910, 11, 13; no-hitter 1910; Philadelphia A’s), born in Crow Wing County, Minnesota (d. 1954)
1887 – Geoffrey Fisher, Baron Fisher of Lambeth, Archbishop of Canterbury (1945-61), born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England (d. 1972)
1921 – Sonja Oosterman, Dutch singer (Marketensters) (d. 2008)
1923 – Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (deeply engaged with issues that were central to the visual arts), born in London (d. 2003)
1924 – Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Argentine film director (Monday’s Child), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1978)
1932 – Will Hutchins, American actor (Sugarfoot, Hey Landlord), born in Atwater, California
1982 – Wouter D’Haene, Belgian flatwater canoer, born in Kortrijk, Belgium
Famous Birthdays for 4th May 2023
1655 – Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian instrument maker – considered the inventor of the piano, born in Padua (d. 1731)
1870 – Alexandre Benois, Russian artist, born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1960)
1905 – Mátyás Seiber, Hungarian-British classical and jazz composer (Scherzando), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1960)
1930 – Ronald “Ron” Pickering, British athletics coach and BBC sports commentator, born in Hackney, England (d. 1991)
1954 – Julie Budd, American singer (“Child of Plenty”), born in Brooklyn, New York
1959 – Scott Armstrong, American professional wrestling referee, born in Marietta, Georgia
1964 – Zsuzsa Mathe, Hungarian painter and visual artist, founder of transrealism
1965 – Adrie Bogers, Dutch soccer player (Willem II), born in Breda, Netherlands
1968 – Eddie Pérez, Venezuelan-American baseball catcher (Atlanta Braves), born in Ciudad Ojeda, Venezuela
1985 – Ravi Bopara, English cricketer, born in Forest Gate, London
Famous Birthdays for 3rd May 2023
1415 – Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, born in Raby Castle, Durham, England (d. 1495)
1849 – Jacob Riis, Danish-American social reformer and “muck raking” reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun), born in Ribe, Denmark (d. 1914)
1919 – John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist, born in NYC, New York (d. 2004)
1923 – Ralph Hall, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Texas (1981-2005), born in Fate, Texas
1930 – Juan Gelman, Argentine poet, born in Buenos Aires (d. 2014)
1932 – Maria Itkina, Russian athlete (9 sprint world records, 60m-400m), born in Roslavl, Russia (d. 2020)
1933 – Alex Cord [Alexander Viespi], American actor (Brotherhood; Fire; Street Asylum), born in NYC, New York
1939 – Jonathan Harvey, English composer (Bhakti, Music of Stockhausen), born in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham (d. 2012)
1944 – Ian Peter Leslie Smith, British journalist, born in Bristol, England (d. 1997)
1981 – Farrah Franklin, American singer (former member of Destiny’s Child), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 2nd May 2023
1660 – Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian baroque composer (Tigrane), born in Palermo, Sicily (d. 1725)
1903 – Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and writer (Common Sense Book of Baby Care), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1998)
1908 – William Bakewell, American actor (All Quiet on the Western Front; Gone With The Wind), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1993)
1925 – John Neville, English theatre and film actor, born in Willesden, London (d. 2011)
1926 – Gérard D. Levesque, Canadian politician, born in Port-Daniel–Gascons, Canada (d. 1993)
1936 – Engelbert Humperdinck [Arnold George Dorsey], British pop singer (“Release Me”; “After The Loving”), born in Madras, British India
1939 – Gates Brown, American MLB outfielder (Detroit Tigers: 1963-75), born in Crestline, Ohio (d. 2013)
1966 – Belinda Stronach, Canadian businesswoman and politician, born in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
1975 – Mark Johnson, baseball pitcher (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Dayton, Ohio
1983 – Mon Laferte [Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte], Chilean singer-songwriter, born in Viña del Mar, Chile
Famous Birthdays for 1st May 2023
1692 – James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (Formula of Stirling), born in this month in Stirlingshire, Scotland (d. 1770)
1830 – Mother [Mary Harris] Jones, American labor organizer (cofounded Industrial Workers of the World), born in Cork City, Ireland (d. 1930)
1909 – George Melachrino, English composer, born in London (d. 1965)
1936 – Lacy Gibson, American Chicago-style blues guitarist, singer and songwriter (“Switchy Titchy”), born in Salisbury, North Carolina (d. 2011)
1939 – Judy Collins, American Grammy Award-winning eclectic singer (Send in the Clowns; Both Sides Now), writer, and activist, born in Seattle, Washington
1939 – Frank Beard, American golfer (11 PGA Tour titles; US Open 1965, 75 3rd), born in Dallas, Texas
1966 – Armando Reynoso, Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Colorado Rockies, New York Mets, Arizona Diamondbacks), born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
1966 – Olaf Thon, German soccer midfielder (52 caps; Bayern Munich, Schalke 04), born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany
1987 – Leonardo Bonucci, Italian soccer centre-back (95 caps; Juventus), born in Viterbo, Italy
2000 – Rema [Divine Ikubor], Nigerian rapper (Calm Down), born in Benin City, Nigeria
Famous Birthdays for 30th April 2023
1797 – Andreas Victor Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 1849)
1834 – Lord Avebury [John Lubbock], British banker and politician, born in London (d. 1913)
1864 – Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet (I Saw Estonia Yesterday), born in Allatzkiwwi, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (d. 1913)
1883 – Jaroslav Hašek, Czech writer (The Good Soldier Švejk), born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (d. 1923)
1885 – Luigi Russolo, Italian Futurist composer (The Art of Noises), born in Portogruaro, Italy (d. 1947)
1923 – Alan Wharton, English cricketer (England batsman once v NZ 1949, scored 7 and 13), born in Heywood, Lancashire, England (d. 1993)
1925 – Johnny Horton, American country music and rockabilly singer (“The Battle of New Orleans”), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1960)
1953 – Merrill Osmond, American pop singer, and songwriter (Osmond Brothers – “One Bad Apple”; “Down by the Lazy River”), born in Ogden, Utah
1967 – John Robert “J. R.” Richards, American singer-songwriter, record producer, and TV and film composer (Dishwalla), born in Santa Barbara, California
1984 – Shawn Daivari, Persian-American professional wrestler and manager
Famous Birthdays for 29th April 2023
1815 – Abram Duryée, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in NYC, New York (d. 1890)
1837 – Georges Boulanger, French general and politician, born in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France (d. 1891)
1901 – G. O. Sayles, English historian, born in Chesterfield, England (d. 1994)
1913 – Thomas Chalmers, British broadcaster (BBC), born in Lewisham, London (d. 1995)
1922 – Parren Mitchell, American politician (Rep-D-MD, 1971-87), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2007)
1949 – Anita Dobson, British stage and screen actress (EastEnders, 1985-88 – “Angie Watts”), and singer (“Anyone Can Fall in Love”), born in Stepney, London, England
1951 – Dale Earnhardt, American auto racer (7 NASCAR Winston Cup Series championships), born in Kannapolis, North Carolina (d. 2001)
1960 – Gerard Joling, Dutch pop tenor vocalist (“Love Is In Your Eyes”), and television personality, born in n Schagen, Netherlands
1983 – Yuriko Shiratori, Japanese gravure idol and actress
2003 – Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (d. 2007)