Famous Births on 21 May

Famous Births on 21 May

1471 - Albrecht Dürer, German painter (d. 1528)
1527 - King Philip II of Spain (d. 1598)
1653 - Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)
1664 - Giulio Alberoni, Italian cardinal (d. 1754)
1688 - Alexander Pope, English poet (d. 1744)
1755 - Alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810)
1763 - Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820)
1775 - Lucien Bonaparte, French politician, soldier and academic (d. 1840)
1780 - Elizabeth Fry, British social reformer (d. 1845)
1792 - Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843)
1827 - William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899)
1832 - Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (d. 1917)
1835 - František Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884)
1843 - Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914)
1844 - Henri Rousseau, French artist (d. 1910)
1850 - Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914)
1851 - Léon Bourgeois, French statesman, Nobel laureate (d. 1925)
1853 - Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905)
1860 - Willem Einthoven, Dutch inventor, Nobel laureate (d. 1927)
1863 - Archduke Eugen of Austria, Austrian field marshal (d. 1954)
1864 - Princess Stephanie of Belgium (d. 1945)
1873 - Hans Berger, German neuroscientist (d. 1941)
1878 - Glenn Curtiss, American aviation pioneer (d. 1930)
1880 - Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer (d. 1967)
1884 - Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet (d. 1920)
1885 - Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, wife of Prince William of Wied (d.1936)
1898 - Armand Hammer, American physician (d. 1990)
1898 - Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and President of the European Court of Justice (d. 1967)
1901 - Horace Heidt, American band leader (d. 1986)
1901 - Sam Jaffe, American film producer (d. 2000)
1901 - Suzanne Lilar, Belgian essayist, novelist and playwright (d. 1992)
1902 - Marcel Lajos Breuer, Hungarian-born architect (d. 1981)
1902 - Earl Averill, baseball player (d. 1983)
1903 - Manly Wade Wellman, American author (d. 1986)
1904 - Robert Montgomery, American actor (d. 1981)
1904 - Fats Waller, American pianist (d. 1943)
1909 - François-Albert Angers, Quebec economist (d. 2003)
1912 - John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist (d. 1986)
1912 - Monty Stratton, baseball player (d. 1982)
1913 - Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist (d. 1976)
1916 - Harold Robbins, American novelist (d. 1997)
1916 - Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (d. 2002)
1917 - Raymond Burr, American actor (d. 1993)
1918 - Dennis Day, American singer and comedian (d. 1988)
1920 - Anthony Steel, British actor (d. 2001)
1921 - Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist (d. 1989)
1923 - Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (d. 2003)
1923 - Ara Parseghian, American football coach
1924 - Peggy Cass, American actress (d. 1999)
1926 - Robert Creeley, American poet (d. 2005)
1928 - Tom Donahue, American disc jockey (freeform radio) (d. 1975)
1930 - Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician
1933 - Maurice André, French trumpeter
1934 - Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist, Nobel laureate
1936 - Günter Blobel, German biologist, Nobel laureate
1939 - Heinz Holliger, Swiss musician
1941 - Bobby Cox, Manager of the Atlanta Braves (MLB)
1941 - Ronald Isley, American singer (The Isley Brothers)
1941 - Martin Carthy, English musician
1942 - Danny Ongais, American race car driver
1943 - Hilton Valentine, British guitarist (The Animals)
1944 - Mary Robinson, President of Ireland
1944 - Marcie Blane, American singer
1945 - Ernst Messerschmid, German astronaut
1947 - Jonathan Hyde, Australian-born actor
1947 - Bill Champlin, American singer
1948 - Leo Sayer, English musician
1951 - Al Franken, American comedian
1952 - Mr. T, American actor
1954 - Marc Ribot, American musician
1955 - Paul Barber, British field hockey player
1955 - Stan Lynch, American drummer
1957 - Renée Soutendijk, Dutch actress
1957 - Judge Reinhold, American actor
1957 - Nadine Dorries, British politician
1957 - Bruce Buffer, American Mixed Martial Arts Announcer
1958 - Jefery Levy, American television director
1959 - Nick Cassavetes, American actor and director
1960 - Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (d. 1994)
1960 - Kent Hrbek, American baseball player
1960 - Mohanlal, Indian actor
1963 - Kevin Shields, Musician (My Bloody Valentine)
1963 - Richard Appel, American writer
1964 - Danny Bailey, English footballer
1964 - Danny Lee Clark, American football player and American Gladiator "Nitro"
1964 - Nancy Daus, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
1964 - Carolyn Lawrence, American actress
1966 - Lisa Edelstein, American actress
1967 - Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2007)
1968 - Matthias Ungemach, German rower
1968 - Julie Vega, Filipino child actress and singer (d. 1985)
1969 - Masayo Kurata, Japanese voice actress
1969 - Pierluigi Brivio, Italian footballer
1970 - Dorsey Levens, former American football player
1970 - Carl Veart, Australian former footballer
1972 - Adriano Cintra, Brazilian musician (CSS)
1972 - The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (d. 1997)
1972 - Alesha Oreskovich, American model
1973 - Noel Fielding, British comedian
1974 - Fairuza Balk, American actress
1974 - Havoc, American rapper (Mobb Deep)
1975 - Lee Gaze, Welsh guitarist
1976 - Deron Miller, American rock musician
1976 - Kardinal Offishall, Canadian rapper
1977 - Quinton Fortune, South African footballer
1977 - Ricky Williams, American football player
1978 - Adam Gontier, Canadian singer Three Days Grace
1978 - Jamaal Magloire, Canadian professional basketballer
1978 - Briana Banks, German-American pornographic actress
1979 - Damián Ariel Álvarez, Argentinian footballer
1979 - Gaspard Augé, French musician
1979 - Jesse Capelli, Canadian pornographic actress
1979 - James Clancy Phelan, Australian novelist
1979 - Jamie Hepburn, Member of the Scottish Parliament
1979 - Scott Smith, mixed martial arts fighter
1980 - Chris Raab, American actor
1981 - Belladonna, American pornographic actress
1981 - Max, German singer
1981 - Josh Hamilton, Major League Baseball player
1984 - Brandon Fields, National Football League punter
1984 - Lorena Ayala, Spanish-Dutch model and beauty queen
1985 - Marco Carta, Italian singer
1985 - Mutya Buena, English singer (ex-Sugababes)
1985 - Kano, British rapper
1985 - Andrew Miller, Major League Baseball player
1986 - Myra, Mexican-American singer
1987 - Ashlie Brillault, American actress
1988 - Jonathan Howson, English footballer
1991 - Sarah Ramos, American actress
1992 - Olivia Olson, American singer and actress
1994 - Tom Daley, English diver