Famous Births on 1 May

Famous Births on 1 May

1218 - John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)
1218 - Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)
1285 - Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)
1582 - Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (d. 1643)
1594 - John Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate
1672 - Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (d. 1719)
1738 - King Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (d. 1819)
1769 - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Anglo-Irish statesman (d. 1852)
1804 - Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (d. 1860)
1829 - José de Alencar, Brazilian novelist (d. 1877)
1831 - Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (d. 1903)
1850 - Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada (d. 1942)
1851 - Laza Lazarević, Serbian writer and psychiatrist (d. 1891)
1852 - Calamity Jane, American Wild West performer (d. 1903)
1852 - Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1934)
1872 - Sidónio Pais, Portuguese military and politician (d. 1918)
1881 - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French palaeontologist and philosopher (d. 1955)
1884 - Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, British politician, naval officer and racing driver (d. 1964)
1887 - Alan Gordon Cunningham, British army officer (d. 1983)
1896 - Herbert Backe, German Nazi politician (d. 1947)
1896 - Mark Wayne Clark, American general (d. 1984)
1896 - J. Lawton Collins, American general (d. 1987)
1901 - Antal Szerb, Hungarian author and historian (d. 1945)
1901 - Heinz Eric Roemheld, American film composer (d. 1985)
1905 - Henry Koster, German film director (d. 1988)
1905 - Paul Desruisseaux, French Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician (d. 1982)
1906 - Horst Schumann, Nazi physician (d. 1983)
1907 - Oliver Hill, civil rights attorney (d. 2007)
1907 - Kate Smith, American singer (d. 1986)
1908 - Giovanni Guareschi, Italian journalist (d. 1968)
1909 - Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet, winner of the Lenin Peace Prize, 9 times candidate for the Nobel Prize (d. 1990)
1912 - Otto Kretschmer, German U-Boat commander (d. 1998)
1913 - Louis Nye, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
1913 - Walter Susskind, Czech conductor (d. 1980)
1915 - Archie Williams, American athlete (d. 1993)
1916 - Glenn Ford, Canadian actor (d. 2006)
1917 - John Beradino, American actor and baseball player (d. 1996)
1917 - Danielle Darrieux, French singer and actress
1918 - Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (d. 1977)
1918 - Jack Paar, American television host (d. 2004)
1919 - Lewis Hill, American pacifist and founder of Pacifica Radio (d. 1957)
1919 - Dan O'Herlihy, Irish film actor (d. 2005)
1923 - Joseph Heller, American novelist (d. 1999)
1924 - Art Fleming, American game show host (d. 1995)
1924 - Karel Kachyňa, Czech film director (d. 2004)
1924 - Terry Southern, American screenwriter (d. 1995)
1925 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
1925 - Chuck Bednarik, American football player
1926 - Peter Lax, Hungarian Mathematician
1928 - Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racer (d. 2002)
1929 - Ralf Dahrendorf, German-born sociologist and politician
1929 - Sonny James, American country music singer and songwriter
1930 - Richard Riordan, former mayor of Los Angeles
1930 - Little Walter, American blues singer (d. 1995)
1934 - Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician
1934 - Shirley Horn, American jazz singer and pianist (d. 2005)
1934 - Joan Hackett, American actress (d. 1983)
1935 - Ann Robinson, American actress
1937 - Una Stubbs, English actress
1939 - Judy Collins, American folk singer
1939 - Max Robinson, American broadcast journalist (d. 1988)
1940 - Elsa Peretti, Italian jewelry designer
1944 - Suresh Kalmadi, Indian politician
1945 - Rita Coolidge, American singer
1946 - Joanna Lumley, English actress
1946 - John Woo, Hong Kong director
1947 - Sergio Infante, Chilean poet and writer
1949 - Tim Hodgkinson, English composer and musician (Henry Cow)
1949 - Paul Teutul, Sr., founder of Orange County Choppers
1950 - Danny McGrain, Scottish footballer
1950 - Dann Florek, American actor
1951 - Antony Worrall Thompson, English celebrity chef
1953 - Glen Ballard, American songwriter and record producer
1954 - Ray Parker Jr., American singer and songwriter
1954 - Joel Rosenberg, science fiction author
1955 - Nick Feldman, English musician
1956 - Catherine Frot, French actress
1957 - Ko Otani, Japanese composer
1960 - Steve Cauthen, American jockey
1961 - Marilyn Milian, current judge on The People's Court
1962 - Maia Morgenstern, Romanian actress
1962 - Ted Sundquist, General Manager of the Denver Broncos
1964 - Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed skater
1966 - Olaf Thon, German football player
1967 - Tim McGraw, American musician
1968 - D'arcy Wretzky, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins)
1968 - Sol Kyung-gu, South Korean actor
1968 - Oliver Bierhoff, German footballer
1969 - Wes Anderson, American director and writer
1969 - Billy Owens, American basketball player
1971 - Ajith Kumar, Indian film actor
1972 - Julie Benz, American actress
1973 - Oliver Neuville, German footballer
1973 - Curtis Martin, American football player
1975 - Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003)
1975 - Jodhi May, British actress
1975 - Austin Croshere, American basketball player
1975 - Alexei Smertin, Russian footballer
1976 - Darius McCrary, American actor
1977 - Dan Regan, American musician (Reel Big Fish)
1977 - Vera Lischka, Austrian swimmer
1978 - Sachie Hara, Japanese actress
1979 - Mauro Bergamasco, Italian rugby player
1979 - Ben Easter, American actor
1979 - MC Harvey (Michael Harvey), British musical artist
1980 - Jan Heylen, Belgian racing driver
1980 - Ana Claudia Talancón, Mexican actress
1981 - Wes Welker, American football player
1981 - Derek Asamoah, Ghanaian Footballer
1981 - Aliaksandr Hleb, Belarusian footballer
1982 - Tommy Robredo, Spanish tennis player
1983 - The Human Tornado (Craig Williams), American professional wrestler
1984 - Alexander Farnerud, Swedish footballer
1984 - Farah Fath, American actress
1984 - Keiichiro Koyama, Japanese musician (NEWS)
1985 - Drew Sidora, American actress
1986 - Adam Casey, Australian footballer
1986 - Cristian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer
1987 - Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player
1987 - Matt Di Angelo, English Actor
1988 - Graeme Owens, English footballer
1990 - Caitlin Stasey, Australian actress
1991 - Creagen Dow, American actor
1997 - Ariel Gade, American actress