Famous Births on 18 May

Famous Births on 18 May

1048 - Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131)
1186 - Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218)
1474 - Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539)
1610 - Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664)
1616 - Johann Jakob Froberger, German composer (d. 1667)
1711 - RuÄ'er Josip BoÅ¡ković, Croatian atomic theorist (d. 1787)
1778 - Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (d. 1854)
1785 - John Wilson, Scottish writer (d. 1854)
1797 - Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (d. 1854)
1850 - Oliver Heaviside, English physicist (d. 1925)
1851 - James Budd, Governor of California (d. 1908)
1868 - Nicholas II of Russia, Tsar of Russia (d. 1918)
1872 - Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, English mathematician, writer and philosopher, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
1876 - Hermann Müller, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1931)
1882 - Babe Adams, American baseball player (d. 1968)
1883 - Walter Gropius, German architect (d. 1969)
1883 - Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (d. 1974)
1887 - Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1946)
1889 - Thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (d. 1944)
1891 - Rudolf Carnap, German philosopher (d. 1970)
1892 - Ezio Pinza, Italian-born bass (d. 1957)
1897 - Frank Capra, American film producer, director, and writer (d. 1991)
1901 - Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1978)
1902 - Meredith Willson, American composer (d. 1984)
1904 - Jacob K. Javits, American politician (d. 1986)
1905 - Hedley Verity, English cricketer (d. 1943)
1907 - Carl Mydans, American photographer (d. 2004)
1909 - Fred Perry, British former tennis player (d. 1995)
1911 - Big Joe Turner, American blues singer (d. 1985)
1912 - Richard Brooks, American film director, writer and producer (d. 1992)
1912 - Perry Como, American singer (d. 2001)
1912 - Walter Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 2003)
1913 - Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Fifth President of India (d. 1996)
1913 - Charles Trenet, French singer and songwriter (d. 2001)
1913 - Jane Birdwood, British anti-Semitic activist (d. 2000)
1914 - Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer (d. 1982)
1918 - George Welch, American pilot and war hero (d. 1954)
1918 - Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (d. 2003)
1919 - Dame Margot Fonteyn, English ballet dancer (d. 1991)
1920 - Pope John Paul II (d. 2005)
1920 - Lucia Mannucci, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra)
1922 - Kai Winding, Danish-born musician (d. 1983)
1922 - Bill Macy, American actor
1922 - Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-born body psychotherapist (d. 2005)
1923 - Hugh Shearer, Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 2004)
1923 - Jean-Louis Roux, French Canadian actor and artistic director
1924 - Priscilla Pointer, American actress
1924 - Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster
1926 - Dirch Passer, Danish actor (d. 1980)
1928 - Pernell Roberts, American actor
1929 - Jack Sanford, American baseball player (d. 2000)
1930 - Warren Rudman, American politician
1931 - Don Martin, American cartoonist (d. 2000)
1931 - Robert Morse, American actor
1933 - Bernadette Chirac, French politician
1934 - Dwayne Hickman, American actor and television executive
1937 - Jacques Santer, Luxembourg statesman
1937 - Brooks Robinson, American baseball player
1939 - Giovanni Falcone, Italian magistrate (d. 1992)
1939 - Gordon O'Connor, Canadian politician
1941 - Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist and songwriter (d. 2007)
1941 - Miriam Margolyes, British actress
1942 - Albert Hammond, British musician and composer
1942 - Nobby Stiles, English footballer
1943 - James Reiher, American professional wrestler
1944 - W. G. Sebald, German-born writer (d. 2001)
1946 - Bruce Gilbert, English musician (Wire)
1946 - Frank Hsieh, former Premier of Taiwan
1946 - Reggie Jackson, American baseball player
1946 - Andreas Katsulas, American actor (d. 2006)
1947 - John Bruton, ninth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland
1949 - Rick Wakeman, English composer and musician (Yes)
1949 - Bill Wallace, Canadian musician (The Guess Who)
1950 - Mark Mothersbaugh, American composer, musician, and singer (Devo)
1950 - Thomas Gottschalk, German television show host
1951 - Jim Sundberg, American baseball player
1952 - Diane Duane, American writer
1952 - George Strait, American musician
1952 - Jeana Yeager, American aviator
1954 - Reinhold Heil, German composer
1955 - Chow Yun-Fat, Hong Kong actor
1957 - Michael Cretu, German musician (Enigma)
1958 - Toyah Willcox, English actor and singer
1959 - Jay Wells, Canadian ice hockey player
1960 - Jari Kurri, Finnish ice hockey player
1960 - Yannick Noah, French tennis player
1962 - Mike Whitmarsh, American Volleyball Player
1962 - Nanne Grönvall, Swedish singer
1962 - Sandra Cretu, German singer
1962 - Mike Darnell, American television executive
1965 - Ingo Schwichtenberg, German drummer (d. 1995)
1966 - Michael Tait, American musician (dc Talk, Tait)
1967 - Heinz-Harald Frentzen, German F1 driver
1969 - Martika, Cuban-American singer
1970 - Tina Fey, American writer/actress
1971 - Brad Friedel, American soccer player
1971 - Desiree Horton, American helicopter pilot/television reporter
1971 - Nobuteru Taniguchi, Japanese racing driver
1972 - Turner Stevenson, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 - Dario Franchitti, Scottish racecar driver
1974 - Nelson Figueroa, American baseball player
1975 - John Higgins, Scottish snooker player
1975 - Jack Johnson, American musician
1975 - Peter Iwers, Swedish bass player (In Flames)
1976 - Oleg Tverdovsky, Ukrainian ice hockey player
1977 - Danny Mills, English footballer
1977 - Lee Hendrie, English footballer
1978 - Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
1978 - Marcus Giles, American baseball player
1979 - Mariusz Lewandowski, Polish footballer
1979 - Michal Martikán, Slovak slalom canoiest
1979 - Julián Speroni, Argentine footballer
1979 - Milivoje Novakovič, Slovenian footballer
1980 - Aileen Campbell, Scottish Politician
1980 - Ali Zafar, Pakistani singer and model
1980 - Jeff Roehl, American football player
1981 - Mahamadou Diarra, Malian footballer
1982 - Jason Brown, English-born footballer
1982 - Eric West, American singer and actor
1983 - Gary O'Neil, English footballer
1983 - Luis Terrero, Dominican baseball player
1983 - Vince Young, American football player
1984 - Niki Terpstra, Dutch cyclist
1984 - Joakim Soria, Mexican baseball player
1984 - Scarlett Keegan, Playboy Playmate
1986 - Ryan Lamb, English rugby union player
1987 - Luisana Lopilato, Argentine actress and model
1988 - Ryan Cooley, Canadian television actor
1992 - Josh Phelps, Soccer Player
1992 - Spencer Breslin, American actor
1997 - Alana Etheridge, American actress

Famous Births on 17 May

Famous Births on 17 May

1155 - Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)
1443 - Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England
1551 - Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)
1628 - Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (d. 1662)
1682 - Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722)
1706 - Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780)
1718 - Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (d. 1778)
1743 - Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784)
1749 - Edward Jenner, English medical researcher (d. 1823)
1758 - John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d. 1839)
1768 - Caroline of Brunswick, Queen consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1821)
1768 - Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854)
1794 - Anna Brownell Jameson, British writer (d. 1860)
1821 - Sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897)
1836 - Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923)
1836 - Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player (d. 1900)
1844 - Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918)
1866 - Erik Satie, French composer (d. 1925)
1868 - Horace Elgin Dodge, American automobile manufacturer (d. 1920)
1873 - Henri Barbusse, French novelist and journalist (d. 1935)
1873 - Dorothy Richardson, English writer (d. 1957)
1879 - Simon Petlyura, Ukrainian independence fighter (d. 1926)
1886 - Alfonso XIII of Spain (d. 1941)
1888 - Tich Freeman, English cricketer (d. 1965)
1891 - Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife (d. 1959)
1897 - Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
1898 - Alfred Joseph Casson, Canadian painter (d. 1992)
1900 - Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Muslim cleric (d. 1989)
1901 - Werner Egk, German composer (d. 1983)
1903 - Cool Papa Bell, baseball player (d. 1991)
1904 - Jean Gabin, French actor (d. 1976)
1906 - Zinka Milanov, Croatian soprano (d. 1989)
1911 - Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish-born supermodel (d. 1992)
1911 - Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (d. 1998)
1913 - Hans Ruesch, Swiss racing driver (d. 2007)
1918 - Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano (d. 2005)
1919 - Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer and actor (d. 2007)
1919 - Merle Miller, American biographer (d. 1986)
1921 - Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (d. 1998)
1921 - Dennis Brain, English French horn player (d. 1957)
1931 - Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader (d. 1997)
1935 - Dennis Potter, English writer (d. 1994)
1936 - Dennis Hopper, American actor and director
1937 - Hazel R. O'Leary, United States Secretary of Energy
1938 - Jason Bernard, American actor (d. 1996)
1939 - Gary Paulsen, American author
1940 - Reynato Puno, Filipino Supreme Court Chief Justice
1940 - Alan Kay, American computer scientist
1941 - David Cope, American composer and author
1941 - Ben Nelson. American politician
1941 - Grace Zabriskie, American actress
1942 - Taj Mahal, American musician
1943 - Johnny Warren, Australian Footballer (d. 2004)
1943 - Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (d. 2005)
1945 - Tony Roche, Australian tennis player
1946 - F. Paul Wilson, American novelist
1946 - Udo Lindenberg, German musician
1948 - Dick Gaughan, Scottish musician, singer and songwriter
1949 - Bill Bruford, English musician (Yes)
1950 - Howard Ashman, American lyricist (d. 1991)
1950 - Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian politician
1951 - Simon Hughes, British politician
1952 - Howard Hampton, Canadian politician
1955 - Bill Paxton, American actor and film director
1956 - Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer
1956 - Bob Saget, American actor
1956 - Dave Sim, Canadian cartoonist
1957 - Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball player
1958 - Paul Di'Anno, English singer (Iron Maiden)
1959 - Marcelo Loffreda, Argentine rugby player and coach
1959 - Jim Nantz, American broadcaster
1960 - Lou DiBella, American boxing promoter
1961 - Enya, Irish singer and songwriter
1962 - Craig Ferguson, Scottish actor and comedian
1962 - Lise Lyng Falkenberg, Danish writer
1963 - Page McConnell, American musician and songwriter (Phish)
1964 - Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (d. 1999)
1965 - Richard Baumhammers, American spree killer
1965 - Trent Reznor, American musician (Nine Inch Nails)
1966 - Mark Kratzmann, Australian tennis player
1966 - Danny Manning, American basketball player
1966 - Hill Harper, American actor
1969 - Thom Filicia, American television personality
1969 - Alan Doyle, Canadian musician (Great Big Sea)
1970 - Jordan Knight, American singer (New Kids on the Block)
1970 - Hubert Davis, American basketball player
1970 - Angelica Agurbash, Belarusian singer, actress and model
1970 - Matt Lindland, American mixed martial arts fighter
1971 - Princess Máxima of the Netherlands
1971 - Shaun Hart, Australian footballer
1973 - Josh Homme, American musician and songwriter
1973 - Matthew McGrory, American actor (d. 2005)
1973 - Sasha Alexander, American television actress
1973 - Steve Barakatt, Canadian composer
1974 - Sendhil Ramamurthy, American actor
1974 - Eddie Lewis, American football (soccer) player
1974 - Wiki González, Venezuelan baseball player
1974 - Andrea Corr, Irish singer (The Corrs)
1975 - Cheick Kongo, French martial artist
1975 - Jonti Picking, British cartoonist
1975 - Kostas Sommer, Greek actor
1975 - Laura Voutilainen, Finnish singer
1975 - Alex Wright, German professional wrestler
1976 - Lee-Hom Wang, American-born Taiwanese musician and composer
1976 - José Guillén, Dominican baseball player
1978 - John Foster, American baseball player
1978 - Paddy Kenny, Irish goalkeeper
1978 - Carlos Pena, Dominican baseball player
1979 - Wayne Thomas, English footballer
1980 - Davor Džalto, Serbian art historian
1980 - Dallas Taylor, American singer (Underoath)
1981 - Giannis Taralidis, Greek footballer
1981 - Leon Osman, English footballer
1981 - Shiri Maimon, Israeli singer
1981 - R. J. Helton, American Idol finalist
1981 - Beñat Albizuri, Spanish cyclist
1982 - Tony Parker, French-American basketball player
1983 - Channing Frye, American basketball player
1983 - Nicky Hofs, Dutch footballer
1983 - Jeremy Sowers, American baseball player
1984 - Christian Bolaños, Costa Rican footballer
1984 - Christine Robinson, Canadian water polo player
1985 - Matt Ryan, American football player
1985 - Derek Hough, American dancer and singer
1986 - Tahj Mowry, American actor
1988 - Nikki Reed, American actress
1990 - Leven Rambin, American actress