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History Births on May 03

Amaro Pargo, Spanish corsair (d. 1747)

#Amaro_Pargo

In 1678

Florian Leopold Gassmann, Czech composer (d. 1774)

#Florian_Leopold_Gassmann

In 1729

Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic (d. 1988)

#Werner_Fenchel

In 1905

Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (d. 1495)

#Cecily_Neville,_Duchess_of_York

In 1415

Ignatius Aphrem II, Syrian patriarch

#Ignatius_Aphrem_II

In 1965

Constantine III, Byzantine emperor (d. 641)

#Constantine_III_(Byzantine_emperor)

In 612

Gottfried Fuchs, German-Canadian Olympic soccer player (d. 1972)

#Gottfried_Fuchs

In 1889

Peter Doyle, English bishop

#Peter_Doyle_(bishop)

In 1944

Ivan Bukavshin, Russian chess player (d. 2016)

#Ivan_Bukavshin

In 1995

Pete Seeger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist (The Weavers and Almanac Singers) (d. 2014)

#Pete_Seeger

In 1919

Greg Gumbel, American sportscaster

#Greg_Gumbel

In 1946

Dwayne Haskins, American football player

#Dwayne_Haskins

In 1997

Brad Scott, Australian footballer and coach

#Brad_Scott_(Australian_footballer)

In 1976

Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (d. 1971)

#Marcel_Dupré

In 1886

Kadri Lehtla, Estonian biathlete

#Kadri_Lehtla

In 1985

Norman Corwin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2011)

#Norman_Corwin

In 1910

Dai Tamesue, Japanese hurdler

#Dai_Tamesue

In 1978

August Herrmann, American executive in Major League Baseball (d.1931)

#August_Herrmann

In 1859

J. T. Hearne, English cricketer (d. 1944)

#J._T._Hearne

In 1867

Georges Moustaki, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)

#Georges_Moustaki

In 1934

Ted Bates, English footballer and manager (d. 2003)

#Ted_Bates_(footballer)

In 1918

Norm Chow, American football player and coach

#Norm_Chow

In 1946

Stephen D. M. Brown, British geneticist

#Stephen_D._M._Brown

In 1955

Igor Olshansky, Ukrainian-American football player

#Igor_Olshansky

In 1982

Eppa Rixey, American baseball pitcher (d. 1963)

#Eppa_Rixey

In 1891

Alex Iwobi, Nigerian football player

#Alex_Iwobi

In 1996

Ben Olsen, American soccer player and coach

#Ben_Olsen

In 1977

Liam Donaldson, English physician and academic

#Liam_Donaldson

In 1949

Clemens Westerhof, Dutch footballer and manager

#Clemens_Westerhof

In 1940

Jörg Drehmel, German triple jumper and coach

#Jörg_Drehmel

In 1945

Nélida Piñon, Brazilian author and academic

#Nélida_Piñon

In 1937

Emilia Bicchieri, Italian saint (d. 1314)

#Emilia_Bicchieri

In 1238

Beulah Bondi, American actress (d. 1981)

#Beulah_Bondi

In 1889

Doug Henning, Canadian magician (d. 2000)

#Doug_Henning

In 1947

James Brown, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Famous Flames and The J.B.'s) (d. 2006)

#James_Brown

In 1933

Stephen Barclay, English lawyer and politician

#Stephen_Barclay

In 1972

Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and philosopher (d. 1527)

#Niccolò_Machiavelli

In 1469

Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician (d. 2017)

#Maryam_Mirzakhani

In 1977

Ben Elton, English actor, director, and screenwriter

#Ben_Elton

In 1959

Christopher Cross, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Christopher_Cross

In 1951

Robert Osborne, American actor and historian (d. 2017)

#Robert_Osborne

In 1932

Vicente Saldivar, Mexican boxer (d. 1985)

#Vicente_Saldivar

In 1943

Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect, designed the Pillnitz Castle (d. 1736)

#Matthäus_Daniel_Pöppelmann

In 1662

Stephan Praetorius, German theologian (d. 1603)

#Stephan_Praetorius

In 1536

Tyronn Lue, American basketball player and coach

#Tyronn_Lue

In 1977

Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (d. 1977)

#Bing_Crosby

In 1903

Nick Stavinoha, American baseball player

#Nick_Stavinoha

In 1982

Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)

#Bernhard_von_Bülow

In 1849

Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (d. 1945)

#Pavlo_Skoropadskyi

In 1873

V?ra ?áslavská, Czech gymnast and coach (d. 2016)

#V?ra_?áslavská

In 1942

Samuel Seo, South Korean musician

#Samuel_Seo

In 1991

Steven Weinberg, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Steven_Weinberg

In 1933

José de la Riva Agüero, Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru (d. 1858)

#José_de_la_Riva_Agüero

In 1783

Romeo Castelen, Dutch footballer

#Romeo_Castelen

In 1983

Brooks Koepka, American golfer

#Brooks_Koepka

In 1990

Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1552)

#Henry_V,_Duke_of_Mecklenburg

In 1479

Dag Arnesen, Norwegian pianist and composer

#Dag_Arnesen

In 1950

Chuck Baldwin, American pastor and politician

#Chuck_Baldwin

In 1952

Davey Lopes, American baseball player, coach, and manager

#Davey_Lopes

In 1945

Ryan Dempster, Canadian baseball player and sportscaster

#Ryan_Dempster

In 1977

Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet and critic (d. 1969)

#Tadeusz_Peiper

In 1891

Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (d. 1954)

#Vagn_Walfrid_Ekman

In 1874

Ashok Gehlot, Indian politician, 21st Chief Minister of Rajasthan

#Ashok_Gehlot

In 1951

Henry Cooper, English boxer and sportscaster (d. 2011)

#Henry_Cooper

In 1934

Domantas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player

#Domantas_Sabonis

In 1996

Christian Annan, Ghanaian-Hong Kong footballer

#Christian_Annan

In 1978

Jérôme Clavier, French pole vaulter

#Jérôme_Clavier

In 1983

Aaron Whitchurch, Australian rugby league player

#Aaron_Whitchurch

In 1992

George Paget Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)

#George_Paget_Thomson

In 1892

Juan Gelman, Argentinian poet and author (d. 2014)

#Juan_Gelman

In 1930

Joseph Addai, American football player

#Joseph_Addai

In 1983

Butch Otter, American soldier and politician, 32nd Governor of Idaho

#Butch_Otter

In 1942

Sandi Toksvig, Danish-English comedian, author, and radio host

#Sandi_Toksvig

In 1958

John Jensen, Danish footballer and coach

#John_Jensen

In 1965

Catherine of St. Augustine, French-Canadian nurse and saint, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (d. 1668)

#Catherine_of_St._Augustine

In 1632

Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (d. 1838)

#Charles_Tennant

In 1768

Raffaele Riario, Italian cardinal (d. 1521)

#Raffaele_Riario

In 1461

Jacques-Louis Lions, French mathematician (d. 2001)

#Jacques-Louis_Lions

In 1928

Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (d. 1975)

#Konstantine_Gamsakhurdia

In 1893

Frankie Valli, American singer and actor

#Frankie_Valli

In 1934

Joseph W. Tobin, American cardinal

#Joseph_W._Tobin

In 1952

Denise Lor, American singer and actress (d. 2015)

#Denise_Lor

In 1929

Ivana Jorovi?, Serbian tennis player

#Ivana_Jorovi?

In 1997

Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer (d. 2015)

#Márton_Fülöp

In 1983

René Huyghe, French historian and author (d. 1997)

#René_Huyghe

In 1906

Leyla Zana, Kurdish activist and politician

#Leyla_Zana

In 1961

Louis, Count of Évreux, son of King Philip III of France (d. 1319)

#Louis,_Count_of_Évreux

In 1276

George Gore, American baseball player and manager (d. 1933)

#George_Gore

In 1854

Omar Abdel-Rahman, Egyptian terrorist

#Omar_Abdel-Rahman

In 1938

Dave Dudley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)

#Dave_Dudley

In 1928

Red Ruffing, American baseball pitcher and coach (d. 1986)

#Red_Ruffing

In 1905

Ron Hextall, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager

#Ron_Hextall

In 1964

Mikhail Prokhorov, Russian businessman

#Mikhail_Prokhorov

In 1965

John Lewis, American pianist and composer (d. 2001)

#John_Lewis_(pianist)

In 1920

Ben Revere, American baseball player

#Ben_Revere

In 1988

Chris Scott, Australian footballer and coach

#Chris_Scott_(Australian_footballer)

In 1976

Uma Bharti, Indian activist and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh

#Uma_Bharti

In 1959

Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal (d. 1495)

#Pedro_González_de_Mendoza

In 1428

Yehuda Amichai, German-Israeli author and poet (d. 2000)

#Yehuda_Amichai

In 1924

Richard D'Oyly Carte, English talent agent and composer (d. 1901)

#Richard_D'Oyly_Carte

In 1844

Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, French journalist, author, and poet (d. 2018))

#Georges-Emmanuel_Clancier

In 1914

Ralph Hall, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 2019)

#Ralph_Hall

In 1923

Angela Bofill, American singer-songwriter

#Angela_Bofill

In 1954

Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman and soldier, co-founded Qantas (d. 1950)

#Fergus_McMaster

In 1879

Willie Geist, American television journalist and host

#Willie_Geist

In 1975

Ezequiel Lavezzi, Argentinian footballer

#Ezequiel_Lavezzi

In 1985

Jacob Riis, Danish-American journalist and photographer (d. 1914)

#Jacob_Riis

In 1849

Tatyana Tolstaya, Russian author and publicist

#Tatyana_Tolstaya

In 1951

Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1940)

#Vito_Volterra

In 1860

Bill Sienkiewicz, American author and illustrator

#Bill_Sienkiewicz

In 1958

Dave Marash, American journalist and sportscaster

#Dave_Marash

In 1942

David Vitter, American lawyer and politician

#David_Vitter

In 1961

Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1948)

#Princess_Helena_Victoria_of_Schleswig-Holstein

In 1870

Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist and author (d. 1975)

#Anna_Roosevelt_Halsted

In 1906

Sterling Campbell, American drummer and songwriter

#Sterling_Campbell

In 1964

Zuzana Ondrášková, Czech tennis player

#Zuzana_Ondrášková

In 1980

Kenneth Joel Hotz, Canadian producer, writer, director, actor, and comedian

#Kenny_Hotz

In 1967

Bruce Hall, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

#Bruce_Hall_(musician)

In 1953

Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player

#Jeff_Halpern

In 1976

Paddy Holohan, Irish mixed martial artist

#Paddy_Holohan

In 1988

Adams George Archibald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (d. 1892)

#Adams_George_Archibald

In 1814

Emmett Dalton, American criminal (d. 1937)

#Emmett_Dalton

In 1871

Ruth Lister, Baroness Lister of Burtersett, English academic and politician

#Ruth_Lister,_Baroness_Lister_of_Burtersett

In 1949

Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (d. 1925)

#Karl_Abraham

In 1877

Ron Wyden, American academic and politician

#Ron_Wyden

In 1949

David Koch, American engineer, businessman, and philanthropist (d. 2019)

#David_Koch

In 1940

Golda Meir, Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1978)

#Golda_Meir

In 1898

Juana de la Cruz Vázquez Gutiérrez, Spanish abbess of the Franciscan Third Order Regular (d. 1534)

#Juana_de_la_Cruz_Vázquez_Gutiérrez

In 1481

Andy Bowen, American boxer (d. 1894)

#Andy_Bowen

In 1867

Steve McClaren, English footballer and manager

#Steve_McClaren

In 1961

Jeff Hornacek, American basketball player and coach

#Jeff_Hornacek

In 1963

François Coty, French businessman and publisher, founded Coty, Inc. (d. 1934)

#François_Coty

In 1874

Jesse Bromwich, New Zealand rugby league player

#Jesse_Bromwich

In 1989

William Inge, American playwright and novelist (d. 1973)

#William_Inge

In 1913

Katinka Hosszú, Hungarian swimmer

#Katinka_Hosszú

In 1989

Desiigner, American rapper

#Desiigner

In 1997

Ken Tyrrell, English race car driver, founded Tyrrell Racing (d. 2001)

#Ken_Tyrrell

In 1924

Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (d. 1917)

#Karl_Allmenröder

In 1896

Lawrence Tynes, American football player

#Lawrence_Tynes

In 1978

Mary Astor, American actress (d. 1987)

#Mary_Astor

In 1906

Jim Risch, American lawyer and politician, 31st Governor of Idaho

#Jim_Risch

In 1943

Rod Langway, Taiwanese-American ice hockey player and coach

#Rod_Langway

In 1957

George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor (d. 2016)

#George_Gaynes

In 1917

August von Kotzebue, German playwright and author (d. 1819)

#August_von_Kotzebue

In 1761

Margaret of York (d. 1503)

#Margaret_of_York

In 1446

Mary Hopkin, Welsh singer-songwriter

#Mary_Hopkin

In 1950

Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (d. 1989)

#Sugar_Ray_Robinson

In 1921

Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)

#Alfred_Kastler

In 1902

Cornelius Van Til, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and apologist (d. 1987)

#Cornelius_Van_Til

In 1895

Mary Cain, American runner

In 1996

Lina Grin?ikait?, Lithuanian sprinter

In 1987

Moon Byung-woo, South Korean footballer

In 1986

Miko Mälberg, Estonian swimmer

In 1985

Anastasiya Shvedova, Belarusian pole vaulter

In 1979

Steve Mack, American wrestler

In 1979

Paul Banks, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist

In 1978

Jamie Baulch, English sprinter and television host

In 1973

Viliami Ofahengaue, Tongan-Australian rugby player

In 1968

Daniel Anderson, Australian rugby league coach and manager

In 1967

Frank Dietrich, German politician (d. 2011)

In 1966

Giorgos Agorogiannis, Greek footballer

In 1966

Mark Cousins, Northern Irish director, writer, cinematographer

In 1965

Mona Siddiqui, Pakistani-Scottish journalist and academic

In 1963

Anders Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder

In 1962

Kathy Smallwood-Cook, English sprinter and educator

In 1960

David Ball, English keyboard player and producer

In 1959

Alain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player

In 1957

Marc Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician

In 1956

Seishir? Nishida, Japanese actor

In 1955

David Hookes, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2004)

In 1955

Colin Deans, Scottish rugby player

In 1955

Jean-Marc Roberts, French author and screenwriter (d. 2013)

In 1954

Jake Hooker, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2014)

In 1953

Caitlin Clarke, American actress (d. 2004)

In 1952

Alan Clayson, English singer-songwriter and journalist

In 1951

Chris Mulkey, American actor

In 1948

Denis Cosgrove, British-American academic and geographer (d. 2008)

In 1948

Silvino Francisco, South African snooker player

In 1946

Pete Staples, English bass player

In 1944

Yukio Hashi, Japanese singer and actor

In 1943

Edward Malloy, American priest and academic

In 1941

Alexander Harley, English general

In 1941

Jonathan Harvey, English composer and educator (d. 2012)

In 1939

Napoleon XIV, American singer, songwriter and record producer

In 1938

Chris Cannizzaro, American baseball player

In 1938

Ron Popeil, American businessman, founded the Ronco Company

In 1935

Sait Maden, Turkish translator, poet, painter and graphic designer (d. 2013)

In 1931

Vasily Rudenkov, Belarusian hammer thrower (d. 1982)

In 1931

David Harrison, English chemist and academic

In 1930

Matt Baldwin, Canadian curler and engineer

In 1926

Jean Séguy, French sociologist and author (d. 2007)

In 1925

George Hadjinikos, Greek pianist, conductor, and educator (d. 2015)

In 1923

Len Shackleton, English footballer and journalist (d. 2000)

In 1922

John Cullen Murphy, American soldier and illustrator (d. 2004)

In 1919

Betty Comden, American screenwriter and librettist (d. 2006)

In 1917

Léopold Simoneau, Canadian tenor and actor (d. 2006)

In 1916

Richard Lippold, American sculptor and academic (d. 2002)

In 1915

Stu Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer, founded Stampede Wrestling (d. 2003)

In 1915

May Sarton, American poet, novelist and memoirist (d. 1995)

In 1912

Virgil Fox, American organist and composer (d. 1980)

In 1912

Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican journalist, author, and playwright (d. 2005)

In 1906

Edmund Black, American hammer thrower (d. 1996)

In 1905

Septima Poinsette Clark, American educator and activist (d. 1987)

In 1898

William Joseph Browne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Solicitor General of Canada (d. 1989)

In 1897

Dodie Smith, English author and playwright (d. 1990)

In 1896

V. K. Krishna Menon, Indian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Indian Minister of Defence (d. 1974)

In 1896

Jacob Viner, Canadian-American economist and academic (d. 1970)

In 1892

Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (d. 1954)

In 1887

Charles XV of Sweden (d. 1872)

In 1826

Princess Élisabeth of France (d. 1794)

In 1764

Henri Pitot, French physicist and engineer, invented the Pitot tube (d. 1771)

In 1695

K'an Joy Chitam I, ruler of Palenque (d. 565)

In 490

Anna Dove Frankos

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