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May 1 birthdays

359 notable historical figures were born on May 1, and 203 died on this day. Everyone born on May 1 is a Taurus.

17% of May 1 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (78) than any other country.

Born on May 1

• Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769 to 1852. British Army officer and statesman (1769–1852))
• Joanna Lumley (born 1946. Indian-born British actress (born 1946))
• Ajith Kumar (born 1971. Indian actor and racing driver (born 1971))
• Freida McFadden (born 1980. American writer and physician (born 1980))
• Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881 to 1955. French philosopher and Jesuit priest (1881–1955))
• Joseph Heller (1923 to 1999. American writer (1923–1999))
• Patrice Talon (born 1958. President of Benin since 2016)
• Mark W. Clark (1896 to 1984. American general (1896–1984))
• Rudolf I (1218 to 1291. King of Germany from 1273 to 1291)
• Balraj Sahni (1913 to 1973. Indian film and stage actor (1913–1973))
• Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852 to 1934. Spanish neuroscientist (1852–1934))
• Joseph Addison (1672 to 1719. British writer and politician (1672–1719))
• Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (1868 to 1940. King-elect of Finland in 1918)
• J. Allen Hynek (1910 to 1986. American astronomer and ufologist (1910–1986))
• Jenny Longuet (1844 to 1883. Karl Marx's eldest daughter)
• J. Lawton Collins (1896 to 1987. United States Army general)
• Anushka Sharma (born 1988. Indian actress (born 1988))
• Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764 to 1820. English architect (1764-1820))
• Grégoire Kayibanda (1924 to 1976. President of Rwanda from 1962 to 1973)
• Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (born 1934. Mexican politician (born 1934))
• Michael Dillon (1915 to 1962. First trans man to undergo phalloplasty (1915–1962))
• Rinchinbal Khan (1326 to 1332. Emperor of Yuan - Mongol Empire in 1332)
• Romaine Brooks (1874 to 1970. American portrait artist (1874–1970))
• Patricia Hill Collins (born 1948. American scholar (born 1948))
• Marie Corelli (1855 to 1924. English novelist (1855–1924))
• A. K. Chesterton (1896 to 1973. British journalist and far-right politician (1899–1973))
• George Inness (1825 to 1894. 19th-century American landscape painter)
• Frederick the Fair (1289 to 1330. King of Germany from 1314 to 1330)
• Sidónio Pais (1872 to 1918. President of Portugal in 1918)
• Drastamat Kanayan (1883 to 1956. Armenian revolutionary)
• Jacob Bekenstein (1947 to 2015. Mexican-Israeli physicist (1947–2015))
• John B. Magruder (1807 to 1871. American and Confederate military officer)
• Laila Soueif (born 1956. Egyptian activist, mathematician, professor (born 1956))
• Brij Mohan Kaul (1912 to 1972. Indian Army general (1912–1972))
• Hamaguchi Osachi (1870 to 1931. Japanese politician)
• Cecilia Beaux (1855 to 1942. American painter (1855–1942))
• Raya Dunayevskaya (1910 to 1987. American Marxist philosopher and humanist activist)
• Felix Riebl (born 1981. Australian singer, songwriter, and composer)
• Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1592 to 1666. German Jesuit astronomer active in China (1591–1666))
• Yiannis Ritsos (1909 to 1990. Greek poet and communist (1909–1990))
• Ambrose Akinmusire (born 1982. American jazz trumpeter (born 1982))
• Hugo Alfvén (1872 to 1960. Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter (1872–1960))
• Katie Mack (astrophysicist) (born 1981. American theoretical cosmologist)
• Giovannino Guareschi (1908 to 1968. Italian journalist, cartoonist, and humorist (1908–1968))
• Al-Mustazhir (1078 to 1118. Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad (r. 1094–1118))
• Princess Augusta of Prussia (1780 to 1841. German salonist, painter and consort (1780–1841))
• Yelena Khanga (born 1962. Russian journalist and writer)
• Nadim Gemayel (born 1982. Lebanese politician (born 1982))
• Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe (1884 to 1964. British politician (1884–1964))
• Charli D'Amelio (born 2004. American social media personality (born 2004))
• Kow Otani (born 1957. Japanese composer (born 1957))
• Evelyn Boyd Granville (1924 to 2023. American academic (1924–2023))
• Viktor Astafyev (1924 to 2001. Russian-Soviet writer)
• Magnus the Lawmender (1238 to 1280. King of Norway from 1263 to 1280)
• Salvador del Solar (born 1970. Peruvian actor, director and politician)
• Juanma Moreno (born 1970. Spanish politician (born 1970))
• Albert Zafy (1927 to 2017. President of Madagascar from 1993 to 1996)
• Wes Anderson (born 1969. American filmmaker (born 1969))
• Jamie Dornan (born 1982. Actor, model and musician from Northern Ireland (born 1982))
• Mary MacLane (1881 to 1929. American writer)

Died on May 1

• Ayrton Senna (1960 to 1994. Brazilian racing driver (1960–1994))
• Joseph Goebbels (1897 to 1945. German Nazi propaganda minister (1897–1945))
• Antonín Dvořák (1841 to 1904. Czech composer (1841–1904))
• David Livingstone (1813 to 1873. British colonialist and missionary to Africa (1813–1873))
• Magda Goebbels (1901 to 1945. Wife of Joseph Goebbels (1901–1945))
• Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1831 to 1896. Shah of Iran from 1848 to 1896)
• Aram Khachaturian (1903 to 1978. Soviet Armenian composer (1903–1978))
• Pope Pius V (1504 to 1572. Head of the Catholic Church from 1566 to 1572)
• Arcadius (377 to 408. Roman emperor from 383 to 408)
• Matilda of Scotland (1080 to 1118. Queen of England from 1100 to 1118)
• Isabella of Portugal (1503 to 1539. Holy Roman Empress from 1530 to 1539)
• Margaret of Connaught (1882 to 1920. Crown Princess of Sweden (1882–1920))
• Albert I of Germany (1255 to 1308. King of Germany from 1298 to 1308)
• Morteza Motahhari (1919 to 1979. Iranian politician (1919–1979))
• Ejnar Mikkelsen (1880 to 1971. Danish polar explorer (1880–1971))
• Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924 to 1993. President of Sri Lanka from 1989 to 1993)
• Harold Nicolson (1886 to 1968. British diplomat, author, diarist and politician (1886–1968))
• Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768 to 1813. French Marshal (1768–1813))
• Marcellus II (1501 to 1555. Head of the Catholic Church in 1555)
• Antonia Minor (36 BC to 37. Roman noblewoman (36 BC–AD 37))
• Yi Un (1897 to 1970. Last Crown Prince of Korea (1897–1970))
• Ebenezer Howard (1850 to 1928. British writer, founder of the garden city movement (1850–1928))
• José Abad Santos (1886 to 1942. Chief Justice of the Philippines from 1941 to 1942)
• Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893 to 1978. English writer, poet, and activist)
• Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110 to 1171. King of Leinster, Ireland (1110 – 1171))
• Pierre Bérégovoy (1925 to 1993. French politician (1925–1993))
• Alexandros Panagoulis (1939 to 1976. 20th-century Greek politician and poet)
• Asger Jorn (1914 to 1973. Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author)
• Uroš (1220 to 1277. King of Serbia from 1243 to 1276)
• Duarte Barbosa (1480 to 1521. Portuguese explorer and writer (c. 1480–1521))

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