May 21 - Births

Births

• 120 BC – Aurelia Cotta, mother of Julius Caesar (d. 54 BC)
• 1471 – Albrecht Dürer, German painter (d. 1528)
• 1527 – Philip II of Spain (d. 1598)
• 1653 – Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1697)
• 1664 – Giulio Alberoni, Italian cardinal and statesman (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, English philanthropist and reformer (d. 1845)
• 1790 – William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, English politician (d. 1858)
• 1792 – Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843)
• 1799 – Mary Anning, English paleontologist (d. 1847)
• 1827 – William P. Sprague, American politician (d. 1899)
• 1832 – Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American academic (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 vulcanologist (d. 1914)
• 1851 – Léon Bourgeois, French statesman, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925)
• 1853 – Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905)
• 1856 – José Batlle y Ordóñez, Uruguayan politician (d. 1929)
• 1860 – Willem Einthoven, Dutch physiologist; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1927)
• 1863 – Archduke Eugen of Austria, Austrian field marshal (d. 1954)
• 1864 – Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (d. 1945)
• 1873 – Hans Berger, German neuroscientist (d. 1941)
• 1878 – Glenn Curtiss, American aviation engineer (d. 1930)
• 1880 – Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer (d. 1967)
• 1884 – Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet (d. 1920)
• 1885 – Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg (d. 1936)
• 1898 – Armand Hammer, American businessman and physician (d. 1990)
• 1898 – Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and jurist (d. 1967)
• 1901 – Manfred Aschner, German-Israeli microbiologist (d. 1989)
• 1901 – Horace Heidt, American pianist, bandleader, and radio host (d. 1986)
• 1901 – Sam Jaffe, American film producer and agent (d. 2000)
• 1901 – Suzanne Lilar, Belgian essayist and playwright (d. 1992)
• 1902 – Earl Averill, American baseball player (d. 1983)
• 1902 – Marcel Lajos Breuer, Hungarian architect and designer, designed the Ameritrust Tower (d. 1981)
• 1903 – Manly Wade Wellman, American writer (d. 1986)
• 1904 – Robert Montgomery, American actor (d. 1981)
• 1904 – Fats Waller, American singer, pianist, and composer (d. 1943)
• 1907 – John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer (d. 1979)
• 1909 – François-Albert Angers, Canadian economist (d. 2003)
• 1912 – John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist (d. 1986)
• 1912 – Monty Stratton, American baseball player (d. 1982)
• 1912 – Akiva Vroman, Dutch-Israeli geologist (d. 1989)
• 1913 – Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and educator (d. 1976)
• 1916 – Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (d. 2002)
• 1916 – Harold Robbins, American novelist (d. 1997)
• 1917 – Raymond Burr, Canadian actor (d. 1993)
• 1918 – Dennis Day, American singer, actor, and comedian (d. 1988)
• 1920 – Anthony Steel, English actor (d. 2001)
• 1920 – Forrest White, American businessman, co-founder of the Music Man Company (d. 1994)
• 1920 – Bill Barber, American tuba player and educator (d. 2007)
• 1921 – Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist (d. 1989)
• 1921 – A.S. Douglas, English computer scientist and educator (d. 2010)
• 1923 – Vernon Biever, American photographer (d. 2010)
• 1923 – Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (d. 2003)
• 1923 – Ara Parseghian, American football coach
• 1923 – Evelyn Ward, American actress
• 1924 – Peggy Cass, American actress (d. 1999)
• 1926 – Robert Creeley, American poet (d. 2005)
• 1927 – Péter Zwack, Hungarian businessman and diplomat (d, 2012)
• 1928 – Tom Donahue, American disc jockey, producer, and promoter (d. 1975)
• 1929 – Alice Drummond, American actress
• 1929 – Larance Marable, American drummer
• 1930 – Tommy Bryant, American bassist (d. 1982)
• 1930 – Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician
• 1932 – Billy Wright, American singer and fiddler (d. 1991)
• 1933 – Maurice André, French trumpeter (d. 2012)
• 1933 – Yevgeni Minaev, Soviet weightlifter (d. 1993)
• 1934 – Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1935 – Terry Lightfoot, English clarinettist and bandleader
• 1936 – Günter Blobel, German biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1938 – Lee "Shot" Williams, American singer (d. 2011)
• 1939 – Heinz Holliger, Swiss oboist, composer, and conductor
• 1941 – Martin Carthy, English singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actor (Steeleye Span, The Watersons, Waterson:Carthy, Brass Monkey, and Blue Murder)
• 1941 – Ronald Isley, American singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actor (The Isley Brothers)
• 1941 – Bobby Cox, American baseball player and manager
• 1942 – Danny Ongais, American race car driver
• 1943 – Hilton Valentine, English guitarist and songwriter (The Animals)
• 1944 – Marcie Blane, American singer
• 1944 – Mary Robinson, Irish politician, 7th President of Ireland
• 1945 – Ernst Messerschmid, German astronaut
• 1947 – Bill Champlin, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Chicago and Sons of Champlin)
• 1947 – Jonathan Hyde, Australian actor
• 1948 – Elizabeth Buchan, English writer
• 1948 – Denis MacShane, Scottish politician
• 1948 – Leo Sayer, English singer-songwriter and musician
• 1951 – Al Franken, American actor and politician
• 1952 – Mr. T, American actor
• 1954 – Marc Ribot, American singer, musician, and composer (Bar Kokhba Sextet)
• 1954 – Janice Karman, American voice actress, singer, and producer, co-owner of Bagdasarian Productions
• 1954 – Stephen Betts, Scottish keyboardist, songwriter, and producer (Associates)
• 1955 – Paul Barber, English field hockey player
• 1955 – Stan Lynch, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
• 1957 – James Bailey, American basketball player
• 1957 – Bruce Buffer, American sportscaster
• 1957 – Nadine Dorries, English politician
• 1957 – Judge Reinhold, American actor
• 1957 – Renée Soutendijk, Dutch actress
• 1958 – Naeem Khan, Indian fashion designer
• 1958 – Jefery Levy, American 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
• 1960 – Jeffrey Toobin, American writer and analyst
• 1960 – Vladimir Salnikov, Russian swimmer
• 1962 – Richard Caputo, American author
• 1962 – David Crumb, American composer
• 1963 – Richard Appel, American writer
• 1963 – Kevin Shields, American-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (My Bloody Valentine)
• 1963 – Dave Specter, American guitarist
• 1964 – Danny Bailey, English footballer
• 1964 – Danny Lee Clark, American football player
• 1964 – Nancy Benoit, American wrestler and agent (d. 2007)
• 1964 – Carolyn Lawrence, American actress
• 1966 – Lisa Edelstein, American actress
• 1967 – Chris Benoit, Canadian wrestler (d. 2007)
• 1967 – Blake Schwarzenbach, American singer and musician (Jawbreaker, Jets to Brazil, The Thorns of Life, and forgetters)
• 1968 – Ilmar Raag, Estonian film director
• 1968 – Julie Vega, Filipino actress, model, and singer (d. 1985)
• 1968 – Matthias Ungemach, German rower
• 1969 – Pierluigi Brivio, Italian footballer
• 1969 – Georgiy R. Gongadze, Ukrainian-Georgian journalist
• 1969 – Masayo Kurata, Japanese voice actress
• 1969 – George LeMieux, American politician
• 1970 – Dorsey Levens, American football player
• 1970 – Carl Veart, Australian footballer
• 1972 – Adriano Cintra, Brazilian musician and producer (CSS)
• 1972 – The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (Junior M.A.F.I.A. and The Commission) (d. 1997)
• 1972 – Alesha Oreskovich, American model
• 1972 – Brett Tucker, Australian actor
• 1973 – Noel Fielding, English actor, writer, and musician
• 1973 – Stewart Cink, American golfer
• 1974 – Fairuza Balk, American actress
• 1974 – Havoc, American rapper, musician, and producer (Mobb Deep)
• 1975 – Lee Gaze, Welsh guitarist (Lostprophets)
• 1976 – Aditi Gowitrikar, Indian model, actress, and physician
• 1976 – Deron Miller, American singer-songwriter and musician (CKY, World Under Blood, and Foreign Objects)
• 1977 – Quinton Fortune, South African footballer
• 1977 – Michael Fuß, German footballer
• 1977 – Ricky Williams, American football player
• 1978 – Adam Gontier, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Three Days Grace and Big Dirty Band)
• 1978 – Jamaal Magloire, Canadian basketball player
• 1979 – Damián Ariel Álvarez, Argentinian footballer
• 1979 – Gaspard Augé, French DJ (Justice)
• 1979 – Briana Banks, German-American porn actress and model
• 1979 – Jamie Hepburn, Scottish politician
• 1979 – James Clancy Phelan, Australian novelist
• 1979 – Scott Smith, American mixed martial artist
• 1980 – Gotye, Australian singer-songwriter and musician (The Basics)
• 1980 – Morgan Benoit, American actor and martial artist
• 1980 – Chris Raab, American actor and stuntman
• 1981 – Craig Anderson, American ice hockey player
• 1981 – Edson Buddle, American footballer
• 1981 – Josh Hamilton, American baseball player
• 1981 – Maximilian Mutzke, German singer-songwriter and drummer
• 1982 – Brian Klemm, American singer and guitarist (Suburban Legends and Big D and the Kids Table)
• 1983 – Līga Dekmeijere, Latvian tennis player
• 1983 – Veloso, Brazilian footballer
• 1984 – Lorena Ayala, Dutch-Spanish model
• 1984 – Brandon Fields, American football player
• 1984 – Sara Goller, German volleyball player
• 1985 – Kano, English rapper, songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1985 – Mutya Buena, English singer-songwriter (Sugababes)
• 1985 – Marco Carta, Italian singer
• 1985 – Mark Cavendish, Manx cyclist
• 1985 – Isa Guha, English cricketer
• 1985 – Lucie Hradecká, Czech tennis player
• 1985 – Marie McCray, American porn actress and model
• 1985 – Andrew Miller, American baseball player
• 1985 – Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimmer (d. 2012)
• 1986 – Mario Mandžukić, Croatian footballer
• 1986 – Myra, American singer and dancer
• 1986 – Alexander Noyes, American drummer (Honor Society)
• 1986 – Greg Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Park Gyuri, South Korean singer, pianist, and actress (Kara)
• 1988 – Jonathan Howson, English footballer
• 1989 – Emily Robins, New Zealand actress and singer
• 1989 – Hal Robson-Kanu, Welsh footballer
• 1991 – Sarah Ramos, American actress
• 1992 – Hutch Dano, American actor
• 1992 – Philipp Grüneberg, German footballer
• 1992 – Olivia Olson, American actress and singer
• 1994 – Tom Daley, English diver