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===1901–present=== *[[1907]] – [[Jackie Grant]], Trinidadian cricketer (d. 1978) * 1907 – [[Baldur von Schirach]], German politician (d. 1974) *[[1908]] – [[Billy Jurges]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1997)<ref>{{cite web |title=Billy Jurges Stats |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/billy-jurges-116795 |website=mlb.com |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=9 May 2024 |archive-date=9 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509054746/https://www.mlb.com/player/billy-jurges-116795 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1909]] – [[Gordon Bunshaft]], American architect, designed the [[Solow Building]] (d. 1990)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/08/obituaries/gordon-bunshaft-architect-dies-at-81.html|work=New York Times|title=Gordon Bunshaft, Architect, Dies at 81|date=August 1990|access-date=2024-05-12|archive-date=2021-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410224227/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/08/obituaries/gordon-bunshaft-architect-dies-at-81.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1912]] – [[Pedro Armendáriz]], Mexican-American actor (d. 1963) *[[1914]] – [[Carlo Maria Giulini]], Italian conductor and director (d. 2005) * 1914 – [[J. Merrill Knapp]], American musicologist (d. 1993)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bush |first1=Alfred L. |last2=Morgan |first2=Paula |last3=Clark |first3=Alexander P. |last4=Joyce |first4=William L. |last5=Wainwright |first5=Alexander D. |title=Friends of the Library |journal=The Princeton University Library Chronicle |date=1993 |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=137–148 |jstor=26509112 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26509112 |issn=0032-8456 |access-date=2024-06-03 |archive-date=2020-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719170149/https://www.jstor.org/stable/26509112 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1914 – [[Hank Snow]], American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999) *[[1918]] – [[Mike Wallace]], American journalist (d. 2012) *[[1921]] – [[Daniel Berrigan]], American priest, poet, and activist (d. 2016) * 1921 – [[Sophie Scholl]], German activist (d. 1943) *[[1924]] – [[Bulat Okudzhava]], Russian singer, poet, and author (d. 1997) *[[1927]] – [[Manfred Eigen]], German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2019) *[[1928]] – [[Pancho Gonzales]], American tennis player (d. 1995) * 1928 – [[Barbara Ann Scott]], Canadian figure skater (d. 2012) *[[1930]] – [[Joan Sims]], English actress (d. 2001) *[[1931]] – [[Vance D. Brand]], American pilot, engineer, and astronaut *[[1932]] – [[Geraldine McEwan]], English actress (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Versatile Actress Geraldine McEwan |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/movie-news/obituary-versatile-actress-geraldine-mcewan-30973238.html |website=independent |date=8 February 2015 |access-date=18 January 2022 |language=en |archive-date=18 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118222746/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/movie-news/obituary-versatile-actress-geraldine-mcewan-30973238.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Alan Bennett]], English screenwriter, playwright, and novelist *[[1935]] – [[Nokie Edwards]], American guitarist (d. 2018) *[[1936]] – [[Albert Finney]], English actor (d. 2019) * 1936 – [[Glenda Jackson]], English actress and politician (d. 2023) *[[1937]] – [[Dave Prater]], American singer (d. 1988) *[[1938]] – [[Carroll Cole]], American serial killer (d. 1985)<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/evilserialkiller00char/page/189/mode/2up?view=theater | isbn=978-0-7607-7566-0 | title=Evil serial killers : In the minds of monsters | date=2005 | last1=Greig | first1=Charlotte | publisher=Barnes & Noble }}</ref> * 1938 – [[Charles Simić]], Serbian-American poet and editor (d. 2023) *[[1939]] – [[Ion Țiriac]], Romanian tennis player and manager *[[1940]] – [[James L. Brooks]], American director, producer, and screenwriter *[[1941]] – [[Dorothy Hyman]], English sprinter *[[1942]] – [[John Ashcroft]], American lawyer and politician, 79th [[United States Attorney General]] *[[1943]] – [[Vince Cable]], English economist and politician, former [[Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills]] * 1943 – [[Colin Pillinger]], English astronomer, chemist, and academic (d. 2014) *[[1945]] – [[Jupp Heynckes]], German footballer and manager *[[1946]] – [[Candice Bergen]], American actress and producer *[[1947]] – [[Yukiya Amano]], Japanese diplomat (d. 2019) *[[1948]] – [[Calvin Murphy]], American basketball player and radio host *[[1949]] – [[Billy Joel]], American singer-songwriter and pianist *[[1951]] – [[Alley Mills]], American actress *1951 – [[Joy Harjo]], American poet, musician, playwright and author, 23rd [[United States Poet Laureate]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://poets.org/poet/joy-harjo |title=Joy Harjo |publisher=poets.org |access-date=12 May 2022 |archive-date=20 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720043934/https://poets.org/poet/joy-harjo |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1955]] – [[Meles Zenawi]], [[Prime Minister of Ethiopia]] (d. 2012) * 1955 – [[Anne Sofie von Otter]], Swedish soprano and actress *[[1956]] – [[Wendy Crewson]], Canadian actress and producer *[[1960]] – [[Tony Gwynn]], American baseball player and coach (d. 2014) *[[1961]] – [[John Corbett]], American actor<ref>{{cite web|title=John Corbett|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/534334/John-Corbett|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115111416/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/534334/John-Corbett|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 15, 2008|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2008|access-date=February 11, 2011}}</ref> *[[1962]] – [[Dave Gahan]], English singer-songwriter * 1962 – [[Paul Heaton]], English singer-songwriter *[[1965]] – [[Steve Yzerman]], Canadian ice hockey player and manager *[[1968]] – [[Graham Harman]], American philosopher and academic * 1968 – [[Ruth Kelly]], British economist and politician, [[Secretary of State for Transport]] * 1968 – [[Marie-José Pérec]], French sprinter<ref>{{cite web|title=Marie-José Pérec|url=https://www.olympic.org/marie-jose-perec|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=16 March 2020|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805040432/https://www.olympic.org/marie-jose-perec|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Doug Christie]], American basketball player and coach * 1970 – [[Hao Haidong]], Chinese footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/bio/_/id/66544/hao-haidong|title=Hao Haidong Biography|website=ESPN|access-date=2020-06-06|archive-date=2020-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606205406/https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/bio/_/id/66544/hao-haidong|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1970 – [[Ghostface Killah]], American rapper and actor *[[1973]] – [[Tegla Loroupe]], Kenyan runner *[[1975]] – [[Tamia]], Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress * 1975 – [[Brian Deegan (rider)|Brian Deegan]], American [[motocross]] rider *[[1977]] – [[Averno (wrestler)|Averno]], Mexican wrestler * 1977 – [[Marek Jankulovski]], Czech footballer * 1977 – [[Svein Tuft]], Canadian cyclist *[[1979]] – [[Rosario Dawson]], American actress * 1979 – [[Brandon Webb]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandon Webb Stats |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/brandon-webb-425630 |website=mlb.com |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=9 May 2024 |archive-date=9 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509160325/https://www.mlb.com/player/brandon-webb-425630 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Grant Hackett]], Australian swimmer *[[1983]] – [[Gilles Müller]], Luxembourgian tennis player *[[1984]] – [[Prince Fielder]], American baseball player *[[1985]] – [[Jake Long]], American football player *[[1987]] – [[Kevin Gameiro]], French footballer *[[1988]] – [[J. R. Fitzpatrick]], Canadian racing driver *[[1989]] – [[Ellen White (footballer)|Ellen White]], English footballer *1989 – [[Daniel Rosenfeld]], German musician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rosenfeld's Twitter page |url=https://twitter.com/c418 |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=Twitter |language=en |archive-date=2023-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611152617/https://twitter.com/C418 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Majlinda Kelmendi]], Kosovar judoka *[[1992]] – [[Dan Burn]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=52681|title=Dan Burn|publisher=soccerbase.com|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803223427/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=52681|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Tommy Edman]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web|title=Tommy Edman|website=[[MLB.com]]|url=https://www.mlb.com/player/tommy-edman-669242|access-date=2022-12-14|archive-date=2022-12-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215083358/https://www.mlb.com/player/tommy-edman-669242|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Beth Mead]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Beth Mead |url=https://www.arsenal.com/women/players/beth-mead |website=arsenal.com |publisher=Arsenal FC |access-date=9 May 2024 |archive-date=12 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112133212/https://www.arsenal.com/women/players/beth-mead |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1995 – [[Shaboozey]], American rapper and singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Shaboozey |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/shaboozey/914125510 |website=Apple Music |access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Noah Centineo]], American actor<ref>{{cite tweet|title=Thank you everyone for all the birthday wishes! 1–9 |number=597128222585720832 |user=noahcent |first=Noah |last=Centineo |access-date=August 18, 2015 |date=May 9, 2015}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Trey Lance]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Trey Lance |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4383351/trey-lance |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=2 May 2023}}</ref> <!--Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.-->
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