May 1 — An diesem Tag in der Geschichte

Roman consul Publius Valerius Poplicola celebrates a Roman triumph for his victory over Veii and the Sabines.

Roman consul · Publius Valerius Poplicola (consul 475 BC) · Roman triumph · Roman-Etruscan Wars · Veii

Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor.

Diocletian · Maximian · Roman emperor

King Sigismund of Burgundy is executed at Orléans after an 8-year reign and is succeeded by his brother Godomar.

Sigismund of Burgundy · Orléans · Godomar

The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches.

Nea Ekklesia · Constantinople · Cross-in-square

Norman mercenaries land at Bannow Bay in Leinster, marking the beginning of the Norman invasion of Ireland.

Normans · Bannow · Leinster · Norman invasion of Ireland

Wars of Scottish Independence end: By the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton the Kingdom of England recognises the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state.

Wars of Scottish Independence · Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton · Kingdom of England · Kingdom of Scotland

Battle of Arkinholm, Royal forces end the Black Douglas hegemony in Scotland.

Battle of Arkinholm · Black Douglas

Stephen Báthory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Stephen Báthory · Prince of Transylvania · Anna Jagiellon · Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Act of Union joins the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Act of Union 1707 · Kingdom of England · Kingdom of Scotland · Kingdom of Great Britain

Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.

Carl Linnaeus · Plant taxonomy · International Code of Botanical Nomenclature

Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.

Josiah Wedgwood · Wedgwood

Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt (Upper Bavaria), by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.

Illuminati · Jesuit · Adam Weishaupt

American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.

American Revolution · Battle of Crooked Billet · Hatboro, Pennsylvania

Kamehameha I, the king of Hawaiʻi, defeats Kalanikūpule and establishes the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.

Kamehameha I · Hawaii (island) · Kalanikūpule

In Vienna, Austria, Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro is performed for the first time.

Vienna · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · The Marriage of Figaro

War of the Pyrenees: The Battle of Boulou ends, in which French forces defeat the Spanish and regain nearly all the land they lost to Spain in 1793.

War of the Pyrenees · Battle of Boulou · French First Republic

Execution of the Cato Street Conspirators

Cato Street Conspiracy

The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.

Penny Black · Postage stamp

Hong Kong Police Force, the world's second modern police force and Asia's first, is established.

Hong Kong Police Force

The few remaining Mormons left in Nauvoo, Illinois, formally dedicate the Nauvoo Temple.

Mormons · Nauvoo, Illinois · Temple (Latter Day Saints)

Queen Victoria opens The Great Exhibition at The Crystal Palace in London.

Queen Victoria · The Great Exhibition · The Crystal Palace

The Province of Isabela was created in the Philippines in honor of Queen Isabela II.

Isabela (province) · Philippines · Isabela II

American Civil War: The Union Army completes its capture of New Orleans.

American Civil War · Union Army · Capture of New Orleans

American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.

Battle of Chancellorsville

The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.

Empire of Brazil · Argentina · Uruguay · Treaty of the Triple Alliance

The Memphis Race Riots begin. In three days time, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Memphis riots of 1866 · Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Folies Bergère opens in Paris.

Folies Bergère

Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.

Alexandra Palace

Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States.

Eight-hour day

Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.

Moses Fleetwood Walker

The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.

Chicago Board of Trade Building

Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.

Haymarket affair · International Workers' Day

The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.

World's Columbian Exposition

Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.

Coxey's Army · Demonstration (protest)

Spanish-American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The United States Navy destroys the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first major battle of the war.

Spanish-American War · Battle of Manila Bay

The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.

Scofield Mine disaster · Scofield, Utah · Mining accident

The RMS Lusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.

RMS Lusitania

German troops enter Munich to squash the Bavarian Soviet Republic.

Bavarian Soviet Republic

The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134 million members.

All-China Federation of Trade Unions · Trade union

The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.

Union Labor Life Insurance Company · American Federation of Labor

The 7.2 Mw Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran-Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.

1929 Kopet Dag earthquake · Mercalli intensity scale

The dwarf planet Pluto is officially named.

Pluto

The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.

Empire State Building

World War II: German forces launch a major attack on Tobruk.

World War II · Tobruk

World War II: Two hundred Communist prisoners are shot by the Germans at Kaisariani, Athens in reprisal for the killing of General Franz Krech by partisans at Molaoi.

1 May 1944 Kaisariani executions · Molaoi

World War II: A German newsreader officially announces that Adolf Hitler has "fallen at his command post in the Reich Chancellery fighting to the last breath against Bolshevism and for Germany". The Soviet flag is raised over the Reich Chancellery, by order of Stalin.

Adolf Hitler · Reich Chancellery · Bolshevism

World War II: Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda commit suicide in the Reich Garden outside the Führerbunker. Their children are also killed by having cyanide pills inserted into their mouths by their mother, Magda.

Joseph Goebbels · Magda Goebbels · Führerbunker · Goebbels children

World War II: Forces of the Soviet Red Army liberate Allied prisoners of war imprisoned at Stalag Luft I near Barth, Germany.

Red Army · Stalag Luft I · Barth, Germany

World War II: Up to 2,500 people die in a mass suicide in Demmin following the advance of the Red Army.

Mass suicide in Demmin · Red Army

World War II: Yugoslav Partisans liberate Trieste.

Yugoslav Partisans · Trieste

Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.

1946 Pilbara strike · Indigenous Australians

The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy.

Paris Peace Conference, 1946 · Dodecanese

Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.

Portella della Ginestra massacre · May Day · Sicily · Salvatore Giuliano

Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth.

Guam · Commonwealth (U.S. insular area)

The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.

Polio vaccine · Jonas Salk

A doctor in Japan reports an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata disease.

Minamata disease

Thirty-four people are killed when a Vickers Viking airliner crashes in Hampshire, England.

Vickers VC.1 Viking · 1957 Blackbushe Viking accident

Formation of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra; also known as "Maharashtra Day".

Gujarat · Maharashtra · Maharashtra Day

Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.

Cold War · 1960 U-2 incident · Francis Gary Powers · Lockheed U-2 · Spyplane

The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.

Cuba · Fidel Castro

Battle of Dong-Yin, a naval conflict between ROC and PRC, takes place.

Battle of Dong-Yin

Protests erupt following the announcement by Richard Nixon that American and South Vietnamese forces would attack Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign.

Richard Nixon · Cambodian Campaign

Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service.

Amtrak

The Argentine terrorist organization Montoneros is expelled from Plaza de Mayo by president Juan Perón.

Montoneros · Expulsion of Montoneros from Plaza de Mayo · Plaza de Mayo · Juan Perón

Thirty-six people are killed in Taksim Square, Istanbul, during the Labour Day celebrations.

Taksim Square massacre · Taksim Square · Istanbul

Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.

Naomi Uemura · Dog sled · North Pole

Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War.

Operation Black Buck · Royal Air Force · Argentine Air Force · Falklands War

The Sydney Entertainment Centre is opened.

Sydney Entertainment Centre

Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.

Pope John Paul II · Edith Stein · Carmelites · Auschwitz concentration camp

Disney-MGM Studios opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.

Disney's Hollywood Studios · Walt Disney World · Orlando, Florida

The former Philippine Episcopal Church (supervised by the Episcopal Church of the United States of America) is granted full autonomy and raised to the status of an Autocephalous Anglican Province and renamed the Episcopal Church in the Philippines.

Philippine Episcopal Church · Episcopal Church of the United States of America · Anglican Province · Episcopal Church in the Philippines

Dingiri Banda Wijetunga became president of Sri Lanka automatically after killing of R Premadasa in LTTE bomb explosion

Dingiri Banda Wijetunga · Sri Lanka · Ranasinghe Premadasa · LTTE

Three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident whilst leading the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola.

Formula One · Ayrton Senna · Death of Ayrton Senna · 1994 San Marino Grand Prix · Imola

Croatian forces launch Operation Flash during the Croatian War of Independence.

Croatia · Operation Flash · Croatian War of Independence

The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924.

George Mallory · Mount Everest · 1924

SpongeBob SquarePants premieres on Nickelodeon after the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards.

SpongeBob SquarePants · Nickelodeon · 1999 Kids' Choice Awards

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares the existence of "a state of rebellion", hours after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towards the presidential palace at the height of the EDSA III rebellion.

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo · Joseph Estrada · Malacañang Palace · EDSA III

OpenOffice.org released version 1.0, the first stable version of the software.

OpenOffice.org

Invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, on board the USS Abraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended".

2003 invasion of Iraq · Mission Accomplished speech · USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) · California · George W. Bush

Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin.

Cyprus · Estonia · Latvia · Lithuania · Malta

Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.

Same-sex marriage

Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI.

Pope John Paul II · Beatification · Pope Benedict XVI

John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)

John I, Count of Hainaut

Rudolf I of Germany (d. 1291)

Rudolf I of Germany

Jean de Joinville, French historian and author (d. 1317)

Jean de Joinville

Magnus Lagabøte, king of Norway (d. 1280)

Magnus VI of Norway · Norway

Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)

Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel

Rinchinbal Khan, Mongolian emperor (d. 1332)

Rinchinbal Khan

Sidonie of Bavaria, eldest daughter of Duke Albrecht IV of Bavaria-Munich (d. 1505)

Sidonie of Bavaria

Johannes Stadius, German astronomer, astrologer, mathematician (d. 1579)

Johannes Stadius

Franciscus Junius, French theologian (d. 1602)

Franciscus Junius (the elder)

Wolphert Gerretse, Dutch-American farmer, co-founded New Netherland (d. 1662)

Wolphert Gerretse · New Netherland

Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (d. 1643)

Marco da Gagliano

Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint (d. 1612)

Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill

Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (d. 1666)

Johann Adam Schall von Bell

John Haynes, English-American politician, 1st Governor of the Colony of Connecticut (d. 1653)

John Haynes (governor)

William Lilly, English astrologer (d. 1681)

William Lilly

Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician (d. 1719)

Joseph Addison

Joshua Rowley, English admiral (d. 1790)

Joshua Rowley

Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Dutch admiral and philanthropist (d. 1819)

Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen

Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright (d. 1820)

Judith Sargent Murray

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English-American architect, designed the United States Capitol (d. 1820)

Benjamin Henry Latrobe · United States Capitol

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1852)

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

James Clarence Mangan, Irish poet and author (d. 1849)

James Clarence Mangan

Henry Ayers, English-Australian politician, 8th Premier of South Australia (d. 1897)

Henry Ayers · Premier of South Australia

Alexander William Williamson, English chemist and academic (d. 1904)

Alexander William Williamson

Johann Jakob Balmer, Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1898)

Johann Jakob Balmer

George Inness, American painter and educator (d. 1894)

George Inness

Jules Breton, French painter (d. 1906)

Jules Breton

José de Alencar, Brazilian author and playwright (d. 1877)

José de Alencar

Frederick Sandys, English painter and illustrator (d. 1904)

Frederick Sandys

Guido Gezelle, Belgian priest and poet (d. 1899)

Guido Gezelle

Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (d. 1903)

Emily Stowe

Henry Demarest Lloyd, American journalist and politician (d. 1903)

Henry Demarest Lloyd

Adelsteen Normann, Norwegian painter (d. 1919)

Adelsteen Normann

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (d. 1942)

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

Laza Lazarević, Serbian psychiatrist and neurologist (d. 1891)

Laza Lazarević

Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and professional scout (d. 1903)

Calamity Jane

Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish neuroscientist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)

Santiago Ramón y Cajal · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin, Jewish Ukrainian-American journalist, actor, and playwright (d. 1909)

Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin

Cecilia Beaux, American painter and academic (d. 1942)

Cecilia Beaux

Theo van Gogh, Dutch art dealer (d. 1891)

Theo van Gogh (art dealer)

Jacqueline Comerre-Paton, French painter and sculptor (d. 1955)

Jacqueline Comerre-Paton

Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (d. 1941)

Marcel Prévost

Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (d. 1948)

Anna Jarvis · Mother's Day

Seakle Greijdanus, Dutch theologian and scholar (d. 1948)

Seakle Greijdanus

Emiliano Chamorro Vargas, President of Nicaragua (d. 1966)

Emiliano Chamorro Vargas

Hugo Alfvén, Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter (d. 1960)

Hugo Alfvén

Sidónio Pais, Portuguese soldier and politician, 4th President of Portugal (d. 1918)

Sidónio Pais · President of Portugal

Romaine Brooks, American-French painter and illustrator (d. 1970)

Romaine Brooks

Paul Van Asbroeck, Belgian target shooter (d. 1959)

Paul Van Asbroeck

Dave Hall, American runner (d. 1972)

David Hall (athlete)

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French priest, palaeontologist, and philosopher (d. 1955)

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician (d. 1964)

Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe

Clément Pansaers, Belgian poet (d. 1922)

Clément Pansaers

Ralph Stackpole, American sculptor and painter (d. 1973)

Ralph Stackpole

Alan Cunningham, Anglo-Irish general and diplomat, High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan (d. 1983)

Alan Cunningham · High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan

Lillian Estelle Fisher, American historian of Spanish America (d. 1988)

Lillian Estelle Fisher

Nikolai Yezhov, Soviet secret police official, head of the NKVD (d. 1940)

Nikolai Yezhov · Soviet Union · NKVD

Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician (d. 1947)

Herbert Backe

Mark W. Clark, American general (d. 1984)

Mark W. Clark

J. Lawton Collins, American general (d. 1987)

J. Lawton Collins

Alfred Schmidt, Estonian weightlifter (d. 1972)

Alfred Schmidt (weightlifter)

Ignazio Silone, Italian journalist and politician (d. 1978)

Ignazio Silone

Aleksander Wat, Polish poet and writer (d. 1967)

Aleksander Wat

Sterling Allen Brown, American poet, academic, and critic (d. 1989)

Sterling Allen Brown

Heinz Eric Roemheld, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1985)

Heinz Eric Roemheld

Antal Szerb, Hungarian scholar and author (d. 1945)

Antal Szerb

Henry Koster, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1988)

Henry Koster

Horst Schumann, German SS officer and physician (d. 1983)

Horst Schumann · SS

Hayes Alvis, American bassist (d. 1972)

Hayes Alvis

Kate Smith, American singer and actress (d. 1986)

Kate Smith

Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and author (d. 1968)

Giovannino Guareschi

Morris Kline, American mathematician and academic (d. 1992)

Morris Kline

Endel Puusepp, Estonian-Soviet military pilot and politician (d. 1996)

Endel Puusepp

Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1990)

Yiannis Ritsos

Behice Boran, Turkish sociologist and politician (d. 1987)

Behice Boran

Raya Dunayevskaya, Ukrainian-American philosopher and activist (d. 1987)

Raya Dunayevskaya

Dirk Andries Flentrop, Dutch organ builder (d. 2003)

Dirk Andries Flentrop

J. Allen Hynek, American astronomer and ufologist (d. 1986)

J. Allen Hynek

Nejdet Sançar, Turkish literature teacher (d. 1975)

Nejdet Sançar

Wilfred Watson, English-Canadian poet, playwright and educator (d. 1998)

Wilfred Watson

Otto Kretschmer, Polish-German admiral (d. 1998)

Otto Kretschmer

Louis Nye, American actor (d. 2005)

Louis Nye

Walter Susskind, Czech-English pianist, conductor, and educator (d. 1980)

Walter Susskind

Jaap van der Poll, Dutch javelin thrower (d. 2010)

Jaap van der Poll

Hanns Martin Schleyer, German businessman (d. 1977)

Hanns Martin Schleyer

Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor and producer (d. 2006)

Glenn Ford

John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (d. 1996)

John Beradino

Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (d. 2013)

Ulric Cross

Danielle Darrieux, French actress and singer (d. 2017)

Danielle Darrieux

Ahron Soloveichik, Russian rabbi and scholar (d. 2001)

Ahron Soloveichik

Gersh Budker, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (d. 1977)

Gersh Budker

Jack Paar, American comedian, author and talk show host (d. 2004)

Jack Paar

Manna Dey, Indian singer and composer (d. 2013)

Manna Dey

Mohammed Karim Lamrani, Moroccan businessman and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Morocco

Mohammed Karim Lamrani · Prime Minister of Morocco

Dan O'Herlihy, Irish-American actor (d. 2005)

Dan O'Herlihy

Vladimir Colin, Romanian journalist and author (d. 1991)

Vladimir Colin

Alastair Gillespie, Canadian scholar and politician

Alastair Gillespie

Joseph Heller, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1999)

Joseph Heller

Antônio Maria Mucciolo, Italian-Brazilian archbishop (d. 2012)

Antônio Maria Mucciolo

Marcel Rayman, Polish soldier (d. 1944)

Marcel Rayman

Evelyn Boyd Granville, American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic

Evelyn Boyd Granville

Karel Kachyňa, Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2004)

Karel Kachyňa

Terry Southern, American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter (d. 1995)

Terry Southern

Chuck Bednarik, American lieutenant and football player (d. 2015)

Chuck Bednarik

Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2013)

Scott Carpenter

Sardar Fazlul Karim, Bangladeshi philosopher, scholar, and academic (d. 2014)

Sardar Fazlul Karim

Peter Lax, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic

Peter Lax

Gary Bertini, Israeli conductor and composer (d. 2005)

Gary Bertini

Laura Betti, Italian actress (d. 2004)

Laura Betti

Albert Zafy, Malagasy politician, 3rd President of Madagascar (d. 2017)

Albert Zafy

Bernard Vukas, Yugoslav-Croatian footballer (d. 1983)

Bernard Vukas

Sonny James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)

Sonny James

Delfim Netto, Brazilian economist

Delfim Netto

Ralf Dahrendorf, German-English sociologist and politician (d. 2009)

Ralf Dahrendorf

Sonny Ramadhin, Trinidadian cricketer

Sonny Ramadhin

Little Walter Jacobs, American blues harp player and singer (d. 1968)

Little Walter

Ollie Matson, American sprinter and football player (d. 2011)

Ollie Matson

Naim Attallah, Palestinian author and publisher

Naim Attallah

Sandy Woodward, English admiral (d. 2013)

Sandy Woodward

Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician

Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas

Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist (d. 2005)

Shirley Horn

Phillip King, Tunisian-English sculptor

Phillip King (sculptor)

Danièle Huillet, French filmmaker (d. 2006)

Straub-Huillet

Hans E. Wallman, Swedish director, producer, and composer (d. 2014)

Hans E. Wallman

Una Stubbs, English actress and dancer

Una Stubbs

Judy Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Judy Collins

Wilhelmina Cooper, Dutch model (d. 1980)

Wilhelmina Cooper

Victor Davies, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor

Victor Davies

Vassal Gadoengin, Nauruan politician (d. 2004)

Vassal Gadoengin

Joe Walsh, Irish politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (d. 2014)

Joe Walsh (Irish politician) · Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Suresh Kalmadi, Indian businessman and politician

Suresh Kalmadi

Rita Coolidge, American singer-songwriter

Rita Coolidge

Carson Whitsett, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2007)

Carson Whitsett

Joanna Lumley, English actress, voice-over artist, author, and activist

Joanna Lumley

John Woo, Hong Kong director, producer, and screenwriter

John Woo

Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist (d. 2015)

Jacob Bekenstein

Sergio Infante, Chilean-Swedish poet and author

Sergio Infante

Györgyi Balogh, Hungarian sprinter

Györgyi Balogh

Patricia Hill Collins, American sociologist and scholar

Patricia Hill Collins

Jim Clench, Canadian bass player (d. 2010)

Jim Clench

Tim Hodgkinson, English saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer

Tim Hodgkinson

Paul Teutul, Sr., American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers

Paul Teutul, Sr. · Orange County Choppers

Dann Florek, American actor and director

Dann Florek

Danny McGrain, Scottish footballer and coach

Danny McGrain

Gordon Greenidge, Barbadian cricketer and coach

Gordon Greenidge

Geoff Lees, English race car driver

Geoff Lees (racing driver)

Sally Mann, American photographer

Sally Mann

Richard Blundell, English economist and academic

Richard Blundell

Kim Lewison, English lawyer and judge

Kim Lewison

Peter Smith, Malaysian-born English academic and judge

Peter Smith (judge)

Glen Ballard, American songwriter and producer

Glen Ballard

Ray Parker, Jr., American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Ray Parker, Jr.

Joel Rosenberg, Canadian-American author and activist (d. 2011)

Joel Rosenberg (science fiction author)

Alex Cunningham, Scottish politician

Alex Cunningham

Martin O'Donnell, American composer

Martin O'Donnell

Ray Searage, American baseball player and coach

Ray Searage

Phil Foglio, American illustrator

Phil Foglio

Frank Szymanski, German educator and politician

Rick Darling, Australian cricketer

Rick Darling

Uberto Pasolini, Italian banker, director, and producer

Uberto Pasolini

Yasmina Reza, French actress and playwright

Yasmina Reza

Lawrence Seeff, South African cricketer and basket weaver

Lawrence Seeff

Steve Cauthen, American jockey and sportscaster

Steve Cauthen

Clint Malarchuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Clint Malarchuk

Marilyn Milian, American judge

Marilyn Milian

Vasiliy Sidorenko, Russian hammer thrower

Vasiliy Sidorenko

Maia Morgenstern, Romanian actress

Maia Morgenstern

Ted Sundquist, American football player, coach, and manager

Ted Sundquist

Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed skater

Yvonne van Gennip

Tim McGraw, American singer-songwriter and actor

Tim McGraw

Oliver Bierhoff, German footballer and manager

Oliver Bierhoff

D'arcy Wretzky, American bass player and singer (Smashing Pumpkins)

D'arcy Wretzky · Smashing Pumpkins

Wes Anderson, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Wes Anderson

Billy Owens, American basketball player

Billy Owens

Bernard Butler, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Bernard Butler

Ethan Albright, American football player

Ethan Albright

Stuart Appleby, Australian golfer

Stuart Appleby

Kim Grant, South African tennis player

Kim Grant (tennis)

Artur Kohutek, Polish hurdler and soldier

Artur Kohutek

Ajith Kumar, Indian actor, F2 Racer

Ajith Kumar

Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Yemeni terrorist

Ramzi bin al-Shibh

Julie Benz, American actress

Julie Benz

Oliver Neuville, German footballer

Oliver Neuville

Austin Croshere, American basketball player and sportscaster

Austin Croshere

Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003)

Marc-Vivien Foé

Nina Hossain, English journalist

Nina Hossain

Alexey Smertin, Russian footballer

Alexey Smertin

Patricia Stokkers, Dutch swimmer

Patricia Stokkers

Vera Lischka, Austrian swimmer and politician

Vera Lischka

James Badge Dale, American actor

James Badge Dale

Mauro Bergamasco, Italian rugby player

Mauro Bergamasco

Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2003)

Roman Lyashenko

Marvin Cabrera, Mexican footballer

Marvin Cabrera

Rob Davison, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Rob Davison

Jan Heylen, Belgian race car driver

Jan Heylen

Jay Reatard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)

Jay Reatard

Manny Acosta, Panamanian baseball player

Manny Acosta

Derek Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer

Derek Asamoah

Alexander Hleb, Belarusian footballer

Alexander Hleb

Wes Welker, American football player

Wes Welker

Jamie Dornan, Northern Irish model and actor

Jamie Dornan

Mark Farren, Irish footballer (d. 2016)

Mark Farren

Tommy Robredo, Spanish tennis player

Tommy Robredo

Alain Bernard, French swimmer

Alain Bernard

Human Tornado, American wrestler

Human Tornado

David Backes, American ice hockey player

David Backes

Patrick Eaves, American ice hockey player

Patrick Eaves

Alexander Farnerud, Swedish footballer

Alexander Farnerud

Keiichiro Koyama, Japanese singer and actor

Keiichiro Koyama

Víctor Montaño, Colombian footballer

Víctor Montaño

Mark Seaby, Australian footballer

Mark Seaby

Shahriar Nafees, Bangladeshi cricketer

Shahriar Nafees

Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2013)

Christian Benítez

Adam Casey, Australian footballer

Adam Casey

Jesse Klaver, Dutch politician

Jesse Klaver

Brent Stanton, Australian footballer

Brent Stanton

Leonardo Bonucci, Italian footballer

Leonardo Bonucci

Amir Johnson, American basketball player

Amir Johnson

Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player

Shahar Pe'er

Alejandro Arribas, Spanish footballer

Alejandro Arribas

Poļina Jeļizarova, Latvian runner

Poļina Jeļizarova

Uriel Álvarez, Mexican footballer

Uriel Álvarez

Diego Contento, German footballer

Diego Contento

Scooter Gennett, American baseball player

Scooter Gennett

Bartosz Salamon, Polish footballer

Bartosz Salamon

Bradley Roby, American football player

Bradley Roby

Matěj Vydra, Czech footballer

Matěj Vydra

Jean-Christophe Bahebeck, French footballer

Jean-Christophe Bahebeck

Wallace, Brazilian footballer

Wallace Oliveira

Lizzy Greene, American actress

Lizzy Greene

Arcadius, Byzantine emperor (b. 337)

Arcadius

Marcouf, missionary and saint

Saint Marcouf · Missionary

Wang Zongji, Chinese prince and pretender

Wang Zongji · Pretender

Matilda of Scotland (b. 1080)

Matilda of Scotland

Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster (b. 1110)

Diarmait Mac Murchada · King of Leinster

Roger de Moulins, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller

Roger de Moulins · Grand Master (order) · Knights Hospitaller

Walter de Gray, English prelate and statesman

Walter de Gray

Stefan Uroš I of Serbia (b. 1223)

Stefan Uroš I

William II of Villehardouin

William of Villehardouin

Albert I of Germany (b. 1255)

Albert I of Germany

Isabella of Portugal (b. 1503)

Isabella of Portugal

Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501)

Pope Marcellus II

Pope Pius V (b. 1504)

Pope Pius V

Frans Luycx, Flemish painter (b. 1604)

Frans Luycx

Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (b. 1677)

Johann Ludwig Bach

Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1669)

Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle · First Lord of the Treasury

Gottfried Achenwall, Polish-German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1719)

Gottfried Achenwall

Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)

Jean-Baptiste Bessières

Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)

Antoine Louis Dugès

John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)

John Wilbur (Quaker minister)

David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)

David Livingstone

Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)

Ludwig Büchner

Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)

Antonín Dvořák

John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)

John Barclay Armstrong

Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)

Princess Margaret of Connaught

Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)

Henri Pélissier

Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)

Johan Oscar Smith · Brunstad Christian Church

Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)

Joseph Goebbels · Chancellor of Germany

Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)

Magda Goebbels · Joseph Goebbels

Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)

Everett Shinn

LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883)

LeRoy Samse

Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (b. 1875)

Charles Holden · Bristol Central Library

Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1879)

Lope K. Santos

Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (b. 1911)

Spike Jones

Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1895)

Jack Adams

Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (b. 1886)

Harold Nicolson

Yi Un, Korean prince (b. 1897)

Yi Un

Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1914)

Asger Jorn

T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (b. 1908)

T. R. M. Howard

Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician (b. 1939)

Alexandros Panagoulis

Aram Khachaturian, Georgian-Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1903)

Aram Khachaturian

William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (b. 1903)

William Primrose

Jüri Lossmann, Estonian-Swedish runner (b. 1891)

Jüri Lossmann

Denise Robins, English journalist and author (b. 1897)

Denise Robins

Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer (b. 1916)

Hugo Peretti

Ben Lexcen, Australian sailor and architect (b. 1936)

Ben Lexcen

Sally Kirkland, American journalist (b. 1912)

Sally Kirkland (editor)

V. M. Panchalingam, Sri Lankan civil servant (b. 1930)

V. M. Panchalingam

Patrice Tardif, Canadian farmer and politician (b. 1904)

Patrice Tardif (politician)

Sergio Franchi, Italian-American tenor and actor (b. 1926)

Sergio Franchi

Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)

Richard Thorpe

Pierre Bérégovoy, French metallurgist and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1925)

Pierre Bérégovoy · Prime Minister of France

Ranasinghe Premadasa, Sri Lankan politician, 3rd President of Sri Lanka (b. 1924)

Ranasinghe Premadasa · President of Sri Lanka

Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1960)

Ayrton Senna

Antonio Salemme, Italian-American painter (b. 1892)

Antonio Salemme

Fernand Dumont, Canadian sociologist, philosopher, and poet (b. 1927)

Fernand Dumont

Eldridge Cleaver, American author and activist (b. 1935)

Eldridge Cleaver

Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder and actor (b. 1926)

Steve Reeves

Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh, Indian poet and author (b. 1908)

Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh

Miss Elizabeth, American wrestler and manager (b. 1960)

Miss Elizabeth

Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)

Wim van Est

Kenneth Clark, American psychologist and academic (b. 1914)

Kenneth Clark (psychologist)

Anthony Mamo, Maltese judge and politician, 1st President of Malta (b. 1909)

Anthony Mamo · President of Malta

Philipp von Boeselager, German soldier and economist (b. 1917)

Philipp von Boeselager

Helen Wagner, American actress (b. 1918)

Helen Wagner

Henry Cooper, English boxer (b. 1934)

Henry Cooper

Ted Lowe, English sportscaster (b. 1920)

Ted Lowe

James Kinley, Canadian engineer and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (b. 1925)

James Kinley · Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia

Mordechai Virshubski, German-Israeli lawyer and politician (b. 1930)

Mordechai Virshubski

Chris Kelly, American rapper (b. 1978)

Chris Kelly (rapper)

Pierre Pleimelding, French footballer and manager (b. 1952)

Pierre Pleimelding

Adamu Atta, Nigerian lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Kwara State (b. 1927)

Adamu Atta · List of Governors of Kwara State

Radhia Cousot, Tunisian-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1947)

Radhia Cousot

Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1945)

Assi Dayan

Juan de Dios Castillo, Mexican footballer and coach (b. 1951)

Juan de Dios Castillo

Geoff Duke, English-Manx motorcycle racer (b. 1923)

Geoff Duke

Vafa Guluzade, Azerbaijani political scientist, academic, and diplomat (b. 1940)

Vafa Guluzade

María Elena Velasco, Mexican actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1940)

María Elena Velasco

Grace Lee Whitney, American actress (b. 1930)

Grace Lee Whitney