Birthdays Date 1900 May | History by KabAstro

May 1 Ignazio Silone, Italian novelist (Fontamara; Pane e vino), anti-fascist activist, and politician, born in Pescina, Italy (d. 1978)

Archibald McIndoe (1900-1960)

May 4 New Zealand plastic surgeon pioneer who rehabilitated badly burned Royal Air Force crew during WWII, born in Dunedin, New Zealand [1]

May 5 Charles Jewtraw, American 500m speed skater (Olympic gold 1924), born in Clinton County, New York (d. 1996)
May 5 Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, German composer and conductor (Hassan gewinnt), born in Berlin (d. 1973)
May 5 Mervyn A. Ellison, British astronomer (spectrohelioscope), born in Fethard-on-Sea, County Wexford, Ireland (d. 1963)
May 7 Ralph Truman, British actor (Henry V, Treasure Island, Web of Evidence), born in London, England (d. 1977)

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979)

May 10 British-American astronomer and astrophysicist who proposed that stars are composed largely of hydrogen and are not glowing balls of molten rock, born in Wendover, England [1]

May 10 Karl Krafft, Swiss astrologer who was manipulated by the Nazi regime, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1945)
May 12 Helene Weigel, Austrian-German actress (Metropolis, Mutter Courage), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1971)
May 13 Jos Panhuysen, Dutch author (Pornographer) (d. 1986)
May 14 Edgar Wind, German art historian (d. 1971)
May 14 Hal Borland, American author (d. 1978)
May 14 Leo Smit, Dutch composer who died in a Nazi extermination camp, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1943)
May 14 Walter Rehberg, Swiss concert pianist, composer, and musicologist, born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1957)
May 17 Nicolai Berezowsky, Russian-American composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1953)
May 22 Yvonne de Gaulle (née Vendroux), wife of Charles de Gaulle, born in Calais, France (d. 1979)

Hans Frank (1900-1946)

May 23 German Nazi war criminal (occupied Poland) who was executed at Nuremberg, born in Karlsruhe, Baden, German Empire

May 23 Ralph Dunn, American actor (Mr Rudge-Norby), born in Titusville, Pennsylvania (d. 1968)
May 24 Eduardo De Filippo, Italian playwright, director, actor and poet (7 Deadly Sins, Shoot Loud), born in Naples, Italy (d. 1984)
May 24 Lionel Conacher, Canadian Hockey HOF defenceman (Stanley Cup 1934 Chicago Black Hawks, 1935 Montreal Maroons) and politician (MP Trinity), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1954)
May 25 Alain Grandbois, French Canadian poet (Né à Québec: Louis Jolliet), born in Saint-Casimir, Quebec (d. 1975)
May 27 Chester Zardis, American jazz 'slap-style' double-bassist, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1990)
May 27 Uładzimir Žyłka, Belarusian poet, born in Makaszy, Nesvizh, Russian Empire (d. 1933)
May 28 Owen Aisher, English businessman and president (Royal Yachting Association 1970-75), born in Bulford, Wiltshire (d. 1993)
May 28 Tommy Ladnier, American jazz trumpeter (Lovie Austin; King Oliver; New Orleans Feetwarmers; Noble Sissle; Sidney Bechet), born in Mandeville, Louisiana (d. 1939)
May 30 James A. Parsons, American metallurgist and inventor (stainless steel), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 1989) [1]
May 31 Helma Wolf-Catz, Dutch author (Undercurrent, Coral Reef), born in Nieuw- en Sint Joosland, Netherlands (d. 1979)