Birthdays Date 1947 May | History by KabAstro

Richard Jenkins (77 years old)

May 4 American actor (The Shape of Water, The Visitor), born in DeKalb, Illinois

May 6 Alan Dale, New Zealand born actor (Neighbours), born in Dunedin, New Zealand
May 6 Andy Roberts, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (7 Tests, 1 x 50, 4 wickets; Northern Districts, Waikato, Hamilton & Bay of Plenty), born in Te Aroha, New Zealand (d. 1989)
May 6 Ben Masters, American actor (Vic-Another World, Making Mr Right), born in Corvalis, Oregon
May 6 Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher, born in New York City
May 6 Ronald Rivest, American computer scientist (RSA cryptography), born in Schenectady, New York [1]
May 6 Sandra Fisher, American painter, born in New York City (d. 1994)
May 7 Gary Herbert, American politician, Governor of Utah (2009-), born in American Fork, Utah
May 8 Felicity Lott, British lyric and operatic soprano (We Come To The River), born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
May 8 H. Robert Horvitz, American biologist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002 for"genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death"), born in Chicago, Illinois
May 8 Phil Sawyer, English rocker (Spencer Davis Group), born in London, England
May 9 Anthony Higgins, British actor (A Walk with Love and Death, Something for Everyone), born in East Northamptonshire, England
May 10 Caroline Cooney, American author
May 10 Jay Ferguson, American rocker (Spirit - "Thunder Island";"I Got A Line on You") and composer (theme for The Office), born in Burbank, California
May 10 Meg Foster, American actress (Sunshine, Cagney & Lacey), born in Reading, Pennsylvania
May 10 Paul Nicholas Young, architect
May 10 Thomas Tessier, American author
May 11 (Claude) "Butch" Trucks, American drummer (The Allman Brothers Band - "Whipping Post"), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 2017)
May 12 Catherine "Cat" Yronwode, American writer and editor-in-chief (Eclipse Comics), born in San Francisco, California
May 12 Michael Ignatieff, Canadian politician (Leader of the Liberal Party), born in Toronto, Ontario
May 12 Micheline Lanctôt, American film actor, director and screenwriter, born in Frelighsburg, Quebec
May 13 Edgar Burcksen, Dutch film editor
May 13 Pete Overend Watts, English rock bassist (Mott The Hoople - "All Young Dudes"), born in Yardley, Birmingham, England (d. 2017)
May 13 Robert "Rab" Noakes, Scottish folk-country singer-songwriter ("Turn A Deaf Ear"), born in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
May 13 Stephen R. Donaldson, American sci-fi author (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Lord Foul's Bane), born in Cleveland, Ohio
May 14 1947-05-14, Ana Martín {Martinez], Mexican telenovela actress, and beauty queen (Miss Mexico 1963), born in Mexico City, Mexico
May 14 Al Ciner, American rock guitarist (American Breed - "Bend Me, Shape Me"; Three Dog Night - "Joy To The World"), born in Chicago, Illinois
May 14 Dick "Dirt" Tidrow, American MLB pitcher, 1972-84 (Cleveland Indians; New York Yankees and 3 other teams), and executive (Asst GM, San Francisco Giants), born in San Francisco, California
May 14 Jon Landau, American music writer, artist manager, and record producer (Bruce Springsteen; Train; Shania Twain), born in New York City
May 14 Karin Struck, German feminist writer, born in Groß Kiesow
May 14 Tamara Dobson, American actress (Amazons; Cleopatra Jones), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2006)
May 15 Graeham Goble, Australian rock guitarist (Little River Band - Reminiscing), born in Adelaide, Australia
May 16 Barbara Lee, American singer (Chiffons - "He's So Fine"), born in The Bronx, New York City (d. 1992)
May 16 Bill Smitrovich, American character actor (Crime Story; Miami Vice; Life Goes On), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
May 16 Bob Edwards, American Peabody Award-winning broadcast journalist (NPR - "Morning Edition", 1979-2004; Sirius XM - "The Bob Edwards Show", 2004-15), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2024)
May 16 Bob Wagner, American college football coach (University of Hawaiʻi 1988-95), born in Newark, Ohio (d. 2023)
May 16 Darrell Sweet, British hard rock drummer (Nazareth - "Love Hurts"), born in Bournemouth, England (d. 1999)
May 16 Ewald Krolis, Suriname Dutch percussionist and kaseko singer (Caribbean Combo - Mi Kanto Ma Mi De Ete (Fallen But Not Defeated), born in Paramaribo, Suriname (d. 2006)
May 16 Giorgos Romanos, Greek singer-songwriter ("Life is a Dream"), born in Athens, Greece
May 17 John Traicos, cricketer (in Egypt South Africa 1970, Zimbabwe 1992-93)
May 18 Candice Azzara, American actress (Fatso), born in Brooklyn, New York
May 18 John Bruton, Irish politician, Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland (1994-97), born in Dunboyle, Ireland
May 19 Jerry Hyman, American rock trombonist (Blood Sweat & Tears, 1968-70), and chiropractor, born in Brooklyn, New York City
May 19 Steve Currie, British rock bassist (T. Rex; Marc Bolan), born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England (d. 1981)
May 21 Bill Champlin, American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and producer (Chicago, 1981-2009; Sons of Champlin), born in Oakland, California
May 21 Dorothy Germain Porter, American golfer (US Curtis Cup winning captain 1966), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)
May 21 Jiggs Kalra, Indian food writer "Czar of Indian cuisine", born in Punjab region, India (d. 2019)
May 21 Jonathan Hyde, Australian-born actor (Titanic), born in Brisbane, Australia
May 23 Ann Hui, director (Boat People)
May 23 Bernard Comrie, English linguist
May 23 Jane Kenyon, American poet (d. 1995)
May 24 (Robert) "Waddy" Wachtel, American session guitarist, composer and record producer (Warren Zevon; Stevie Nicks; James Taylor; Linda Ronstadt; Jackson Browne), born in New York City
May 24 Albert Bouchard, American musician, singer and songwriter (Blue Öyster Cult - "Don't Fear The Reaper"), born in Watertown, New York
May 24 Cynthia Plaster Caster [Cynthia Albritton], American artist who made plaster casts of celebrity penises and breasts, born in Chicago, Illinois
May 24 Luke Rittner, British art administrator (Arts Council), born in Bath, Somerset, England
May 24 Martin Winterkorn, German automotive executive, born in Leonberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
May 24 Mike Reid, American country singer ("Walk On Faith"), born in Altoona, Pennsylvania
May 25 Karen Valentine, American actress (Love American Style, Room 222), born in Santa Rosa, California
May 25 Mitch Margo, American rocker (The Tokens, The Lion Sleeps Tonight), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2017)
May 26 Darrell Evans, American baseball infielder (MLB All-Star 1973, 83; World Series 1984; AL HR leader 1985; Atlanta Braves, SF Giants, Detroit Tigers), born in Pasadena, California
May 26 Glenn Turner, New Zealand cricket batsman (41 Tests, 2,991 runs @ 44.64; top score 259; chairman national selection panel), born in Dunedin, New Zealand
May 26 Piers Gray, critic/writer
May 26 Sherry Bain, California, actress (Pipe Dreams)
May 27 Branko Oblak, Slovenian soccer midfielder (46 caps Yugoslavia; NK Olimpija, Hajduk Split, Schalke 04, Bayern Munich) and manager (Slovenia 2004-06), born in Ljubljana, Slovenia
May 27 Felix Dennis, English publisher and poet (Dennis Publishing), born in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England (d. 2014)
May 27 Henry McMaster, American politician, Governor of South Carolina (2017-), born in Columbia, South Carolina
May 27 Liana Alexandra, Romanian pianist and composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2011)
May 27 Marty Kristian [Vernang] British pop singer, guitarist, and banjo player (The New Seekers - "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing"; Peter, Paul & Marty), born in Leipzig, Germany
May 27 Michael Putland, British portrait photographer and photojournalist who focused on musicians (Disc & Music Echo magazine; album cover art), born in Harrow, London, England (d. 2019)
May 27 Peter DeFazio, American politician, Rep-D-Oregon (1987-), born in Needham, Massachusetts
May 27 Peter Knight, British folk musician, fiddler, and mandolin player (Steeleye Span; The Wombles), born in London, England
May 28 Leland Sklar, American bass guitarist and session musician (James Taylor; Crosby, Stills & Nash), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
May 28 Lynn Johnston, Canadian cartoonist
May 28 Zahi Hawass, Egyptian Egyptologist
May 29 Anthony Geary, American actor (Luke/Bill-General Hospital), born in Coalville, Utah
May 29 Gene Robinson, American Episcopal Bishop and 1st openly gay priest of any Christian denomination, born in Lexington, Kentucky
May 29 Mark Nelson, American crew member of Biosphere 2, born in Brooklyn, New York
May 30 Jocelyne Bourassa, Canadian golfer (LPGA Rookie of the Year 1972; Canadian Open 1973), born in Shawinigan, Quebec (d. 2021)
May 30 Krishna Das [Jeffrey Kagel], American new age and kirtan vocalist, and record producer (All One), born on Long Island, New York
May 31 (William) "Junior" Campbell, Scottish singer and guitarist (Marmalade - "I See The Rain"), born in Glasgow, Scotland