Birthdays Date 1948 May | History by KabAstro

May 8 Stephen Stohn, Canadian television producer (Degrassi)
May 9 Calvin Murphy, American basketball player
May 9 Hans Georg Bock, German mathematician
May 9 John Mahaffey, American golfer (PGA Championship 1978; 10 PGA Tour titles), born in Kerrville, Texas
May 10 Christopher Gent, English businessman (Vodafone, GlaxoSmithKline), born in Beckenham, England
May 11 Alfred Matt, Austrian slalom (Olympic bronze 1968)
May 11 Nirj Deva, Sri Lankan-British politician
May 11 Shigeru Izumiya, Japanese folk singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet, born in Aomori Prefecture, Japan
May 12 Lindsay Ann Crouse, American actress (Slapshot, Iceman, Places in Heart), born in New York City
May 12 Steve Winwood, English singer, songwriter and musician (Spencer Davis Group - "Gimme Some Lovin'"; Traffic - "Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys"; solo - 'Higher Love"; "While You See A Chance"), born in Birmingham, England
May 13 David "Hawk" Wolinski, American funk keyboardist (Rufus; Chaka Kahn), and record producer, born in Chicago, Illinois
May 13 Guillermo Echevarría, Mexican swimmer (1,500m WR 16:28.1 1968), born in Mexico City (d. 2021)
May 13 Jeffrey Evans, Lord Mayor of London (2015-16), born in Gothenburg, Sweden
May 14 Bob Woolmer, English cricket all-rounder (19 Tests, 3 x 100, HS 149, 4 wickets; Kent CCC, Natal, Western Province) and coach (Pakistan, South Africa), born in Kanpur, India (d. 2007)
May 14 Dave LaRoche, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)

May 14 Walter Olkewicz, actor (Last Resort, Wizards & Warriors), born in Bayonne, New Jersey
May 15 Brian Eno, British rock and ambient musician (Robert Fripp; Roxy Music; Jon Hassell), and record producer (Roxy Music; David Bowie; Talking Heads; U2; Coldplay; Paul Simon), born in Woodbridge, Sussex, England
May 16 Alto Reed [Thomas Cartmell], American saxophonist (Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2020)
May 16 Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress
May 17 Dick Gaughan, Scottish folk, rock, and Celtic music singer-songwriter, and guitarist, born in Glasgow, Scotland
May 18 Felix MH Troch, Flemish actor and director (Gekkenbriefje)
May 18 Joe Bonsall, American country singer (Oak Ridge Boys - "Elvira"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2024)
May 19 Boet van Dulmen, Dutch motorcycle racer (84 starts, 1 win, 4 podiums,1 pole; Finnish 500cc GP 1979), born in Ammerzoden, Netherlands (d. 2021)
May 19 Grace Jones, Jamaican-American disco singer ("Slave to the Rhythm"), and actress (A View To A Kill), born in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Jamaica
May 19 Jean-Pierre Haignere, French cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-17)
May 19 Tom Scott, American session and jazz-fusion saxophonist and composer (L.A. Express; The Blues Brothers; Paul McCartney - "Listen to What the Man Said"), born in Los Angeles, California
May 20 Aleksandr Timoshinin, Russian rower (Olympic gold Soviet Union double sculls 1968, 72), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2021)
May 20 Dave Thomas, St Catherines Ontario, comedian (SCTV, Grace Under Fire)
May 20 John Amiel, director (Queen of Hearts, Tune in Tomorrow)
May 20 John R. McKernan Jr., American politician (Rep-R-ME, 1983-86, Governor of Maine 1987-95), born in Bangor, Maine

May 20 Samuel Gejdenson, American politician (Rep-D-Connecticut, 1981-2001), born in Eschwege, Allied-occupied Germany
May 21 (Gerard) "Leo" Sayer, British songwriter and singer ("You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"; "When I Need Love"), born in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England
May 21 Carol Potter, American actress (Beverly Hills 90210, Today's FBI), born in New York City
May 22 Doug Gray, American musician (The Marshall Tucker Band), born in Spartanburg, South Carolina
May 22 Richard Baker, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 6th district), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
May 23 Ernesto Marcel, Panamanian boxer (WBA featherweight title 1972-74), born in Colón, Panama (d. 2020)
May 24 Ernst Jansz, Dutch keyboardist and singer (Doe Maar), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 25 Klaus Meine, German rock singer and lyricist (Scorpions), born in Hanover, Germany
May 26 Geoff Greenidge, West Indian cricket batsman (5 Tests; last white player to play for WI), born in St Michael, Barbados
May 26 Ken Clark, Canadian football punter (CFL All Star 1977, 80, 82, 85; Hamilton Tiger-Cats; Saskatchewan Roughriders; Ottawa Rough Riders; NFL: LA Rams), born in Southampton, England (d. 2021)

Stevie Nicks (76 years old)

May 26 American rock singer-songwriter (Fleetwood Mac - "Rhiannon"; "Landslide"; Bella Donna - "Edge Of Seventeen"), born in Phoenix, Arizona

May 27 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-8, T-14, TM-7), born in Horlivka, Ukraine, Soviet Union
May 27 Anna E "Annelies" Balhan, Dutch revue-artist/actress (Sweet Chairty)
May 27 Pete Sears, British session and touring bassist (Jefferson Starship; Rod Stewart), born in Bromley, Kent, England
May 28 Bob Shearer, Australian golfer, course designer (4 x PGA Tour of Australia Order of Merit), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2022)
May 28 Ray Laidlaw, British folk-rock drummer (Lindisfarne - "Lady Eleanor"; Jack the Lad), born in England
May 29 Linda Esther Gray, Scottish operatic soprano (Isolde), born in Greenock, Scotland
May 29 Michael Berkeley, English composer, broadcaster and House of Lords member (Jayne Eyre opera), born in London, England
May 29 Nick Mancuso, Italian-Canadian actor, born in Mammola, Italy
May 30 Michael Piller, American screenwriter (d. 2005)
May 31 Duncan L. Hunter, American politician (Rep-R-CA, 1981- 2009), born in Riverside, California

John Bonham (1948-1980)

May 31 English rock drummer (Led Zeppelin - "Whole Lotta Love"), born in Redditch, England

May 31 Lynda Bellingham, Canadian-born English actress (Sweeney, Scarlet Tunic), born in Montreal, Quebec, (d. 2014)
May 31 Mike Edwards, aka Swami Deva Pramada, British rock cellist (ELO), born in London (d. 2010)
May 31 Paulinho da Costa, Brazilian percussionist (Thriller; Saturday Night Fever), born in Rio de Janeiro
May 31 Svetlana Alexievich, Ukrainian journalist and author (Noble Prize for Literature 2015), born in Stanislav, Ukraine