Birthdays Date 1951 May | History by KabAstro

May 7 Robert Hegyes, American actor (Underground Aces; Welcome Back, Kotter - "Juan Epstein"), born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey (d. 2012)
May 8 Chris Frantz, American rock drummer (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club), born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky
May 8 Deborah Harmon, American actress (Ted Knight Show; M*A*S*H; Just the 10 of Us), born in Chicago, Illinois
May 8 Mike D'Antoni, American basketball coach (NBA Coach of the Year 2005, 17; Houston Rockets; LA Lakers, NY Knicks, Phoenix Suns), born in Mullens, West Virginia
May 8 Philip Bailey, American R&B and pop singer (Earth Wind & Fire - "Shining Star"; solo - "Easy Lover"), born in Denver, Colorado
May 9 Alley Mills, actress (Norma Arnold-Wonder Years), born in Chicago, Illinois
May 9 Charley Drayton, American session and touring drummer, bass player (X-pensive Winos; DiVinyls; Paul Simon; Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul; Bob Dylan), and record producer, born in New York City

Joy Harjo (73 years old)

May 9 American poet, musician and 1st Native American US Poet Laureate (2019-22), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma

May 10 Ron Banks, American R&B singer and songwriter (Dramatics - "Whatcha See is Whatcha Get"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2010)
May 10 Steve Gunderson, American politician (Rep-R-WI, 1981-97), born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
May 11 Mike Sleman, English rugby union winger (32 caps; British and Irish Lions 1980; Liverpool RUFC), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2020)
May 12 Gunnar Larsson, Swedish swimmer (Olympic gold 200/400m medley,1972; World C'ship gold 200m medley, 1973), born in Malmö, Sweden
May 13 Guus Janssen, Dutch jazz and classical pianist, harpsichordist, and composer, born in Heiloo, Netherlands
May 13 Guy Morriss, American football coach (Kentucky, Baylor, Texas A&M–Commerce) and guard (Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots), born in Colorado City, Texas (d. 2022)
May 13 Jim Douglas, American politician, Governor of Vermont (2003-11), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
May 13 Paul Thompson, British rock drummer (Roxy Music, 1971-80 & 2001-11 - "Love Is The Drug"; Concrete Blonde, 1989-94; Lindisfarne, 2013-21), born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England
May 13 Selina Scott, English TV newscaster (West 57th), born in Scarborough, England
May 14 Jay Beckenstein, American saxophonist (Spyro Gyra - "Morning Dance"), born in Brooklyn, New York
May 14 Season Hubley [Susan], American actress (Vice Squad, Hardcore), born in New York City
May 15 (Dennis) "Fergie" Frederiksen, American rock singerr (Toto, 1984-85), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 2014)
May 15 Frank Wilczek, American Physicist (2004 Nobel Prize), born in Mineola, New York
May 16 Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer, born in Arles, France
May 16 Jonathan Richman, American rock singer-songwriter (Modern Lovers - "Road Runner"), born in Natick, Massachusetts
May 17 Simon Hughes, British politician and government minister (SD)
May 18 Angela Voigt, German athlete (Olympic gold GDR long jump 1976), born in Weferlingen, Germany (d. 2013)
May 18 Denny Dillon, American comedian (SNL, Dream On), born in Cleveland, Ohio
May 18 James Stephens, American actor (Paper Chase, Devil's Island), born in Mount Kisco, New York
May 18 Jim Sundberg, American baseball player (Kansas City Royals), born in Galesburg, Illinois
May 18 Mike Baird, American session drummer (Donna Summer; Rick Springfield; Eddie Money; Richard Marx; Kenny Rogers), born in South Gate, California
May 18 Rodger Davis, Australian golfer (British Open runner-up 1997), born in Sydney, New South Wales
May 19 James Boyer, American audio engineer and record producer (Peter Cetera; Billy Joel; George Benson), born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania
May 19 Joey Ramone [Jeffrey Hyman], American punk rock singer and musician (The Ramones - "I Wanna Be Sedated"; Blitzkrieg Bop"; solo -"What a Wonderful World"), born in Forest Hills, New York (d. 2001)
May 20 Mike Crapo, American politician (Senator-R-Idaho 1999-, Rep-R-Idaho 1993-99), born in Idaho Falls, Idaho
May 20 Thomas D Akers, American former astronaut (STS 41, 49, 61, 79), born in St. Louis, Missouri
May 20 William Cullen Bryant, actor (Hell Squad)
May 21 Al Franken, US politician (Senate-D-Minnesota 2009-18) comedian, writer, actor (SNL, 1975-80; 1985-90), born in New York City
May 21 Arthur Russell, American experimental classical-pop fusion cellist, and composer, born in Oskaloosa, Iowa (d. 1992)
May 21 Leon Schuster, South African comedian, singer, and filmmaker (You Must Be Joking)., born in Vereeniging, South Africa

Anatoly Karpov (73 years old)

May 23 Russian chess player (world champion 1975-85, 93-99), born in Zlatoust, Russia

May 23 Antonis Samaras, Greek politician
May 23 Don Warrington [Donald Williams], Trinidadian-born British actor (Rising Damp), born in Trinidad
May 23 Judy Rodman, American country singer ("Girls Ride Horses Too"), born in Riverside, California
May 24 Rob Baker, Canadian rock drummer (Red Rider, 1975-85 - "Lunatic Fringe"; "White Hot"), born in Toronto, Ontario
May 24 Ronald Parise, Italian-American astronaut (STS 35, STS 67), born in Warren, Ohio
May 25 Bob Gale, American screenwriter (Back to the Future), born in University City, Missouri
May 25 Chuck Ruff, American rock drummer (Edgar Winter Group - "Frankenstein"), born in Reno, Nevada (d. 2011)
May 26 Madeleine Taylor-Quinn, Irish politician
May 26 Muhammed Ahmad Faris, Syria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3)

Sally Ride (1951-2012)

May 26 American astronaut (first American woman to go to space), born in Los Angeles, California

May 27 John Conteh, British boxer (WBC Light Heavyweight title 1974-77), born in Liverpool, England
May 27 Norma Jean Almodovar, American author (Cop to Call Girl) and sex worker activist, born in Binghampton, New York
May 29 Peter Chernin, American businessman, President of News Corporation, born in Harrison, New York
May 29 Ron Levy [Reuvin Levi], American blues Hammond organist, and composer, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
May 30 Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan politician
May 30 Stephen Tobolowsky, Tx, actor (Single White Female, Thelma & Louise)
May 30 Zdravko Čolić, Yugoslav-Bosnian singer, born in Sarajevo, FPR Yugoslavia
May 31 Jimmy Nalls, American session and touring rock-jazz-fusion guitarist (Sea Level), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2017)