Famous People Born on May 1

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• Rudolf I of Germany (1218) — King of Germany from 1273 to 1291
• Kate Smith (1907) — American contralto (1907–1986)
• Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764) — English architect (1764-1820)
• Sonny James (1928) — American country music singer-songwriter (1928–2016)
• Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (1934) — Mexican politician (born 1934)
• Caitlin Stasey (1990) — Australian actress and singer (born 1990)
• YNW Melly (1999) — American rapper (born 1999)
• Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881) — French philosopher and Jesuit priest (1881–1955)
• Sidónio Pais (1872) — President of Portugal in 1918
• S. M. Krishna (1932) — Indian politician (1932–2024)
• Ajith Kumar (1971) — Indian actor and racing driver (born 1971)
• Chet Holmgren (2002) — American basketball player (born 2002)
• Victoria Monét (1989) — American singer-songwriter (born 1989)
• Una Stubbs (1937) — British actress, television personality, and dancer (1937–2021)
• Katya Zamolodchikova (1982) — American drag queen (born 1982)
• James Clarence Mangan (1803) — Irish poet (1803–1849)
• Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe (1884) — British naval officer, politician, and racing driver (1884–1964)
• Curtis Martin (1973) — American football player (born 1973)
• Anna Jarvis (1864) — Founder of Mother's Day (1864-1948)
• John Woo (1946) — Hong Kong filmmaker (born 1947)
• Shirley Horn (1934) — American jazz singer and pianist (1934–2005)
• Romaine Brooks (1874) — American portrait artist (1874–1970)
• Little Walter (1930) — American blues harmonica player (1930–1968)
• Calamity Jane (1852) — American frontierswoman (1852–1903)
• J. Allen Hynek (1910) — American astronomer and ufologist (1910–1986)
• Ignazio Silone (1900) — Italian politician and writer (1900–1978)
• Hugo Alfvén (1872) — Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter (1872–1960)
• Maia Morgenstern (1962) — Romanian actress (born 1962)
• Ulric Cross (1917) — Trinidadian lawyer and diplomat (1917–2013)
• Nikolai Yezhov (1895) — NKVD director under Joseph Stalin (1895–1940)