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)