History Births on May 07

Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey coach and manager (d. 1985)

#Frank_J._Selke

Johnny Unitas, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2002)

#Johnny_Unitas

Denis Mandarino, Brazilian guitarist, composer, and painter

#Denis_Mandarino

Anne Baxter, American actress (d. 1985)

#Anne_Baxter

Ishir? Honda, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)

#Ishir?_Honda

Anne Dudley, English pianist and composer

#Anne_Dudley

Daria Kasatkina, Russian tennis player

#Daria_Kasatkina

Rendra Karno, Indonesian actor (d. 1985)

#Rendra_Karno

Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia (d. 1618)

#Albert_Frederick,_Duke_of_Prussia

Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1929)

#Archibald_Primrose,_5th_Earl_of_Rosebery

Nikolai Arkharov, Russian police officer and general (d. 1814)

#Nikolai_Arkharov

Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer (d. 1759)

#Carl_Heinrich_Graun

Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer and author (d. 1985)

#Gaston_Rébuffat

Eino Puri, Estonian footballer

#Eino_Puri

Drew Neitzel, American basketball player

#Drew_Neitzel

Lisa Raitt, Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Canadian Minister of Transport

#Lisa_Raitt

Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician, 10th Mayor of New York City (d. 1700)

#Stephanus_Van_Cortlandt

George E. Wiley, American cyclist (d. 1954)

#George_E._Wiley

John Spencer Hardy, American general (d. 2012)

#John_Spencer_Hardy

Domenico Bartolucci, Italian cardinal and composer (d. 2013)

#Domenico_Bartolucci

Joanna Haigh, English meteorologist and physicist

#Joanna_Haigh

Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia (d. 1820)

#Princess_Frederica_Charlotte_of_Prussia

Almudena Grandes, Spanish author

#Almudena_Grandes

Reidar Horghagen, Norwegian drummer

#Reidar_Horghagen

Sidney Altman, Canadian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Sidney_Altman

Jimmy Ball, Canadian sprinter (d. 1988)

#Jimmy_Ball

Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal (d. 1797)

#Dagobert_Sigmund_von_Wurmser

Heiki Valk, Estonian archeologist and academic

#Heiki_Valk

Michael E. Knight, American actor

#Michael_E._Knight

Eva Perón, Argentinian actress, 25th First Lady of Argentina (d. 1952)

#Eva_Perón

Jesse Puljujärvi, Finnish ice hockey player

#Jesse_Puljujärvi

Claude Raymond, Canadian baseball player and coach

#Claude_Raymond_(baseball)

Thomas Piketty, French economist

#Thomas_Piketty

Kevin Owens, Canadian wrestler

#Kevin_Owens

Owen Hart, Canadian wrestler (d. 1999)

#Owen_Hart

Andrea Lo Cicero, Italian rugby player

#Andrea_Lo_Cicero

Kristina M. Johnson, American business executive, engineer, academic and government official

#Kristina_M._Johnson

Michael P. Murphy, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2005)

#Michael_P._Murphy

Huw Wheldon, Welsh-English broadcaster (d. 1986)

#Huw_Wheldon

Louis, Prince of Condé (d. 1569)

#Louis,_Prince_of_Condé_(1530-1569)

Frank Trigg, American mixed martial artist and wrestler

#Frank_Trigg

Lauri Vaska, Estonian-American chemist and academic (d. 2015)

#Lauri_Vaska

Johnny Lee Middleton, American bass player and songwriter

#Johnny_Lee_Middleton

Michael Rosen, English author and poet

#Michael_Rosen

Kathleen McKane Godfree, English tennis and badminton player (d. 1992)

#Kathleen_McKane_Godfree

Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (d. 1897)

#Johannes_Brahms

Judith Donath, American computer scientist and academic

#Judith_Donath

Matt Helders, English drummer

#Matt_Helders

John III of the Palatinate, archbishop of Regensburg (d. 1538)

#John_III_of_the_Palatinate

Hans-Peter Bartels, German politician

#Hans-Peter_Bartels

Sander Puri, Estonian footballer

#Sander_Puri

James Loney, American baseball player

#James_Loney

Kathy Ahern, American golfer (d. 1996)

#Kathy_Ahern

Eagle-Eye Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter

#Eagle-Eye_Cherry

Jimmy Ruffin, American soul singer (d. 2014)

#Jimmy_Ruffin

Ruggero Deodato, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter

#Ruggero_Deodato

Philippe Geluck, Belgian cartoonist

#Philippe_Geluck

Karl Mauch, German geographer and explorer (d. 1875)

#Karl_Mauch

Christy Moore, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Christy_Moore

Eric Krenz, American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1931)

#Eric_Krenz

Terry Allen, American singer and painter

#Terry_Allen_(artist)

Shawn Marion, American basketball player

#Shawn_Marion

Babe Parilli, American football player and coach (d. 2017)

#Babe_Parilli

Paolo Savoldelli, Italian cyclist

#Paolo_Savoldelli

Józef Poniatowski, Polish general (d. 1813)

#Józef_Poniatowski

Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer (d. 1982)

#Archibald_MacLeish

Norman Whiteside, Northern Irish footballer and manager

#Norman_Whiteside

George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor (d. 1969)

#George_"Gabby"_Hayes

Gene Wolfe, American author (d. 2019)

#Gene_Wolfe

Peter Carey, Australian novelist and short story writer

#Peter_Carey_(novelist)

Thelma Houston, American R&B/disco singer and actress

#Thelma_Houston

Traci Lords, American actress and singer

#Traci_Lords

Robin Strasser, American actress

#Robin_Strasser

Dick Williams, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2011)

#Dick_Williams

John Bannon, Australian academic and politician, 39th Premier of South Australia (d. 2015)

#John_Bannon

Avraham Heffner, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)

#Avraham_Heffner

Jordi Bonet, Spanish-Canadian painter and sculptor (d. 1979)

#Jordi_Bonet

Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant

#Lenox_Hewitt

Jim Lowe, American singer-songwriter, disc jockey, and radio host (d. 2016)

#Jim_Lowe

Jérémy Ménez, French footballer

#Jérémy_Ménez

Darren McGavin, American actor and director (d. 2006)

#Darren_McGavin

Mary Eliza Mahoney, African American nurse and activist (d. 1926)

#Mary_Eliza_Mahoney

Axel Zwingenberger, German pianist and songwriter

#Axel_Zwingenberger

Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (d. 1889)

#Robert_Browning

Joseph Gurney Cannon, American lawyer and politician, 40th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1926)

#Joseph_Gurney_Cannon

Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and philosopher (d. 1793)

#Olympe_de_Gouges

Jarrad Hickey, Australian rugby league player

#Jarrad_Hickey

Lawrence Collins, Baron Collins of Mapesbury, English lawyer and judge

#Lawrence_Collins,_Baron_Collins_of_Mapesbury

Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee (d. 1972)

#Pandurang_Vaman_Kane

Alex Smith, American football player

#Alex_Smith

Mikhail Biryukov, Russian footballer and manager

#Mikhail_Biryukov_(footballer,_born_1958)

Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (d. 1943)

#Viktor_Puskar

David Schlemko, Canadian ice hockey player

#David_Schlemko

Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1365)

#Louis_II,_Elector_of_Brandenburg

David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (d. 1776)

#David_Hume

Katie Douglas, American basketball player

#Katie_Douglas

Prairie Prince, American rock drummer and graphic artist

#Prairie_Prince

Ruud Lubbers, Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2018)

#Ruud_Lubbers

Raina, South Korean singer, dancer, model and rapper

#Raina_(singer)

Gary Cooper, American actor (d. 1961)

#Gary_Cooper

John Smith, Baron Kirkhill, English politician

#John_Smith,_Baron_Kirkhill

Harry McShane, Scottish engineer and activist (d. 1988)

#Harry_McShane

Ayelet Shaked, Israeli Minister of Justice (2015-2019)

#Ayelet_Shaked

W?adys?aw Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925)

#W?adys?aw_Reymont

Jan Peter Balkenende, Dutch jurist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands

#Jan_Peter_Balkenende

Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)

#Rabindranath_Tagore

Willem Elsschot, Belgian author and poet (d. 1960)

#Willem_Elsschot

John Dowling Coates, Australian lawyer, sports administrator and businessman

#John_Coates_(sports_administrator)

Patriarch Nikon of Moscow (d. 1681)

#Patriarch_Nikon_of_Moscow

Calvin Booth, American basketball player

#Calvin_Booth

William A. MacCorkle, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (d. 1930)

#William_A._MacCorkle

Anne Marie Rafferty, English nurse and academic

#Anne_Marie_Rafferty

Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham, Iraqi-English surgeon and academic

#Ara_Darzi,_Baron_Darzi_of_Denham

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer and educator (d. 1893)

#Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky

Tony O'Reilly, Irish rugby player and businessman

#Tony_O'Reilly

Teresa Brewer, American singer (d. 2007)

#Teresa_Brewer

Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia (d. 1980)

#Josip_Broz_Tito

Harvey Andrews, English singer-songwriter and poet

#Harvey_Andrews

Brian Turner, English chef and television host

#Brian_Turner_(chef)

James Carter, American hurdler

#James_Carter_(hurdler)

Seko Fofana, French footballer

#Seko_Fofana

Stacey Jones, New Zealand rugby league player

#Stacey_Jones

Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian physician (d. 1772)

#Gerard_van_Swieten

Bill Kreutzmann, American drummer (The Grateful Dead)

#Bill_Kreutzmann

Tim Russert, American television journalist and lawyer (d. 2008)

#Tim_Russert

Bernie Marsden, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Bernie_Marsden

Adam Price, Danish chef and screenwriter

#Adam_Price_(screenwriter)

Pete Domenici, American lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Albuquerque (d. 2017)

#Pete_Domenici

William Bainbridge, American commodore (d. 1833)

#William_Bainbridge

Alexander Ludwig, Canadian actor

David Aleksander Sjølie, Norwegian guitarist

Mark Reynolds, Scottish footballer

Michael Maidens, English footballer (d. 2007)

Asami Konno, Japanese singer

Stian Arnesen, Norwegian guitarist, drummer, and songwriter

Elton Flatley, Australian rugby player

Berke Hatipo?lu, Turkish guitarist and songwriter

Ashley Cowan, English cricketer

Lawrence Johnson, American pole vaulter

Kristian Lundin, Swedish songwriter and producer

Peter Dubovský, Czech-Slovak footballer (d. 2000)

Dave Karpa, Canadian ice hockey player

Katerina Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player

Jun Falkenstein, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Joe Rice, American colonel and politician

Martin Bryant, Australian mass murderer

Huang Zhihong, Chinese shot putter

Reuben Davis, American football player

Leslie O'Neal, American football player

Ronnie Harmon, American football player

Tony Campbell, American basketball player and coach

Ivar Must, Estonian composer and producer

Sue Black, Scottish anthropologist and academic

Adam Bernstein, American director and screenwriter

Mark G. Kuzyk, American physicist and academic

Calum MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician

Jean Lapierre, Canadian talk show host and politician

Nicholas Hytner, English director and producer

Ben Poquette, American basketball player

Clément Gignac, Canadian politician

Amy Heckerling, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Ian McKay, English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1982)

Pat McInally, American football player and coach

Stanley Dickens, Swedish race car driver

Randall "Tex" Cobb, American boxer and actor

Deborah Butterfield, American sculptor

Marv Hubbard, American football player (d. 2015)

Dave Chambers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Angela Carter, English novelist and short story writer (d. 1992)

Clive Soley, Baron Soley, English politician

Johnny Maestro, American pop/doo-wop singer (d. 2010)

Robin Hanbury-Tenison, English explorer and author

Michael Hopkins, English architect

Derek Taylor, English journalist and author (d. 1997)

Alan Cuthbert, English pharmacologist and academic (d. 2016)

Totie Fields, American comedian and author (d. 1978)

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German-American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)

Albert Band, French-American director and producer (d. 2002)

Bülent Ulusu, Turkish admiral and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2015)

Joe O'Donnell, American photographer and journalist (d. 2007)

Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs, English historian and academic (d. 2016)

David Tomlinson, English actor (d. 2000)

W. B. Young, Scottish rugby player and physician (d. 2013)

Arthur Snelling, English civil servant and diplomat. British Ambassador to South Africa (d. 1996)

Simon Ramo, American physicist and engineer (d. 2016)

Pannalal Patel, Indian author (d. 1989)

R?fat Ilgaz, Turkish author, poet, and educator (d. 1993)

Dorothy Sunrise Lorentino, Native American teacher (d. 2005)

Edwin H. Land, American scientist and inventor, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation (d. 1991)

Kurt Weitzmann, German-American historian and author (d. 1993)

Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic (d. 1998)

Bill Hoyt, American pole vaulter (d. 1951)

Tom Norman, English businessman (d. 1930)

Jacques Viger, Canadian archaeologist and politician, 1st mayor of Montreal (d. 1858)

Julia Maesa, Roman noblewoman (d. 224)