May 5 John Archer, American Congressman who received the 1st medical diploma issued on US continent (1768), born near Churchville, Maryland (d. 1810) May 10 Johann Michael Schmidt, German composer and theologian, born in Meiningen, Thuringia (d. 1799) May 17 John Penn, American attorney (signed US Declaration of Independence), born in Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia (d. 1788) May 23 Andrea Lucchesi, Italian composer, born in Motta di Livenza, Italy (d. 1801) May 29 Johann Gottfried Krebs, German composer, born in Zwickau, Germany (d. 1814) 1740 Famous Birthdays by Year 1742