May 1 George Guest, English organist and composer, born in Broseley, England (d. 1831) May 14 Robert Owen, Welsh factory owner and utopian socialist, born in Newtown, Wales (d. 1858) May 19 Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German literary hostess, born in Berlin, Prussia (d. 1833) 1770 Famous Birthdays by Year 1772