May 5 Adalbert von Goldschmidt, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1906) May 12 Cyrill Kistler, German composer, educator, and music theorist, born in Großaitingen, Swabia, Germany (d. 1907) May 15 Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (d. 1926) May 23 Helmuth J L von Moltke, German general/chief of staff (WWI) May 23 Otto Lilienthal, pioneer aviator 1847 Famous Birthdays by Year 1849