Famous People Born in May 1917

Famous Birthdays

May 1 Danielle Darrieux, French actress (Alexander the Great, Mayerling)
May 1 Giovanni "John" Beradino, American MLB infielder and actor (General Hospital), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1996)
May 1 Ahron Soloveichik, Orthodox Jewish rabbi, born in Khislavichi, Russia (d. 2001)
May 2 Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder
May 3 James Penberthy, Australian composer, born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1999)
May 3 George Gaynes, Dutch-American singer, actor and voice artist (Tootsie, Police Academy, General Hospital), born in Helsinki Finland (d. 2016)
May 3 Betty Comden, American lyricist, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2006)
May 3 Kiro Gligorov, 1st President of the Republic of Macedonia (1991-99), born in Štip, Kingdom of Serbia (d. 2012)
May 4 Edward Toner Cone, American composer, born in Greensboro, North Carolina (d. 2004)
May 5 Ron Saggers, cricket wicket-keeper (effective NSW & Aussie late 40's)
May 6 Kal Mann, American lyricist (d. 2001)
May 7 David Tomlinson, British actor (Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Helter Skelter), born in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England (d. 2000)
May 7 William Geoffrey Biddle, English bomb disposal expert, born in Bromley, Kent, England (d. 1997)
May 9 George Fleming, cyclist
May 9 John Arnatt, British actor (A Challenge for Robin Hood, Circumstantial Evidence), born in Petrograd, Russia (d. 1999)
May 11 Hon Montague Woodhouse, Greek resistance organiser

May 12 Andre A Rieu, Dutch conductor
May 13 Paul Osmond, British senior civil servant
May 13 Wilhelmus C Wijen, [Broeder Pius], social worker (Curacao)
May 14 Herta Ryder, literary agent
May 14 Lou Harrison, American composer (La Koro Sutro), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2003)
May 15 Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist
May 16 Geraint Jones, conductor/organist
May 18 Charles Wintour, English journalist (The Evening Standard), born in Dorset, England (d. 1999)
May 18 James Donald, Scottish actor (Bridge on River Kwai, Vikings, In Which We Serve, Way Ahead), born in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (d. 1993)
May 20 Enyss Djemil, composer
May 20 Richard Cobb, British historian, born in Frinton-on-Sea (d. 1996)
May 20 Guy Favreau, French Canadian lawyer (d. 1967)
May 20 Bergur Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic politician (d. 2005)
May 21 Dennis Day, Irish tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy)
May 21 Heather Swift, local councillor
May 21 Jean-Louis Curtis, French writer (Just Causes)
May 21 Raymond Burr, Canadian-American actor (Perry Mason, Ironsides, Godzilla), born in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada (d. 1993)
May 21 Ronald John Bilsland Colville, businessman
May 22 Jean-Louis Laffitte Curtis, novelist
May 22 Georg Tintner, Austrian-born conductor (d. 1999)
May 22 Nathan Davis, American actor (Dunston Checks In, Holes, Code of Silence), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2008)
May 22 Daniel Nagrin, American modern dancer and choreographer
May 23 Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist, born in West Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2008)
May 24 Derek Hodgson, British high court judge
May 24 Lord Campbell of Alloway, QC
May 24 Theodore Hesburgh, president (Notre Dame), born in Syracuse, New York
May 25 Jimmy Hamilton, saxophonist
May 25 Steve Cochran [Robert Alexander Cochran], American actor (Mozambique, Gay Senotiys, Dallas), born in Eureka, California (d. 1965)
May 26 Eva Szorenyi, Hungarian actress, freedom activist for Hungary
May 28 Papa John Creach, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, American blues violinist (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane)
May 28 Barry Commoner, biologist (Science & Survival), born in Brooklyn, New York
May 28 Gerald Cash, Gov-Gen (Bahamas)
May 28 Marshall Reed, American actor (The Madmen of Mandoras, Mysterious Island), born in Englewood, Colorado (d. 1980)