Famous People Born in May 1944

Masanori Murakami (79 years old)

May 6 Japanese baseball player in major leagues, born in Ōtsuki, Yamanashi, Japan

May 6 Mike Coulman, English rugby union prop (9 Tests England, 1 British & Irish Lions; Moseley RUFC) and rugby league front rower (3 Tests GB, 5 England; Salford RLFC), born in Stafford, England (d. 2023)
May 7 Alison Bauld, Australian composer, born in Sydney, Australia
May 7 Eva Norvind, Norwegian-Mexican actress, born in Trondheim, Norway (d. 2006)
May 7 Richard O'Sullivan, British comedy actor (Man About the House), born in Chiswick, London
May 7 Sivi Aberg, Swedish actress (Batman TV show), born in Gävle, Sweden
May 8 Bill Legend [Fifield], British musician and rock drummer (T. Rex), born in Barking, Essex
May 8 Dorothy Combs (Morrison), American gospel, session and touring singer (Edwin Hawkins Singers - "Oh Happy Day"; The Combs Sisters; Blues Broads), born in Longview, Texas

Gary Glitter (79 years old)

May 8 British glam rocker (Rock and Roll, Parts 1 and 2), and convicted sex offender, born in Banbury, England

May 9 Don Dannemann, rocker (Cyrkle)
May 9 Richard Furay, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Buffalo Springfield; Poco), born in Yellow Springs, Ohio
May 10 Abdul Kadir, cricketer (Pakistani batsman-keeper in 4 Tests 1964-65)
May 10 Jackie Lomax, British singer-songwriter (Is This What You Want?; Sour Milk Sea), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2013)
May 10 Jim Abrahams, Shorewood WI, director (Hot Shots, Top Secret)
May 10 Marie-France Pisier, Daclat, Vietnam, French actress and writer (Love on the Run, Cousin cousine)
May 11 Dave Nicoll, English motocross racer (Trans-AMA motocross series 1970) and official (FIM world championship Clerk of the Course 1997-2023), born in Cambridge, England (d. 2023)
May 11 John Benaud, Australian cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 x 100; NSW CA), born in Sydney, Australia
May 12 Eva Demski, German writer, born in Regensburg
May 12 James Purify, American R&B singer ("I'm Your Puppet"), born in Pensacola, Florida (d. 2021)
May 12 Orestes Vilató, Cuban-American percussionist and timbalero, born in Camagüey, Cuba
May 13 Armistead Maupin, American author (Tales of the City series), born in Washington D.C.
May 13 Betsy Finley Ashton, American broadcast journalist, author and lecturer, born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
May 13 Carolyn Franklin, American singer-songwriter ("Angel"), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1988)
May 13 Clive Radley, English cricketer (batsman in 8 Tests)
May 13 Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw, British explorer and genealogist
May 14 Francesca Annis, actress (Madame Bovary, Dune), born in London, England
May 14 Gene Cornish, Canadian rock bassist/vocalist (Fotomaker, Rascals - "Good Lovin'"), born in Ottawa, Ontario

George Lucas (79 years old)

May 14 American film director, screenwriter, and producer (Star Wars; Indiana Jones; American Graffiti), born in Modesto, California

May 14 Russi Taylor, American voice actress (6th Minnie Mouse, 1986-2019), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 2019)
May 15 Bill Alter, Missouri State Senator
May 15 Gunilla Hutton, Goteborg Sweden, actress (Petticoat Junction)
May 15 Ian "Tich" Amey, British rock musician (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich), born in Salisbury Wiltshire
May 15 Miruts Yifter 'Yifter the Shifter', Ethiopian runner (Olympic golds 1980), born in Adigrat (d. 2016)
May 16 Billy Cobham, Panamanian-American jazz drummer (Mahavishnu Orchestra), born in Colón, Panama
May 16 Danny Trejo, American actor
May 17 Arif Butt, Pakistani cricketer (pace bowler for Pakistan in three Tests 1964-65), born in Lahore, Punjab, British India (d. 2007)
May 17 Canon P B Price, general secretary, USPG
May 17 Jesse Winchester, singer/songwriter (Learn to Love it), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2014)
May 18 Albert Hammond, British singer-songwriter ("It Never Rains In Southern California"), born in London, England
May 18 Peter Ryan, British national director (Police Training)
May 18 W. G. Sebald, German-born writer (Austerlitz), born in Wertach, Germany (d. 2001)
May 19 Peter Mayhew, British-American actor (Chewbacca in Star Wars), born in London, England (d. 2019)

Joe Cocker (1944-2014)

May 20 English rock vocalist ("With A Little Help From My Friends"; "Cry Me A River"; "You Are So Beautiful"), born in Sheffield, England

May 20 Boudewijn de Groot, Dutch folk singer ("Sleep Well, Mr. President"), born in a Japanese concentration camp, near Batavia, occupied Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia)
May 20 Cipa Dichter, Brazilian pianist, and wife of Misha Dichter, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
May 20 David M Walker, Capt USN/astron (STS 51-A 30, 53, 69), born in Columbus, Georgia

Dietrich Mateschitz (1944-2022)

May 20 Austrian businessman (founder, owner Red Bull Racing; FC Red Bull Salzburg, RB Leipzig; co-creator Red Bull energy drink), born in Sankt Marein im Mürztal, Austria

May 20 Joseph Benz, Swiss bobsledder (Olympic gold 2-man 1980; World C'ship gold 4-man 1975; 2-man 1978, 79), born in Zurich, Switzerland (d. 2021)
May 20 Keith Fletcher, cricket captain (Essex & England)
May 21 Janet Dailey, American Romance author, born in Storm Lake, Iowa (d. 2013)
May 21 Manual Pina, Spanish fashion designer (d. 1994)
May 21 Marcie Blane [Blank], American pop singer (Bobby's Girl), born in Brooklyn, New York
May 21 Mary Robinson, Irish politician, President of the Republic of Ireland (1990-97), born in Ballina, Ireland
May 23 Giles Smith, TV journalist
May 23 John Newcombe, Australian tennis player (7 Grand Slam singles, 17 Grand Slam doubles titles), born in Sydney, Australia
May 23 Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood, American funk drummer (Parliament-Funkadelic; Miles Davis), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1979)
May 24 Patti LaBelle [Holte], American pop, R&B, and disco singer (LaBelle - "Lady Marmalade"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 25 Bob Payton, American pizza magnate (The Chicago Pizza Pie Factory), born in Miami, Florida (d. 1994)
May 25 Frank Oz, American muppetteer (Grover-Sesame Street, Muppet Show), born in Hereford, England
May 25 Herbert Worthington lll, American photographer and album cover artist (Stevie Nix; Fleetwood Mac), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2013)
May 25 John Bunnell, former Sheriff of Multnomah County, Oregon and TV personality (World's Wildest Police Videos), born in Pendleton, Oregon
May 25 Robert MacPherson, American mathematician (invention of intersection homology with Mark Goresk), born in Lakewood, Ohio
May 26 (Terence) Verden Allen, Welsh rock keyboardist (Mott the Hoople - "All Young Dudes"), born in Crynant, Neath, Wales
May 26 Sam Posey, American auto racer (12 Hours of Sebring 1975; 24 Hours of Le Mans 1971 3rd) and TV commentator (ABC Sports), born in NYC, New York
May 27 Billy Adamson, Scottish drummer (The Searchers, 1969-98), born in Peebles, Scotland (d. 2013)
May 27 Christopher J Dodd, (Gov/Sen-D-CT, 1981- )
May 27 Pleun Strik, Dutch soccer defender (8 caps, FIFA World Cup 1974 runner-up; PSV Eindhoven 270 games), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2022)
May 28 Adriaan T "Ad" Zuiderent, poet/critic (On the Droge)
May 28 Billy Vera, American rock singer-songwriter (Billy & The Beaters - "At This Moment"; "Into the Night"), born in Riverside, California
May 28 Faith Brown, British actress and impressionist
May 28 Gary Stewart, American country singer ("She's Actin' Single"), born in Jenkins, Kentucky (d. 2003)
May 28 Gladys Knight, American singer known as the Empress of Soul (The Pips - "Midnight Train to Georgia"), born in Atlanta, Georgia
May 28 Patricia Quinn, Lady Stephens, Northern-Irish actress, voice artist and singer (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland

Rudy Giuliani (79 years old)

May 28 American Mayor of New York City (Republican: 1994-2001) at the time of the September 11 attacks, born in NYC, New York

May 28 Sondra Locke, American actress (The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter; Willard), and director (Impulse), born in Shelbyville, Tennessee (d. 2018)
May 29 Helmut Berger [Steinberger], Austrian film actor (Ludwig; Ash Wednesday; The Damned; Dorian Gray), born in Bad Ischl, Austria
May 29 Quentin Davies, British MP (C & L), born in Oxford, England
May 30 Lenny Davidson, British rock guitarist (Dave Clark Five - "Glad All Over"), born in London, England

About May 1944

How Old? 78 or 79 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: Yes

Chinese Zodiac: Monkey
Star Signs: Taurus (Apr 20 - May 20), Gemini (May 21 - Jun 20)

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