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Happy Birthday To:
* 1567 – (baptism) Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer (d. 1643)
* 1720 – Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)
* 1749 – Levi Lincoln, Sr., American statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)
* 1767 or 1770 – Ezekiel Hart, Canadian entrepreneur and politician, and the first Jew to be elected to public office in the British Empire (d. 1843)
* 1773 – Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian statesman (d. 1859)
* 1848 – Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (d. 1926)
* 1856 – L. Frank Baum, American author (d. 1919)
* 1856 – Matthias Zurbriggen, Swiss mountaineer and guide (d. 1917)
* 1857 – Williamina Fleming, British-born astronomer (d. 1911)
* 1859 – Pierre Curie, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1906)
* 1862 – Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian dramatist and narrator (d. 1931)
* 1890 – Katherine Anne Porter, American author (d. 1980)
* 1891 – Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian writer (d. 1940)
* 1891 – Fritz Feigl, Austria-born chemist (d. 1971)
* 1892 – Jimmy Wilde, boxer (d. 1969)
* 1895 – William D. Byron, U.S. Congressman (d. 1941)
* 1895 – Astrid Zachrison, Swedish supercentenarian (d. 2008)
* 1898 – Arletty, French model and actress (d. 1992)
* 1901 – Xavier Herbert, Australian author (d. 1984)
* 1901 – Luis Monti, Argentine-Italian footballer (d. 1983)
* 1902 – Richard J. Daley, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1976)
* 1903 – Maria Reiche, German-born mathematician and archaeologist (d. 1998)
* 1905 – Joseph Cotten, American actor (d. 1994)
* 1909 – James Mason, British actor (d. 1984)
* 1909 – Clara Solovera, Chilean folk musician (d. 1992)
* 1910 – Constance Cummings, British actress (d. 2005)
* 1911 – Max Frisch, Swiss author (d. 1991)
* 1912 – Arthur Berger, American composer (d. 2003)
* 1914 – Turk Broda, ice hockey goaltender (d. 1972)
* 1915 – Hilda Bernstein, British-born South African author and artist (d. 2006)
* 1915 – Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter
* 1915 – Paul Samuelson, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
* 1915 – Gus Viseur, French button accordionist (d. 1974)
* 1916 – Vera Gebuhr, Danish actress
* 1918 – Eddy Arnold, American country music singer (d. 2008)
* 1918 – Joseph Wiseman, Canadian actor (d. 2009)
* 1922 – Jakucho Setouchi, Japanese writer
* 1923 – Richard Avedon, American photographer (d. 2004)
* 1923 – John Lanchbery, British composer (d. 2003)
* 1923 – Johnny Walker, Indian actor (d. 2003)
* 1924 – Maria Koepcke, German ornithologist (d. 1971)
* 1926 – Anthony Shaffer, British playwright (d. 2001)
* 1926 – Peter Shaffer, British playwright
* 1930 – Jasper Johns, American painter
* 1931 – Ken Venturi, American golfer
* 1935 – Utah Phillips, American labor organizer and folk singer (d. 2008)
* 1936 – Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-born actress
* 1936 – Wavy Gravy, American clown
* 1936 – Ralph Steadman, British cartoonist
* 1936 – Paul Zindel, American writer (d. 2003)
* 1937 – Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State
* 1937 – Trini López, American musician
* 1938 – Mireille Darc, French actress
* 1938 – Lenny Welch, American singer
* 1939 – Dorothy Shirley, British athlete
* 1940 – Lainie Kazan, American actress and singer
* 1940 – Roger Ailes, American businessman
* 1940 – Don Nelson, American basketball coach, currently of the Golden State Warriors
* 1941 – K.T. Oslin, American musician
* 1942 – Doug Lowe, 35th Premier of Tasmania
* 1944 – Bill Alter, Missouri State Senator
* 1945 – Lasse Berghagen, Swedish singer
* 1945 – Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, heir to the Portuguese crown
* 1947 – Graeham Goble, Australian musician, singer/songwriter, and record producer (co-founding member of Little River Band)
* 1948 – Brian Eno, British musician and record producer
* 1948 – Kathleen Sebelius, American politician, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
* 1948 – Yutaka Enatsu, Japanese professional baseball pitcher
* 1950 – Nicholas Hammond, American actor
* 1951 – Frank Wilczek, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
* 1952 – Chazz Palminteri, American actor, writer and director (Stuart Little)
* 1953 – George Brett, American baseball player
* 1953 – Mike Oldfield, British composer
* 1954 – Robert P. Harrison, American thinker
* 1955 – Lee Horsley, American actor
* 1956 – Andreas Loverdos, Greek lawyer and politician
* 1956 – Dan Patrick, American sportscaster
* 1957 – Juan José Ibarretxe, Basque Lehendakari (Prime Minister)
* 1957 – Kevin Von Erich, American professional wrestler
* 1958 – Ron Simmons, American professional wrestler
* 1959 – Andrew Eldritch, British singer and songwriter (The Sisters of Mercy)
* 1959 – Kaokor Galaxy, Thai boxer
* 1959 – Luis Perez-Sala, Spanish racing driver
* 1960 – Rob Bowman, American film director
* 1960 – Rhonda Burchmore, Australian Entertainer
* 1961 – Katrin Cartlidge, British actress (d. 2002)
* 1961 – Melle Mel, American musician
* 1962 – Lisa Curry-Kenny, Australian Ironwoman
* 1964 – Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark
* 1965 – André Abujamra, Brazilian film score composer
* 1965 – Raí, Brazilian footballer
* 1966 – Pete Wiggs, British musician (Saint Etienne)
* 1967 – Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress
* 1967 – John Smoltz, baseball player
* 1968 – Cecilia Malmström, Swedish politician
* 1968 – Seth Putnam, American musician
* 1969 – Hideki Irabu, Japanese baseball player
* 1969 – Emmitt Smith, American football player
* 1969 – Asalah Nasri, Syrian singer
* 1970 – Martin Rossiter, British Musician
* 1970 – Frank de Boer, Dutch football player
* 1970 – Ronald de Boer, Dutch football player
* 1970 – Desmond Howard, American football player
* 1970 – Rod Smith, American football player
* 1971 – Phil Pfister, American strength athlete
* 1972 – David Charvet, French actor
* 1973 – Emilia Tsoulfa, Greek sailing champion
* 1974 – Vassilis Kikilias, Greek basketball player
* 1974 – Ahmet Zappa, American musician
* 1974 – Shiney Ahuja, Indian actor
* 1975 – Peter Iwers, Swedish Musician
* 1975 – Ray Lewis, American football player
* 1976 – Adolfo Bautista, Mexican footballer
* 1976 – Torraye Braggs, American basketball player
* 1976 – Jacek Krzynówek, Polish footballer
* 1976 – Ryan Leaf, American football player
* 1976 – Tyler Walker, baseball player
* 1978 – Amy Chow, American gymnast
* 1978 – Dwayne DeRosario, Canadian footballer
* 1978 – Caroline Dhavernas, Canadian actress
* 1978 – Edu, Brazilian footballer
* 1978 – David Krumholtz, American actor
* 1978 – Krissy Taylor, American model (d. 1995)
* 1980 – Josh Beckett, American baseball player
* 1980 – Rocky Marquette, American actor
* 1981 – Patrice Evra, French footballer
* 1981 – Justin Morneau, Canadian baseball player
* 1981 – Zara Phillips, British royal and eventer
* 1981 – Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress
* 1982 – Alex Breckenridge, American actress
* 1982 – Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican athlete
* 1982 – Segundo Castillo, Ecuadorian footballer
* 1982 – Tatsuya Fujiwara, Japanese actor
* 1982 – Jessica Sutta, American dancer, singer and actress (Pussycat Dolls)
* 1984 – Sérgio Jimenez, Brazilian racing driver
* 1985 – Cristiane, Brazilian footballer
* 1986 – Matías Fernández, Chilean footballer
* 1986 – Adam Moffat, British football player
* 1987 – Ersan İlyasova, Turkish basketball player
* 1987 – Jennylyn Mercado, Filipina actress and singer
* 1987 – Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player
* 1989 – Sunny, Korean singer
* 1990 – Joe Mattock, English footballer
* 1990 – Eugene Kim, Eugene Do Il Kim
* 1995 – Ksenia Sitnik, Belarusian singer
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_15
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