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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[418]] &ndash; A [[Councils_of_Carthage#Council_of_418|synod in Carthage]] condemns [[Pelagianism]].<ref>{{cite book |title=A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire |year=2006 |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |location=[[Basingstoke]] [England] ; [[New York City|New York]] |isbn=978-1-4039-1774-4 |page=49}}</ref>
*[[1169]] &ndash; [[Normans|Norman]] mercenaries land at [[Bannow|Bannow Bay]] in [[Leinster]], marking the beginning of the [[Norman invasion of Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Butler |first=Ruadh |date=1 May 2019 |title=The Other Conquest – 850th anniversary of the Norman invasion of Ireland |url=https://historiamag.com/850th-norman-invasion-ireland/ |access-date=11 June 2026 |website=Historia Magazine}}</ref>
*[[1328]] &ndash; [[Wars of Scottish Independence]] end: By the [[Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton]], [[Kingdom of England|England]] recognises [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] as an [[Independence|independent state]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Blumberg |first=Arnold |date=2014 |title=Scotland’s First War of Independence: Historical introduction |journal=Medieval Warfare |volume=4 |issue=3 |page=8 |jstor=48578347}}</ref>
*[[1455]] &ndash; [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scottish Royal]] forces loyal to King [[James III of Scotland|James II]] defeat a rebel army of the [[Earl of Douglas|Black Douglases]] in the [[battle of Arkinholm]].<ref>{{cite dictionary |last=Cannon |first=John Ashton |author-link=John Cannon (historian) |dictionary=A Dictionary of British History |year=2009 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-955038-8 |via=[[Google Books]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nU32UZQ8o3wC |access-date=24 April 2026 |language=en |title=Battle of Arkinholm}}</ref>
*[[1492]] &ndash; The [[Alhambra Decree|Edict of Expulsion]] is officially proclaimed in [[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]], requiring all Jewish residents to [[Expulsion of Jews from Spain|leave within three months]].<ref name=":02">{{cite book |last=Beinart |first=Haim |author-link=Haim Beinart |title=The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain |publisher=The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with Liverpool University Press |year=2001 |series=Littman Library of Jewish Civilization |volume=1 |location=[[Oxford]] |page=33 |translator=Jeffrey M. Green}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1669]] &ndash; [[Henry Morgan's raid on Lake Maracaibo]]: the Spanish [[Armada de Barlovento]] is defeated by an English Privateer fleet led by Captain [[Henry Morgan]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Roberts |first=Walter Adolphe |author-link=Walter Adolphe Roberts |title=Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer and Governor |year=1933 |publisher=Covici, Friede |page=156 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YKlnAAAAMAAJ |via=Google Books}}</ref>
*[[1707]] &ndash; The [[Act of Union 1707|Act of Union]] joining England and Scotland to form the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] takes effect.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Act of Union between England and Scotland |url=https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Act-of-Union/ |website=Historic UK |access-date=8 May 2021}}</ref>
*[[1753]] &ndash; Publication of ''[[Species Plantarum]]'' by [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], and the formal start date of [[plant taxonomy]] adopted by the [[International Code of Botanical Nomenclature]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=McNeill, J. |url=https://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/main.php?page=title |title=International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) adopted by the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia, July 2011 |author2=Barrie, F.R. |author3=Buck, W.R. |author4=Demoulin, V. |author5=Greuter, W. |author6=Hawksworth, D.L. |author7=Herendeen, P.S. |author8=Knapp, S. |author9=Marhold, K. |publisher=A.R.G. Gantner Verlag KG |year=2012 |isbn=978-3-87429-425-6 |volume=Regnum Vegetabile 154 |author10=Prado, J. |author11=Prud'homme Van Reine, W.F. |author12=Smith, G.F. |author13=Wiersema, J.H. |author14=Turland, N.J.}}</ref>
*[[1807]] &ndash; The [[Slave Trade Act 1807]] takes effect, abolishing the slave trade within the British Empire.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pdavis.nl/Legis_06.htm |title=An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade}}</ref>
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Cato Street Conspiracy#Trial and executions|Execution of the Cato Street Conspirators]], who plotted to kill the [[British Cabinet]] and Prime Minister [[Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool|Lord Liverpool]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Douglass |first=Paul |title=Lady Caroline Lamb: A Biography |location=New York |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-4039-6605-6 |via=[[Internet Archive]] |url=https://archive.org/details/ladycarolinelamb00doug_0 |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/ladycarolinelamb00doug_0/page/223 223]}}</ref>
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Queen Victoria]] opens [[The Great Exhibition]] at [[The Crystal Palace]] in London.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eugene-Louis Lami (1800-90): The opening of the Great Exhibition 1851 dated 1851 |url=https://www.rct.uk/collection/452380/the-opening-of-the-great-exhibition-1851 |access-date=10 June 2026 |website=Royal Collection Trust}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Chancellorsville]] between [[Robert E. Lee]]'s [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Army of Northern Virginia]] and the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] [[Army of the Potomac]] under [[Joseph Hooker]] begins.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Tucker |first=Spencer C. |author-link=Spencer C. Tucker |title=Chancellorsville, Battle of |encyclopedia=American Civil War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection |editor-last1=Tucker |editor-first1=Spencer C. |editor-last2=Arnold |editor-first2=James R. |editor-last3=Wiener |editor-first3=Roberta |location=[[Santa Barbara, California]] |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-85109-677-0 |via=Google Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9dvYAQAAQBAJ |pages=341–343}}</ref>
*1863     &ndash; American Civil War: During the [[Vicksburg campaign]], Union forces under [[Ulysses S. Grant]] win the [[Battle of Port Gibson]] and establish a firm presence on the east side of the [[Mississippi River]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Port Gibson (May 1, 1863) |url=https://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/battleportgibson.htm |website=NPS.gov |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |date=February 15, 2018 |access-date=May 17, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1865]] &ndash; The [[Empire of Brazil]], [[Argentina]], and [[Uruguay]] sign the [[Treaty of the Triple Alliance]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bradatan |first=Anastasia |date=April 27, 2015 |title=This week in diplomatic and military history: April 27 |url=https://www.clementscenter.org/press/this-week-in-diplomatic-and-military-history-april-27/ |access-date=June 10, 2026 |website=The University of Texas at Austin Clements Center for National Security}}</ref>
*[[1866]] &ndash; The [[Memphis riots of 1866|Memphis Race Riots]] begin. Over three days, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Dattel |first=Eugene R. |title=Cotton and Race in the Making of America: The Human Costs of Economic Power |location=[[Lanham, Maryland]] |publisher=[[Ivan R. Dee]] |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-56663-968-2 |via=Google Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VllSQthtskkC |pages=250–252}}</ref>
*[[1886]] &ndash; Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the [[Haymarket affair]] in [[Chicago]], in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as [[International Workers' Day]] in many countries.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Goldway|first=David|date=2005|title=A Neglected Page of History: The Story of May Day|journal=[[Science & Society]]|volume=69|issue=2|page=219|doi=10.1521/siso.69.2.218.64175|issn=0036-8237}}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[1891 New Orleans lynchings|The 1891 New Orleans Lynchings]]: 11 [[Italian Americans|Italian immigrants]] are lynched by a mob in [[Louisiana]], USA after the acquittal of several defendants in a murder case, the largest mass lynching in U.S. history.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/01/new-orleans-to-apologise-for-worst-mass-lynching-in-americas-history |title=New Orleans to apologise for worst mass lynching in America's history |work=[[The New York Times]] |last=Associated |first=Press |date=21 April 2019 |access-date=21 Jun 2026}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|title=New Orleans to apologise for worst mass lynching in America's history| url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/01/new-orleans-to-apologise-for-worst-mass-lynching-in-americas-history| access-date=Jun 21, 2026| publisher=The Guardian| language=en}}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; On [[Labor Day]] in [[Catania]], Sicily, workers establish the first successful [[Fasci Siciliani|Fascio Siciliano]], launching a movement of peasants and laborers protesting poverty, landlordism, taxation, and economic hardship across Sicily.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sicily Socialist Fasci unite for workers' rights, Italy, 1893-1894| url=https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/sicily-socialist-fasci-unite-workers-rights-italy-1893-1894| access-date=Jun 21, 2026| publisher=Swarthmore.edu| language=en}}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Coxey's Army]], the first significant American [[Demonstration (protest)|protest march]], arrives in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Barber |first=Lucy G. |title=Coxey's Army |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working-Class History |volume=1: A—F |editor-last=Arnesen |editor-first=Eric |editor-link=Eric Arnesen |location=New York |publisher=Routledge |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-415-96826-3 |via=Google Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zEWsZ81Bd3YC |pages=326–328}}</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Spanish–American War]]: [[Battle of Manila Bay]]: The [[Asiatic Squadron]] of the [[United States Navy]] destroys the [[Pacific Squadron]] of the [[Spanish Navy]] after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.<ref>{{cite book |last=Symonds |first=Craig L. |author-link=Craig L. Symonds |title=Decision at Sea: Five Naval Battles That Shaped American History |location=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-19-517145-7 |via=Internet Archive |url=https://archive.org/details/decisionatseafiv00symo |url-access=registration |pages=[https://archive.org/details/decisionatseafiv00symo/page/143 143]–149 |postscript=none}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Simmons |first=Edwin H. |author-link=Edwin H. Simmons |title=The United States Marines: A History |via=Internet Archive |url=https://archive.org/details/unitedstatesmari0000simm_r8b9 |url-access=registration |location=[[Annapolis, Maryland]] |publisher=[[Naval Institute Press]] |year=2003 |isbn=978-1-59114-790-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/unitedstatesmari0000simm_r8b9/page/69 69]}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; The [[Scofield Mine disaster]] kills over 200 men in [[Scofield, Utah]] in what is to date the fifth-worst [[mining accident]] in United States history.<ref name="UHE">{{Citation |last=Powell|first=Allan Kent|title=Utah History Encyclopedia|publisher=University of Utah Press|year=1994|chapter=Scofield Mine Disaster|chapter-url=https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/s/SCOFIELD_MINE_DISASTER.shtml|url=https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120222114/https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/s/SCOFIELD_MINE_DISASTER.shtml|archive-date=January 20, 2024|isbn=9780874804256|access-date=April 22, 2024}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1921]] &ndash; The [[Jaffa riots (May 1921)|Jaffa riots]] begin.<ref name="Kessler">{{Cite web |last=Kessler |first=Oren |author-link=Oren Kessler |title=1921 Jaffa riots 100 years on: Mandatory Palestine's 1st 'mass casualty' attack |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/1921-jaffa-riots-100-years-on-mandatory-palestines-1st-mass-casualty-event/ |access-date=2022-04-24 |work=[[The Times of Israel]] |date=May 2021 }}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; The 7.2 {{M|w}} [[1929 Kopet Dag earthquake|Kopet Dag earthquake]] shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.<ref name="usgs">{{Cite web|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/today/index.php?month=5&day=1&submit=View+Date|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302160627/https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/today/index.php?month=5&day=1&submit=View+Date|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 March 2012|title=Today in Earthquake History: May 1|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=16 July 2008|accessdate=24 January 2009}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: German radio broadcasts news of [[Adolf Hitler]]'s [[Death of Adolf Hitler|death]], falsely stating that he has "fallen at his command post in the [[Reich Chancellery]] fighting to the last breath against [[Bolshevism]] and for Germany".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shirer |first=William L. |author-link=William L. Shirer |title=The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=1960 |page=1137 |lccn=60-6729}}</ref> The [[Flag of the Soviet Union|Soviet flag]] is raised over the Reich Chancellery, by order of [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]]. Up to 2,500 people die in a [[mass suicide in Demmin]] following the advance of the [[Red Army]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Klein |first=Julia M. |date=April 30, 2020 |title=The suicide epidemic of World War II |url=https://forward.com/culture/442248/the-suicide-epidemic-of-world-war-ii/ |access-date=June 9, 2026 |website=Forward}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; Start of three-year [[Pilbara strike]] of [[Indigenous Australians]].<ref name=":05">{{Cite journal|last=Hess|first=Michael|title=Black and Red: The Pilbara Pastoral Workers' Strike, 1946|date=1994|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24046089|journal=Aboriginal History|volume=18|issue=1/2|pages=65–83|jstor=24046089|issn=0314-8769|access-date=29 June 2021|archive-date=7 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107220445/https://www.jstor.org/stable/24046089|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Portella della Ginestra massacre]] against [[May Day]] celebrations in [[Sicily]] by the bandit and separatist leader [[Salvatore Giuliano]] where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dickie |first=John |title=Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia |publisher=Coronet |year=2004 |isbn=0-340-82435-2 |pages=263–268}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; A [[Vickers VC.1 Viking]] [[1957 Blackbushe Viking accident|crashes]] while attempting to return to [[Blackbushe Airport]] in [[Yateley]], killing 34.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 610 Viking 1B G-AJBO Star Hill |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19570501-0 |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: [[1960 U-2 incident|U-2 incident]]: [[Francis Gary Powers]], in a [[Lockheed U-2]] [[spyplane]], is shot down over the [[Sverdlovsk Oblast]], [[Soviet Union]], sparking a diplomatic crisis.<ref name="SKhrushchev">Khrushchev, Sergei (September 2000) [http://www.americanheritage.com/content/day-we-shot-down-u-2 "The Day We Shot Down the U-2: Nikita Khrushchev's son remembers a great turning point of the Cold War, as seen from behind the Iron Curtain".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607064820/http://www.americanheritage.com/content/day-we-shot-down-u-2|date=7 June 2012}} ''American Heritage'' magazine. Volume 51, Issue 5.</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: A [[Nationwide student anti-war strike of 1970|student anti-war strike]] erupts in response to U.S. and [[South Vietnam]]ese forces attacking [[Communist Party of Vietnam|Vietnamese communists]] in a [[Cambodian Campaign]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Amanda |date=2006 |title=Mapping American Social Movements Project: May 1970 Student Antiwar Strikes |url=https://depts.washington.edu/moves/antiwar_may1970.shtml |access-date=9 June 2026 |website=University of Washington}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Operation Black Buck]]: The [[Royal Air Force]] attacks the [[Argentine Air Force]] during the [[Falklands War]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Freedman |first=Lawrence |author-link=Lawrence Freedman |title=The Official History of the Falklands Campaign: Volume II - War and Diplomacy |publisher=Routledge |year=2005 |isbn=0-7146-5207-5 |pages=274–277 |oclc=249889816}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Angolan Civil War]]: The [[MPLA]] and [[UNITA]] agree to the [[Bicesse Accords]], which are formally signed on May 31 in [[Lisbon]].<ref name="terms">{{cite book |last=Wright |first=George |title=The Destruction of a Nation: United States' Policy Towards Angola Since 1945|year=1997 |page=159}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=PA-X: Peace Agreements Database |url=https://www.peaceagreements.org/view/207 |access-date=2021-06-12 |website=www.peaceagreements.org}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[President of Sri Lanka|Sri Lankan President]] [[Ranasinghe Premadasa]] is [[Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa|assassinated]] in [[Colombo]] in a [[suicide bombing]] carried out by the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]].<ref>{{cite news |date=2 May 1993 |title=Suicide bomber kills leader of Sri Lanka |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/05/02/suicide-bomber-kills-leader-of-sri-lanka/327fce4c-e105-442f-8d1b-16150110bca7/ |access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; Three-time [[Formula One]] [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|champion]] [[Ayrton Senna]] is [[Death of Ayrton Senna|killed in an accident]] during the [[1994 San Marino Grand Prix|San Marino Grand Prix]].<ref>{{cite news |date=1 May 1994 |title=Race ace Senna killed in car crash |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/1/newsid_2479000/2479971.stm |url-status=live |access-date=28 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923023405/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/1/newsid_2479000/2479971.stm |archive-date=23 September 2006}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; The Labour Party wins the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 General Election]] and [[Tony Blair]] is elected as Prime Minister.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-information-office/m15.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-information-office/m15.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2022 |url-status=live |title=General Election Results, 1 May 1997 |department=Factsheet No. 68 |last=Morgan |first=Bryn |date=February 1999 |publisher=[[House of Commons Information Office]] |access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Invasion of Iraq]]: In what becomes known as the "[[Mission Accomplished speech|Mission Accomplished]]" speech, on board the {{USS|Abraham Lincoln|CVN-72|6}} (off the coast of [[California]]), U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] declares that "major combat operations in [[Iraq]] have ended".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bush |first=George W. |author-link=George W. Bush |date=May 1, 2003 |title=President Bush Announces Major Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2003/05/20030501-15.html |access-date=June 8, 2026 |website=The George W. Bush White House Archive}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Cyprus]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Estonia]], [[Hungary]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Malta]], [[Poland]], [[Slovakia]], and [[Slovenia]] [[2004 enlargement of the European Union|join the European Union]], celebrated at the residence of the [[President of Ireland|Irish President]] in [[Dublin]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 May 2004 |title=EU welcomes 10 new members |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/04/30/eu.enlargement/index.html |access-date=8 June 2026 |website=CNN}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Same-sex marriage in Sweden]] is legalized.<ref>{{cite news |date=2009-04-01 |title=Sweden votes in favor of legalizing gay marriage |language=en |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-gaymarriage-idUSTRE5307BC20090401 |access-date=2021-05-22}}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Faisal Shahzad]] [[2010 Times Square car bombing attempt|attempts]] to detonate a [[car bomb]] in [[Times Square]], but the bomb fails to go off.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bray |first=Chad |date=October 5, 2010 |title=Times Square Bomber Gets Life Sentence |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704469004575533902050370826?mod=djemalertNYnews |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044133/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704469004575533902050370826?mod=djemalertNYnews |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |access-date=October 5, 2010 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Beatification of Pope John Paul II|Pope John Paul II is beatified]] by his successor, [[Pope Benedict XVI]].<ref name="Q&A">{{cite news |title=Q&A: John Paul II's beatification|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12194694|work=BBC News|date=29 April 2011|access-date=29 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506103558/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12194694|archive-date=6 May 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Syrian civil war]]: The [[Syrian Democratic Forces]] (SDF) resumes the [[Deir ez-Zor campaign (2017–2019)|Deir ez-Zor campaign]] in order to clear the remnants of the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) from the [[Iraq–Syria border]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Military Strikes Continue Against Daesh Terrorists in Iraq and Syria |url=http://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/1518421/military-strikes-continue-against-daesh-terrorists-in-iraq-and-syria/ |website=Centcom.mil}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-sdf/u-s-backed-syrian-forces-resume-battle-against-islamic-state-idUSKBN1I2390 |title=U.S.-backed Syrian forces resume battle against Islamic State |work=Reuters |date=1 May 2018}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Naxalite]] attack in [[Gadchiroli district]] of India: Sixteen army soldiers, including a driver, [[2019 Gadchiroli Naxal Attack|killed in an IED blast]]. Naxals targeted an anti-Naxal operations team.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/01/india/india-attack-maharashtra-intl/index.html |title=16 dead in suspected Maoist attack on police convoy in India |work=[[CNN]] |access-date=May 1, 2019}}</ref>
*  2019   &ndash; [[Naruhito]] [[2019 Japanese imperial transition|ascends to the throne of Japan]] succeeding his father [[Akihito]], beginning the [[Reiwa era|Reiwa]] period.<ref>{{cite news |date=2019-04-01 |title=New Japanese imperial era Reiwa takes name from ancient poetry |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-emperor-idUSKCN1RD13X |url-status=live |access-date=2019-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401041408/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-emperor-idUSKCN1RD13X |archive-date=2019-04-01}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; The [[2024 Loblaw boycott]], a Canadian boycott against retail corporation and grocer [[Loblaw Companies]], begins.<ref>{{cite news |last=MacRae |first=Avery |title='It's got to make some kind of change': Boycott of Loblaws-owned stores begins |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/article/its-got-to-make-some-kind-of-change-boycott-of-loblaws-owned-stores-begins/ |access-date=2 May 2024 |work=[[CTV Atlantic]] |date=1 May 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2026]] &ndash; After a ransomware [[2026 Canvas security incident|attack]] by the group [[ShinyHunters]], the education platform Canvas operated by private company [[Instructure]], goes offline, affecting thousands of educational institutions. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaleem |first=Jaweed |date=2026-05-08 |title=Massive Canvas data breach hits colleges across California and nation, crippling student work |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-07/canvas-data-breach-california-colleges-uc-ucla-berkeley-csu-laccd |access-date=2026-05-08 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260508030012/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-07/canvas-data-breach-california-colleges-uc-ucla-berkeley-csu-laccd|archive-date=2026-05-08|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1218]] &ndash; [[John I, Count of Hainaut]], Flemish nobleman (died 1257)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jean, d'Avesnes, comte de Hainaut, 1218-1257 |url=https://www.nli.org.il/en/authorities/987007275643105171 |access-date=8 June 2026 |website=The National Library of Israel}}</ref>
*  1218   &ndash; [[Rudolf I of Germany]], King of Germany 1273–1291 (died 1291)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography: A Series of Original Memoirs of Distinguished Men, of All Ages and All Nations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nTMOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA699|year=1857|publisher=William Mackenzie, 22 Paternoster Row; Howard Street, Glasgow; South Bridge, Edinburgh|pages=699}}</ref>
*[[1285]] &ndash; [[Edmund Fitzalan, 2nd Earl of Arundel|Edmund FitzAlan, 2nd Earl of Arundel]], English nobleman (died 1326)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2008 |title=Fitzalan, Edmund, second earl of Arundel (1285–1326) |encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |last=Given-Wilson |first=Chris |author-link=Chris Given-Wilson |orig-date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/9529}}</ref>
*[[1527]] &ndash; [[Johannes Stadius]], German astronomer, astrologer, mathematician (died 1579)<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 June 2023 |title=Notice de personne: Stadius, Joannes (1527-1579) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb10056914t |access-date=8 June 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1545]] &ndash; [[Franciscus Junius (the elder)|Franciscus Junius]], French theologian (died 1602)<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 August 2025 |title=Junius, Franciscus, 1545-1602 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85827064.html |access-date=7 June 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1579]] &ndash; [[Wolphert Gerretse]], Dutch-American farmer, co-founded [[New Netherland]] (died 1662)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Albert |date=2009 |title=Keeping up with the Joneses: Jones Ancestry of Ella Flovd-Jones Carscallen |url=http://www.jonesnyhistory.com/floyd-jones-ancestry.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514010257/http://www.jonesnyhistory.com/floyd-jones-ancestry.html |archive-date=May 14, 2013 |access-date=May 14, 2013 |website=Jones New York History}}</ref>
*[[1582]] &ndash; [[Marco da Gagliano]], Italian composer (died 1643)<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 August 2025 |title=Gagliano, Marco da, 1582-1643 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82155103.html |access-date=7 June 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1585]] &ndash; [[Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill]], Belarusian saint (died 1612)<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 August 2025 |title=Radziwill, Sophia Olelkovich, 1585-1612 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2013053011.html |access-date=7 June 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1591]] &ndash; [[Johann Adam Schall von Bell]], German missionary and astronomer (died 1666)<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 February 2023 |title=Notice de personne: Schall von Bell, Adam (1592-1666) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12362941r |access-date=7 June 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1594]] &ndash; [[John Haynes (governor)|John Haynes]], English-American politician, 1st Governor of the Colony of Connecticut (died 1653)<ref>{{Cite web|title=John Haynes: 1st Governor of the Colony of Connecticut|url=https://museumofcthistory.org/2015/08/john-haynes/|website=Museum of Connecticut History|date=April 1999|access-date=June 7, 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250208000553/https://museumofcthistory.org/2015/08/john-haynes/|archive-date=February 8, 2025}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1602]] &ndash; [[William Lilly]], English astrologer (died 1681)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burns |first1=William   |title=Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy |chapter=Lilly, William: Born: 1 May 1602 Diseworth, Leicestershire Died: 9 June 1681, Hersham, Surrey |date=2022 |pages=1923–1924 |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-14169-5_517 |isbn=978-3-319-14168-8 }}</ref>
*[[1672]] &ndash; [[Joseph Addison]], English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician (died 1719)<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 February 2018 |title=Notice de personne: Addison, Joseph (1672-1719) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12069747f |access-date=6 June 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1735]] &ndash; [[Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen]], Dutch admiral and philanthropist (died 1819)<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 June 2008 |title=Notice de personne: Kinsbergen, Jan Hendrik van (1735-1819) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12385367x |access-date=6 June 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1751]] &ndash; [[Judith Sargent Murray]], American poet and playwright (died 1820)<ref name=":04">{{Cite web|url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1601184|title=Judith Sargent Stevens Murray|last=Cowell|first=Pattie|date=2000|website=American National Biography|doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1601184|isbn=9780198606697}}</ref>
*[[1764]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Henry Latrobe]], English-American architect, designed the [[United States Capitol]] (died 1820)<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 June 2025 |title=Notice de personne: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry (1764-1820) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb120501462 |access-date=June 5, 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1769]] &ndash; [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]], Irish-English field marshal and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (died 1852)<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 April 2019 |title=Notice de personne: Wellington, Arthur Wellesley duc de (1769-1852) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11887871r |access-date=5 June 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1780]] &ndash; [[Tabitha Moffatt Brown]], officially designated as the “Mother of Oregon” (died 1858)<ref name="PU">{{cite web
  | last = Wells
  | first = Pat
  | title = Tabitha Brown Biography
  | publisher = Pacific University
  | url =  http://mcel.pacificu.edu/history/herrick/brownbio.html
  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020306015733/http://mcel.pacificu.edu/history/herrick/brownbio.html
  | archive-date = March 6, 2002}}
</ref>
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[Phoebe Hinsdale Brown]], American hymnwriter (died 1861)<ref name="Julian1892">{{cite book|last=Julian|first=John|title=A Dictionary of Hymnology: Setting Forth the Origin and History of Christian Hymns of All Ages and Nations|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_I-0sAAAAYAAJ|edition=Public domain|year=1892|publisher=C. Scribner's Sons|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_I-0sAAAAYAAJ/page/n149 185]–}}</ref>
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[James Clarence Mangan]], Irish poet and author (died 1849)<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 August 2025 |title=Mangan, James Clarence, 1803-1849 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81010441.html |access-date=5 June 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Andreas Laskaratos]], Greek satirical poet and writer (died 1901)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://1hellinas.pblogs.gr/2007/11/andreas-laskaratos.html |title=Ανδρεασ Λασκαρατοσ |website=1hellinas.pblogs.gr |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165701/http://1hellinas.pblogs.gr/2007/11/andreas-laskaratos.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead|language=el}}</ref>
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Henry Ayers]], English-Australian politician, 8th [[Premier of South Australia]] (died 1897)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parr |first=S. R. |date=2006 |title=Sir Henry Ayers (1821–1897) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ayers-sir-henry-2914 |access-date=5 June 2026 |website=Australian Dictionary of National Biography}}</ref>
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Alexander William Williamson]], English chemist and academic (died 1904)<ref name="Who">{{cite magazine |title=WILLIAMSON, Alexander William|magazine=Who's who biographies, 1901|year=1901|page=1197|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8EcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1197}}</ref>
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Johann Jakob Balmer]], Swiss mathematician and physicist (died 1898)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Diehl |first=Peter |date=28 November 2002 |title=Johann Jakob Balmer |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/028774/2002-11-28/ |access-date=5 June 2026 |website=Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse |language=fr, de, it |translator-last1=Weideli |translator-first1=Walter}}</ref>
*  1825   &ndash; [[George Inness]], American painter and educator (died 1894)<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 4, 2025 |title=RKDartists: George Inness (1825-1894) |url=https://rkd.nl/artists/41078 |access-date=June 5, 2026 |website=RKD Research}}</ref>
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[Jules Breton]], French painter (died 1906)<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 June 2019 |title=Notice de personne: Breton, Jules (1827-1906) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13003908j |access-date=5 June 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1829]] &ndash; [[José de Alencar]], Brazilian author and playwright (died 1877)<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 August 2025 |title=Alencar, José Martiniano de, 1829-1877 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50047298.html |access-date=5 June 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*  1829   &ndash; [[Frederick Sandys]], English painter and illustrator (died 1904)<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 August 2025 |title=Sandys, Frederick, 1829-1904 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84017993.html |access-date=4 June 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Guido Gezelle]], Belgian priest and poet (died 1899)<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 August 2025 |title=Gezelle, Guido, 1830-1899 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50016540.html |access-date=4 June 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Emily Stowe]], Canadian physician and activist (died 1903)<ref>{{cite book|first=Juanne N.|last=Clarke|title=Health, Illness, and Medicine in Canada|location=Toronto|publisher=McClelland & Stewart|year=1992|page=234|isbn=978-0-7710-2146-6}}</ref>
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[James Corrigan (businessman)|James C. Corrigan]], Canadian-American businessman (died 1908)<ref>{{cite book|last=King|first=JoAnn|title=Letha E. House: From Foundling to Philanthropist|location=Medina, Ohio|publisher=Medina Historical Society|date=2003|isbn=9780974648309|pages=92–93}}</ref>
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Henry Demarest Lloyd]], American journalist and politician (died 1903)<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 30, 2019 |title=Notice de personne: Lloyd, Henry Demarest (1847-1903) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb105516379 |access-date=June 4, 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Adelsteen Normann]], Norwegian painter (died 1919)<ref name="nbl">{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Adelsteen Normann|encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Anne|last=Aaserud|authorlink=Anne Aaserud|editor=[[Knut Helle|Helle, Knut]]|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Adelsteen_Normann/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref>
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn]] (died 1942)<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 May 1850|title=Accouchement of Her Majesty: Birth of a Prince|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001316/18500501/060/0008|work=Evening Mail|pages=8}}</ref>
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Calamity Jane]], American frontierswoman and professional scout (died 1903)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2025 |title=Calamity Jane, 1856-1903 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80132976.html |access-date=June 4, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*  1852   &ndash; [[Santiago Ramón y Cajal]], Spanish neuroscientist and pathologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1934)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Santiago Ramón y Cajal: Biographical |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1906/cajal/biographical/ |access-date=4 June 2026 |website=The Nobel Prize}}</ref>
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin]], Ukrainian-American journalist, actor, and playwright (died 1909)<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 January 2019 |title=Notice de personne: Gordin, Jacob (1853-1909) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb15591612g |access-date=4 June 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Cecilia Beaux]], American painter and academic (died 1942)<ref>{{cite book | last=Marter | first=Joan M. | title=The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art | place=New York | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2001 | isbn=978-0-19-533579-8 | page=229}}</ref>
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Theo van Gogh (art dealer)|Theo van Gogh]], Dutch art dealer (died 1891)<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 October 2011 |title=Notice de personne: Gogh, Theo Van (1857-1891) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12454726r |access-date=4 June 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Jacqueline Comerre-Paton]], French painter and sculptor (died 1955)<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 January 2010 |title=Notice de personne: Comerre-Paton, Jacqueline (1859-1955) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14965555c |access-date=3 June 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Marcel Prévost]], French novelist and playwright (died 1941)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Les immortels: Marcel Prévost |url=https://www.academie-francaise.fr/les-immortels/marcel-prevost |access-date=3 June 2026 |website=Académie française |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Anna Jarvis]], American founder of [[Mother's Day]] (died 1948)<ref>{{cite book | last=O'Reilly | first=Angela | title=Encyclopedia of Motherhood | volume=1 | place=Los Angeles | publisher=Sage | year=2010 | isbn=978-1-4129-6846-1 | page=602}}</ref>
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Seakle Greijdanus]], Dutch theologian and scholar (died 1948)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wie was Greijdanus? |url=https://greijdanus.nl/Page/sp1541/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226215726/https://greijdanus.nl/Page/sp1541/index.html |archive-date=26 February 2012 |access-date=26 February 2012 |website=Greijdanus |language=nl}}</ref>
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Hugo Alfvén]], Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter (died 1960)<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 August 2025 |title=Alfvén, Hugo, 1872-1960 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82077245.html |access-date=3 June 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*  1872   &ndash; [[Sidónio Pais]], Portuguese soldier and politician, 4th [[President of Portugal]] (died 1918)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amaral |first=Manuel |date=12 December 2004 |title=Reis, Rainhas e Presidentes de Portugal: Sidónio Pais |url=https://www.arqnet.pt/portal/portugal/temashistoria/sidonio.html |access-date=3 June 2026 |website=Portal da História |language=pt}}</ref>
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Romaine Brooks]], American-French painter and illustrator (died 1970)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2025 |title=Brooks, Romaine |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50044799.html |access-date=June 3, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*  1874   &ndash; [[Paul Van Asbroeck]], Belgian sport shooter (died 1959)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paul Van Asbroeck |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/41332 |access-date=3 June 2026 |website=Olympedia}}</ref>
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[David Hall (athlete)|Dave Hall]], American runner, coach, and professor (died 1972)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dave Hall |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78501 |access-date=June 3, 2026 |website=Olympedia}}</ref>
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Pierre Teilhard de Chardin]], French priest, palaeontologist, and philosopher (died 1955)<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 August 2025 |title=Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79032934.html |access-date=3 June 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe]], English race car driver and politician (died 1964)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Francis R. H. P. Curzon |url=https://www.royalnavaldivision.info/personnel/franciscurzon.htm |access-date=3 June 2026 |website=Royal Naval Division .info}}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Clément Pansaers]], Belgian poet (died 1922)<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 February 2019 |title=Notice de personne: Pansaers, Clément (1885-1922) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb127090495 |access-date=3 June 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Alan Cunningham]], Anglo-Irish general and diplomat, [[High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan]] (died 1983)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cunningham, Alan Gordon (1887-1983) |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6vf6r9g |access-date=2 June 2026 |website=SNAC Cooperative}}</ref>
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Clelia Lollini]], Italian physician (died 1963 or 1964)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.enciclopediadelledonne.it/biografie/clelia-lollini/|title=Clelia Lollini|last=Mori|first=Sylvia|website=enciclopedia delle donne|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827114058/http://www.enciclopediadelledonne.it/biografie/clelia-lollini/|archive-date=2019-08-27|access-date=2020-01-26}}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Lillian Estelle Fisher]], American historian of Spanish America (died 1988)<ref>{{cite web | title=Lillian Estelle Fisher | url=https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/fisher__lillian_estelle | publisher=PennState University Libraries | access-date=3 June 2026|website=Pennsylvania Center for the Book}}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[May Hollinworth]], Australian theatre producer and director (died 1968)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Murphy |first1=Lynne |title=Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 14 |date=1996 |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |isbn=0-522-84236-4 |chapter-url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hollinworth-may-10522 |access-date=22 May 2019 |chapter=Hollinworth, May (1895–1968)}}</ref>
*  1895   &ndash; [[Nikolai Yezhov]], Soviet secret police official, head of the [[NKVD]] (died 1940)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2025 |title=Ezhov, Nikolaĭ Ivanovich, 1895-1940 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr95041600.html |access-date=June 2, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Herbert Backe]], German agronomist and politician (died 1947)<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 June 2026 |title=Backe, Herbert, 1896-1947 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93064759.html |access-date=2 June 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*  1896   &ndash; [[Mark W. Clark]], American general (died 1984)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2025 |title=Clark, Mark W. (Mark Wayne), 1896-1984 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79099305.html |access-date=June 2, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*  1896   &ndash; [[J. Lawton Collins]], American general (died 1987)<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 22, 2017 |title=Notice de personne: Collins, Joseph Lawton (1896-1987) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb112847335 |access-date=June 2, 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Alfred Schmidt (weightlifter)|Alfred Schmidt]], Estonian weightlifter (died 1972)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alfred Schmidt |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/55595 |access-date=2 June 2026 |website=Olympedia}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Ignazio Silone]], Italian journalist and politician (died 1978)<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 August 2025 |title=Silone, Ignazio, 1900-1978 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80045043.html |access-date=2 June 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*  1900   &ndash; [[Aleksander Wat]], Polish poet and writer (died 1967)<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 August 2025 |title=Wat, Aleksander |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82078596.html |access-date=2 June 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Sterling Allen Brown]], American poet, academic, and critic (died 1989)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2025 |title=Brown, Sterling A., 1901-1989 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50039680.html |access-date=June 2, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*  1901   &ndash; [[Antal Szerb]], Hungarian scholar and author (died 1945)<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 January 2015 |title=Notice de personne: Szerb, Antal (1901-1945) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb121530142 |access-date=2 June 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Henry Koster]], German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1988)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2025 |title=Koster, Henry, 1905-1988 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85281415.html |access-date=June 2, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Kate Smith]], American singer and actress (died 1986)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2025 |title=Smith, Kate, 1907-1986 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84077391.html |access-date=June 1, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Giovannino Guareschi]], Italian journalist and author (died 1968)<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 October 2016 |title=Notice de personne: Guareschi, Giovanni (1908-1968) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11906097h |access-date=1 June 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*  1908   &ndash; [[Morris Kline]], American mathematician and academic (died 1992)<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2025|title=Kline, Morris, 1908-1992|url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80015674.html|access-date=June 1, 2026|website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*  [[1909]] &ndash; [[Yiannis Ritsos]], Greek poet and playwright (died 1990)<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 August 2025 |title=Ritsos, Giannēs, 1909-1990 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80037051.html |access-date=1 June 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Raya Dunayevskaya]], Ukrainian-American philosopher and activist (died 1987)<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 7, 2026 |title=Notice de personne: Dunayevskaya, Raya (1910-1987) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12676906x |access-date=June 1, 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*  1910   &ndash; [[J. Allen Hynek]], American astronomer and ufologist (died 1986)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2025 |title=Hynek, J. Allen (Joseph Allen), 1910-1986 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87802293.html |access-date=June 1, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Otto Kretschmer]], German admiral (died 1998)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Paterson |first=Lawrence |title=Otto Kretschmer: The Life of the Third Reich's Highest Scoring U-Boat Commander |publisher=Greenhill Books |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-78438-194-3 |page=1}}</ref>
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Louis Nye]], American actor (died 2005)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2025 |title=Nye, Louis |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88100709.html |access-date=June 1, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Hanns Martin Schleyer]], German business executive (died 1977)<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 November 2018 |title=Notice de personne: Schleyer, Hanns Martin (1915-1977) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12776792z |access-date=1 June 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Glenn Ford]], Canadian-American actor and producer (died 2006)<ref name="Kulzer">Kulzer, Dina-Marie.[http://www.classichollywoodbios.com/glennford.htm "Glenn Ford: An Interview (1990)."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070408040927/http://www.classichollywoodbios.com/glennford.htm|date=April 8, 2007}} ''Dina-Marie Kulzer's Classic Hollywood Biographies''. Retrieved: September 19, 2013.</ref>
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[John Beradino]], American baseball player and actor (died 1996)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Johnny Berardino #4 |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/johnny-berardino-110888 |access-date=May 31, 2026 |website=Major League Baseball}}</ref>
*  1917   &ndash; [[Ulric Cross]], Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (died 2013)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justice P. L. Ulric Cross |url=http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Internal/185183/185198/185199/185203/justice_p__l__ulric_cross/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929235225/http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Internal/185183/185198/185199/185203/justice_p__l__ulric_cross/ |archive-date=29 September 2012 |access-date=29 September 2012 |website=The Commonwealth}}</ref>
*  1917   &ndash; [[Danielle Darrieux]], French actress and singer (died 2017)<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 August 2025 |title=Darrieux, Danielle, 1917-2017 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86138439.html |access-date=31 May 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Jack Paar]], American comedian, author and talk show host (died 2004)<ref>Wepman, Dennis. [http://www.anb.org/articles/18/18-03832.html "Paar, Jack"], ''American National Biography Online'', Oxford University Press (Oxford, England). Retrieved January 8, 2019.</ref>
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Manna Dey]], Indian singer and composer (died 2013)<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 August 2025 |title=De, Mānnā, 1919-2013 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001000016.html |access-date=30 May 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*  1919   &ndash; [[Mohammed Karim Lamrani]], Moroccan businessman and politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of Morocco]] (died 2018)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2025 |title=Lamrani, Mohammed Karim, 1919-2018 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2019055647.html |access-date=May 30, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*  1919   &ndash; [[Dan O'Herlihy]], Irish actor (died 2005)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2025 |title=O'Herlihy, Dan, 1919-2005 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no92027593.html |access-date=May 30, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Colin]], Romanian journalist and author (died 1991)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2025 |title=Colin, Vladimir |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50062191.html |access-date=May 30, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Joseph Heller]], American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1999)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joseph Heller Biography|url=https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/c/catch22/joseph-heller-biography|access-date=2022-03-13|website=www.cliffsnotes.com}}</ref>
*  1923   &ndash; [[Marcel Rayman]], Polish militant (died 1944)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marcel Rajman |url=https://museedelaresistanceenligne.org/media10903-Marcel-Rajman |access-date=30 May 2026 |website=Museé de la Resistance en Ligne |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Evelyn Boyd Granville]], American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic<ref>{{cite book | last1=Grinstein | first1=Louise S. | last2=Campbell | first2=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics : a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-313-24849-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/66 66] | url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/66 }}</ref> (died 2023)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Terry Southern]], American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter (died 1995)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2025 |title=Southern, Terry |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84230539.html |access-date=May 30, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Chuck Bednarik]], American lieutenant and football player (died 2015)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hall of Fame: Chuck Bednarik |url=https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1697 |access-date=May 30, 2026 |website=National Football Foundation}}</ref>
*  1925   &ndash; [[Scott Carpenter]], American commander, pilot, and astronaut (died 2013)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2025 |title=Carpenter, M. Scott (Malcolm Scott), 1925-2013 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50058764.html |access-date=May 30, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Peter Lax]], Hungarian-American mathematician and academic (died 2025)<ref name="nytimesObit">{{citation |last1=Barany|first1=Michael J.|last2=Shields|first2=Brit|title=Peter Lax, Pre-eminent Cold War Mathematician, Dies at 99|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=16 May 2025|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/science/peter-lax-dead.html|access-date=22 May 2025}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Greta Andersen]], Danish swimmer (died 2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greta Andersen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/46251 |website=[[Olympedia]] |access-date=18 March 2024 }}</ref>
*  1927   &ndash; [[Bernard Vukas]], Yugoslav-Croatian footballer (died 1983)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bernard Vukas |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/28006 |access-date=May 30, 2026 |website=Olympedia}}</ref>
*  1927   &ndash; [[Albert Zafy]], Malagasy politician, 3rd President of Madagascar (died 2017)<ref>Ravaloson, Jaona. [https://books.google.com/books?ei=AHR_Stu0Cp-UygSHsoS-Cg&id=0thyAAAAMAAJ&dq=albert+zafy+%22mai+1927%22&q=%22mai+1927%22 ''Transition démocratique à Madagascar''] (1994), p. 54 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Sonny James]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)<ref name="cmhof">{{cite web|title=Sonny James|url=http://countrymusichalloffame.org/Inductees/InducteeDetail/sonny-james|website=countrymusichalloffame.org|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=February 24, 2016|ref=Adapted from Encyclopedia of Country Music|archive-date=July 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702015321/http://countrymusichalloffame.org/Inductees/InducteeDetail/sonny-james|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Ralf Dahrendorf]], German-English sociologist and politician (died 2009)<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 August 2025 |title=Dahrendorf, Ralf, 1929-2009 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79053999.html |access-date=29 May 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*  1929   &ndash; [[Sonny Ramadhin]], Trinidadian cricketer (died 2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sonny Ramadhin: West Indies {{!}} Bowler |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/sonny-ramadhin-52804 |access-date=28 May 2026 |website=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Ollie Matson]], American sprinter and football player (died 2011)<ref>{{Cite web |title=HB / HB/FB: Ollie Matson, Class of 1972 |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/ollie-matson#careerCapsule |access-date=May 28, 2026 |website=Pro Football Hall of Fame |date=10 February 2026 }}</ref>
*  1930   &ndash; [[Richard Riordan]], American lieutenant and politician, 39th [[Mayor of Los Angeles]] and publisher (died 2023)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2025 |title=Riordan, Richard J., 1930- |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008019699.html |access-date=May 28, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*  1930   &ndash; [[Little Walter]] Jacobs, American blues harp player and singer (died 1968)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2025 |title=Little Walter, 1930-1968 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82025127.html |access-date=May 28, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[S. M. Krishna]], Indian politician and statesman, [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Minister of External Affairs]], 10th [[List of chief ministers of Karnataka|Chief Minister of Karnataka]], 19th [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Governor of Maharashtra]] (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/veteran-politician-and-ex-karnataka-chief-minister-sm-krishna-dies-aged-92-7212371|title=Ex-Karnataka Chief Minister SM Krishna, Who Transformed Bengaluru, Dies At 92|date=10 December 2024|editor-last=Mitra|editor-first=Chandrajit|agency=India News|access-date=10 December 2024|work=NDTV}}</ref>
*  1932   &ndash; [[Sandy Woodward]], English admiral (died 2013)<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 August 2013|title=Falklands Task Force leader Sir John "Sandy" Woodward dies, aged 81|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/article/falklands-task-force-leader-sir-john-sandy-woodward-dies-aged-81-97rhm2x7qdq|work=[[The Times]]}}</ref>
*  [[1934]]   &ndash; [[Laura Betti]], Italian actress (died 2004)<ref>{{cite news |last=Lane |first=John Francis |date=7 August 2004 |title=Laura Betti: Italian actor and singer devoted to the memory of Pasolini |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/aug/07/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |work=The Guardian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929065930/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/aug/07/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |archive-date=29 September 2015 |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref>
*  1934 &ndash; [[Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas]], Mexican politician<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 August 2025 |title=Cárdenas Solórzano, Cuauhtémoc |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86038869.html |access-date=28 May 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*  1934   &ndash; [[Shirley Horn]], American singer and pianist (died 2005)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2025 |title=Horn, Shirley |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92006094.html |access-date=May 28, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Una Stubbs]], English actress and dancer (died 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Una Stubbs obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/aug/12/una-stubbs-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=23 August 2021 |language=en |date=12 August 2021}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Judy Collins]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2025 |title=Collins, Judy, 1939- |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81100647.html |access-date=May 28, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Rita Coolidge]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2025 |title=Coolidge, Rita |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91072209.html |access-date=May 28, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Joanna Lumley]], English actress, voice-over artist, author, and activist<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 August 2025 |title=Lumley, Joanna |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81075536.html |access-date=28 May 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*  1946   &ndash; [[John Woo]], Hong Kong director, producer, and screenwriter<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 September 2013 |title=Notice de personne: Woo, John (1946-....) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb137515818 |access-date=28 May 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Patricia Hill Collins]], American sociologist and scholar<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 29, 2026 |title=Hill Collins, Patricia |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90607416.html |access-date=May 28, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Tim Hodgkinson]], English saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer<ref name=Larkin>{{cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uWoZAQAAIAAJ |year=2002 |edition=3rd revised |publisher=Virgin |page=175 |isbn=978-1-85227-947-9}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Danny McGrain]], Scottish footballer and coach<ref>{{Cite web |title=Danny McGrain |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=276 |access-date=May 28, 2026 |website=Scottish Football Association}}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Gordon Greenidge]], Barbadian cricketer and coach<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gordon Greenidge: West Indies {{!}} Opening Batter |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/gordon-greenidge-51901 |access-date=May 28, 2026 |website=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
*  1951   &ndash; [[Sally Mann]], American photographer<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 16, 2019 |title=Notice de personne: Mann, Sally (1951-....) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12327501s |access-date=May 28, 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Richard Blundell]], English economist and academic<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2025 |title=Blundell, Richard |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85033527.html |access-date=May 28, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Ray Parker Jr.]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2025 |title=Parker, Ray, Jr., 1954- |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92010270.html |access-date=May 28, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*  1954   &ndash; [[Joel Rosenberg (science fiction author)|Joel Rosenberg]], Canadian-American author and activist (died 2011)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Summary Bibliography: Joel Rosenberg |url=https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Joel_Rosenberg |access-date=May 28, 2026 |website=Internet Speculative Fiction Database}}</ref>
*  [[1955]] &ndash; [[Martin O'Donnell]], American composer<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2025 |title=O'Donnell, Martin |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008004468.html |access-date=May 27, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Rick Darling]], Australian cricketer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rick Darling: Australia {{!}} Opening Batter |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/rick-darling-4900 |access-date=May 27, 2026 |website=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Yasmina Reza]], French actress and playwright<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2025 |title=Reza, Yasmina |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97027708.html |access-date=May 26, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Clint Malarchuk]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clint Malarchuk {{!}} #30 {{!}} G |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/clint-malarchuk-8449096 |access-date=May 26, 2026 |website=National Hockey League}}</ref>
*  1961   &ndash; [[Marilyn Milian]], American judge<ref>{{Cite news |last=Marzlock |first=Ron |date=September 12, 2019 |title=The popular TV judge who once lived in Astoria |url=https://www.qchron.com/qboro/i_have_often_walked/the-popular-tv-judgewho-once-lived-in-astoria/article_59a0a8b3-d6bf-54a4-82e2-73f9ebeed783.html |access-date=May 26, 2026 |work=Queens Chronicle}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Maia Morgenstern]], Romanian actress<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2025 |title=Morgenstern, Maïa, 1962- |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2003040103.html |access-date=May 26, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Yvonne van Gennip]], Dutch speed skater<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yvonne van Gennip |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/82921 |access-date=May 26, 2026 |website=Olympedia}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Olaf Thon]], German footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olaf Thon |url=https://www.fussballdaten.de/person/olaf-thon/ |access-date=May 26, 2026 |website=Fussballdaten |language=de}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Tim McGraw]], American singer-songwriter and actor<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2025 |title=McGraw, Tim |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96003972.html |access-date=May 26, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Oliver Bierhoff]], German footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bierhoff, Oliver |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/1026634644.html?language=en |access-date=May 26, 2026 |website=Deutsche Biographie}}</ref>
*  1968   &ndash; [[D'arcy Wretzky]], American bass player and singer<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2025 |title=Wretzky, D'Arcy, 1968- |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002080328.html |access-date=May 26, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Wes Anderson]], American director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="Brit">{{Cite news |title=Wes Anderson {{!}} Biography, Movies, Oscar, & Facts {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wes-Anderson|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251211212458/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wes-Anderson|archive-date=2025-12-11|access-date=2026-02-18|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Mary Lou McDonald]], Irish politician<ref>{{cite web | title=Mary Lou MACDONALD | date=May 1969 | url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/28111/MARY+LOU_MCDONALD/history | publisher=European Parliament | access-date=10 July 2019}}</ref>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Billy Owens]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Golden State Warriors {{!}} #2 {{!}} Forward-Guard: Billy Owens |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/182 |access-date=May 26, 2026 |website=National Basketball Association}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Bernard Butler]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 April 2007 |title=Notice de personne: Butler, Bernard (1970-....) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14009931n |access-date=May 25, 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Ethan Albright]], American football player<ref>{{Cite web |title=67 LS: Ethan Albright |url=http://www.redskins.com/gen/players/Ethan_Albright.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826041117/http://www.redskins.com/gen/players/Ethan_Albright.jsp |archive-date=August 26, 2010 |access-date=August 26, 2010 |website=Washington Redskins}}</ref>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Stuart Appleby]], Australian golfer<ref name="bio">{{cite web |title=About Stuart|publisher=|url=http://stuartappleby.net?page_id=2|access-date=13 March 2010|website=Stuart Appleby|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313172529/http://stuartappleby.net/?page_id=2|archive-date=13 March 2010}}</ref>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Ajith Kumar]], Indian actor and race car driver<ref name="TOIDOB">{{cite news|title=Ajith celebrating his 41st birthday|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Ajith-celebrating-his-41st-birthday/etarticleshow/12947966.cms|access-date=27 August 2012|date=1 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518165318/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-01/news-interviews/31526182_1_billa-thala-ajith-chakri-toleti|archive-date=18 May 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Ramzi bin al-Shibh]], Yemeni terrorist<ref>{{Cite web |title=CIA Prisoners: Ramzi bin al-Shibh |url=https://www.therenditionproject.org.uk/prisoners/binalshibh.html |access-date=May 25, 2026 |website=The Rendition Project}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Julie Benz]], American actress<ref>{{cite web|title=Julie Benz: Biography|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/julie-benz/bio/159329|work=[[TV Guide]]|publisher=CBS Interactive Inc.|access-date=February 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103163202/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/julie-benz/bio/159329/|archive-date=November 3, 2014}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Curtis Martin]], American football player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Curtis Martin |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MartCu00.htm |access-date=May 25, 2026 |website=Pro Football Reference}}</ref>
*  1973   &ndash; [[Oliver Neuville]], German footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oliver Neuville |url=http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=179558/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906042611/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=179558/index.html |archive-date=6 September 2015 |access-date=6 September 2015 |website=FIFA Tournaments}}</ref>
*  [[1975]] &ndash; [[Alexey Smertin]], Russian international footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=18214|title=Alexey Smertin|publisher=soccerbase.com|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[James Murray (comedian)|James Murray]], American comedian<ref>{{cite tweet|title=Thank you to all my friends and fans for the birthday wishes!|user=jamessmurray|number=1256323273823883264|date=May 1, 2020|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date= May 7, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200507090632/https://twitter.com/jamessmurray/status/1256323273823883264|url-status= live}}</ref> 
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[James Badge Dale]], American actor<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2026 |title=Dale, James Badge, 1978- |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007059807.html |access-date=May 24, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*  1978   &ndash; [[Michael Russell (tennis)|Michael Russell]], American tennis player<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/michael-russell/r368/overview|title=Michael Russell &#124; Overview &#124; ATP Tour &#124; Tennis|website=ATP Tour}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Mauro Bergamasco]], Italian rugby player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mauro Bergamasco |url=http://www.rbs6nations.com/en/italy/1435.php?player=70743&includeref=dynamic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205162548/http://www.rbs6nations.com/en/italy/1435.php?player=70743&includeref=dynamic |archive-date=December 5, 2008 |access-date=December 5, 2008 |website=RBS 6 Nations}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Jan Heylen]], Belgian race car driver<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jan Heylen |url=https://www.champcarstats.com/drivers/HeylenJan.htm |access-date=May 24, 2026 |website=Champ Car Stats}}</ref>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Jay Reatard]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 January 2010 |title=Notice de personne: Reatard, Jay (1980-2010) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb158957080 |access-date=May 24, 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Alexander Hleb]], Belarusian footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aleksandr Hleb: Midfielder |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=22366 |access-date=May 24, 2026 |website=Soccerbase}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Wes Welker]], American football player and coach<ref>{{Cite web |title=27 Wes Welker |url=http://www.texastech.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/welker_wes00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112002139/http://www.texastech.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/welker_wes00.html |archive-date=November 12, 2011 |access-date=May 24, 2026 |website=Texas Tech}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Beto (footballer, born 1982)|Beto]], Portuguese footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beto |url=http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=214404/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906091152/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=214404/index.html |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |access-date=September 6, 2015 |website=FIFA Tournaments}}</ref>
*  [[1982]]   &ndash; [[Jamie Dornan]], Northern Irish model and actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a526016/jamie-dornan-10-things-about-the-50-shades-of-grey-star.html|title=Jamie Dornan: 10 things about the '50 Shades of Grey' star|first1=Simon|last1=Reynolds|first2=Emma|last2=Dibdin|date=24 October 2013|website=Digital Spy|access-date=29 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122114513/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a526016/jamie-dornan-10-things-about-the-50-shades-of-grey-star/|archive-date=22 November 2022}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Tommy Robredo]], Spanish tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tommy Robredo |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/107332 |access-date=May 24, 2026 |website=Olympedia}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Darijo Srna]], Croatian footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=11: Darijo Srna |url=https://hns.team/en/players/116127/-/ |access-date=May 24, 2026 |website=Croatian Football Federation}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Katya Zamolodchikova]], American drag queen<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2025 |title=McCook, Brian, 1982- |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2018142358.html |access-date=May 23, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Alain Bernard]], French swimmer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alain Bernard |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/115781 |access-date=May 23, 2026 |website=Olympedia}}</ref>
*  1983   &ndash; [[Park Hae-jin]], South Korean actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Park Hae-jin (박해진, Korean actor, singer) |url=https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Park_Hae-jin.php |website=HanCinema |access-date=29 April 2019}}</ref>
*  1983   &ndash; [[Human Tornado|Craig Williams]], American wrestler<ref>{{Cite web |title=Human Tornado |url=https://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profile/human-tornado/ |access-date=May 23, 2026 |website=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[David Backes]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=David Backes {{!}} #21 {{!}} RW |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/david-backes-8470655 |access-date=May 23, 2026 |website=National Hockey League}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Christian Benítez]], Ecuadorian footballer (died 2013)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Christian Benitez |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=43795 |access-date=May 23, 2026 |website=Soccerbase}}</ref>
*  1986   &ndash; [[Jesse Klaver]], Dutch politician<ref>{{Cite web |title=J.F. (Jesse) Klaver |url=https://www.parlement.com/biografie/jf-jesse-klaver |access-date=May 23, 2026 |website=PARLEMENT.com |language=nl}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Leonardo Bonucci]], Italian footballer<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 25, 2015 |title=Happy Birthday to you! |url=http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2015/m=4/news=happy-birthday-to-you-2594092.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408231647/http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2015/m=4/news=happy-birthday-to-you-2594092.html |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |access-date=April 8, 2016 |website=FIFA}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Amir Johnson]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Toronto Raptors {{!}} #5 {{!}} Center-Forward: Amir Johnson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101161 |access-date=May 23, 2026 |website=National Basketball Association}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Shahar Pe'er]], Israeli tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shahar Pe'er |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/117598 |access-date=May 23, 2026 |website=Olympedia}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Anushka Sharma]], Indian actress and film producer<ref>{{cite news|title=Anushka Sharma celebrates 25th birthday in Goa|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/tabloid/anushka-sharma-celebrates-25th-birthday-in-goa/article1-1053171.aspx|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=1 May 2013|access-date=10 March 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503020831/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Tabloid/Anushka-Sharma-celebrates-25th-birthday-in-Goa/Article1-1053171.aspx|archive-date=3 May 2013}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Victoria Monét]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="Starling 2020 i042">{{cite web | last=Starling | first=Lakin | title=Victoria Monét Is Ready to Be a Solo Star | website=The Cut | date=2020-05-08 | url=https://www.thecut.com/2020/05/victoria-monet-jaguar.html | access-date=2024-01-21}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Scooter Gennett]], American baseball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scooter Gennett #2 |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/scooter-gennett-571697 |access-date=May 18, 2026 |website=Major League Baseball}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Caitlin Stasey]], Australian actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=King |first1=Darryn |title=Caitlin Stasey - Actor Filmography، photos، Video |url=https://www.elcinema.com/en/person/2003268/ |website=elCinema.com |access-date=29 April 2019 |date=24 September 2015}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Marcus Stroman]], American baseball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marcus Stroman #0 |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/marcus-stroman-573186 |access-date=May 18, 2026 |website=Major League Baseball}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Madeline Brewer]], American actress<ref>{{cite Instagram |user=madbrew |postid=COWP0-EHDp4 |date=May 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/COWP0-EHDp4 |archive-date=December 24, 2021 |url-access=registration |title=29 = glitter disco}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Hani (singer)|Hani]], South Korean singer and actress<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hani (EXID) artist profile|url=https://www.melon.com/artist/timeline.htm?artistId=673743|website=[[Melon (online music service)|Melon]]|language=ko|access-date=June 1, 2015|archive-date=June 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610050538/http://www.melon.com/artist/timeline.htm?artistId=673743|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Bradley Roby]], American football player<ref>{{Cite web |title=NFL Player stats: Bradley Roby (2015)|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/bradleyroby/2543505/gamelogs?season=2015|access-date=February 2, 2018|website=NFL.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202190838/http://www.nfl.com/player/bradleyroby/2543505/gamelogs?season=2015|archive-date=February 2, 2018}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[William Nylander]], Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web|title=William Nylander Stats and News|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/william-nylander-8477939|access-date=2021-07-05|website=[[NHL]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Miles Sanders]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Miles Sanders Stats |url=https://www.nfl.com/players/miles-sanders/ |website=nfl.com |publisher=National Football League |access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[YNW Melly]], American rapper<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/ynw-melly-i-am-you-mixtape-tee-grizzley-lion-king-interview-8471446/|title=YNW Melly on Breakout Mixtape 'I Am You,' Interpolating Chris Brown Throwbacks & His Favorite 'Lion King' Solos|date=August 21, 2018|author=Charles Holmes|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 14, 2018|archive-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411025617/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8471446/ynw-melly-i-am-you-mixtape-tee-grizzley-lion-king-interview|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1999   &ndash; [[Tiffany Stratton]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/player/tiffany-stratton|title=American professional wrestler Tiffany Stratton biography|website=sportskeeda|access-date=March 7, 2023|archive-date=March 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307013735/https://www.sportskeeda.com/player/tiffany-stratton|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Rema (musician)|Rema]], Nigerian singer-songwriter and rapper<ref>{{cite web |title=Rema |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/rema/1304716885 |website=Apple Music |access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Chet Holmgren]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chet Holmgren |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1631096/chet-holmgren |website=NBA.com |access-date=April 30, 2024}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Lizzy Greene]], American actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.twistmagazine.com/posts/lizzy-greene-birthday-see-the-nickelodeon-actress-red-carpet-transformation-131264/photos/lizzy-greene-kcas-2014-248832|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505013111/http://www.twistmagazine.com/posts/lizzy-greene-birthday-see-the-nickelodeon-actress-red-carpet-transformation-131264/photos/lizzy-greene-kcas-2014-248832|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 5, 2017|title=Total Transformation: See Lizzy Greene's Red Carpet Evolution in 14 Pics|work=Twist Magazine}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Charli D'Amelio]], American social media influencer and dancer<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 14, 2020|title=TikTok Star Charli D'Amelio Has No Idea How She Got So Famous|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/amp31019692/who-is-charli-damelio-tiktok/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222200149/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/amp31019692/who-is-charli-damelio-tiktok/|archive-date=February 22, 2020|access-date=March 21, 2020|website=[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Linda Fruhvirtová]], Czech tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/329627/linda-fruhvirtova |title=Profile: Linda Fruhvirtova|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=17 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Lewis Miley]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Lewis Miley|url= https://www.premierleague.com/en/players/547719/lewis-miley/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=1 May 2026}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[408]] &ndash; [[Arcadius]], Byzantine emperor from 383 to 408 (born 377)<ref>[[Socrates Scholasticus]] [https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/26016.htm VI, 23]; ''[[Chronicon_Paschale]]'' [[iarchive:chronicon-p/page/61/mode/1up|408.]]</ref>
* [[558]] &ndash; [[Saint Marcouf|Marcouf]], Christian abbot and saint<ref>{{Cite book |last=Butler |first=Alban |url=https://catholicsaints.info/butlers-lives-of-the-saints-saint-marcou-or-marculfus-abbot/ |title=Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints |year=1866 |chapter=Saint Marcou, or Marculfus, Abbot |access-date=18 May 2026 |via=CatholicSaints.Info}}</ref>
* [[908]] &ndash; [[Wang Zongji]], Chinese prince and [[pretender]]<ref name="ZZTJ266">''[[Zizhi Tongjian]]'', [[:zh:s:資治通鑑/卷266|vol. 266]].</ref><ref>[http://sinocal.sinica.edu.tw/ Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter].</ref>
*[[1118]] &ndash; [[Matilda of Scotland]], Queen of England from 1100 to 1118 (born 1080)<ref>{{cite web |title=Matilda (Maud) wife of Henry I |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/matilda-maud-wife-of-henry-i |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=16 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1171]] &ndash; [[Diarmait Mac Murchada]], [[King of Leinster]] from 1127 to 1171 (born 1110)<ref name="brit">The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica (30 April 2024). [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dermot-MacMurrough "Dermot Macmurrough"]. ''[[Encyclopedia Britannica]]''. Retrieved on 19 October 2024.</ref>
*[[1187]] &ndash; [[Roger de Moulins]], [[Grand Master (order)|Grand Master]] of the [[Knights Hospitaller]]<ref name=":22">Baldwin, Marshall W. (1969). "[http://images.library.wisc.edu/History/EFacs/HistCrus/0001/0001/reference/history.crusone.i0034.pdf Chapter XIX. The Decline and Fall of Jerusalem, 1174-1189]". In [[Setton, Kenneth Meyer|Setton, Kenneth M.]]; Baldwin, Marshall W. (eds.). ''A History of the Crusades: Volume One. The First Hundred Years''. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 590-621.</ref>
*[[1255]] &ndash; [[Walter de Gray]], English prelate and statesman<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Fryde |first1=E. B. |author-link1=E. B. Fryde |title=Handbook of British Chronology |last2=Greenway |first2=D. E. |last3=Porter |first3=S. |last4=Roy |first4=I. |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1996 |isbn=0-521-56350-X |edition=Third revised |location=Cambridge, UK |page=279}}</ref>
*[[1278]] &ndash; [[William of Villehardouin|William II of Villehardouin]], Prince of Achaea from 1246 to 1278<ref>{{Cite book |last=Setton |first=Kenneth M. |author-link=Kenneth M. Setton |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5Gm79HuBY0cC/ |title=The Papacy and the Levant (1204–1571) |publisher=The American Philosophical Society |year=1976 |isbn=0-87169-114-0 |volume=I: The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries |location=Philadelphia |page=127}}</ref>
*[[1308]] &ndash; [[Albert I of Germany]] (born 1255)<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 January 2016 |title=Notice de personne: Albert Ier (1255-1308; empereur germanique) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16296186g |access-date=May 15, 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1539]] &ndash; [[Isabella of Portugal]] (born 1503)<ref>{{cite web |title=Isabella of Portugal |url=https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/italianmasterpieces/about/patronage/patron-data/isabel-of-portugal.html |website=www.ngv.vic.gov.au |access-date=24 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[1555]] &ndash; [[Pope Marcellus II]] (born 1501)<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 February 2012 |title=Notice de personne: Marcel II (1501-1555; pape) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb165400491 |access-date=May 15, 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1572]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius V]] (born 1504)<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Pius V {{!}} pope {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Pius-V |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=23 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1668]] &ndash; [[Frans Luycx]], Flemish painter (born 1604)<ref name="bom">Ernst Ebenstein, ''Der Hofmaler Frans Luycx: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Malerei am österreichischen Hofe'' in: Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen des Allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses (ab 1919 Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen in Wien); 26, p. 183-254 {{in lang|de}}</ref>
*[[1730]] &ndash; [[François de Troy]], French painter and engraver (born 1645)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Troy, François de |encyclopedia=Benezit Dictionary of Artists |year=2011 |via=Oxford Art Online |doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00185626}}</ref>
*[[1731]] &ndash; [[Johann Ludwig Bach]], German violinist and composer (born 1677)<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 August 2023 |title=Notice de personne: Bach, Johann Ludwig (1677-1731) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14055894b |access-date=15 May 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France}}</ref>
*[[1738]] &ndash; [[Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle]], English politician, [[First Lord of the Treasury]] (born 1669)<ref>{{Cite DNB|wstitle=Howard, Charles (1674-1738)|short=1|volume=28}}</ref>
*[[1772]] &ndash; [[Gottfried Achenwall]], Polish-German historian, economist, and jurist (born 1719)<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 June 2019 |title=Notice de personne: Achenwall, Gottfried (1719-1772) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12005485z |access-date=14 May 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Bessières]], French general (born 1768)<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 March 2019 |title=Notice de personne: Bessières, Jean-Baptiste (1768-1813 ; duc d'Istrie) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12526333z |access-date=14 May 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Antoine Louis Dugès]], French obstetrician and naturalist (born 1797)<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 July 2016 |title=Notice de personne: Dugès, Antoine (1797-1838) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb166492388 |access-date=14 May 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[David Livingstone]], Scottish-English missionary and explorer (born 1813)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2025 |title=Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018579.html |access-date=May 14, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Antonín Dvořák]], Czech composer (born 1841)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2025 |title=Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81033190.html |access-date=May 13, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Grigorios Maraslis]], Greek philanthropist (born 1831)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.athensvoice.gr/archives/o-maikinas-grigoris-gr-maraslis | title=Ο μαικήνας Γρηγόρης Γρ. Μαρασλής | date=22 March 2013 |access-date=May 13, 2026|website=Athens Voice|last=Μαστρογιαννίτης|first=Δημήτρης|language=el}}</ref>
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[John Barclay Armstrong]], American Texas ranger (born 1850)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cutrer |first=Thomas W. |date=October 2, 2018 |title=John Barclay Armstrong: The Legacy of McNelly's Bulldog |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/armstrong-john-barclay |access-date=May 13, 2026 |website=Texas State Historical Association}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Princess Margaret of Connaught]], Crown Princess of Sweden (born 1882)<ref>{{cite news |title=Crown Princess of Sweden – Death After Short Illness|work=[[The Times]]|page=15|date=3 May 1920}}</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Henri Pélissier]], French cyclist (born 1889)<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 12, 2025 |title=Notice de personne: Pélissier, Henri (1889-1935) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb10698471m |access-date=May 13, 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Napoleon Soukatzidis]], Greek communist and trade unionist (born 1909)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rizospastis.gr/story.do?id=7929659 | title=200 παληκάρια διάβηκαν το δρόμο των Ηρώων | date=30 April 2014 |language=el|website=Rizospastis}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Joseph Goebbels]], German lawyer and politician, [[Chancellor of Germany]] (born 1897)<ref name=":1" />
*  1945   &ndash; [[Magda Goebbels]], German wife of [[Joseph Goebbels]] (born 1901)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Vidar |first=Sara |date=2022 |title=Magda Goebbels |url=https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/magda-goebbels |access-date=May 13, 2026 |website=EBSCO Research Starters}}</ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Everett Shinn]], American painter and illustrator (born 1876)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Everett Shinn collection, 1877-1958 |url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/everett-shinn-collection-9402/biographical-note |access-date=May 13, 2026 |website=Smithsonian}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[William Thomson Sloper]], American stockbroker and survivor of the [[Sinking of the Titanic|sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'']] (born 1883)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-05-30 |title=William Thompson Sloper : Titanic Survivor |url=https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/william-thompson-sloper.html |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=www.encyclopedia-titanica.org |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[LeRoy Samse]], American pole vaulter (born 1883)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78992|title=LeRoy Samse|work=Olympedia|access-date=May 13, 2026}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Charles Holden]], English architect, designed the [[Bristol Central Library]] (born 1875)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Holden, Charles Henry 1875 - 1960 |url=https://architecture.arthistoryresearch.net/architects/holden-charles-henry |access-date=May 13, 2026 |website=Art History Research}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Lope K. Santos]], Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1879)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2025 |title=Santos, Lope K. |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86108104.html |access-date=May 13, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Spike Jones]], American singer and bandleader (born 1911)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2025 |title=Jones, Spike, 1911-1965 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83196091.html |access-date=May 13, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Jack Adams]], Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (born 1895)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jack Adams #5 C |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jack-adams-8444861 |access-date=May 11, 2026 |website=National Hockey League}}</ref>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Harold Nicolson]], English author and politician (born 1886)<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 2, 1968 |title=Sir Harold Nicolson Dead at 81; Chronicler of Politics in Britain; Author and Former Diplomat Knew All Who Had Power '--Served in Parliament |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/05/02/archives/sir-harold-nicolson-dead-at-81-chronicler-of-politics-in-britain.html |access-date=May 11, 2026 |work=The New York Times |page=47}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Yi Un]], Korean crown prince (born 1897)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haan-su |first=Lee |date=30 April 2026 |title=Last Crown Princess Yi Bang-ja Mourns Son's Death After Korea Visit |url=https://www.chosun.com/english/travel-food-en/2026/04/30/W3SXP4ZDFFA4TGT7I5KVW74RIE/ |access-date=11 May 2026 |work=The Chosun Daily}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Asger Jorn]], Danish painter and sculptor (born 1914)<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |title=Asger Jorn|url=https://www.artnet.com/artists/asger-jorn/|access-date=2025-06-20|website=Artnet}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[T. R. M. Howard]], American surgeon and activist (born 1908)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. T.R.M. Howard Papers |url=https://www.chipublib.org/fa-t-r-m-howard-papers/ |access-date=May 10, 2026 |website=Chicago Public Library}}</ref>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Alexandros Panagoulis]], Greek poet and politician (born 1939)<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 2, 1976 |title=Greek Who Tried To Kill Junta Chief Dies in Car Crash |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/02/archives/greek-who-tried-to-kill-junta-chief-dies-in-car-crash.html |access-date=May 10, 2026 |work=The New York Times |page=18}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Aram Khachaturian]], Armenian composer and conductor (born 1903)<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 May 1978 |title=Khachaturian, a Leading Soviet Composer, Dies at 74 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/05/03/archives/khachaturian-a-leading-soviet-composer-dies-at-74-works-included.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123201105/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/05/03/archives/khachaturian-a-leading-soviet-composer-dies-at-74-works-included.html |archive-date=23 November 2018 |access-date=9 May 2026 |website=The New York Times}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[William Primrose]], Scottish viola player and educator (born 1903)<ref name="Dalton">{{cite journal|last=Dalton|first=David|title=Celebrating 100 Years: William Primrose's Life and Career|journal=Journal of the American Viola Society|volume=20|issue=1|pages=13–17|date=Spring 2004|access-date=2006-10-08|url=http://violaspace.com/avs/ks/site/JAVS/prim100V20N15.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423230917/http://violaspace.com/avs/ks/site/JAVS/prim100V20N15.pdf|url-status=usurped|archive-date=23 April 2016}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Jüri Lossmann]], Estonian long-distance runner (born 1891)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/67342|title=Jüri Lossmann|work=Olympedia|access-date=13 July 2021}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Denise Robins]], English journalist and author (born 1897)<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 9, 2023 |title=Notice de personne: Robins, Denise (1897-1985) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11922249n |access-date=May 9, 2026 |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Hylda Baker]], English comedian, actress and music hall performer (born 1905)<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 30, 2025 |title=Baker, Hylda, 1905-1986 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb97059434.html |access-date=May 9, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*  1986   &ndash; [[Hugo Peretti]], American songwriter and producer (born 1916)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2025 |title=Peretti, Hugo |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94092664.html |access-date=May 9, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Ben Lexcen]], Australian sailor and architect (born 1936)<ref>{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last1=Payne|first1=David|title=Lexcen, Benjamin (Ben) (1936–1988)|id2=lexcen-benjamin-ben-14154|accessdate=21 June 2018}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Sally Kirkland (editor)|Sally Kirkland]], American journalist (born 1912)<ref name="Obit">{{cite news|title=Sally Kirkland, 77, Editor at Life; Brought Readers European Styles|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/03/obituaries/sally-kirkland-77-editor-at-life-brought-readers-european-styles.html|accessdate=August 16, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 3, 1989|author=Bernadine Morris|agency=The New York Times Company}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[V. M. Panchalingam]], Sri Lankan civil servant (born 1934)<ref name="TT0589">{{cite journal|title=Jaffna Govt. Agent Shot Dead|journal=[[Tamil Times]]|date=May 1989|volume=VIII|issue=6|pages=17|url=http://noolaham.net/project/34/3322/3322.pdf|issn=0266-4488}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Patrice Tardif (politician)|Patrice Tardif]], Canadian farmer and politician (born 1904)<ref>{{Quebec MNA biography|tardif-patrice-5463}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Sergio Franchi]], Italian-American tenor and actor (born 1926)<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 3, 1990 |title=Sergio Franchi, 57, An Opera Aspirant Who Won Pop Fame |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/03/arts/sergio-franchi-57-an-opera-aspirant-who-won-p |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425040337/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/03/arts/sergio-franchi-57-an-opera-aspirant-who-won-pop-fame.html |archive-date=April 25, 2022 |access-date=May 8, 2026 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Richard Thorpe]], American director and screenwriter (born 1896)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2025 |title=Thorpe, Richard, 1896-1991 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86138344.html |access-date=May 8, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Pierre Bérégovoy]], French metallurgist and politician, [[Prime Minister of France]] (born 1925)<ref name="Simons">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/04/world/in-french-ex-premier-s-suicide-cries-of-j-accuse.html|title=In French Ex-Premier's Suicide, Cries of 'J'Accuse'|last=Simons|first=Marlise|work=The New York Times|date=4 May 1993|access-date=28 August 2009|archive-date=22 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622080241/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/04/world/in-french-ex-premier-s-suicide-cries-of-j-accuse.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Ranasinghe Premadasa]], Sri Lankan politician, 3rd [[President of Sri Lanka]] (born 1924)<ref>(April 6, 2008). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-srilanka-explosion-killings/factbox-sri-lankan-leaders-long-a-target-of-rebels-idUKSP31716020080406 "FACTBOX: Sri Lankan leaders, long a target of rebels"]. [[Reuters]]. Retrieved on May 2, 2023.</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Ayrton Senna]], Brazilian race car driver (born 1960)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Giles |date=May 1, 2024 |title=Ayrton Senna: 30 years since F1 lost its uncompromising, complex genius |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/may/01/ayrton-senna-30-years-f1-uncompromising-complex-genius |access-date=May 7, 2026 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Fernand Dumont]], Canadian sociologist, philosopher, and poet (born 1927)<ref name="canenc">[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fernand-dumont/ "Fernand Dumont"]. ''[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]'', 19 March 2008.</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Eldridge Cleaver]], American author and activist (born 1935)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2025 |title=Cleaver, Eldridge, 1935-1998 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50040972.html |access-date=May 7, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Steve Reeves]], American bodybuilder and actor (born 1926)<ref name="guardianObituary">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/may/06/guardianobituaries.filmnews|title=Steve Reeves: Putting muscle and myth in the movies|last=Lane|first=John Francis|date=June 5, 2000|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=[[London]]|access-date=November 23, 2025}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Miss Elizabeth]], American wrestler and manager (born 1960)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miss Elizabeth's profile |url=http://onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/e/elizabeth.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724193641/http://onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/e/elizabeth.html |archive-date=July 24, 2011 |access-date=June 14, 2011 |website=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref>
*  2003   &ndash; [[Wim van Est]], Dutch cyclist (born 1923)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wim van Est |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=5065 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324094835/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=5065 |archive-date=March 24, 2012 |access-date=March 24, 2012 |website=Cycling Archives}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Kenneth Clark (psychologist)|Kenneth Clark]], American psychologist and academic (born 1914)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2025 |title=Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914-2005 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50038687.html |access-date=May 6, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Anthony Mamo]], Maltese judge and politician, 1st [[President of Malta]] (born 1909)<ref>[https://www.timesofmalta.com/mobile/articles/view/20080502/local/maltas-first-president-dies-aged-99.206389 Malta's first President dies aged 99] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911151940/https://www.timesofmalta.com/mobile/articles/view/20080502/local/maltas-first-president-dies-aged-99.206389|date=11 September 2018}}, ''[[Times of Malta]]'', 2 May 2008</ref>
*  2008   &ndash; [[Philipp von Boeselager]], German soldier and economist (born 1917)<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 August 2025 |title=Boeselager, Philipp von, 1917-2008 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95077037.html |access-date=6 May 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Helen Wagner]], American actress (born 1918)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=Helen Wagner, Longtime Actress on 'As the World Turns', Dies at 91|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/arts/04wagner.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 3, 2010|access-date=September 6, 2012|issn=0362-4331|first=Dennis|last=Hevesi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906074540/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/arts/04wagner.html|archive-date=September 6, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Henry Cooper]], English boxer (born 1934)<ref name="G obit">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2011/may/01/sir-henry-cooper-obituary|title=Sir Henry Cooper obituary|first=John|last=Samuel|work=The Guardian|date=1 May 2011|access-date=3 May 2011}}</ref>
*  2011   &ndash; [[Ted Lowe]], English sportscaster (born 1920)<ref name="bbcobituary">{{cite news |title=Snooker commentator 'Whispering' Ted Lowe dies at 90|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/13253010|work=BBC News|date=1 May 2011|access-date=12 February 2018|archive-date=17 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417110226/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/13253010|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[James Kinley]], Canadian engineer and politician, 29th [[Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia]] (born 1925)<ref name="Kinley dies at 86">{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/91858-former-lieutenant-governor-kinley-dies-at-86|title=Former lieutenant-governor Kinley dies at 86|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=1 May 2012|access-date=2024-02-22|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510194907/http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/91858-former-lieutenant-governor-kinley-dies-at-86|archivedate=10 May 2012}}</ref>
*  2012   &ndash; [[Mordechai Virshubski]], German-Israeli lawyer and politician (born 1930)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zeiger |first=Asher |date=May 1, 2012 |title=Former MK Mordechai Virshubski dies at 82 |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-mk-mordechai-virshubski-dies-at-82/ |access-date=May 4, 2026 |website=The Times of Israel}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Chris Kelly (rapper)|Chris Kelly]], American rapper  (born 1978)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsone.com/2429051/chris-kelly-kris-kross-dead|journal=NewsOne for Black America|title=UPDATE: Kris Kross Rapper, Chris 'Mac Daddy' Kelly, Dead At 34 From Suspected Drug Overdose [VIDEO]|date=May 1, 2013|author=Staff}}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Adamu Atta]], Nigerian lawyer and politician, 5th [[List of Governors of Kwara State|Governor of Kwara State]] (born 1927)<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 1, 2014 |title=Ex-Kwara governor Attah is dead |url=https://thenationonlineng.net/ex-kwara-governor-attah-dies/#google_vignette |location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=May 4, 2026 |newspaper=[[The Nation (Nigeria)|The Nation]]}}</ref>
*  2014   &ndash; [[Radhia Cousot]], French computer scientist and academic (born 1947)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cousot, Radhia |url=https://www.nli.org.il/en/authorities/987007422664505171 |access-date=May 4, 2026 |website=The National Library of Israel}}</ref>
*  2014   &ndash; [[Assi Dayan]], Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1945)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kershner|first=Isabel|date=2014-05-03|title=Assi Dayan, a Celebrated Actor and Filmmaker in Israel, Dies at 68|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/03/arts/assi-dayan-israeli-actor-and-filmmaker-dies-at-68.html|access-date=2021-10-24|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*  2014   &ndash; [[Juan de Dios Castillo]], Mexican footballer and coach (born 1951)<ref>{{cite news|title=Muere Juan de Dios "Cuate" Castillo, ex seleccionador de Honduras|url=http://www.laprensa.hn/deportes/selecci%C3%B3n/705187-98/muere-el-cuate-castillo-ex-seleccionador-de-honduras|access-date=2 May 2014|newspaper=La Prensa|date=1 May 2014|language=es}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Geoff Duke]], English-Manx motorcycle racer (born 1923)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Oxley |first=Mat |author-link=Mat Oxley |date=8 May 2015 |title=Geoff Duke obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/may/08/geoff-duke-obituary |access-date=May 4, 2026 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [[Vafa Guluzade]], Azerbaijani political scientist, academic, and diplomat (born 1940)<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2, 2015 |title=Vafa Guluzade, veteran Azerbaijani diplomat dies |url=https://www.commonspace.eu/vafa-guluzade-veteran-azerbaijani-diplomat-dies |access-date=May 4, 2026 |website=commonspace.eu}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [[María Elena Velasco]], Mexican actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (born 1940)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2025 |title=Velasco, María Elena |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2004115520.html |access-date=May 4, 2026 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [[Grace Lee Whitney]], American actress (born 1930)<ref>{{cite web |title=Grace Lee Whitney |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/13212557.grace-lee-whitney/ |website=HeraldScotland |date=6 May 2015 |access-date=22 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Olympia Dukakis]], American actress (born 1931)<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Barnes|first1=Mike|last2=Byrge|first2=Duane|date=2021-05-01|title=Olympia Dukakis, Oscar Winner for 'Moonstruck,' Dies at 89|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/olympia-dukakis-dead-moonstruck-oscar-winning-actress-89-1085431/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518153529/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/olympia-dukakis-dead-moonstruck-oscar-winning-actress-89-1085431/|archive-date=2021-05-18|access-date=2021-07-19|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Gordon Lightfoot]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1938)<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Morris|first1=Chris|date=2023-05-01|title=Gordon Lightfoot, Folk Singer Who Topped Charts With 'Sundown' and 'If You Could Read My Mind', Dies at 84|url=https://variety.com/2023/music/obituaries-people-news/gordon-lightfoot-dead-edmund-fitzgerald-folk-singer-1235600585/|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[feast day]]:
** [[Aldebrandus]]<ref name="MRomanum"/>
** [[Amator]]<ref name="MRomanum"/>
** [[Andeolus]]<ref name="MRomanum">{{cite book |title=Martyrologium Romanum |date=2004 |url=https://archive.org/details/MartRom2004/page/263/mode/1up |access-date=29 April 2024 |language=la}}</ref>
** [[Aredius of Gap]]<ref name="MRomanum"/>
** [[Saint Asaph|Asaph]]<ref name="MRomanum"/>
** [[Augustin Schoeffler]], [[Jean-Louis Bonnard]] (part of [[Vietnamese Martyrs]])<ref name="MRomanum"/>
** [[Benedict of Szkalka]]
** [[Bertha of Val d'Or]]<ref name="dunbar-117">Dunbar, Agnes B.C. (1901). ''A Dictionary of Saintly Women''. Volume 1. London: George Bell & Sons. pp. 117−118.</ref><ref name="encyclopedia">{{Cite book|title=Catholic Encyclopedia|publisher=Appleton|year=1907|location=New York|pages=519}}</ref>
** [[Saint Brioc|Brioc]]<ref name="MRomanum"/>
** [[James, son of Alphaeus|James the Less]] ([[Anglican Communion]])
** [[Jeremiah]]<ref name="MRomanum"/>
** [[Saint Joseph|Saint Joseph the Worker]] ([[Roman Catholic]])<ref name="MRomanum"/>
** [[Julian of Bale]]<ref name="MRomanum"/>
** Blessed [[Klymentiy Sheptytsky]] ([[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]])<ref name="MRomanum"/>
** [[Mafalda of Portugal]]<ref name="MRomanum"/>
** [[Saint Marcouf|Marcouf]]<ref name="MRomanum"/>
** [[Orientius]]<ref name="MRomanum"/>
** [[Peregrine Laziosi]]<ref name="MRomanum"/>
** [[Philip the Apostle]] ([[Anglican Communion]], [[Lutheran Church]])
** [[Richard Pampuri]]<ref name="MRomanum"/>
** [[Seven Apostolic Men]]<ref name="MRomanum"/>
*** [[Caecilius of Elvira]]<ref name="MRomanum"/>
*** [[Ctesiphon of Vergium]]<ref name="MRomanum"/>
*** [[Euphrasius of Illiturgis]]<ref name="MRomanum"/>
*** [[Hesychius of Cazorla]]<ref name="MRomanum"/>
*** [[Indaletius]]<ref name="MRomanum"/>
*** [[Secundus of Abula]]<ref name="MRomanum"/>
*** [[Torquatus of Acci]]<ref name="MRomanum"/>
** [[Sigismund of Burgundy]]<ref name="MRomanum"/>
** [[Theodard]]<ref name="CatholicTheodard">{{cite web |title=St. Theodard - Saints & Angels |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2202 |website=Catholic Online |access-date=29 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="MRomanum"/>
** [[Saint Ultan|Ultan]]
** [[May 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Armed Forces Day]] ([[Mauritania]])
* [[Constitution Day]] ([[Argentina]], [[Latvia]], [[Marshall Islands]])
* Commemoration of the states of [[Maharashtra]] and [[Gujarat]] following the foundation of [[Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti]] (India):
** [[Maharashtra Day]]
* [[International Sunflower Guerrilla Gardening Day]] 
* [[Lei Day]] ([[Hawaii]])
* [[International Workers' Day]] or [[Labour Day]] ([[International observance|International]]), and its related observances:
** [[Law Day (United States)]], formerly intended to counterbalance the celebration of [[Labour Day]]. (United States)
** [[Loyalty Day]], formerly intended to counterbalance the celebration of [[Labour Day]]. (United States)
* [[May Day]] (beginning of Summer) observances in the Northern hemisphere ''(see [[April 30]])'':
**[[Calan Mai]] ([[Wales]])
**[[Beltane]] ([[Gaels|Gaelic]])

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/1 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=5|day=1}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/1 Historical Events on May 1]

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[[Category:Days of May]]