Famous Birthdays for May 7th

Pre-1600[edit]

• Before 160 – Julia Maesa, Roman noblewoman (d. 224)^[19]
• 1488 – John III of the Palatinate, archbishop of Regensburg (d. 1538)
• 1530 – Louis, Prince of Condé (d. 1569)^[20]
• 1553 – Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia (d. 1618)
• 1605 – Patriarch Nikon of Moscow (d. 1681)
• 1643 – Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician, 10th Mayor of New York City (d. 1700)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1700 – Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian physician (d. 1772)
• 1701 – Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer (d. 1759)^[21]
• 1711 – David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (d. 1776)^[22]
• 1724 – Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal (d. 1797)
• 1740 – Nikolai Arkharov, Russian police officer and general (d. 1814)
• 1748 – Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and philosopher (d. 1793)^[23]
• 1763 – Józef Poniatowski, Polish general (d. 1813)
• 1767 – Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia (d. 1820)
• 1774 – William Bainbridge, American commodore (d. 1833)
• 1787 – Jacques Viger, Canadian archaeologist and politician, 1st mayor of Montreal (d. 1858)
• 1812 – Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (d. 1889)^[24]
• 1833 – Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (d. 1897)^[25]
• 1836 – Joseph Gurney Cannon, American lawyer and politician, 40th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1926)
• 1837 – Karl Mauch, German geographer and explorer (d. 1875)
• 1840 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer and educator (d. 1893)
• 1845 – Mary Eliza Mahoney, American nurse and activist (d. 1926)
• 1847 – Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1929)
• 1857 – William A. MacCorkle, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (d. 1930)
• 1860 – Tom Norman, English businessman (d. 1930)
• 1861 – Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)^[26]
• 1867 – Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925)
• 1875 – Bill Hoyt, American pole vaulter (d. 1951)
• 1880 – Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee (d. 1972)
• 1881 – George E. Wiley, American cyclist (d. 1954)
• 1882 – Willem Elsschot, Belgian author and poet (d. 1960)
• 1885 – George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor (d. 1969)
• 1889 – Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (d. 1943)
• 1891 – Harry McShane, Scottish engineer and activist (d. 1988)
• 1892 – Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer (d. 1982)
• 1892 – Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia (d. 1980)
• 1893 – Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey coach and manager (d. 1985)
• 1896 – Kathleen McKane Godfree, English tennis and badminton player (d. 1992)
• 1899 – Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic (d. 1998)

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Gary Cooper, American actor (d. 1961)^[27]
• 1903 – Jimmy Ball, Canadian sprinter (d. 1988)
• 1903 – Nikolay Zabolotsky, Russian-Soviet poet and translator (d. 1958)^[28]
• 1905 – Philip Baxter, Welsh-Australian chemical engineer (d. 1989)^[29]
• 1906 – Eric Krenz, American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1931)
• 1909 – Edwin H. Land, American scientist and inventor, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation (d. 1991)
• 1909 – Dorothy Sunrise Lorentino, Native American teacher (d. 2005) ^[30]
• 1911 – Ishirō Honda, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
• 1911 – Rıfat Ilgaz, Turkish author, poet, and educator (d. 1993)
• 1912 – Pannalal Patel, Indian author (d. 1989)
• 1913 – John Spencer Hardy, American general (d. 2012)
• 1913 – Simon Ramo, American physicist and engineer (d. 2016)
• 1914 – Arthur Snelling, English civil servant and diplomat. British Ambassador to South Africa (d. 1996)
• 1916 – Huw Wheldon, Welsh-English broadcaster (d. 1986)
• 1916 – W. B. Young, Scottish rugby player and physician (d. 2013)
• 1917 – Domenico Bartolucci, Italian cardinal and composer (d. 2013)
• 1917 – Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant (d. 2020)
• 1917 – David Tomlinson, English actor (d. 2000)
• 1919 – Eva Perón, Argentinian actress, 25th First Lady of Argentina (d. 1952)
• 1920 – Rendra Karno, Indonesian actor (d. 1985)
• 1921 – Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs, English historian and academic (d. 2016)^[31]
• 1921 – Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer and author (d. 1985)
• 1922 – Darren McGavin, American actor and director (d. 2006)
• 1922 – Joe O'Donnell, American photographer and journalist (d. 2007)
• 1923 – Anne Baxter, American actress (d. 1985)
• 1923 – Jim Lowe, American singer-songwriter, disc jockey, and radio host (d. 2016)
• 1923 – Bülent Ulusu, Turkish admiral and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2015)
• 1924 – Albert Band, French-American director and producer (d. 2002)
• 1925 – Lauri Vaska, Estonian-American chemist and academic (d. 2015)
• 1927 – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German-American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Dick Williams, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2011)
• 1930 – Totie Fields, American comedian and author (d. 1978)
• 1930 – Babe Parilli, American football player and coach (d. 2017)
• 1930 – John Smith, Baron Kirkhill, English politician
• 1931 – Teresa Brewer, American singer (d. 2007)
• 1931 – Gene Wolfe, American author (d. 2019)
• 1932 – Jordi Bonet, Spanish-Canadian painter and sculptor (d. 1979)
• 1932 – Alan Cuthbert, English pharmacologist and academic (d. 2016)
• 1932 – Pete Domenici, American lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Albuquerque (d. 2017)
• 1932 – Derek Taylor, English journalist and author (d. 1997)
• 1933 – Johnny Unitas, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2002)
• 1935 – Avraham Heffner, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 1935 – Michael Hopkins, English architect
• 1936 – Robin Hanbury-Tenison, English explorer and author
• 1936 – Tony O'Reilly, Irish rugby player and businessman
• 1936 – Jimmy Ruffin, American soul singer (d. 2014)
• 1937 – Eddie Clayton, English footballer^[32]
• 1937 – Claude Raymond, Canadian baseball player and coach
• 1939 – Sidney Altman, Canadian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2022)
• 1939 – Ruggero Deodato, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1939 – Ruud Lubbers, Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2018)
• 1939 – Johnny Maestro, American pop/doo-wop singer (d. 2010)
• 1939 – Clive Soley, Baron Soley, English politician
• 1940 – Angela Carter, English novelist and short story writer (d. 1992)
• 1940 – Dave Chambers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1941 – Lawrence Collins, Baron Collins of Mapesbury, English lawyer and judge
• 1943 – Terry Allen, American singer and painter
• 1943 – Harvey Andrews, English singer-songwriter and poet
• 1943 – John Bannon, Australian academic and politician, 39th Premier of South Australia (d. 2015)
• 1943 – Peter Carey, Australian novelist and short story writer
• 1945 – Christy Moore, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 – Robin Strasser, American actress
• 1946 – Thelma Houston, American R&B/disco singer and actress
• 1946 – Marv Hubbard, American football player (d. 2015)
• 1946 – Bill Kreutzmann, American drummer
• 1946 – Michael Rosen, English author and poet
• 1946 – Brian Turner, English chef and television host
• 1949 – Kathy Ahern, American golfer (d. 1996)
• 1949 – Deborah Butterfield, American sculptor^[33]
• 1950 – John Dowling Coates, Australian lawyer, sports administrator and businessman
• 1950 – Randall "Tex" Cobb, American boxer and actor
• 1950 – Tim Russert, American television journalist and lawyer (d. 2008)
• 1953 – Pat McInally, American football player and coach
• 1953 – Ian McKay, English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1982)
• 1954 – Philippe Geluck, Belgian cartoonist
• 1954 – Joanna Haigh, English meteorologist and physicist
• 1954 – Amy Heckerling, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 – Clément Gignac, Canadian politician
• 1955 – Axel Zwingenberger, German pianist and songwriter
• 1956 – Jan Peter Balkenende, Dutch jurist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1956 – Anne Dudley, English pianist and composer
• 1956 – Nicholas Hytner, English director and producer^[34]
• 1956 – Jean Lapierre, Canadian talk show host and politician (d. 2016)
• 1956 – Calum MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician
• 1957 – Kristina M. Johnson, American business executive, engineer, academic, and government official
• 1958 – Mikhail Biryukov, Russian footballer and manager
• 1958 – Mark G. Kuzyk, American physicist and academic
• 1958 – Anne Marie Rafferty, English nurse and academic
• 1959 – Michael E. Knight, American actor
• 1959 – Tony Sealy, English footballer and manager^[35]
• 1959 – Heiki Valk, Estonian archeologist and academic
• 1960 – Adam Bernstein, American director and screenwriter
• 1960 – Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham, Iraqi-English surgeon and academic
• 1960 – Almudena Grandes, Spanish author
• 1961 – Hans-Peter Bartels, German politician
• 1961 – Sue Black, Scottish anthropologist and academic
• 1961 – Ivar Must, Estonian composer and producer
• 1962 – Tony Campbell, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 – Judith Donath, American computer scientist and academic
• 1964 – Ronnie Harmon, American football player
• 1964 – Denis Mandarino, Brazilian guitarist, composer, and painter
• 1964 – Leslie O'Neal, American football player
• 1965 – Reuben Davis, American football player
• 1965 – Owen Hart, Canadian wrestler (d. 1999)
• 1965 – Norman Whiteside, Northern Irish footballer and manager
• 1965 – Huang Zhihong, Chinese shot putter
• 1967 – Martin Bryant, Australian mass murderer
• 1967 – Adam Price, Danish chef and screenwriter
• 1967 – Joe Rice, American colonel and politician
• 1968 – Traci Lords, American actress and singer
• 1968 – Lisa Raitt, Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Canadian Minister of Transport
• 1969 – Eagle-Eye Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter^[36]
• 1969 – Jun Falkenstein, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 – Katerina Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player
• 1971 – Reidar Horghagen, Norwegian drummer
• 1971 – Dave Karpa, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1971 – Thomas Piketty, French economist^[37]
• 1972 – Peter Dubovský, Czech-Slovak footballer (d. 2000)
• 1972 – Frank Trigg, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
• 1973 – Kristian Lundin, Swedish songwriter and producer
• 1973 – Paolo Savoldelli, Italian cyclist
• 1974 – Ian Pearce, English footballer and assistant manager^[38]
• 1975 – Ashley Cowan, English cricketer
• 1976 – Calvin Booth, American basketball player^[39]
• 1976 – Berke Hatipoğlu, Turkish guitarist and songwriter
• 1976 – Stacey Jones, New Zealand rugby league player^[40]
• 1976 – Andrea Lo Cicero, Italian rugby player^[41]
• 1976 – Michael P. Murphy, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2005)
• 1976 – Ayelet Shaked, former Israeli Minister of Justice
• 1977 – Elton Flatley, Australian rugby player
• 1978 – Stian Arnesen, Norwegian guitarist, drummer, and songwriter
• 1978 – James Carter, American hurdler^[42]
• 1978 – Shawn Marion, American basketball player
• 1979 – Katie Douglas, American basketball player
• 1983 – Phionah Atuhebwe, Ugandan vaccinologist and immunization expert^[43]
• 1984 – Kevin Owens, Canadian wrestler
• 1985 – Jarrad Hickey, Australian rugby league player
• 1985 – Drew Neitzel, American basketball player
• 1986 – Matt Helders, English drummer
• 1987 – Asami Konno, Japanese singer
• 1987 – Michael Maidens, English footballer (d. 2007)
• 1987 – Mark Reynolds, Scottish footballer^[44]
• 1987 – David Schlemko, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Eino Puri, Estonian footballer^[45]
• 1988 – Sander Puri, Estonian footballer^[46]
• 1989 – Earl Thomas, American football player^[47]
• 1993 – Ajla Tomljanovic, Australian tennis player^[48]
• 1995 – Seko Fofana, French born Ivorian international footballer^[49]
• 1997 – Daria Kasatkina, Russian tennis player^[50][51]
• 1998 – Maryna Piddubna, Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer^[52]
• 1998 – Jesse Puljujärvi, Finnish ice hockey player^[53]
• 1998 – MrBeast, American YouTuber^[54]
• 2004 – Ashlyn Krueger, American tennis player^[55]