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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [946](/source/946) – [Emperor Suzaku](/source/Emperor_Suzaku) abdicates the throne in favor of his brother [Murakami](/source/Emperor_Murakami) who becomes the 62nd emperor of [Japan](/source/Japan).
* [999](/source/999_AD) – Rebel Turkish warlord [Mahmud of Ghazni](/source/Mahmud_of_Ghazni) defeats [Samanid](/source/Samanid_Empire) Emir [Mansur II](/source/Mansur_II) in [battle at Merv](/source/Ghaznavid%E2%80%93Samanid_war).[{{cite book |title=A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire |date=2006 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Basingstoke [England] ; New York |isbn=978-1-4039-1774-4 |page=342}}]
*[1003](/source/1003) – Patrician [John Crescentius](/source/John_Crescentius), who has seized control of Rome, selects [Pope John XVII](/source/Pope_John_XVII) as the new pope.[{{cite book |title=A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire |date=2006 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Basingstoke [England] ; New York |isbn=978-1-4039-1774-4 |page=345}}]
*[1204](/source/1204) – [Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders](/source/Baldwin_I_of_Constantinople) is crowned as the first [Emperor](/source/Emperor) of the [Latin Empire](/source/Latin_Empire).[{{cite book|last=Lock|first=Peter|title=The Franks in the Aegean: 1204–1500|location=New York|publisher=Routledge|date=2013|isbn=9780582051393|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4oqrAgAAQBAJ|page=310}}]
*[1364](/source/1364) – [Hundred Years' War](/source/Hundred_Years'_War): [Bertrand du Guesclin](/source/Bertrand_du_Guesclin) and a French army defeat the Anglo-Navarrese army of [Charles the Bad](/source/Charles_the_Bad) at [Cocherel](/source/Battle_of_Cocherel).[{{cite book|author=S. H. Cuttler|title=The Law of Treason and Treason Trials in Later Medieval France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rVHPC_QVLB0C&pg=PA172|accessdate=5 May 2013|date=18 December 2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-52643-2|page=172}}]
*[1426](/source/1426) – Gov. [Thado of Mohnyin](/source/Mohnyin_Thado) becomes King of [Ava](/source/Ava_Kingdom).[{{cite book|author=Maha Sithu|title=[Yazawin Thit](/source/Yazawin_Thit)|publisher=Ya-Pyei Publishing|location=Yangon|orig-year=1798|year=2012|edition=2nd printing|language=my|volume=1–3|editor1=Myint Swe|editor2=Kyaw Win|editor3=Thein Hlaing}}; Thursday, 10th waxing of [Nayon](/source/Nayon) 788 [ME](/source/Burmese_calendar) = 16 May 1426]
*[1527](/source/1527) – The Florentines drive out the [Medici](/source/Medici) for a second time and [Florence](/source/Florence) re-establishes itself as [a republic](/source/Republic_of_Florence).
*[1532](/source/1532) – Sir [Thomas More](/source/Thomas_More) resigns as [Lord Chancellor](/source/Lord_Chancellor) of [England](/source/Kingdom_of_England).
*[1568](/source/1568) – [Mary, Queen of Scots](/source/Mary%2C_Queen_of_Scots), flees to England.[{{cite book|last=Wagner|first=John|title=Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World: Britain, Ireland, Europe, and America|location=New York|publisher=The Oryx Press|date=2002|isbn=9780816046577|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjfwNlN1sWYC|page=xxii}}]
*[1584](/source/1584) – [Santiago de Vera](/source/Santiago_de_Vera) becomes sixth governor-general of the Spanish colony of the [Philippines](/source/Philippines).
===1601–1900===
*[1739](/source/1739) – The [Battle of Vasai](/source/Battle_of_Vasai) concludes as the [Marathas](/source/Maratha_Confederacy) defeat the [Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_Empire) army.
*[1770](/source/1770) – The 14-year-old [Marie Antoinette](/source/Marie_Antoinette) marries 15-year-old [Louis-Auguste, Dauphin de France](/source/Louis_XVI), who later becomes king of [France](/source/Early_modern_France).[{{cite book|last=Lever|first=Evelyne|title=Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France|location=New York|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|date=2001|isbn=9780312283339|url=https://archive.org/details/marieantoinette00evel|url-access=registration|pages=[https://archive.org/details/marieantoinette00evel/page/22 22]–24}}]
*[1771](/source/1771) – The [Battle of Alamance](/source/Battle_of_Alamance), a pre-[American Revolutionary War](/source/American_Revolution) battle between local [militia](/source/militia) and a group of rebels called The "[Regulators](/source/War_of_the_Regulation)", occurs in present-day [Alamance County, North Carolina](/source/Alamance_County%2C_North_Carolina).
*[1777](/source/1777) – [Continental Army](/source/Continental_Army) officer [Lachlan McIntosh](/source/Lachlan_McIntosh) fatally wounds [Button Gwinnett](/source/Button_Gwinnett), a signer of the [United States Declaration of Independence](/source/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence), in [a duel](/source/Gwinnett%E2%80%93McIntosh_duel) in [Savannah, Georgia](/source/Savannah%2C_Georgia).[{{Cite book |last=Gamble |first=Thomas |author-link=Thomas Gamble (mayor) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d5U-AAAAYAAJ |title=Savannah Duels and Duellists, 1733–1877 |publisher=Review Publishing & Printing Company |year=1923 |location=Savannah, Georgia |page=15 |oclc=1450131}}]
*[1811](/source/1811) – [Peninsular War](/source/Peninsular_War): The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom fight an inconclusive battle against the French at the [Albuera](/source/Battle_of_Albuera).[{{cite book| last = Esdaile| first = Charles| publication-date = 2002| year = 2002| title = The Peninsular War| publisher = [Penguin Books](/source/Penguin_Books)| isbn = 978-0-14-027370-0| page = 340}}] It is, in proportion to the numbers involved, the bloodiest battle of the war.[{{cite book| last = Oman| first = Sir Charles| author-link = Charles Oman| publication-date = 2004| year = 1911| title = A History of the Peninsular War: Volume IV, December 1810 to December 1811| publisher = Greenhill Books| isbn = 978-1-85367-618-5| page = 393}}]
*[1812](/source/1812) – [Imperial Russia](/source/Imperial_Russia) signs the [Treaty of Bucharest](/source/Treaty_of_Bucharest_(1812)), ending the [Russo-Turkish War](/source/Russo-Turkish_War_(1806%E2%80%9312)). The [Ottoman Empire](/source/Ottoman_Empire) cedes [Bessarabia](/source/Bessarabia) to Russia.[{{cite book|last=Crowe|first=David|title=A History of the Gypsies of Eastern Europe and Russia|location=New York|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|date=2011|isbn=9781403980090|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jVQBDgAAQBAJ|page=158}}]
*[1822](/source/1822) – [Greek War of Independence](/source/Greek_War_of_Independence): The [Turks](/source/Turkey) capture the Greek town of [Souli](/source/Souli).
*[1832](/source/1832) – [Juan Godoy](/source/Juan_Godoy) discovers the rich silver outcrops of [Chañarcillo](/source/Cha%C3%B1arcillo) sparking the [Chilean silver rush](/source/Chilean_silver_rush).[{{Cite book|title=Mitos de Chile: Enciclopedia de seres, apariciones y encantos|last=Montecino Aguirre|first=Sonia|publisher=[Catalonia](/source/Catalonia_(publisher)) |year=2015|isbn=978-956-324-375-8 |pages=47–48|chapter=Alicanto |language=es}}][{{cite book | title = Historia de Chile | language = es | trans-title = History of Chile | editor-last1 = Villalobos R. | editor-first1 = Sergio | editor-link1 = Sergio Villalobos | editor-last2 = Silva G. | editor-first2 = Osvaldo | editor-link2 = Osvaldo Silva | editor-last3 = Silva V. | editor-first3 = Fernando | editor-last4 = Patricio | editor-first4 = Estelle M. | year = 1995 | orig-year = 1974 | publisher = [Editorial Universitaria](/source/Editorial_Universitaria) | location = [Santiago de Chile](/source/Santiago_de_Chile) | pages = 469–472}}]
*[1834](/source/1834) – The [Battle of Asseiceira](/source/Battle_of_Asseiceira) is fought; it was the final and decisive engagement of the [Liberal Wars](/source/Liberal_Wars) in Portugal.
*[1842](/source/1842) – The first major [wagon train](/source/wagon_train) heading for the [Pacific Northwest](/source/Pacific_Northwest) sets out on the [Oregon Trail](/source/Oregon_Trail) from [Elm Grove, Missouri](/source/Elm_Grove%2C_Missouri), with 100 pioneers.[{{cite book|last1=Dicken|first1=Samuel N.|last2=Dicken|first2=Emily F.|title=The Making of Oregon: A Study in Historical Geography|location=Portland, Ore.|publisher=Oregon Historical Society|date=1979|isbn=9780875950631|page=72|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Byers|first=Roland O.|title=The Linchpin: The Oregon Trail in 1843|location=Moscow, Idaho|publisher=University Press of Idaho|date=1984|isbn=9780893010942|page=22|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Manwelleer|first=Mathew|title=Chronology of the U.S. Presidency|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2012|isbn=9781598846454|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uqB3ehA7M0oC|page=315}}]
*[1863](/source/1863) – [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War): During the [Vicksburg campaign](/source/Vicksburg_campaign), the decisive [Union](/source/Union_(American_Civil_War)) victory by [Ulysses S. Grant](/source/Ulysses_S._Grant) at the [Battle of Champion Hill](/source/Battle_of_Champion_Hill) drives the [Confederate army](/source/Confederate_army) under [John C. Pemberton](/source/John_C._Pemberton) back towards [Vicksburg, Mississippi](/source/Vicksburg%2C_Mississippi).[{{cite web|title=Battle of Champion Hill (May 16)|url=https://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/championhill.htm|website=NPS.gov|publisher=National Park Service|date=April 7, 2017|access-date=May 17, 2024}}]
*[1866](/source/1866) – The [United States Congress](/source/United_States_Congress) establishes the [nickel](/source/nickel_(United_States_coin)).[{{cite book|last1=Hudgeons|first1=Marc|last2=Hudgeons|first2=Tom|title=Official 2009 Blackbook Price Guide to United States Coins|location=New York|publisher=Random House Reference|date=2008|isbn=9780375721700|url=https://archive.org/details/official2009blac00hudg|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/official2009blac00hudg/page/290 290]}}]
*[1868](/source/1868) – The [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) fails to [convict](/source/Impeachment_of_Andrew_Johnson) President [Andrew Johnson](/source/Andrew_Johnson) by one vote.[{{cite book|last=Hearn|first=Chester G.|title=The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Co.|date=2007|isbn=9780786430963|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Tld3CpYawwC|page=201}}]
*[1874](/source/1874) – A flood on the [Mill River](/source/Mill_River_(Northampton%2C_Massachusetts)) in [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts) destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
*[1877](/source/1877) – The [16 May 1877 crisis](/source/16_May_1877_crisis) occurs in [France](/source/French_Third_Republic), ending with the dissolution of the [National Assembly](/source/French_Parliament) 22 June and affirming the interpretation of the [Constitution of 1875](/source/French_Constitutional_Laws_of_1875) as a [parliamentary](/source/parliamentary) rather than [presidential system](/source/presidential_system). The elections held in October 1877 led to the defeat of the [royalists](/source/Monarchism_in_France) as a formal political movement in France.[{{cite book|last=Fortescue|first=William|title=The Third Republic in France, 1870–1940: Conflicts and Continuities|location=London|publisher=Routledge|date=2001|isbn=0415169445|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CMxDwAAQBAJ|pages=33–34}}]
*[1888](/source/1888) – [Nikola Tesla](/source/Nikola_Tesla) delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of [alternating current](/source/alternating_current)s to [transmit electric power](/source/electric_power_transmission) over long distances.
*[1891](/source/1891) – The [International Electrotechnical Exhibition](/source/International_Electrotechnical_Exhibition) opens in [Frankfurt](/source/Frankfurt), Germany, featuring the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, [three-phase electric current](/source/Three-phase_electric_power) (the most common form today).
===1901–present===
*[1916](/source/1916) – The [United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland](/source/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland) and the [French Third Republic](/source/French_Third_Republic) sign the secret wartime [Sykes-Picot Agreement](/source/Sykes-Picot_Agreement) [partitioning former Ottoman territories](/source/partitioning_of_the_Ottoman_Empire) such as [Iraq](/source/Iraq) and [Syria](/source/Syria).
*[1918](/source/1918) – The [Sedition Act of 1918](/source/Sedition_Act_of_1918) is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
* 1918 – The [victory military parade](/source/1918_White_victory_parade_in_Helsinki) by the [Finnish White Guard](/source/White_Guard_(Finland)) is held in [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki) celebrating their decisive victory in the [Finnish Civil War](/source/Finnish_Civil_War).[{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2xCJBAAAQBAJ&q=finnish+victory+parade+1918&pg=PA307|title = The Finnish Civil War 1918: History, Memory, Legacy|date = 14 August 2014| publisher=BRILL |isbn = 9789004280717}}][{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B3n_BgAAQBAJ&q=finnish+victory+parade+1918&pg=PT69|title = Helsinki: A Cultural History|isbn = 9781623710606|last1 = Kent|first1 = Neil|date = 30 July 2014| publisher=Interlink }}] The day also begin to be celebrated on the [Defence Forces Flag Day](/source/Flag_Day_of_the_Finnish_Defence_Forces) before it is moved in 1942 to the [June 4th](/source/June_4th).[{{cite web|url=https://ruotuvaki.fi/-/helsingin-paraati-on-historian-nayttavin|title=Helsingin paraati on historian näyttävin|last=Laaksokari|first=Arttu|work=Ruotuväki|date=29 May 2017|access-date=5 May 2026|language=fi}}]
*[1919](/source/1919) – A naval [Curtiss NC-4](/source/Curtiss_NC-4) aircraft commanded by [Albert Cushing Read](/source/Albert_Cushing_Read) leaves [Trepassey](/source/Trepassey), [Newfoundland](/source/Newfoundland_and_Labrador), for [Lisbon](/source/Lisbon) via the [Azores](/source/Azores) on the first [transatlantic flight](/source/transatlantic_flight).
*[1920](/source/1920) – In Rome, [Pope Benedict XV](/source/Pope_Benedict_XV) [canonizes Joan of Arc](/source/Canonization_of_Joan_of_Arc).
*[1925](/source/1925) – The first modern performance of [Claudio Monteverdi](/source/Claudio_Monteverdi)'s opera ''[Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria](/source/Il_ritorno_d'Ulisse_in_patria)'' occurred in [Paris](/source/Paris).[{{cite book|author-link= Michael Kennedy (music critic)|last= Kennedy|first= Michael|title= Oxford Dictionary of Music|publisher= Oxford University Press|location= Oxford|year= 2006|isbn= 0-19-861459-4 |page=732}}]
*[1929](/source/1929) – In [Hollywood](/source/Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles), the [first](/source/1st_Academy_Awards) [Academy Awards](/source/Academy_Awards) ceremony takes place.
*[1943](/source/1943) – [The Holocaust](/source/The_Holocaust): The [Warsaw Ghetto Uprising](/source/Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising) ends.
*[1943](/source/1943) – [Operation Chastise](/source/Operation_Chastise) is undertaken by RAF Bomber Command with specially equipped [Avro Lancaster](/source/Avro_Lancaster)s to destroy the Mohne, Sorpe, and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley.[{{Cite web |title=The Incredible Story Of The Dambusters Raid |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-incredible-story-of-the-dambusters-raid |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Imperial War Museums |language=en}}]
*[1945](/source/1945) – Beginning of the [Levant Crisis](/source/Levant_Crisis) between Britain and France in Syria. The latter try to quell nationalist protests but backs down after threat of military action by the British.[{{cite book|last1=Dilks|first1=David|title=Churchill and Company: Allies and Rivals in War and Peace|date=30 January 2015|page= 150|publisher=I B Tauris|isbn=9781780769677}}]
*[1951](/source/1951) – The first regularly scheduled [transatlantic flight](/source/transatlantic_flight)s begin between Idlewild Airport (now [John F Kennedy International Airport](/source/John_F_Kennedy_International_Airport)) in New York City and [Heathrow Airport](/source/Heathrow_Airport) in London, operated by [El Al Israel Airlines](/source/El_Al_Israel_Airlines).
*[1954](/source/1954) – Beginning of the [Kengir uprising](/source/Kengir_uprising) in the [Gulag](/source/Gulag).[{{cite web |last1=Dunn |first1=Morgan |title=How The Prisoners Behind The Kengir Uprising Fought Back Against The Horrors Of The Gulag |url=https://allthatsinteresting.com/kengir-uprising |website=allthatsinteresting.com |date=15 May 2021 |access-date=1 April 2024}}]
*[1959](/source/1959) – The [Tritons' Fountain](/source/Tritons'_Fountain) in [Valletta, Malta](/source/Valletta) is turned on for the first time.[{{cite news|title=A historical perspective on the Triton Fountain restoration|url=http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2015-10-26/local-news/A-historical-perspective-on-the-Triton-Fountain-restoration-6736144156|work=[The Malta Independent](/source/The_Malta_Independent)|date=25 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217064944/http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2015-10-26/local-news/A-historical-perspective-on-the-Triton-Fountain-restoration-6736144156|archive-date=17 February 2017}}]
*[1960](/source/1960) – [Theodore Maiman](/source/Theodore_Maiman) operates the first [optical laser](/source/optical_laser) (a [ruby laser](/source/ruby_laser)), at [Hughes Research Laboratories](/source/Hughes_Research_Laboratories) in [Malibu, California](/source/Malibu%2C_California).
*[1961](/source/1961) – [Park Chung Hee](/source/Park_Chung_Hee) leads a [coup d'état](/source/May_16_coup) to overthrow the [Second Republic of South Korea](/source/Second_Republic_of_South_Korea).
*[1966](/source/1966) – The [Chinese Communist Party](/source/Chinese_Communist_Party) issues the "[May 16 Notice](/source/May_16_Notice)", marking the beginning of the [Cultural Revolution](/source/Cultural_Revolution).
*[1969](/source/1969) – [Venera program](/source/Venera_program): ''[Venera 5](/source/Venera_5)'', a Soviet [space probe](/source/space_probe), lands on [Venus](/source/Venus).
*[1972](/source/1972) – An [Antonov An-24](/source/Antonov_An-24) [crashes](/source/1972_Svetlogorsk_An-24_crash) into a [kindergarten](/source/kindergarten) building in [Svetlogorsk](/source/Svetlogorsk%2C_Kaliningrad_Oblast), killing 35.[{{cite news |last=Merkachova |first=Eva |date=2014-05-16 |title=Неизвестные факты о самой трагической авиакатастрофе в истории страны: падении самолёта на детский сад |trans-title=Unknown facts about the most tragic air disaster in the country's history: the plane crash into a kindergarten |url=http://www.mk.ru/social/2014/05/16/neizvestnyie-faktyi-o-samoy-tragicheskoy-aviakatastrofe-v-istorii-stranyi-padenii-samoleta-na-detskiy-sad.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801110545/http://www.mk.ru/social/2014/05/16/neizvestnyie-faktyi-o-samoy-tragicheskoy-aviakatastrofe-v-istorii-stranyi-padenii-samoleta-na-detskiy-sad.html |archive-date=2015-08-01 |access-date=2015-07-27 |work=[MK.ru](/source/Moscow_Komsomolets) |language=ru}}]
*[1974](/source/1974) – [Josip Broz Tito](/source/Josip_Broz_Tito) is elected [president for life](/source/president_for_life) of [Yugoslavia](/source/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia).
*[1975](/source/1975) – [Junko Tabei](/source/Junko_Tabei) from [Japan](/source/Japan) becomes the first woman to reach the summit of [Mount Everest](/source/Mount_Everest).[{{Cite web |last=Otake |first=Tomoko |date=2012-05-27 |title=Junko Tabei : The first woman atop the world |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/05/27/people/junko-tabei-the-first-woman-atop-the-world/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=The Japan Times |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web |date=2013-09-25 |title=It's 1975. No woman had scaled Mt Everest yet… |url=https://www.cntraveller.in/story/it-s-1975-no-woman-had-scaled-mt-everest-yet/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Condé Nast Traveller India |language=en-IN}}]
*[1988](/source/1988) – A report by the [Surgeon General of the United States](/source/Surgeon_General_of_the_United_States) [C. Everett Koop](/source/C._Everett_Koop) states that the [addictive](/source/Substance_use_disorder) properties of [nicotine](/source/nicotine) are similar to those of [heroin](/source/heroin) and [cocaine](/source/cocaine).
*[1991](/source/1991) – Queen [Elizabeth II](/source/Elizabeth_II) of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the [United States Congress](/source/United_States_Congress). She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.
*[1997](/source/1997) – [Mobutu Sese Seko](/source/Mobutu_Sese_Seko), the President of [Zaire](/source/Zaire), flees the country.
*[2003](/source/2003) – In [Morocco](/source/Morocco), 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the [Casablanca terrorist attacks](/source/2003_Casablanca_bombings).
*[2005](/source/2005) – [Kuwait](/source/Kuwait) permits [women's suffrage](/source/Women's_suffrage_in_Kuwait) in a 35–23 [National Assembly](/source/National_Assembly_(Kuwait)) vote.
*[2011](/source/2011) – [STS-134](/source/STS-134) ([ISS assembly](/source/ISS_assembly_sequence) flight ULF6), launched from the [Kennedy Space Center](/source/Kennedy_Space_Center) on the 25th and final flight for {{OV|105}}.
*[2014](/source/2014) – Twelve people are killed in [two explosions](/source/2014_Gikomba_bombings) in the [Gikomba market](/source/Gikomba_market) area of [Nairobi, Kenya](/source/Nairobi%2C_Kenya).
* [2025](/source/2025) – [A devastating EF4 tornado](/source/2025_Somerset%E2%80%93London_tornado) kills nineteen people in Southeast Kentucky, hitting the towns of [Somerset](/source/Somerset%2C_Kentucky) and [London](/source/London%2C_Kentucky).[{{Cite news |date=2025-05-18 |title=Kentucky City Devastated by Tornadoes Out of a 'Horror Movie' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/us/tornado-destruction-kentucky.html |url-access=registration |access-date=2025-06-04 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |language=en}}]
==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[1418](/source/1418) – [John II of Cyprus](/source/John_II_of_Cyprus), King of Cyprus and Armenia and also titular King of Jerusalem from 1432 to 1458 (probable;[{{cite book|author=Sir George Francis Hill|title=A History of Cyprus: The Frankish Period, 1192–1432|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279348|year=1940|publisher=The University Press|page=466}}] (died 1458)
*[1455](/source/1455) – [Wolfgang I of Oettingen](/source/Wolfgang_I_of_Oettingen), German count (died 1522)
*[1542](/source/1542) – [Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg](/source/Anna_Sibylle_of_Hanau-Lichtenberg), German noblewoman (died 1580)
===1601–1900===
*[1606](/source/1606) – [John Bulwer](/source/John_Bulwer), British doctor (died 1656)
*[1611](/source/1611) – [Pope Innocent XI](/source/Pope_Innocent_XI) (died 1689)[{{cite book|author=ARTAUD DE MONTOR, ALEXIS FRANCOIS.|title=The Lives and Times of the Roman Pontifs, from St. Peter to Pius Ix|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bqgbUCHi8OkC&pg=PA137|year=1866|publisher=D. & J. Sadlier|pages=137}}]
*[1641](/source/1641) – [Dudley North](/source/Dudley_North_(economist)), English economist and politician (died 1691)[{{cite book|author=Roger North|title=The Life of the Honourable Sir Dudley North, Knt.|url=https://archive.org/details/lifehonourables00nortgoog|year=1744|publisher=editor and sold|pages=[https://archive.org/details/lifehonourables00nortgoog/page/n26 1]}}]
*[1710](/source/1710) – [William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot](/source/William_Talbot%2C_1st_Earl_Talbot), English politician, [Lord Steward of the Household](/source/Lord_Steward_of_the_Household) (died 1782)
*[1718](/source/1718) – [Maria Gaetana Agnesi](/source/Maria_Gaetana_Agnesi), Italian mathematician and philosopher (died 1799)[{{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=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/4 4] | url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/4 }}]
*[1763](/source/1763) – [Louis Nicolas Vauquelin](/source/Louis_Nicolas_Vauquelin), French pharmacist and chemist (died 1829)
*[1788](/source/1788) – [Friedrich Rückert](/source/Friedrich_R%C3%BCckert), German poet and translator (died 1866)
*[1801](/source/1801) – [William H. Seward](/source/William_H._Seward), American lawyer and politician, 24th [United States Secretary of State](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_State) (died 1872)
*[1804](/source/1804) – [Elizabeth Palmer Peabody](/source/Elizabeth_Peabody), American educator who founded the first U.S. kindergarten (died 1894)
*[1819](/source/1819) – [Johann Voldemar Jannsen](/source/Johann_Voldemar_Jannsen), Estonian journalist and poet (died 1890)
*[1821](/source/1821) – [Pafnuty Chebyshev](/source/Pafnuty_Chebyshev), Russian mathematician and statistician (died 1894)
*[1824](/source/1824) – [Levi P. Morton](/source/Levi_P._Morton), American banker and politician, 22nd [United States Vice President](/source/United_States_Vice_President) (died 1920)
* 1824 – [Edmund Kirby Smith](/source/Edmund_Kirby_Smith), American general (died 1893)
*[1827](/source/1827) – [Pierre Cuypers](/source/Pierre_Cuypers), Dutch architect, designed the [Amsterdam Centraal railway station](/source/Amsterdam_Centraal_railway_station) and [Rijksmuseum](/source/Rijksmuseum) (died 1921)
*[1831](/source/1831) – [David Edward Hughes](/source/David_Edward_Hughes), Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the [microphone](/source/microphone) (died 1900)
*[1859](/source/1859) – [Horace Hutchinson](/source/Horace_Hutchinson), English golfer (died 1932)[{{cite web |author1=Paul @ Golfing Herald |title=Legends : Horace Hutchinson |url=https://golfingherald.com/horace-hutchinson/ |website=Golfing Herald |access-date=9 August 2020 |date=10 February 2020}}]
*[1862](/source/1862) – [Margaret Fountaine](/source/Margaret_Fountaine), English [lepidopterist](/source/lepidopterist) and diarist (died 1940)
*[1876](/source/1876) – [Fred Conrad Koch](/source/Fred_Conrad_Koch), American biochemist and endocrinologist (died 1948)[{{cite web |last1=Blustein |first1=Bonnie Ellen |title=Koch, Fred Conrad (1876–1948), biochemist |url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1300932 |website=American National Biography |year=2000 |language=en |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1300932 |isbn=978-0-19-860669-7 }}]
*[1879](/source/1879) – [Pierre Gilliard](/source/Pierre_Gilliard), Swiss author and academic (died 1962)
*[1882](/source/1882) – [Simeon Price](/source/Simeon_Price), American golfer (died 1945)
*[1883](/source/1883) – [Celâl Bayar](/source/Cel%C3%A2l_Bayar), Turkish politician, 3rd [President of Turkey](/source/President_of_Turkey) (died 1986)
*[1887](/source/1887) – [Maria Lacerda de Moura](/source/Maria_Lacerda_de_Moura), Brazilian teacher and anarcha-feminist (died 1945)[{{cite book|first=Míriam Lifchitz Moreira|last=Leite|title=Outra Face do Feminismo: Maria Lacerda de Moura|location=São Paulo|publisher=Ática|year=1984|page=viii|language=pt|oclc=12190289}}]
*[1888](/source/1888) – [Royal Rife](/source/Royal_Rife), American microbiologist and instrument maker (died 1971)
*[1890](/source/1890) – [Edith Grace White](/source/Edith_Grace_White), American ichthyologist (died 1975)[{{cite book|author1=Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie|author2=Joy Dorothy Harvey|author1-link=Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie|author2-link=Joy Harvey|title=The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LTSYePZvSXYC&pg=PA1370|year=2000|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-92040-7|pages=1370}}]
*[1892](/source/1892) – [Osgood Perkins (actor, born 1892)](/source/Osgood_Perkins_(actor%2C_born_1892)), American actor (died 1937)
*[1894](/source/1894) – [Walter Yust](/source/Walter_Yust), American journalist and writer (died 1960)
*[1897](/source/1897) – [Zvi Sliternik](/source/Zvi_Sliternik), Israeli entomologist and academic (died 1993)
*[1898](/source/1898) – [Tamara de Lempicka](/source/Tamara_de_Lempicka), Polish-American painter (died 1980)
* 1898 – [Desanka Maksimović](/source/Desanka_Maksimovi%C4%87), Serbian poet and academic (died 1993)
* 1898 – [Kenji Mizoguchi](/source/Kenji_Mizoguchi), Japanese director and screenwriter (died 1956)
===1901–present===
*[1903](/source/1903) – [Charles F. Brannock](/source/Charles_F._Brannock), American inventor and manufacturer (died 1992)
*[1905](/source/1905) – [Henry Fonda](/source/Henry_Fonda), American actor (died 1982)
* 1905 – [H.E. Bates](/source/H.E._Bates), British writer (died 1974)[{{cite | title=H E. BATES DIES; BRITISH NOVELIST | date=1974-01-30 | issn=0362-4331 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/30/archives/h-e-bates-dies-british-novelist-his-darling-bude-of-may-was-staged.html | language=en-US | access-date=2026-05-16 | page=}}]
*[1906](/source/1906) – [Ernie McCormick](/source/Ernie_McCormick), Australian cricketer (died 1991)
* 1906 – [Alfred Pellan](/source/Alfred_Pellan), Canadian painter and educator (died 1988)
* 1906 – [Arturo Uslar Pietri](/source/Arturo_Uslar_Pietri), Venezuelan lawyer, journalist, and author (died 2001)
* 1906 – [Margret Rey](/source/Margret_Rey), German author and illustrator (died 1996)
*[1907](/source/1907) – [Bob Tisdall](/source/Bob_Tisdall), Irish hurdler (died 2004)
*[1909](/source/1909) – [Margaret Sullavan](/source/Margaret_Sullavan), American actress and singer (died 1960)
* 1909 – [Luigi Villoresi](/source/Luigi_Villoresi), Italian race car driver (died 1997)
*[1910](/source/1910) – [Olga Bergholz](/source/Olga_Bergholz), Russian poet and author (died 1975)
* 1910 – [Higashifushimi Kunihide](/source/Higashifushimi_Kunihide), Japanese monk and educator (died 2014)
*[1912](/source/1912) – [Studs Terkel](/source/Studs_Terkel), American historian and author (died 2008)
*[1913](/source/1913) – [Gordon Chalk](/source/Gordon_Chalk), Australian politician, 30th [Premier of Queensland](/source/Premier_of_Queensland) (died 1991)[[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/chalk-sir-gordon-william-chalkie-15168 Gordon William (Chalkie) (1913–1991)] — [Australian Dictionary of Biography](/source/Australian_Dictionary_of_Biography). Retrieved 16 May 2018.]
*1913 – [Woody Herman](/source/Woody_Herman), American singer, saxophonist, and clarinet player (died 1987)
*[1914](/source/1914) – [Edward T. Hall](/source/Edward_T._Hall), American anthropologist and author (died 2009)
*[1915](/source/1915) – [Mario Monicelli](/source/Mario_Monicelli), Italian director and screenwriter (died 2010)
*[1916](/source/1916) – [Ephraim Katzir](/source/Ephraim_Katzir), Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th [President of Israel](/source/President_of_Israel) (died 2009)
*[1917](/source/1917) – [Ben Kuroki](/source/Ben_Kuroki), American sergeant and pilot (died 2015)
* 1917 – [James C. Murray](/source/James_C._Murray), American lawyer and politician (died 1999)
* 1917 – [Juan Rulfo](/source/Juan_Rulfo), Mexican author and photographer (died 1986)
*[1918](/source/1918) – [Wilf Mannion](/source/Wilf_Mannion), English footballer and manager (died 2000)
*[1919](/source/1919) – [Liberace](/source/Liberace), American pianist and entertainer (died 1987)
* 1919 – [Ramon Margalef](/source/Ramon_Margalef), Spanish ecologist and biologist (died 2004)
*[1920](/source/1920) – [Martine Carol](/source/Martine_Carol), French actress (died 1967)
*[1921](/source/1921) – [Harry Carey Jr.](/source/Harry_Carey_Jr.), American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
*[1923](/source/1923) – [Victoria Fromkin](/source/Victoria_Fromkin), American linguist and academic (died 2000)
* 1923 – [Merton Miller](/source/Merton_Miller), American economist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Economics) laureate (died 2000)
* 1923 – [Peter Underwood](/source/Peter_Underwood_(parapsychologist)), English parapsychologist and author (died 2014)
*[1924](/source/1924) – [Barbara Bachmann](/source/Barbara_Bachmann), American microbiologist (died 1999)[Staff (February 2, 1999). [https://www.mediafire.com/view/1otgyg3qhr6lk8i/ Obituaries]. ''Fort Collins Coloradoan''. p. A4.]
* 1924 – [Dawda Jawara](/source/Dawda_Jawara), 1st President of the Gambia (died 2019)
*[1925](/source/1925) – [Nancy Roman](/source/Nancy_Roman), American astronomer (died 2018)
* 1925 – [Ola Vincent](/source/Ola_Vincent), Nigerian banker and economist (died 2012)
* 1925 – [Nílton Santos](/source/N%C3%ADlton_Santos), Brazilian footballer (died 2013)
* [1926](/source/1926) – [Glen Michael](/source/Glen_Michael), British television presenter and entertainer (died 2025)[{{Cite web |date=July 10, 2025 |title=Glen Michael, legend of Scottish TV, dies age 99 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/glen-michael-cavalcade-dead-9tpnx9wb9 |access-date=July 22, 2025 |website=[The Times](/source/The_Times) |language=en}}]
* 1926 – [Robert Jay Lifton](/source/Robert_Jay_Lifton), American psychiatrist and author (died 2025)[{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=2025-09-04 |title=Robert Jay Lifton, Psychiatrist Drawn to Humanity's Horrors, Dies at 99 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/obituaries/robert-jay-lifton-dead.html |access-date=2025-09-04 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |language=en-US}}]
*[1928](/source/1928) – [Billy Martin](/source/Billy_Martin), American baseball player and coach (died 1989)
*[1929](/source/1929) – [Betty Carter](/source/Betty_Carter), American singer-songwriter (died 1998)
* 1929 – [John Conyers](/source/John_Conyers), American lawyer and politician (died 2019)
* 1929 – [Claude Morin](/source/Claude_Morin_(PQ_politician)), Canadian academic and politician (died 2026)
* 1929 – [Adrienne Rich](/source/Adrienne_Rich), American poet, essayist, and feminist (died 2012)
* 1929 – [K. Natwar Singh](/source/K._Natwar_Singh), Indian scholar and politician, [Indian Minister of External Affairs](/source/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)) (died 2024)
*[1930](/source/1930) – [Friedrich Gulda](/source/Friedrich_Gulda), Austrian pianist and composer (died 2000)
*[1931](/source/1931) – [Vujadin Boškov](/source/Vujadin_Bo%C5%A1kov), Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2014)
* 1931 – [Hana Brady](/source/Hana_Brady), Jewish-Czech Holocaust victim (died 1944)
* 1931 – [Lowell P. Weicker Jr.](/source/Lowell_P._Weicker_Jr.), American soldier and politician, 85th [Governor of Connecticut](/source/Governor_of_Connecticut) (died 2023)
*[1934](/source/1934) – [Kenneth O. Morgan](/source/Kenneth_O._Morgan), Welsh historian and author
* 1934 – [Antony Walker](/source/Antony_Walker), English general (died 2023)
*[1935](/source/1935) – [Floyd Smith](/source/Floyd_Smith_(ice_hockey)), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[1936](/source/1936) – [Karl Lehmann](/source/Karl_Lehmann), German cardinal (died 2018)
*[1937](/source/1937) – [Yvonne Craig](/source/Yvonne_Craig), American ballet dancer and actress (died 2015)
* 1937 – [Jim Hunt](/source/Jim_Hunt), American politician, 69th and 71st [Governor of North Carolina](/source/Governor_of_North_Carolina) (died 2025)[{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/us/politics/james-b-hunt-jr-dead.html|title = James B. Hunt Jr., N.C. Governor Who Kept State Blue, Dies at 88|last = Martin|first = Jonathan|date = December 18, 2025|accessdate = December 18, 2025|newspaper = [The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|url-access = limited}}]
*[1938](/source/1938) – [Stuart Bell](/source/Stuart_Bell), English lawyer and politician (died 2012)
* 1938 – [Ivan Sutherland](/source/Ivan_Sutherland), American computer scientist and academic
* 1938 – [Marco Aurelio Denegri](/source/Marco_Aurelio_Denegri), Peruvian television host and sexologist (died 2018)
*[1939](/source/1939) – [Mario Segni](/source/Mario_Segni), Italian professor and politician
*[1941](/source/1941) – [Denis Hart](/source/Denis_Hart), Australian archbishop
*[1942](/source/1942) – [David Penry-Davey](/source/David_Penry-Davey), English lawyer and judge (died 2015)
*[1943](/source/1943) – [Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews](/source/Kay_Andrews%2C_Baroness_Andrews), English politician
* 1943 – [Dan Coats](/source/Dan_Coats), American politician and diplomat, 29th [United States Ambassador to Germany](/source/United_States_Ambassador_to_Germany)
* 1943 – [Wieteke van Dort](/source/Wieteke_van_Dort), Dutch actress, comedian, singer, writer and artist (died 2024)
*[1944](/source/1944) – [Billy Cobham](/source/Billy_Cobham), Panamanian-American drummer, composer, and bandleader
* 1944 – [Antal Nagy](/source/Antal_Nagy_(footballer%2C_born_1944)), Hungarian footballer
* 1944 – [Friedrich Schorlemmer](/source/Friedrich_Schorlemmer), German Protestant theologian (died 2024)[{{Cite web |title=Germany: Peace activist Friedrich Schorlemmer dies – DW – 09/10/2024 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/germany-theologian-friedrich-schorlemmer-dies/a-70179394 |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=dw.com |language=en}}]
* 1944 – [Danny Trejo](/source/Danny_Trejo), American actor
*[1946](/source/1946) – [John Law](/source/John_Law_(sociologist)), English sociologist and academic
* 1946 – [Robert Fripp](/source/Robert_Fripp), English guitarist, songwriter and producer
*[1947](/source/1947) – [Cheryl Clarke](/source/Cheryl_Clarke), American writer[{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/clarke-cheryl-1947|title=Clarke, Cheryl 1947– {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com|access-date=2020-01-07}}]
* 1947 – [Darrell Sweet](/source/Darrell_Sweet_(musician)), Scottish drummer (died 1999)
* 1947 – [Roch Thériault](/source/Roch_Th%C3%A9riault), Canadian religious leader (died 2011)
*[1948](/source/1948) – [Jesper Christensen](/source/Jesper_Christensen), Danish actor, director, and producer
* 1948 – [Judy Finnigan](/source/Judy_Finnigan), English talk show host and author
* 1948 – [Enrico Fumia](/source/Enrico_Fumia), Italian automobile and product designer
*[1948](/source/1948) – [Jimmy Hood](/source/Jimmy_Hood), Scottish engineer and politician (died 2017)
* 1948 – [Emma Georgina Rothschild](/source/Emma_Georgina_Rothschild), English historian and academic
* 1948 – [Staf Van Roosbroeck](/source/Staf_Van_Roosbroeck), Belgian cyclist
*[1949](/source/1949) – [Rick Reuschel](/source/Rick_Reuschel), American baseball player
*[1950](/source/1950) – [Georg Bednorz](/source/Georg_Bednorz), German physicist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate
* 1950 – [Ray Condo](/source/Ray_Condo), Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2004)
* 1950 – [Bruce Coville](/source/Bruce_Coville), American author
*[1951](/source/1951) – [Christian Lacroix](/source/Christian_Lacroix), French fashion designer
* 1951 – [Jonathan Richman](/source/Jonathan_Richman), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1951 – [Janet Soskice](/source/Janet_Soskice), Canadian philosopher and theologian
*[1953](/source/1953) – [Pierce Brosnan](/source/Pierce_Brosnan), Irish-American actor and producer
* 1953 – [Peter Onorati](/source/Peter_Onorati), American actor
* 1953 – [Richard Page](/source/Richard_Page_(musician)), American singer-songwriter and bass player
* 1953 – [Kitanoumi Toshimitsu](/source/Kitanoumi_Toshimitsu), Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th [Yokozuna](/source/Makuuchi) (died 2015)
* 1953 – [David Maclean](/source/David_Maclean), Scottish politician
* 1953 – [Stephen Woolman, Lord Woolman](/source/Stephen_Woolman%2C_Lord_Woolman), Scottish judge and academic
*[1954](/source/1954) – [Dafydd Williams](/source/Dafydd_Williams), Canadian physician and astronaut
*[1955](/source/1955) – [Olga Korbut](/source/Olga_Korbut), Soviet gymnast
* 1955 – [Jack Morris](/source/Jack_Morris), American baseball player and sportscaster
* 1955 – [Hazel O'Connor](/source/Hazel_O'Connor), English-born Irish singer-songwriter and actress
* 1955 – [Páidí Ó Sé](/source/P%C3%A1id%C3%AD_%C3%93_S%C3%A9), Irish footballer and manager (died 2012)
* 1955 – [Debra Winger](/source/Debra_Winger), American actress
* [1956](/source/1956) – [Loretta Schrijver](/source/Loretta_Schrijver), Dutch television host, news anchor (died 2025)
*[1957](/source/1957) – [Joan Benoit](/source/Joan_Benoit), American runner
* 1957 – [Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft](/source/Benjamin_Mancroft%2C_3rd_Baron_Mancroft), English politician
* 1957 – [Yuri Shevchuk](/source/Yuri_Shevchuk), Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1957 – [Anthony St John, 22nd Baron St John of Bletso](/source/Anthony_St_John%2C_22nd_Baron_St_John_of_Bletso), English lawyer and businessman
* 1957 – [Bob Suter](/source/Bob_Suter), American ice hockey player and coach (died 2014)
*[1959](/source/1959) – [Mitch Webster](/source/Mitch_Webster), American baseball player
* 1959 – [Mare Winningham](/source/Mare_Winningham), American actress and singer-songwriter
*[1960](/source/1960) – [Landon Deireragea](/source/Landon_Deireragea), Nauruan politician, [Nauruan Speaker of Parliament](/source/List_of_Speakers_of_the_Parliament_of_Nauru)
* 1960 – [Bruce Norris](/source/Bruce_Norris_(playwright)), American actor and playwright["2011 Pulitzer Prizes for Letters, Drama and Music". ''New York Times''. April 18, 2011.]
* 1960 – [S. Shanmuganathan](/source/S._Shanmuganathan_(Sri_Lankan_politician)), Sri Lankan commander and politician (died 1998)
*[1961](/source/1961) – [Kevin McDonald](/source/Kevin_McDonald), Canadian actor and screenwriter
* 1961 – [Charles Wright](/source/Charles_Wright_(wrestler)), American wrestler
* [1962](/source/1962) – [Helga Radtke](/source/Helga_Radtke), German long jumper
*[1963](/source/1963) – [Rachel Griffith](/source/Rachel_Griffith), Anglo-American economist
* 1963 – [David Wilkinson](/source/David_Wilkinson_(theologian)), English theologian and academic
*[1964](/source/1964) – [John Salley](/source/John_Salley), American basketball player and actor
* 1964 – [Boyd Tinsley](/source/Boyd_Tinsley), American singer-songwriter and violinist
* 1964 – [Milton Jones](/source/Milton_Jones), English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
*[1965](/source/1965) – [Krist Novoselic](/source/Krist_Novoselic), American bass player, songwriter, author, and activist
* 1965 – [Tanel Tammet](/source/Tanel_Tammet), Estonian computer scientist, engineer, and academic
*[1966](/source/1966) – [Janet Jackson](/source/Janet_Jackson), American singer-songwriter and actress[{{cite web |title=Janet Jackson {{!}} Biography, Songs, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Janet-Jackson |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=16 December 2021 |language=en}}]
* 1966 – [Scott Reeves](/source/Scott_Reeves), American singer-songwriter and actor
* 1966 – [Thurman Thomas](/source/Thurman_Thomas), American football player
*[1967](/source/1967) – [Doug Brocail](/source/Doug_Brocail), American baseball player and coach
* 1967 – [Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford](/source/Susan_Williams%2C_Baroness_Williams_of_Trafford), British politician
*[1968](/source/1968) – [Ralph Tresvant](/source/Ralph_Tresvant), American singer and producer
*[1969](/source/1969) – [David Boreanaz](/source/David_Boreanaz), American actor
* 1969 – [Tucker Carlson](/source/Tucker_Carlson), American journalist, co-founded ''[The Daily Caller](/source/The_Daily_Caller)''
* 1969 – [Steve Lewis](/source/Steve_Lewis_(sprinter)), American sprinter
*[1970](/source/1970) – [Gabriela Sabatini](/source/Gabriela_Sabatini), Argentinian tennis player
* 1970 – [Danielle Spencer](/source/Danielle_Spencer_(Australian_actress)), Australian singer-songwriter and actress
*[1971](/source/1971) – [Phil Clarke](/source/Phil_Clarke), English rugby league player and sportscaster
* 1971 – [Rachel Goswell](/source/Rachel_Goswell), English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[1972](/source/1972) – [Christian Califano](/source/Christian_Califano), French rugby player
* 1972 – [Matthew Hart](/source/Matthew_Hart), New Zealand cricketer
*[1973](/source/1973) – [Tori Spelling](/source/Tori_Spelling), American actress, reality television personality, and author
*[1974](/source/1974) – [Laura Pausini](/source/Laura_Pausini), Italian singer-songwriter and producer
* 1974 – [Sonny Sandoval](/source/Sonny_Sandoval), American singer-songwriter and rapper
*[1975](/source/1975) – [Tony Kakko](/source/Tony_Kakko), Finnish musician, composer, and vocalist
* 1975 – [Simon Whitfield](/source/Simon_Whitfield), Canadian triathlete[{{cite web|title=Simon Whitfield|url=https://www.olympic.org/simon-whitfield|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=26 April 2020}}]
*[1976](/source/1976) – [Dirk Nannes](/source/Dirk_Nannes), Australian-Dutch cricketer
*[1977](/source/1977) – [Melanie Lynskey](/source/Melanie_Lynskey), New Zealand actress
* 1977 – [Emilíana Torrini](/source/Emil%C3%ADana_Torrini), Icelandic singer-songwriter
*[1978](/source/1978) – [Scott Nicholls](/source/Scott_Nicholls), English motorcycle racer
* 1978 – [Lionel Scaloni](/source/Lionel_Scaloni), Argentinian footballer and manager
*[1979](/source/1979) – [Michael Oberlechner](/source/Michael_Oberlechner), Austrian politician[{{cite web|url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/30658|title=Michael Oberlechner, MA (aktiv)|publisher=[Austrian Parliament](/source/Austrian_Parliament)|language=de}}]
*[1980](/source/1980) – [Nuria Llagostera Vives](/source/Nuria_Llagostera_Vives), Spanish tennis player
*[1981](/source/1981) – [Ricardo Costa](/source/Ricardo_Costa_(footballer%2C_born_1981)), Portuguese footballer
*[1982](/source/1982) – [Łukasz Kubot](/source/%C5%81ukasz_Kubot), Polish tennis player
*[1983](/source/1983) – [Daniel Kerr](/source/Daniel_Kerr), Australian footballer
* 1983 – [Kyle Wellwood](/source/Kyle_Wellwood), Canadian ice hockey player
*[1984](/source/1984) – [Darío Cvitanich](/source/Dar%C3%ADo_Cvitanich), Argentinian footballer
* 1984 – [Tomáš Fleischmann](/source/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_Fleischmann), Czech ice hockey player
* 1984 – [Jensen Lewis](/source/Jensen_Lewis), American baseball player
* 1984 – [Rick Rypien](/source/Rick_Rypien), Canadian ice hockey player (died 2011)
*[1985](/source/1985) – [Anja Mittag](/source/Anja_Mittag), German footballer
* 1985 – [Rodrigo Peters Marques](/source/Rodrigo_Peters_Marques), Brazilian footballer
* 1985 – [Corey Perry](/source/Corey_Perry), Canadian ice hockey player
*[1986](/source/1986) – [Megan Fox](/source/Megan_Fox), American actress
* 1986 – [Andy Keogh](/source/Andy_Keogh), Irish footballer
* 1986 – [Shamcey Supsup](/source/Shamcey_Supsup), Filipino model and architect
*[1987](/source/1987) – [Tom Onslow-Cole](/source/Tom_Onslow-Cole), English race car driver
*[1988](/source/1988) – [Jesús Castillo](/source/Jes%C3%BAs_Castillo_(Mexican_footballer)), Mexican footballer
* 1988 – [Martynas Gecevičius](/source/Martynas_Gecevi%C4%8Dius), Lithuanian basketball player
* 1988 – [Jaak Põldma](/source/Jaak_P%C3%B5ldma), Estonian tennis player
*[1989](/source/1989) – [Behati Prinsloo](/source/Behati_Prinsloo), Namibian model
*[1990](/source/1990) – [Amanda Carreras](/source/Amanda_Carreras), Gibraltarian tennis player
* 1990 – [Thomas Brodie-Sangster](/source/Thomas_Brodie-Sangster), English actor
* 1990 – [Darko Šarović](/source/Darko_%C5%A0arovi%C4%87), Serbian sprinter
* 1990 – [Omar Strong](/source/Omar_Strong), American basketball player
*[1991](/source/1991) – [Grigor Dimitrov](/source/Grigor_Dimitrov), Bulgarian tennis player
* 1991 – [Joey Graceffa](/source/Joey_Graceffa), American internet celebrity
* 1991 – [Ashley Wagner](/source/Ashley_Wagner), American figure skater
*[1992](/source/1992) – [Jeff Skinner](/source/Jeff_Skinner), Canadian ice hockey player
* 1992 – [Kirstin Maldonado](/source/Kirstin_Maldonado), American singer and songwriter
*[1993](/source/1993) – [Johannes Thingnes Bø](/source/Johannes_Thingnes_B%C3%B8), Norwegian biathlete
* 1993 – [Karol Mets](/source/Karol_Mets), Estonian footballer
* 1993 – [IU](/source/IU_(entertainer)), Korean singer-songwriter and actress[{{cite web|url=https://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=%EC%95%84%EC%9D%B4%EC%9C%A0&sm=tab_etc&ie=utf8&key=PeopleService&os=159229|title=아이유|trans-title=IU|publisher=Naver|date=October 18, 2018|access-date=November 16, 2018}}][{{cite news |last=Danao |first=Monique |date=May 14, 2020 |title=IU at 27 – the K-pop idol and Korean drama star who went from a cockroach-infested home to the Crash Landing on You soundtrack |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3084231/iu-27-k-pop-idol-and-korean-drama-star-who-went |work=South China Morning Post |access-date=May 16, 2020 }}]
*[1994](/source/1994) – [Kathinka von Deichmann](/source/Kathinka_von_Deichmann), Liechtenstein tennis player[{{Cite web |title=Kathinka Von Deichmann {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317286/kathinka-von-deichmann |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}][{{Cite web |title=Kathinka Von Deichmann – Player Profile – Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/kathinka-von-deichmann_prs389502/person.shtml |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Eurosport UK |language=en}}]
*[1995](/source/1995) – [Elizabeth Ralston](/source/Elizabeth_Ralston), Australian footballer
*[1996](/source/1996) – [Louisa Chirico](/source/Louisa_Chirico), American tennis player[{{Cite web |title=Louisa Chirico {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/320218/louisa-chirico |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}]
*[2000](/source/2000) – [Luis Garcia](/source/Luis_Garc%C3%ADa_(infielder%2C_born_2000)), Dominican-American baseball player[[https://www.mlb.com/player/luis-garcia-671277 Luis García Stats, Fantasy & News | MLB.com]]
*[2002](/source/2002) – [Ryan Gravenberch](/source/Ryan_Gravenberch), Dutch footballer[{{cite web |title=Ryan Gravenberch |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/49909/Ryan-Gravenberch/overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=25 October 2023}}]
==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [290](/source/290) – [Emperor Wu of Jin](/source/Emperor_Wu_of_Jin), Chinese emperor (born 236)
* [895](/source/895) – [Qian Kuan](/source/Qian_Kuan), Chinese nobleman
* [934](/source/934) – [Meng Hanqiong](/source/Meng_Hanqiong), eunuch official of Later Tang
* [995](/source/995) – [Fujiwara no Michitaka](/source/Fujiwara_no_Michitaka), Japanese nobleman (born 953)
* [1115](/source/1115) – [Lambert of Arras](/source/Lambert_of_Arras), Flemish bishop[{{cite book |last1=Vanderputten |first1=Steven |title=Reform, Conflict, and the Shaping of Corporate Identities: Collected Studies on Benedictine Monasticism, 1050–1150 |date=2013 |publisher=LIT Verlag Münster |isbn=978-3-643-90429-4|page=69 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7aehAQAAQBAJ |access-date=22 May 2024 |language=en}}]
*[1182](/source/1182) – [John Komnenos Vatatzes](/source/John_Komnenos_Vatatzes), Byzantine general (born 1132)
*[1265](/source/1265) – [Simon Stock](/source/Simon_Stock), English-French saint (born 1165)
*[1375](/source/1375) – [Liu Bowen](/source/Liu_Bowen), Chinese military strategist, officer, statesman and poet (born 1311)
*[1412](/source/1412) – [Gian Maria Visconti](/source/Gian_Maria_Visconti), Duke of Milan (born 1388)
*[1561](/source/1561) – [Jan Tarnowski](/source/Jan_Tarnowski), Polish noble and statesman (born 1488)
===1601–1900===
*[1620](/source/1620) – [William Adams](/source/William_Adams_(sailor%2C_born_1564)), English sailor and navigator (born 1564)
*[1657](/source/1657) – [Andrew Bobola](/source/Andrew_Bobola), Polish missionary and martyr (born 1591)
*[1667](/source/1667) – [Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton](/source/Thomas_Wriothesley%2C_4th_Earl_of_Southampton), English politician, [Lord High Treasurer](/source/Lord_High_Treasurer) (born 1607)
*[1669](/source/1669) – [Pietro da Cortona](/source/Pietro_da_Cortona), Italian painter and architect, designed the [Santi Luca e Martina](/source/Santi_Luca_e_Martina) (born 1596)
*[1691](/source/1691) – [Jacob Leisler](/source/Jacob_Leisler), German-American politician, 8th [Colonial Governor of New York](/source/List_of_colonial_governors_of_New_York) (born 1640)
*[1696](/source/1696) – [Mariana of Austria](/source/Mariana_of_Austria), Queen consort of Spain (born 1634)
*[1703](/source/1703) – [Charles Perrault](/source/Charles_Perrault), French author and academic (born 1628)
*[1778](/source/1778) – [Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness](/source/Robert_Darcy%2C_4th_Earl_of_Holderness), English politician, [Secretary of State for the Southern Department](/source/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Southern_Department) (born 1718)
*[1790](/source/1790) – [Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke](/source/Philip_Yorke%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Hardwicke), English politician, [Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire](/source/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Cambridgeshire) (born 1720)
*[1818](/source/1818) – [Matthew Lewis](/source/Matthew_Lewis_(writer)), English author and playwright (born 1775)
*[1823](/source/1823) – [Grace Elliott](/source/Grace_Elliott), Scottish courtesan and spy (born {{Circa|1754}})[{{cite web |title=On this day 1823: Grace Elliott, Scottish courtesan and spy, dies |url=https://www.scotsman.com/heritage/on-this-day-1823-grace-elliott-scottish-courtesan-and-spy-dies-1-4928884 |website=www.scotsman.com |date=16 May 2019 |access-date=14 January 2020 |language=en}}]
*[1830](/source/1830) – [Joseph Fourier](/source/Joseph_Fourier), French mathematician and physicist (born 1768)
*[1861](/source/1861) – [John Stevens Henslow](/source/John_Stevens_Henslow), British priest, geologist and doctoral advisor to [Charles Darwin](/source/Charles_Darwin) (born 1796)[{{cite web | last=Repository | first=Canton | title=Food history: Henslow's genius saved many lives | website=The Repository | date=2012-05-16 | url=https://www.cantonrep.com/story/lifestyle/food/2012/05/16/food-history-henslow-s-genius/42591461007/ | access-date=2022-12-15}}]
*[1862](/source/1862) – [Edward Gibbon Wakefield](/source/Edward_Gibbon_Wakefield), English politician (born 1796)
*[1882](/source/1882) – [Reuben Chapman](/source/Reuben_Chapman), American lawyer and politician, 13th [Governor of Alabama](/source/Governor_of_Alabama) (born 1799)
*[1890](/source/1890) – [Mihkel Veske](/source/Mihkel_Veske), Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (born 1843)
*[1891](/source/1891) – [Ion C. Brătianu](/source/Ion_C._Br%C4%83tianu), Romanian politician, 14th [Prime Minister of Romania](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Romania) (born 1821)
===1901–present===
*[1910](/source/1910) – [Henri-Edmond Cross](/source/Henri-Edmond_Cross), French Neo-Impressionist painter (born 1856)
*[1913](/source/1913) – [Louis Perrier](/source/Louis_Perrier), Swiss architect and politician (born 1849)
*[1920](/source/1920) – [Levi P. Morton](/source/Levi_P._Morton), American politician, 22nd [United States Vice President](/source/United_States_Vice_President) (born 1824)
*[1926](/source/1926) – [Mehmed VI](/source/Mehmed_VI), the 36th and last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (born 1861)
*[1936](/source/1936) – [Leonidas Paraskevopoulos](/source/Leonidas_Paraskevopoulos), Greek general and politician (born 1860)
*[1938](/source/1938) – [Joseph Strauss](/source/Joseph_Strauss_(engineer)), American engineer, co designed The [Golden Gate Bridge](/source/Golden_Gate_Bridge) (born 1870)
*[1943](/source/1943) – [Alfred Hoche](/source/Alfred_Hoche), German psychiatrist and academic (born 1865)
*[1943](/source/1943) – [Nigger](/source/Nigger_(dog)), black labrador retriever belonging to Wing Commander Guy Gibson of the Royal Air Force, and the mascot of No. 617 Squadron.[{{cite book|title=Animal Graves and Memorials|volume=452|series=Shire Album S|first=Jan |last=Toms|publisher=Osprey Publishing|year=2006|isbn=978-0-7478-0643-1|page=45}}]
*[1944](/source/1944) – [George Ade](/source/George_Ade), American journalist, author, and playwright (born 1866)
* 1944 – [Filip Mișea](/source/Filip_Mi%C8%99ea), Aromanian activist, physician and politician (born 1873)[{{cite news|url=https://opiniabuzau.ro/celebritati-medicale-buzoiene/|title=Celebrități medicale buzoiene / Doctor Mișea Filip, creatorul secției de contagioase a Spitalului Gârlași|first=Anghel C.|last=Tudor|newspaper=Opinia Buzău|date=10 April 2019|language=ro}}]
*[1946](/source/1946) – [Bruno Tesch](/source/Bruno_Tesch), German chemist and businessman (born 1890)
*[1947](/source/1947) – [Frederick Gowland Hopkins](/source/Frederick_Gowland_Hopkins), English biochemist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine) laureate (born 1861)
* 1947 – [Kalle Hakala](/source/Kalle_Hakala), Finnish politician (born 1880)[{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Kalle Hakala |url=http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hx5000.sh?{hnro}=910400&{kieli}=su&{haku}=kaikki |publisher=[Parliament of Finland](/source/Parliament_of_Finland) |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611192919/http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hx5000.sh?{hnro}=910400&{kieli}=su&{haku}=kaikki |archive-date=11 June 2011 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}]
* 1947 – [Zhang Lingfu](/source/Zhang_Lingfu), Chinese general (born 1903)
*[1953](/source/1953) – [Django Reinhardt](/source/Django_Reinhardt), Belgian guitarist and composer (born 1910)
*[1954](/source/1954) – [Clemens Krauss](/source/Clemens_Krauss), Austrian conductor and manager (born 1893)
*[1955](/source/1955) – [James Agee](/source/James_Agee), American novelist, screenwriter, and critic(born 1909)
* 1955 – [Manny Ayulo](/source/Manny_Ayulo), American race car driver (born 1921)
*[1956](/source/1956) – [H. B. Reese](/source/H._B._Reese), American candy-maker and businessman, created [Reese's Peanut Butter Cups](/source/Reese's_Peanut_Butter_Cups) (born 1876)
*[1957](/source/1957) – [Eliot Ness](/source/Eliot_Ness), American federal agent (born 1903)
*[1961](/source/1961) – [George A. Malcolm](/source/George_A._Malcolm), American lawyer and jurist (born 1881)
*[1977](/source/1977) – [Modibo Keïta](/source/Modibo_Ke%C3%AFta), Malian politician, 1st [President of Mali](/source/President_of_Mali) (born 1915)
*[1979](/source/1979) – [A. Philip Randolph](/source/A._Philip_Randolph), American union leader and activist (born 1889)
*[1981](/source/1981) – [Ernie Freeman](/source/Ernie_Freeman), American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1922)
* 1981 – [Willy Hartner](/source/Willy_Hartner), German physician and academic (born 1905)
*[1984](/source/1984) – [Andy Kaufman](/source/Andy_Kaufman), American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (born 1949)
* 1984 – [Irwin Shaw](/source/Irwin_Shaw), American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short story writer (born 1913)
*[1985](/source/1985) – [Margaret Hamilton](/source/Margaret_Hamilton_(actress)), American actress (born 1902)
*[1989](/source/1989) – [Leila Kasra](/source/Leila_Kasra), Iranian poet and songwriter (born 1939)
*[1990](/source/1990) – [Sammy Davis Jr.](/source/Sammy_Davis_Jr.), American singer, dancer, and actor (born 1925)
* 1990 – [Jim Henson](/source/Jim_Henson), American puppeteer, director, producer, and screenwriter, creator of [The Muppets](/source/The_Muppets) (born 1936)
*[1993](/source/1993) – [Marv Johnson](/source/Marv_Johnson), American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1938)
*[1994](/source/1994) – [Alain Cuny](/source/Alain_Cuny), French actor (born 1908)
*[1996](/source/1996) – [Jeremy Michael Boorda](/source/Jeremy_Michael_Boorda), American admiral (born 1939)
*[1997](/source/1997) – [Elbridge Durbrow](/source/Elbridge_Durbrow), American diplomat (born 1903)
*[2002](/source/2002) – [Alec Campbell](/source/Alec_Campbell), Australian soldier (born 1899)
*[2003](/source/2003) – [Mark McCormack](/source/Mark_McCormack), American lawyer and sports agent, founded [IMG](/source/IMG_(company)) (born 1930)
*[2005](/source/2005) – [Andrew Goodpaster](/source/Andrew_Goodpaster), American general (born 1915)
*[2008](/source/2008) – [Robert Mondavi](/source/Robert_Mondavi), American winemaker, co-founded the [Opus One Winery](/source/Opus_One_Winery) (born 1913)
*[2010](/source/2010) – [Ronnie James Dio](/source/Ronnie_James_Dio), American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1942)
* 2010 – [Hank Jones](/source/Hank_Jones), American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1918)
*[2011](/source/2011) – [Ralph Barker](/source/Ralph_Barker), English author (born 1917)
* 2011 – [Bob Davis](/source/Bob_Davis_(Australian_rules_footballer)), Australian footballer and coach (born 1928)
* 2011 – [Edward Hardwicke](/source/Edward_Hardwicke), English actor (born 1932)
* 2011 – [Kiyoshi Kodama](/source/Kiyoshi_Kodama), Japanese actor (born 1934)
*[2012](/source/2012) – [Patricia Aakhus](/source/Patricia_Aakhus), American author and academic (born 1952)
* 2012 – [James Abdnor](/source/James_Abdnor), American soldier and politician (born 1923)
* 2012 – [Chuck Brown](/source/Chuck_Brown), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1936)
* 2012 – [Ernie Chan](/source/Ernie_Chan), Filipino-American illustrator (born 1940)
* 2012 – [Kevin Hickey](/source/Kevin_Hickey), American baseball player (born 1956)
*[2013](/source/2013) – [Angelo Errichetti](/source/Angelo_Errichetti), American politician (born 1928)
* 2013 – [Bryan Illerbrun](/source/Bryan_Illerbrun), Canadian football player (born 1957)
* 2013 – [Frankie Librán](/source/Frankie_Libr%C3%A1n), Puerto Rican-American baseball player (born 1948)
* 2013 – [Heinrich Rohrer](/source/Heinrich_Rohrer), Swiss physicist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate (born 1933)
* 2013 – [Paul Shane](/source/Paul_Shane), British actor and comedian (born 1940)[{{cite news |title=Video: Final farewell in Rotherham for Hi-di-Hi star Paul Shane |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/video-final-farewell-rotherham-hi-di-hi-star-paul-shane-1863306 |access-date=31 December 2022 |work=Yorkshire Post |date=31 May 2013}}]
* 2013 – [Dick Trickle](/source/Dick_Trickle), American race car driver (born 1941)
* 2013 – [Bernard Waber](/source/Bernard_Waber), American author and illustrator (born 1921)
*[2014](/source/2014) – [Chris Duckworth](/source/Chris_Duckworth), Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (born 1933)
* 2014 – [Vito Favero](/source/Vito_Favero), Italian cyclist (born 1932)
* 2014 – [Bud Hollowell](/source/Bud_Hollowell), American baseball player and manager (born 1943)
* 2014 – [Clyde Snow](/source/Clyde_Snow), American anthropologist and author (born 1928)
*[2015](/source/2015) – [Prashant Bhargava](/source/Prashant_Bhargava), American director and producer (born 1973)
* 2015 – [Moshe Levinger](/source/Moshe_Levinger), Israeli rabbi and author (born 1935)
* 2015 – [Flora MacNeil](/source/Flora_MacNeil), Scottish Gaelic singer (born 1928)
*[2019](/source/2019) – [Piet Blauw](/source/Piet_Blauw), Dutch politician (born 1937)
* 2019 – [Bob Hawke](/source/Bob_Hawke), Australian politician, 23rd [Prime Minister of Australia](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Australia) (born 1929)[{{Cite web|date=2019-05-16|title=Bob Hawke, former Australian prime minister, dies aged 89|url=http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/16/bob-hawke-former-australian-prime-minister-dies-age-89|access-date=2021-05-16|website=The Guardian|language=en}}]
* 2019 – [I. M. Pei](/source/I._M._Pei), Chinese-American architect (born 1917)[{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/obituaries/im-pei-dead.html|title=I.M. Pei, World-Renowned Architect, Is Dead at 102|author=Paul Goldberger|date=2019-05-16|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2019-05-17}}]
*[2021](/source/2021) – [Bruno Covas](/source/Bruno_Covas), Brazilian lawyer, politician (born 1980)[{{Cite web|author=Marcelo Medeiros|title=Sao Paulo Mayor Bruno Covas dies of cancer at 41|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/16/americas/sao-paulo-mayor-bruno-covas-dies/index.html|access-date=2021-05-16|website=CNN|date=16 May 2021 }}]
*[2023](/source/2023) – [Norm Green](/source/Norm_Green_(runner)), American long-distance runner (born 1932)[{{cite web |url= https://www.usatf.org/news/2023/usatf-mourns-loss-of-southern-green |title= USATF mourns loss of Southern, Green |last= |first= |date= May 24, 2023|website=usatf.org |publisher= [USATF](/source/USATF)|access-date= December 25, 2023|quote=}}]
*[2024](/source/2024) – [Dabney Coleman](/source/Dabney_Coleman), American actor (born 1932)[{{cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2024/05/17/dabney-coleman-9-to-5-dead-dies/|title='9 to 5' Star Dabney Coleman Dead at 92|publisher=TMZ|accessdate=May 17, 2024|date=May 17, 2024}}]
*2024 – [Eddie Gossage](/source/Eddie_Gossage), American public speaker and businessman (born 1958)[{{Cite web |date=2024-05-17 |title=Colorful Texas racing promoter Gossage, 65, dies |url=https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/story/_/id/40161613/eddie-gossage-long-head-texas-motor-speedway-dies-65 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}]
*[2025](/source/2025) – [Domingos Maubere](/source/Domingos_Maubere), East Timorese Catholic priest and activist (born 1952)[{{Cite web |last1=Soares |first1=Ermelinda |last2=Belo |first2=Dircia |date=2025-05-21 |title=Bispu Leandro: "Amu Du, Halo Buat Hotu Ho Domin, Nia Espíritu Horik Nafatin Iha Ita" |trans-title=Bishop Leandro: "Amu Du Did Everything With Love, His Spirit Always Lives In Us" |url=https://sapnewstl.com/bispu-leandro-amu-du-halo-buat-hotu-ho-domin-nia-espiritu-horik-nafatin-iha-ita/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=SAP News TL |language=tet}}]
==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [feast day](/source/feast_day):
** [Aaron](/source/Aaron_(Copt)) ([Coptic Church](/source/Coptic_Orthodox_Church_of_Alexandria))
** [Abda and Abdjesus](/source/Abda_and_Abdjesus), and companions:[{{cite book |title=Martyrologium Romanum (2004) |date=2004 |publisher=Administrationem Patrimonii Sedis Apostolicae in Civitate Vaticana |location=Vatican City|pages=287-289 |url=https://archive.org/details/MartRom2004/page/286/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=11 May 2026}}]
*** [Abdas of Susa](/source/Abdas_of_Susa)
** [Andrew Bobola](/source/Andrew_Bobola)