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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[1096](/source/1096) &ndash; [Count Emicho](/source/Emicho_(crusader)) enters [Mainz](/source/Mainz), where his followers [massacre Jewish citizens](/source/Rhineland_massacres).<ref name="Golb">{{Cite book|title=The Jews in Medieval Normandy: a social and intellectual history|author=Norman Golb|year=1998|location=Cambridge, United Kingdom|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}</ref> At least 600 Jews are killed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/this-day-massacre-in-mainz-1.5249699|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528052033/https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/this-day-massacre-in-mainz-1.5249699|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 28, 2018|title = This Day in Jewish History / Crusaders massacre the Jews of Mainz|newspaper = Haaretz}}</ref>
*[1120](/source/1120) &ndash; [Richard III of Capua](/source/Richard_III_of_Capua) is anointed as [Prince](/source/Prince_of_Capua) two weeks before his untimely death.
*[1153](/source/1153) &ndash; [Malcolm IV](/source/Malcolm_IV_of_Scotland) becomes King of Scotland.
*[1199](/source/1199) &ndash; [John](/source/John%2C_King_of_England) is crowned King of England.
*[1257](/source/1257) &ndash; [Richard of Cornwall](/source/Richard_of_Cornwall), and his wife, [Sanchia of Provence](/source/Sanchia_of_Provence), are crowned King and Queen of the Germans at [Aachen Cathedral](/source/Aachen_Cathedral).<ref>Goldstone, Nancy (2008). ''Four Queens; The Provençal Sisters who ruled Europe.'' Penguin Books, London, p. 213.</ref>
*[1595](/source/1595) &ndash; A Gaelic Irish army successfully ambushes an English force in the [battle of Clontibret](/source/battle_of_Clontibret) during the [Nine Years' War](/source/Nine_Years'_War_(Ireland)).<ref>{{Cite book |last=O'Neill |first=James |title=The Nine Years War, 1593-1603: O'Neill, Mountjoy and the Military Revolution |date=2017 |publisher=Four Courts Press |isbn=9781846827549 |location=Dublin|pages=50-52}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[1644](/source/1644) &ndash; [Manchu](/source/Manchu) regent [Dorgon](/source/Dorgon) defeats rebel leader [Li Zicheng](/source/Li_Zicheng) of the [Shun dynasty](/source/Shun_dynasty) at the [Battle of Shanhai Pass](/source/Battle_of_Shanhai_Pass), allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing.
*[1703](/source/1703) &ndash; Tsar [Peter the Great](/source/Peter_the_Great) founds the city of [Saint Petersburg](/source/Saint_Petersburg).
*[1798](/source/1798) &ndash; The [Pitt–Tierney duel](/source/Pitt%E2%80%93Tierney_duel) takes place on [Putney Heath](/source/Putney_Heath) outside [London](/source/London). A bloodless [duel](/source/duel) between the [prime minister of Great Britain](/source/prime_minister_of_Great_Britain) [William Pitt the Younger](/source/William_Pitt_the_Younger) and his political opponent [George Tierney](/source/George_Tierney).<ref>Nester, William. ''The Coalitions Against Napoleon: How British Money, Manufacturing and Military Power Forged the Alliances that Achieved Victory''. Frontline Books, 2023. p.103</ref>
*  1798   &ndash; The [Battle of Oulart Hill](/source/Battle_of_Oulart_Hill) takes place in [Wexford](/source/Wexford), Ireland; Irish rebel leaders defeat and kill a detachment of militia.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Derek|last1=Warfield|author-link1=Derek Warfield|first2=Raymond|last2=Daly|title=Celtic & Ireland in Song and Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BzVdDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT118|date=17 April 2012|publisher=BookBaby|isbn=978-1-62095-764-6|page=118}}</ref>
*[1799](/source/1799) &ndash; [War of the Second Coalition](/source/War_of_the_Second_Coalition): [Austrian](/source/Habsburg_monarchy) forces defeat the [French](/source/French_First_Republic) at [Winterthur](/source/Battle_of_Winterthur_(1799)), Switzerland.
*[1813](/source/1813) &ndash; [War of 1812](/source/War_of_1812): In Canada, American forces capture [Fort George](/source/Battle_of_Fort_George).
*[1832](/source/1832) &ndash; An Egyptian army under [Ibrahim Pasha](/source/Ibrahim_Pasha_of_Egypt) captures [Acre](/source/Acre%2C_Israel) from the [Ottomans](/source/Ottoman_Empire) after [a five-months siege](/source/Siege_of_Akka_(1832)).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=First Egyptian-Ottoman War (1831–1833)|first=Alexander |last=Mikaberidze |encyclopedia=Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia |volume=1 |editor-first=Alexander |editor-last=Mikaberidze |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2011 }}</ref>
*[1860](/source/1860) &ndash; [Giuseppe Garibaldi](/source/Giuseppe_Garibaldi) begins the [Siege of Palermo](/source/Siege_of_Palermo), part of the wars of [Italian unification](/source/Italian_unification).
*[1863](/source/1863) &ndash; [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War): The first Union infantry assault of the [Siege of Port Hudson](/source/Siege_of_Port_Hudson) occurs.
*[1874](/source/1874) &ndash; The first group of [Dorsland trekkers](/source/Dorsland_Trek) under the leadership of [Gert Alberts](/source/Gert_Alberts) leaves [Pretoria](/source/Pretoria).
*[1883](/source/1883) &ndash; [Alexander III](/source/Alexander_III_of_Russia) is crowned Tsar of Russia.
*[1896](/source/1896) &ndash; The [F4](/source/Fujita_scale)-strength [St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado](/source/1896_St._Louis%E2%80%93East_St._Louis_tornado) hits in [St. Louis, Missouri](/source/St._Louis%2C_Missouri), and [East St. Louis, Illinois](/source/East_St._Louis%2C_Illinois), killing at least 255 people and causing over $10 million in damage.

===1901–present===
*[1905](/source/1905) &ndash; [Russo-Japanese War](/source/Russo-Japanese_War): The [Battle of Tsushima](/source/Battle_of_Tsushima) begins.
*[1915](/source/1915) &ndash; [HMS ''Princess Irene''](/source/HMS_Princess_Irene) explodes and sinks off [Sheerness](/source/Sheerness), [Kent](/source/Kent), with the loss of 352 lives.
*[1917](/source/1917) &ndash; [Pope Benedict XV](/source/Pope_Benedict_XV) promulgates the [1917 ''Code of Canon Law''](/source/1917_Code_of_Canon_Law), the first comprehensive [codification](/source/Codification_(law)) of [Catholic canon law](/source/Catholic_canon_law) in the [legal history of the Catholic Church](/source/legal_history_of_the_Catholic_Church).
*[1919](/source/1919) &ndash; The [NC-4](/source/NC-4) aircraft arrives in [Lisbon](/source/Lisbon) after completing the first [transatlantic flight](/source/transatlantic_flight).
*[1927](/source/1927) &ndash; The [Ford Motor Company](/source/Ford_Motor_Company) ceases manufacture of the [Ford Model T](/source/Ford_Model_T) and begins to retool plants to make the [Ford Model A](/source/Ford_Model_A_(1927%E2%80%931931)).
*[1930](/source/1930) &ndash; The {{convert|1046|ft|m}} [Chrysler Building](/source/Chrysler_Building) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City), the [tallest man-made structure](/source/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_the_world) at the time, opens to the public.
*[1933](/source/1933) &ndash; [New Deal](/source/New_Deal): The U.S. [Federal Securities Act](/source/Federal_Securities_Act) is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the [Federal Trade Commission](/source/Federal_Trade_Commission).
*[1935](/source/1935) &ndash; New Deal: The [Supreme Court of the United States](/source/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States) declares the [National Industrial Recovery Act](/source/National_Industrial_Recovery_Act) to be unconstitutional in ''[A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States](/source/A.L.A._Schechter_Poultry_Corp._v._United_States)'', (295 U.S. 495).<ref>{{cite book|last=Schlesinger|first=Arthur M. Jr.|title=The Age of Roosevelt. Vol. 3: The Politics of Upheaval, 1935–1936|location=Boston|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|date=2003|isbn=978-0-547-52425-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wa_qDwAAQBAJ|pages=279–280}}</ref>
*[1937](/source/1937) &ndash; In [California](/source/California), the [Golden Gate Bridge](/source/Golden_Gate_Bridge) opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco) and [Marin County, California](/source/Marin_County%2C_California).
*[1940](/source/1940) &ndash; [World War II](/source/World_War_II): In the [Le Paradis massacre](/source/Le_Paradis_massacre), 99 soldiers from a [Royal Norfolk Regiment](/source/Royal_Norfolk_Regiment) unit are shot after surrendering to [German](/source/Nazi_Germany) troops; two survive.
*[1941](/source/1941) &ndash; World War II: U.S. president [Franklin D. Roosevelt](/source/Franklin_D._Roosevelt) proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".
*  1941   &ndash; World War II: The {{warship|German battleship|Bismarck}} is sunk in the North Atlantic, killing almost 2,100 men.
*[1942](/source/1942) &ndash; World War II: In [Operation Anthropoid](/source/Operation_Anthropoid), [Reinhard Heydrich](/source/Reinhard_Heydrich) is fatally wounded in [Prague](/source/Prague); he dies of his injuries eight days later.
*[1950](/source/1950) &ndash; The [Linnanmäki](/source/Linnanm%C3%A4ki) amusement park is opened for the first time in [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://greennorth.fi/linnanmaki-amusement-park |title=Linnanmäki Amusement Park – Green North GSA |access-date=2021-05-19 |archive-date=2021-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519140354/http://greennorth.fi/linnanmaki-amusement-park |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://finlandabroad.fi/web/grc/current-affairs/-/asset_publisher/h5w4iTUJhNne/content/linnanmaki-60-vuotta/384951 Linnanmäki turns 60 – Greece]</ref>
*[1958](/source/1958) &ndash; First flight of the [McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II](/source/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II).
*[1960](/source/1960) &ndash; In [Turkey](/source/Turkey), a [military coup](/source/1960_Turkish_coup_d'%C3%A9tat) removes President [Celâl Bayar](/source/Cel%C3%A2l_Bayar) and the rest of the democratic government from office.
*[1962](/source/1962) &ndash; The [Centralia mine fire](/source/Centralia_mine_fire) is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.
*[1965](/source/1965) &ndash; [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War): American warships begin the first bombardment of [National Liberation Front](/source/National_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Vietnam) targets within [South Vietnam](/source/South_Vietnam).
*[1967](/source/1967) &ndash; Australians vote in favor of a [constitutional referendum](/source/Australian_referendum%2C_1967_(Aboriginals)) granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit [Indigenous Australians](/source/Indigenous_Australians) and to count them in the national census.
*  1967   &ndash; The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier {{USS|John F. Kennedy|CV-67|6}} is [launched](/source/Ceremonial_ship_launching) by [Jacqueline Kennedy](/source/Jacqueline_Kennedy) and her daughter [Caroline](/source/Caroline_Kennedy).
*[1971](/source/1971) &ndash; The [Dahlerau train disaster](/source/Dahlerau_train_disaster), the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near [Wuppertal](/source/Wuppertal).
*  1971   &ndash; Pakistani forces massacre over 200 civilians, mostly [Bengali Hindus](/source/Bengali_Hindus), in the [Bagbati massacre](/source/Bagbati_massacre).
*[1975](/source/1975) &ndash; [Dibbles Bridge coach crash](/source/1975_Dibbles_Bridge_coach_crash) near [Grassington](/source/Grassington), in [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire), England, kills 33, the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom.
*[1977](/source/1977) &ndash; A [plane crash](/source/Aeroflot_Flight_331) at [José Martí International Airport](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Mart%C3%AD_International_Airport) in [Havana](/source/Havana), Cuba, kills 67.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-62M CCCP-86614 Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19770527-0 |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[Aviation Safety Network](/source/Aviation_Safety_Network)}}</ref>
*[1980](/source/1980) &ndash; The [Gwangju Massacre](/source/Gwangju_Massacre): Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of [Gwangju](/source/Gwangju) from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.
*[1984](/source/1984) &ndash; The [Danube–Black Sea Canal](/source/Danube%E2%80%93Black_Sea_Canal) is opened, in a ceremony attended by the [Ceaușescu](/source/Nicolae_Ceau%C8%99escu)s. It had been under construction since the 1950s.
*[1988](/source/1988) &ndash; [Somaliland War of Independence](/source/Somaliland_War_of_Independence): The [Somali National Movement](/source/Somali_National_Movement) launches a [major offensive](/source/1988_Hargeisa-Burao_offensive) against Somali government forces in [Hargeisa](/source/Hargeisa) and [Burao](/source/Burao), then the second- and third-largest cities of [Somalia](/source/Somalia).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Binet|first=Laurence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LboiAQAAQBAJ|title=Somalia 1991-1993: Civil War, Famine Alert and a UN "Military-Humanitarian" Intervention|date=2013-10-03|publisher=Médecins Sans Frontières|page=214|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":21">{{Cite book|last=Tekle|first=Amare|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xbQTEF0rd7wC&pg=PA152|title=Eritrea and Ethiopia: From Conflict to Cooperation|date=1 January 1994|publisher=The Red Sea Press|isbn=978-0-932415-97-4|page=152}}</ref>
*[1996](/source/1996) &ndash; [First Chechen War](/source/First_Chechen_War): Russian president [Boris Yeltsin](/source/Boris_Yeltsin) meets with [Chechen](/source/Chechnya) rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
*[1997](/source/1997) &ndash; The [1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak](/source/1997_Central_Texas_tornado_outbreak) occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including [the F5 that killed 27](/source/1997_Prairie_Dell-Jarrell_tornado) in [Jarrell](/source/Jarrell%2C_Texas).
*[1998](/source/1998) &ndash; [Oklahoma City bombing](/source/Oklahoma_City_bombing): [Michael Fortier](/source/Michael_Fortier_(American)) is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the [terrorist](/source/terrorism) plot.
*[1999](/source/1999) &ndash; [Space Shuttle ''Discovery''](/source/Space_Shuttle_Discovery) is launched on [STS-96](/source/STS-96), the first shuttle mission to dock with the [International Space Station](/source/International_Space_Station).<ref name="mission page">{{Cite web |last=Warnock |first=Lynda |title=STS-96 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-96.html |access-date=2020-06-15 |publisher=NASA |language=en}}</ref>
*[2001](/source/2001) &ndash; Members of [Abu Sayyaf](/source/Abu_Sayyaf), an [Islamist](/source/Islamism) separatist group, [seize twenty hostages](/source/Dos_Palmas_kidnappings) from an affluent island resort on [Palawan](/source/Palawan) in the [Philippines](/source/Philippines); the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.
*[2006](/source/2006) &ndash; The 6.4 {{M|w}} [Yogyakarta earthquake](/source/2006_Yogyakarta_earthquake) shakes central [Java](/source/Java) with an [MSK](/source/Medvedev%E2%80%93Sponheuer%E2%80%93Karnik_scale) intensity of VIII (''Damaging''), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.
* [2014](/source/2014) – The football club [Kerala Blasters FC](/source/Kerala_Blasters_FC) and its first supporters' group [Manjappada](/source/Manjappada) are formed.<ref>{{cite web | last=Shukla | first=Kaushal | title=ISL 2016: Kerala Blasters' passionate Manjappada Fan Club the winners before the final | website=Firstpost | date=18 December 2016 | url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/isl-2016-kerala-blasters-passionate-manjappada-fan-club-the-winners-before-the-final-3161688.html | access-date=15 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033917/https://www.firstpost.com/sports/isl-2016-kerala-blasters-passionate-manjappada-fan-club-the-winners-before-the-final-3161688.html |archive-date=12 November 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[2016](/source/2016) &ndash; [Barack Obama](/source/Barack_Obama) is the first president of the United States to visit [Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park](/source/Hiroshima_Peace_Memorial_Park) and meet ''[Hibakusha](/source/Hibakusha)''.
*[2017](/source/2017) &ndash; [Andrew Scheer](/source/Andrew_Scheer) takes over after [Rona Ambrose](/source/Rona_Ambrose) as the leader of the [Conservative Party of Canada](/source/Conservative_Party_of_Canada).
*[2018](/source/2018) &ndash; [Maryland Flood Event](/source/2018_Maryland_flood): A flood occurs throughout the [Patapsco Valley](/source/Patapsco_Valley), causing one death, destroying the entire first floors of buildings on Main Street in [Ellicott City](/source/Ellicott_City), and causing cars to overturn.

==Births==

===Pre-1600===
* [742](/source/742) &ndash; [Emperor Dezong of Tang](/source/Emperor_Dezong_of_Tang) (died 805)
*[1332](/source/1332) &ndash; [Ibn Khaldun](/source/Ibn_Khaldun), Tunisian historian and theologian (died 1406)<ref>{{cite book|author=Larbi Sadiki|title=The Search for Arab Democracy: Discourses and Counter-discourses|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GhRRAa-Ux0cC&pg=PA150|year=2004|publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers|isbn=978-1-85065-494-0|page=150}}</ref>
*[1378](/source/1378) &ndash; [Zhu Quan](/source/Zhu_Quan), Chinese military commander, historian and playwright (died 1448){{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
*[1519](/source/1519) &ndash; [Girolamo Mei](/source/Girolamo_Mei), Italian historian and theorist (died 1594)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Musical quarterly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aJxRAQAAIAAJ|year=1954| last1=Sonneck | first1=Oscar George }}</ref>
*[1537](/source/1537) &ndash; [Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg](/source/Louis_IV%2C_Landgrave_of_Hesse-Marburg) (died 1604)
*[1576](/source/1576) &ndash; [Caspar Schoppe](/source/Caspar_Schoppe), German author and scholar (died 1649)
*[1584](/source/1584) &ndash; [Michael Altenburg](/source/Michael_Altenburg), German theologian and composer (died 1640)

===1601–1900===
*[1601](/source/1601) &ndash; [Antoine Daniel](/source/Antoine_Daniel), French-Canadian missionary and saint (died 1648)
*[1626](/source/1626) &ndash; [William II, Prince of Orange](/source/William_II%2C_Prince_of_Orange) (died 1650)
*[1651](/source/1651) &ndash; [Louis Antoine de Noailles](/source/Louis_Antoine_de_Noailles), French cardinal (died 1729)
*[1652](/source/1652) &ndash; [Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine](/source/Elizabeth_Charlotte%2C_Princess_Palatine) of Germany (died 1722)
*[1738](/source/1738) &ndash; [Nathaniel Gorham](/source/Nathaniel_Gorham), American merchant and politician, 14th [President of the Continental Congress](/source/President_of_the_Continental_Congress) (died 1796)
*[1756](/source/1756) &ndash; [Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria](/source/Maximilian_I_Joseph_of_Bavaria) (died 1825) 
*[1774](/source/1774) &ndash; [Francis Beaufort](/source/Francis_Beaufort), Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (died 1857)
*[1794](/source/1794) &ndash; [Cornelius Vanderbilt](/source/Cornelius_Vanderbilt), American businessman and philanthropist (died 1877)
*[1812](/source/1812) &ndash; [George K. Teulon](/source/George_K._Teulon), English-Texian journalist and freemason (died 1846)<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Bannerman|editor-first=W. Bruce|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1xIAAAAYAAJ|title=Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica|volume=II|series=4th series|year=1908|publisher=Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 140 Wardour Street W.|publication-place=London|page=204|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*[1814](/source/1814) &ndash; [John Rudolph Niernsee](/source/John_Rudolph_Niernsee), Viennese-born American architect (died 1885)
*[1815](/source/1815) &ndash; [Henry Parkes](/source/Henry_Parkes), English-Australian politician, 7th [Premier of New South Wales](/source/Premier_of_New_South_Wales) (died 1896) 
*[1818](/source/1818) &ndash; [Amelia Bloomer](/source/Amelia_Bloomer), American journalist and activist (died 1894)
*[1819](/source/1819) &ndash; [Julia Ward Howe](/source/Julia_Ward_Howe), American poet and songwriter (died 1910)
*[1827](/source/1827) &ndash; [Samuel F. Miller](/source/Samuel_F._Miller_(U.S._politician)), American lawyer and politician (died 1892)
*[1832](/source/1832) &ndash; [Zenas Ferry Moody](/source/Zenas_Ferry_Moody), American surveyor and politician, 7th [Governor of Oregon](/source/Governor_of_Oregon) (died 1917)
*[1836](/source/1836) &ndash; [Jay Gould](/source/Jay_Gould), American businessman and financier (died 1892)
*[1837](/source/1837) &ndash; [Wild Bill Hickok](/source/Wild_Bill_Hickok), American police officer (died 1876)
*[1852](/source/1852) &ndash; [Billy Barnes](/source/Billy_Barnes_(cricketer)), English cricketer (died 1899)
*[1857](/source/1857) &ndash; [Theodor Curtius](/source/Theodor_Curtius), German chemist (died 1928)
*[1860](/source/1860) &ndash; [Manuel Teixeira Gomes](/source/Manuel_Teixeira_Gomes), Portuguese politician, 7th [President of Portugal](/source/President_of_Portugal) (died 1941)
*  1860   &ndash; [Margrethe Munthe](/source/Margrethe_Munthe), Norwegian songwriter (died 1931)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Margrethe Munthe |encyclopedia=[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon) |date= 23 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Margrethe_Munthe |language=no|access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref>
*[1863](/source/1863) &ndash; [Arthur Mold](/source/Arthur_Mold), English cricketer (died 1921)
*[1867](/source/1867) &ndash; [Arnold Bennett](/source/Arnold_Bennett), English author and playwright (died 1931)
*[1868](/source/1868) &ndash; [Aleksa Šantić](/source/Aleksa_%C5%A0anti%C4%87), Bosnian poet and author (died 1924)
*[1871](/source/1871) &ndash; [Georges Rouault](/source/Georges_Rouault), French painter and illustrator (died 1958)
*[1875](/source/1875) &ndash; [Frederick Cuming](/source/Frederick_Cuming_(cricketer)), English cricketer (died 1942)
*  1875    &ndash; [Jorge Newbery](/source/Jorge_Newbery), Argentine aviator (died 1914)<ref>{{cite news|title=Un nuevo aniversario del natalicio de Jorge Newbery|url=https://www.losandes.com.ar/columnistas/un-nuevo-aniversario-del-natalicio-jorge-newbery-n5949744|website=Diario Los Andes|language=es|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*[1876](/source/1876) &ndash; [Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski](/source/Ferdynand_Antoni_Ossendowski), Polish journalist and author (died 1945)
*  1876   &ndash; [William Stanier](/source/William_Stanier), English engineer (died 1965)
*[1878](/source/1878) &ndash; [Anna Cervin](/source/Anna_Cervin), Swedish artist (died 1972)
*[1879](/source/1879) &ndash; [Karl Bühler](/source/Karl_B%C3%BChler), German-American linguist and psychologist (died 1963)
*  1879   &ndash; [Hans Lammers](/source/Hans_Lammers), German judge and politician (died 1962)
*[1883](/source/1883) &ndash; [Jessie Arms Botke](/source/Jessie_Arms_Botke), American painter (died 1971)
*[1884](/source/1884) &ndash; [Max Brod](/source/Max_Brod), Czech journalist, author, and composer (died 1968)
*[1887](/source/1887) &ndash; [Frank Woolley](/source/Frank_Woolley), English cricketer (died 1978)
*[1888](/source/1888) &ndash; [Louis Durey](/source/Louis_Durey), French composer (died 1979)
*[1891](/source/1891) &ndash; [Claude Champagne](/source/Claude_Champagne), Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (died 1965)
*  1891   &ndash; [Jaan Kärner](/source/Jaan_K%C3%A4rner), Estonian poet and author (died 1958)
*[1894](/source/1894) &ndash; [Louis-Ferdinand Céline](/source/Louis-Ferdinand_C%C3%A9line), French physician and author (died 1961)
*  1894   &ndash; [Dashiell Hammett](/source/Dashiell_Hammett), American detective novelist and screenwriter (died 1961)
*[1895](/source/1895) &ndash; [Douglas Lloyd Campbell](/source/Douglas_Lloyd_Campbell), Canadian educator and politician, 13th [Premier of Manitoba](/source/Premier_of_Manitoba) (died 1995)
*[1897](/source/1897) &ndash; [John Cockcroft](/source/John_Cockcroft), English physicist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate (died 1967)
*  1897   &ndash; [Dink Templeton](/source/Dink_Templeton), American rugby player and coach (died 1962)
*[1898](/source/1898) &ndash; [David Crosthwait](/source/David_Crosthwait), American engineer, inventor and writer (died 1976)
*[1899](/source/1899) &ndash; [Johannes Türn](/source/Johannes_T%C3%BCrn), Estonian chess and [draughts](/source/draughts) player (died 1993)
*[1900](/source/1900) &ndash; [Lotte Toberentz](/source/Lotte_Toberentz), German overseer of the Nazi [Uckermark concentration camp](/source/Uckermark_concentration_camp) (died 1964)
*  1900   &ndash; [Uładzimir Žyłka](/source/U%C5%82adzimir_%C5%BDy%C5%82ka), Belarusian poet and translator (died 1933)

===1901–present===
*[1906](/source/1906) &ndash; [Buddhadasa](/source/Buddhadasa), Thai monk and philosopher (died 1993)
*  1906   &ndash; [Harry Hibbs](/source/Harry_Hibbs_(footballer)), English footballer (died 1984)
*  1906   &ndash; [Antonio Rosario Mennonna](/source/Antonio_Rosario_Mennonna), Italian bishop (died 2009)
*[1907](/source/1907) &ndash; [Nicolas Calas](/source/Nicolas_Calas), Greek-American poet and critic (died 1988)
*  1907   &ndash; [Rachel Carson](/source/Rachel_Carson), American biologist, environmentalist, and author (died 1964)
*[1909](/source/1909) &ndash; [Dolores Hope](/source/Dolores_Hope), American singer and philanthropist (died 2011)
*1909 &ndash; [Juan Vicente Pérez](/source/Juan_Vicente_P%C3%A9rez), Venezuelan supercentenarian, [oldest living man](/source/oldest_living_man), last man born in 1900s decade (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-04 |title=Oldest man living |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/67479-oldest-person-living-male |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=Guinness World Records |language=en-gb}}</ref>
*[1911](/source/1911) &ndash; [Hubert Humphrey](/source/Hubert_Humphrey), American journalist and politician, 38th [Vice President of the United States](/source/Vice_President_of_the_United_States) (died 1978)
*  1911   &ndash; [Teddy Kollek](/source/Teddy_Kollek), Hungarian-Israeli politician, [Mayor of Jerusalem](/source/Mayor_of_Jerusalem) (died 2007)
*  1911   &ndash; [Vincent Price](/source/Vincent_Price), American actor (died 1993)
*[1912](/source/1912) &ndash; [John Cheever](/source/John_Cheever), American novelist and short story writer (died 1982)
*  1912   &ndash; [Sam Snead](/source/Sam_Snead), American golfer and sportscaster (died 2002)
*  1912   &ndash; [Terry Moore](/source/Terry_Moore_(baseball)), American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1995)
*[1915](/source/1915) &ndash; [Ester Soré](/source/Ester_Sor%C3%A9), Chilean singer-songwriter (died 1996)
*  1915   &ndash; [Herman Wouk](/source/Herman_Wouk), American novelist (died 2019)
*[1917](/source/1917) &ndash; [Harry Webster](/source/Harry_Webster), English engineer (died 2007)
*[1918](/source/1918) &ndash; [Yasuhiro Nakasone](/source/Yasuhiro_Nakasone), Japanese commander and politician, 45th [Prime Minister of Japan](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Japan) (died 2019)<ref>{{cite web |title=Yasuhiro Nakasone, former Japanese PM and Reagan confidant, dies at 101 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/29/yasuhiro-nakasone-japanese-pm-and-reagan-confidant-dies-at-101 |website=The Guardian |access-date=23 January 2020 |date=29 November 2019}}</ref>
*[1921](/source/1921) &ndash; [Bob Godfrey](/source/Bob_Godfrey), Australian-English animator, director, and voice actor (died 2013)
*[1922](/source/1922) &ndash; [Otto Carius](/source/Otto_Carius), German lieutenant and pharmacist (died 2015)
*  1922   &ndash; [Christopher Lee](/source/Christopher_Lee), English actor (died 2015)
*  1922   &ndash; [John D. Vanderhoof](/source/John_D._Vanderhoof), American banker and politician, 37th [Governor of Colorado](/source/Governor_of_Colorado) (died 2013)
*[1923](/source/1923) &ndash; [Henry Kissinger](/source/Henry_Kissinger), German-American political scientist and politician, 56th [United States Secretary of State](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_State), [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Peace_Prize) laureate (died 2023)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pengelly |first=Martin |date=2023-11-30 |title=Henry Kissinger, secretary of state to Richard Nixon, dies at 100 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/29/henry-kissinger-dies-secretary-of-state-richard-nixon |access-date=2023-11-30 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*  1923   &ndash; [Sumner Redstone](/source/Sumner_Redstone), American businessman and philanthropist (died 2020)
*[1924](/source/1924) &ndash; [Jaime Lusinchi](/source/Jaime_Lusinchi), Venezuelan physician and politician, [President of Venezuela](/source/President_of_Venezuela) (died 2014)
*  1924   &ndash; [John Sumner](/source/John_Sumner_(director)), English-Australian director, founded the [Melbourne Theatre Company](/source/Melbourne_Theatre_Company) (died 2013)
*[1925](/source/1925) &ndash; [Tony Hillerman](/source/Tony_Hillerman), American journalist and author (died 2008)
*[1927](/source/1927) &ndash; [Jüri Randviir](/source/J%C3%BCri_Randviir), Estonian chess player and journalist (died 1996)
*[1928](/source/1928) &ndash; [Thea Musgrave](/source/Thea_Musgrave), Scottish-American composer and educator
*[1930](/source/1930) &ndash; [John Barth](/source/John_Barth), American novelist and short story writer (died 2024)
*  1930   &ndash; [William S. Sessions](/source/William_S._Sessions), American civil servant and judge, 8th [Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation](/source/Director_of_the_Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation) (died 2020)
*  1930   &ndash; [Eino Tamberg](/source/Eino_Tamberg), Estonian composer and educator (died 2010)
*[1931](/source/1931) &ndash; [André Barbeau](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Barbeau), French-Canadian neurologist (died 1986)
*  1931   &ndash; [John Chapple](/source/John_Chapple_(British_Army_officer)), English field marshal and politician, [Governor of Gibraltar](/source/Governor_of_Gibraltar) (died 2022)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Field Marshal Sir John Chapple obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/field-marshal-sir-john-chapple-obituary-q03zzzspw |date=26 March 2022 |access-date=2022-03-26|work=The Times |issn=0140-0460 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220326200205/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/field-marshal-sir-john-chapple-obituary-q03zzzspw#selection-973.72-973.580 |archive-date=26 March 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1931   &ndash; [Bernard Fresson](/source/Bernard_Fresson), French actor (died 2002)
*  1931   &ndash; [Faten Hamama](/source/Faten_Hamama), Egyptian actress and producer (died 2015)
*  1931   &ndash; [Philip Kotler](/source/Philip_Kotler), American author and professor
*[1933](/source/1933) &ndash; [Edward Samuel Rogers](/source/Edward_Samuel_Rogers), Canadian businessman (died 2008)
*  1933   &ndash; [Manfred Sommer](/source/Manfred_Sommer), Spanish author and illustrator (died 2007)
*[1934](/source/1934) &ndash; [Ray Daviault](/source/Ray_Daviault), Canadian-American baseball player (died 2020)
*  1934   &ndash; [Harlan Ellison](/source/Harlan_Ellison), American author and screenwriter (died 2018)
*[1935](/source/1935) &ndash; [Daniel Colchico](/source/Daniel_Colchico), American football player and coach (died 2014)
*  1935   &ndash; [Mal Evans](/source/Mal_Evans), British road manager of [The Beatles](/source/The_Beatles) (died 1976)
*  1935   &ndash; [Jerry Kindall](/source/Jerry_Kindall), American baseball player and coach (died 2017)
*  1935   &ndash; [Ramsey Lewis](/source/Ramsey_Lewis), American jazz pianist and composer (died 2022)
*  1935   &ndash; [Lee Meriwether](/source/Lee_Meriwether), American model and actress, [Miss America 1955](/source/Miss_America_1955) 
*[1936](/source/1936) &ndash; [Benjamin Bathurst](/source/Benjamin_Bathurst_(Royal_Navy_officer)), English admiral (died 2025)
*  1936   &ndash; [Louis Gossett Jr.](/source/Louis_Gossett_Jr.), American actor and producer (died 2024)
*  1936   &ndash; [Marcel Masse](/source/Marcel_Masse), Canadian educator and politician, 29th [Canadian Minister of National Defence](/source/Minister_of_National_Defence_(Canada)) (died 2014)
*[1937](/source/1937) &ndash; [Allan Carr](/source/Allan_Carr), American playwright and producer (died 1999)
*[1939](/source/1939) &ndash; [Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns](/source/Simon_Cairns%2C_6th_Earl_Cairns), English courtier and businessman
*  1939   &ndash; [Yves Duhaime](/source/Yves_Duhaime), Canadian captain and politician
*  1939   &ndash; [Sokratis Kokkalis](/source/Sokratis_Kokkalis), Greek businessman
*  1939   &ndash; [Gerald Ronson](/source/Gerald_Ronson), English businessman and philanthropist
*  1939   &ndash; [Lionel Sosa](/source/Lionel_Sosa), Mexican-American advertising and marketing executive<ref name="expressnews">{{cite news |url=https://www.expressnews.com/150years/leaders/article/San-Antonio-s-Lionel-Sosa-is-a-legend-in-the-6114992.php |title=Sosa a legend in Hispanic marketing: Ad guru says partners didn't realize they were making history |last=Hendricks |first=David |date=March 5, 2015 |newspaper= [San Antonio Express-News](/source/San_Antonio_Express-News)|access-date= 7 February 2019}}</ref> 
*  1939   &ndash; [Don Williams](/source/Don_Williams), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017) 
*[1940](/source/1940) &ndash; [Mike Gibson](/source/Mike_Gibson_(sports_journalist)), Australian journalist and sportscaster (died 2015)
*[1942](/source/1942) &ndash; [Lee Baca](/source/Lee_Baca), American police officer
*  1942   &ndash; [Piers Courage](/source/Piers_Courage), English racing driver (died 1970)
*  1942   &ndash; [Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman](/source/Roger_Freeman%2C_Baron_Freeman), English accountant and politician, [Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster](/source/Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster)
*  1942   &ndash; [Robin Widdows](/source/Robin_Widdows), English racing driver
*[1943](/source/1943) &ndash; [Cilla Black](/source/Cilla_Black), English singer and actress (died 2015)
*  1943   &ndash; [Bruce Weitz](/source/Bruce_Weitz), American actor
*[1944](/source/1944) &ndash; [Christopher Dodd](/source/Christopher_Dodd), American lawyer and politician
*  1944   &ndash; [Karen Fladset](/source/Karen_Fladset), Norwegian handball player<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Karen Fladset |first1=Rolf |last1=Bryhn |first2=Thomas |last2=Aune |encyclopedia=[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon) |date=22 August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Karen_Fladset |language=no|access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1944   &ndash; [Ingrid Roscoe](/source/Ingrid_Roscoe), English historian and politician, [Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire](/source/Lord_Lieutenant_of_West_Yorkshire) (died 2020)
*  1944   &ndash; [Alain Souchon](/source/Alain_Souchon), French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
*[1945](/source/1945) &ndash; [Bruce Cockburn](/source/Bruce_Cockburn), Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*[1946](/source/1946) &ndash; [Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen](/source/Niels-Henning_%C3%98rsted_Pedersen), Danish bassist and composer (died 2005)
*  1946   &ndash; [John Williams](/source/John_Williams_(motorcyclist)), English motorcycle racer (died 1978)
*[1947](/source/1947) &ndash; [Peter DeFazio](/source/Peter_DeFazio), American politician
*  1947   &ndash; [Marty Kristian](/source/Marty_Kristian), German-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor 
*  1947   &ndash; [Branko Oblak](/source/Branko_Oblak), Slovenian footballer and coach
*  1947   &ndash; [Riivo Sinijärv](/source/Riivo_Sinij%C3%A4rv), Estonian politician, 19th [Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs](/source/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Estonia))
*[1948](/source/1948) &ndash; [Wubbo de Boer](/source/Wubbo_de_Boer), Dutch civil servant (died 2017)
*  1948   &ndash; [Pete Sears](/source/Pete_Sears), English bass player 
*  1948   &ndash; [Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart](/source/Morning_Glory_Zell-Ravenheart), American occultist and author (died 2014)
*[1949](/source/1949) &ndash; [Hugh Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale](/source/Hugh_Lowther%2C_8th_Earl_of_Lonsdale), English politician (died 2021)
*  1949   &ndash; [Christa Vahlensieck](/source/Christa_Vahlensieck), German runner
*[1950](/source/1950) &ndash; [Dee Dee Bridgewater](/source/Dee_Dee_Bridgewater), American singer-songwriter and actress 
*  1950   &ndash; [Makis Dendrinos](/source/Makis_Dendrinos), Greek basketball player and coach (died 2015)
*[1951](/source/1951) &ndash; [John Conteh](/source/John_Conteh), English boxer
*[1954](/source/1954) &ndash; [Pauline Hanson](/source/Pauline_Hanson), Australian businesswoman, activist, and politician
*  1954   &ndash; [Jackie Slater](/source/Jackie_Slater), American football player and coach
*[1955](/source/1955) &ndash; [Eric Bischoff](/source/Eric_Bischoff), American wrestler, manager, and producer
*  1955   &ndash; [Richard Schiff](/source/Richard_Schiff), American actor, director, and producer
*  1955   &ndash; [Ian Tracey](/source/Ian_Tracey_(organist)), English organist and conductor
*[1956](/source/1956) &ndash; [Cynthia McFadden](/source/Cynthia_McFadden), American journalist
*  1956   &ndash; [Rosemary Squire](/source/Rosemary_Squire), English producer and manager, co-founded [Ambassador Theatre Group](/source/Ambassador_Theatre_Group)
*  1956   &ndash; [Giuseppe Tornatore](/source/Giuseppe_Tornatore), Italian director and screenwriter
*[1957](/source/1957) &ndash; [Dag Terje Andersen](/source/Dag_Terje_Andersen), Norwegian politician, [Norwegian Minister of Labour](/source/Minister_of_Labour_and_Social_Inclusion)
*  1957   &ndash; [Nitin Gadkari](/source/Nitin_Gadkari), Indian lawyer and politician, [Indian Minister of Transport](/source/Ministry_of_Road_Transport_and_Highways)
*  1957   &ndash; [Eddie Harsch](/source/Eddie_Harsch), Canadian-American keyboard player and bass player (died 2016)
*  1957   &ndash; [Siouxsie Sioux](/source/Siouxsie_Sioux), English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
*[1958](/source/1958) &ndash; [Nick Anstee](/source/Nick_Anstee), English accountant and politician, 682nd [Lord Mayor of London](/source/Lord_Mayor_of_London)
*  1958   &ndash; [Neil Finn](/source/Neil_Finn), New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician
*  1958   &ndash; [Jesse Robredo](/source/Jesse_Robredo), Filipino politician, 23rd [Secretary of the Interior and Local Government](/source/Secretary_of_the_Interior_and_Local_Government) (died 2012)
*[1960](/source/1960) &ndash; [Gaston Therrien](/source/Gaston_Therrien), Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
*[1961](/source/1961) &ndash; [José Luíz Barbosa](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Lu%C3%ADz_Barbosa), Brazilian runner and coach
*  1961   &ndash; [Peri Gilpin](/source/Peri_Gilpin), American actress
*[1962](/source/1962) &ndash; [Marcelino Bernal](/source/Marcelino_Bernal), Mexican footballer 
*  1962   &ndash; [Ray Borner](/source/Ray_Borner), Australian basketball player
*  1962   &ndash; [Steven Brill](/source/Steven_Brill_(scriptwriter)), American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1962   &ndash; [Anthony A. Hyman](/source/Anthony_A._Hyman), Israeli-English biologist and academic
*  1962   &ndash; [David Mundell](/source/David_Mundell), Scottish lawyer and politician, [Secretary of State for Scotland](/source/Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland)
*  1962   &ndash; [Ravi Shastri](/source/Ravi_Shastri), Indian cricketer, coach and sportscaster
*[1963](/source/1963) &ndash; [Gonzalo Rubalcaba](/source/Gonzalo_Rubalcaba), Cuban pianist and composer
*  1963   &ndash; [Maria Walliser](/source/Maria_Walliser), Swiss skier
*[1964](/source/1964) &ndash; [Adam Carolla](/source/Adam_Carolla), American actor, producer, and screenwriter
*[1965](/source/1965) &ndash; [Todd Bridges](/source/Todd_Bridges), American actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Todd Bridges |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/22212%7C0/Todd-Bridges#overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205164546/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/22212%7C0/Todd-Bridges/#overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2013 |publisher=[Turner Classic Movies](/source/Turner_Classic_Movies) |access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref>
*  1965   &ndash; [Pat Cash](/source/Pat_Cash), Australian-English tennis player and sportscaster
*[1966](/source/1966) &ndash; [Heston Blumenthal](/source/Heston_Blumenthal), English chef and author
*[1967](/source/1967) &ndash; [Paul Gascoigne](/source/Paul_Gascoigne), English international footballer, coach, and manager<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Gascoigne |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2775 |website=soccerbase.com |access-date=27 March 2020}}</ref>
*  1967   &ndash; [Eddie McClintock](/source/Eddie_McClintock), American actor
*[1968](/source/1968) &ndash; [Jeff Bagwell](/source/Jeff_Bagwell), American baseball player and coach
*  1968   &ndash; [Rebekah Brooks](/source/Rebekah_Brooks), English journalist 
*  1968   &ndash; [Harun Erdenay](/source/Harun_Erdenay), Turkish basketball player and coach
*  1968   &ndash; [Frank Thomas](/source/Frank_Thomas), American baseball player and sportscaster
*[1969](/source/1969) &ndash; [Todd Hundley](/source/Todd_Hundley), American baseball player
*  1969   &ndash; [Jeremy Mayfield](/source/Jeremy_Mayfield), American race car driver
*  1969   &ndash; [Craig Federighi](/source/Craig_Federighi), American computer scientist and engineer 
*[1970](/source/1970) &ndash; [Michele Bartoli](/source/Michele_Bartoli), Italian cyclist
*  1970   &ndash; [Tim Farron](/source/Tim_Farron), English educator and politician
*  1970   &ndash; [Joseph Fiennes](/source/Joseph_Fiennes), English actor
*  1970   &ndash; [Alex Archer](/source/Alex_Archer_(musician)), American-born Australian musician
*[1971](/source/1971) &ndash; [Mathew Batsiua](/source/Mathew_Batsiua), Nauruan politician
*  1971   &ndash; [Paul Bettany](/source/Paul_Bettany), English actor
*  1971   &ndash; [Wayne Carey](/source/Wayne_Carey), Australian footballer and coach
*  1971   &ndash; [Kaur Kender](/source/Kaur_Kender), Estonian author
*  1971   &ndash; [Lisa Lopes](/source/Lisa_Lopes), American rapper and dancer (died 2002)
*  1971   &ndash; [Lee Sharpe](/source/Lee_Sharpe), English footballer
*  1971   &ndash; [Grant Stafford](/source/Grant_Stafford), South African tennis player
*  1971   &ndash; [Sophie Walker](/source/Sophie_Walker), British politician, leader of the [Women's Equality Party](/source/Women's_Equality_Party)
*  1971   &ndash; [Petroc Trelawny](/source/Petroc_Trelawny), British radio and television broadcaster
*[1972](/source/1972) &ndash; [Todd Demsey](/source/Todd_Demsey), American golfer
*  1972   &ndash; [Antonio Freeman](/source/Antonio_Freeman), American football player
*  1972   &ndash; [Maxim Sokolov](/source/Maxim_Sokolov), Russian ice hockey player
*[1973](/source/1973) &ndash; [Jack McBrayer](/source/Jack_McBrayer), American actor and comedian
*  1973   &ndash; [Tana Umaga](/source/Tana_Umaga), New Zealand rugby player and coach
*[1974](/source/1974) &ndash; [Skye Edwards](/source/Skye_Edwards), British singer-songwriter 
*  1974   &ndash; [Denise van Outen](/source/Denise_van_Outen), English actress, singer, and television host
*  1974   &ndash; [Derek Webb](/source/Derek_Webb), American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1974   &ndash; [Danny Wuerffel](/source/Danny_Wuerffel), American football player
*[1975](/source/1975) &ndash; [André 3000](/source/Andr%C3%A9_3000), American rapper
*  1975   &ndash; [Michael Hussey](/source/Michael_Hussey), Australian cricketer
*  1975   &ndash; [Jadakiss](/source/Jadakiss), American rapper<ref>{{cite web |last1=J. |first1=Miranda |title=Happy Birthday, Jadakiss! |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/happy-birthday-jadakiss/ |publisher=[XXL](/source/XXL_(magazine)) |access-date=23 May 2023 |date=27 May 2015}}</ref>
*  1975   &ndash; [Jamie Oliver](/source/Jamie_Oliver), English chef and author
*  1975   &ndash; [Feryal Özel](/source/Feryal_%C3%96zel), Turkish astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic
*[1976](/source/1976) &ndash; [Marcel Fässler](/source/Marcel_F%C3%A4ssler_(racing_driver)), Swiss racing driver
*[1977](/source/1977) &ndash; [Abderrahmane Hammad](/source/Abderrahmane_Hammad), Algerian high jumper
*  1977   &ndash; [Mahela Jayawardene](/source/Mahela_Jayawardene), Sri Lankan cricketer
*[1978](/source/1978) &ndash; [Adin Brown](/source/Adin_Brown), American soccer player
*[1979](/source/1979) &ndash; [Michael Buonauro](/source/Michael_Buonauro), American author and illustrator (died 2004)
*  1979   &ndash; [Mile Sterjovski](/source/Mile_Sterjovski), Australian footballer
*[1980](/source/1980) &ndash; [Craig Buntin](/source/Craig_Buntin), Canadian figure skater
*[1981](/source/1981) &ndash; [Alina Cojocaru](/source/Alina_Cojocaru), Romanian ballerina
*  1981   &ndash; [Johan Elmander](/source/Johan_Elmander), Swedish footballer
*[1982](/source/1982) &ndash; [Natalya](/source/Natalie_Neidhart), Canadian professional wrestler<ref name="OWOW">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/n/natalya-neidhart.html|title=Natalya Neidhart|access-date=April 26, 2008|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301202822/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/n/natalya-neidhart/|archive-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref>
*  1982    &ndash; [Mariano Pavone](/source/Mariano_Pavone), Argentine footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mariano Pavone|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/hugo-mariano-pavone/18096/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*[1984](/source/1984) &ndash; [Blake Ahearn](/source/Blake_Ahearn), American basketball player
*  1984   &ndash; [Miguel González](/source/Miguel_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(pitcher)), Mexican baseball pitcher
*[1985](/source/1985) &ndash; [Chiang Chien-ming](/source/Chiang_Chien-ming), Taiwanese baseball player
*  1985   &ndash; [Roberto Soldado](/source/Roberto_Soldado), Spanish footballer
*[1986](/source/1986) &ndash; [Conor Cummins](/source/Conor_Cummins), Manx motorcycle racer
*  1986   &ndash; [Bamba Fall](/source/Bamba_Fall), Senegalese basketball player
*  1986   &ndash; [Lasse Schöne](/source/Lasse_Sch%C3%B6ne), Danish footballer
*[1987](/source/1987) &ndash; [Gervinho](/source/Gervinho), Ivorian footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [Bella Heathcote](/source/Bella_Heathcote), Australian actress
*  1987   &ndash; [Bora Paçun](/source/Bora_Pa%C3%A7un), Turkish basketball player
*  1987   &ndash; [Matt Prior](/source/Matt_Prior_(rugby_league)), Australian rugby league player
*  1987   &ndash; [Martina Sáblíková](/source/Martina_S%C3%A1bl%C3%ADkov%C3%A1), Czech speed skater and cyclist
*[1988](/source/1988) &ndash; [Celso Borges](/source/Celso_Borges), Costa Rican footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Celso Borges|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/celso-borges/42678/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*  1988 &ndash; [Vontae Davis](/source/Vontae_Davis), American football player (died 2024)
*  1988   &ndash; [Irina Davydova](/source/Irina_Davydova), Russian hurdler<ref>{{cite web |title=Irina KOLESNICHENKO {{!}} Profile |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/russia/irina-davydova-227237 |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [Garrett Richards](/source/Garrett_Richards), American baseball pitcher
*  1988   &ndash; [Tyler Sash](/source/Tyler_Sash), American football player (died 2015)
*[1989](/source/1989) &ndash; [Igor Morozov](/source/Igor_Morozov_(footballer)), Estonian footballer
* 1989    &ndash; [Peakboy](/source/Peakboy), South Korean rapper, record producer, and singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web|last=Seong|first=Ji-su|script-title=ko:[영상] [톱스타 리턴즈] #반말인터뷰/같이 작업하고 싶은 천재만재 가수 픽보이 (Peakboy)|url=http://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=864928|website=Top Star News|access-date=November 5, 2021|language=ko|date=March 11, 2021}}</ref>
*[1990](/source/1990) &ndash; [Yenew Alamirew](/source/Yenew_Alamirew), Ethiopian runner
*  1990   &ndash; [Chris Colfer](/source/Chris_Colfer), American actor and singer
*  1990   &ndash; [Jonas Hector](/source/Jonas_Hector), German footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jonas Hector|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/jonas-hector/141580/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [Marcus Kruger](/source/Marcus_Kruger), Swedish ice hockey player
*[1991](/source/1991) &ndash; [Sebastien Dewaest](/source/Sebastien_Dewaest), Belgian footballer
*  1991   &ndash; [Tim Lafai](/source/Tim_Lafai), Samoan rugby league player
*  1991   &ndash; [Ksenia Pervak](/source/Ksenia_Pervak), Russian tennis player
*  1991   &ndash; [Mário Rui](/source/M%C3%A1rio_Rui), Portuguese footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mário Rui|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/mario-rui-silva-duarte/134609/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [Armando Sadiku](/source/Armando_Sadiku), Albanian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Armando Sadiku|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/armando-sadiku/96491/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [Eneli Vals](/source/Eneli_Vals), Estonian footballer
*[1992](/source/1992) &ndash; [Aaron Brown](/source/Aaron_Brown_(sprinter)), Canadian sprinter
*  1992   &ndash; [Jeison Murillo](/source/Jeison_Murillo), Colombian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jeison Murillo|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/jeison-murillo/102859/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [Laurence Vincent-Lapointe](/source/Laurence_Vincent-Lapointe), Canadian canoer<ref>{{cite web|title=Laurence Vincent-Lapointe|date=4 August 2016|url=https://www.canoeicf.com/athlete/laurence-vincent-lapointe|publisher=International Canoe Federation|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref>
*[1994](/source/1994) &ndash; [Maximilian Arnold](/source/Maximilian_Arnold), German footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maximilian Arnold|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/maximilian-arnold|website=[Bundesliga](/source/Bundesliga)|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
* 1994 &ndash; [João Cancelo](/source/Jo%C3%A3o_Cancelo), Portuguese footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=João Cancelo|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/5051/Jo%C3%A3o-Cancelo/overview|website=[Premier League](/source/Premier_League)|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*   1994    &ndash; [Aymeric Laporte](/source/Aymeric_Laporte), French-Spanish footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aymeric Laporte|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/11044/Aymeric-Laporte/overview|website=[Premier League](/source/Premier_League)|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*[1995](/source/1995) &ndash; [Yoán Moncada](/source/Yo%C3%A1n_Moncada), Cuban baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Yoán Moncada |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/yoan-moncada-660162 |publisher=[Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) |access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref>
*[1996](/source/1996) &ndash; [Kim Jae-hwan](/source/Kim_Jae-hwan_(singer)), South Korean singer<ref>{{cite web|title=김재환, 5월의 가수 선정…풍부한 성량+장르 무관 소화력[TEN차트]|url=https://tenasia.hankyung.com/article/2024052527634|work=TenAsia|date=27 May 2024|access-date=26 February 2025|language=ko}}</ref>
*[1997](/source/1997) &ndash; [Anna Bondar](/source/Anna_Bondar), Hungarian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/322942/anna-bondar|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Anna Bondar|publisher=[Women's Tennis Association](/source/Women's_Tennis_Association)|access-date=17 October 2022}}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; [Daniel Jones](/source/Daniel_Jones_(American_football)), American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniel Jones |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3917792/daniel-jones |publisher=[ESPN](/source/ESPN) |access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref>
*  1997     &ndash; [Konrad Laimer](/source/Konrad_Laimer), Austrian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Konrad Laimer|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/konrad-laimer|website=[Bundesliga](/source/Bundesliga)|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*[1998](/source/1998)  &ndash; [Josep Martínez](/source/Josep_Mart%C3%ADnez), Spanish footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Josep Martínez|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/josep-martinez-riera/451057/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*[1999](/source/1999)  &ndash; [Matheus Cunha](/source/Matheus_Cunha), Brazilian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Matheus Cunha|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/51202/Matheus-Cunha/overview|website=[Premier League](/source/Premier_League)|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*   1999    &ndash; [Lily-Rose Depp](/source/Lily-Rose_Depp), French-American actress and model<ref>{{cite web |last1=Juneau |first1=Jen |title=Lily-Rose Depp Marks 23rd Birthday as Dad Johnny Depp Nears End of Legal Battle with Amber Heard |url=https://people.com/movies/lily-rose-depp-23rd-birthday-dad-johnny-depp-nears-end-of-legal-battle/ |work=[People](/source/People_(magazine)) |access-date=23 May 2023 |date=30 May 2022}}</ref>
*[2000](/source/2000)  &ndash; [Abner Vinícius](/source/Abner_Vin%C3%ADcius), Brazilian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Abner Vinícius|url=https://ligue1.fr/player-sheet/l1_championship_player_2024_159_103734|website=[Ligue 1](/source/Ligue_1)|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*[2002](/source/2002)  &ndash; [Jérémy Doku](/source/J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my_Doku), Belgian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jérémy Doku|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/54156/J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-Doku/overview|website=[Premier League](/source/Premier_League)|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*  2002    &ndash; [Gabri Veiga](/source/Gabri_Veiga), Spanish footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gabri Veiga|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/gabriel-veiga-novas/627646/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*[2003](/source/2003)  &ndash; [Franco Colapinto](/source/Franco_Colapinto), Argentine racing driver<ref>{{Cite web|title=Franco Colapinto|url=https://www.fiaformula3.com/Latest/AzcVh6RBeWrYzsEaq29Jh/in-profile-franco-colapinto|website=FiaFormula3|access-date=25 October 2025}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [366](/source/366) &ndash; [Procopius](/source/Procopius_(usurper)), Roman usurper (born 325)
* [398](/source/398) &ndash; [Murong Bao](/source/Murong_Bao), emperor of the [Xianbei](/source/Xianbei) state [Later Yan](/source/Later_Yan) (born 355)
* [475](/source/475) &ndash; [Eutropius](/source/Eutropius_of_Orange), [bishop of Orange](/source/Ancient_Diocese_of_Orange) 
* [866](/source/866) &ndash; [Ordoño I of Asturias](/source/Ordo%C3%B1o_I_of_Asturias) (born 831)
* [927](/source/927) &ndash; [Simeon I of Bulgaria](/source/Simeon_I_of_Bulgaria) first Bulgarian Emperor (born 864)
*[1039](/source/1039) &ndash; [Dirk III, Count of Holland](/source/Dirk_III%2C_Count_of_Holland) (born 981)
*[1045](/source/1045) &ndash; [Bruno of Würzburg](/source/Bruno_of_W%C3%BCrzburg), imperial chancellor of Italy (born c. 1005)
*[1178](/source/1178) &ndash; [Godfrey van Rhenen](/source/Godfrey_van_Rhenen), bishop of Utrecht
*[1240](/source/1240) &ndash; [William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey](/source/William_de_Warenne%2C_5th_Earl_of_Surrey) (born 1166)
*[1444](/source/1444) &ndash; [John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset](/source/John_Beaufort%2C_1st_Duke_of_Somerset), English commander (born 1404)
*[1508](/source/1508) &ndash; [Ludovico Sforza](/source/Ludovico_Sforza), Duke of Milan (born 1452)
*[1525](/source/1525) &ndash; [Thomas Müntzer](/source/Thomas_M%C3%BCntzer), German mystic and theologian (born 1488)
*[1541](/source/1541) &ndash; [Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury](/source/Margaret_Pole%2C_Countess_of_Salisbury) (born 1473)
*[1564](/source/1564) &ndash; [John Calvin](/source/John_Calvin), French pastor and theologian (born 1509)

===1601–1900===
*[1610](/source/1610) &ndash; [François Ravaillac](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Ravaillac), French assassin of [Henry IV of France](/source/Henry_IV_of_France) (born 1578)
*[1624](/source/1624) &ndash; [Diego Ramírez de Arellano](/source/Diego_Ram%C3%ADrez_de_Arellano), Spanish sailor and cosmographer (born c. 1580)
*[1637](/source/1637) &ndash; [John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield](/source/John_Boteler%2C_1st_Baron_Boteler_of_Brantfield), English politician (born c. 1566)
*[1661](/source/1661) &ndash; [Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll](/source/Archibald_Campbell%2C_1st_Marquess_of_Argyll), Scottish general and politician (born 1607)
*[1675](/source/1675) &ndash; [Gaspard Dughet](/source/Gaspard_Dughet), Italian-French painter (born 1613)
*[1690](/source/1690) &ndash; [Giovanni Legrenzi](/source/Giovanni_Legrenzi), Italian organist and composer (born 1626)
*[1702](/source/1702) &ndash; [Dominique Bouhours](/source/Dominique_Bouhours), French priest and critic (born 1628)
*[1707](/source/1707) &ndash; [Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan](/source/Fran%C3%A7oise-Ath%C3%A9na%C3%AFs%2C_marquise_de_Montespan), French mistress of [Louis XIV](/source/Louis_XIV) of France (born 1640)
*[1781](/source/1781) &ndash; [Giovanni Battista Beccaria](/source/Giovanni_Battista_Beccaria), Italian physicist and academic (born 1716)
*[1797](/source/1797) &ndash; [François-Noël Babeuf](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois-No%C3%ABl_Babeuf), French journalist (born 1760)
*[1831](/source/1831) &ndash; [Jedediah Smith](/source/Jedediah_Smith), American hunter, explorer, and author (born 1799)
*[1840](/source/1840) &ndash; [Niccolò Paganini](/source/Niccol%C3%B2_Paganini), Italian violinist and composer (born 1782)
*[1867](/source/1867) &ndash; [Thomas Bulfinch](/source/Thomas_Bulfinch) American mythologist (born 1796)
*[1896](/source/1896) &ndash; [Aleksandr Stoletov](/source/Aleksandr_Stoletov), Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (born 1839)

===1901–present===
*[1910](/source/1910) &ndash; [Robert Koch](/source/Robert_Koch), German physician and microbiologist, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine) laureate (born 1843)
*[1918](/source/1918) &ndash; [Ōzutsu Man'emon](/source/%C5%8Czutsu_Man'emon), Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th [Yokozuna](/source/Makuuchi) (born 1869)
*[1919](/source/1919) &ndash; [Kandukuri Veeresalingam](/source/Kandukuri_Veeresalingam), Indian author and activist (born 1848)
*[1933](/source/1933) &ndash; [Achille Paroche](/source/Achille_Paroche), French target shooter (born 1868)
*[1939](/source/1939) &ndash; [Joseph Roth](/source/Joseph_Roth), Austrian-French journalist and author (born 1894)
*[1941](/source/1941) &ndash; [Ernst Lindemann](/source/Ernst_Lindemann), German captain (born 1894)
*  1941   &ndash; [Günther Lütjens](/source/G%C3%BCnther_L%C3%BCtjens), German admiral (born 1889)
*[1942](/source/1942) &ndash; [Muhammed Hamdi Yazır](/source/Muhammed_Hamdi_Yaz%C4%B1r), Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (born 1878)
*[1943](/source/1943) &ndash; [Gordon Coates](/source/Gordon_Coates), New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st [Prime Minister of New Zealand](/source/Prime_Minister_of_New_Zealand) (born 1878)
*[1945](/source/1945) &ndash; [Enno Lolling](/source/Enno_Lolling), German physician (born 1888)
*[1947](/source/1947) &ndash; [Ed Konetchy](/source/Ed_Konetchy), American baseball player and manager (born 1885)
*[1949](/source/1949) &ndash; [Robert Ripley](/source/Robert_Ripley), American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded ''[Ripley's Believe It or Not!](/source/Ripley's_Believe_It_or_Not!)'' (born 1890)
*[1953](/source/1953) &ndash; [Jesse Burkett](/source/Jesse_Burkett), American baseball player and manager (born 1868)
*[1960](/source/1960) &ndash; [James Montgomery Flagg](/source/James_Montgomery_Flagg), American painter and illustrator (born 1877)
*[1963](/source/1963) &ndash; [Grigoris Lambrakis](/source/Grigoris_Lambrakis), Greek physician and politician (born 1912)
*[1964](/source/1964) &ndash; [Jawaharlal Nehru](/source/Jawaharlal_Nehru), Indian lawyer and politician, 1st [Prime Minister of India](/source/Prime_Minister_of_India) (born 1889)
*[1965](/source/1965) &ndash; [John Rinehart Blue](/source/John_Rinehart_Blue), American military officer, educator, businessperson, and politician (born 1905)<ref name="Cumberland Evening Times 6">{{cite news| title =John R. Blue| newspaper =[Cumberland Evening Times](/source/Cumberland_Times-News)| location =[Cumberland, Maryland](/source/Cumberland%2C_Maryland)| date =May 28, 1965| page =20| url =https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66807954/john-r-blue/| access-date =January 3, 2021| url-status =live| via =Newspapers.com| archive-date =January 3, 2021| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20210103224402/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66807954/john-r-blue/}}</ref>
*[1967](/source/1967) &ndash; [W. Otto Miessner](/source/W._Otto_Miessner), American composer and educator (born 1880)
*  1967   &ndash; [Ernst Niekisch](/source/Ernst_Niekisch), German academic and politician (born 1889)
*[1969](/source/1969) &ndash; [Jeffrey Hunter](/source/Jeffrey_Hunter), American actor and producer (born 1926)
*[1971](/source/1971) &ndash; [Béla Juhos](/source/B%C3%A9la_Juhos), Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1901)
*  1971   &ndash; [Armando Picchi](/source/Armando_Picchi), Italian footballer and coach (born 1935)
*[1980](/source/1980) &ndash; [Gün Sazak](/source/G%C3%BCn_Sazak), Turkish agronomist and politician (born 1932)
*[1984](/source/1984) &ndash; [Vasilije Mokranjac](/source/Vasilije_Mokranjac), Serbian composer (born 1923)
*[1986](/source/1986) &ndash; [Murder of the Faruqis](/source/Murder_of_the_Faruqis):<ref name="NST">{{cite news |title=Assassination motive behind al-Faruqi killings |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19860820&id=MNRHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vo4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5815,1095948 |work=New Straits Times |date=August 20, 1986 |location=Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |access-date=June 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name="NYT1986">{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=AROUND THE NATION; Islamic Scholar and Wife Slain in Pennsylvania |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/28/us/around-the-nation-islamic-scholar-and-wife-slain-in-pennsylvania.html |work=The New York Times |date=May 28, 1986 |access-date=July 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070123000000/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/28/us/around-the-nation-islamic-scholar-and-wife-slain-in-pennsylvania.html |archive-date=January 23, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>
**                [Ismail al-Faruqi](/source/Ismail_al-Faruqi), Palestinian-American Muslim philosopher and scholar (born 1921)
**                [Lois Lamya al-Faruqi](/source/Lois_Lamya_al-Faruqi), American scholar of ethnomusicology, wife of Ismail al-Faruqi (born 1926)
*  1986   &ndash; [Ajoy Mukherjee](/source/Ajoy_Mukherjee), Indian politician, [Chief Minister of West Bengal](/source/Chief_Minister_of_West_Bengal) (born 1901)
*  1986   &ndash; [Giorgos Tzifos](/source/Giorgos_Tzifos), Greek actor and cinematographer (born 1918)
*[1987](/source/1987) &ndash; [John Howard Northrop](/source/John_Howard_Northrop), American biochemist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry) laureate (born 1891)
*[1988](/source/1988) &ndash; [Hjördis Petterson](/source/Hj%C3%B6rdis_Petterson), Swedish actress (born 1908) 
*  1988   &ndash; [Ernst Ruska](/source/Ernst_Ruska), German physicist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate (born 1906)
*[1989](/source/1989) &ndash; [Arseny Tarkovsky](/source/Arseny_Tarkovsky), Russian poet and translator (born 1907)
*[1990](/source/1990) &ndash; [Robert B. Meyner](/source/Robert_B._Meyner), American lawyer and politician, 44th [Governor of New Jersey](/source/Governor_of_New_Jersey) (born 1908)
*[1991](/source/1991) &ndash; [Leopold Nowak](/source/Leopold_Nowak), Austrian musicologist and theorist (born 1904)
*[1992](/source/1992) &ndash; [Uncle Charlie Osborne](/source/Uncle_Charlie_Osborne), American fiddler (born 1890)
*[1998](/source/1998) &ndash; [Minoo Masani](/source/Minoo_Masani), Indian lawyer and politician (born 1905)
*[2000](/source/2000) &ndash; [Kazimierz Leski](/source/Kazimierz_Leski), Polish engineer and pilot (born 1912)
*  2000   &ndash; [Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch](/source/Murray_MacLehose%2C_Baron_MacLehose_of_Beoch), Scottish politician and diplomat, 25th [Governor of Hong Kong](/source/Governor_of_Hong_Kong) (born 1917)
*  2000   &ndash; [Maurice Richard](/source/Maurice_Richard), Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1921)
*[2002](/source/2002) &ndash; [Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson](/source/Marjorie_Ogilvie_Anderson), Scottish historian (born 1909)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ewan |first1=Elizabeth L. |last2=Innes |first2=Sue |last3=Reynolds |first3=Sian |last4=Pipes |first4=Rose |title=Biographical Dictionary of ScottishWomen |date=27 June 2007 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=978-0-7486-2660-1 |page=13 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zs6qBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA13 |language=en}}</ref>
*[2003](/source/2003) &ndash; [Luciano Berio](/source/Luciano_Berio), Italian composer and educator (born 1925)
*[2006](/source/2006) &ndash; [Rob Borsellino](/source/Rob_Borsellino), American journalist (born 1949)
*  2006   &ndash; [Paul Gleason](/source/Paul_Gleason), American actor (born 1939)
*  2006   &ndash; [Craig Heyward](/source/Craig_Heyward), American football player (born 1966)
*[2007](/source/2007) &ndash; [Izumi Sakai](/source/Izumi_Sakai), Japanese singer-songwriter (born 1967)
*  2007   &ndash; [Gretchen Wyler](/source/Gretchen_Wyler), American actress and dancer (born 1932)
*  2007   &ndash; [Ed Yost](/source/Ed_Yost), American inventor, created the modern [hot air balloon](/source/hot_air_balloon) (born 1919)
*[2008](/source/2008) &ndash; [Franz Künstler](/source/Franz_K%C3%BCnstler), Hungarian soldier (born 1900)
*[2009](/source/2009) &ndash; [Thomas M. Franck](/source/Thomas_M._Franck), American lawyer and academic (born 1931)
*  2009   &ndash; [Clive Granger](/source/Clive_Granger), Welsh-American economist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences) laureate (born 1934)
*  2009   &ndash; [Mona Grey](/source/Mona_Grey), British nursing administrator; Northern Ireland's first Chief Nursing Officer (born 1910)
*  2009   &ndash; [Abram Hoffer](/source/Abram_Hoffer), Canadian biochemist, physician, and psychiatrist (born 1917)
*  2009   &ndash; [Gérard Jean-Juste](/source/G%C3%A9rard_Jean-Juste), Haitian-American priest and theologian (born 1946)
*  2009   &ndash; [Carol Anne O'Marie](/source/Carol_Anne_O'Marie), American nun and author (born 1933)
*  2009   &ndash; [William Refshauge](/source/William_Refshauge), Australian soldier and physician (born 1913)
*  2009   &ndash; [Paul Sharratt](/source/Paul_Sharratt), English-American television host (born 1933)
*[2010](/source/2010) &ndash; [Payut Ngaokrachang](/source/Payut_Ngaokrachang), Thai animator and director (born 1929)
*[2011](/source/2011) &ndash; [Jeff Conaway](/source/Jeff_Conaway), American actor and singer (born 1950)
*  2011   &ndash; [Margo Dydek](/source/Margo_Dydek), Polish-American basketball player (born 1974)
*  2011   &ndash; [Gil Scott-Heron](/source/Gil_Scott-Heron), American singer-songwriter and poet (born 1949)
*[2012](/source/2012) &ndash; [Simeon Daniel](/source/Simeon_Daniel), Nevisian educator and politician, 1st [Premier of Nevis](/source/Premier_of_Nevis) (born 1934)
*  2012   &ndash; [Friedrich Hirzebruch](/source/Friedrich_Hirzebruch), German mathematician and academic (born 1927)
*  2012   &ndash; [Anahit Perikhanian](/source/Anahit_Perikhanian), Russian-born Armenian Iranologist (born 1928)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title = PERIKHANIAN, ANAHIT | last = Ambartsumian | first = Arthur | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/perikhanian-anahit | encyclopedia  = Encyclopaedia Iranica | year = 2014 }}</ref>
*  2012   &ndash; [David Rimoin](/source/David_Rimoin), Canadian-American geneticist and academic (born 1936)
*[2013](/source/2013) &ndash; [Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri](/source/Jagjit_Singh_Lyallpuri), Indian politician (born 1917)
*  2013   &ndash; [Bill Pertwee](/source/Bill_Pertwee), English actor (born 1926)
*  2013   &ndash; [Abdoulaye Sékou Sow](/source/Abdoulaye_S%C3%A9kou_Sow), Malian politician, [Prime Minister of Mali](/source/List_of_heads_of_government_of_Mali) (born 1931)
*[2014](/source/2014) &ndash; [Robert Genn](/source/Robert_Genn), Canadian painter and author (born 1936)
*  2014   &ndash; [Helma Sanders-Brahms](/source/Helma_Sanders-Brahms), German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1940)
*  2014   &ndash; [Roberto Vargas](/source/Roberto_Vargas), Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1929)
*  2014   &ndash; [Massimo Vignelli](/source/Massimo_Vignelli), Italian-American graphic designer (born 1931)
*[2015](/source/2015) &ndash; [Erik Carlsson](/source/Erik_Carlsson), Swedish rally driver (born 1929)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11651975/Erik-Carlsson-rally-driver-obituary.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11651975/Erik-Carlsson-rally-driver-obituary.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Erik Carlsson, rally driver – obituary|date=4 June 2015|website=The Telegraph|access-date=14 June 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [Nils Christie](/source/Nils_Christie), Norwegian sociologist, criminologist, and author (born 1928)
*  2015   &ndash; [Andy King](/source/Andy_King_(footballer%2C_born_1956)), English footballer and manager (born 1956)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hunter |first=Andy |date=2015-05-27 |title=Everton hero Andy King dies at the age of 58 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/27/andy-king-everton-dies-mk-dons-west-bromwich |access-date=2023-08-01 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [Michael Martin](/source/Michael_Martin_(philosopher)), American philosopher and academic (born 1932)
*[2017](/source/2017) &ndash; [Gregg Allman](/source/Gregg_Allman), American musician, singer and songwriter (born 1947)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/music/people-news/gregg-allman-dies-dead-69-southern-rock-1202446640|title=Gregg Allman, Southern Rock Pioneer, Dies at 69|last=Morris|first=Chris|date=May 27, 2017|work=Variety|access-date=May 27, 2017}}</ref>
*[2018](/source/2018) &ndash; [Gardner Dozois](/source/Gardner_Dozois), American science fiction author and editor (born 1947)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/gardner-dozois-70-acclaimed-science-fiction-editor-20180529.html|title=Gardner Dozois, 70, acclaimed science fiction editor|last=Graham|first=Kristen A.|date=29 May 2018|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref>
*[2020](/source/2020) &ndash; [Larry Kramer](/source/Larry_Kramer), American playwright, public health advocate and LGBT rights activist (born 1935)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/us/larry-kramer-dead.html |title=Larry Kramer, Playwright and Outspoken AIDS Activist, Dies at 84 |first=Daniel |last=Lewis |work=The New York Times |date=May 27, 2020 |access-date=May 27, 2020 }}</ref>
*[2021](/source/2021) &ndash; [Poul Schlüter](/source/Poul_Schl%C3%BCter), former Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1929)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2021-05-28-poul-schluter-er-doed|title=Poul Schlüter er død – TV 2|date=28 May 2021}}</ref>
*[2024](/source/2024) &ndash; [Elizabeth MacRae](/source/Elizabeth_MacRae), American actress (born 1936)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-30 |title=Elizabeth MacRae, 'General Hospital' and 'Gomer Pyle' actor, dies at 88 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-05-29/elizabeth-macrae-actor-general-hospital-gomer-pyle-dies-88 |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [Bill Walton](/source/Bill_Walton), American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1952)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sandomir |first=Richard |date=2024-05-27 |title=Bill Walton, N.B.A. Hall of Famer and Broadcasting Star, Dies at 71 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/27/sports/basketball/bill-walton-dead.html |access-date=2024-05-28 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[2025](/source/2025) &ndash; [Freddie Aguilar](/source/Freddie_Aguilar), Filipino musician and singer-songwriter (born 1953)<ref>{{cite news |title=Filipino music icon Freddie Aguilar dies at 72, leaves behind a legacy that touched the world |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/filipino-music-icon-freddie-aguilar-dies-at-72-leaves-behind-a-legacy-that-touched-the-world/articleshow/121428614.cms?from=mdr |website=[The Economic Times](/source/The_Economic_Times) |date=2025-05-27 |access-date=2025-05-27}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
* [Armed Forces Day (Nicaragua)](/source/Armed_Forces_Day_(Nicaragua))
* [Children's Day (Nigeria)](/source/Children's_Day_(Nigeria))
* Christian [feast day](/source/feast_day): 
** [Augustine of Canterbury](/source/Augustine_of_Canterbury)
** [Blessed](/source/Beatification) [Lojze Grozde](/source/Lojze_Grozde)
** [Bruno of Würzburg](/source/Bruno_(Bishop_of_W%C3%BCrzburg))
** [Eutropius of Orange](/source/Eutropius_of_Orange)
** [Hildebert](/source/Hildebert)
** [Julius the Veteran](/source/Julius_the_Veteran)
** [May 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)](/source/May_27_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics))
* [Mother's Day (Bolivia)](/source/Mother's_Day_(Bolivia))
* [Navy Day (Japan)](/source/Navy_Day)
* [Slavery Abolition Day](/source/Politics_of_Guadeloupe) ([Guadeloupe](/source/Guadeloupe), [Saint Barthélemy](/source/Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy), [Saint Martin](/source/Collectivity_of_Saint_Martin))
* Start of [National Reconciliation Week](/source/National_Reconciliation_Week) (Australia)

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/27 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=5|day=27}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/27 Historical Events on May 27]

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Category:Days of May

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