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Birthdays of Personalities on May 01

1238 : Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)
1493 : Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)
1545 : Franciscus Junius, [Fran‡ois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist
1567 : Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter
1577 : Fran‡ois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer
1620 : Mikl¢s Zr¡nyi, Hungarian general [or Jan 5]
1633 : S‚bastien le Prestre de Vauban, French fortress architect
1672 : Joseph Addison, England, essayist (Spectator)
1735 : John H van Kinsbergen, Dutch lt-admiral/founder of Dutch Marines Corp
1759 : Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor
1764 : Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol)
1769 : Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30)
1800 : Ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874
1807 : John Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army)
1818 : Jos‚ Amador de los R¡os, Spanish historian/poet
1819 : William Steele, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
1825 : George Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap)
1829 : Jos‚ M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice
1830 : Mary Harris Jones, [Mother Jones], hell-raiser
1835 : Alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brig Gen (Union volunteers)
1839 : Chardonnet, inventor (rayon)
1851 : Eberhard Nestle, German ori‰ntalist/biblical scholar
1852 : Calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter
1859 : Willem J Leyds, Dutch/South Africa lawyer/politician/diplomat
1862 : Anthony G Kr”ller, entrepreneur/govt advisor/husband of Helene Mller
1862 : Marcel Pr‚vost, French publisher/writer (Les demis-vierges)
1880 : Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Tantum dic verbo)
1880 : Konrad Weiss, Dutch German writer/poet (Tantum dic verbo)
1881 : Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, France, philosopher/paleontologist
1892 : Howard Barlow, Plain City Ohio, conductor (Voice of Firestone)
1898 : Eugene R Black, US, Pres of World Bank (1953-62)
xxxx : Art Fleming, Bronx NY, TV host (Jeopardy)
xxxx : Bruno Ravel, rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It)
1900 : Ignazio Silone, Italy, novelist/politician (Bread & Wine)
1905 : Nikolai Tikhonov, Soviet PM (1980-85)
1907 : Jan Pauw, CEO (Aruban Theater Group)
1908 : Giovanni Guareschi, Italian writer (Don Camillo, Peppone)
1909 : Ethel Jane Cain, original UK Speaking Clock voice
1909 : Janis Ritsos, writer
1909 : Yannis Ritsos, Greek poet
1912 : Anna Pollak, mezzo-soprano
1913 : Walter Susskind, Praha (Prague) Czechoslovakia, conductor
1916 : Jack Paar, Canton Ohio, TV host (Jack Paar Show)
1916 : Jane Jacobs, Scranton, Pa, urbanologist
1919 : Alwyn Farquharson, Scottish clan-captain/large landowner
1921 : 12th Lord Middleton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
1921 : Paul Daels, president (Flemish Iron Pilgrimage committee)
1923 : Joseph Heller, Bkln NY, novelist (Catch-22, 1963 Arts & Letters Award)
1924 : Patricia Roberts Harris, 1st US black woman cabinet member
1924 : Terry Southern, writer
1925 : Malcolm Scott Carpenter, Boulder Colo, astronaut (Mercury 7-Aurora 7)
1927 : Lord Bathurst, English earl/large landowner/multi-millionaire
1927 : Roland Verhavert, Flemish screen writer (Sea Gulls Die in the Harbor)
1927 : William Mitchell Byers, musician
1928 : Raoul Servais, Belgian cartoonist/pres (l'ASIFA)
1929 : Sonny James, [James Loden], Hackelburg AL, rocker (Young Love)
1930 : Little Walter, [Marion Walter Jacobs], rocker
1933 : Uwe Greámann, writer
1934 : Alette Beaujon, Cura‡aos poet (Gedichten on the Bay & Elsewhere)
1939 : Max Robinson, Richmond VA, black news anchor (ABC Evening News)
1946 : Jerry Weiss, NYC, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears)
1946 : Nick Fortune, [Nicholas Fortuna], rock bassist (Buckinghams Chicago)
1946 : Tony Ashton, rocker
1947 : Carlos Ward, rocker (B T Express)
1950 : Marina Stepanova, Russian hurdler (world record 1986)
1953 : Felix Hanemann, rocker (Zebra)
1954 : Michael Scott, reporter (Entertainment Tonight)
1954 : Ray Parker Jr, Detroit Mich, rock guitarist/vocalist (Ghostbusters)
1957 : Dick Swett, (Rep-D-New Hampshire)
1957 : Paul D Ronney, LA Calif, ScD/astronaut (STS 83 alt)
1957 : Steve Farris, rock guitarist (Mr Mister)
1959 : Paul Smith, rock saxophonist (Haircut 100)
1961 : Charlie O'Brien, Tulsa OK, catcher (Brewers, Mets, Braves, Blue Jays)
1961 : Steven Cauthen, jockey (1978 Kentucky Derby-Affirmed)
1962 : Paula Weishoff, Hollywood CA, volleyballer (Oly-Sil-84, br-92, 96)
1962 : Reggie Pleasant, CFL cornerback (Edmonton Eskimos)
1964 : Carlos Aalbers, Dutch soccer player (NEC)
1964 : Ruth Picardie, journalist
1964 : Sarah FE Armstrong-Jones, daughter of princess Margaret & Lord Snowdon
1965 : Jon Warren, Akron Ohio, 1.5k runner
1966 : Armando Reynoso, San Luis Potosi Mexico, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
1966 : Johnny Colt, Cherry Point NC, rock bassist (Black Crowes)
1967 : Tawni Cable, Salem Oregon, playmate (June 1989)
1967 : Yael Arad, Israel, Women's half middleweight judoka (Oly-1996)
1968 : Anton Scheutjens, soccer player (Roda JC)
1968 : Mark Scott, Paramus NJ, rock drummer (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)
1969 : Carrie Stevens, Buffalo NY, playmate (June 1997)
1972 : Bobby Chouinard, Manilla Phillipines, pitcher (Oakland A's)

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