May 1st Birthdays

American country singer, Sonny James, was born on this day in 1928 near Hackleburg, Alabama, as James Hugh Loden. He passed away on February 22, 2016. “Young Love” (1957) is his most well-known song.

  • 1939
    Judy Collins, American folk singer
  • 1945
    Rita Coolidge, American singer, musician
  • 1946
    Joanna Lumley, English actress
  • 1949
    Tim Hodgkinson, English composer, musician
  • 1950
    Dann Florek, American actor
  • 1953
    Glen Ballard, American songwriter, record producer
  • 1954
    Ray Parker Jr., American singer, songwriter
  • 1955
    Martin O’Donnell, American composer
    Nick Feldman, English musician
  • 1962
    Ted Sundquist, General Manager of the Denver Broncos
  • 1964
    Lady Sarah Chatto, daughter of Princess Margaret
  • 1966
    Charlie Schlatter, American actor
  • 1967
    Tim McGraw, American musician
  • 1968
    D’arcy Wretzky, American musician
  • 1969
    Billy Owens, American basketball player
  • 1971
    Ethan Albright, American football player
  • 1972
    Julie Benz, American actress
  • 1973
    Curtis Martin, American football player
  • 1974
    Kellie Crawford, Australian singer
  • 1975
    Austin Croshere, American basketball player
    Jodhi May, British actress
  • 1976
    Darius McCrary, American actor
  • 1979
    Ben Easter, American actor
  • 1980
    Ana Claudia Talancón, Mexican actress
  • 1981
    Wes Welker, American football player
  • 1984
    Farah Fath, American actress
  • 1985
    Drew Sidora, American actress
  • 1987
    Matt Di Angelo, English actor
    Glen Coffee, American football player
  • 1988
    Nicholas Braun, American actor
  • 1991
    Creagen Dow, American actor
  • 1997
    Ariel Gade, American actress

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Died on May 1st:

  • 1873
    David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary, explorer (age 60)
  • 1904
    Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (age 62)
  • 1945
    Joseph Goebbels, Nazi politician, Minister of Propaganda (age 47)
  • 1965
    Spike Jones, American singer, bandleader (age 53)
  • 1986
    Hylda Baker, English comedian, actress (age 81)
    Hugo Peretti, American songwriter (age 69)
  • 1990
    Sergio Franchi, Italian-American tenor, actor (age 64)
  • 1991
    Richard Thorpe, American director, screenwriter (age 95)
  • 1998
    Eldridge Cleaver, American author, activist (age 62)
  • 2000
    Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder, actor (age 74)
  • 2010
    Helen Wagner, American actress (age 91)
  • 2013
    Chris Kelly, American rapper (Kris Kross), (age 34)
  • 2015
    Grace Lee Whitney, American actress (age 85)
  • 2021
    Olympia Dukakis, American actress (age 89)
  • 2023
    Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer, songwriter (age 84)
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