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.

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• 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

May Birthday Calendar

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)