May 14th Birthdays

American singer, musician and actor, Bobby Darin (1936-1973), was born on this day as Walden Robert Cassoto in New York City, NY. Between 1958 and 1966, Bobby had 10 Top 10 hits. “Clementine,” from 1960, was a jazzy take on an old folk ballad. It only went to No. 21 in the USA; in the UK, it hit No. 8.

Also born on May 14th:

• 1934
  Siân Phillips, Welsh actress
• 1936
  Charlie Gracie, American singer
• 1942
  Prentis Hancock, British actor
  Tony Pérez, Cuban baseball player
• 1943
  Jack Bruce, Scottish bassist
  George Lucas, American film director
• 1945
  Francesca Annis, British actress
• 1952
  David Byrne, Scottish-born American musician
• 1953
  Tom Cochrane, Canadian musician
  Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia
• 1959
  Steve Hogarth, British singer
• 1960
  Anne Clark, English singer
  Ronan Tynan, Irish singer
• 1961
  Jean Leclerc, French-Canadian singer, songwriter
  Tim Roth, English actor
• 1962
  Ian Astbury, English singer
  C. C. DeVille, American musician
• 1963
  Pat Borders, American baseball player
• 1964
  Eric Peterson, American musician
• 1966
  Mike Inez, American bassist
  Fabrice Morvan, French singer, model
  Raphael Saadiq, American singer, bassist
• 1967
  Tony Siragusa, American football player
• 1969
  Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
  Danny Wood, American singer
• 1971
  Sofia Coppola, American director
• 1972
  Gabriel Mann, American actor
• 1973
  Natalie Appleton, Canadian-born singer
  Anais Granofsky, Canadian actress and director
  Voshon Lenard, American basketball player
  Shanice, American singer
• 1976
  Hunter Burgan, American bassist (AFI)
  Brian Lawrence, American baseball player
  Martine McCutcheon, British actress
• 1977
  Roy Halladay, American baseball player
  Ada Nicodemou, Australian actress
• 1978
  Eddie House, American basketball player
• 1979
  Dan Auerbach, American singer, musician
• 1983
  Frank Gore, American football player
  Amber Tamblyn, American actress
  Tom Welham, British musician
• 1984
  Mark Zuckerberg, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Facebook
  Olly Murs, English singer
  Luke Gregerson, American baseball player
• 1985
  Sally Martin, New Zealand actress
• 1993
  Miranda Cosgrove, American actress, singer

May Birthday Calendar

Died on May 14th:

• 1912
  August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (age 63)
• 1919
  Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded H. J. Heinz Company (age 74)
• 1931
  David Belasco, American director, playwright (age 77)
• 1940
  Emma Goldman, Lithuanian author and activist (age 70)
• 1962
  Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter (age 82)
• 1969
  Enid Bennett, Australian-American actress (age 75)
• 1970
  Billie Burke, American actress and singer (age 85)
• 1979
  Jean Rhys, Dominican-English novelist (age 88)
• 1980
  Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (age 67)
• 1982
  Hugh Beaumont, American actor (age 73)
• 1987
  Rita Hayworth, American actress and dancer (age 68)
• 1993
  William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist, publisher (age 85)
• 1997
  Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author (age 62)
• 1998
  Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (age 82)
• 2003
  Wendy Hiller, English actress (age 90)
  Robert Stack, American actor and producer (age 84)
• 2004
  Anna Lee, English-American actress (age 91)
• 2005
  Jimmy Martin, American musician (age 77)
• 2006
  Lew Anderson, American actor, saxophonist (age 84)
• 2015
  B.B. King, American singer, guitarist (age 89)
• 2017
  Powers Boothe, American actor (age 68)
• 2018
  Tom Wolfe, American author (age 88)
• 2019
  Tim Conway, American actor and comedian (age 85)