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Famous People Born on May 7(134 people)
Andrew Barth Feldman, American actor and singer
Jesse Puljujärvi, Finnish ice hockey player
Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, South Korean League of Legends pro gamer
Seko Fofana, Ivorian international footballer
Ajla Tomljanovic, Australian tennis player
Alexander Ludwig, Canadian actor and musician
Sydney Leroux, Canadian-American footballer
Earl Thomas, American football player
Aidy Bryant, American actress and comedian
J Balvin, Colombian singer-songwriter and producer
Alex Smith, American football player
Katie Douglas, American basketball player
Shawn Marion, American basketball player
Calvin Booth, American basketball player and executive
Stacey Jones, New Zealand rugby league player
Michael P. Murphy, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2005)
Ayelet Shaked, former Israeli Minister of Justice
Martina Topley-Bird, English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
Breckin Meyer, American actor, writer, and producer
Frank Trigg, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
Eagle-Eye Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter
Traci Lords, American actress and singer
Lisa Raitt, Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Canadian Minister of Transport
Martin Bryant, Australian mass murderer
Joe Rice, American colonel and politician
Owen Hart, Canadian wrestler (died 1999)
Norman Whiteside, Northern Irish footballer and manager
Sue Black, Scottish anthropologist and academic
Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham, Iraqi-English surgeon and academic
Almudena Grandes, Spanish author (died 2021)
Anne Marie Rafferty, English nurse and academic
William Ridenour, American politician
Jan Peter Balkenende, Dutch jurist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Anne Dudley, English pianist and composer
Nicholas Hytner, English director and producer
Jean Lapierre, Canadian talk show host and politician (died 2016)
Amy Heckerling, American director, producer, and screenwriter
John Dowling Coates, Australian lawyer, sports administrator and businessman
Tim Russert, American television journalist and lawyer (died 2008)
Thelma Houston, American R&B/disco singer and actress
Marv Hubbard, American football player (died 2015)
Christy Moore, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Terry Allen, American singer and painter
John Bannon, Australian academic and politician, 39th Premier of South Australia (died 2015)
Peter Carey, Australian novelist and short story writer
Angela Carter, English novelist and short story writer (died 1992)
Sidney Altman, Canadian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022)
Ruggero Deodato, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2022)
Ruud Lubbers, Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2018)
Johnny Maestro, American pop/doo-wop singer (died 2010)
Tony O'Reilly, Irish rugby player and businessman (died 2024)
Michael Hopkins, English architect (died 2023)
Johnny Unitas, American football player and sportscaster (died 2002)
Pete Domenici, American lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Albuquerque (died 2017)
Derek Taylor, English journalist and author (died 1997)
Teresa Brewer, American singer (died 2007)
Gene Wolfe, American author (died 2019)
Babe Parilli, American football player and coach (died 2017)
Dick Williams, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2011)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German-American author and screenwriter (died 2013)
Anne Baxter, American actress (died 1985)
Darren McGavin, American actor and director (died 2006)
Rendra Karno, Indonesian actor (died 1985)
Eva Perón, Argentinian actress, 25th First Lady of Argentina (died 1952)
Domenico Bartolucci, Italian cardinal and composer (died 2013)
Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant (died 2020)
David Tomlinson, English actor (died 2000)
Simon Ramo, American physicist and engineer (died 2016)
Ishirō Honda, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1993)
Edwin H. Land, American scientist and inventor, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation (died 1991)
Dorothy Sunrise Lorentino, Native American teacher (died 2005)
Philip Baxter, Welsh-Australian chemical engineer (died 1989)
Nikolay Zabolotsky, Russian-Soviet poet and translator (died 1958)
Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic (died 1998)
Kathleen McKane Godfree, English tennis and badminton player (died 1992)
Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey coach and manager (died 1985)
Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer (died 1982)
Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia (died 1980)
Harry McShane, Scottish engineer and activist (died 1988)
Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (died 1943)
George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor (died 1969)
Willem Elsschot, Belgian author and poet (died 1960)
George E. Wiley, American cyclist (died 1954)
Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee (died 1972)
Bill Hoyt, American pole vaulter (died 1951)
Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1925)
Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1941)
Tom Norman, English businessman (died 1930)
William A. MacCorkle, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (died 1930)
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1929)
Mary Eliza Mahoney, American nurse and activist (died 1926)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer and educator (died 1893)
Karl Mauch, German geographer and explorer (died 1875)
Joseph Gurney Cannon, American lawyer and politician, 40th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1926)
Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (died 1897)
Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (died 1889)
Jacques Viger, Canadian archaeologist and politician, 1st mayor of Montreal (died 1858)
William Bainbridge, American commodore (died 1833)
Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia (died 1820)
Józef Poniatowski, Polish general (died 1813)
Stephen Badlam, American artisan and military officer (died 1815)
Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and philosopher (died 1793)
Nikolai Arkharov, Russian police officer and general (died 1814)
Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal (died 1797)
David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (died 1776)
Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer (died 1759)
Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian physician (died 1772)
Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician, 10th Mayor of New York City (died 1700)
Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia (died 1618)
John III of the Palatinate, archbishop of Regensburg (died 1538)
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💰 Richest People Born on May 7
Net worth of notable people who share this birthday. Tap a name for the full breakdown.
Who Was Born on May 7?
Our records list 134 notable people born on May 7, with confirmed birth years spanning from 1488 (John III of the Palatinate, archbishop of Regensburg (died 1538)) to 2004 (Ashlyn Krueger, American tennis player). At least 134 of them have no recorded death year.
Most Common Fields for May 7 Births
The people in our list for this date are concentrated in a handful of fields:
- Notable Figure — 29 people
- Athlete — 20 people
- Actor — 16 people
- Musician — 15 people
- Writer — 14 people
- Politician — 12 people
May 7 is also the birthday of 12 people tracked in our net-worth data, led by Mark Mateschitz. See the full breakdown in the “Richest People Born on This Day” section above.
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