Who are famous people born on May 1?

Famous people born on May 1 include Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769), Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852), Zaz (1980), Charli D'Amelio (2004), Oliver Bierhoff (1968).

What star sign is someone born on May 1?

Someone born on May 1 is a Taurus.

What is the birthstone for May 1?

The birthstone for May is emerald.

How common is a birthday on May 1?

In the US, May 1 is the No. 193 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,296 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on May 1

Famous people born on May 1, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.

♉ Star sign
Taurus
💎 Birthstone
Emerald
👶 How common
No. 193 of 366

Born on May 1

May 1 in history

2026After a ransomware attack by the group ShinyHunters, the education platform Canvas operated by private company Instructure, goes offline, affecting thousands of educational institutions.
2018Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resumes the Deir ez-Zor campaign in order to clear the remnants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq–Syria border.
2004Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin.
1993Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa is assassinated in Colombo in a suicide bombing carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
1960Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
1929The 7.2 Mw Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
1896While on a pilgrimage of Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine in Ray, Tehran, Naser al-Din Shah of Qajar Persia, was assassinated by Mirza Reza Kermani.
1866The Memphis Race Riots begin. Over three days, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1851Queen Victoria opens The Great Exhibition at The Crystal Palace in London.
1707The Act of Union joining England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain takes effect.
1328Wars of Scottish Independence end: By the Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton, England recognises Scotland as an independent state.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Aldebrandus
Christian feast day: Amator
Christian feast day: Andeolus
Christian feast day: Aredius of Gap
Christian feast day: Asaph
Christian feast day: Augustin Schoeffler, Jean-Louis Bonnard (part of Vietnamese Martyrs)
Christian feast day: Benedict of Szkalka
Christian feast day: Bertha of Val d'Or
Christian feast day: Brioc
Christian feast day: James the Less (Anglican Communion)

May 1 in every year

Pick a year to see the world on that exact day: the news, the No. 1 song and who else was born.

Questions about May 1 birthdays

Who are famous people born on May 1?: Famous people born on May 1 include Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769), Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852), Zaz (1980), Charli D'Amelio (2004), Oliver Bierhoff (1968).
What star sign is someone born on May 1?: Someone born on May 1 is a Taurus.
What is the birthstone for May 1?: The birthstone for May is emerald.
How common is a birthday on May 1?: In the US, May 1 is the No. 193 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,296 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).