Who are famous people born on May 21?

Famous people born on May 21 include Philip II of Spain (1527), Alexander Pope (1688), Henri Rousseau (1844), Andrei Sakharov (1921), Sergei Shoigu (1955).

What star sign is someone born on May 21?

Someone born on May 21 is a Gemini.

What is the birthstone for May 21?

The birthstone for May is emerald.

How common is a birthday on May 21?

In the US, May 21 is the No. 143 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,472 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on May 21

Famous people born on May 21, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.

♊ Star sign
Gemini
💎 Birthstone
Emerald
👶 How common
No. 143 of 366

Born on May 21

May 21 in history

2024The Greenfield tornado kills five and injures 35 across rural Iowa, United States. Wind speeds in excess of 480 kilometres per hour (300 mph) are estimated from measurements for the third time in history.
2011Radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicted that the world would end on this date.
2000Nineteen people are killed in a plane crash in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
1992After 30 seasons Johnny Carson hosts his penultimate episode and last featuring guests (Robin Williams and Bette Midler) of The Tonight Show.
1981Transamerica Corporation agrees to sell United Artists to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for $380 million after the box office failure of the 1980 film Heaven's Gate.
1961American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.
1934Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
1911President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
1871Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
1851Slavery in Colombia is abolished.
1703Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel.
1403Henry III of Castile sends Ruy González de Clavijo as ambassador to Timur to discuss the possibility of an alliance between Timur and Castile against the Ottoman Empire.
878Syracuse, Sicily, is captured by the Muslim Aghlabids after a nine-month siege.

Holidays and observances

Afro-Colombian Day (Colombia)
Christian feast day: Blessed Adílio Daronch and Manuel Gómez González
Christian feast day: Blessed Franz Jägerstätter
Christian feast day: Earliest day on which Corpus Christi can fall, while June 24 is the latest; held on Thursday after Trinity Sunday (often locally moved to Sunday). (Roman Catholic Church)
Christian feast day: Eugène de Mazenod
Christian feast day: Helena of Constantinople, also known as "Feast of the Holy Great Sovereigns Constantine and Helen, Equal-to-the-Apostles." (Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion)
Christian feast day: Blessed Hemming of Turku
Christian feast day: John Elliot (Episcopal Church)
Christian feast day: Saints of the Cristero War, including Christopher Magallanes
Christian feast day: May 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 21 in every year

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Questions about May 21 birthdays

Who are famous people born on May 21?: Famous people born on May 21 include Philip II of Spain (1527), Alexander Pope (1688), Henri Rousseau (1844), Andrei Sakharov (1921), Sergei Shoigu (1955).
What star sign is someone born on May 21?: Someone born on May 21 is a Gemini.
What is the birthstone for May 21?: The birthstone for May is emerald.
How common is a birthday on May 21?: In the US, May 21 is the No. 143 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,472 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).