Michael Russell

American tennis player.

Born May 1st, 1978 (age 48 years) in Detroit.

Michelle Dilhara

Sri lankan actress.

Born May 1st, 1996 (age 30 years) in Ragama.

Rose Hobart

American actress (1906–2000).

Born May 1st, 1906 in New York City.

Died August 29th, 2000 at 94 years old in Woodland Hills (disease).

Judith Scott

American fiber artist (1943–2005).

Born May 1st, 1943 in Columbus, Cincinnati.

Died March 15th, 2005 at 61 years old in Dutch Flat.

José de Alencar

Brazilian writer (1829–1877).

Born May 1st, 1829 in Fortaleza.

Died December 12th, 1877 at 48 years old in Rio de Janeiro (tuberculosis).

Jakob Haugaard

Danish association football player.

Born May 1st, 1992 (age 34 years) in Sundby.

Bevis Mugabi

Association football player (born 1995).

Born May 1st, 1995 (age 31 years) in Harrow.

Archie Williams

American sprinter (1915–1993).

Born May 1st, 1915 in Oakland.

Died June 24th, 1993 at 78 years old in Fairfax.

Mary MacLane

American writer (1881-1929).

Born May 1st, 1881 in Winnipeg.

Died August 6th, 1929 at 48 years old in Chicago.

Abdisalam Ibrahim

Somalian-norwegian football player.

Born May 1st, 1991 (age 35 years) in Burao.

Hugo Alfvén

Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter (1872-1960).

Born May 1st, 1872 in Jakob and Johannes parish. ^[ref]

Died May 8th, 1960 at 88 years old in Falun.

Roque Baños

Spanish music composer.

Born May 1st, 1968 (age 58 years) in Jumilla.

Paul D. MacLean

American neuroscientist (1913–2007).

Born May 1st, 1913 in Phelps. ^[ref]

Died December 26th, 2007 at 94 years old in Potomac. ^[ref]

Ignazio Silone

Italian writer and politician (1900-1978).

Born May 1st, 1900 in Pescina.

Died August 22nd, 1978 at 78 years old in Geneva.

Yannis Ritsos

Greek poet.

Born May 1st, 1909.

Died November 11th, 1990 at 81 years old in Athens.

Theodor Oberländer

Minister for expellees, ostforscher, probable war criminal (not convicted) (1905-1998).

Born May 1st, 1905 in Meiningen.

Died May 4th, 1998 at 93 years old in Bonn.

A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough

British labour co-operative politician (1885-1965).

Born May 1st, 1885 in Weston-super-Mare.

Died January 11th, 1965 at 79 years old in London.

Sidónio Pais

Assassinated portuguese president (1872-1918).

Born May 1st, 1872 in Caminha.

Died December 14th, 1918 at 46 years old in Lisbon (shot to the head).

Morris Kline

American mathematician, teacher and author (1908–1992).

Born May 1st, 1908 in Brooklyn.

Died June 10th, 1992 at 84 years old in Brooklyn.

Espen Barth Eide

Norwegian politician.

Born May 1st, 1964 (age 62 years) in Oslo. ^[ref]

James Clarence Mangan

Irish poet (1803–1849).

Born May 1st, 1803 in Dublin. ^[ref]

Died June 20th, 1849 at 46 years old in Ireland, Dublin (cholera). ^[ref]

Koçi Xoxe

Albanian politician (1917–1949).

Born May 1st, 1911 in Florina Prefecture. ^[ref]

Died June 11th, 1949 at 38 years old in Tirana (hanging to death). ^[ref]

Giovannino Guareschi

Italian journalist, cartoonist and humorist (1908-1968).

Born May 1st, 1908 in Roccabianca.

Died July 22nd, 1968 at 60 years old in Cervia (myocardial infarction).

Evelyn Boyd Granville

African-american mathematician (1924–2023).

Born May 1st, 1924 in Washington, D.C..

Died June 27th, 2023 at 99 years old in Silver Spring. ^[ref]

Hamdi Harbaoui

Tunisian association football player.

Born May 1st, 1985 (age 41 years) in Bizerte.