Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse

German prince (1868–1940).

Born May 1st, 1868 in Panker. ^[ref]

Died May 28th, 1940 at 72 years old in Kassel.

Lewis Miley

English association football player.

Born May 1st, 2006 (age 20 years) in Stanley.

Sonny James

American country music singer-songwriter (1928–2016).

Born May 1st, 1929 in Hackleburg.

Died February 22nd, 2016 at 86 years old in Nashville.

Anne Fletcher

American actress, film director and choreographer.

Born May 1st, 1966 (age 60 years) in Detroit.

Richard Riordan

American businessman and politician.

Born May 1st, 1930 in Queens. ^[ref]

Died April 19th, 2023 at 92 years old in Brentwood.

David Backes

American ice hockey player.

Born May 1st, 1984 (age 42 years) in Minneapolis.

Eddie Johnson

American basketball player (1959–).

Born May 1st, 1959 (age 67 years) in Chicago.

Matt Cartwright

U.s. representative from pennsylvania.

Born May 1st, 1961 (age 65 years) in Erie.

Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano

Mexican politician.

Born May 1st, 1934 (age 92 years) in Mexico City.

Vanes Martirosyan

Armenian-american boxer.

Born May 1st, 1986 in Abovyan.

Died November 23rd, 2025 at 39 years old in Los Angeles (skin cancer). ^[ref]

Diego Valeri

Argentine football player.

Born May 1st, 1986 (age 40 years) in Lanús.

Joseph Lawton Collins

United states army general.

Born May 1st, 1896 in New Orleans. ^[ref]

Died September 12th, 1987 at 91 years old in Washington, D.C.. ^[ref]

Eric Goldberg

American animator (born 1955).

Born May 1st, 1955 (age 71 years) in Levittown.

Romaine Brooks

American artist (1874-1970).

Born May 1st, 1874 in Rome.

Died December 7th, 1970 at 96 years old in Nice.

Ralf Dahrendorf

German-british sociologist, politician (1929–2009).

Born May 1st, 1929 in Hamburg.

Died June 17th, 2009 at 80 years old in Cologne (cancer). ^[ref]

Fakhruddin Ahmed

Bangladeshi economist and civil servant.

Born May 1st, 1940 (age 86 years) in Munshiganj District.

Henryk Ross

Polish-born israeli photographer and holocaust survivor (1910–1991).

Born May 1st, 1910 in Warsaw.

Died May 1st, 1991 at 81 years old in Israel.

Kim Pan-gon

South korean footballer and manager.

Born May 1st, 1969 (age 57 years) in Jinju.

John Beradino

American infielder in major league baseball and an actor (1917-1996).

Born May 1st, 1917 in Los Angeles.

Died May 19th, 1996 at 79 years old in Beverly Hills (pancreatic cancer).

Harshika Poonacha

Indian actress.

Born May 1st, 1990 (age 36 years) in Kodagu district.

Ana Claudia Talancón

Mexican actress.

Born May 1st, 1980 (age 46 years) in Cancun.

Oliver Neuville

German association football player.

Born May 1st, 1973 (age 53 years) in Locarno.

Yasmina Reza

French actor and writer.

Born May 1st, 1959 (age 67 years) in Paris.

Maurice Dean Wint

Canadian actor.

Born May 1st, 1964 (age 62 years) in Leicestershire.

Teya Dora

Serbian singer-songwriter.

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