Famous Personalities Born In May - 05
Wednesday, 22 October 2025
0867 On May - 05 birth of uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931)
1210 On May - 05 birth of king Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)
1352 Ruprecht, Roman catholic German king was born on this day in history.
1479 On May - 05 birth of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574)
1546 Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623) was born on May - 05.
1557 Emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty was born on May - 05.
1635 Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret) was born on this day in history.
1657 On this day in history birth of jacques Danican Philidor, composer
1680 Giuseppe Porsile, composer was born on May - 05.
1715 Daniel Dal Barba, composer was born on May - 05.
1747 On this day in history birth of leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)
1749 On this day in history birth of jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer
1764 On this day in history birth of robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812)
1800 On this day in history birth of louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette)
1804 On this day in history birth of jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)
1813 On May - 05 birth of søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)
1815 Eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright was born on this day in history.
1817 George Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899 was born on this day in history.
1818 On May - 05 birth of karl Marx, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital)
1819 Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer was born on this day in history.
1823 James Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876 was born on May - 05.
1826 On May - 05 birth of eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France
1830 John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906) was born on this day in history.
1832 On May - 05 birth of h H Bancroft, historian, publisher (History of Pacific States)
1833 Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer was born on May - 05.
1834 On this day in history birth of viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873)
1835 On this day in history birth of leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized
1842 On May - 05 birth of johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer
1846 Federico Chueca, composer was born on May - 05.
1846 On May - 05 birth of henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905)
1848 Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer was born on May - 05.
1849 On this day in history birth of hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse
1854 Antonio Smareglia, composer was born on this day in history.
1862 Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya) was born on May - 05.