Who Was Born Today – May 1 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on May 1 | ||
1493 | Phillippus Paracelsus, physician and alchemist. | |
1764 | Benjamin Henry Latrobe, architect of the U.S. Capitol. | |
1769 | Arthur Wellsley, Duke of Wellington. | |
1830 | Mother (Mary Harris) Jones, reformer and labor organizer. | |
1839 | Louis-Maire-Hilaire Bernigaud, French chemist, inventor of rayon. | |
1878 | James Graham, inventor of the first naval aircraft-carrying ship and first man to film a total eclipse of the Sun. | |
1896 | Mark Clark, American general during World War II. | |
1909 | Kate Smith, singer. | |
1916 | Glenn Ford, actor (The Blackboard Jungle). | |
1923 | Joseph Heller, American author (Catch 22). | |
1924 | Terry Southern, novelist and screenwriter (Dr. Strangelove, Easy Rider). | |
1940 | Bobbie Ann Mason, American writer (Shiloh and Other Stories, In Country). |