Birthday: 21 May
Famous people born on 21 May
27 of the best-known people in our data were born on 21 May, including Andrei Sakharov, The Notorious B.I.G. and Gregory XII. The longest life among them was Bengt I. Samuelsson's, at 90 years.
- Andrei SakharovSoviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist · 1921–198968 yrs
- The Notorious B.I.G.American rapper · 1972–199724 yrs
- Gregory XIIPope of the Catholic Church from 1406 to 1415 · 1335–141782 yrs
- Willem EinthovenDutch physiologist · 1860–192767 yrs
- Gustav I of SwedenKing of Sweden from 1523 to 1560 · 1496–156064 yrs
- Henri RousseauFrench painter · 1844–191066 yrs
- Charles Albert GobatSwiss politician and lawyer · 1843–191470 yrs
- Jeffrey DahmerAmerican serial killer · 1960–199434 yrs
- Emile VerhaerenBelgian poet · 1855–191661 yrs
- Romain Gary ↗French writer and diplomat · 1914–198066 yrs
- Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis ↗French mathematician, mechanical engineer, and scientist · 1792–184351 yrs
- Joseph Fouché ↗French statesman · 1759–182061 yrs
- Mary Anning ↗British fossil collector and palaeontologist · 1799–184747 yrs
- Günter Blobel ↗German American biologist · 1936–201881 yrs
- Lázaro Cárdenas ↗51st President of Mexico · 1895–197075 yrs
- Édouard-Henri Avril ↗French painter · 1849–192879 yrs
- Malcolm Fraser ↗Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia · 1930–201584 yrs
- Bengt I. Samuelsson ↗Swedish biochemist · 1934–202490 yrs
- Chris Benoit ↗Canadian professional wrestler and murderer · 1967–200740 yrs
- Lucien Bonaparte ↗1st Prince of Canino and Musignano · 1775–184065 yrs
- Fats Waller ↗American jazz pianist and composer · 1904–194339 yrs
- Raymond Burr ↗Canadian actor · 1917–199376 yrs
- Sergei Gerasimov ↗Soviet film director, screenwriter, actor · 1906–198579 yrs
- Hermann Lotze ↗German philosopher · 1817–188164 yrs
- Harold Robbins ↗American novelist · 1916–199781 yrs
- Princess Stéphanie of Belgium ↗Archduchess of Austria · 1864–194581 yrs
- Tudor Arghezi ↗Romanian writer and political figure · 1880–196787 yrs
Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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