Famous People: May
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All Figures for May (24 results)
Al Jolson
"The World’s Greatest Entertainer", Star of "The Jazz Singer" (First Feature Talkie) & Vaudeville King
Bing Crosby
American Singer, Actor & Multimedia Cultural Icon
César Luis Menotti
World Cup-Winning Argentine Football Manager ("El Flaco") & Tactical Ideologue
Danielle Darrieux
Legendary French Cinema & Stage Actress, 8-Decade Film Pioneer & Honorary César Winner
Évariste Galois
Groundbreaking French Mathematical Prodigy, Father of Galois Theory & Abstract Group Theory Pioneer
Farooq Leghari
8th President of Pakistan (1993–1997), Foreign Minister & Veteran Parliamentarian
Henri de Saint-Simon
Visionary French Social Philosopher, Pioneer Sociologist & Founder of Saint-Simonianism
José Batlle y Ordóñez
Two-Time President of Uruguay (1903–1907, 1911–1915), Architect of Latin America's First Welfare State & Secular Democracy
Kano Jigoro
Educator & Founder of Judo
Kazi Nazrul Islam
National Poet of Bangladesh & Revolutionary
Leonardo da Vinci
High Renaissance Polymath, Painter & Engineer
Luciano Berio
Visionary Italian Avant-Garde Composer, Pioneer of Electroacoustic Music & Musical Modernist
Niccolò Paganini
Legendary Italian Violin Virtuoso, Composer, Guitarist & Pioneer of Modern Violin Technique
Noah Webster
Pioneer Lexicographer, Educator & Father of American Scholarship
Orson Welles
Film Director, Actor, Screenwriter & Producer
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
Philosopher, Social Reformer, Founder of Ananda Marga, Author of PROUT & Composer of Prabhat Samgiita