Famous people born on 1 May

12 of the people we track were born on 1 May, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington 1769British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdomdied aged 83
2. SRSantiago Ramón y Cajal 1852Spanish chemistdied aged 82
3. Joseph Addison 1672English essayist and poetdied aged 47
4. Anushka Sharma 1988Indian actorliving, 38
5. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 1881French philosopher and priestdied aged 73
6. Leonardo Bonucci 1987Italian footballerliving, 39
7. Joseph Heller 1923American writerdied aged 76
8. AYAhmed Yassin 1937Palestinian activistdied aged 66
9. Patrice Talon 1958Beninese politician who served as President of the Republic of Beninliving, 68
10. Wes Anderson 1969American film directorliving, 57
11. Rudolf I of Germany 1218King of the Romansdied aged 73
12. Darijo Srna 1982Croatian footballerliving, 44