Who Was Alive

Famous people born on 21 May

20 of the people we track were born on 21 May, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

Charles Albert Gobat and Louis Renault were born on the very same day, 21 May 1843.

  1. Albrecht Dürer 1471German painter and printmakerdied aged 56
  2. Alexander Pope 1688English poetdied aged 56
  3. Andrei Sakharov 1921Soviet nuclear physicistdied aged 68
  4. Philip II of Spain 1527Monarch of Castile and Leondied aged 71
  5. Sergei Shoigu 1955Ministerliving, 71
  6. Mary Robinson 1944Irish juristliving, 82
  7. Willem Einthoven 1860Dutch physiologistdied aged 67
  8. Mario Mandžukić 1986Croatian footballerliving, 40
  9. Henri Rousseau 1844French painterdied aged 66
  10. Charles Albert Gobat 1843Swiss politician and lawyerdied aged 70
  11. Mengistu Haile Mariam 1937Politician who served as President of Ethiopialiving, 89
  12. The Notorious B.I.G. 1972American rapperdied aged 24
  13. Jeffrey Dahmer 1960American serial killerdied aged 34
  14. Émile Verhaeren 1855Belgian poetdied aged 61
  15. Louis Renault 1843French jurist who served as President of the Institut de Droit Internationaldied aged 74
  16. Romain Gary 1914French writer and diplomatdied aged 66
  17. Joseph Fouché 1759French essayistdied aged 61
  18. Mary Anning 1799British fossil collectordied aged 47
  19. Günter Blobel 1936German biologistdied aged 81
  20. Empress Suiko AD 554Emperor of Japandied aged 73