Bernie Taupin (73)
May 22nd, 1950

British songwriter – Bernie Taupin was born in Ruskington (Village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, UK) on May 22nd, 1950 and is 73 years old today.

Other personalities born on May 22

36

Novak Djokovic

Serbian tennis player (1987–)

*May 22nd, 1987, Belgrade

36

Hugo Arthuso

Badminton player

*May 22nd, 1987, Osasco

94

Charles Aznavour

Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)

*May 22nd, 1924, 6th arrondissement of Paris †October 1st, 2018, Mouriès

64

Linda Emond

American actress

*May 22nd, 1959, New Brunswick

83

Klaus Schlappner

German association football player and manager

*May 22nd, 1940, Lampertheim

48

Kelly Morgan

Badminton player

*May 22nd, 1975, Pontypridd

85

Richard Benjamin

American actor and film director

*May 22nd, 1938, New York City

90

Giulio Orlando

Italian politician (1926-2017)

*May 22nd, 1926, Martina Franca †May 18th, 2017, Fermo

59

George Best

Northern Irish association football player (1946-2005)

*May 22nd, 1946, Belfast †November 25th, 2005, London

60

Susan Strasberg

American film and stage actress (1938-1999)

*May 22nd, 1938, New York City †January 21st, 1999, New York City

69

Shuji Nakamura

Japanese doctor of Engineering (1954-), inventor of the blue LED, 2014 Nobel laureate in Physics

*May 22nd, 1954, Ikata

59

Mark Christopher Lawrence

American character actor, stand-up comedian, and voice-over artist

*May 22nd, 1964, Los Angeles

69

Richard Wagner

German composer (1813–1883)

*May 22nd, 1813, Leipzig †February 13th, 1883, Venice

43

Nazanin Boniadi

British-Iranian actress

*May 22nd, 1980, Tehran

71

Arthur Conan Doyle

British writer and physician (1859–1930)

*May 22nd, 1859, Edinburgh †July 7th, 1930, Crowborough

37

Matt Jarvis

English association football player (born 1986)

*May 22nd, 1986, Middlesbrough

53

Naomi Campbell

English model

*May 22nd, 1970, Streatham

90

Georges Rol

French priest and theologian

*May 22nd, 1926, Thiviers †April 13th, 2017, L'Isle-d'Espagnac

87

Leonardo Del Vecchio

Italian businessman

*May 22nd, 1935, Milan †June 27th, 2022, Milan

64

Morrissey

British singer

*May 22nd, 1959, Davyhulme

74

Gila Altmann

German politician

*May 22nd, 1949, Wilhelmshaven

81

Ted Kaczynski

American domestic terrorist, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)

*May 22nd, 1942, Evergreen Park †June 10th, 2023, Federal Medical Center, Butner

75

David H. Levy

Canadian astronomer

*May 22nd, 1948, Montreal

81

Hans Olav Tungesvik

Norwegian politician

*May 22nd, 1936, Skånevik †June 16th, 2017, Bergen

63

Hideaki Anno

Japanese animator, film director, businessman (1960-)

*May 22nd, 1960, Ube

70

Doris Barnett

German politician

*May 22nd, 1953, Ludwigshafen

82

Laurence Olivier

English actor and director (1907–1989)

*May 22nd, 1907, Dorking †July 11th, 1989, West Sussex

54

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

U.S. Representative from Washington

*May 22nd, 1969, Salem

36

Arturo Vidal

Chilean association football player

*May 22nd, 1987, Santiago

67

Laurent Rossi

French composer and singer (1948-2015)

*May 22nd, 1948, Boulogne-Billancourt †August 20th, 2015, 17th arrondissement of Paris

Also born in 1950

67

Jeff Lowe

American mountain climber

*September 13th, 1950, Ogden †August 24th, 2018, Colorado

73

Annette Badland

English actress

*August 26th, 1950, Edgbaston

73

Narendra Modi

14th Prime Minister of India

*September 17th, 1950, Vadnagar

66

Martin McGuinness

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

*May 23rd, 1950, Derry †March 21st, 2017, Altnagelvin Area Hospital

74

Billy Currie

British multi-instrumentalist

*April 1st, 1950, Huddersfield

66

Sandra Reemer

Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017)

*October 17th, 1950, Bandung City †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

73

Øivind Blunck

Norwegian actor and comedian

*December 28th, 1950, Norway

73

Wayne Eagling

Canadian ballet dancer

*November 27th, 1950, Montreal

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

74

Pedro Barceló

Spanish historian of classical antiquity

*April 30th, 1950, Vinaròs

70

Jóhannes Eðvaldsson

Icelandic football player (1950-2021)

*September 3rd, 1950, Reykjavík †January 24th, 2021, Glasgow

74

Ade Chandra

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1950, Jakarta

73

Ed Harris

American actor and director (born 1950)

*November 28th, 1950, Englewood

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

73

Harriet Walter

British actress

*September 24th, 1950, London

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

73

Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

74

William Sadler

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

74

Debbie Allen

American actress, choreographer, television director, television producer, singer, and dancer

*January 16th, 1950, Houston

74

Rick Perry

14th United States Secretary of Energy

*March 4th, 1950, Haskell

74

William H. Macy

American actor

*March 13th, 1950, Miami

73

Abdullah Gül

11th President of Turkey

*October 29th, 1950, Kayseri

74

Bobby McFerrin

American jazz vocalista and composer

*March 11th, 1950, Manhattan

73

Jeane Manson

American actress

*October 1st, 1950, Cleveland

74

Daniel Auteuil

French actor and director

*January 24th, 1950, Algiers

73

Viktor Yanukovych

Ukrainian politician and the 4th President of Ukraine, ousted from office during the Revolution of Dignity in 2014

*July 9th, 1950, Yenakiieve

74

Victoria Principal

American actress

*January 3rd, 1950, Fukuoka

73

Rainer Arnold

German politician

*June 21st, 1950, Stuttgart

73

Steve Wozniak

American–Serbian computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.

*August 11th, 1950, San Jose

Bernie Taupin