John R. Ross (85)
May 7th, 1938

American linguist – John R. Ross was born in Brookline (Town in Massachusetts, United States) on May 7th, 1938 and is 85 years old today.

Other personalities born on May 7

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

35

Ma Jin

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

78

Ruud Lubbers

Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1982 to 1994

*May 7th, 1939, Rotterdam †February 14th, 2018, Rotterdam

62

Anne Baxter

American actress (1923–1985)

*May 7th, 1923, Michigan City †December 12th, 1985, New York City

80

Rabindranath Tagore

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

*May 7th, 1861, Kolkata †August 7th, 1941, Kolkata

96

Kathleen McKane Godfree

English badminton and tennis player (1896-1992)

*May 7th, 1896, Bayswater †June 19th, 1992, London

49

Ye Zhaoying

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1974, Hangzhou

53

Nikolai Zuyev

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1970, Dnipro

69

Joanna Haigh

British physicist

*May 7th, 1954, London

39

Meiliana Jauhari

Indonesian badminton player

*May 7th, 1984, Jakarta

83

Ruggero Deodato

Italian film director

*May 7th, 1939, Potenza †December 29th, 2022, Rome

56

Balbina Bäbler

Swiss classical archaeologist

*May 7th, 1967, Glarus

63

Johannes Brahms

German composer (1833–1897)

*May 7th, 1833, Hamburg †April 3rd, 1897, Vienna

24

Rutaparna Panda

Indian badminton player

*May 7th, 1999, Cuttack

26

Rika Rositawati

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1997, Sumedang

66

Véronique Jannot

French actress and singer

*May 7th, 1957, Annecy

37

Mark Furze

Australian actor

*May 7th, 1986, Orange

21

Cheng Xing

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 2002, Jiujiang, Guangdong

78

Oskar von Miller

German engineer

*May 7th, 1855, Munich †April 9th, 1934, Munich

52

Thomas Piketty

French economist

*May 7th, 1971, Clichy

87

Josip Broz

Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman (1892.−1980.)

*May 7th, 1892, Kumrovec †May 4th, 1980, Ljubljana

79

Sabina Higgins

Irish actress, wife of 9th Irish President

*May 7th, 1944, Ballindine

36

Jérémy Ménez

French association football player

*May 7th, 1987, Longjumeau

84

Volker Braun

German writer

*May 7th, 1939, Dresden

67

Jan Peter Balkenende

Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2002 to 2010

*May 7th, 1956, Biezelinge

89

Philippe Contamine

French historian (1932-2022)

*May 7th, 1932, Metz †January 26th, 2022, 14th arrondissement of Paris

71

Jacqueline Barton

American chemist

*May 7th, 1952, New York City

75

Jimmy Ruffin

American singer (1936–2014)

*May 7th, 1939, Collinsville †November 17th, 2014, Las Vegas

54

Marie Bäumer

German actress

*May 7th, 1969, Düsseldorf

62

Sue Black

Forensic anthropologist; anatomist

*May 7th, 1961, Inverness

Also born in 1938

85

Otto Rehhagel

German footballer and manager

*August 9th, 1938, Essen

85

Hans Abraham

Badminton player

*September 10th, 1938, Berlin

82

Diana Rigg

English actress (1938–2020)

*July 20th, 1938, Doncaster †September 10th, 2020, London

80

Kofi Annan

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)

*April 8th, 1938, Kumasi †August 18th, 2018, Bern

78

Michael Bogdanov

British theatre director

*December 15th, 1938, Neath †April 16th, 2017, Greece

85

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

83

Herbert Achternbusch

German writer, painter and filmmaker (1938–2022)

*November 23rd, 1938, Munich †January 10th, 2022, Munich

82

Fips Asmussen

German comedian (1938–2020)

*April 30th, 1938, Hamburg †August 9th, 2020, Carl-von-Basedow-Klinikum

66

Lars Hillingsø

Danish fashion designer (1938-2005)

*July 12th, 1938, Copenhagen †February 20th, 2005, Croissanville

84

Fritz Pleitgen

German journalist and author (1938-2022)

*March 21st, 1938, Duisburg †September 15th, 2022, Cologne

78

Inga Ålenius

Swedish actress (1938-2017)

*May 15th, 1938, Stockholm †April 24th, 2017, Helsingborg

43

Romy Schneider

German-French actress (1938–1982)

*September 23rd, 1938, Vienna †May 29th, 1982, 7th arrondissement of Paris

78

Silvano Basagni

Italian sport shooter (1938-2017)

*August 6th, 1938, Florence †May 10th, 2017, Florence

86

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

42

Vladimir Vysotsky

Soviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980)

*January 25th, 1938, Moscow †July 25th, 1980, Moscow

85

Elliott Gould

American actor

*August 29th, 1938, Brooklyn

85

Tommy Chong

Canadian actor and comedian

*May 24th, 1938, Edmonton

79

Gene Michael

Former Major League Baseball player, manager, executive

*June 2nd, 1938, Kent †September 7th, 2017, Oldsmar

85

Giuliano Amato

Italian politician (born 1938)

*May 13th, 1938, Turin

85

Connie Stevens

American actress and singer

*August 8th, 1938, Brooklyn

85

Derek Jacobi

English actor (born 1938)

*October 22nd, 1938, Leytonstone

86

Frank Langella

American actor

*January 1st, 1938, Bayonne

85

Dolores Hart

American Roman Catholic religious sister, and former actress

*October 20th, 1938, Chicago

39

Michael Findlay

Film director, producer

*January 1st, 1938, United States of America †May 16th, 1977, New York City

73

Jean Giraud

French comics author (1938–2012)

*May 8th, 1938, Nogent-sur-Marne †March 10th, 2012, Montrouge

85

Richard Benjamin

American actor and film director

*May 22nd, 1938, New York City

85

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

24th president of Liberia

*October 29th, 1938, Monrovia

85

Heinz Fischer

8th president of Austria

*October 9th, 1938, Graz

85

Enrico Macias

French recording artist; singer,(Born on December 11, 1938 he is an Algerian-born French Jewish singer.He was born in Constantine, Algeria.)

*December 11th, 1938, Constantine

86

Duane Eddy

American guitarist

*April 26th, 1938, Corning

John R. Ross