Julia Onken (82)
May 1st, 1942

Swiss writer – Julia Onken was born in Münsterlingen (Municipality in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland) on May 1st, 1942 and is 82 years old today.

Other personalities born on May 1

71

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

58

Olaf Thon

German association football player and manager

*May 1st, 1966, Gelsenkirchen

78

Joanna Lumley

English actress and former model

*May 1st, 1946, Srinagar

59

Gunnar Beck

German EU lawyer and legal philosopher

*May 1st, 1965, Düsseldorf

85

Judy Collins

American singer and songwriter

*May 1st, 1939, Seattle

56

Lisa Campbell

Australian badminton player

*May 1st, 1968, Frankston

84

Fakhruddin Ahmed

Economist and civil servant

*May 1st, 1940, Munshiganj District

63

Jan van Aken

German activist for Greenpeace and politician with the Left Party

*May 1st, 1961, Reinbek

65

Yasmina Reza

French actor and writer

*May 1st, 1959, Paris

22

Jesita Putri Miantoro

Badminton player

*May 1st, 2002, Depok

42

Darijo Srna

Croatian association football player

*May 1st, 1982, Metković

52

Julie Benz

American actress

*May 1st, 1972, Pittsburgh

37

Leonardo Bonucci

Italian association football player

*May 1st, 1987, Viterbo

78

Dick Joyce

New Zealand rower

*May 1st, 1946, Wellington

83

Jorge Arrate

Chilean politician

*May 1st, 1941, Santiago

85

France Rumilly

French actress

*May 1st, 1939, Boulogne-Billancourt

41

Fran Vázquez

Basketball player

*May 1st, 1983, Saramagal

79

Karel Kachyňa

Czech film director

*May 1st, 1924, Vyškov †March 12th, 2004, Říčany

80

Elsa Peretti

Italian jewelry designer, philanthropist, fashion model (1940-2021)

*May 1st, 1940, Florence †March 18th, 2021, Sant Martí Vell

32

Sammy Ameobi

English-Nigerian footballer (born 1992)

*May 1st, 1992, Newcastle upon Tyne

78

Arthur Max

American art director

*May 1st, 1946, New York City

71

Glen Ballard

American songwriter, lyricist, and record producer

*May 1st, 1953, Natchez

55

Wes Anderson

American filmmaker (born 1969)

*May 1st, 1969, Houston

79

Rita Coolidge

American recording artist; singer

*May 1st, 1945, Nashville

76

Joseph Heller

American writer

*May 1st, 1923, New York City †December 12th, 1999, East Hampton

40

Wilhelmina Cooper

Model, modeling agent

*May 1st, 1939, Culemborg †March 1st, 1980, Greenwich

62

Owen Paul

British singer

*May 1st, 1962, Glasgow

79

Edda Bustamante

Argentinian actor

*May 1st, 1945, San Juan

82

Santiago Ramón y Cajal

Spanish scientist (1852-1934)

*May 1st, 1852, Petilla de Aragón †October 17th, 1934, Madrid

77

Krzysztof Knittel

Polish composer

*May 1st, 1947, Warsaw

Also born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

82

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

27

Jimi Hendrix

American guitarist (1942–1970)

*November 27th, 1942, Seattle †September 18th, 1970, Kensington

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

*February 9th, 1942, Chênée †May 24th, 2017, Saint-Bénézet

81

Thomas Danneberg

German actor (1942–2023)

*June 2nd, 1942, Berlin †September 30th, 2023, Berlin

74

Sven-Erik Magnusson

Swedish singer and musician

*October 13th, 1942, Säffle †March 22nd, 2017, Karlstad

71

Bob Hoskins

English actor (1942–2014)

*October 26th, 1942, Bury St Edmunds †April 29th, 2014, Bury St Edmunds

82

Michael Bloomberg

American businessman and politician; 108th mayor of New York City

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

82

Mike Pender

British musician

*March 3rd, 1942, Kirkdale

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

*June 18th, 1942, Urbana †April 4th, 2013, Chicago

75

David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

*October 31st, 1942, Peoria †March 3rd, 2018, Newport

82

Barbra Streisand

American singer and actress (born 1942)

*April 24th, 1942, Brooklyn

82

Fraser Stoddart

Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh

Julia Onken