Owe Wiktorin (84)
May 7th, 1940

Swedish general – Owe Wiktorin was born in Motala (Urban area in Motala Municipality, Sweden) on May 7th, 1940 and is 84 years old today.

Other personalities born on May 7

48

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

36

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

96

Kathleen McKane Godfree

English badminton and tennis player (1896-1992)

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

50

Ye Zhaoying

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1974, Hangzhou

80

Rabindranath Tagore

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

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

54

Nikolai Zuyev

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1970, Dnipro

70

Joanna Haigh

British physicist

*May 7th, 1954, London

40

Meiliana Jauhari

Indonesian badminton player

*May 7th, 1984, Jakarta

78

José Antonio Abreu

Venezuelan musician (1939-2018)

*May 7th, 1939, Valera †March 24th, 2018, Caracas

57

Balbina Bäbler

Swiss classical archaeologist

*May 7th, 1967, Glarus

83

Ruggero Deodato

Italian film director

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

80

Sabina Higgins

Irish actress, wife of 9th Irish President

*May 7th, 1944, Ballindine

25

Rutaparna Panda

Indian badminton player

*May 7th, 1999, Cuttack

27

Rika Rositawati

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1997, Sumedang

63

Johannes Brahms

German composer (1833–1897)

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

38

Mark Furze

Australian actor

*May 7th, 1986, Orange

53

Thomas Piketty

French economist

*May 7th, 1971, Clichy

22

Cheng Xing

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 2002, Jiujiang, Guangdong

78

Oskar von Miller

German engineer

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

37

Jérémy Ménez

French association football player

*May 7th, 1987, Longjumeau

67

Véronique Jannot

French actress and singer

*May 7th, 1957, Annecy

87

Josip Broz

Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman (1892.−1980.)

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

68

Jan Peter Balkenende

Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2002 to 2010

*May 7th, 1956, Biezelinge

85

Volker Braun

German writer

*May 7th, 1939, Dresden

72

Jacqueline Barton

American chemist

*May 7th, 1952, New York City

55

Marie Bäumer

German actress

*May 7th, 1969, Düsseldorf

63

Sue Black

Forensic anthropologist; anatomist

*May 7th, 1961, Inverness

75

Jimmy Ruffin

American singer (1936–2014)

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

Also born in 1940

83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

40

John Lennon

British musician (1940–1980)

*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

83

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality †February 18th, 2024, Røros Municipality

83

Jeannie Seely

American singer

*July 6th, 1940, Titusville

76

Al Jarreau

American singer and songwriter (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

*October 23rd, 1940, Três Corações †December 29th, 2022, Morumbi District

84

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

32

Bruce Lee

Chinese-American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

*November 27th, 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital †July 20th, 1973, Kowloon Tong

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

76

Dawson Mathis

American politician (1940-2017)

*November 30th, 1940, Nashville †April 17th, 2017, Tifton

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

*July 9th, 1940, Oberhausen †April 14th, 2017, Essen

79

Peter Fonda

American actor (1940–2019)

*February 23rd, 1940, New York City †August 16th, 2019, Los Angeles

84

Nancy Sinatra

American singer and actress

*June 8th, 1940, Jersey City

84

Joachim Gauck

German Protestant pastor and politician, Federal President 2012-2017

*January 24th, 1940, Rostock

83

Nursultan Nazarbayev

President of Kazakhstan from 1990 to 2019

*July 6th, 1940, Ushqonyr

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

84

Margrethe II of Denmark

Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024

*April 16th, 1940, Amalienborg

79

René Auberjonois

American actor

*June 1st, 1940, New York City †December 8th, 2019, Los Angeles

77

John Mahoney

American actor (1940–2018)

*June 20th, 1940, Blackpool †February 4th, 2018, Chicago

84

Kip S. Thorne

American physicist

*June 1st, 1940, Logan

79

David H. Koch

American billionaire heir and businessman (1940–2019)

*May 3rd, 1940, Wichita †August 23rd, 2019, Southampton

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