What happened on May 21 ?

1471 - Albrecht Dürer, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1528)

1527 - King Philip II of Spain (d. 1598)

1664 - Giulio Alberoni, Italian cardinal and statesman (d. 1754)

1688 - Alexander Pope, English poet (d. 1744)

1755 - Alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810)

1763 - Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820)

1780 - Elizabeth Fry, British social reformer and philanthropist (d. 1845)

1792 - Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843)

1843 - Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1914)

1844 - Henri Rousseau, French artist (d. 1910)

1850 - Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914)

1851 - Léon Bourgeois, French statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1925)

1853 - Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905)

1860 - Willem Einthoven, Dutch inventor, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1927)

1863 - Archduke Eugen of Austria, Austrian field marshal (d. 1954)

1873 - Hans Berger, German neuroscientist (d. 1941)

1898 - Armand Hammer, American physician, entrepreneur, oil magnate, and art collector (d. 1990)

1901 - Horace Heidt, American band leader (d. 1986)

1901 - Sam Jaffe, American film producer (d. 2000)

1902 - Earl Averill, baseball player (d. 1983)

1902 - Marcel Lajos Breuer, Hungarian-born architect (d. 1981)

1903 - Manly Wade Wellman, American author (d. 1986)

1904 - Robert Montgomery, American actor (d. 1981)

1904 - Fats Waller, American pianist (d. 1943)

1912 - Monty Stratton, baseball player (d. 1982)

1916 - Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (d. 2002)

1916 - Harold Robbins, American novelist (d. 1997)

1917 - Raymond Burr, American actor (d. 1993)

1920 - Anthony Steel, British actor (d. 2001)

1921 - Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist and activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (declined) (d. 1989)

1923 - Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (d. 2003)

1923 - Ara Parseghian, American football coach

1924 - Peggy Cass, American actress and comedienne (d. 1999)

1930 - Malcolm Fraser, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia

1933 - Maurice André, French trumpeter

1934 - Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1936 - Günter Blobel, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1939 - Heinz Holliger, Swiss oboist and composer

1941 - Martin Carthy, English singer and guitarist

1941 - Ronald Isley, American singer (The Isley Brothers)

1943 - Hilton Valentine, British guitarist (The Animals)

1944 - Mary Robinson, President of Ireland

1944 - Marcie Blane, American singer

1945 - Ernst Messerschmid, German physicist and astronaut

1948 - Leo Sayer, English pop singer & musician

1951 - Al Franken, American comedian and author

1952 - Mr. T, (Birth Name Laurence Tureaud) American actor

1955 - Paul Barber, British field hockey player

1955 - Stan Lynch, American drummer

1957 - Judge Reinhold, American actor

1957 - Renée Soutendijk, Dutch actress

1959 - Nick Cassavetes, American actor and director

1960 - Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (d. 1994)

1963 - Richard Appel, American writer and producer ("The Simpsons")

1964 - Danny Bailey, English footballer

1964 - Danny Lee Clark, American Gladiator "Nitro"

1967 - Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler

1967 - Lisa Edelstein, American actress

1968 - Matthias Ungemach, German rower

1972 - The Notorious B.I.G., American musician (d. 1997)

1972 - Alesha Oreskovich, American model

1974 - Fairuza Balk, American Actress

1974 - Havoc, American rapper/producer (Mobb Deep)

1975 - Todd White, Canadian ice hockey player

1977 - Quinton Fortune, South African footballer

1977 - Ricky Williams, American football player

1978 - Briana Banks, German-American adult film star

1979 - Damian Ariel Álvarez, Argentinian footballer

1980 - Raab Himself, American actor

1981 - Belladonna, American pornographic actress

1981 - Max, German singer

1985 - Kano, British rapper

1985 - Mutya Buena, British singer, formerly in Sugababes

1987 - Ashlie Brillault, American actress