Anniversaries 21 May

Birth

Albrecht Dürer6

German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist 1471–1528

Philip II of Spain2

King of Spain who became King of England by marriage to Que… 1527–1598

Alexander Pope158

eighteenth century English poet 1688–1744

Joseph Fouché3

French statesman 1759–1820

John Hookham Frere2

British politician 1769–1846

Isaac McLellan2

American writer 1806–1899

Robert Murray M'Cheyne10

British writer 1813–1843

James Hudson Taylor88

Missionary in China 1832–1905

Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford1

Royal Air Force air marshal (1893-1971) 1893–1971

Fred Polak13

Dutch futurologist 1907–1985

Romain Gary16

French writer and diplomat 1914–1980

Andrei Sakharov57

Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist 1921–1989

Robert Creeley1

American poet 1926–2005

Dore Ashton1

art critic 1928–2017

Malcolm Fraser3

Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia 1930–2015

Walter Wink2

American biblical scholar 1935–2012

Joe Alves1

Film designer 1936

John Avanzini5

American televangelist, bible teacher, author 1936

Mengistu Haile Mariam18

Former dictator of Ethiopia 1937

Denis Wiehe1

Seychellois bishop 1940

Gregory Hill2

American writer and founder of Discordianism 1941–2000

Mary Robinson2

Former President of Ireland and former United Nations High … 1944

Janet Dailey1

American writer 1944–2013

Andrew Neil3

Scottish journalist and broadcaster 1949

Al Franken13

American comedian and politician 1951

Mr. T58

American actor and retired professional wrestler 1952

Kathleen Wynne1

25th Premier of Ontario 1953

Nadine Dorries4

British politician 1957

Tony Hayward4

British businessman 1957

Abdulla Yameen3

Maldivian politician, 6th president of the Maldives 1959

Jeffrey Dahmer6

American serial killer, cannibal and necrophile 1960–1994

Molly Scott Cato7

British economist and Member of the European Parliament 1963

Miriam Toews3

Canadian writer known for novels set in the Mennonite commu… 1964

Arthur C. Brooks2

American policy analyst and musician 1964

Mark Crilley1

Comic artist 1966

Lisa Edelstein2

American actress, playwright 1967

Blake Schwarzenbach8

American singer 1967

The Notorious B.I.G.19

American rapper 1972–1997

Noel Fielding15

British comedian and actor 1973

Eduardo Verástegui1

Mexican actor 1974

Ricky Williams3

All-American college football players, professional footbal… 1977

Tay Zonday1

American singer 1982

Death

Wang Anshi1

Song Dynasty chancellor and poet 1021–1086

Tommaso Campanella3

Italian philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet 1568–1639

Francisco de Sá de Meneses1

Portuguese poet 1600–1664

James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose2

Scottish nobleman, poet and soldier of the Wars of the Thre… 1612–1650

Christopher Smart4

English poet 1722–1771

Thomas Warton5

English literary historian, critic, poet 1728–1790

Francisco Perea4

Union Army officer 1830–1913

August Kundt1

German physicist 1839–1894

Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery20

British politician 1847–1929

Hugo De Vries2

Dutch botanist 1848–1935

Jane Addams28

pioneer settlement social worker 1860–1935

Eleanor H. Porter10

American novelist 1868–1920

Flora Thompson35

English author and poet 1876–1947

Roy Bedichek1

American writer and naturalist 1878–1959

Ronald Firbank8

British novelist 1886–1926

Grigori Sokolnikov5

Soviet diplomat 1888–1939

Ivan Konev4

Soviet military commander 1897–1973

Eric Hoffer240

American philosopher 1898–1983

Barbara Cartland6

English writer and media personality 1901–2000

Kenneth Clark47

Art historian, broadcaster and museum director 1903–1983

John Gielgud2

English actor and theatre director 1904–2000

Klaus Mann2

German writer 1906–1949

Archie Carr3

American university professor, zoologist, herpetologist, co… 1909–1987

Katherine Dunham1

Dancer, choreographer, songwriter, activist 1909–2006

Charley Reese1

American journalist 1937–2013

Rajiv Gandhi32

sixth Prime Minister of India 1944–1991