Anniversaries 21 May
Birth
![Albrecht Dürer photo]()
German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist
1471–1528
![Philip II of Spain photo]()
King of Spain who became King of England by marriage to Que…
1527–1598
![Alexander Pope photo]()
eighteenth century English poet
1688–1744
![Joseph Fouché photo]()
French statesman
1759–1820
![John Hookham Frere photo]()
British politician
1769–1846
![Isaac McLellan photo]()
American writer
1806–1899
![James Hudson Taylor photo]()
Missionary in China
1832–1905
![Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford photo]()
Royal Air Force air marshal (1893-1971)
1893–1971
![Fred Polak photo]()
Dutch futurologist
1907–1985
![Romain Gary photo]()
French writer and diplomat
1914–1980
![Andrei Sakharov photo]()
Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist
1921–1989
![Malcolm Fraser photo]()
Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia
1930–2015
![Walter Wink photo]()
American biblical scholar
1935–2012
![John Avanzini photo]()
American televangelist, bible teacher, author
1936
![Mengistu Haile Mariam photo]()
Former dictator of Ethiopia
1937
![Gregory Hill photo]()
American writer and founder of Discordianism
1941–2000
![Mary Robinson photo]()
Former President of Ireland and former United Nations High …
1944
![Janet Dailey photo]()
American writer
1944–2013
![Andrew Neil photo]()
Scottish journalist and broadcaster
1949
![Al Franken photo]()
American comedian and politician
1951
![Mr. T photo]()
American actor and retired professional wrestler
1952
![Kathleen Wynne photo]()
25th Premier of Ontario
1953
![Abdulla Yameen photo]()
Maldivian politician, 6th president of the Maldives
1959
![Jeffrey Dahmer photo]()
American serial killer, cannibal and necrophile
1960–1994
![Molly Scott Cato photo]()
British economist and Member of the European Parliament
1963
![Miriam Toews photo]()
Canadian writer known for novels set in the Mennonite commu…
1964
![Arthur C. Brooks photo]()
American policy analyst and musician
1964
![Lisa Edelstein photo]()
American actress, playwright
1967
![The Notorious B.I.G. photo]()
American rapper
1972–1997
![Noel Fielding photo]()
British comedian and actor
1973
![Ricky Williams photo]()
All-American college football players, professional footbal…
1977
Death
![Wang Anshi photo]()
Song Dynasty chancellor and poet
1021–1086
![Tommaso Campanella photo]()
Italian philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet
1568–1639
![Francisco de Sá de Meneses photo]()
Portuguese poet
1600–1664
![James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose photo]()
Scottish nobleman, poet and soldier of the Wars of the Thre…
1612–1650
![Thomas Warton photo]()
English literary historian, critic, poet
1728–1790
![Francisco Perea photo]()
Union Army officer
1830–1913
![August Kundt photo]()
German physicist
1839–1894
![Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery photo]()
British politician
1847–1929
![Jane Addams photo]()
pioneer settlement social worker
1860–1935
![Eleanor H. Porter photo]()
American novelist
1868–1920
![Flora Thompson photo]()
English author and poet
1876–1947
![Roy Bedichek photo]()
American writer and naturalist
1878–1959
![Ronald Firbank photo]()
British novelist
1886–1926
![Grigori Sokolnikov photo]()
Soviet diplomat
1888–1939
![Ivan Konev photo]()
Soviet military commander
1897–1973
![Eric Hoffer photo]()
American philosopher
1898–1983
![Barbara Cartland photo]()
English writer and media personality
1901–2000
![Kenneth Clark photo]()
Art historian, broadcaster and museum director
1903–1983
![John Gielgud photo]()
English actor and theatre director
1904–2000
![Archie Carr photo]()
American university professor, zoologist, herpetologist, co…
1909–1987
![Katherine Dunham photo]()
Dancer, choreographer, songwriter, activist
1909–2006
![Charley Reese photo]()
American journalist
1937–2013
![Rajiv Gandhi photo]()
sixth Prime Minister of India
1944–1991
