The 1st o Mey is the 121st day o the year (122nt in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 244 days ti come.
- 1769 - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke o Wellington (d. 1852)
- 1818 - Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair, Scots scientist an politeecian (d. 1898)
- 1823 - Jemima Blackburn, Scots penter (d. 1909)
- 1852 - Calamity Jane, American Wild West performer (d. 1903)
- 1852 - Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spaingie pathologist an neuroscientist (d. 1934)
- 1890 - James Reid, Scots fitbawer (d. 1938)
- 1917 - Danielle Darrieux, French sangster an actress (d. 2017)
- 1923 - Billy Steel, Scots fitbawer (d. 1982)
- 1926 - Doug Cowie, Scots fitbawer
- 1937 - Una Stubbs, Inglis actress
- 1939 - Judy Collins, American sangster
- 1943 - Joe Walsh, Erse politeecian (d. 2014)
- 1945 - Rita Coolidge, American sangster
- 1946 - Joanna Lumley, Inglis actress
- 1947 - Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican theoretical pheesicist (d. 2015)
- 1947 - Archie Knox, Scots fitbawer
- 1950 - Danny McGrain, Scots fitbawer
- 1951 - Adam Ingram, Scots politeecian
- 1968 - Oliver Bierhoff, German fitbawer
- 1969 - Wes Anderson, American director an writer
- 1973 - Oliver Neuville, German fitbawer
- 1982 - Darijo Srna, Croatian fitbawer
- 1982 - Tommy Robredo, Spaingie tennis player
- 1987 - Leonardo Bonucci, Italian fitbawer
- 1987 - Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player
- 1555 - Pape Marcellus II (b. 1502)
- 1572 - Pape Pius V (b. 1504)
- 1873 - David Livingstone, Scots splorer an missionary (b. 1813)
- 1904 - Antonín Dvořák, Czech componer (b. 1841)
- 1909 - Princess Maria Teresa o the Twa Sicilies (b. 1867)
- 1945 - Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Propaganda meenister (b. 1897)
- 1966 - Willie Reid, Scots fitbawer (b. 1884)
- 1978 - Aram Khachaturian, Armenie componer (b. 1903)
- 1994 - Ayrton Senna, Brazilian racin driver (b. 1960)
- 2020 - Sachiko Honda, Japanese Go player (b. 1930)
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