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To date, he has starred in over 63 films, and won four Vijay Awards, three Cinema Express Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.
Famous Birthdays on May 1
1971 — Ajith Kumar
Indian actor and race car driver
May 1 has 179 recorded notable births across history, from 1218 to 2006. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Famous Birthdays
179 source records
1218 – 2006
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Today in history
Major events on May 1
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1807 The Slave Trade Act 1807 takes effect, abolishing the slave trade within the British Empire. Source
- 1891 On Labor Day in Catania, Sicily, workers establish the first successful Fascio Siciliano, launching a movement of peasants and laborers protesting poverty, landlordism, taxation, and economic hardship across Sicily. Source
- 1863 American Civil War: During the Vicksburg campaign, Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant win the Battle of Port Gibson and establish a firm presence on the east side of the Mississippi River. Source
- 1997 The Labour Party wins the 1997 General Election and Tony Blair is elected as Prime Minister. Source
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YNW Melly rose to fame in 2018 following the release of his single "Murder on My Mind", a trap song that explores homicidal ideation.
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Caitlin Stasey also played Lady Kenna in the CW series Reign from 2013 to 2015 and had a recurring role in the ABC2 series Please Like Me from 2013 to 2016.
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After missing the 2022–23 season due to an offseason injury, Holmgren returned to earn NBA All-Rookie First Team honors in 2024.
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Katya is best known for placing fifth on the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race (2015) and he placed as a runner-up on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2016).
More major people born on May 1
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1999
YNW Melly
American rapper
Jamell Maurice Demons, known professionally by his stage name YNW Melly, is an American rapper and singer.
1990
Caitlin Stasey
Australian actress
Caitlin Jean Stasey is an Australian actress and singer. She is known for her role as Rachel Kinski in Neighbours.
2002
Chet Holmgren
American basketball player
Chet Thomas Holmgren is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1982
Katya Zamolodchikova
American drag queen
Brian Joseph McCook, known by his drag persona Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova or Katya, is an American drag queen, actor, author, recording artist, podcaster, and comedian.
1218
Rudolf I of Germany
King of Germany 1273–1291 (died 1291)
Rudolf of Habsburg (1 May 1218 – 15 July 1291) was a German nobleman and the first member of the House of Habsburg to become King of the Romans, reigning from 1273 until his death.
1932
S. M. Krishna
Indian politician and statesman, Minister of External Affairs, 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka, 19th Governor of Maharashtra (died 2024)
Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna was an Indian politician who served as Minister of External Affairs of India from 2009 to October 2012.
1973
Curtis Martin
American football player
Curtis James Martin Jr. is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons with the New England Patriots and New York Jets.
1764
Benjamin Henry Latrobe
English-American architect, designed the United States Capitol (died 1820)
Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe was a British-American neoclassical architect who immigrated to the United States.
1928
Sonny James
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)
James Hugh Loden, known professionally as Sonny James, was an American country music singer and songwriter best known for his 1957 hit, "Young Love", topping both the Billboard Hot Country and Disk Jockey singles…
1934
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
Mexican politician
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano is a Mexican politician and civil engineer.
1872
Sidónio Pais
Portuguese soldier and politician, 4th President of Portugal (died 1918)
Sidónio Bernardino Cardoso da Silva Pais nicknamed "the President-King", was the president of Portugal, serving in 1918.
1884
Francis Curzon
5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician (died 1964)
Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, styled Viscount Curzon from 1900 to 1929, was a British naval officer, Member of Parliament, and racing driver and promoter.
1989
Victoria Monét
American singer-songwriter
Victoria Monét McCants is an American singer-songwriter. First gaining recognition for her songwriting work, Monét pursued a recording career with the release of a series of extended plays (EPs); her fifth, Jaguar…
1937
Una Stubbs
English actress and dancer (died 2021)
Una Stubbs was an English actress, television personality, and dancer who appeared on British television, in the theatre, and occasionally in films.
1946
John Woo
Hong Kong director, producer, and screenwriter
John Woo Yu-sen is a Hong Kong filmmaker, known as a highly influential figure in the action film genre.
1864
Anna Jarvis
American founder of Mother's Day (died 1948)
Anna Maria Jarvis was the founder of Mother's Day in the United States.
1803
James Clarence Mangan
Irish poet and author (died 1849)
James Clarence Mangan, born James Mangan, was an Irish poet. He freely translated works from German, Turkish, Persian, Arabic, and Irish, with his translations of Goethe gaining special interest.
1962
Maia Morgenstern
Romanian actress
Maia Emilia Ninel Morgenstern is a Romanian film and stage actress. Internationally, she is best known for portraying the Blessed Virgin Mary in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.
1852
Calamity Jane
American frontierswoman and professional scout (died 1903)
Martha Jane Canary, better known as Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman, sharpshooter and storyteller. In addition to many exploits, she was known for being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok.