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Famous Writers Born in May

Famous novelists, poets, playwrights, and journalists whose words changed minds and moved hearts.

28 biography pages

May 3

Mary Astor

b. May 3, 1906

Niccolò Machiavelli

Niccolò Machiavelli

b. May 3, 1469 — d. 1527

May 4

Carlos Monsiváis

Carlos Monsiváis

b. May 4, 1938 — d. 2010

Richard Proenneke

Richard Proenneke

b. May 4, 1916

May 5

Karl Marx

Karl Marx

b. May 5, 1818 — d. 1883

May 8

Sloan Wilson

b. May 8, 1920

Ted Sorensen

Ted Sorensen

b. May 8, 1928 — d. 2010

May 13

Oskar Rosenfeld

b. May 13, 1884

May 15

L. Frank Baum

L. Frank Baum

b. May 15, 1856 — d. 1919

May 18

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

b. May 18, 1872 — d. 1970

Tina Fey

Tina Fey

b. May 18, 1970

May 19

Elena Poniatowska

Elena Poniatowska

b. May 19, 1932

Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour

Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour

b. May 19, 1827

May 20

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

b. May 20, 1799 — d. 1850

May 21

Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope

b. May 21, 1688 — d. 1744

Émile Verhaeren

Émile Verhaeren

b. May 21, 1855

Tudor Arghezi

Tudor Arghezi

b. May 21, 1880 — d. 1967

May 22

Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle

b. May 22, 1859 — d. 1930

Katie Price

Katie Price

b. May 22, 1978

May 24

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

b. May 24, 1941

May 25

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

b. May 25, 1803 — d. 1882

May 27

Philip Kotler

Philip Kotler

b. May 27, 1931 — d. 2024

May 28

Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming

b. May 28, 1908 — d. 1964

Johnny Wayne

Johnny Wayne

b. May 28, 1918

May 29

Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans

Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans

b. May 29, 1627 — d. 1693

Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier

Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier

b. May 29, 1627

Max Brand

b. May 29, 1892 — d. 1944

May 31

Norman Vincent Peale

Norman Vincent Peale

b. May 31, 1898 — d. 1993