21 May
Notable Births
Elena Huelva
b. 2002
Spanish influencer and writer (2002–2023)
Sisca Folkertsma
b. 1997
Dutch footballer
Viktoria Petryk
b. 1997
Ukrainian singer and songwriter (born 1997)
Josh Allen
b. 1996
American football player (born 1996)
Indy de Vroome
b. 1996
Dutch tennis player
Karen Khachanov
b. 1996
Russian tennis player (born 1996)
Tom Daley
b. 1994
English diver (born 1994)
Grete Gaim
b. 1993
Estonian biathlete (born 1993)
Luke Garbutt
b. 1993
English footballer
Matías Kranevitter
b. 1993
Argentine footballer (born 1993)
Lynn Biyendolo
b. 1993
American soccer player (born 1993)
Lisa Evans
b. 1992
Scottish footballer (born 1992)
Olivia Olson
b. 1992
American actress and singer-songwriter (born 1992)
Guilherme (footballer, born May 1991)
b. 1991
Brazilian footballer
Rene Krhin
b. 1990
Slovenian footballer (born 1990)
Hal Robson-Kanu
b. 1989
Wales international footballer (born 1989)
Claire Cashmore
b. 1988
British Paralympic swimmer (born 1988)
Park Gyu-ri
b. 1988
South Korean singer (born 1988)
Jonny Howson
b. 1988
English footballer and coach (born 1988)
Kaire Leibak
b. 1988
Estonian triple jumper
Notable Deaths
Gerry Connolly
d. 2025
American politician (1950–2025)
Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
d. 2024
Polish composer (1953–2024)
Alan Merten
d. 2020
American academic administrator (1941–2020)
Binyavanga Wainaina
d. 2019
Kenyan writer and editor (1971–2019)
Nick Menza
d. 2016
American drummer (1964–2016)
Annarita Sidoti
d. 2015
Italian race walker
Twinkle (singer)
d. 2015
English singer-songwriter (1948–2015)
Jassem Al-Kharafi
d. 2015
Former Kuwaiti Speaker of Parliament
Fred Gladding
d. 2015
American baseball player (1936–2015)
Louis Johnson (bassist)
d. 2015
American bass guitarist (1955–2015)
Johnny Gray (baseball)
d. 2014
American baseball player (1926–2014)
Jaime Lusinchi
d. 2014
President of Venezuela from 1984 to 1989
Alireza Soleimani
d. 2014
Iranian wrestler (1956–2014)
Frank Comstock
d. 2013
American composer, arranger, conductor, and trombonist
Cot Deal
d. 2013
American baseball player (1923–2013)
Bob Thompson (musician, born 1924)
d. 2013
American musician
Dominique Venner
d. 2013
French journalist and essayist
Otis Clark
d. 2012
American butler
Bill Stewart (American football)
d. 2012
American football coach (1952–2012)
John Gielgud
d. 2000
English actor and theatre director (1904–2000)