May 7th Birthdays
If you were born on May 7th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Robin Strasser (nee Robin Victory in Europe Strasser)
Daytime Emmy-winning American actress of TV (Dorian Lord on One Life to Live; Iris on The Secret Storm; Rachel Davis Matthews on Another World & Somerset; Knots Landing; Christina on All My Children; Hecuba on Passions), born May 7, 1945. Ex of Laurence Luckinbill. (Robin Strasser 1971: NBC TV)
Amy Heckerling (ex of Neal Israel)
American screenwriter, producer, & director of TV and movies (Fast Times at Ridgemont High; Clueless; Johnny Dangerously; National Lampoon’s European Vacation; Look Who’s Talking films; A Night at the Roxbury; Molly; Loser; Red Oaks), born May 7, 1954. (Amy Heckerling 2018 Photo: Greg2600)
Peter Reckell
American actor of TV (Bo Brady on Days of Our Lives; Johnny Rourke on Knots Landing; Eric Hollister on As The World Turns; Richard on Venice the Series; Shades of Love: Moonlight Flight) and movies (Broken Bridges; Street Dreams), born May 7, 1955. (Peter Reckell 2006 Photo: Jennifer Tse)
Michael E. Knight (nee Michael Edward Knight)
Daytime Emmy-winning American actor of TV (Tad Martin on One Life to Live & All My Children; Dr. Simon Neville on The Young and the Restless) & films (Baby It’s You; Date with an Angel; Hexed; Enchanted), born May 7, 1959. Ex of Catherine Hickland. (Michael E. Knight 1985 All My Children Promo: ABC)
Traci Lords (nee Nora Louise Kuzma)
American singer, actress of TV (Profiler; Melrose Place; Roseanne; First Wave; Eastsiders; Swedish Dicks), movies (Zack and Miri Make a Porno; Novel Romance; Epicenter; Extramarital; Blade; Cry-Baby), & former adult film actress born May 7, 1968. (Traci Lords 2006 Photo: Paul J. Alessi)
Breckin Meyer (ex of Deborah Kaplan)
American screenwriter & actor of TV (Jared Franklin on Franklin & Bash; Robot Chicken; Men at Work; King of the Hill; Good Girls) and films (Clueless; Road Trip; Rat Race; Prefontaine; Kate & Leopold; Blue State; Dancer, Texas Pop. 81; The Craft; Changeland; 54), born May 7, 1974. (Breckin Meyer 2007: Denis Ryan)
(Gary Cooper: Stars and Films of 1937 | Anne Baxter 1944)
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Val Bisoglio (nee Italo Valentino Bisoglio)
American actor of TV (Danny Tovo on Quincy M.E.; The Doctors; Roll Out; Working Stiffs; The Edge of Night; Police Woman; The Sopranos; M*A*S*H; Ironside; Barney Miller; The Rockford Files; All in the Family) & movies (Saturday Night Fever; The Hindenburg; The Frisco Kid) (born May 7, 1926 – died Oct. 18, 2021; age 95. (Val Bisoglio 1973 The Marcus-Nelson Murders)
Gary Cooper (nee Frank James Cooper)
Academy Award-winning American actor (High Noon; Mr. Deeds Goes to Town; The Pride of the Yankees; Sergeant York; The Virginian; His Woman; A Farewell to Arms; Souls at Sea; The Westerner; Saratoga Trunk; Friendly Persuasion; The Fountainhead) (born May 7, 1901 – died May 13, 1961; age 60). Married Veronica Balfe aka Sandra “Rocky” Shaw (Gary Cooper 1942 Meet John Doe)
Anne Baxter (granddaughter of Frank Lloyd Wright; ex of John Hodiak)
Academy Award-winning American actress of stage, TV (Victoria Cabot on Hotel; Batman), & movies (The Razor’s Edge; All About Eve; The Pied Piper; The Magnificent Ambersons; The Blue Gardenia; Cimarron; Follow the Sun; The Luck of the Irish) (born May 7, 1923 – died Dec. 12, 1985; age 62). Cause of death for Anne Baxter was a stroke. (Anne Baxter 1953 I Confess Trailer)
Teresa Brewer (nee Theresa Veronica Breuer)
American singer (Music! Music! Music!; Till I Waltz Again with You; Ricochet; I Love Mickey; You Send Me; Have You Ever Been Lonely?; A Tear Fell; Let Me Go, Lover; Old Man Mose), dancer & actress (Those Redheads from Seattle) (born May 7, 1931 – died Oct. 17, 2007; age 76). Teresa Brewer died of a neuromuscular disease. (Teresa Brewer 1957 Photo: NEA Service)
German innovative Romantic-era pianist, conductor & composer of classical music for chorus, chamber ensembles, solos, and symphony orchestras (Brahms Lullaby; Fugue in A-Minor; Hungarian Dance No. 5; Symphony No. 1 in C Minor; 16 Waltzes, Op.39; Rhapsody in G Minor) (born May 7, 1833 – died Apr. 3, 1897; age 63). (Johannes Brahms c. 1853: Robert-Schumann-Haus Zwickau)
Johnny Unitas (nee John Constantine Unitas; aka “Johnny U“, “Golden Arm“)
Pro Football Hall of Fame American professional football player, NFL quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers; Baltimore Colts; San Diego Chargers), 3-time NFL MVP (1959, 1964, 1967), and 1970 NFL Man of the Year (born May 7, 1933 – died Sept. 11, 2002; age 69). Johnny Unitas died of a heart attack. (Johnny Unitas 1967 Photo: Malcolm W. Emmons / The Sporting News)
Darren McGavin (nee William Lyle Richardson; married Kathie Browne)
American actor of TV (Mike Hammer; Riverboat; Crime Photographer; Kolchak: The Night Stalker; The Outsider; Murphy Brown; The Virginian; Gunsmoke), and movies (A Christmas Story; Billy Madison; Airport ’77) (born May 7, 1922 – died Feb. 25, 2006; age 83). Darren McGavin died of cardiovascular disease. (Darren McGavin 1972 Kolchak: The Night Stalker: ABC/MGM)
Gabby Hayes (nee George Francis Hayes)
American film actor (The Cariboo Trail; Return of the Bad Men; My Pal Trigger; Wild Horse Mesa; In Old Santa Fe; The Texas Rangers; Sunset Trail; Melody Ranch; Song of Arizona; The Border Legion) & TV host (The Gabby Hayes Show) (born May 7, 1885 – died Feb. 9, 1969; age 83). Gabby Hayes had cardiovascular disease before he died. (Gabby Hayes 1953 Photo: NBC)
Edwin Land
American scientist and inventor (Polaroid instant camera, filters for polarizing light), co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation, instrumental in Cold War intelligence photography developments (U-2 program; Genetrix balloon cameras) (born May 7, 1909– died Mar. 1, 1991; age 81). Cause of death for Edwin Land is unknown. (Edwin Land 1958 Photo: Kirk Olson)
Kitty McKane (nee Kathleen McKane; married Leslie Godfree)
International Tennis Hall of Fame English tennis player, 5X singles & doubles Grand Slam champion & 5X Olympic medalist (1920 Antwerp; 1924 Paris), world top #2 (1923, 1924, 1926) & top ten (1921-1927), & 1920s 8-time All England Open Badminton Champion (born May 7, 1896 – died June 19, 1992; age 96). (Kathleen McKane Godfree 1925: Agence de presse Meurisse)
John Ingle
American actor of TV (Edward Quartermaine on General Hospital & Port Charles; Days of Our Lives; Big Love; The Drew Carey Show; The Land Before Time; Life Goes On; Knots Landing; The Facts of Life) & movies (Heathers; RoboCop 2; Batman & Robin) (born May 7, 1928 – died Sept. 16, 2012; age 84). John Ingle had cancer before his death. (John Ingle 2006 Photo: Jfer21)
Robert Browning (married Elizabeth Barrett)
English philosopher-poet (Dramatis Personae; Men and Women; The Ring and the Book; Porphyria’s Lover; Sordello; Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came; My Last Duchess; How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix; The Pied Piper of Hamelin; Fra Lippo Lippi) (born May 7, 1812 – died Dec. 12, 1889; age 77). (Robert Browning 1853 Portrait: Thomas Buchanan Read)
American pioneering “palimony” lawyer for celebrity clients (Michelle Triola, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Joan Collins, Bianca Jagger), “A divorce lawyer is a chameleon with a law book“, later disbarred and jailed for unpaid taxes (born May 7, 1928 – died Sept. 18, 2004; age 76). Marvin Mitchelson died of cancer. (Marvin Mitchelson 1979 Photo: United Press International Photo)
Robert Hegyes (cousin of Jon Bon Jovi)
American actor of stage, TV (Juan Epstein on Welcome Back, Kotter; Manny Esposito on Cagney & Lacey; So Little Time; The Streets of San Francisco), and movies (Just Tell Me You Love Me; The Pandora Project; Purpose) (born May 7, 1951 – died Jan. 26, 2012; age 60). Robert Hegyes died of a heart attack. (Robert Hegyes 1976 Welcome Back, Kotter Photo: ABC Television Network)
Russian Romantic era classical music composer for orchestra (1812 Overture; Piano Trio in A Minor; Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy; Waltz of the Flowers; Sleeping Beauty Waltz; Symphony No. 6 ‘Pathetique’), ballet (Swan Lake; The Nutcracker; Romeo and Juliet), & opera (Eugene Onegin) (born May 7, 1840 – died Nov. 6, 1893; age 53). (Pyotr Illyick Tchaikovsky c. 1880-1886)
Jimmy Ruffin (nee Jimmie Lee Ruffin; aka James Lee Ruffin)
American Motown, Polydor & Chess Records soul singer (What Becomes of the Brokenhearted; I’ve Passed This Way Before; Hold On [To My Love]; Gonna Giver Her All the Love I’ve Got; Farewell is a Lonely Sound) (born May 7, 1936 – died Nov. 17, 2014; age 78). Cause of death for Jimmy Ruffin is unknown. (Jimmy Ruffin 1967 Photo: Motown / Billboard)
Roger Perry (married Joyce Bulifant; ex of Jo Anne Worley)
American actor of TV (Harrigan and Son; Arrest and Trial; The Facts of Life; Falcon Crest; Barnaby Jones; Ironside; The F.B.I.; Love, American Style) and movies (The Cat; The Flying Fontaines; Follow the Boys; Heaven With a Gun; Count Yorga, Vampire) (born May 7, 1933 – died July 12, 2018; age 85). Roger Perry died of prostate cancer. (Roger Perry 1975 Movin’ On)
Frank J. Scannell (nee Francis J. Scannell)
American actor of TV (Bat Masterson; The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp; Crossroads; The Untouchables; The Restless Gun; Mrs. & Mrs. North; The Big Valley; Dragnet) and movies (Arson for Hire; The Night the World Exploded; The Incredible Shrinking Man; Screaming Mimi) (born May 7, 1903 – died Nov. 29, 1989; age 86). (Frank J. Scannell 1960 Tombstone Territory)
Eva Peron (nee Maria Eva Duarte; aka Mrs. Juan Peron; aka Evita)
Argentinian actress, philanthropist (Eva Peron Foundation), feminist activist (women’s suffrage; Female Peronist Party founder), politician (Ministry of Labor; Ministry of Health), First Lady of Argentina (1946-1952) who inspired the musical Evita (born May 7, 1919 – died July 26, 1952; age 33). Eva Peron died of cervical cancer. (Eva Peron c 1947: Archivo Grafico de la Nacion)
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