Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/May 1

Births

 * 1672 - Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (d. 1719) (pictured)
 * 1852 - Calamity Jane, American Wild West performer (d. 1903)
 * 1909 - Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet, winner of the Lenin Peace Prize, 9 times candidate for the Nobel Prize (d. 1990)
 * 1913 - Louis Nye, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
 * 1918 - Jack Paar, American television host (d. 2004)
 * 1967 - Tim McGraw, American musician

Deaths

 * 1873 - David Livingstone, Scottish missionary (b. 1813)
 * 1904 - Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (b. 1841)
 * 1945 - Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda (suicide) (b. 1897)
 * 1993 - Pierre Bérégovoy, French Prime Minister (suicide) (b. 1925)