Birthday, Date of Birth

The May 21, 1948 was a Friday under the star sign of ♉. It was the 141 day of the year. President of the United States was Harry S. Truman.

If you were born on this day, you are 77 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 117 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, May 21, 2026, in 247 days. You have lived for 28,241 days, or about 677,794 hours, or about 40,667,694 minutes, or about 2,440,061,640 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

• Jeffrey Dahmer (confectioner, serial killer, serial rapist, soldier, born May 21, 1960)
• The Notorious B.I.G. (rapper, songwriter, born May 21, 1972)
• Tom Daley (YouTuber, competitive diver, television producer, born May 21, 1994)
• Mario Mandžukić (association football player, born May 21, 1986)
• Chris Benoit (Canadian football player, professional wrestler, born May 21, 1967)
• Noel Fielding (actor, comedian, painter, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, writer, born May 21, 1973)
• Sergey Shoygu (civil engineer, economist, military personnel, politician, born May 21, 1955)
• Mr. T (activist, actor, bouncer, film actor, professional wrestler, security guard, television actor, voice actor, born May 21, 1952)
• Taylor Sheridan (actor, film actor, film director, screenwriter, showrunner, television actor, born May 21, 1970)
• Mohanlal (businessperson, entrepreneur, film actor, film producer, playback singer, singer, born May 21, 1960)
• Mark Cavendish (sport cyclist, track cyclist, born May 21, 1985)
• Fairuza Balk (child actor, film actor, musician, television actor, voice actor, born May 21, 1974)
• Lisa Edelstein (actor, film actor, playwright, television actor, voice actor, writer, born May 21, 1967)
• Andrei Sakharov (human rights activist, nuclear physicist, physicist, born May 21, 1921)
• Gotye (drummer, guitarist, keyboardist, musician, singer, singer-songwriter, vocalist, born May 21, 1980)
• Raymond Burr (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born May 21, 1917)
• Aditya Chopra (film director, film producer, screenwriter, born May 21, 1971)
• Armand Hammer (art collector, businessperson, entrepreneur, born May 21, 1898)
• Frank Kameny (LGBTI rights activist, astronomer, born May 21, 1925)
• Romain Gary (French Resistance fighter, aircraft pilot, diplomat, film director, novelist, screenwriter, translator, writer, born May 21, 1914)
• Judge Reinhold (actor, film actor, film producer, screenwriter, television actor, theatrical director, voice actor, born May 21, 1957)
• Mary Anning (paleontologist, born May 21, 1799)
• Al Franken (actor, comedian, film actor, journalist, politician, radio personality, screenwriter, television actor, television producer, writer, born May 21, 1951)
• Karen Khachanov (tennis player, born May 21, 1996)
• Jonathan Hyde (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born May 21, 1948)
• Lázaro Cárdenas (military personnel, politician, born May 21, 1895)
• Henri Rousseau (painter, printmaker, born May 21, 1844)
• Gustav I of Sweden (politician, born May 12, 1496)
• Jeffrey Toobin (journalist, pundit, born May 21, 1960)
• Nick Cassavetes (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, television actor, writer, born May 21, 1959)
• Belladonna (actor, director, film actor, film director, film producer, pornographic actor, born May 21, 1981)
• Alexander Pope (literary historian, philosopher, poet, translator, writer, born May 21, 1688)
• Ricky Williams (American football player, Canadian football player, baseball player, born May 21, 1977)
• Joseph Fouché (diplomat, essayist, lawyer, politician, teacher, born May 21, 1759)
• Bruce Buffer (kickboxer, ring announcer, born May 21, 1957)
• Andrew Neil (broadcaster, business executive, editor, journalist, born May 21, 1949)
• Ronald Isley (record producer, recording artist, singer, songwriter, born May 21, 1941)
• Édouard-Henri Avril (engraver, illustrator, painter, born May 21, 1849)
• Mengistu Haile Mariam (military personnel, politician, born May 21, 1937)
• Jo Andres (actor, choreographer, born May 21, 1954)
• Robert Montgomery (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, manufacturer, stage actor, television actor, theatrical director, trade unionist, born May 21, 1904)
• Homayoun Shajarian (musician, recording artist, singer, born May 21, 1975)
• Stewart Cink (golfer, born May 21, 1973)
• Olivia Olson (actor, composer, film actor, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, television actor, voice actor, born May 21, 1992)
• Anthony Casso (drug trafficker, born May 21, 1942)
• Kota Ibushi (karateka, professional wrestler, born May 21, 1982)
• Leo Sayer (artist, guitarist, musician, singer, singer-songwriter, born May 21, 1948)
• Tiril Eckhoff (biathlete, born May 21, 1990)
• Nadine Dorries (blogger, novelist, nurse, politician, writer, born May 21, 1957)
• Isa Guha (cricketer, sports commentator, born May 21, 1985)

21st of May 1948 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on May 21, 1948