The 127th day of the year, the 128th in a leap year
Born on 7 May
Every 7 May birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Taurus, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- TaurusEarth, fixed, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- EmeraldThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Lily of the valley, HawthornUsually taken today to mean returning happiness and hope.
- Most common weekdays
- Saturday and Thursday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 7 May in any year.
Which weekday 7 May falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 7 May falls on every day of the week: Saturday 16, Thursday 16, Friday 15, Sunday 15, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Tuesday 15.
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How common a birthday 7 May is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,792 babies were born on 7 May in each year of the twenty, making it the 230th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 7 May
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Rabindranath Tagore | 1861–1941 | Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 1840–1893 | Russian composer |
| Johannes Brahms | 1833–1897 | German composer |
| David Hume | 1711–1776 | Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian |
| Josip Broz Tito | 1892–1980 | Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman |
| Władysław Reymont | 1867–1925 | Polish novelist |
| Eva Perón | 1919–1952 | Argentine actress and politician |
| Robert Browning | 1812–1889 | English poet and playwright |
| Gary Cooper | 1901–1961 | American actor |
| Olympe de Gouges | 1748–1793 | French playwright and political activist |
| Jan Peter Balkenende | 1956– | Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2002 to 2010 |
| MrBeast | 1998– | American YouTuber, media personality and businessman |
| Anne Baxter | 1923–1985 | American actress |
| Dani Olmo | 1998– | Spanish footballer |
| Cody Gakpo | 1999– | Dutch association football player |
| Sidney Altman | 1939–2022 | Canadian American molecular biologist |
| Thomas Piketty | 1971– | French economist |
| Youri Tielemans | 1997– | Belgian footballer |
Died on 7 May
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Otto the Great | 912–973 | Holy Roman Emperor from 962 to 973 |
| Caspar David Friedrich | 1774–1840 | German Romantic landscape painter |
| Antonio Salieri | 1750–1825 | Italian composer and teacher |
| Willard Boyle | 1924–2011 | Canadian physicist and inventor |
| James George Frazer | 1854–1941 | Scottish social anthropologist |
| Allan MacLeod Cormack | 1924–1998 | American physicist |
| Feodor III of Russia | 1661–1682 | Tsar of Russia (1676–1682) |
| Warner Baxter | 1889–1951 | American actor |
| Ladislaus III of Hungary | died 1205 | King of Hungary |
| Mary of Modena | 1658–1718 | Queen consort of England (1685-1688) |
| William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne | 1737–1805 | British Prime Minister |
| Bagrat III of Georgia | died 1014 | King of Georgia |
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