Famous people born in May - page 10

Bernardino Rivadavia

Bernardino Rivadavia

Bernardino Rivadavia was the first President of Argentina

ArgentinianMay 20, 1780109 views

Douglas Mawson

Sir Douglas Mawson was an Australian explorer, geologist and academic

AustralianMay 5, 1882184 views

Victor Grignard

François Auguste Victor Grignard was a French chemist who developed the synthetic reaction, the ‘Grignard reaction’

FrenchMay 6, 1871151 views

Eduard Buchner

Eduard Buchner was a German chemist and a zymologist who won the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

GermanMay 20, 1860210 views

Nellie Melba

Dame Nellie Melba was a world-famous Australian opera soprano, best remembered for her beautiful singing and powerful stage presence

AustralianMay 19, 1861152 views

Angela Carter

Angela Carter was an eminent British novelist and journalist

BritishMay 7, 1940136 views

Caroline Chisholm

Caroline Jones Chisholm was an English philanthropist and humanitarian known for working towards female immigrant welfare in Australia

BritishMay 30, 1808181 views

Marcel Breuer

Marcel Lajos Breuer was a world famous modernist architect and designer considered as one of the most prominent proponents of International Style

HungarianMay 21, 1902240 views

Walter Gropius

Walter Adolph Georg Gropius was a renowned German-American architect

GermanMay 18, 1883148 views

Lillian Moller Gilbreth

Lillian Gilbreth was an American psychologist hailed to be the first true industrial/organizational psychologist

AmericanMay 24, 1878133 views