page_title: 1915
section_title: May
hierarchical_section_title: 1915 / Births / May
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Konzert u. Empf. in der La. Vertr. Baden-Württemberg (Stuttg. Kommerorchester unter Prof. Mündinger)
context_page_description: 1915 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1915th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 915th year of the 2nd millennium, the 15th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1915, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: May 1 – Archie Williams, American athlete (d. 1993)
  May 2
  Van Alexander, American bandleader, arranger and composer (d. 2015)
  Doris Fisher, American singer and songwriter (d. 2003)
  May 3
  Michele Cozzoli, Italian composer, conductor and arranger (d. 1961)
  Stu Hart, Canadian wrestling trainer (d. 2003)
  May 5
  Alice Faye, American entertainer (d. 1998)
  Ben Wright, English actor (d. 1989)
  May 6
  Sydney Carter, British musician, poet and songwriter (d. 2004)
  Orson Welles, American actor and director (d. 1985)
  May 8
  John Archer, American actor (d. 1999)
  Milton Meltzer, American author (d. 2009)
  May 10
  Beyers Naudé, South African cleric, theologian and activist (d. 2004)
  Sir Denis Thatcher, British businessman, husband of Margaret Thatcher (d. 2003)
  May 12
  Brother Roger, Swiss founder of the Taizé Community (d. 2005)
  Tadashi Sasaki, Japanese engineer (d. 2018)
  May 15
  Hilda Bernstein, English-born author, artist, and activist (d. 2006)
  Ida Keeling, American track and field athlete
  Evelyn Owen, Australian gun designer (d. 1949)
  Paul Samuelson, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
  May 16 – Mario Monicelli, Italian film director (d. 2010)
  May 19 – Renée Asherson, British actress (d. 2014)
  May 20 – Moshe Dayan, Israeli military leader and politician (d. 1981)
  May 25 – Aarne Kainlauri, Finnish athlete (d. 2020)
  May 26 – Sam Edwards, American actor (d. 2004)
  May 27
  Ester Soré, Chilean musician (d. 1996)
  Herman Wouk, American author (d. 2019)
  May 29 – Karl Münchinger, German conductor (d. 1990)
  May 31 – Carmen Herrera, Cuban-American painter
caption: Karl Münchinger
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