List of Famous people born on May 1st

Ilyas Zhansugurov was a Kazakh poet and writer. He made a significant contribution to the development of national poetic culture, creatively developed the traditions of Kazakh oral folk art. The town of Zhansugirov in Almaty Province is named after him and he is commemorated in Taldykorgan and Almaty.

Otto Kretschmer was a German naval officer and submariner in World War II and the Cold War.

Gianni Lunadei was an Italian Argentine actor. He is considered as one of the most versatile actors of his generation, and is best known for his work in Argentine comedy.

Zhang Chunxian is a Chinese politician, best known for his term as the Communist Party Secretary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and the Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps from 2010 to 2016. From 2005 to 2010 he was the Party Secretary of Hunan Province.

Inês Henriques is a Portuguese race walker. Internationally, she has won bronze medals at the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup and the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. She represented Portugal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics and has competed at the World Championships in Athletics on eight occasions from 2001 to 2017.

Jaime Blanco García was a Spanish politician and President of Cantabria between 1990 and 1991.

Mehmet Altıparmak is a Turkish professional football manager and former player who last managed Süper Lig club Kasımpaşa.

Sidónio Bernardino Cardoso da Silva Pais CavC OA CavA was a Portuguese politician, military officer, and diplomat, who served as the fourth President of the First Portuguese Republic in 1918. One of the most divisive figures in modern Portuguese history, he was referred to by the writer Fernando Pessoa as the "President-King", a description that stuck in later years and symbolizes his regime.

Michel Parisse was a French historian who specialized in medieval studies. He was a professor emeritus at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne.

Shirley Valerie Horn was an American jazz singer and pianist. She collaborated with many jazz greats including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Ron Carter, Carmen McRae, Wynton Marsalis and others. She was most noted for her ability to accompany herself with nearly incomparable independence and ability on the piano while singing, something described by arranger Johnny Mandel as "like having two heads", and for her rich, lush voice, a smoky contralto, which was described by noted producer and arranger Quincy Jones as "like clothing, as she seduces you with her voice".