List of Famous people born on May 1st

Robert Varnajo was a French professional road bicycle racer. In the first part of his career, Varnajo won some road races, including a stage in the 1954 Tour de France. Later in his career, he specialized in track racing, and became French champion three times. He was born in Port-la-Claye-Curzon.

Afonso Arinos de Melo Franco was a Brazilian journalist, writer and jurist.

Abdul Zahir Tanin is an Afghan diplomat who has served as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, making him Head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), since October 2015.

Prof Alexander William Williamson FRS FRSE PCS MRIA was an English chemist. He is best known today for the Williamson ether synthesis.

Gleb Petrovich Struve was a Russian poet and literary historian.

Ilya Lopert was a Lithuanian-born American film producer and distributor. He was renowned for distributing foreign films for both arthouse and mainstream release in the United States. He was often credited as I. E. Lopert.

Ray Rennahan, A.S.C. was a motion picture cinematographer.