List of Famous people born on May 21st
Jamaal Magloire
Jamaal Dane Magloire is a Canadian former professional basketball player who currently serves as a consultant and team ambassador for the Toronto Raptors. He played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks, Portland Trail Blazers, New Jersey Nets, Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat, and Toronto Raptors. The 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), 265 lb center was selected out of the University of Kentucky by the Charlotte Hornets, with the 19th overall pick in the 2000 NBA draft, after withdrawing his name from the previous draft. He was voted into the NBA All-Star Game in 2004, becoming only the second Canadian All-Star in NBA history.
Homayoun Shajarian
Homayoun Shajarian is an Iranian classical music and classical crossover vocalist, and a tombak and kamancheh player.
Marina Kawano
Marina Kawano is a Japanese singer from Kasuga, Fukuoka who is signed to SME Records. She started her singing career after winning the 4th Animax All-Japan Anisong Grand Prix in 2010.
Sanjay Subrahmanyam
Sanjay Subrahmanyam is an Indian historian who specialises in the early modern period. He is the author of several books and publications. He holds the Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Social Sciences at UCLA which he joined in 2004.
Olga Peretyatko
Olga Alexandrovna Peretyatko is a Russian operatic soprano. She has been known for coloratura soprano roles particularly in operas by Rossini and Mozart. In recent years, she further explores heavier roles in bel canto repertoire and more lyrical roles. She was noticed internationally after performing the title role in Stravinsky's The Nightingale in 2009.
Ivan Santini
Ivan Santini is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Croatian club NK Osijek.
Nasuh Mahruki
Ali Nasuh Mahruki is a professional mountain climber, writer, photographer and documentary film producer. An all-round outdoor sportsman, he climbed to the summit of Mount Everest and was the first ever Turkish person to climb the Seven Summits.
Maxime Brunerie
Maxime Brunerie is a convicted criminal and far-right activist, known for the failed assassination of the then French President Jacques Chirac on 14 July 2002.
Aída Román
Aída Nabila Román Arroyo is a Mexican archer. A three-time Olympian, she won silver medal in the women's individual event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was the women's World Indoor Archery Champion in 2014. She has additionally achieved medal finishes at the World Archery Championships, Archery World Cup, and Pan American Games.
Julia Thurnau
Julia Thurnau is a French-German actress and artist. She grew up in a village close to Cannes, later moved to Munich where she did acting studies at the Schauspielstudio München, then actors training at the Ernst Busch acting school Berlin.