Famous birthdays for May 18: George Strait, Ai Weiwei

May 18 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus.

They include:

-- Persian poet Omar Khayyam in 1048

-- Russian Czar Nicholas II in 1868

-- English philosopher/mathematician Bertrand Russell in 1872

-- Film director Frank Capra in 1897

-- Blues singer Big Joe Turner in 1911

-- Singer Perry Como in 1912

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-- Director/screenwriter Richard Brooks in 1912

-- British ballet star Margot Fonteyn in 1919

-- Pope John Paul II, born Karol Wojtyla, in 1920

-- Actor Robert Morse in 1931

-- Mad magazine cartoonist Don Martin in 1931

-- Baseball Hall of Fame member Brooks Robinson in 1937 (age 85)

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-- Baseball Hall of Fame member Reggie Jackson in 1946 (age 76)

-- British rock keyboardist Rick Wakeman in 1949 (age 73)

-- Country singer George Strait in 1952 (age 70)

-- Actor Chow Yun-Fat in 1955 (age 67)

-- Artist Ai Weiwei in 1957 (age 65)

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-- Actor Tina Fey in 1970 (age 52)

-- Singer-songwriter Jack Johnson in 1975 (age 47)

-- Actor Violett Beane in 1996 (age 26)

-- Russian Olympic gold medal figure skater Alina Zagitova 2002 (age 20)

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