Famous birthdays for May 18: Tina Fey, Ai Weiwei

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

-- Musician Big Joe Turner in 1911

-- Musician Perry Como in 1912

-- Director/screenwriter Richard Brooks in 1912

-- British ballet star Margot Fonteyn in 1919

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

-- Actor Priscilla Pointer in 1924 (age 100)

-- Actor Robert Morse in 1931

-- Mad magazine cartoonist Don Martin in 1931

-- Baseball Hall of Fame member Brooks Robinson in 1937

-- Baseball Hall of Fame member Reggie Jackson in 1946 (age 78)

-- Musician Joe Bonsall (Oak Ridge Boys) in 1948 (age 76)

-- Musician Rick Wakeman (Yes) in 1949 (age 75)

-- Musician Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) in 1950 (age 74)

-- Country singer George Strait in 1952 (age 72)

-- Actor Chow Yun-Fat in 1955 (age 69)

-- Artist Ai Weiwei in 1957 (age 67)

-- Actor Tina Fey in 1970 (age 54)

-- Musician Jack Johnson in 1975 (age 48)

-- Actor Allen Leech in 1981 (age 43)

-- Actor Spencer Breslin in 1992 (age 32)

-- Actor Violett Beane in 1996 (age 28)

-- Russian Olympic gold medal figure skater Alina Zagitova 2002 (age 22)