LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Nancy Astor	Politician	19-May-1879	2-May-1964	First woman in the House of Commons
George F. Baker	Business	27-Mar-1840	2-May-1931	"None of the public's business"
William Thomas Beckford	Author	1-Oct-1760	2-May-1844	History of the Caliph Vatheck
Martin Bormann	Government	17-Jun-1900	2-May-1945	Adolf Hitler's adjutant
Robert F. Brachtenbach	Judge	28-Jan-1931	2-May-2008	Justice, WA Supreme Court, 1972-94
Norm Van Brocklin	Football	15-Mar-1926	2-May-1983	NFL QB passed for 554 yards in a game
Van Wyck Brooks	Critic	16-Feb-1886	2-May-1963	Finders & Makers
L. Dean Brown	Diplomat	21-Aug-1920	2-May-2001	US Ambassador to Jordan, 1970-73
Leonardo Da Vinci	Artist	15-Apr-1452	2-May-1519	Mona Lisa, The Last Supper
Helmut Dantine	Actor	7-Oct-1917	2-May-1982	Edge of Darkness
John Eccles	Scientist	27-Jan-1903	2-May-1997	Membrane potential of nerves
Renée Faure	Actor	4-Nov-1918	2-May-2005	The Little Thief
August Wilhelm von Hofmann	Chemist	8-Apr-1818	2-May-1892	Organic chemist, researched aniline
J. Edgar Hoover	Government	1-Jan-1895	2-May-1972	Corrupt FBI Director for 50 years
Michael Hordern	Actor	3-Oct-1911	2-May-1995	The Slipper and the Rose
Edwin L. Marin	Film Director	21-Feb-1899	2-May-1951	Tall in the Saddle
Hugh Marlowe	Actor	30-Jan-1911	2-May-1982	Jim Matthews on Another World
William Moulton Marston	Inventor	9-May-1893	2-May-1947	Invented polygraph, Wonder Woman
Joseph McCarthy	Politician	14-Nov-1908	2-May-1957	US Senator from Wisconsin, 1947-57
Giacomo Meyerbeer	Composer	5-Sep-1791	2-May-1864	Robert le Diable
Wilbur Mills	Politician	24-May-1909	2-May-1992	Congressman from Arkansas, 1939-77
Alfred de Musset	Poet	11-Dec-1810	2-May-1857	Les Caprices de Marianne
Joseph E. Nathan	Business	2-Mar-1835	2-May-1912	Founder of Glaxo
Giulio Natta	Chemist	26-Feb-1903	2-May-1979	Ziegler-Natta catalysts
George Pal	Film Director	1-Feb-1908	2-May-1980	The Time Machine
Gene Raymond	Actor	13-Aug-1908	2-May-1998	Red Dust
Oliver Reed	Actor	13-Feb-1938	2-May-1999	Lion of the Desert
James O. Richardson	Military	18-Sep-1878	2-May-1974	US Admiral
Louis Rukeyser	Talk Show Host	30-Jan-1933	2-May-2006	Host of PBS's Wall $treet Week
John W. Troy	Politician	31-Oct-1868	2-May-1942	Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1933-39
Franz von Papen	Diplomat	29-Oct-1879	2-May-1969	Nazi ambassador

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