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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
L. Frank Baum
Novelist
15-May-1856 6-May-1919 The Wizard of Oz
Friedrich Bayer
Business
6-Jun-1825 6-May-1880 Founder of Bayer AG
Otis Blackwell
Songwriter
16-Feb-1932 6-May-2002 Prolific R&B songwriter
Earl Blaik
Football
15-Feb-1897 6-May-1989 Head Coach at Army, 1941-58
Robert Cotton
Scholar
22-Jan-1571 6-May-1631 Cottonian Library
Marlene Dietrich
Actor
27-Dec-1901 6-May-1992 The Blue Angel
King Edward VII
Royalty
9-Nov-1841 6-May-1910 King of England, 1901-1910
William A. Egan
Politician
8-Oct-1914 6-May-1984 Twice Governor of Alaska
Charles Farrell
Actor
9-Aug-1901 6-May-1990 Seventh Heaven
Bertie Forbes
Business
14-May-1880 6-May-1954 Forbes Magazine founder
Pim Fortuyn
Government
19-Feb-1948 6-May-2002 Assassinated Dutch parliamentary candidate
Curtis Harrington
Film Director
17-Dec-1922 6-May-2007 Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
Cornelius Jansen
Religion
28-Oct-1585 6-May-1638 Father of Jansenism
Barney Kessel
Guitarist
17-Oct-1923 6-May-2004 Be-bop guitarist
Oren E. Long
Politician
4-Mar-1889 6-May-1965 US Senator from Hawaii, 1959-62
Maurice Maeterlinck
Playwright
29-Aug-1862 6-May-1949 Pelléas et Mélisande
Maria Montessori
Educator
31-Aug-1870 6-May-1952 Founder of Montessori Education Method
Herbert Sargent
Screenwriter
15-Jul-1923 6-May-2005 SNL writer
Myron C. Taylor
Business
18-Jan-1874 6-May-1959 CEO of US Steel, 1932-38
Henry David Thoreau
Author
12-Jul-1817 6-May-1862 Reclusive author of Walden
Ann Todd
Actor
24-Jan-1909 6-May-1993 The Sound Barrier
Bernard Weatherill
Politician
25-Nov-1920 6-May-2007 Speaker of the House of Commons, 1983-92
Helene Weigel
Actor
12-May-1900 6-May-1971 The Berliner Ensemble
Monty Woolley
Actor
17-Aug-1888 6-May-1963 The Man Who Came to Dinner


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