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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Dave Abbruzzese
Drummer
17-May-1968   Former drummer, Pearl Jam
Sasha Alexander
Actor
17-May-1975   Caitlin Todd on Navy NCIS
Alfonso XIII
Royalty
17-May-1886 28-Feb-1941 King of Spain, 1902-31
Idi Amin
Head of State
17-May-1928 16-Aug-2003 Former dictator of Uganda
Marshall Applewhite
Religion
17-May-1931 26-Mar-1997 Led the Heaven's Gate cult to suicide
Howard Ashman
Songwriter
17-May-1950 14-Mar-1991 Beauty and the Beast
Artie Auerbach
Actor
17-May-1903 3-Oct-1957 Mr. Kitzel on The Jack Benny Program
Rochelle Aytes
Actor
17-May-1976   White Chicks
Cameron Bancroft
Actor
17-May-1967   Joe Bradley on Beverly Hills 90210
Lawrence Bathgate
Attorney
17-May-1939   GOP activist
William S. Beardsley
Politician
17-May-1901 21-Nov-1954 Governor of Iowa, 1949-54
Cool Papa Bell
Baseball
17-May-1903 7-Mar-1991 Negro Leagues star
Georges Berthoin
Politician
17-May-1925   Trilateral Commission Euro Chair, 1973-92
Heston Blumenthal
Chef
17-May-1966   The Fat Duck
Richard W. Bolling
Politician
17-May-1916 21-Apr-1991 Congressman from Missouri, 1949-83
Myles Brand
Educator
17-May-1942 16-Sep-2009 President of the NCAA, 2003-09
Bill Bruford
Drummer
17-May-1949   Drummer for King Crimson
R. V. Cassill
Novelist
17-May-1919 25-Mar-2002 Dr. Cobb's Game
Phillip L. Clay
Educator
17-May-1946   Chancellor, MIT
Alec Clunes
Actor
17-May-1912 13-Mar-1970 Classical theatre actor, stage manager
Andrea Corr
Singer
17-May-1974   Lead singer of The Corrs
Archibald Cox
Government
17-May-1912 29-May-2004 Target of Watergate Saturday Night Massacre
Thomas Davidson
Paleontologist
17-May-1817 14-Oct-1885 British Fossil Brachiopoda
Stefano Della Bella
Engraver
17-May-1610 12-Jul-1664 Florentine engraver
Ruth Donnelly
Actor
17-May-1896 17-Nov-1982 A Slight Case of Murder
David Eigenberg
Actor
17-May-1964   Steve Brady on Sex and the City
Enya
Musician
17-May-1961   Orinoco Flow
Craig Ferguson
Talk Show Host
17-May-1962   "It's a great day for America"
Thom Filicia
TV Personality
17-May-1968   Interior Design Queer Eye guy
Simon Fuller
Film/TV Producer
17-May-1960   American Idol producer
Jean Gabin
Actor
17-May-1904 15-Nov-1976 The Lower Depths
Hill Harper
Actor
17-May-1966   CSI: New York
Odd Hassel
Chemist
17-May-1897 11-May-1981 Conformational analysis
Raymond Hide
Physicist
17-May-1929   Earth's rotation
Josh Homme
Guitarist
17-May-1973   Guitarist for Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age
Dennis Hopper
Actor
17-May-1936 29-May-2010 Apocalypse Now
Derek Hough
Dancer
17-May-1985   Dancing with the Stars
John Howe
Religion
17-May-1630 2-Apr-1706 The Living Temple
David R. Hunter
Administrator
17-May-1916 25-Nov-2000 Progressive fund advisor
Qusay Hussein
Royalty
17-May-1966 22-Jul-2003 Saddam Hussein's younger son
Edward Jenner
Doctor
17-May-1749 26-Jan-1823 Smallpox Vaccination
Toni Jennings
Politician
17-May-1949   Lt. Governor of Florida, 2003-07
Alan Johnson
Politician
17-May-1950   UK Minister for Health
Alan Johnston
Journalist
17-May-1962   Kidnapped BBC journalist
Alan Kay
Computer Programmer
17-May-1940   Father of Object-Oriented Programming
Clark Kerr
Educator
17-May-1911 1-Dec-2003 Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1952-58
Jordan Knight
Singer
17-May-1970   New Kids on the Block
Ernest Konnyu
Politician
17-May-1937   Congressman from California, 1987-89
Jerry L. Larson
Judge
17-May-1936   Justice, Iowa Supreme Court
Daniel Curtis Lee
Actor
17-May-1991   Simon Nelson-Cook on Ned's Declassified
Sugar Ray Leonard
Boxing
17-May-1956   Retired six times
Page McConnell
Musician
17-May-1963   Keyboardist for Phish
Matthew McGrory
Actor
17-May-1973 9-Aug-2005 Big Fish
Carl McIntire
Religion
17-May-1906 19-Mar-2002 Radio Free America
Horace McMahon
Actor
17-May-1906 17-Aug-1971 Lt. Parker on Naked City
Bob Merrill
Songwriter
17-May-1921 17-Feb-1998 How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?
George Miller
Politician
17-May-1945   Congressman, California 7th
Philip Moon
Physicist
17-May-1907 9-Oct-1994 Gamma ray fluorescence
Tahj Mowry
Actor
17-May-1986   Kim Possible
Marcel Moyse
Musician
17-May-1889 1-Nov-1984 Virtuoso flautist
Robert L. Nardelli
Business
17-May-1948   CEO of Chrysler
Ralph Neas
Activist
17-May-1946   People for the American Way
Ben Nelson
Politician
17-May-1941   US Senator from Nebraska
Birgit Nilsson
Singer
17-May-1918 25-Dec-2005 Swedish operatic, Wagnerian soprano
Hazel O'Leary
Government
17-May-1937   US Secretary of Energy 1993-97
Maureen O'Sullivan
Actor
17-May-1911 28-Jun-1998 A Day at the Races
Ace Parker
Football
17-May-1912   NFL Hall of Fame QB
Annise Parker
Politician
17-May-1956   Mayor of Houston
Tony Parker
Basketball
17-May-1982   San Antonio Spurs
Bill Paxton
Actor
17-May-1955   Mighty Joe Young
Frederic Prokosch
Novelist
17-May-1908 6-Jun-1989 The Skies of Europe
Sendhil Ramamurthy
Actor
17-May-1974   Mohinder Suresh on Heroes
Leven Rambin
Actor
17-May-1990   Lily Montgomery on All My Children
Nikki Reed
Actor
17-May-1988   Thirteen
Alfonso Reyes
Author
17-May-1889 27-Dec-1959 Visión de Anáhuac
Trent Reznor
Electronic Musician
17-May-1965   Nine Inch Nails
Dorothy Richardson
Novelist
17-May-1873 17-Jun-1957 Pilgrimage novel sequence
Jay Riemersma
Football
17-May-1973   Former NFL tight end
Bob Saget
Comic
17-May-1956   America's Funniest Home Videos
Erik Satie
Composer
17-May-1866 1-Jul-1925 Messe des Pauvres
George A. Schaefer, Jr.
Business
17-May-1945   CEO of Fifth Third Bancorp, 1991-2007
Frederick Hanley Seares
Astronomer
17-May-1873 20-Jul-1964 Astronomer at Mt. Wilson Observatory
Harry W. Shlaudeman
Diplomat
17-May-1926   US Ambassador to Nicaragua, 1990-92
Dave Sim
Cartoonist
17-May-1956   Cerebus
Joel Elias Spingarn
Critic
17-May-1875 26-Jul-1939 Literary critic, NAACP leader
Robert Smith Surtees
Novelist
17-May-1803 16-Mar-1864 Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities
Conway Tearle
Actor
17-May-1878 1-Oct-1938 Stella Maris
Paige Turco
Actor
17-May-1965   Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II
Norv Turner
Football
17-May-1952   Head Coach, San Diego Chargers
John J. Williams
Politician
17-May-1904 11-Jan-1988 US Senator from Delaware, 1947-70
John Minor Wisdom
Judge
17-May-1905 15-May-1999 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1957-77
Grace Zabriskie
Actor
17-May-1941   Sarah Palmer in Twin Peaks


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