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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Diego Abatantuono
Actor
20-May-1955   Mediterraneo
Dan Abrams
Journalist
20-May-1966   NBC legal reporter
Ted Allen
TV Personality
20-May-1965   Food & Wine Queer Eye guy
Margery Allingham
Novelist
20-May-1904 30-Jun-1966 Albert Campion detective novels
Jon Amiel
Film Director
20-May-1948   Entrapment
Honoré de Balzac
Novelist
20-May-1799 18-Aug-1850 Comédie Humaine
Pietro Bembo
Scholar
20-May-1470 18-Jan-1547 Prose della volgar lingua
John Billingsley
Actor
20-May-1960   Dr. Phlox on Star Trek: Enterprise
Stanley Bing
Columnist
20-May-1951   Columnist for Fortune
George Phillips Bond
Astronomer
20-May-1825 17-Feb-1865 Father of astrophotography
William Bradford
Publisher
20-May-1663 23-May-1752 Colonial American printer
Eduard Buchner
Chemist
20-May-1860 13-Aug-1917 Cell-free fermentation
Dean Butler
Actor
20-May-1956   Little House on the Prairie
John Carney
Politician
20-May-1956   Congressman, Delaware
Iker Casillas
Soccer
20-May-1981   Real Madrid goalkeeper
Cher
Singer
20-May-1946   Sonny and Cher
Raymond Chrétien
Diplomat
20-May-1942   Canadian Ambassador to the US, 1995-2000
Hal Clement
Novelist
20-May-1922 29-Oct-2003 Mission of Gravity
Joe Cocker
Singer/Songwriter
20-May-1944   Singer-slash-contortionist
Mindy Cohn
Actor
20-May-1966   Natalie on The Facts of Life
Michael Crapo
Politician
20-May-1951   US Senator from Idaho
Matt Czuchry
Actor
20-May-1977   Logan Huntzberger on Gilmore Girls
Moshe Dayan
Politician
20-May-1915 16-Oct-1981 Israeli military leader
Peter Diamandis
Activist
20-May-1961   Chairman of the X-Prize Foundation
Lloyd H. Donnell
Engineer
20-May-1895 7-Nov-1997 Donnell's thin shell theory
Patricia Ellis
Actor
20-May-1916 26-Mar-1970 Picture Snatcher
John Emery
Actor
20-May-1905 16-Nov-1964 Rocketship X-M
Girolamo Fabrici
Doctor
20-May-1537 21-May-1619 De Venarum Ostiolis
Faisal I
Royalty
20-May-1883 8-Sep-1933 King of Iraq, 1921-33
Oscar Fanjul
Business
20-May-1949   Founder of Repsol SA
William Fargo
Business
20-May-1818 3-Aug-1881 Co-Founder, American Express & Wells Fargo
Edith Fellows
Actor
20-May-1923 26-Jun-2011 1930s child actor
Stanley Fields
Actor
20-May-1883 23-Apr-1941 Way Out West
Harold Ford, Sr.
Politician
20-May-1945   Congressman from Tennessee, 1975-97
Stephen F. Gates
Business
20-May-1946   Former EVP, Conoco-Phillips
Sam Gejdenson
Politician
20-May-1948   Congressman from Connecticut, 1981-2001
George Gobel
Comic
20-May-1919 24-Feb-1991 Hollywood Square
Tony Goldwyn
Actor
20-May-1960   From the Earth to the Moon
Bud Grant
Football
20-May-1927   Longtime coach of Minnesota Vikings
John Marshall Harlan
Judge
20-May-1899 29-Dec-1971 US Supreme Court Justice, 1955-71
David Hedison
Actor
20-May-1927   Twice Felix Leiter in Bond films
Wally Herger
Politician
20-May-1945   Congressman, California 2nd
William Hewlett
Business
20-May-1913 12-Jan-2001 Co-Founder of Hewlett-Packard
Walter Isaacson
Author
20-May-1952   Former Managing Editor for Time
Jake Johnson
Actor
20-May-1979   Nick on New Girl
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Singer
20-May-1959 26-Jun-1997 Hawaiian ukulele musician
Leroy Kelly
Football
20-May-1942   Cleveland Browns, Hall of Famer
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Military
20-May-1743 7-Apr-1803 Led the 1791 Slave Rebellion
Edward B. Lewis
Scientist
20-May-1918 21-Jul-2004 Drosophila researcher, Nobel laureate
Dolley Madison
First Lady
20-May-1768 12-Jul-1849 Wife of US President James Madison
Cindy Hensley McCain
Relative
20-May-1954   Wife of John McCain
Matt McCoy
Actor
20-May-1958   The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
John R. McKernan, Jr.
Politician
20-May-1948   Governor of Maine, 1987-95
Michaela McManus
Actor
20-May-1983   Tara on Awake
Jon Meacham
Journalist
20-May-1969   Managing Editor of Newsweek, 1998-2010
Stan Mikita
Hockey
20-May-1940   Chicago Black Hawks, 1958-80
John Stuart Mill
Philosopher
20-May-1806 8-May-1873 Liberal philosopher and essayist
Frank B. Morrison
Politician
20-May-1905 19-Apr-2004 Governor of Nebraska, 1961-67
Jose Mujica
Head of State
20-May-1934   President of Uruguay
Bobby Murcer
Baseball
20-May-1946 12-Jul-2008 MLB player, Yankees sportscaster
Ron Nehring
Politician
20-May-1970   Chairman, California Republican Party
Allan Nevins
Historian
20-May-1890 5-Mar-1971 Civil War historian
Edwin G. Nourse
Economist
20-May-1883 7-Apr-1974 Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-49
Sadaharu Oh
Baseball
20-May-1940   Japan's all-time Home Run King
Timothy Olyphant
Actor
20-May-1968   Sheriff Bullock on Deadwood
Frédéric Passy
Economist
20-May-1822 12-Jun-1912 International League for Permanent Peace
David A. Paterson
Politician
20-May-1954   Governor of New York, 2008-11
Craig Patrick
Hockey
20-May-1946   NHL Hall of Famer, coach and manager
Tahmoh Penikett
Actor
20-May-1975   Battlestar Galactica
Bronson Pinchot
Actor
20-May-1959   Balki on Perfect Strangers
Gerald Posner
Journalist
20-May-1954   Case Closed
David Proval
Actor
20-May-1942   Richie on The Sopranos
Nick Rahall
Politician
20-May-1949   Congressman, West Virginia 3rd
Gina Ravera
Actor
20-May-1966   Det. Irene Daniels on The Closer
Busta Rhymes
Rapper
20-May-1972   Woo-Hah! Got You All In Check
Thomas D. Rice
Comic
20-May-1808 19-Sep-1860 Played "Jim Crow"
Lyda Roberti
Actor
20-May-1906 12-Mar-1938 Million Dollar Legs
James C. Rosapepe
Diplomat
20-May-1951   US Ambassador to Romania, 1998-2001
John Sarbanes
Politician
20-May-1962   Congressman, Maryland 3rd
Orville Schell
Author
20-May-1940   Prominent sinologist
Wilfrid Sellars
Philosopher
20-May-1912 2-Jul-1989 Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind
Peter Shore
Politician
20-May-1924 24-Sep-2001 Former MP, Stepney
Jimmy Stewart
Actor
20-May-1908 2-Jul-1997 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Tony Stewart
Auto Racing
20-May-1971   2002 and 2005 Winston Cup champion
Louis Theroux
TV Personality
20-May-1970   Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends
Dave Thomas
Comic
20-May-1949   SCTV
William Thornton
Architect
20-May-1759 28-Mar-1828 First architect of the US Capitol
Goh Chok Tong
Head of State
20-May-1941   Prime Minister of Singapore, 1990-2004
Constance Towers
Actor
20-May-1933   Shock Corridor
Sigrid Undset
Author
20-May-1882 10-Jun-1949 Kristin Lavransdåtter
Rick Upchurch
Football
20-May-1952   Denver Broncos WR, 1975-83
David Wells
Baseball
20-May-1963   MLB pitcher, wrote Perfect I'm Not
Jane Wiedlin
Musician
20-May-1958   Guitarist / vocalist for The Go-Go's
Frances E. Willis
Diplomat
20-May-1899 1983 First Female US Ambassador
Anthony Zerbe
Actor
20-May-1936   Dog boy in Cool Hand Luke


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