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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Pope Alexander V |
Religion |
c. 1339 |
4-May-1410 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1409-10 |
| Bonny Lee Bakley |
Victim |
7-Jun-1956 |
4-May-2001 |
Baretta's wife, got whacked |
| William Rose Benét |
Poet |
2-Feb-1886 |
4-May-1950 |
The Dust Which Is God |
| Jane Bowles |
Novelist |
22-Feb-1917 |
4-May-1973 |
Two Serious Ladies |
| Paul Butterfield |
Musician |
17-Dec-1942 |
4-May-1987 |
Paul Butterfield Blues Band |
| Charles L. Caccia |
Politician |
29-Apr-1930 |
4-May-2008 |
Former Canadian MP, Davenport |
| Cathryn Damon |
Actor |
11-Sep-1930 |
4-May-1987 |
Mary Campbell on Soap |
| Dom DeLuise |
Actor |
1-Aug-1933 |
4-May-2009 |
Cannonball Run |
| Samuel Dexter |
Politician |
14-May-1761 |
4-May-1816 |
US Secretary of War, Treasury |
| Diana Dors |
Actor |
23-Oct-1931 |
4-May-1984 |
Yield to the Night |
| Junior Durkin |
Actor |
2-Jul-1914 |
4-May-1935 |
Huckleberry Finn |
| Georges Enesco |
Composer |
19-Aug-1881 |
4-May-1955 |
Oedipe |
| Alois Estermann |
Government |
29-Oct-1954 |
4-May-1998 |
Swiss Guard, murdered |
| Ernie Harwell |
Sports Journalist |
25-Jan-1918 |
4-May-2010 |
Voice of the Detroit Tigers |
| Moe Howard |
Actor |
19-Jun-1897 |
4-May-1975 |
Boss Stooge |
| Jigoro Kano |
Sports Figure |
28-Oct-1860 |
4-May-1938 |
Founder of Judo |
| Edward C. Kendall |
Scientist |
8-Sep-1886 |
4-May-1972 |
Adrenocortical hormones |
| Robert Kent |
Actor |
3-Dec-1908 |
4-May-1955 |
The Phantom Creeps |
| René Lefèvre |
Actor |
7-Mar-1898 |
4-May-1991 |
The Million |
| Herschel C. Loveless |
Politician |
5-May-1911 |
4-May-1989 |
Governor of Iowa, 1957-61 |
| MCA |
Rapper |
5-Aug-1967 |
4-May-2012 |
Beastie Boys |
| Irvin McDowell |
Military |
15-Oct-1818 |
4-May-1885 |
Defeated at First Battle of Bull Run |
| Maurice Merleau-Ponty |
Philosopher |
14-Mar-1908 |
4-May-1961 |
Phenomenology of Perception |
| Alvy Moore |
Actor |
5-Dec-1921 |
4-May-1997 |
Hank Kimball on Green Acres |
| Mary Murphy |
Actor |
26-Jan-1931 |
4-May-2011 |
The Wild One |
| E. Nesbit |
Novelist |
15-Aug-1858 |
4-May-1924 |
The Story of the Treasure Seekers |
| Frank H. Pearl |
Business |
27-May-1943 |
4-May-2012 |
CEO of Perseus LLC |
| Rufus Putnam |
Military |
9-Apr-1738 |
4-May-1824 |
The Father of Ohio |
| Jane Randolph |
Actor |
30-Oct-1915 |
4-May-2009 |
Cat People |
| David Reimer |
Victim |
1965 |
4-May-2004 |
Boy raised as a girl |
| Edward Short |
Politician |
17-Dec-1912 |
4-May-2012 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1974-76 |
| Nettie Stevens |
Biologist |
7-Jul-1861 |
4-May-1912 |
X and Y chromosomes |
| Sada Thompson |
Actor |
27-Sep-1929 |
4-May-2011 |
Kate Lawrence on Family |
| Josip Broz Tito |
Head of State |
7-May-1892 |
4-May-1980 |
Communist dictator of Yugoslavia |
| Carl von Ossietzky |
Activist |
3-Oct-1889 |
4-May-1938 |
German pacifist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Robert F. Wagner, Sr. |
Politician |
8-Jun-1877 |
4-May-1953 |
US Senator from New York, 1927-49 |
| Edward P. Williams |
Business |
10-May-1843 |
4-May-1903 |
The Williams of Sherwin-Williams |
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