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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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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