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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
E. Ross Adair
Politician
14-Dec-1907 5-May-1983 Congressman from Indiana, 1951-71
Edward Ashley
Actor
12-Aug-1904 5-May-2000 British-American character actor
Hugo Banzer
Head of State
10-May-1926 5-May-2002 Dictator, then President, of Bolivia
Napoleon Bonaparte
Head of State
15-Aug-1769 5-May-1821 Emperor of France
James R. Browning
Judge
1-Oct-1918 5-May-2012 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1961-2000
James Branch Cabell
Novelist
14-Apr-1879 5-May-1958 Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Painter
23-Mar-1609 5-May-1664 Italian pastoral painter
Albert Dekker
Actor
20-Dec-1905 5-May-1968 The Wild Bunch
Olin Dutra
Golf
17-Jan-1901 5-May-1983 Winner of 2 Majors
Ludwig Erhard
Head of State
4-Feb-1897 5-May-1977 German Chancellor, 1963-66
Alfred Fried
Activist
11-Nov-1864 5-May-1921 Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient
Charles Gleyre
Painter
2-May-1808 5-May-1874 Apocalyptic Vision of St. John
Walter Gotell
Actor
15-Mar-1924 5-May-1997 Gen. Gogol in James Bond films
Bret Harte
Author
25-Aug-1836 5-May-1902 Master of the western short story
Irving Howe
Critic
11-Jun-1920 5-May-1993 Editor of Dissent
Kenneth B. Keating
Politician
18-May-1900 5-May-1975 US Senator from New York, 1959-65
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Diplomat
1-Nov-1878 5-May-1959 Diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient
Arthur Laurents
Playwright
14-Jul-1918 5-May-2011 West Side Story
Theodore Maiman
Physicist
11-Jul-1927 5-May-2007 Built the first working laser
Tommy McCook
Musician
3-Mar-1927 5-May-1998 Sax player for The Skatalites
Bill Musselman
Basketball
13-Aug-1940 5-May-2000 Timberwolves Head Coach, 1989-91
Irv Robbins
Business
6-Dec-1917 5-May-2008 Co-Founder of Baskin-Robbins
Bobby Sands
Activist
9-Mar-1954 5-May-1981 Irish hunger striker
Robert F. Seedlock
Military
6-Feb-1913 5-May-2004 Built the Burma Road in WWII
Michael Shaara
Author
23-Jun-1929 5-May-1988 The Killer Angels
George Sidney
Film Director
4-Oct-1916 5-May-2002 Bye Bye Birdie
Sir Henry Sidney
Government
20-Jul-1529 5-May-1586 Lord Deputy of Ireland
Frank Tashlin
Film Director
19-Feb-1913 5-May-1972 Artists and Models
Cal Tjader
Jazz Musician
16-Jul-1925 5-May-1982 Latin-jazz bandleader
Frederick The Wise
Government
17-Jan-1463 5-May-1525 Elector of Saxony
Louis C. Wyman
Politician
16-Mar-1917 5-May-2002 Congressman from New Hampshire, 1963-74
Dana Wynter
Actor
8-Jun-1931 5-May-2011 Sink the Bismarck!
Umaru Yar'Adua
Head of State
9-Jul-1951 5-May-2010 President of Nigeria, 2007-10




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