LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Milton Ager	Songwriter	6-Oct-1893	6-May-1979	Ain't She Sweet
L. Frank Baum	Novelist	15-May-1856	6-May-1919	The Wizard of Oz
Friedrich Bayer	Business	6-Jun-1825	6-May-1880	Founder of Bayer AG
Otis Blackwell	Songwriter	16-Feb-1932	6-May-2002	Prolific R&B songwriter
Earl Blaik	Football	15-Feb-1897	6-May-1989	Head Coach at Army, 1941-58
Richard Caliguiri	Politician	20-Oct-1931	6-May-1988	Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1978-88
Élie Cartan	Mathematician	9-Apr-1869	6-May-1951	Spinor groups
Robert Cotton	Scholar	22-Jan-1571	6-May-1631	Cottonian Library
Marlene Dietrich	Actor	27-Dec-1901	6-May-1992	The Blue Angel
Don Drummond	Musician	12-Mar-1932	6-May-1969	The Skatalites
King Edward VII	Royalty	9-Nov-1841	6-May-1910	King of England, 1901-1910
William A. Egan	Politician	8-Oct-1914	6-May-1984	Twice Governor of Alaska
Myrna Fahey	Actor	12-Mar-1933	6-May-1973	Kay Banks on Father of the Bride
Charles Farrell	Actor	9-Aug-1901	6-May-1990	Seventh Heaven
Bertie Forbes	Business	14-May-1880	6-May-1954	Forbes Magazine founder
Pim Fortuyn	Government	19-Feb-1948	6-May-2002	Assassinated Dutch parliamentary candidate
Curtis Harrington	Film Director	17-Dec-1922	6-May-2007	Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
Louise Homer	Singer	30-Apr-1871	6-May-1947	Operatic contralto
Wilfrid Hyde-White	Actor	12-May-1903	6-May-1991	My Fair Lady
Cornelius Jansen	Religion	28-Oct-1585	6-May-1638	Father of Jansenism
Barney Kessel	Guitarist	17-Oct-1923	6-May-2004	Be-bop guitarist
Nathaniel Lee	Playwright	c. 1653	6-May-1692	The Rival Queens
George Lindsey	Actor	17-Dec-1928	6-May-2012	Goober
Oren E. Long	Politician	4-Mar-1889	6-May-1965	US Senator from Hawaii, 1959-62
Maurice Maeterlinck	Playwright	29-Aug-1862	6-May-1949	Pelléas et Mélisande
Maria Montessori	Educator	31-Aug-1870	6-May-1952	Founder of Montessori Education Method
Robin Roberts	Baseball	30-Sep-1926	6-May-2010	Phillies pitcher, Hall of Famer
Herbert Sargent	Screenwriter	15-Jul-1923	6-May-2005	SNL writer
Myron C. Taylor	Business	18-Jan-1874	6-May-1959	CEO of US Steel, 1932-38
Littleton Waller Tazewell	Politician	17-Dec-1774	6-May-1860	Senator and Governor from Virginia
Henry David Thoreau	Author	12-Jul-1817	6-May-1862	Walden
Ann Todd	Actor	24-Jan-1909	6-May-1993	The Sound Barrier
Bernard Weatherill	Politician	25-Nov-1920	6-May-2007	Speaker of the House of Commons, 1983-92
Helene Weigel	Actor	12-May-1900	6-May-1971	The Berliner Ensemble
Monty Woolley	Actor	17-Aug-1888	6-May-1963	The Man Who Came to Dinner

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