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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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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