| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Edward P. Abraham |
Chemist |
10-Jun-1913 |
8-May-1999 |
Cephalosporins |
| LaVerne Andrews |
Singer |
6-Jul-1911 |
8-May-1967 |
The Andrews Sisters |
| Eddy Arnold |
Country Musician |
15-May-1918 |
8-May-2008 |
The Tennessee Plowboy |
| H. P. Blavatsky |
Author |
12-Aug-1831 |
8-May-1891 |
Founded Theosophy; The Secret Doctrine |
| Dirk Bogarde |
Actor |
28-Mar-1921 |
8-May-1999 |
A Bridge Too Far |
| Graham Bond |
Musician |
28-Oct-1937 |
8-May-1974 |
Influential blues keyboardist |
| Avery Brundage |
Sports Figure |
28-Sep-1887 |
8-May-1975 |
International Olympic Committee Chair, 1952-72 |
| Charles Cooley |
Educator |
17-Aug-1864 |
8-May-1929 |
Looking-glass self |
| Lloyd Cutler |
Attorney |
10-Nov-1917 |
8-May-2005 |
White House Counsel for Carter, Clinton |
| Robert Cutler |
Government |
12-Jun-1895 |
8-May-1974 |
1950s National Security Advisor |
| Dixon Denham |
Explorer |
1-Jan-1786 |
8-May-1828 |
English explorer of Central Africa |
| Richard Derr |
Actor |
15-Jun-1918 |
8-May-1992 |
When Worlds Collide |
| Leo Diegel |
Golf |
27-Apr-1899 |
8-May-1951 |
Winner, 1928 and 1929 PGA Championships |
| John Fante |
Author |
8-Apr-1909 |
8-May-1983 |
Bukowski's idol |
| Gustave Flaubert |
Novelist |
12-Dec-1821 |
8-May-1880 |
Realist novelist, Madame Bovary |
| William Fox |
Film/TV Producer |
1-Jan-1879 |
8-May-1952 |
Founder of 20th Century Fox |
| Paul Gauguin |
Painter |
7-Jun-1848 |
8-May-1903 |
French post-impressionist painter |
| Ludovic Halévy |
Author |
1-Jan-1834 |
8-May-1908 |
French vaudevillain author |
| Robert A. Heinlein |
Author |
7-Jul-1907 |
8-May-1988 |
Starship Troopers |
| Friedrich von Holstein |
Politician |
24-Apr-1837 |
8-May-1909 |
Ran the German foreign office |
| Richard Jago |
Poet |
1715 |
8-May-1781 |
The Blackbirds |
| Pope John II |
Religion |
? |
8-May-535 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 533-35 |
| Kamehameha I |
Royalty |
c. 1758 |
8-May-1819 |
Established Kingdom of Hawaii |
| Nicholas Katzenbach |
Government |
17-Jan-1922 |
8-May-2012 |
US Attorney General, 1965-66 |
| Robert H. Krieble |
Philanthropist |
1916 |
8-May-1997 |
Loctite Corporation |
| Jean Langlais |
Composer |
15-Feb-1907 |
8-May-1991 |
Organist and composer |
| Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier |
Chemist |
26-Aug-1743 |
8-May-1794 |
Father of modern chemistry |
| Pietro Longhi |
Painter |
1702 |
8-May-1785 |
18th century Venetian painter |
| John Stuart Mill |
Philosopher |
20-May-1806 |
8-May-1873 |
Liberal philosopher and essayist |
| Eadweard Muybridge |
Photographer |
9-Apr-1830 |
8-May-1904 |
Animal Locomotion |
| Luigi Nono |
Composer |
29-Jan-1924 |
8-May-1990 |
Il Canto Sospeso |
| Talcott Parsons |
Sociologist |
13-Dec-1902 |
8-May-1979 |
The Structure of Social Action |
| Barbara Payton |
Actor |
16-Nov-1927 |
8-May-1967 |
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye |
| George Peppard |
Actor |
1-Oct-1928 |
8-May-1994 |
The A Team |
| Jennings Randolph |
Politician |
8-Mar-1902 |
8-May-1998 |
US Senator from West Virginia, 1958-85 |
| Bebe Rebozo |
Business |
17-Nov-1912 |
8-May-1998 |
Nixon confidant |
| Elmer Rice |
Playwright |
28-Sep-1892 |
8-May-1967 |
Street Scene |
| Raymond Rubicam |
Business |
16-Jun-1892 |
8-May-1978 |
Co-Founder, Young and Rubicam |
| Victor Saville |
Film Director |
25-Sep-1895 |
8-May-1979 |
Kim |
| Maurice Sendak |
Author |
10-Jun-1928 |
8-May-2012 |
Where The Wild Things Are |
| Rudolf Serkin |
Pianist |
28-Mar-1903 |
8-May-1991 |
Czech-American piano prodigy |
| M. B. Skaggs |
Business |
5-Apr-1888 |
8-May-1976 |
Founder of Safeway |
| Oswald Spengler |
Historian |
29-May-1880 |
8-May-1936 |
The Decline of the West |
| Theodore Sturgeon |
Author |
26-Feb-1918 |
8-May-1985 |
More Than Human |
| Dolph Sweet |
Actor |
18-Jul-1920 |
8-May-1985 |
Chief Carl Kanisky on Gimme a Break! |
| Park Trammell |
Politician |
9-Apr-1876 |
8-May-1936 |
Governor and Senator from Florida |
| Alexander A. Vandegrift |
Military |
13-Mar-1887 |
8-May-1973 |
18th USMC Commandant, 1944-48 |
| Jones Very |
Poet |
28-Aug-1813 |
8-May-1880 |
Religious mystic |
| Lila Wallace |
Business |
25-Dec-1889 |
8-May-1984 |
Readers Digest co-founder |
| Edward Winslow |
Government |
18-Oct-1595 |
8-May-1655 |
American pilgrim leader |
