| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Alvar Aalto |
Architect |
3-Feb-1898 |
11-May-1976 |
Finnish modernist architect, furniture designer |
| Douglas Adams |
Author |
11-Mar-1952 |
11-May-2001 |
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| Walter S. Adams |
Astronomer |
20-Dec-1876 |
11-May-1956 |
Long-time director of Mt. Wilson Observatory |
| Henri Frédéric Amiel |
Critic |
27-Sep-1821 |
11-May-1881 |
Journal Intime |
| Nnamdi Azikiwe |
Head of State |
16-Nov-1904 |
11-May-1996 |
First President of Nigeria, 1963-66 |
| Lex Barker |
Actor |
8-May-1919 |
11-May-1973 |
The tenth to play Tarzan |
| John Cadbury |
Business |
12-Aug-1801 |
11-May-1889 |
Chocolatier |
| Henry S. Caulfield |
Politician |
9-Dec-1873 |
11-May-1966 |
Governor of Missouri, 1929-33 |
| Lester Flatt |
Musician |
19-Jun-1914 |
11-May-1979 |
Bluegrass pioneer, Flatt & Scruggs |
| Herbert S. Gasser |
Scientist |
5-Jul-1888 |
11-May-1963 |
Nerve conduction |
| Maurice Goldhaber |
Physicist |
18-Apr-1911 |
11-May-2011 |
Neutrons |
| Frederic W. Goudy |
Typographer |
8-Mar-1865 |
11-May-1947 |
Designer of Garamond and Goudy fonts |
| Chester Gould |
Cartoonist |
20-Nov-1900 |
11-May-1985 |
Creator of Dick Tracy |
| Juan Gris |
Painter |
23-Mar-1887 |
11-May-1927 |
Spanish Synthetic Cubist painter |
| Rob Hall |
Business |
14-Jan-1961 |
11-May-1996 |
Adventure Consultants |
| Fred A. Hartley |
Politician |
22-Feb-1902 |
11-May-1969 |
Congressman from New Jersey, 1929-49 |
| Odd Hassel |
Chemist |
17-May-1897 |
11-May-1981 |
Conformational analysis |
| John Herschel |
Astronomer |
7-Mar-1792 |
11-May-1871 |
Discovered many moons of Saturn |
| Johnny Hodges |
Jazz Musician |
25-Jul-1907 |
11-May-1970 |
Jazz alto saxophonist |
| William Dean Howells |
Author |
1-Mar-1837 |
11-May-1920 |
The Rise of Silas Lapham |
| Barbara Hutton |
Socialite |
14-Nov-1912 |
11-May-1979 |
The Poor Little Rich Girl |
| Hans Luther |
Head of State |
10-Mar-1885 |
11-May-1962 |
German Chancellor 1925-26 |
| Bob Marley |
Singer/Songwriter |
6-Feb-1945 |
11-May-1981 |
No Woman No Cry |
| Catherine McLeod |
Actor |
2-Jul-1921 |
11-May-1997 |
I've Always Loved You |
| Howard Morton |
Actor |
15-May-1925 |
11-May-1997 |
Officer Simpson on Gimme a Break! |
| A. Mitchell Palmer |
Government |
4-May-1872 |
11-May-1936 |
US Attorney General, Palmer Raids |
| George A. Parks |
Politician |
29-May-1883 |
11-May-1984 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1925-33 |
| Floyd Patterson |
Boxing |
4-Jan-1935 |
11-May-2006 |
Heavyweight champion at age 21 |
| Spencer Perceval |
Head of State |
1-Nov-1762 |
11-May-1812 |
UK Prime Minister, 1809-12 |
| Kim Philby |
Spy |
1-Jan-1912 |
11-May-1988 |
One of the Cambridge Five in MI6 |
| William Pitt the Elder |
Head of State |
15-Nov-1708 |
11-May-1778 |
Seven Years War |
| Fritz Pollard |
Football |
27-Jan-1894 |
11-May-1986 |
First black coach in the NFL |
| Noel Redding |
Bassist |
25-Dec-1943 |
11-May-2003 |
Bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience |
| Matteo Ricci |
Religion |
6-Oct-1552 |
11-May-1610 |
Jesuit missionary to China |
| Henry M. Robert |
Administrator |
2-May-1837 |
11-May-1923 |
Robert's Rules of Order |
| John D. Rockefeller, Jr. |
Business |
29-Jan-1874 |
11-May-1960 |
Built Rockefeller Center |
| John H. Rousselot |
Politician |
1-Nov-1927 |
11-May-2003 |
Congressman from California, 1961-63 & 1970-83 |
| Karl Schwarzschild |
Astronomer |
9-Oct-1873 |
11-May-1916 |
Black holes, Schwarzschild radius |
| Eugène François Vidocq |
Government |
23-Jul-1775 |
11-May-1857 |
Criminal-turned-criminologist |
| John Whitehead |
Musician |
2-Jul-1948 |
11-May-2004 |
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now |
