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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Sholem Aleichem
Author
2-Mar-1859 13-May-1916 Fiddler on the Roof
Chet Baker
Jazz Musician
23-Dec-1929 13-May-1988 Jazz trumpeter, The Chet Baker Quartet
Paul Bartel
Actor
6-Aug-1938 13-May-2000 Eating Raoul
Lucius Battle
Diplomat
1-Jun-1918 13-May-2008 US Ambassador to Egypt, 1964-67
Dan Blocker
Actor
10-Dec-1928 13-May-1972 Hoss on Bonanza
Georges Cuvier
Zoologist
23-Aug-1769 13-May-1832 Comparative anatomist, paleontologist
Selma Diamond
Actor
5-Aug-1920 13-May-1985 Selma Hacker on Night Court
Donald "Duck" Dunn
Bassist
24-Nov-1941 13-May-2012 Booker T & the M.G.'s
Richard Ellmann
Critic
15-Mar-1918 13-May-1987 James Joyce
Meg Greenfield
Journalist
27-Dec-1930 13-May-1999 The Washington Post
Moritz Hartmann
Poet
15-Oct-1821 13-May-1872 German patriotic poet
Otto Heckmann
Astronomer
23-Jun-1901 13-May-1983 Investigated cosmic expansion
Joseph Henry
Physicist
17-Dec-1797 13-May-1878 Discovered electromagnetic induction
Frank Jenks
Actor
4-Nov-1902 13-May-1962 Vaudvillian, character actor
Leatrice Joy
Actor
7-Nov-1893 13-May-1985 The Ace of Hearts
Kathleen Kennedy
Relative
20-Feb-1920 13-May-1948 Sister of John F. Kennedy
Franz Kline
Painter
23-May-1910 13-May-1962 Abstract expressionist painter
John Phillip Law
Actor
7-Sep-1937 13-May-2008 The Russians Are Coming
Cyrus McCormick
Inventor
15-Feb-1809 13-May-1884 Invented grain harvester
Frank McGrath
Actor
2-Feb-1903 13-May-1967 Charlie Wooster on Wagon Train
Jason Miller
Actor
22-Apr-1939 13-May-2001 The Exorcist
Alfred Milner
Government
23-Mar-1854 13-May-1925 Architect of the Balfour Declaration
Fridtjof Nansen
Explorer
10-Oct-1861 13-May-1930 Polar explorer, Nobel Prize recipient
R. K. Narayan
Author
10-Oct-1906 13-May-2001 Swami and Friends
John Nash
Architect
1752 13-May-1835 British Regency architect
Jaroslav Pelikan
Historian
17-Dec-1923 13-May-2006 The Christian Tradition
Robert Rauschenberg
Sculptor
22-Oct-1925 13-May-2008 American modern sculptor and painter
Gene Sarazen
Golf
27-Feb-1902 13-May-1999 First winner of the Grand Slam
L. William Seidman
Economist
29-Apr-1921 13-May-2009 CNBC chief commentator
Denny Shute
Golf
25-Oct-1904 13-May-1974 Winner of 3 Majors
John B. Swainson
Politician
31-Jul-1925 13-May-1994 Governor of Michigan, 1961-63
Gabriel Tarde
Sociologist
12-Mar-1843 13-May-1904 Group mind, Theory of Imitation
Peter Viereck
Poet
5-Aug-1916 13-May-2006 Terror and Decorum
Bob Wills
Musician
6-Mar-1905 13-May-1975 King of Western Swing
Diana Wynyard
Actor
16-Jan-1906 13-May-1964 Gaslight


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