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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Ernst F. W. Alexanderson |
Inventor |
25-Jan-1878 |
14-May-1975 |
Developed radio and television at GE and RCA |
| Edmund Allenby |
Military |
23-Apr-1861 |
14-May-1936 |
Defeated the Turks in WWI |
| Lyle Alzado |
Football |
3-Apr-1949 |
14-May-1992 |
Steroid-using defensive lineman |
| Nikolaus von Amsdorf |
Religion |
3-Dec-1483 |
14-May-1565 |
German Protestant reformer |
| Christian Anfinsen |
Chemist |
26-Mar-1916 |
14-May-1995 |
Protein structure and folding |
| Hugh Beaumont |
Actor |
16-Feb-1909 |
14-May-1982 |
Ward Cleaver on Leave It To Beaver |
| Sidney Bechet |
Jazz Musician |
14-May-1897 |
14-May-1959 |
Jazz saxophonist |
| David Belasco |
Playwright |
25-Jul-1853 |
14-May-1931 |
Madame Butterfly |
| Harry Blackstone, Jr. |
Magician |
30-Jun-1934 |
14-May-1997 |
TV and stage illusionist |
| Billie Burke |
Actor |
7-Aug-1885 |
14-May-1970 |
Glinda, the Good Witch of the North |
| John Burke |
Politician |
25-Feb-1859 |
14-May-1937 |
North Dakota Governor, US Treasurer |
| Joseph Choate |
Attorney |
24-Jan-1832 |
14-May-1917 |
Attorney, ambassador |
| Gary Cooper |
Actor |
7-May-1901 |
14-May-1961 |
High Noon |
| Dave DeBusschere |
Basketball |
16-Oct-1940 |
14-May-2003 |
NBA Hall of Famer |
| Frederick VIII |
Royalty |
3-Jun-1843 |
14-May-1912 |
King of Denmark, 1906-12 |
| Emma Goldman |
Anarchist |
27-Jun-1869 |
14-May-1940 |
Anarchist and feminist libertarian |
| Hugh Griffith |
Actor |
30-May-1912 |
14-May-1980 |
Sheik Ilderim in Ben-Hur |
| Heinz Guderian |
Military |
17-Jun-1888 |
14-May-1954 |
German WWII general, Panzer tactician |
| Edward J. Gurney |
Politician |
12-Jan-1914 |
14-May-1996 |
US Senator from Florida, 1969-74 |
| H. Rider Haggard |
Novelist |
22-Jun-1856 |
14-May-1925 |
King Solomon's Mines |
| Rita Hayworth |
Actor |
17-Oct-1918 |
14-May-1987 |
Gilda |
| Morton Heilig |
Inventor |
22-Dec-1926 |
14-May-1997 |
Early virtual reality pioneer |
| Henry J. Heinz |
Business |
11-Oct-1844 |
14-May-1919 |
Founder of Heinz Foods |
| Henri IV |
Royalty |
13-Dec-1553 |
14-May-1610 |
King of France, 1589-1610 |
| Wendy Hiller |
Actor |
15-Aug-1912 |
14-May-2003 |
Separate Tables |
| Pope John XII |
Religion |
c. 937 AD |
14-May-964 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 955-964 |
| Husband E. Kimmel |
Military |
26-Feb-1882 |
14-May-1968 |
Admiral, demoted after Pearl Harbor |
| Stanley Kunitz |
Poet |
29-Jul-1905 |
14-May-2006 |
US Poet Laureate, 2000 |
| Henri La Fontaine |
Activist |
22-Apr-1854 |
14-May-1943 |
Belgian activist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| William P. Lear |
Inventor |
26-Jun-1902 |
14-May-1978 |
Lear Jet, Inc. |
| Anna Lee |
Actor |
2-Jan-1913 |
14-May-2004 |
Lila Quartermaine on General Hospital |
| Louis XIII |
Royalty |
27-Sep-1601 |
14-May-1643 |
King of France, 1610-43 |
| Bruce Merrifield |
Chemist |
15-Jul-1921 |
14-May-2006 |
Synthesized polypeptides |
| Sarah Wentworth Morton |
Poet |
1759 |
14-May-1846 |
Ouabi |
| Keizo Obuchi |
Head of State |
25-Jun-1937 |
14-May-2000 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1998-2000 |
| John H. Overton |
Politician |
17-Sep-1875 |
14-May-1948 |
US Senator from Louisiana, 1933-48 |
| Frances Perkins |
Government |
10-Apr-1882 |
14-May-1965 |
First female US cabinet member |
| Ernest Raymond |
Novelist |
31-Dec-1888 |
14-May-1974 |
Tell England |
| Jean Rhys |
Novelist |
24-Aug-1890 |
14-May-1979 |
Wide Sargasso Sea |
| Nicholas V. Riasanovsky |
Historian |
21-Dec-1923 |
14-May-2011 |
A History of Russia |
| Bob Rosburg |
Golf |
21-Oct-1926 |
14-May-2009 |
Winner, 1959 PGA Championship |
| Karl Shapiro |
Poet |
10-Nov-1913 |
14-May-2000 |
Person, Place and Thing |
| Frank Sinatra |
Singer |
12-Dec-1915 |
14-May-1998 |
It's Frank's world, we just live in it |
| Lysander Spooner |
Activist |
19-Jan-1808 |
14-May-1887 |
No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority |
| Robert Stack |
Actor |
13-Jan-1919 |
14-May-2003 |
The Untouchables |
| August Strindberg |
Playwright |
22-Jan-1849 |
14-May-1912 |
Röda Rummet |
| Joseph Sturge |
Activist |
2-Aug-1793 |
14-May-1859 |
Anti-slavery activist |
| E. P. Taylor |
Business |
29-Jan-1901 |
14-May-1989 |
Brewer, Thoroughbred horse breeder |
| Roger J. Traynor |
Judge |
12-Feb-1900 |
14-May-1983 |
California Chief Justice, 1964-70 |
| Miguel Alemán Valdés |
Head of State |
29-Sep-1900 |
14-May-1983 |
President of Mexico, 1946-52 |
| William Burnham Woods |
Judge |
3-Aug-1824 |
14-May-1887 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1881-87 |
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