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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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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