| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Pope Alexander VII |
Religion |
13-Feb-1599 |
22-May-1667 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1655-67 |
| Robert Asprin |
Author |
28-Jun-1946 |
22-May-2008 |
Thieves World |
| Edward Bellamy |
Author |
26-Mar-1850 |
22-May-1898 |
Looking Backward |
| Richard Biggs |
Actor |
18-Mar-1961 |
22-May-2004 |
Dr. Stephen Franklin on Babylon 5 |
| W. H. Canaway |
Novelist |
12-Jun-1925 |
22-May-1988 |
Sammy Going South |
| Janet Carroll |
Actor |
24-Dec-1940 |
22-May-2012 |
Risky Business |
| Albert Claude |
Scientist |
23-Aug-1899 |
22-May-1983 |
Microstructure of the cell |
| Edward F. Cline |
Film Director |
4-Nov-1891 |
22-May-1961 |
The Bank Dick |
| Harrison Cockrill |
Politician |
18-Jun-1826 |
22-May-1876 |
Kentucky State Senator, committed suicide |
| Constantine the Great |
Royalty |
27-Feb-272 AD |
22-May-337 AD |
Roman Emperor, 306-37 |
| Joan Davis |
Actor |
29-Jun-1907 |
22-May-1961 |
I Married Joan |
| Cecil Day-Lewis |
Poet |
27-Apr-1904 |
22-May-1972 |
UK Poet Laureate, 1968-72 |
| John Derek |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1926 |
22-May-1998 |
Tarzan, the Ape Man |
| Jane Dulo |
Actor |
13-Oct-1917 |
22-May-1994 |
Liz Murray on Hey, Jeannie! |
| Maria Edgeworth |
Author |
1-Jan-1767 |
22-May-1849 |
Castle Rackrent |
| James V. Forrestal |
Government |
15-Feb-1892 |
22-May-1949 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1947-49 |
| Martin Gabel |
Actor |
19-Jun-1912 |
22-May-1986 |
The First Deadly Sin |
| Martin Gardner |
Mathematician |
21-Oct-1914 |
22-May-2010 |
Mathematical games, Scientific American |
| Rocky Graziano |
Boxing |
1-Jan-1919 |
22-May-1990 |
Middleweight boxing champ |
| Augusta, Lady Gregory |
Playwright |
4-Mar-1852 |
22-May-1932 |
The Golden Apple |
| Lefty Grove |
Baseball |
6-Mar-1900 |
22-May-1975 |
Perhaps the best MLB pitcher in history |
| Alfred D. Hershey |
Scientist |
4-Dec-1908 |
22-May-1997 |
Molecular structure of viral genes |
| Mieczyslaw Horszowski |
Pianist |
23-Jun-1892 |
22-May-1993 |
Polish-American pianist |
| Langston Hughes |
Poet |
1-Feb-1902 |
22-May-1967 |
The Negro Speaks of Rivers |
| Lee Jong-Wook |
Administrator |
12-Apr-1945 |
22-May-2006 |
Director-General of WHO, 2003-06 |
| Goodwin Knight |
Politician |
9-Dec-1896 |
22-May-1970 |
Governor of California, 1953-59 |
| Joseph Wood Krutch |
Naturalist |
25-Nov-1893 |
22-May-1970 |
The Modern Temper |
| Buz Lukens |
Politician |
11-Feb-1931 |
22-May-2010 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1987-90 |
| Alessandro Manzoni |
Poet |
7-Mar-1785 |
22-May-1873 |
I Promessi Sposi |
| John Marley |
Actor |
17-Oct-1907 |
22-May-1984 |
Godfather horsehead recipient |
| Connie Marshall |
Actor |
28-Apr-1933 |
22-May-2001 |
Dragonwyck |
| Whitman Mayo |
Actor |
15-Nov-1930 |
22-May-2001 |
Grady on Sanford and Son |
| Claude McKay |
Novelist |
15-Sep-1890 |
22-May-1948 |
Home to Harlem |
| DeLesseps S. Morrison |
Politician |
18-Jan-1912 |
22-May-1964 |
Mayor of New Orleans, 1946-61 |
| Julius Plücker |
Mathematician |
16-Jul-1801 |
22-May-1868 |
Analytical geometry |
| Thurl Ravenscroft |
Actor |
6-Feb-1914 |
22-May-2005 |
Voice of Tony The Tiger |
| Wolfgang Reitherman |
Film Director |
26-Jun-1909 |
22-May-1985 |
Jungle Book |
| Margaret Rutherford |
Actor |
11-May-1892 |
22-May-1972 |
The V.I.P.s |
| Boris Sagal |
Film Director |
18-Oct-1917 |
22-May-1981 |
The Omega Man |
| Helen Taft |
First Lady |
2-Jun-1861 |
22-May-1943 |
Wife of US President William Howard Taft |
| Ernst Toller |
Playwright |
1-Dec-1893 |
22-May-1939 |
Transformation |
| Martha Washington |
First Lady |
2-Jun-1731 |
22-May-1802 |
Wife of US President George Washington |
| Jack Watling |
Actor |
13-Jan-1923 |
22-May-2001 |
We Dive at Dawn |