| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Joseph Addison |
Author |
1-May-1672 |
17-Jun-1719 |
The Spectator |
| Wes Anderson |
Film Director |
1-May-1969 |
|
Rushmore |
| Cliff Battles |
Football |
1-May-1910 |
28-Apr-1981 |
NFL Hall-of-Famer |
| Chuck Bednarik |
Football |
1-May-1925 |
|
Eagles Linebacker, Hall of Famer |
| Julie Benz |
Actor |
1-May-1972 |
|
Jawbreaker |
| Gary Bertini |
Conductor |
1-May-1927 |
18-Mar-2005 |
Music Director, Jerusalem Symphony, 1978-87 |
| Thomas Dudley Cabot |
Business |
1-May-1897 |
8-Jun-1995 |
CEO of Cabot, 1922-60 |
| Cuauhtemoc Cardenas |
Politician |
1-May-1934 |
|
Anti-PRI Mexican politician |
| Scott Carpenter |
Astronaut |
1-May-1925 |
|
Mercury astronaut |
| Steve Cauthen |
Jockey |
1-May-1960 |
|
Winner of 1978 Triple Crown |
| Mark Clark |
Military |
1-May-1896 |
17-Apr-1984 |
US Army Chief of Staff |
| Judy Collins |
Singer/Songwriter |
1-May-1939 |
|
Folk singer |
| Rita Coolidge |
Singer |
1-May-1944 |
|
The Delta Lady |
| Danielle Darrieux |
Actor |
1-May-1917 |
|
8 Femmes |
| John Diehl |
Actor |
1-May-1950 |
|
Larry Zito on Miami Vice |
| Art Fleming |
Game Show Host |
1-May-1924 |
25-Apr-1995 |
Original Jeopardy! host |
| Dann Florek |
Actor |
1-May-1950 |
|
Law & Order: SVU |
| Phil Foglio |
Artist |
1-May-1956 |
|
Dragon magazine cartoonist |
| Glenn Ford |
Actor |
1-May-1916 |
30-Aug-2006 |
Gilda, Blackboard Jungle |
| Catherine Frot |
Actor |
1-May-1956 |
|
Chaos |
| Charles K. Harris |
Songwriter |
1-May-1865 |
22-Dec-1930 |
After The Ball |
| Joseph Heller |
Author |
1-May-1923 |
12-Dec-1999 |
Catch-22 |
| Michael A. Henning |
Business |
1-May-1940 |
|
CEO of E&Y International, 1993-99 |
| Rose Hobart |
Actor |
1-May-1906 |
29-Aug-2000 |
East of Borneo |
| Shirley Horn |
Musician |
1-May-1934 |
20-Oct-2005 |
Here's To Life |
| Swanee Hunt |
Diplomat |
1-May-1950 |
|
US Ambassador to Austria, 1993-97 |
| Leila Hyams |
Actor |
1-May-1905 |
4-Dec-1977 |
Freaks |
| George Inness |
Painter |
1-May-1825 |
3-Aug-1894 |
American landscape painter |
| Calamity Jane |
Performance Artist |
1-May-1852 |
1-Aug-1903 |
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show |
| Donald Kagan |
Historian |
1-May-1932 |
|
The Great Dialogue |
| Edward J. Kelly |
Politician |
1-May-1876 |
20-Oct-1950 |
Mayor of Chicago, 1933-47 |
| Henry Koster |
Film Director |
1-May-1905 |
21-Sep-1988 |
The Bishop's Wife |
| Albert Lasker |
Business |
1-May-1880 |
30-May-1952 |
Advertising executive and medical research patron |
| Benjamin Latrobe |
Architect |
1-May-1764 |
3-Sep-1820 |
Designed the US Capitol |
| Ulrich Lehner |
Business |
1-May-1946 |
|
CEO of Henkel |
| Henry Demarest Lloyd |
Journalist |
1-May-1847 |
28-Sep-1903 |
Radical reporter |
| Joanna Lumley |
Actor |
1-May-1946 |
|
Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous |
| Stephen Macht |
Actor |
1-May-1942 |
|
General Hospital |
| James Clarence Mangan |
Poet |
1-May-1803 |
20-Jun-1849 |
O'Hussey's Ode to the Maguire |
| Bobbie Ann Mason |
Novelist |
1-May-1940 |
|
In Country |
| Ollie Matson |
Football |
1-May-1930 |
19-Feb-2011 |
NFL Hall of Famer |
| Jodhi May |
Actor |
1-May-1975 |
|
Sister My Sister |
| Darius McCrary |
Actor |
1-May-1976 |
|
Eddie Winslow on Family Matters |
| Tim McGraw |
Country Musician |
1-May-1967 |
|
Not a Moment Too Soon |
| John McKinley |
Judge |
1-May-1780 |
19-Jul-1852 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1838-52 |
| Carver A. Mead |
Engineer |
1-May-1934 |
|
Microelectronics |
| Steve Meretzky |
Computer Programmer |
1-May-1957 |
|
Leather Goddesses of Phobos |
| Marilyn Milian |
TV Personality |
1-May-1961 |
|
The People's Court |
| Tom Moore |
Actor |
1-May-1883 |
12-Feb-1955 |
Irish-American character actor |
| Louis Nye |
Actor |
1-May-1913 |
9-Oct-2005 |
Sonny Drysdale on Beverly Hillbillies |
| Dan O'Herlihy |
Actor |
1-May-1919 |
17-Feb-2005 |
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe |
| Jack Paar |
Talk Show Host |
1-May-1918 |
27-Jan-2004 |
Second host of the Tonight Show |
| Ed Perlmutter |
Politician |
1-May-1953 |
|
Congressman, Colorado 7th |
| Santiago Ramón y Cajal |
Doctor |
1-May-1852 |
17-Oct-1934 |
Structure of the nervous system |
| James Ford Rhodes |
Author |
1-May-1848 |
22-Jan-1927 |
History of the Civil War |
| Dick Riordan |
Politician |
1-May-1930 |
|
Mayor of Los Angeles, 1993-2001 |
| Ann Robinson |
Actor |
1-May-1935 |
|
The War of the Worlds |
| Max Robinson |
Journalist |
1-May-1939 |
20-Dec-1988 |
Co-Anchor of World News Tonight |
| Winthrop Rockefeller |
Business |
1-May-1912 |
22-Feb-1973 |
Governor of Arkansas, 1967-71 |
| Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys |
Painter |
1-May-1829 |
25-Jun-1904 |
Pre-Raphaelite British painter |
| Winthrop Sargent |
Politician |
1-May-1753 |
3-Jun-1820 |
First Governor of Mississippi Territory |
| Charlie Schlatter |
Actor |
1-May-1966 |
|
Dr. Travis on Diagnosis Murder |
| Drew Sidora |
Actor |
1-May-1985 |
|
Step Up |
| Ignazio Silone |
Novelist |
1-May-1900 |
22-Aug-1978 |
Anti-Fascist novelist, Pro-Fascist informant |
| Kate Smith |
Singer |
1-May-1907 |
17-Jun-1986 |
God Bless America |
| Terry Southern |
Novelist |
1-May-1924 |
29-Oct-1995 |
Dr. Strangelove |
| Byron Stewart |
Actor |
1-May-1956 |
|
Warren Coolidge on The White Shadow |
| Walter Susskind |
Conductor |
1-May-1913 |
25-Mar-1980 |
Director, Toronto Symphony, 1956-65 |
| Dick Swett |
Politician |
1-May-1957 |
|
US Ambassador to Denmark, 1998-2001 |
| Pierre Teilhard de Chardin |
Philosopher |
1-May-1881 |
10-Apr-1955 |
The Phenomenon of Man |
| Paul Teutul, Sr. |
TV Personality |
1-May-1949 |
|
American Chopper |
| Melvin E. Thompson |
Politician |
1-May-1903 |
3-Oct-1980 |
Governor of Georgia, 1947-48 |
| William B. Traxler, Jr. |
Judge |
1-May-1948 |
|
4th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Wes Welker |
Football |
1-May-1981 |
|
New England Patriots WR |
| Arthur Wellesley |
Military |
1-May-1769 |
14-Sep-1852 |
1st Duke of Wellington |
| Dave Willis |
Actor |
1-May-1976 |
|
Meatwad & Carl on Aqua Teen Hunger Force |
| Harry Leon Wilson |
Novelist |
1-May-1867 |
28-Jun-1939 |
Ruggles of Red Gap |
| D'arcy Wretzky |
Bassist |
1-May-1968 |
|
Former bass player for Smashing Pumpkins |
