| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Watkins M. Abbitt |
Politician |
21-May-1908 |
13-Jul-1998 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1948-73 |
| Giulio Alberoni |
Religion |
21-May-1664 |
16-Jun-1752 |
Powerful Italo-Spanish cardinal |
| Regina M. Anderson |
Playwright |
21-May-1901 |
5-Feb-1993 |
Climbing Jacob's Ladder |
| Mary Anning |
Paleontologist |
21-May-1799 |
9-Mar-1847 |
Self-taught paleontologist |
| Notorious B.I.G. |
Rapper |
21-May-1972 |
9-Mar-1997 |
I love it when you call me big poppa |
| Fairuza Balk |
Actor |
21-May-1974 |
|
The Waterboy |
| Brianna Banks |
Pornstar |
21-May-1978 |
|
Little White Chicks Big Black Monster Dicks #6 |
| Belladonna |
Pornstar |
21-May-1981 |
|
The Fashionistas |
| Chris Benoit |
Wrestling |
21-May-1967 |
25-Jun-2007 |
WWE wrestler, murder/suicide |
| Nancy Benoit |
Wrestling |
21-May-1964 |
22-Jun-2007 |
Wife, murder victim of Chris Benoit |
| Hans Berger |
Physicist |
21-May-1873 |
1-Jun-1941 |
Electroencephalogram |
| Günter Blobel |
Scientist |
21-May-1936 |
|
Protein signaling in cells |
| Léon Bourgeois |
Politician |
21-May-1851 |
29-Sep-1925 |
French Prime Minister 1895-96 |
| Marcel Breuer |
Designer |
21-May-1902 |
1-Jul-1981 |
Bauhaus furniture designer |
| Brent Briscoe |
Actor |
21-May-1961 |
|
A Simple Plan |
| Arthur C. Brooks |
Author |
21-May-1964 |
|
Gross National Happiness |
| Raymond Burr |
Actor |
21-May-1917 |
12-Sep-1993 |
Perry Mason |
| Lázaro Cárdenas |
Head of State |
21-May-1895 |
19-Oct-1970 |
President of Mexico, 1934-40 |
| Peggy Cass |
Actor |
21-May-1924 |
8-Mar-1999 |
Auntie Mame |
| Nick Cassavetes |
Actor |
21-May-1959 |
|
Assault of the Killer Bimbos |
| Carol T. Christ |
Educator |
21-May-1944 |
|
President, Smith College |
| Stewart Cink |
Golf |
21-May-1973 |
|
Winner, 2009 British Open |
| Lovida H. Coleman, Jr. |
Attorney |
21-May-1949 |
|
Partner, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan |
| Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis |
Mathematician |
21-May-1792 |
19-Sep-1843 |
Coriolis force |
| Bobby Cox |
Baseball |
21-May-1941 |
|
Atlanta Braves manager, 1990-2010 |
| Vincent Crane |
Musician |
21-May-1943 |
14-Feb-1989 |
Atomic Rooster and Arthur Brown keyboardist |
| Robert Creeley |
Poet |
21-May-1926 |
30-Mar-2005 |
Founded Black Mountain Review |
| Glenn Curtiss |
Aviator |
21-May-1878 |
23-Jul-1930 |
American aviation pioneer |
| Jeffrey Dahmer |
Criminal |
21-May-1960 |
28-Nov-1994 |
Homosexual serial killer cannibal |
| Dennis Day |
Radio Personality |
21-May-1918 |
22-Jun-1988 |
On Jack Benny's radio show |
| Nadine Dorries |
Politician |
21-May-1957 |
|
British MP, Mid Bedfordshire |
| Albrecht Dürer |
Engraver |
21-May-1471 |
6-Apr-1528 |
German Renaissance artist |
| Lisa Edelstein |
Actor |
21-May-1966 |
|
Dr. Lisa Cuddy on House, MD |
| Willem Einthoven |
Scientist |
21-May-1860 |
28-Sep-1927 |
Invented the electrocardiograph |
| Tom Feeney |
Politician |
21-May-1958 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 2003-09 |
| Noel Fielding |
Actor |
21-May-1973 |
|
The Mighty Boosh |
| Al Franken |
Politician |
21-May-1951 |
|
US Senator from Minnesota |
| Malcolm Fraser |
Politician |
21-May-1930 |
|
Prime Minister of Australia, 1975-83 |
| Clarence Gaines |
Basketball |
21-May-1923 |
18-Apr-2005 |
Winston-Salem Head Coach, 1946-93 |
| Mikhail Glinka |
Composer |
21-May-1804 |
3-Feb-1857 |
Ruslan and Lyudmila |
| Albert Gobat |
Politician |
21-May-1843 |
16-Mar-1914 |
International Peace Bureau |
| Adam Gontier |
Singer |
21-May-1978 |
|
Lead singer, Three Days Grace |
| Gotye |
Musician |
21-May-1980 |
|
Somebody That I Used to Know |
| David Groh |
Actor |
21-May-1939 |
12-Feb-2008 |
Joe Gerard on Rhoda |
| Armand Hammer |
Business |
21-May-1898 |
10-Dec-1990 |
Soviet agent of influence |
| Richard Hatch |
Actor |
21-May-1945 |
|
Apollo on Battlestar Galactica |
| Raab Himself |
Actor |
21-May-1980 |
|
Jackass and Viva La Bam |
| Arthur Hohl |
Actor |
21-May-1889 |
10-Mar-1964 |
Character actor |
| Maria Innocentia Hummel |
Painter |
21-May-1909 |
6-Nov-1946 |
Catholic nun, painter |
| David Hunt |
Politician |
21-May-1942 |
|
Former MP, The Wirral |
| Jonathan Hyde |
Actor |
21-May-1947 |
|
Titanic |
| Ronald Isley |
Musician |
21-May-1941 |
|
An Isley brother |
| Rick Jason |
Actor |
21-May-1923 |
16-Oct-2000 |
Lt. Gil Hanley on Combat! |
| Reverdy Johnson |
Politician |
21-May-1796 |
10-Feb-1876 |
US Senator and Attorney General |
| Gene Keady |
Basketball |
21-May-1936 |
|
Purdue Head Coach, 1980-2005 |
| Kay Kendall |
Actor |
21-May-1926 |
6-Sep-1959 |
Les Girls |
| Lola Lane |
Actor |
21-May-1906 |
22-Jun-1981 |
Marked Woman |
| Scotty Leavenworth |
Actor |
21-May-1990 |
|
Peter Petrowski on 7th Heaven |
| George LeMieux |
Politician |
21-May-1969 |
|
US Senator from Florida, 2009-11 |
| Brian Lenihan |
Politician |
21-May-1959 |
10-Jun-2011 |
Irish Finance Minister, 2008-11 |
| Richard Libertini |
Actor |
21-May-1933 |
|
The In-Laws |
| James B. Loken |
Judge |
21-May-1940 |
|
8th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Johnny Majors |
Football |
21-May-1935 |
|
College football coach |
| Edwin M. Martin |
Government |
21-May-1908 |
12-Jan-2002 |
US Ambassador to Argentina, 1964-68 |
| Robert Montgomery |
Actor |
21-May-1904 |
27-Sep-1981 |
Mr. and Mrs. Smith |
| Alfred Moore |
Judge |
21-May-1755 |
15-Oct-1810 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1800-04 |
| Philip II |
Royalty |
21-May-1527 |
13-Sep-1598 |
King of Spain, 1556-98 |
| Alexander Pope |
Poet |
21-May-1688 |
30-May-1744 |
The Dunciad |
| Sarah Ramos |
Actor |
21-May-1991 |
|
Patty Pryor on American Dreams |
| Judge Reinhold |
Actor |
21-May-1957 |
|
Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
| Louis Renault |
Government |
21-May-1843 |
8-Feb-1918 |
International arbitrator, Nobel recipient |
| Harold Robbins |
Novelist |
21-May-1916 |
14-Oct-1997 |
The Carpetbaggers |
| Mary Robinson |
Head of State |
21-May-1944 |
|
President of Ireland, 1990-97 |
| Henri Rousseau |
Painter |
21-May-1844 |
2-Sep-1910 |
French painter of the exotic |
| Andrei Sakharov |
Physicist |
21-May-1921 |
14-Dec-1989 |
Developed the Soviet hydrogen bomb |
| Bengt I. Samuelsson |
Scientist |
21-May-1934 |
|
Prostaglandins |
| Leo Sayer |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-May-1948 |
|
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing |
| Kevin Shields |
Musician |
21-May-1963 |
|
My Bloody Valentine |
| Irving Shulman |
Author |
21-May-1913 |
23-Mar-1995 |
The Amboy Dukes |
| A. Owsley Stanley |
Politician |
21-May-1867 |
12-Aug-1958 |
US Senator from Kentucky, 1919-25 |
| Anthony Steel |
Actor |
21-May-1920 |
21-Mar-2001 |
Where No Vultures Fly |
| Mr. T |
Actor |
21-May-1952 |
|
Long track record of pitying fools |
| Harry Tierney |
Composer |
21-May-1890 |
22-Mar-1965 |
Irene |
| Jeffrey Toobin |
Attorney |
21-May-1960 |
|
CNN Senior Legal Analyst |
| Dorothy Tree |
Actor |
21-May-1906 |
13-Feb-1992 |
City of Darkness |
| Eduardo Verastegui |
Singer |
21-May-1974 |
|
Chasing Papi |
| Fats Waller |
Jazz Musician |
21-May-1904 |
15-Dec-1943 |
Influential jazz pianist |
| Walter Welford |
Politician |
21-May-1868 |
28-Jun-1952 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1935-36 |
| Bill Williams |
Actor |
21-May-1915 |
21-Sep-1992 |
The Adventures of Kit Carson |
| Ricky Williams |
Football |
21-May-1977 |
|
Long-time Miami Dolphins RB |
| Adele Wiseman |
Author |
21-May-1928 |
1-Jun-1992 |
The Sacrifice |
