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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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


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