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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Gary Aldrich
Activist
22-May-1945   Clinton antagonist
Merry Anders
Actor
22-May-1932   Young Fury
Dana Ashbrook
Actor
22-May-1967   Bobby Briggs from Twin Peaks
Charles Aznavour
Singer
22-May-1924   Shoot the Piano Player
Leslie M. Baker, Jr.
Business
22-May-1942   CEO of Wachovia, 1994-2003
Richard Baker
Politician
22-May-1948   Congressman from Louisiana, 1987-2008
Anna Belknap
Actor
22-May-1972   Det. Monroe on CSI: NY
Richard Benjamin
Actor
22-May-1938   Westworld
Lipman Bers
Mathematician
22-May-1914 29-Oct-1993 Riemann surfaces
George Best
Soccer
22-May-1946 25-Nov-2005 Manchester United
Kenneth Bianchi
Criminal
22-May-1951   Half of the Hillside Strangler duo
David Bloom
Journalist
22-May-1963 6-Apr-2003 NBC reporter died in Iraq
Herbert C. Brown
Chemist
22-May-1912 19-Dec-2004 Discovered organoboranes
Plato Cacheris
Attorney
22-May-1929   Washington defense attorney
Menzies Campbell
Politician
22-May-1941   Leader of the Liberal Democrats, 2006-07
Naomi Campbell
Model
22-May-1970   Black Panther
William C. Canby, Jr.
Judge
22-May-1931   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1980-96
Jay Carney
Government
22-May-1965   White House Press Secretary
Mary Cassatt
Painter
22-May-1843 14-Jun-1926 American impressionist, lived in Paris
Annabel Chong
Pornstar
22-May-1972   Former gangbang title holder
Michael Constantine
Actor
22-May-1927   My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Frank Converse
Actor
22-May-1938   Will Chandler on Movin' On
Sam Coppersmith
Politician
22-May-1955   Congressman from Arizona, 1993-95
Judith Crist
Critic
22-May-1922 7-Aug-2012 Ascerbic film critic
Ann Cusack
Actor
22-May-1961   The Jeff Foxworthy Show
Rupert Davies
Actor
22-May-1916 22-Nov-1976 Inspector Maigret
Novak Djokovic
Tennis
22-May-1987   Winner, 2008 Australian Open
Arthur Conan Doyle
Novelist
22-May-1859 7-Jul-1930 Creator of Sherlock Holmes
Alison Eastwood
Actor
22-May-1972   Tightrope
Linda Emond
Actor
22-May-1959   Julie & Julia
Jeff Gannon
Journalist
22-May-1957   White House shill, $200/hour male escort
Johnny Gill
Singer
22-May-1966   R&B singer, New Edition
Thomas Gold
Scientist
22-May-1920 22-Jun-2004 Certain that oil is not a fossil fuel
Ginnifer Goodwin
Actor
22-May-1978   Margene Heffman on Big Love
David Graham
Golf
22-May-1946   Winner of 2 Majors
Sean Gunn
Actor
22-May-1974   Kirk Gleason on Gilmore Girls
Kenny Hickey
Guitarist
22-May-1966   Guitarist for Type O Negative
Nancy Hollister
Politician
22-May-1949   Governor of Ohio, 1998-99
Kenny Hulshof
Politician
22-May-1958   Congressman from Missouri, 1997-2009
Tommy John
Baseball
22-May-1943   MLB pitcher, received pioneering surgery
Jordan
Model
22-May-1978   British model
Ted Kaczynski
Criminal
22-May-1942   The Unabomber
Edward A. Kangas
Business
22-May-1944   CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, 1989-2000
Michael Kelly
Actor
22-May-1968   Det. Crocker on Kojak revival
Simon Kovar
Musician
22-May-1890 17-Jan-1970 Preeminent Basoon player and teacher
Quinn Martin
Business
22-May-1922 6-Sep-1987 Quinn Martin Productions
Peter Matthiessen
Novelist
22-May-1927   At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Harvey Milk
Politician
22-May-1930 27-Nov-1978 Openly gay SF city supervisor
Morrissey
Singer/Songwriter
22-May-1959   Frontman of The Smiths
Lisa Murkowski
Politician
22-May-1957   US Senator from Alaska
Alla Nazimova
Actor
22-May-1879 13-Jul-1945 Blood and Sand
Peter Nero
Pianist
22-May-1934   Philly Pops
Gérard de Nerval
Poet
22-May-1808 26-Jan-1855 Unbalanced French romantic poet
Roger F. Noriega
Diplomat
22-May-1959   US Ambassador to OAS, 2001-03
Apolo Anton Ohno
Speed Skating
22-May-1982   Olympic skater, Dancing with the Stars
George A. Olah
Chemist
22-May-1927   Isolated carbonium ions
Laurence Olivier
Actor
22-May-1907 11-Jul-1989 Shakespearean actor
Johnny Olson
Game Show Host
22-May-1910 12-Oct-1985 Announcer for What's My Line, etc.
Vance Packard
Sociologist
22-May-1914 12-Dec-1996 The Hidden Persuaders
Ronald D. Palmer
Diplomat
22-May-1932   US Ambassador to Mauritius, 1986-89
Giuseppe Parini
Poet
22-May-1729 15-Aug-1799 Il Mattino
Barbara Parkins
Actor
22-May-1942   Peyton Place and Valley of the Dolls
Edward A. Pease
Politician
22-May-1951   Congressman from Indiana, 1997-2001
M. Scott Peck
Author
22-May-1936 25-Sep-2005 The Road Less Traveled
Jesse Lee Peterson
Religion
22-May-1949   Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny
T. Boone Pickens
Business
22-May-1928   Texas oilman, founded Mesa Petroleum
Maggie Q
Actor
22-May-1979   Mission: Impossible III
Sun Ra
Jazz Musician
22-May-1914 30-May-1993 Jazz musician from Saturn
Glenn M. Renwick
Business
22-May-1955   CEO of Progressive
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Politician
22-May-1969   Congresswoman, Washington 5th
Michael Sarrazin
Actor
22-May-1940 17-Apr-2011 Frankenstein: The True Story
Bernard Shaw
Journalist
22-May-1940   Prime time CNN news anchor
Al Simmons
Baseball
22-May-1902 26-May-1956 Lifetime batting average .334
Brooke Smith
Actor
22-May-1967   Grey's Anatomy
Horton Smith
Golf
22-May-1908 15-Oct-1963 Winner, 1934 and 1936 Masters Tournaments
Robert G. Sproul
Educator
22-May-1891 10-Sep-1975 President, University of California, 1930-58
Susan Strasberg
Actor
22-May-1938 21-Jan-1999 Picnic
Gary Sweet
Actor
22-May-1957   Sgt. McClintock on Police Rescue
Bernie Taupin
Songwriter
22-May-1950   Elton John's lyricist
Maurice J. Tobin
Politician
22-May-1901 19-Jul-1953 US Secretary of Labor, 1948-53
Guillermo Toledo
Actor
22-May-1970   Ferpect Crime
Clyde Tolson
Government
22-May-1900 14-Apr-1975 J. Edgar Hoover's 40-year companion
Ian Underwood
Musician
22-May-1939   Multi-instrumentalist for The Mothers of Invention
Richard Wagner
Composer
22-May-1813 13-Feb-1883 Ride of the Valkyries
Denise Welch
Actor
22-May-1958   British TV soap actress
Betty Williams
Activist
22-May-1943   Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient
Garry Wills
Historian
22-May-1934   Lincoln at Gettysburg
Paul Winfield
Actor
22-May-1941 7-Mar-2004 Jim in the 1974 Huckleberry Finn
Lyn Z
Bassist
22-May-1976   Bassist for Mindless Self Indulgence




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