Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Abdu'l-Bahá |
Religion |
23-May-1844 |
28-Nov-1921 |
Baha'i leader |
Max Abramovitz |
Architect |
23-May-1908 |
12-Sep-2004 |
Designed UN Headquarters |
Deborah Adair |
Actor |
23-May-1952 |
|
The Young and the Restless |
Mitch Albom |
Novelist |
23-May-1958 |
|
Tuesdays with Morrie |
Yigal Amir |
Assassin |
23-May-1970 |
|
Assassin of Yitzhak Rabin |
Linden Ashby |
Actor |
23-May-1960 |
|
Dr. Brett Cooper on Melrose Place |
Leo Baeck |
Religion |
23-May-1873 |
2-Nov-1956 |
Progressive Jewish Rabbi |
Katherine Baicker |
Economist |
23-May-1971 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 2005-07 |
Johnny Ball |
Game Show Host |
23-May-1938 |
|
Think of a Number |
John Bardeen |
Physicist |
23-May-1908 |
30-Jan-1991 |
Co-Inventor of the transistor |
Gary Barnett |
Football |
23-May-1946 |
|
CO Buffaloes Head Coach, 1999-2005 |
William Barr |
Government |
23-May-1950 |
|
US Attorney General, 1991-93 |
Barbara Barrie |
Actor |
23-May-1931 |
|
Mrs. Barney Miller |
Walter Jackson Bate |
Critic |
23-May-1918 |
26-Jul-1999 |
Samuel Johnson |
H. Jon Benjamin |
Actor |
23-May-1966 |
|
Coach McGuirk, Sterling Archer, Bob Belcher |
Robert F. Bennett |
Politician |
23-May-1927 |
9-Oct-2000 |
Governor of Kansas, 1975-79 |
James Blish |
Author |
23-May-1921 |
30-Jul-1975 |
Cities in Flight |
Wade Brorby |
Judge |
23-May-1934 |
|
10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1988-2001 |
Ambrose Burnside |
Military |
23-May-1824 |
13-Sep-1881 |
Inspiration for term sideburns |
Drew Carey |
Comic |
23-May-1958 |
|
The Drew Carey Show |
George C. Carlson, Jr. |
Judge |
23-May-1946 |
|
Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court |
Lauren Chapin |
Actor |
23-May-1945 |
|
Father Knows Best |
Marvin J. Chomsky |
Film Director |
23-May-1929 |
|
Holocaust |
Rosemary Clooney |
Singer |
23-May-1928 |
29-Jun-2002 |
Come On-a My House |
R. Guy Cole, Jr. |
Judge |
23-May-1951 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Joan Collins |
Actor |
23-May-1933 |
|
Alexis on Dynasty |
Scatman Crothers |
Jazz Musician |
23-May-1910 |
22-Nov-1986 |
Jazz musician and actor |
Nigel Davenport |
Actor |
23-May-1928 |
|
Chariots of Fire |
Laura Devon |
Actor |
23-May-1931 |
19-Jul-2007 |
Red Line 7000 |
Daniel Cardinal DiNardo |
Religion |
23-May-1949 |
|
Archbishop of Galveston-Houston |
Karen Duffy |
Actor |
23-May-1962 |
|
MTV VJ turned Dumb & Dumber actress |
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. |
Actor |
23-May-1883 |
12-Dec-1939 |
The Thief of Baghdad |
Hans Frank |
Military |
23-May-1900 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Nazi King of Poland |
Lars Frederiksen |
Musician |
23-May-1969 |
|
Rancid and The Bastards |
Margaret Fuller |
Author |
23-May-1810 |
19-Jul-1850 |
Woman in the Nineteenth Century |
Alan García |
Head of State |
23-May-1949 |
|
President of Peru |
Betty Garrett |
Actor |
23-May-1919 |
12-Feb-2011 |
Irene Lorenzo on All in the Family |
Lane Garrison |
Actor |
23-May-1980 |
|
Tweener on Prison Break |
James Gleason |
Actor |
23-May-1882 |
12-Apr-1959 |
Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
Marius Goring |
Actor |
23-May-1912 |
30-Sep-1998 |
The Red Shoes |
Marvin Hagler |
Boxing |
23-May-1954 |
|
Retired boxing champ, lives in Italy |
Alex Henteloff |
Actor |
23-May-1942 |
|
Arnold Ripner on Barney Miller |
Hergé |
Cartoonist |
23-May-1907 |
3-Mar-1983 |
Tintin |
Laurie Hickson-Smith |
TV Personality |
23-May-1971 |
|
Interior decorator on Trading Spaces |
Donald Hodel |
Government |
23-May-1935 |
|
Reagan's Secretary of Energy & Interior |
Laurel Holloman |
Actor |
23-May-1971 |
|
Tina Kennard on The L Word |
Thomas Hood |
Poet |
23-May-1799 |
3-May-1845 |
Odes and Addresses to Great People |
Charlie Hunter |
Jazz Musician |
23-May-1967 |
|
8-string jazz guitar virtuoso |
William Hunter |
Doctor |
23-May-1718 |
30-Mar-1783 |
English anatomist and obstetrician |
Ken Jennings |
TV Personality |
23-May-1974 |
|
$2.5 Million Jeopardy! Contestant |
Jewel |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-May-1974 |
|
Who will save her soul |
O-Lan Jones |
Actor |
23-May-1950 |
|
Esmeralda in Edward Scissorhands |
Burton Joseph |
Attorney |
23-May-1930 |
31-Mar-2010 |
First Amendment lawyer |
Charles Kimbrough |
Actor |
23-May-1936 |
|
Jim Dial on Murphy Brown |
Zalman King |
Film Director |
23-May-1942 |
3-Feb-2012 |
9 1/2 Weeks |
Franz Kline |
Painter |
23-May-1910 |
13-May-1962 |
Abstract expressionist painter |
Pär Lagerkvist |
Author |
23-May-1891 |
11-Jul-1974 |
Barabbas |
Joshua Lederberg |
Biologist |
23-May-1925 |
2-Feb-2008 |
Genetic properties of bacteria |
Carolus Linnaeus |
Botanist |
23-May-1707 |
10-Jan-1778 |
Created a taxonomy of the species |
Edward Lorenz |
Scientist |
23-May-1917 |
16-Apr-2008 |
Chaos theory |
Herbert Marshall |
Actor |
23-May-1890 |
22-Jan-1966 |
Foreign Correspondent |
Melissa McBride |
Actor |
23-May-1965 |
|
Carol Peletier on The Walking Dead |
Martin McGuinness |
Politician |
23-May-1950 |
|
Politician, former IRA gunman |
Frank McHugh |
Actor |
23-May-1898 |
11-Sep-1981 |
The Roaring Twenties |
Sid Melton |
Actor |
23-May-1920 |
2-Nov-2011 |
Alf Monroe on Green Acres |
Franz Anton Mesmer |
Paranormal |
23-May-1734 |
5-Mar-1815 |
Proponent of Animal Magnetism |
Ken Michelman |
Actor |
23-May-1955 |
|
Abner Goldstein on The White Shadow |
John Miller |
Politician |
23-May-1938 |
|
Congressman from Washington, 1985-93 |
Kelly Monaco |
Actor |
23-May-1976 |
|
Port Charles |
Robert Moog |
Inventor |
23-May-1934 |
21-Aug-2005 |
Invented the synthesizer |
John Newcombe |
Tennis |
23-May-1944 |
|
Winner of 26 Grand Slam titles |
Helen O'Connell |
Singer |
23-May-1920 |
9-Sep-1993 |
Big Band singer, Green Eyes |
Opie |
Radio Personality |
23-May-1963 |
|
The Opie & Anthony Show |
George Osborne |
Politician |
23-May-1971 |
|
Conservative MP for Tatton |
Brad Owen |
Politician |
23-May-1950 |
|
Lt. Governor of Washington |
John Payne |
Actor |
23-May-1912 |
6-Dec-1989 |
Kansas City Confidential |
Philippe I |
Royalty |
23-May-1052 |
29-Jul-1108 |
King of France 1060-1108 |
Martin Puryear |
Sculptor |
23-May-1941 |
|
Post-minimalist |
Carl Safina |
Author |
23-May-1955 |
|
Song for the Blue Ocean |
Phil Selway |
Drummer |
23-May-1967 |
|
Radiohead drummer |
Artie Shaw |
Musician |
23-May-1910 |
30-Dec-2004 |
Clarinetist, big band leader |
Edna Skinner |
Actor |
23-May-1921 |
8-Aug-2003 |
Kay Addison on Mister Ed |
Alfred P. Sloan |
Business |
23-May-1875 |
17-Feb-1966 |
Chairman of GM, 1937-56 |
Linda Thompson |
Actor |
23-May-1950 |
|
Former beauty queen, Ex-Girlfriend of Elvis |
Dina Titus |
Politician |
23-May-1950 |
|
Congresswoman from Nevada, 2009-11 |
Guinevere Turner |
Actor |
23-May-1968 |
|
Preaching to the Perverted |
Ruth Underwood |
Drummer |
23-May-1946 |
|
Whirlwind percussionist for Frank Zappa |
David N. Weidman |
Business |
23-May-1955 |
|
CEO of Celanese |
Shelly West |
Country Musician |
23-May-1958 |
|
José Cuervo |