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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Anna Akhmatova
Poet
11-Jun-1889 5-Mar-1966 Poem Without a Hero
Hardy Amies
Fashion Designer
17-Jul-1909 5-Mar-2003 Dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth II
Crispus Attucks
Activist
1723 5-Mar-1770 First man killed in the American Revolution
Mischa Auer
Actor
17-Nov-1905 5-Mar-1967 My Man Godfrey
Roger Babson
Economist
6-Jul-1875 5-Mar-1967 Founder of Babson College
John Belushi
Actor
24-Jan-1949 5-Mar-1982 Animal House
Whit Bissell
Actor
25-Oct-1909 5-Mar-1996 The Time Tunnel
James A. Bland
Songwriter
22-Oct-1854 5-Mar-1911 Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
Howard W. Cannon
Politician
26-Jan-1912 5-Mar-2002 US Senator from Nevada, 1959-83
Alfredo Casella
Composer
25-Jul-1883 5-Mar-1947 Rejuvinated Vivaldi
Pope Clement VIII
Religion
24-Feb-1536 5-Mar-1605 Roman Catholic Pope, 1592-1605
Patsy Cline
Country Musician
8-Sep-1932 5-Mar-1963 I Fall To Pieces
Correggio
Painter
Aug-1494 5-Mar-1534 Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine
Billy De Wolfe
Actor
18-Feb-1907 5-Mar-1974 The Doris Day Show
Charles Diebold
Business
24-Oct-1824 5-Mar-1894 Founder of Diebold
Lolo Ferrari
Pornstar
9-Feb-1970 5-Mar-2000 Double Airbags
Jorge Guinle
Socialite
5-Feb-1916 5-Mar-2004 Brazilian playboy
Marcus H. Holcomb
Politician
28-Nov-1844 5-Mar-1932 Governor of Connecticut, 1915-21
Paul Hörbiger
Actor
29-Apr-1894 5-Mar-1981 Liebelei
Leonard Horner
Geologist
17-Jan-1785 5-Mar-1864 Scottish geologist, educator
Sol Hurok
Theatre Producer
9-Apr-1888 5-Mar-1974 American impresario
Margaret Irving
Actor
18-Jan-1898 5-Mar-1988 Animal Crackers
Max Jacob
Poet
12-Jul-1876 5-Mar-1944 Le Cornet à dés
Rushworth M. Kidder
Author
8-May-1944 5-Mar-2012 Founder, Institute for Global Ethics
Richard Kiley
Actor
31-Mar-1922 5-Mar-1999 Man of La Mancha
Paul Kletzki
Conductor
21-Mar-1900 5-Mar-1973 Director, Bern Symphony, 1964-67
Richard Kuklinski
Criminal
11-Apr-1935 5-Mar-2006 The Iceman
Pierre-Simon Laplace
Mathematician
23-Mar-1749 5-Mar-1827 Traité du Mécanique Céleste
Charles Lederer
Screenwriter
31-Dec-1911 5-Mar-1976 His Girl Friday
Pope Lucius I
Religion
? 5-Mar-254 AD Roman Catholic Pope, 253-54 AD
Mary Lyon
Activist
28-Feb-1797 5-Mar-1849 Founder of Mount Holyoke College
Pepper Martin
Baseball
29-Feb-1904 5-Mar-1965 St. Louis Cardinals
Edgar Lee Masters
Poet
23-Aug-1869 5-Mar-1950 Spoon River Anthology
Gary Merrill
Actor
2-Aug-1915 5-Mar-1990 All About Eve
Franz Anton Mesmer
Paranormal
23-May-1734 5-Mar-1815 Proponent of Animal Magnetism
Mohammed Mossadegh
Head of State
19-May-1882 5-Mar-1967 Prime Minister of Iran, 1951-53
Herbert Mundin
Actor
21-Aug-1898 5-Mar-1939 Mutiny on the Bounty
Allan Nevins
Historian
20-May-1890 5-Mar-1971 Civil War historian
Mike O'Callaghan
Politician
10-Sep-1929 5-Mar-2004 Governor of Nevada, 1971-79
William Powell
Actor
29-Jul-1892 5-Mar-1984 My Man Godfrey
Sergei Prokofiev
Composer
23-Apr-1891 5-Mar-1953 Peter and the Wolf
John G. Sargent
Government
13-Oct-1860 5-Mar-1939 US Attorney General, 1925-29
Robert B. Sherman
Songwriter
19-Dec-1925 5-Mar-2012 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Jay Silverheels
Actor
26-May-1912 5-Mar-1980 Tonto on The Lone Ranger
Josef Stalin
Head of State
18-Dec-1878 5-Mar-1953 Brutal dictator, Soviet Union
Vivian Stanshall
Musician
21-Mar-1943 5-Mar-1995 The Bonzo Dog Band
Richard Stapley
Actor
20-Jun-1923 5-Mar-2010 Man from Interpol
Hippolyte Taine
Historian
21-Apr-1828 5-Mar-1893 Origines de la France Contemporaine
Alessandro Volta
Physicist
18-Feb-1745 5-Mar-1827 Invented electric battery
Helen Waddell
Author
31-May-1889 5-Mar-1965 The Wandering Scholars
Edgar Wayburn
Activist
17-Sep-1906 5-Mar-2010 Conservationist, Sierra Club president
Joseph Weizenbaum
Computer Programmer
8-Jan-1923 5-Mar-2008 ELIZA
Donald Woods
Actor
2-Dec-1906 5-Mar-1998 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms




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