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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Alvar Aalto
Architect
3-Feb-1898 11-May-1976 Finnish modernist architect, furniture designer
Douglas Adams
Author
11-Mar-1952 11-May-2001 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Walter S. Adams
Astronomer
20-Dec-1876 11-May-1956 Long-time director of Mt. Wilson Observatory
Henri Frédéric Amiel
Critic
27-Sep-1821 11-May-1881 Journal Intime
Nnamdi Azikiwe
Head of State
16-Nov-1904 11-May-1996 First President of Nigeria, 1963-66
Lex Barker
Actor
8-May-1919 11-May-1973 The tenth to play Tarzan
John Cadbury
Business
12-Aug-1801 11-May-1889 Chocolatier
Henry S. Caulfield
Politician
9-Dec-1873 11-May-1966 Governor of Missouri, 1929-33
Lester Flatt
Musician
19-Jun-1914 11-May-1979 Bluegrass pioneer, Flatt & Scruggs
Herbert S. Gasser
Scientist
5-Jul-1888 11-May-1963 Nerve conduction
Maurice Goldhaber
Physicist
18-Apr-1911 11-May-2011 Neutrons
Frederic W. Goudy
Typographer
8-Mar-1865 11-May-1947 Designer of Garamond and Goudy fonts
Chester Gould
Cartoonist
20-Nov-1900 11-May-1985 Creator of Dick Tracy
Juan Gris
Painter
23-Mar-1887 11-May-1927 Spanish Synthetic Cubist painter
Rob Hall
Business
14-Jan-1961 11-May-1996 Adventure Consultants
Fred A. Hartley
Politician
22-Feb-1902 11-May-1969 Congressman from New Jersey, 1929-49
Odd Hassel
Chemist
17-May-1897 11-May-1981 Conformational analysis
John Herschel
Astronomer
7-Mar-1792 11-May-1871 Discovered many moons of Saturn
Johnny Hodges
Jazz Musician
25-Jul-1907 11-May-1970 Jazz alto saxophonist
William Dean Howells
Author
1-Mar-1837 11-May-1920 The Rise of Silas Lapham
Barbara Hutton
Socialite
14-Nov-1912 11-May-1979 The Poor Little Rich Girl
Hans Luther
Head of State
10-Mar-1885 11-May-1962 German Chancellor 1925-26
Bob Marley
Singer/Songwriter
6-Feb-1945 11-May-1981 No Woman No Cry
Catherine McLeod
Actor
2-Jul-1921 11-May-1997 I've Always Loved You
Howard Morton
Actor
15-May-1925 11-May-1997 Officer Simpson on Gimme a Break!
A. Mitchell Palmer
Government
4-May-1872 11-May-1936 US Attorney General, Palmer Raids
George A. Parks
Politician
29-May-1883 11-May-1984 Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1925-33
Floyd Patterson
Boxing
4-Jan-1935 11-May-2006 Heavyweight champion at age 21
Spencer Perceval
Head of State
1-Nov-1762 11-May-1812 UK Prime Minister, 1809-12
Kim Philby
Spy
1-Jan-1912 11-May-1988 One of the Cambridge Five in MI6
William Pitt the Elder
Head of State
15-Nov-1708 11-May-1778 Seven Years War
Fritz Pollard
Football
27-Jan-1894 11-May-1986 First black coach in the NFL
Noel Redding
Bassist
25-Dec-1943 11-May-2003 Bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Matteo Ricci
Religion
6-Oct-1552 11-May-1610 Jesuit missionary to China
Henry M. Robert
Administrator
2-May-1837 11-May-1923 Robert's Rules of Order
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Business
29-Jan-1874 11-May-1960 Built Rockefeller Center
John H. Rousselot
Politician
1-Nov-1927 11-May-2003 Congressman from California, 1961-63 & 1970-83
Karl Schwarzschild
Astronomer
9-Oct-1873 11-May-1916 Black holes, Schwarzschild radius
Eugène François Vidocq
Government
23-Jul-1775 11-May-1857 Criminal-turned-criminologist
John Whitehead
Musician
2-Jul-1948 11-May-2004 Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now


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