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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jim Abrahams
Film Director
10-May-1944   Airplane!
Carl B. Albert
Politician
10-May-1908 4-Feb-2000 Congressman from Oklahoma, 1946-76
Arthur Alexander
Singer
10-May-1940 9-Jun-1993 Influential soul singer
Andrea Anders
Actor
10-May-1975   Alex Garrett on Joey
Fred Astaire
Dancer
10-May-1899 22-Jun-1987 Broadway ballroom dancer
Milton Babbitt
Composer
10-May-1916 29-Jan-2011 Music for Synthesizer
Hugo Banzer
Head of State
10-May-1926 5-May-2002 Dictator, then President, of Bolivia
Ed Barrow
Baseball
10-May-1868 15-Dec-1953 Yankees General Manager, 1920-45
Karl Barth
Religion
10-May-1886 9-Dec-1968 Church Dogmatics
Jean Becker
Film Director
10-May-1938   Children of the Marshlands
Daniel Bell
Sociologist
10-May-1919 25-Jan-2011 The End of Ideology
Darryl M. Bell
Actor
10-May-1963   Ron Johnson on A Different World
Chris Berman
Sports Journalist
10-May-1955   Sportscaster on ESPN
J. D. Bernal
Physicist
10-May-1901 15-Sep-1971 X-ray crystallography
Taurean Blacque
Actor
10-May-1941   Det. Neal Washington on Hill Street Blues
Montgomery Blair
Attorney
10-May-1813 27-Jul-1883 Dred Scott's lawyer
Bono
Singer
10-May-1960   Lead singer of U2
John Wilkes Booth
Assassin
10-May-1838 26-Apr-1865 Abraham Lincoln's assassin
Clarence Brown
Film Director
10-May-1890 17-Aug-1987 National Velvet
Jim Calhoun
Basketball
10-May-1942   UConn Head Coach
Andrew Card
Government
10-May-1947   White House Chief of Staff, 2001-06
Danny Carey
Drummer
10-May-1961   Drummer for Tool
Helio Castroneves
Auto Racing
10-May-1975   Winner, 2001, 2002, 2009 Indy 500
Mark David Chapman
Assassin
10-May-1955   Assassin of Beatle John Lennon
Charice
Singer
10-May-1992   Filipina pop singer
David Clennon
Actor
10-May-1943   Joshua Nankin on The Agency
Charles W. Coker
Business
10-May-1933   CEO of Sonoco Products, 1990-98
Caroline B. Cooney
Novelist
10-May-1947   Juvenile novelist, Rear View Mirror
Teri Copley
Actor
10-May-1961   We Got It Made
Richard Darman
Government
10-May-1943 25-Jan-2008 Carlyle Group member, former OMB Director
Louis-Nicolas Davout
Military
10-May-1770 1-Jun-1823 Napoleonic General
Donovan
Singer/Songwriter
10-May-1946   Mad about saffron
Ariel Durant
Historian
10-May-1898 25-Oct-1981 The Story of Civilization
Wayne Dyer
Religion
10-May-1940   The father of motivation
Linda Evangelista
Model
10-May-1965   Won't wake up for less than $10K/day
Meg Foster
Actor
10-May-1948   B-movie starlet
Dario Franchitti
Auto Racing
10-May-1973   Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner
Missy Franklin
Swimmer
10-May-1995   Olympic swimmer
Shirley Franklin
Politician
10-May-1945   Mayor of Atlanta, 2002-10
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
Physicist
10-May-1788 14-Jul-1827 Optician, invented Fresnel lens
Biruté Galdikas
Anthropologist
10-May-1946   The Mother of All Orangutans
Bill Geist
Columnist
10-May-1945   60 Minutes II
Christopher Gent
Business
10-May-1948   CEO of Vodafone, 1997-2003
William Russell Grace
Business
10-May-1832 21-Mar-1904 Founder of W. R. Grace & Company
Ella T. Grasso
Politician
10-May-1919 5-Feb-1981 First woman elected governor of Connecticut
Karla M. Gray
Judge
10-May-1947   Montana Chief Justice
Stanley B. Greenberg
Business
10-May-1945   Pollster
Steven Gunderson
Politician
10-May-1951   Congressman from Wisconsin, 1981-97
Thurston Hall
Actor
10-May-1882 20-Feb-1958 Mr. Schuyler on Topper
Dean Heller
Politician
10-May-1960   US Senator from Nevada
Judith Jamison
Dancer
10-May-1943   Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
Alfred Jodl
Military
10-May-1890 16-Oct-1946 Signed Germany's unconditional WWII surrender
Hans Jonas
Philosopher
10-May-1903 5-Feb-1993 Gnostic philosopher
Younghill Kang
Author
10-May-1903 11-Dec-1972 The Grass Roof
Mike Kelly
Politician
10-May-1948   Congressman, Pennsylvania 3rd
Charles Knowlton
Doctor
10-May-1800 20-Feb-1850 Early advocate of birth control
E. V. Knox
Editor
10-May-1881 2-Jan-1971 Editor of Punch, 1932-49
Arthur Kopit
Playwright
10-May-1937   Mama's Hung You in the Closet
Maureen Lipman
Actor
10-May-1946   Agony
Anatole Litvak
Film Director
10-May-1902 15-Dec-1974 Anastasia
Jackie Lomax
Musician
10-May-1944   Liverpool/Merseybeat musician
Phil Mahre
Skier
10-May-1957   American Alpine skier
Antonine Maillet
Novelist
10-May-1929   Pélagie-la-Charette
Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda
Blogger
10-May-1976   Slashdot founder
Margo
Actor
10-May-1917 17-Jul-1985 Lost Horizon
Marcel Mauss
Sociologist
10-May-1872 10-Feb-1950 The Gift
Charles McGraw
Actor
10-May-1914 30-Jul-1980 Armored Car Robbery
Judson Mills
Actor
10-May-1969   Walker, Texas Ranger
Iris Morley
Author
10-May-1910 27-Jul-1953 A Thousand Lives
Al Murray
Comic
10-May-1968   The Pub Landlord
Mae Murray
Actor
10-May-1889 23-Mar-1965 The Girl with the Bee Stung Lips
Peter C. Newman
Journalist
10-May-1929   The Canadian Establishment
Lisa Nowak
Astronaut
10-May-1963   According to lawyer, no diaper
Ellen Ochoa
Astronaut
10-May-1958   First hispanic female astronaut
Gary Owens
Radio Personality
10-May-1936   Radio DJ, announcer for Laugh-In
Erik Palladino
Actor
10-May-1968   Dr. Dave Malucci on ER
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Astronomer
10-May-1900 7-Dec-1979 Hydrogen in the Sun
Gina Philips
Actor
10-May-1975   Jeepers Creepers
P. B. S. Pinchback
Government
10-May-1837 21-Dec-1921 First African-American US Governor
Marie-France Pisier
Actor
10-May-1944 24-Apr-2011 The Other Side of Midnight
Dallas Roberts
Actor
10-May-1970   Miles Fiedler on Rubicon
Victoria Rowell
Actor
10-May-1960   Diagnosis Murder
Joseph Ruben
Film Director
10-May-1950   The Forgotten
William A. Rugh
Diplomat
10-May-1936   US Ambassador to Yemen, 1984-87
Manolo Santana
Tennis
10-May-1938   Winner of 5 Grand Slam titles
Rick Santorum
Politician
10-May-1958   US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1995-2007
John Scalzi
Novelist
10-May-1969   Old Man's War
Ettore Scola
Screenwriter
10-May-1931   A Special Day
Katja Seizinger
Skier
10-May-1972   German Alpine skier, 5 Olympic medals
David O. Selznick
Film/TV Producer
10-May-1902 22-Jun-1965 Producer of A Star Is Born
Mel Sembler
Diplomat
10-May-1930   US Ambassador to Italy, 2001-05
Lindsey Shaw
Actor
10-May-1989   Moze on Ned's Declassified
John Sherman
Politician
10-May-1823 22-Oct-1900 Sherman Antitrust Act
George E. Smith
Scientist
10-May-1930   Digital photography
Jared Sparks
Author
10-May-1789 14-Mar-1866 Life and Writings of George Washington
Max Steiner
Composer
10-May-1888 28-Dec-1971 Gone With the Wind
Rick Steves
Author
10-May-1955   Europe Through the Back Door
Gustav Stresemann
Head of State
10-May-1878 3-Oct-1929 German Chancellor 1923
Pat Summerall
Sports Journalist
10-May-1930   Sportscaster
Kenan Thompson
Comic
10-May-1978   Kenan & Kel
Dimitri Tiomkin
Composer
10-May-1894 11-Nov-1979 Wild Is the Wind
Sid Vicious
Bassist
10-May-1957 2-Feb-1979 Sex Pistols bassist
Nancy Walker
Actor
10-May-1922 25-Mar-1992 Rhoda's mother
James Westcott
Politician
10-May-1802 19-Jan-1880 US Senator from Florida, 1845-49
Robert Weygand
Politician
10-May-1948   Congressman from Rhode Island, 1997-2001
Edward P. Williams
Business
10-May-1843 4-May-1903 The Williams of Sherwin-Williams
Larry Williams
Musician
10-May-1935 7-Jan-1980 Bony Moronie and Dizzy Miss Lizzie
William Windom
Politician
10-May-1827 29-Jan-1891 US Secretary of the Treasury 1881, 1889-91
David Wise
Author
10-May-1930   The Invisible Government
Young MC
Musician
10-May-1967   "Bust a Move"
Odette Yustman
Actor
10-May-1985   Cloverfield
Jim Zorn
Football
10-May-1953   Former coach, Washington Redskins


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