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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jason Acuña
Actor
16-May-1973   Jackass dwarf
Maria Gaetana Agnesi
Mathematician
16-May-1718 9-Jan-1799 Instituzioni Analitiche
Nancy Ajram
Singer
16-May-1983   Lebanese pop singer
Philip Danforth Armour
Business
16-May-1832 6-Jan-1901 Founder of Armour & Co.
Bernard W. Aronson
Business
16-May-1946   ACON Investments LLC
Barry Atwater
Actor
16-May-1918 24-May-1978 The Night Stalker
H. E. Bates
Novelist
16-May-1905 29-Jan-1974 The Jacaranda Tree
Celal Bayar
Head of State
16-May-1883 22-Aug-1986 President of Turkey, 1950-60
J. Georg Bednorz
Physicist
16-May-1950   High-temperature superconductivity
Betsy J. Bernard
Business
16-May-1955   President of AT&T, 2002-03
Yannick Bisson
Actor
16-May-1969   Det. Murdoch on Murdoch Mysteries
David Boreanaz
Actor
16-May-1969   Bones
Paul Brodeur
Novelist
16-May-1931   The Sick Fox
Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
Business
16-May-1955   CEO of Seagram, Warner Music, etc
Pierce Brosnan
Actor
16-May-1951   Remington Steele, James Bond
Chester Brown
Cartoonist
16-May-1960   Yummy Fur
Ernest Burgess
Sociologist
16-May-1886 27-Dec-1966 Introduction to the Science of Sociology
Harry Carey, Jr.
Actor
16-May-1921   The Whales of August
Tucker Carlson
Pundit
16-May-1969   Conservative pundit on Fox News
Martine Carol
Actor
16-May-1920 6-Feb-1967 Lola Montès
Betty Carter
Singer
16-May-1929 26-Sep-1998 Jazz vocalist
Daniel R. Coats
Politician
16-May-1943   US Senator from Indiana
Lynn Collins
Actor
16-May-1977   X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Norman Jay Colman
Government
16-May-1827 3-Nov-1911 First US Secretary of Agriculture
John Conyers
Politician
16-May-1929   Congressman, Michigan 14th
Yvonne Craig
Actor
16-May-1937   Batgirl on Batman
N. Patrick Crooks
Judge
16-May-1938   Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
Everard Digby
Criminal
16-May-1578 30-Jan-1606 Gunpowder Plot
Jack Dodson
Actor
16-May-1931 16-Sep-1994 The Andy Griffith Show
Bob Edwards
Journalist
16-May-1947   NPR's Morning Edition host, 1979-2004
Timothy Flanigan
Government
16-May-1953   Would-be Deputy US Attorney General
John Spalding Flannery
Attorney
16-May-1870 17-Feb-1954 Prominent Washington attorney
Henry Fonda
Actor
16-May-1905 12-Aug-1982 12 Angry Men
Megan Fox
Actor
16-May-1986   Sydney Shanowski on Hope and Faith
Robert Fripp
Guitarist
16-May-1946   King Crimson
George Gaynes
Actor
16-May-1917   Henry Warnimont on Punky Brewster
Tracey Gold
Actor
16-May-1969   Growing Pains
Edward T. Hall
Anthropologist
16-May-1914 20-Jul-2009 The Silent Language
Woody Herman
Jazz Musician
16-May-1913 29-Oct-1987 1940s Big Band leader, jazz clarinetist
H. H. Holmes
Criminal
16-May-1860 7-May-1896 The Devil in the White City
Taylor Holmes
Actor
16-May-1878 30-Sep-1959 Nightmare Alley
Kevork S. Hovnanian
Business
16-May-1923 24-Sep-2009 Founder of Hovnanian Enterprises
Roy Hudd
Actor
16-May-1936   The News Headlines
David Hughes
Inventor
16-May-1831 22-Jan-1900 Inventor of the microphone
James B. Hunt
Politician
16-May-1937   Twice Governor of North Carolina
Stanislav Ianevski
Actor
16-May-1985   Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Pope Innocent XI
Religion
16-May-1611 12-Aug-1689 Roman Catholic Pope, 1676-89
Janet Jackson
Singer
16-May-1966   What Have You Done For Me Lately?
Jon Jost
Film Director
16-May-1943   All the Vermeers in New York
Ephraim Katzir
Head of State
16-May-1916 30-May-2009 President of Israel, 1973-78
Roy Kerr
Mathematician
16-May-1934   Rotating black holes
Cliff Kincaid
Activist
16-May-1954   Accuracy in Media
John A. Kocur
Business
16-May-1927   President of Apache Corporation, 1979-88
Olga Korbut
Gymnastics
16-May-1955   Olympic gymnast
Christian Lacroix
Fashion Designer
16-May-1951   Brought back the Louis XIV powdered wig
Jackie Lane
Actor
16-May-1937   Tickle Me
Paul E. Lego
Business
16-May-1930   CEO of Westinghouse, 1990-93
Liberace
Pianist
16-May-1919 4-Feb-1987 Rhinestoned pianist
Robert Jay Lifton
Psychiatrist
16-May-1926   The Nazi Doctors
Andrew Litton
Conductor
16-May-1959   Music Director, Bergen Philharmonic
Breckinridge Long
Diplomat
16-May-1881 26-Sep-1958 US Ambassador to Italy, 1933-36
Melanie Lynskey
Actor
16-May-1977   Heavenly Creatures
Daniel Manning
Government
16-May-1831 24-Dec-1887 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1885-87
Billy Martin
Baseball
16-May-1928 25-Dec-1989 NY Yankees manager, fired 5 times
Harrie Massey
Astronomer
16-May-1908 27-Nov-1983 British National Committee for Space Research
Kevin McDonald
Actor
16-May-1961   The Kids in the Hall
Ilya Mechnikov
Scientist
16-May-1845 16-Jul-1916 Researched the immune system
Merton H. Miller
Economist
16-May-1923 3-Jun-2000 Modigliani-Miller theorem
Kenji Mizoguchi
Film Director
16-May-1898 24-Aug-1956 The Life of Oharu
Jim Moran
Politician
16-May-1945   Congressman, Virginia 8th
Levi P. Morton
Politician
16-May-1824 16-May-1920 Vice President under Benjamin Harrison
Fabrice Morvan
Dancer
16-May-1966   Half of Milli Vanilli
Michael H. Newlin
Diplomat
16-May-1926   US Ambassador to Algeria, 1981-85
Krist Novoselic
Bassist
16-May-1965   Bassist for Nirvana
Robert T. Parry
Business
16-May-1939   President, San Francisco Fed, 1986-2004
Osgood Perkins
Actor
16-May-1893 21-Sep-1937 Broadway and radio actor
Robert Pierpoint
Journalist
16-May-1925 22-Oct-2011 CBS White House Correspondent
Jon Porter
Politician
16-May-1955   Congressman from Nevada, 2003-09
Bill Rancic
Author
16-May-1971   Winner of The Apprentice, self-help author
Adrienne Rich
Poet
16-May-1929 27-Mar-2012 An Atlas of the Difficult World
Royal Rife
Doctor
16-May-1888 11-Aug-1971 Beam Ray Machine destroys cancer
Gabriela Sabatini
Tennis
16-May-1970   Winner of 1990 US Open
Thomas Sangster
Actor
16-May-1990   Ferb on Phineas and Ferb
William Henry Seward
Politician
16-May-1801 10-Oct-1872 Mastermind behind Seward's Folly
Edmund Kirby Smith
Military
16-May-1824 28-Mar-1893 Last Confederate general to surrender
Bill Smitrovich
Actor
16-May-1947   Andrew Thacher on Life Goes On
Tori Spelling
Actor
16-May-1973   Donna in Beverly Hills 90210
Danielle Spencer
Singer/Songwriter
16-May-1970   Wife of Russell Crowe
Robert J. Spitzer
Educator
16-May-1952   President of Gonzaga University
Harry Stonecipher
Business
16-May-1936   CEO of Boeing, 2003-05
Jim Sturgess
Actor
16-May-1981   Across the Universe
Margaret Sullavan
Actor
16-May-1911 1-Jan-1960 The Shop Around the Corner
Ivan Sutherland
Engineer
16-May-1938   Father of computer graphics
Studs Terkel
Author
16-May-1912 31-Oct-2008 Working
Thurman Thomas
Football
16-May-1966   Buffalo Bills, Hall of Famer
Danny Trejo
Actor
16-May-1944   Ex-con turned character actor
Ralph Tresvant
Singer
16-May-1968   New Edition
Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin
Chemist
16-May-1763 14-Nov-1829 Discovered beryllium and chromium
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
Politician
16-May-1931   Governor of Connecticut, 1991-95
Debra Winger
Actor
16-May-1955   An Officer and a Gentleman
Mare Winningham
Actor
16-May-1959   Georgia


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