| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known 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 |
| Bernard W. Aronson |
Business |
16-May-1946 |
|
ACON Investments LLC |
| 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 |
|
Superconductivity researcher |
| Betsy J. Bernard |
Business |
16-May-1955 |
|
President of AT&T, 2002-03 |
| David Boreanaz |
Actor |
16-May-1969 |
|
Angel |
| 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 |
|
Responsible for 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 MSNBC |
| 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, 1989-99 |
| 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 |
|
Guitarist, King Crimson |
| George Gaynes |
Actor |
16-May-1917 |
|
Henry Warnimont on Punky Brewster |
| Tracey Gold |
Actor |
16-May-1969 |
|
Growing Pains |
| Woody Herman |
Jazz Musician |
16-May-1913 |
29-Oct-1987 |
1940s Big Band leader and jazz clarinetist |
| H. H. Holmes |
Criminal |
16-May-1860 |
7-May-1896 |
The Devil in the White City |
| 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 |
| Roy Kerr |
Mathematician |
16-May-1934 |
|
Rotating black holes |
| Olga Korbut |
Gymnastics |
16-May-1955 |
|
Olympic gymnast |
| Christian Lacroix |
Fashion Designer |
16-May-1951 |
|
Brought back the Louis XIV powdered wig |
| Liberace |
Pianist |
16-May-1919 |
4-Feb-1987 |
Rhinestoned pianist |
| Robert Jay Lifton |
Psychiatrist |
16-May-1926 |
|
The Nazi Doctors |
| Melanie Lynskey |
Actor |
16-May-1977 |
|
Heavenly Creatures |
| 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 |
| Jon Porter |
Politician |
16-May-1955 |
|
Congressman, Nevada 3rd |
| Adrienne Rich |
Poet |
16-May-1929 |
|
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
|
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 |
