| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Abdu'l-Bahá |
Religion |
23-May-1844 |
28-Nov-1921 |
Baha'i leader |
| Max Abramovitz |
Architect |
23-May-1908 |
12-Sep-2004 |
Designed UN Headquarters |
| Mitch Albom |
Novelist |
23-May-1958 |
|
Tuesdays with Morrie |
| Yigal Amir |
Assassin |
23-May-1970 |
|
Assassin of Yitzhak Rabin |
| Linden Ashby |
Actor |
23-May-1960 |
|
Dr. Brett Cooper on Melrose Place |
| Leo Baeck |
Religion |
23-May-1873 |
2-Nov-1956 |
Progressive Jewish Rabbi |
| Johnny Ball |
Game Show Host |
23-May-1938 |
|
Think of a Number |
| John Bardeen |
Physicist |
23-May-1908 |
30-Jan-1991 |
Co-Inventor of the transistor |
| Gary Barnett |
Football |
23-May-1946 |
|
CO Buffaloes Head Coach, 1999-2005 |
| William Barr |
Government |
23-May-1950 |
|
US Attorney General, 1991-93 |
| Barbara Barrie |
Actor |
23-May-1931 |
|
Mrs. Barney Miller |
| Walter Jackson Bate |
Critic |
23-May-1918 |
26-Jul-1999 |
Samuel Johnson |
| Robert F. Bennett |
Politician |
23-May-1927 |
9-Oct-2000 |
Governor of Kansas, 1975-79 |
| James Blish |
Author |
23-May-1921 |
30-Jul-1975 |
Cities in Flight |
| Ambrose Burnside |
Military |
23-May-1824 |
13-Sep-1881 |
Inspiration for term sideburns |
| Drew Carey |
Comic |
23-May-1958 |
|
The Drew Carey Show |
| George C. Carlson, Jr. |
Judge |
23-May-1946 |
|
Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court |
| Lauren Chapin |
Actor |
23-May-1945 |
|
Father Knows Best |
| Marvin J. Chomsky |
Film Director |
23-May-1929 |
|
Holocaust |
| Rosemary Clooney |
Singer |
23-May-1928 |
29-Jun-2002 |
Come On-a My House |
| Joan Collins |
Actor |
23-May-1933 |
|
Alexis on Dynasty |
| Scatman Crothers |
Jazz Musician |
23-May-1910 |
22-Nov-1986 |
Jazz musician and actor |
| Nigel Davenport |
Actor |
23-May-1928 |
|
Chariots of Fire |
| Daniel Cardinal DiNardo |
Religion |
23-May-1949 |
|
Archbishop of Galveston-Houston |
| Karen Duffy |
Actor |
23-May-1962 |
|
MTV VJ turned Dumb & Dumber actress |
| Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. |
Actor |
23-May-1883 |
12-Dec-1939 |
The Thief of Baghdad |
| Hans Frank |
Military |
23-May-1900 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Nazi King of Poland |
| Lars Frederiksen |
Musician |
23-May-1969 |
|
Rancid and The Bastards |
| Margaret Fuller |
Author |
23-May-1810 |
19-Jul-1850 |
Woman in the Nineteenth Century |
| Alan García |
Head of State |
23-May-1949 |
|
President of Peru |
| Betty Garrett |
Actor |
23-May-1919 |
|
Irene Lorenzo on All in the Family |
| Lane Garrison |
Actor |
23-May-1980 |
|
Tweener on Prison Break |
| James Gleason |
Actor |
23-May-1882 |
12-Apr-1959 |
Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
| Marius Goring |
Actor |
23-May-1912 |
30-Sep-1998 |
The Red Shoes |
| Marvin Hagler |
Boxing |
23-May-1954 |
|
Retired boxing champ, lives in Italy |
| Hergé |
Cartoonist |
23-May-1907 |
3-Mar-1983 |
Tintin |
| Laurie Hickson-Smith |
TV Personality |
23-May-1971 |
|
Interior decorator on Trading Spaces |
| Donald Hodel |
Government |
23-May-1935 |
|
Reagan's Secretary of Energy & Interior |
| Laurel Holloman |
Actor |
23-May-1971 |
|
Tina Kennard on The L Word |
| Thomas Hood |
Poet |
23-May-1799 |
3-May-1845 |
Odes and Addresses to Great People |
| Charlie Hunter |
Jazz Musician |
23-May-1967 |
|
8-string jazz guitar virtuoso |
| William Hunter |
Doctor |
23-May-1718 |
30-Mar-1783 |
English anatomist and obstetrician |
| Ken Jennings |
TV Personality |
23-May-1974 |
|
$2.5 Million Jeopardy! Contestant |
| Jewel |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-May-1974 |
|
Who will save her soul |
| O-Lan Jones |
Actor |
23-May-1950 |
|
Esmeralda in Edward Scissorhands |
| Charles Kimbrough |
Actor |
23-May-1936 |
|
Jim Dial on Murphy Brown |
| Franz Kline |
Painter |
23-May-1910 |
13-May-1962 |
Abstract expressionist painter |
| Pär Lagerkvist |
Author |
23-May-1891 |
11-Jul-1974 |
Barabbas |
| Joshua Lederberg |
Biologist |
23-May-1925 |
2-Feb-2008 |
Genetic properties of bacteria |
| Carolus Linnaeus |
Botanist |
23-May-1707 |
10-Jan-1778 |
Created a taxonomy of the species |
| Edward Lorenz |
Scientist |
23-May-1917 |
16-Apr-2008 |
Chaos theory |
| Herbert Marshall |
Actor |
23-May-1890 |
22-Jan-1966 |
Foreign Correspondent |
| Martin McGuinness |
Politician |
23-May-1950 |
|
Politician, former IRA gunman |
| Frank McHugh |
Actor |
23-May-1898 |
11-Sep-1981 |
The Roaring Twenties |
| Sid Melton |
Actor |
23-May-1920 |
|
Alf Monroe on Green Acres |
| Franz Anton Mesmer |
Paranormal |
23-May-1734 |
5-Mar-1815 |
Proponent of Animal Magnetism |
| John Miller |
Politician |
23-May-1938 |
|
Congressman from Washington, 1985-93 |
| Kelly Monaco |
Actor |
23-May-1976 |
|
Port Charles |
| Robert Moog |
Inventor |
23-May-1934 |
21-Aug-2005 |
Invented the synthesizer |
| John Newcombe |
Tennis |
23-May-1944 |
|
Winner of 26 Grand Slam titles |
| Opie |
Radio Personality |
23-May-1963 |
|
The Opie & Anthony Show |
| Brad Owen |
Politician |
23-May-1950 |
|
Lt. Governor of Washington |
| John Payne |
Actor |
23-May-1912 |
6-Dec-1989 |
Kansas City Confidential |
| Philippe I |
Royalty |
23-May-1052 |
29-Jul-1108 |
King of France 1060-1108 |
| Martin Puryear |
Sculptor |
23-May-1941 |
|
Post-minimalist |
| Phil Selway |
Drummer |
23-May-1967 |
|
Radiohead drummer |
| Artie Shaw |
Musician |
23-May-1910 |
30-Dec-2004 |
Clarinetist, big band leader |
| Alfred P. Sloan |
Business |
23-May-1875 |
17-Feb-1966 |
Chairman of GM, 1937-56 |
| Linda Thompson |
Actor |
23-May-1950 |
|
Former beauty queen, Ex-Girlfriend of Elvis |
| Guinevere Turner |
Actor |
23-May-1968 |
|
Preaching to the Perverted |
| Ruth Underwood |
Drummer |
23-May-1946 |
|
Whirlwind percussionist for Frank Zappa |
| David N. Weidman |
Business |
23-May-1955 |
|
CEO of Celanese |
