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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Joe Adcock
Baseball
30-Oct-1927 3-May-1999 Milwaukee Braves First Baseman
Alex Agase
Football
27-Mar-1922 3-May-2007 Head Coach at Northwestern, Purdue
Robert Alda
Actor
26-Nov-1914 3-May-1986 Cloak and Dagger
Lewis Allen
Film Director
25-Dec-1905 3-May-2000 The Uninvited
Ernest Ball
Songwriter
22-Jul-1878 3-May-1927 When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Pope Benedict XIV
Religion
31-Mar-1675 3-May-1758 Roman Catholic Pope, 1740-58
Bruce Cabot
Actor
20-Apr-1904 3-May-1972 Saved Fay Wray from King Kong
Andrew Cavendish
Aristocrat
2-Jan-1920 3-May-2004 11th Duke of Devonshire
Jackie Cooper
Actor
15-Sep-1922 3-May-2011 Jackie in Our Gang
Charles Fort
Scientist
6-Aug-1874 3-May-1932 Prophet of the Unexplained
Billy Higgins
Jazz Musician
11-Oct-1936 3-May-2001 Leading free-jazz and bop drummer
Thomas Hood
Poet
23-May-1799 3-May-1845 Odes and Addresses to Great People
Robert A. Hurley
Politician
25-Aug-1895 3-May-1968 Governor of Connecticut, 1941-43
Zakir Hussain
Head of State
8-Feb-1897 3-May-1969 President of India, 1967-69
Darrell Johnson
Baseball
25-Aug-1928 3-May-2004 Red Sox, Mariners manager
Christine Jorgensen
Photographer
30-May-1926 3-May-1989 First successful surgical transsexual
Jerzy Kosinski
Author
14-Jun-1933 3-May-1991 Being There
Jonathan Homer Lane
Astronomer
9-Aug-1819 3-May-1880 Gravitational equilibrium of the Sun
Mehmed the Conqueror
Royalty
29-Mar-1432 3-May-1481 Ottoman Sultan, destroyed Byzantine empire
Patsy Montana
Country Musician
30-Oct-1908 3-May-1996 A Cowboy's Sweetheart
George Murphy
Actor
4-Jul-1902 3-May-1992 Actor and US Senator from California
Ernie Nevers
Football
11-Jun-1902 3-May-1976 NFL Hall of Famer
John Cardinal O'Connor
Religion
15-Jan-1920 3-May-2000 Archbishop of New York, 1984-2000
Suzy Parker
Model
28-Oct-1932 3-May-2003 Early supermodel turned actress
Marvin Runyon
Government
16-Sep-1924 3-May-2004 US Postmaster General, 1992-98
Wally Schirra
Astronaut
12-Mar-1923 3-May-2007 Commander of Apollo 7
Jessie Willcox Smith
Artist
6-Sep-1863 3-May-1935 The Water-Babies illustrator
Oscar S. Straus
Diplomat
23-Dec-1850 3-May-1926 Thrice Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
Yevgeny Svetlanov
Conductor
6-Sep-1928 3-May-2002 Director, USSR State Symphony, 1965-2002
Jesse B. Thomas
Politician
1777 3-May-1853 US Senator, committed suicide
Tom Tyler
Actor
9-Aug-1903 3-May-1954 Adventures of Captain Marvel
Jack Weston
Actor
21-Aug-1924 3-May-1996 Wait Until Dark
William H. Woodin
Business
27-May-1868 3-May-1934 US Treasury Secretary, 1933
Zulu
Actor
17-Oct-1937 3-May-2004 Kono on Hawaii 5-O




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