LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Nelson Algren	Author	28-Mar-1909	9-May-1981	The Man with the Golden Arm
Herschel Bernardi	Actor	20-Oct-1923	9-May-1986	Voiced Charlie the Tuna, Jolly Green Giant
William Bradford	Religion	Mar-1590	9-May-1657	Governor of Plymouth Colony
Dietrich Buxtehude	Composer	c. 1637	9-May-1707	Baroque period organist
Alfred Chandler	Historian	15-Sep-1918	9-May-2007	Business historian
Finlay Currie	Actor	20-Jan-1878	9-May-1968	Great Expectations
Chuck Daly	Basketball	20-Jul-1930	9-May-2009	Won 2 NBA Championships with the Pistons
Joseph E. Davies	Diplomat	29-Nov-1876	9-May-1958	US Ambassador to the USSR, 1937-38
Jean-Baptiste de Gribeauval	Military	15-Sep-1715	9-May-1789	French artillery general
Bob Devaney	Football	13-Apr-1915	9-May-1997	Cornhuskers Head Coach, 1962-72
Dan Devine	Football	22-Dec-1924	9-May-2002	Packers, NCAA head coach
Philip Dorn	Actor	30-Sep-1901	9-May-1975	Random Harvest
Robert F. Ellsworth	Politician	11-Jun-1926	9-May-2011	Congressman from Kansas, 1961-67
Brenda Fassie	Singer	3-Nov-1964	9-May-2004	South African pop diva
Alice Faye	Actor	5-May-1915	9-May-1998	Fallen Angel
Pauline Frederick	Journalist	13-Feb-1906	9-May-1990	ABC and NBC reporter
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac	Chemist	6-Dec-1778	9-May-1850	Researched gases, etc.
Francis Hopkinson	Author	2-Oct-1737	9-May-1791	The Ballad of the Kegs
Lena Horne	Singer	30-Jun-1917	9-May-2010	Stormy Weather
Mary Johnston	Novelist	21-Nov-1870	9-May-1936	To Have and To Hold
James Jones	Author	6-Nov-1921	9-May-1977	From Here to Eternity
Akhmad Kadyrov	Politician	23-Aug-1951	9-May-2004	President of Chechnya
Otto Kerner	Politician	15-Aug-1908	9-May-1976	Governor of Illinois, 1961-68
Alan King	Comic	26-Dec-1927	9-May-2004	Jewish comic and Friars Club fixture
Canada Lee	Actor	3-Mar-1907	9-May-1952	Cry, the Beloved Country
Margaret Lindsay	Actor	19-Sep-1910	9-May-1981	The House of the Seven Gables
Russell Long	Politician	3-Nov-1918	9-May-2003	US Senator from Louisiana, 1948-87
Marion Lorne	Actor	12-Aug-1883	9-May-1968	Aunt Clara on Bewitched
George Maciunas	Artist	8-Nov-1931	9-May-1978	Founder of Fluxus
Albert A. Michelson	Physicist	19-Dec-1852	9-May-1931	Measured the speed of light
Aldo Moro	Head of State	23-Sep-1916	9-May-1978	Kidnapped and murdered PM of Italy
Julius Nepos	Royalty	?	9-May-480 AD	Western Roman Emperor, 474-75 AD
Tenzing Norgay	Explorer	15-May-1914	9-May-1986	With Edmund Hilllary on Everest
Edmond O'Brien	Actor	10-Sep-1915	9-May-1985	The Great Imposter
Ezio Pinza	Singer	18-May-1892	9-May-1957	Operatic bass, NY Metropolitan Opera
Dana Plato	Actor	7-Nov-1964	9-May-1999	Kimberly on Diff'rent Strokes
C. W. Post	Business	26-Oct-1854	9-May-1914	Invented Postum and Grape-Nuts
J. Leonard Reinsch	Government	28-Jun-1908	9-May-1991	Truman's press secretary
Walter Reuther	Labor Leader	1-Sep-1907	9-May-1970	UAW and CIO labor leader
Vidal Sassoon	Business	17-Jan-1928	9-May-2012	Celebrity hairstylist
Friedrich von Schiller	Playwright	10-Nov-1759	9-May-1805	Wallenstein
Keith Whitley	Country Musician	1-Jul-1955	9-May-1989	Don't Close Your Eyes

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