| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| James Abdnor |
Politician |
13-Feb-1923 |
16-May-2012 |
US Senator from South Dakota, 1981-87 |
| George Ade |
Author |
9-Feb-1866 |
16-May-1944 |
Fables in Slang |
| James Agee |
Poet |
27-Nov-1909 |
16-May-1955 |
A Death in the Family |
| Mily Balakirev |
Composer |
21-Dec-1836 |
16-May-1910 |
Russian nationalist composer |
| Jeremy M. Boorda |
Military |
26-Nov-1939 |
16-May-1996 |
Chief of Naval Operations, 1994-96 |
| John Curwen |
Musicologist |
14-Nov-1816 |
16-May-1880 |
Tonic Sol-fa Method |
| Martin Dardis |
Journalist |
c. 1922 |
16-May-2006 |
Followed the Watergate money to Nixon |
| Nathaniel Davis |
Diplomat |
12-Apr-1925 |
16-May-2011 |
US Ambassador to Chile, 1971-73 |
| Sammy Davis, Jr. |
Singer |
8-Dec-1925 |
16-May-1990 |
Coolest hepcat in the Rat Pack |
| Ronnie James Dio |
Singer |
10-Jul-1942 |
16-May-2010 |
Black Sabbath and Dio |
| Herbert D. Doan |
Business |
5-Sep-1922 |
16-May-2006 |
CEO of Dow Chemical, 1962-71 |
| Robert Dollar |
Business |
20-Mar-1844 |
16-May-1932 |
Grand Old Man of the Pacific |
| Robert Florey |
Film Director |
14-Sep-1900 |
16-May-1979 |
Tarzan and the Mermaids |
| Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier |
Mathematician |
21-Mar-1768 |
16-May-1830 |
Fourier series |
| Margaret Hamilton |
Actor |
9-Dec-1902 |
16-May-1985 |
Wicked Witch of the West |
| Edward Hardwicke |
Actor |
7-Aug-1932 |
16-May-2011 |
Capt. Pat Grant on Colditz |
| Jim Henson |
Performance Artist |
24-Sep-1936 |
16-May-1990 |
Creator of the Muppets |
| John Grier Hibben |
Educator |
19-Apr-1861 |
16-May-1933 |
President, Princeton University, 1912-32 |
| Frederick Hopkins |
Scientist |
20-Jun-1861 |
16-May-1947 |
Discovered vitamins |
| Hank Jones |
Jazz Musician |
31-Jul-1918 |
16-May-2010 |
Jazz Piano Luminary |
| Andy Kaufman |
Comic |
17-Jan-1949 |
16-May-1984 |
Brilliant comic, prankster, professional wrestler |
| Mary Richardson Kennedy |
Relative |
4-Oct-1959 |
16-May-2012 |
Estranged wife of RFK, Jr. |
| June Lang |
Actor |
5-May-1917 |
16-May-2005 |
Bonnie Scotland |
| Bronislaw Malinowski |
Anthropologist |
7-Apr-1884 |
16-May-1942 |
Founder of social anthropology |
| Robert Mondavi |
Business |
12-Jun-1913 |
16-May-2008 |
Vintner |
| Levi P. Morton |
Politician |
16-May-1824 |
16-May-1920 |
Vice President under Benjamin Harrison |
| Eliot Ness |
Government |
19-Apr-1903 |
16-May-1957 |
Treasury Agent, The Untouchables |
| Charles Perrault |
Author |
12-Jan-1628 |
16-May-1703 |
Tales of Mother Goose |
| Peter of Savoy |
Royalty |
c. 1203 |
16-May-1268 |
Earl of Richmond |
| A. Philip Randolph |
Activist |
15-Apr-1889 |
16-May-1979 |
20th century civil rights leader |
| H. B. Reese |
Business |
24-May-1879 |
16-May-1956 |
Peanut butter cups |
| Django Reinhardt |
Jazz Musician |
23-Jan-1910 |
16-May-1953 |
Gypsy jazz guitarist |
| Chalino Sanchez |
Singer |
30-Aug-1960 |
16-May-1992 |
Prominent narcocorrido singer |
| Irwin Shaw |
Playwright |
27-Feb-1913 |
16-May-1984 |
Rich Man, Poor Man |
| William Steinberg |
Conductor |
1-Aug-1899 |
16-May-1978 |
Music Director, Pittsburgh Symphony, 1952-76 |
| Jan Tarnowski |
Military |
1488 |
16-May-1561 |
Polish general, fought Turks |
| David Urquhart |
Diplomat |
1805 |
16-May-1877 |
Diplomatic Review |
| Edward Gibbon Wakefield |
Government |
20-Mar-1796 |
16-May-1862 |
Colonizer of Australia, New Zealand |
