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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| James Truslow Adams |
Author |
18-Oct-1878 |
18-May-1949 |
The Epic of America |
| Isaac Albéniz |
Composer |
29-May-1860 |
18-May-1909 |
Iberia |
| Leroy Anderson |
Composer |
29-Jun-1908 |
18-May-1975 |
The Syncopated Clock |
| Pierre Beaumarchais |
Author |
24-Jan-1732 |
18-May-1799 |
The Barber of Seville |
| Arnold Beckman |
Inventor |
10-Apr-1900 |
18-May-2004 |
Philanthropist who invented pH meter |
| Mary McLeod Bethune |
Educator |
10-Jul-1875 |
18-May-1955 |
Black activist and educator |
| Andy Clyde |
Actor |
25-Mar-1892 |
18-May-1967 |
Cully Wilson on Lassie |
| Eli Cohen |
Spy |
26-Dec-1924 |
18-May-1965 |
Israel's greatest spy |
| Elisha Cook, Jr. |
Actor |
26-Dec-1903 |
18-May-1995 |
The Maltese Falcon |
| Prentice Cooper |
Government |
28-Sep-1895 |
18-May-1969 |
Governor of Tennessee, 1939-45 |
| Ian Curtis |
Singer |
15-Jul-1956 |
18-May-1980 |
Lead singer of Joy Division |
| Ernie Davis |
Football |
14-Dec-1939 |
18-May-1963 |
Winner, 1961 Heisman Trophy |
| Sidney Franklin |
Film Director |
21-Mar-1893 |
18-May-1972 |
The Good Earth |
| Pierre-Gilles de Gennes |
Physicist |
24-Oct-1932 |
18-May-2007 |
Molecular structure of polymers |
| Alexander Godunov |
Dancer |
28-Nov-1949 |
18-May-1995 |
Bolshoi, ABT ballet dancer |
| Bill Haywood |
Labor Leader |
4-Feb-1869 |
18-May-1928 |
Industrial Workers of the World |
| Jill Ireland |
Actor |
24-Apr-1936 |
18-May-1990 |
Love and Bullets |
| Pope John I |
Religion |
? |
18-May-526 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 523-26 |
| Elvin Jones |
Drummer |
9-Sep-1927 |
18-May-2004 |
Different Drummer |
| Andrew Kehoe |
Criminal |
1-Feb-1872 |
18-May-1927 |
Bath School Bomber |
| Franklin K. Lane |
Government |
15-Jul-1864 |
18-May-1921 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1913-20 |
| Alphonse Laveran |
Doctor |
18-Jun-1845 |
18-May-1922 |
Found the parasite that causes malaria |
| Selwyn Lloyd |
Politician |
28-Jul-1904 |
18-May-1978 |
Speaker, House of Commons, 1971-76 |
| Gustav Mahler |
Composer |
7-Jul-1860 |
18-May-1911 |
Das Lied von der Erde |
| George Meredith |
Novelist |
12-Feb-1828 |
18-May-1909 |
The Egoist |
| Elizabeth Montgomery |
Actor |
15-Apr-1933 |
18-May-1995 |
Samantha on Bewitched |
| Joergen Nash |
Artist |
1929 |
18-May-2004 |
Beheaded Copenhagen's Little Mermaid |
| Arthur O'Connell |
Actor |
29-Mar-1908 |
18-May-1981 |
Anatomy of a Murder |
| Henry O'Neill |
Actor |
10-Aug-1891 |
18-May-1961 |
Anchors Aweigh |
| Joseph Pevney |
Film Director |
15-Sep-1911 |
18-May-2008 |
Man of a Thousand Faces |
| Tony Randall |
Actor |
26-Feb-1920 |
18-May-2004 |
Felix Unger in The Odd Couple |
| C. J. Rogers |
Politician |
20-Dec-1897 |
18-May-1962 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1953-55 |
| William Saroyan |
Author |
31-Aug-1908 |
18-May-1981 |
The Time of Your Life |
| John C. Spencer |
Politician |
8-Jan-1788 |
18-May-1855 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1843-44 |
| Skip Stephenson |
Comic |
18-Apr-1940 |
18-May-1992 |
Real People |
| Alexander Suvorov |
Military |
24-Nov-1729 |
18-May-1800 |
Russian general, fought Turks, French |
| Marshall Thompson |
Actor |
27-Nov-1925 |
18-May-1992 |
To Hell and Back |
| Robert F. Woodward |
Diplomat |
1-Oct-1908 |
18-May-2001 |
US Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1954-58 |
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