| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Charles Francis Adams, Jr. |
Business |
27-May-1835 |
20-May-1915 |
President of Union Pacific, 1884-90 |
| Frank A. Barrett |
Politician |
10-Nov-1892 |
20-May-1962 |
Governor and Senator from Wyoming |
| Max Beerbohm |
Critic |
24-Aug-1872 |
20-May-1956 |
Caricaturist, Seven Men |
| Edward Bernds |
Film Director |
12-Jul-1905 |
20-May-2000 |
Return of the Fly |
| Tom Bolack |
Politician |
18-May-1918 |
20-May-1998 |
Governor of New Mexico, 1962-63 |
| Charles Bonnet |
Naturalist |
13-Mar-1720 |
20-May-1793 |
Discovered parthenogenesis |
| Joe Carr |
Football |
22-Oct-1880 |
20-May-1939 |
NFL President, 1921-39 |
| William Chambers |
Publisher |
16-Apr-1800 |
20-May-1883 |
W. & R. Chambers, Ltd. |
| John Clare |
Poet |
13-Jul-1793 |
20-May-1864 |
Northamptonshire Peasant Poet |
| Christopher Columbus |
Explorer |
1451 |
20-May-1506 |
Rediscovered the New World |
| Anton Diffring |
Actor |
20-Oct-1918 |
20-May-1989 |
Where Eagles Dare |
| Henry Stuart Foote |
Politician |
20-Sep-1800 |
20-May-1880 |
Governor of Mississippi 1852-54 |
| Frederick T. Frelinghuysen |
Government |
4-Aug-1817 |
20-May-1885 |
US Secretary of State, 1881-85 |
| Robin Gibb |
Singer |
22-Dec-1949 |
20-May-2012 |
Vocalist for the Bee Gees |
| Stephen Jay Gould |
Biologist |
10-Sep-1941 |
20-May-2002 |
Evolutionary scientist |
| Verner von Heidenstam |
Author |
6-Jul-1859 |
20-May-1940 |
The Charles Men |
| Barbara Hepworth |
Sculptor |
10-Jan-1903 |
20-May-1975 |
British abstract sculptor |
| Lewis B. Hershey |
Military |
12-Sep-1893 |
20-May-1977 |
Director of Selective Service System |
| John R. Hicks |
Economist |
8-Apr-1904 |
20-May-1989 |
Value and Capital |
| Pope John XXI |
Religion |
c. 1215 |
20-May-1277 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1276-77 |
| Hamilton Jordan |
Government |
21-Sep-1944 |
20-May-2008 |
White House Chief of Staff, 1979-80 |
| Marquis de Lafayette |
Military |
6-Sep-1757 |
20-May-1834 |
French revolutionary in America |
| Philipp Lenard |
Physicist |
7-Jun-1862 |
20-May-1947 |
Investigations of cathode rays |
| Warren G. Magnuson |
Politician |
12-Apr-1905 |
20-May-1989 |
US Senator from Washington |
| Stanley Miller |
Chemist |
7-Mar-1930 |
20-May-2007 |
Miller-Urey Experiment |
| Jon Pertwee |
Actor |
07-Jul-1919 |
20-May-1996 |
The Third Doctor Who |
| Gilda Radner |
Comic |
28-Jun-1946 |
20-May-1989 |
Saturday Night Live |
| Wilds Preston Richardson |
Military |
20-Mar-1861 |
20-May-1929 |
Brigadier General, invaded Russia |
| Randy Savage |
Wrestling |
15-Nov-1952 |
20-May-2011 |
WWF and WCW heavyweight champion |
| Clara Schumann |
Pianist |
13-Sep-1819 |
20-May-1896 |
Romantic pianist and composer |
| Helen B. Taussig |
Doctor |
24-May-1898 |
20-May-1986 |
Mother of pediatric cardiology |
| Merle Tuve |
Physicist |
27-Jun-1901 |
20-May-1982 |
Proximity fuse |
| Edwin E. Witte |
Economist |
4-Jan-1887 |
20-May-1960 |
Father of Social Security |