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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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




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