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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jane Addams
Activist
6-Sep-1860 21-May-1935 Founder of Hull House
Les Aspin
Politician
21-Jul-1938 21-May-1995 US Secretary of Defense, 1993-94
Vanessa Brown
Actor
24-Mar-1928 21-May-1999 The Late George Apley
Philip W. Buchen
Government
17-Feb-1916 21-May-2001 White House Counsel, 1974-77
Bugz
Rapper
5-Jan-1978 21-May-1999 Young rapper was original D12 member
John Burroughs
Politician
7-Apr-1907 21-May-1978 Governor of New Mexico, 1959-61
Tommaso Campanella
Philosopher
5-Sep-1568 21-May-1639 La città del Sole
Venustiano Carranza
Head of State
29-Dec-1859 21-May-1920 President of Mexico, 1917-20
Barbara Cartland
Author
9-Jul-1901 21-May-2000 Wrote way too many romance novels
Kenneth Clark
Historian
10-Jul-1903 21-May-1983 Civilisation
Harry L. Davis
Politician
25-Jan-1878 21-May-1950 Governor of Ohio, 1921-23
Katherine Dunham
Dancer
22-Jun-1910 21-May-2006 Dunham School of Dance
Girolamo Fabrici
Doctor
20-May-1537 21-May-1619 De Venarum Ostiolis
John S. Fine
Politician
10-Apr-1893 21-May-1978 Governor of Pennsylvania, 1951-55
Douglas Fowley
Actor
30-May-1911 21-May-1998 Doc Holliday on TV's Wyatt Earp
James Franck
Physicist
26-Aug-1882 21-May-1964 Franck-Hertz experiment
Rajiv Gandhi
Head of State
20-Aug-1944 21-May-1991 Prime Minister of India 1984-9
John Garfield
Actor
4-Mar-1913 21-May-1952 Gentleman's Agreement
John Gielgud
Actor
14-Apr-1904 21-May-2000 Prospero's Books
E. L. Godkin
Journalist
2-Oct-1831 21-May-1902 Co-Founder of The Nation
Sir John Hawkins
Author
30-Mar-1719 21-May-1789 History of Music
King Henry VI
Royalty
6-Dec-1421 21-May-1471 King of England, 1422-61
Larry Hillblom
Business
12-May-1943 21-May-1995 DHL billionaire
Eric Hoffer
Author
25-Jul-1902 21-May-1983 The True Believer
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
Poet
16-Mar-1581 21-May-1647 Dutch History
Mark R. Hughes
Business
1956 21-May-2000 Herbalife founder
Stan Jones
Football
24-Nov-1931 21-May-2010 Hall of Fame Lineman, Chicago Bears
Lash La Rue
Actor
15-Jun-1917 21-May-1996 B-Western star
Andrea Leeds
Actor
14-Aug-1914 21-May-1984 Stage Door
Doris Lloyd
Actor
3-Jul-1896 21-May-1968 British-American character actress
Louis V
Royalty
c. 967 AD 21-May-987 AD King of France, 986-87
Torbert H. Macdonald
Politician
6-Jun-1917 21-May-1976 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1955-76
Ralph Miliband
Scholar
7-Jan-1924 21-May-1994 Parliamentary Socialism
Vaughn Monroe
Singer
7-Oct-1911 21-May-1973 Racing with the Moon
Howard Morris
Actor
4-Sep-1919 21-May-2005 Ernest T. Bass on The Andy Griffith Show
Felice Orlandi
Actor
18-Sep-1925 21-May-2003 Italian-American character actor
Eleanor H. Porter
Novelist
19-Dec-1868 21-May-1920 Pollyanna
Archibald Philip Primrose
Head of State
7-May-1847 21-May-1929 UK Prime Minister 1894-95
Alejandro Rey
Actor
8-Feb-1930 21-May-1987 Carlos Ramirez on The Flying Nun
Norman Rossington
Actor
24-Dec-1928 21-May-1999 A Hard Day's Night
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Chemist
9-Dec-1742 21-May-1786 Discovered oxygen, chlorine, manganese
Hernando de Soto
Explorer
1496 21-May-1542 Explored the Mississippi
Alphonso Taft
Government
5-Nov-1810 21-May-1891 Attorney General under Grant
John H. Trumbull
Politician
4-Mar-1873 21-May-1961 Governor of Connecticut, 1925-31
Thomas Warton
Poet
9-Jan-1728 21-May-1790 English Poet Laureate, 1785-90
Frank D. White
Politician
4-Jun-1933 21-May-2003 Governor of Arkansas, 1981-83
Charles W. Yost
Diplomat
6-Nov-1907 21-May-1981 US Ambassador to the UN, 1969-71




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