| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Kenneth Allsop |
Critic |
29-Jan-1920 |
23-May-1973 |
London Evening News book critic |
| Clyde Barrow |
Criminal |
24-Mar-1909 |
23-May-1934 |
Bonnie and Clyde |
| Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Feb-1921 |
23-May-2006 |
US Senator, Treasury Secretary |
| William Bradford |
Publisher |
20-May-1663 |
23-May-1752 |
Colonial American printer |
| Gordon Browning |
Politician |
22-Nov-1889 |
23-May-1976 |
Twice Governor of Tennessee |
| Sir Henry Bulwer |
Diplomat |
13-Feb-1801 |
23-May-1872 |
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty |
| Kit Carson |
Explorer |
24-Dec-1809 |
23-May-1868 |
Frontiersman and Indian agent |
| Augustin-Louis Cauchy |
Mathematician |
21-Aug-1789 |
23-May-1857 |
Infinitesimals, theory of substitution groups |
| Manning Clark |
Historian |
3-Mar-1915 |
23-May-1991 |
A History of Australia |
| Georges Claude |
Chemist |
24-Sep-1870 |
23-May-1960 |
Neon lighting |
| Dan Fortmann |
Football |
11-Apr-1916 |
23-May-1995 |
NFL Hall of Fame Guard |
| Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. |
Politician |
17-Jan-1916 |
23-May-2011 |
Congressman from New Jersey, 1953-75 |
| Paul Fussell |
Historian |
22-Mar-1924 |
23-May-2012 |
The Great War and Modern Memory |
| Luís de Góngora y Argote |
Poet |
11-Jul-1561 |
23-May-1627 |
Soledades |
| Owen Hart |
Wrestling |
7-May-1965 |
23-May-1999 |
Wrestler fell to his death |
| Sterling Hayden |
Actor |
26-Mar-1916 |
23-May-1986 |
Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove |
| Heinrich Himmler |
Government |
7-Oct-1900 |
23-May-1945 |
Leader of the SS |
| Victor Hugo |
Author |
26-Feb-1802 |
23-May-1885 |
Les Miserables |
| Roh Moo Hyun |
Head of State |
6-Aug-1946 |
23-May-2009 |
President of South Korea, 2003-08 |
| Henrik Ibsen |
Playwright |
20-Mar-1828 |
23-May-1906 |
Peer Gynt |
| David Lewis |
Politician |
23-Jun-1909 |
23-May-1981 |
Leader of Canada's NDP, 1971-75 |
| Edward Livingston |
Politician |
26-May-1764 |
23-May-1836 |
Brilliant legal reformer |
| Moms Mabley |
Comic |
19-Mar-1894 |
23-May-1975 |
Pioneering black comedienne |
| Trudy Marshall |
Actor |
14-Feb-1922 |
23-May-2004 |
The Sullivans |
| Jimmy McHugh |
Songwriter |
10-Jul-1893 |
23-May-1969 |
On the Sunny Side of the Street |
| Ruben Mettler |
Business |
23-Feb-1924 |
23-May-2006 |
CEO of TRW, 1969-77 |
| Sebastian Münster |
Cartographer |
20-Jan-1488 |
23-May-1552 |
Cosmographia Universalis |
| James Otis |
Government |
5-Feb-1725 |
23-May-1783 |
Massachusetts patriot and pamphleteer |
| Bonnie Parker |
Criminal |
1-Oct-1910 |
23-May-1934 |
Bonnie and Clyde |
| Leopold von Ranke |
Historian |
12-Dec-1795 |
23-May-1886 |
Prominent 19th century German historian |
| John D. Rockefeller |
Business |
8-Jul-1839 |
23-May-1937 |
Founder of Standard Oil |
| Girolamo Savonarola |
Religion |
21-Sep-1452 |
23-May-1498 |
Italian monk and martyr |
| Sam Snead |
Golf |
27-May-1912 |
23-May-2002 |
Winner of 82 PGA tournaments |
| Mason Locke Weems |
Author |
11-Oct-1759 |
23-May-1825 |
Life of George Washington |
| Nydia Westman |
Actor |
19-Feb-1902 |
23-May-1970 |
Mrs. Featherstone on Going My Way |
