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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Adrienne Ames
Actor
3-Aug-1907 31-May-1947 You're Telling Me!
Henry F. Ashurst
Politician
13-Sep-1874 31-May-1962 US Senator from Arizona, 1912-41
Elizabeth Blackwell
Doctor
3-Feb-1821 31-May-1910 America's first woman doctor
Louise Bourgeois
Sculptor
25-Dec-1911 31-May-2010 Crouching Spider
W. A. Boyle
Labor Leader
1-Dec-1904 31-May-1985 UMW President, 1963-72
William Castle
Film Director
24-Apr-1914 31-May-1977 House on Haunted Hill
Pat Collins
TV Personality
7-May-1935 31-May-1997 The Hip Hypnotist
Peter Vivian Daniel
Judge
24-Apr-1784 31-May-1860 US Supreme Court Justice, 1842-60
Raymond Davis, Jr.
Scientist
14-Oct-1914 31-May-2006 Detected solar neutrinos
Michael Davitt
Politician
25-Mar-1846 31-May-1906 Irish Nationalist, Land League
Jack Dempsey
Boxing
24-Jun-1895 31-May-1983 Heavyweight champ
Adolf Eichmann
Criminal
19-Mar-1906 31-May-1962 Nazi war criminal
Stanley Elkin
Novelist
11-May-1930 31-May-1995 The Living End
Arlene Francis
Actor
20-Oct-1907 31-May-2001 What's My Line?
Walther Funk
Government
18-Aug-1890 31-May-1960 Reich economic minister
Sidney Gilliat
Film Director
15-Feb-1908 31-May-1994 Green for Danger
Joseph Grimaldi
Performance Artist
18-Dec-1778 31-May-1837 Celebrated English clown
Edith Hamilton
Educator
12-Aug-1867 31-May-1963 The Greek Way
Joseph Haydn
Composer
31-Mar-1732 31-May-1809 Symphony No. 102 in B-flat Major
Joachim Herz
Business
1941 31-May-2008 German coffee heir billionaire
Neil H. Jacoby
Economist
19-Sep-1909 31-May-1979 Council of Economic Advisers, 1953-55
Lester A. Kirkendall
Sociologist
15-Nov-1903 31-May-1991 Premarital Intercourse and Interpersonal Relationships
Claude Kitchin
Politician
24-Mar-1869 31-May-1923 Congressman from North Carolina, 1901-23
Owen Lattimore
Author
29-Jul-1900 31-May-1989 Scholar of Mongolia
Timothy Leary
Activist
22-Oct-1920 31-May-1996 Tune in, turn on, drop out
Lon D. Marrs
Politician
1867 31-May-1943 Mayor of Amarillo, 1908-10, 1917-22
Jacques Monod
Scientist
9-Feb-1910 31-May-1976 Operon theory of genetic control
Tito Puente
Musician
20-Apr-1923 31-May-2000 Popular Latin bandleader
Robert Quine
Guitarist
30-Dec-1942 31-May-2004 Sonic punk rock guitarist
James Rainwater
Physicist
9-Dec-1917 31-May-1986 Determined shapes of nuclei
James T. Rapier
Politician
13-Nov-1837 31-May-1883 Congressman from Alabama, 1873-75
Andy Robustelli
Football
6-Dec-1925 31-May-2011 Hall of Fame Defensive End
Dora Russell
Activist
3-Apr-1894 31-May-1986 Feminist, birth control and peace activist
Terry Sawchuk
Hockey
28-Dec-1929 31-May-1970 Goalie, NHL Hall of Famer
Billy Strayhorn
Composer
29-Nov-1915 31-May-1967 Take the A Train
Vladimir Tatlin
Sculptor
16-Dec-1885 31-May-1953 Monument to the Third International
George Tiller
Doctor
8-Aug-1941 31-May-2009 Late-term abortionist
Tintoretto
Painter
c. 1518 31-May-1594 Venetian Renaissance painter
Angus Wilson
Novelist
11-Aug-1913 31-May-1991 Hemlock and After




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