| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Raymond Bailey |
Actor |
6-May-1904 |
15-Apr-1980 |
Milburn on Beverly Hillbillies |
| Lucien Ballard |
Cinematographer |
6-May-1908 |
1-Oct-1988 |
Top Hollywood cinematographer |
| Charles Batteux |
Philosopher |
6-May-1713 |
14-Jul-1780 |
Les Beaux-Arts réduits |
| Tom Bergeron |
Game Show Host |
6-May-1955 |
|
Host of Dancing with the Stars |
| Tony Blair |
Head of State |
6-May-1953 |
|
UK Prime Minister, 1997-2007 |
| Kenneth Blanchard |
Educator |
6-May-1939 |
|
The One Minute Manager |
| Robert O'Hara Burke |
Explorer |
6-May-1820 |
28-Jun-1861 |
Tried to cross Australia |
| Hurricane Carter |
Boxing |
6-May-1937 |
|
Boxer twice convicted of triple-murder |
| Emanuel Celler |
Politician |
6-May-1888 |
15-Jan-1981 |
Congressman from New York, 1923-73 |
| Christian Clavier |
Actor |
6-May-1952 |
|
Les Visiteurs |
| George Clooney |
Actor |
6-May-1961 |
|
E.R. |
| Merrill Cook |
Politician |
6-May-1946 |
|
Congressman from Utah, 1997-2001 |
| Richard Cox |
Actor |
6-May-1948 |
|
Cruising |
| Alan Dale |
Actor |
6-May-1947 |
|
Caleb Nichol on The O.C. |
| Willem de Sitter |
Astronomer |
6-May-1872 |
19-Nov-1934 |
Expanding space |
| Martin R. Delany |
Activist |
6-May-1812 |
24-Jan-1885 |
Black nationalist |
| Robert H. Dicke |
Physicist |
6-May-1916 |
4-Mar-1997 |
Dicke radiometer |
| Samuel Doe |
Head of State |
6-May-1951 |
9-Sep-1990 |
President of Liberia, 1980-90 |
| Roma Downey |
Actor |
6-May-1960 |
|
Monica in Touched by an Angel |
| Fred J. Eckert |
Politician |
6-May-1941 |
|
US Congressman, ambassador |
| Lynn Laverty Elsenhans |
Business |
6-May-1956 |
|
Shell Oil executive |
| John Ennis |
Comic |
6-May-1964 |
|
Mr. Show with Bob and David |
| Weeb Ewbank |
Football |
6-May-1907 |
17-Nov-1998 |
Head Coach, Baltimore Colts and NY Jets |
| Richard Eyer |
Actor |
6-May-1945 |
|
The Invisible Boy |
| Eric D. Fingerhut |
Politician |
6-May-1959 |
|
Congressman from Ohio, 1993-95 |
| John Flansburgh |
Musician |
6-May-1960 |
|
They Might Be Giants |
| Timothy Foley |
Military |
6-May-1946 |
|
US Marine Band director |
| Sigmund Freud |
Psychiatrist |
6-May-1856 |
23-Sep-1939 |
Die Traumdeutung |
| Dan Gerber |
Business |
6-May-1898 |
16-Mar-1974 |
Baby food magnate |
| A. P. Giannini |
Business |
6-May-1870 |
3-Jun-1949 |
Founder of Bank of America |
| Harvey J. Goldschmid |
Government |
6-May-1940 |
|
SEC Commissioner, 2002-05 |
| Jamie S. Gorelick |
Attorney |
6-May-1950 |
|
9-11 Commission member |
| Stewart Granger |
Actor |
6-May-1913 |
16-Aug-1993 |
King Solomon's Mines |
| Victor Grignard |
Chemist |
6-May-1871 |
13-Dec-1935 |
Grignard Reaction |
| Gregg Henry |
Actor |
6-May-1952 |
|
The Big Brass Ring |
| Dana Hill |
Actor |
6-May-1964 |
15-Jul-1996 |
Audrey Griswold in European Vacation |
| Leslie Hope |
Actor |
6-May-1965 |
|
Teri Bauer on 24 |
| Craig Hosmer |
Politician |
6-May-1915 |
11-Oct-1982 |
Congressman from California, 1953-74 |
| Ross Hunter |
Film/TV Producer |
6-May-1920 |
10-Mar-1996 |
Imitation of Life |
| John Hutton |
Politician |
6-May-1955 |
|
British MP, Barrow and Furness |
| Pope Innocent X |
Religion |
6-May-1574 |
7-Jan-1655 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1644-55 |
| Randall Jarrell |
Poet |
6-May-1914 |
14-Oct-1965 |
The Woman at the Washington Zoo |
| Joyce L. Kennard |
Judge |
6-May-1941 |
|
Justice, California Supreme Court |
| Philander Knox |
Government |
6-May-1853 |
12-Oct-1921 |
US Secretary of State, 1909-13 |
| Richmond Lattimore |
Poet |
6-May-1906 |
26-Feb-1984 |
Translator of Iliad and Odyssey |
| Paul C. Lauterbur |
Scientist |
6-May-1929 |
27-Mar-2007 |
Magnetic resonance imaging |
| Patricia Kennedy Lawford |
Socialite |
6-May-1924 |
17-Sep-2006 |
Kennedy sister, wife of Peter Lawford |
| Alain René Lesage |
Novelist |
6-May-1668 |
17-Nov-1747 |
Gil Blas |
| Jerry Levin |
Business |
6-May-1939 |
|
CEO of Time Warner, 2000-02 |
| Pope Marcellus II |
Religion |
6-May-1501 |
30-Apr-1555 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1555 |
| Harry Martinson |
Poet |
6-May-1904 |
11-Feb-1978 |
Aniara: A Review of Man in Time and Space |
| André Masséna |
Military |
6-May-1758 |
4-Apr-1817 |
Napoleon's greatest marshal |
| Ben Masters |
Actor |
6-May-1947 |
|
Julian Crane on Passions |
| Willie Mays |
Baseball |
6-May-1931 |
|
Baseball Hall of Famer |
| Carlos J. Moorhead |
Politician |
6-May-1922 |
23-Nov-2011 |
Congressman from California, 1973-97 |
| Stanley Morison |
Typographer |
6-May-1889 |
11-Oct-1967 |
Times New Roman |
| David Narcizo |
Drummer |
6-May-1966 |
|
Drummer for Throwing Muses |
| Frank Nelson |
Actor |
6-May-1911 |
12-Sep-1986 |
Foil to Jack Benny |
| Joe Nocera |
Columnist |
6-May-1952 |
|
Business columnist, NYT |
| Martha Nussbaum |
Philosopher |
6-May-1947 |
|
The Fragility of Goodness |
| Michael O'Hare |
Actor |
6-May-1952 |
|
Jeffrey Sinclair on Babylon 5 |
| Max Ophüls |
Film Director |
6-May-1902 |
25-Mar-1957 |
Letter from an Unknown Woman |
| Adrianne Palicki |
Actor |
6-May-1983 |
|
Tyra Collette on Friday Night Lights |
| Anne Parillaud |
Actor |
6-May-1960 |
|
Nikita |
| Chris Paul |
Basketball |
6-May-1985 |
|
L.A. Clippers point guard |
| Robert E. Peary |
Explorer |
6-May-1856 |
20-Feb-1920 |
First to reach the North Pole |
| Bill Quinn |
Actor |
6-May-1912 |
29-Apr-1994 |
Mr. Van Ranseleer on Archie Bunker's Place |
| Jim Ramstad |
Politician |
6-May-1946 |
|
Congressman from Minnesota, 1991-2009 |
| Robespierre |
Head of State |
6-May-1758 |
28-Jul-1794 |
Presided over the Reign of Terror |
| Laetitia Sadier |
Singer |
6-May-1968 |
|
Chanteuse for Stereolab |
| Victor H. Schiro |
Politician |
6-May-1904 |
29-Aug-1992 |
Mayor of New Orleans, 1961-70 |
| William Schwartz |
Business |
6-May-1933 |
|
Dean of Boston University Law, 1980-88 |
| Bob Seger |
Musician |
6-May-1945 |
|
And the Silver Bullet Band |
| MC Serch |
Rapper |
6-May-1967 |
|
3rd Bass MC, produced Nas album Illmatic |
| Richard Shelby |
Politician |
6-May-1934 |
|
US Senator from Alabama |
| Gabourey Sidibe |
Actor |
6-May-1983 |
|
Precious |
| Loyd Sigmon |
Radio Personality |
6-May-1909 |
2-Jun-2004 |
SigAlert inventor |
| Kavan Smith |
Actor |
6-May-1970 |
|
Maj. Evan Lorne on Stargate: Atlantis |
| Douglas Stewart |
Playwright |
6-May-1913 |
14-Feb-1985 |
Fire in the Snow |
| Robert W. Straub |
Politician |
6-May-1920 |
27-Nov-2002 |
Governor of Oregon, 1975-79 |
| William Strong |
Judge |
6-May-1808 |
19-Aug-1895 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1870-80 |
| Lee T. Todd, Jr. |
Educator |
6-May-1946 |
|
President, University of Kentucky |
| Oscar W. Underwood |
Politician |
6-May-1862 |
25-Jan-1929 |
US Senator from Alabama, 1915-27 |
| Rudolph Valentino |
Actor |
6-May-1895 |
23-Aug-1926 |
Latin lover of the silent film era |
| Orson Welles |
Actor |
6-May-1915 |
10-Oct-1985 |
Citizen Kane |
| Theodore H. White |
Historian |
6-May-1915 |
15-May-1986 |
The Making of the President |
| Lynn Whitfield |
Actor |
6-May-1953 |
|
The Josephine Baker Story |
