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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Kamal Ahmed
Comic
07-May-1966   Half of The Jerky Boys
Mimi Alford
Author
7-May-1943   Once Upon a Secret
Carlos Alomar
Guitarist
7-May-1951   Longtime Bowie guitarist
Sidney Altman
Chemist
7-May-1939   Proved enzyme role of RNA
George Archainbaud
Film Director
7-May-1890 20-Feb-1959 Thirteen Women
Susan Atkins
Criminal
7-May-1948 24-Sep-2009 Manson Family
William Bainbridge
Military
7-May-1774 27-Jul-1833 Commodore, War of 1812
Jan Peter Balkenende
Head of State
7-May-1956   Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Albert Band
Film Director
7-May-1924 14-Jun-2002 I Bury the Living
Jacqueline K. Barton
Chemist
7-May-1952   Professor of Chemistry at CalTech
Anne Baxter
Actor
7-May-1923 12-Dec-1985 The Razor's Edge
Doug Benson
Comic
7-May-1964   Super High Me
Val Bisoglio
Actor
7-May-1926   Danny Tovo on Quincy
Robert O. Bowen
Novelist
7-May-1920 9-Jun-2003 The Weight of the Cross
Johannes Brahms
Composer
7-May-1833 3-Apr-1897 Ein deutsches Requiem
Teresa Brewer
Singer
7-May-1931 17-Oct-2007 Till I Waltz Again with You
Robert Browning
Poet
7-May-1812 12-Dec-1889 Prominent Victorian poet and playwright
Martin Bryant
Criminal
7-May-1967   Killed 35 in a shooting spree in Tasmania
Joseph Gurney Cannon
Politician
7-May-1836 12-Nov-1926 Speaker of the House, 1903-11
Cornelius Cardew
Musician
7-May-1936 31-Dec-1981 Experimental composer
Angela Carter
Author
7-May-1940 16-Feb-1992 Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
Eagle-Eye Cherry
Musician
7-May-1968   Desireless
Pat Collins
TV Personality
7-May-1935 31-May-1997 The Hip Hypnotist
Gary Cooper
Actor
7-May-1901 14-May-1961 High Noon
Axel Corti
Film Director
7-May-1933 29-Dec-1993 Where To and Back trilogy
Rodger P. Davies
Diplomat
7-May-1921 19-Aug-1974 US Ambassador to Cyprus, 1974
Ruggero Deodato
Film Director
7-May-1939   Cannibal Holocaust
Theodore E. Deutch
Politician
7-May-1966   Congressman, Florida 19th
Pete Domenici
Politician
7-May-1932   US Senator from New Mexico, 1973-2009
Anne Dudley
Musician
7-May-1956   Founding member of Art of Noise
Totie Fields
Comic
7-May-1930 2-Aug-1978 Weight-conscious comedienne
Owen Hart
Wrestling
7-May-1965 23-May-1999 Wrestler fell to his death
Thom Hartmann
Radio Personality
7-May-1951   The Thom Hartmann Program
Gabby Hayes
Actor
7-May-1885 9-Feb-1969 Don't Fence Me In
Amy Heckerling
Film Director
7-May-1954   Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Ray L. Heffner
Educator
7-May-1925   President of Brown University, 1966-69
Robert Hegyes
Actor
7-May-1951 26-Jan-2012 Epstein on Welcome Back, Kotter
Gary R. Herbert
Politician
7-May-1947   Governor of Utah
Ishirô Honda
Film Director
7-May-1911 28-Feb-1993 Godzilla
Thelma Houston
Singer
7-May-1946   Don't Leave Me This Way
David Hume
Philosopher
7-May-1711 25-Aug-1776 Empiricist nonpareil
John Irvin
Film Director
7-May-1940   Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Novelist
7-May-1927   Heat and Dust
Patrick Read Johnson
Film Director
7-May-1962   Angus
Dale W. Jorgenson
Economist
7-May-1933   Economist at Harvard
Brian Kilmeade
TV Personality
7-May-1963   Fox & Friends
Robbie Knievel
Daredevil
7-May-1962   Evel Knievel's daredevil son
Edwin H. Land
Inventor
7-May-1909 1-Mar-1991 Polaroid Land Camera
Traci Lords
Pornstar
7-May-1968   We Love You, Traci
George E. Lounsbury
Politician
7-May-1838 16-Aug-1904 Governor of Connecticut, 1899-1901
Ruud Lubbers
Head of State
7-May-1939   Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1982-94
Alexander Ludwig
Actor
7-May-1992   The Seeker: Dark Is Rising
Blaine Luetkemeyer
Politician
7-May-1952   Congressman, Missouri 9th
Archibald Macleish
Poet
7-May-1892 20-Apr-1982 Conquistador
A. E. W. Mason
Novelist
7-May-1865 22-Nov-1948 The Four Feathers
Darren McGavin
Actor
7-May-1922 25-Feb-2006 A Christmas Story
Breckin Meyer
Actor
7-May-1974   Road Trip
Candice Miller
Politician
7-May-1954   Congresswoman, Michigan 10th
Marvin Mitchelson
Attorney
7-May-1928 18-Sep-2004 Celebrity divorce lawyer
Nikon
Religion
7-May-1605 17-Aug-1681 Reformer Patriarch of Moscow
James B. Pearson
Politician
7-May-1920 13-Jan-2009 US Senator from Kansas, 1962-78
Evita Peron
First Lady
7-May-1919 26-Jul-1952 Don't cry for her
John J. Phelan, Jr.
Business
7-May-1931 4-Aug-2012 CEO of the NYSE, 1984-91
Archibald Philip Primrose
Head of State
7-May-1847 21-May-1929 UK Prime Minister 1894-95
Peter Reckell
Actor
7-May-1955   Bo Brady on Days of Our Lives
Irving Reis
Film Director
7-May-1906 3-Jul-1953 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Wladyslaw Reymont
Author
7-May-1867 5-Dec-1925 The Peasants
Tim Russert
Talk Show Host
7-May-1950 13-Jun-2008 Meet the Press
Frank J. Selke
Hockey
7-May-1893 3-Jul-1985 Montreal Canadiens GM, 1946-64
Jean Senebier
Botanist
7-May-1742 22-Jul-1809 Explained vegetable nutrition
Ivan Sergei
Actor
7-May-1972   Mac Ramsey on Once a Thief
Richard Norman Shaw
Architect
7-May-1831 17-Nov-1912 Late 19th c. British architect
Alex Smith
Football
7-May-1984   San Francisco 49ers QB
James B. Steinberg
Government
7-May-1953   Deputy Secretary of State
William J. Stone
Politician
7-May-1848 14-Apr-1918 Governor and Senator from Missouri
Otto Wilhelm Struve
Astronomer
7-May-1819 14-Apr-1905 Studied double stars
Rabindranath Tagore
Poet
7-May-1861 7-Aug-1941 Gitanjali
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Composer
7-May-1840 6-Nov-1893 Russia's best known composer
Lester Thurow
Economist
7-May-1938   Sloan School of Management
Josip Broz Tito
Head of State
7-May-1892 4-May-1980 Communist dictator of Yugoslavia
David Tomlinson
Actor
7-May-1917 24-Jun-2000 Mary Poppins
Ralph Truman
Actor
7-May-1900 15-Oct-1977 Quo Vadis
Johnny Unitas
Football
7-May-1933 11-Sep-2002 The Golden Arm
Scooter Ward
Musician
7-May-1970   Frontman for the band Cold
Gene Wolfe
Novelist
7-May-1931   The Book of the New Sun




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