| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Shohreh Aghdashloo |
Actor |
11-May-1952 |
|
House of Sand and Fog |
| Billy Bean |
Baseball |
11-May-1964 |
|
Going The Other Way |
| Coby Bell |
Actor |
11-May-1975 |
|
Tyrone Davis on Third Watch |
| Irving Berlin |
Composer |
11-May-1888 |
22-Sep-1989 |
White Christmas, God Bless America |
| Carla Bley |
Pianist |
11-May-1938 |
|
Pianist and composer |
| Christian Brando |
Relative |
11-May-1958 |
26-Jan-2008 |
Son of Marlon Brando |
| Foster Brooks |
Comic |
11-May-1912 |
20-Dec-2001 |
Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts |
| Janice Rogers Brown |
Judge |
11-May-1949 |
|
US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit |
| Ellsworth Bunker |
Diplomat |
11-May-1894 |
30-Sep-1984 |
US Ambassador to South Vietnam, 1967-73 |
| Eric Burdon |
Musician |
11-May-1941 |
|
Lead singer, The Animals |
| John Paddy Carstairs |
Film Director |
11-May-1910 |
12-Dec-1970 |
The Saint in London |
| Laetitia Casta |
Model |
11-May-1978 |
|
Yves St. Laurent supermodel |
| Camilo José Cela |
Author |
11-May-1916 |
17-Jan-2002 |
Spanish novelist and Nobel laureate |
| Jackie Cochran |
Aviator |
11-May-1906 |
9-Aug-1980 |
First woman to break the sound barrier |
| Norris Cotton |
Politician |
11-May-1900 |
24-Feb-1989 |
US Senator from New Hampshire, 1954-74 |
| Salvador Dali |
Painter |
11-May-1904 |
23-Jan-1989 |
Surrealist painter |
| Edsger Dijkstra |
Computer Programmer |
11-May-1930 |
6-Aug-2002 |
Enemy of the goto statement |
| Jeffrey Donovan |
Actor |
11-May-1968 |
|
Michael Westen on Burn Notice |
| Stanley Elkin |
Novelist |
11-May-1930 |
31-May-1995 |
The Living End |
| Charles W. Fairbanks |
Politician |
11-May-1852 |
4-Jun-1918 |
Vice President under Theodore Roosevelt |
| Louis Farrakhan |
Religion |
11-May-1933 |
|
Leader of Nation of Islam |
| Pam Ferris |
Actor |
11-May-1948 |
|
The Darling Buds of May |
| Richard Feynman |
Physicist |
11-May-1918 |
15-Feb-1988 |
Surely he's joking |
| Frances Fisher |
Actor |
11-May-1952 |
|
House of Sand and Fog |
| Harold Ford |
Politician |
11-May-1970 |
|
Congressman from Tennessee, 1997-2007 |
| Bernard Fox |
Actor |
11-May-1927 |
|
Dr. Bombay on Bewitched |
| Yvonne Furneaux |
Actor |
11-May-1928 |
|
La Dolce Vita |
| Leonard Garment |
Attorney |
11-May-1924 |
|
Former Special Counsel to Nixon |
| Jean-Leon Gerome |
Painter |
11-May-1824 |
10-Jan-1904 |
French Orientalist painter and sculptor |
| David Gest |
Relative |
11-May-1953 |
|
Ex-Husband of Liza Minnelli |
| Martha Graham |
Dancer |
11-May-1894 |
1-Apr-1991 |
Innovator of modern dance |
| Andre Gregory |
Theater Director |
11-May-1934 |
|
My Dinner with Andre |
| James Haven |
Actor |
11-May-1973 |
|
Brother of Angelina Jolie |
| Antony Hewish |
Astronomer |
11-May-1924 |
|
Co-Discoverer of pulsars |
| J. C. Higginbotham |
Jazz Musician |
11-May-1906 |
26-May-1973 |
Jazz trombonist |
| Robert D. Holmes |
Politician |
11-May-1909 |
6-Jun-1976 |
Governor of Oregon, 1957-59 |
| Justinian I |
Royalty |
11-May-483 AD |
13-Nov-565 AD |
Byzantine Emperor, 527-565 AD |
| Jonathan Jackson |
Actor |
11-May-1982 |
|
Lucky Spencer on General Hospital |
| Robert Jarvik |
Doctor |
11-May-1946 |
|
Co-Inventor, Jarvik-7 artificial heart |
| Jim Jeffords |
Politician |
11-May-1934 |
|
US Senator from Vermont, 1989-2007 |
| Theodore von Kármán |
Mathematician |
11-May-1881 |
7-May-1963 |
Kármán vortices |
| Nicky Katt |
Actor |
11-May-1970 |
|
Harry Senate on Boston Public |
| Karen Kilgariff |
Comic |
11-May-1970 |
|
Mr. Show with Bob and David |
| Edward J. King |
Politician |
11-May-1925 |
18-Sep-2006 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1979-83 |
| Gary Langan |
Electronic Musician |
11-May-1955 |
|
Art of Noise |
| Matt Leinart |
Football |
11-May-1983 |
|
Heisman Trophy winning quarterback |
| Benoît Magimel |
Actor |
11-May-1974 |
|
Life Is a Long Quiet River |
| Marino Marini |
Musician |
11-May-1924 |
20-Mar-1997 |
Innovative pop music bandleader |
| Doug McClure |
Actor |
11-May-1935 |
5-Feb-1995 |
Trampas in The Virginian |
| Andrew McKenzie |
Musician |
11-May-1963 |
|
The Hafler Trio |
| M. Margaret McKeown |
Judge |
11-May-1951 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Ottmar Mergenthaler |
Inventor |
11-May-1854 |
28-Oct-1899 |
Automated typesetting |
| Thomas Middelhoff |
Business |
11-May-1953 |
|
CEO of Bertelsmann, 1997-2002 |
| Cory Monteith |
Actor |
11-May-1982 |
|
Finn Hudson on Glee |
| Henry Morgenthau, Jr. |
Government |
11-May-1891 |
6-Feb-1967 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1934-45 |
| Tim Blake Nelson |
Actor |
11-May-1964 |
|
O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| Peter North |
Pornstar |
11-May-1957 |
|
Johnny Come Greatly |
| King Oliver |
Jazz Musician |
11-May-1885 |
10-Apr-1938 |
King Oliver Creole Jazz Band |
| Denver Pyle |
Actor |
11-May-1920 |
25-Dec-1997 |
Jesse Duke on Dukes of Hazzard |
| Martha Quinn |
TV Personality |
11-May-1959 |
|
Original MTV veejay |
| Reena Raggi |
Judge |
11-May-1951 |
|
2nd Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Natasha Richardson |
Actor |
11-May-1963 |
18-Mar-2009 |
Widows' Peak |
| Prince Royce |
Singer/Songwriter |
11-May-1989 |
|
Corazón Sin Cara |
| Margaret Rutherford |
Actor |
11-May-1892 |
22-May-1972 |
The V.I.P.s |
| Mort Sahl |
Comic |
11-May-1927 |
|
Early influential stand-up comic |
| Mari Sandoz |
Author |
11-May-1896 |
10-Mar-1966 |
Crazy Horse |
| Frank Schlesinger |
Astronomer |
11-May-1871 |
10-Jul-1943 |
Stellar parallaxes |
| Phil Silvers |
Actor |
11-May-1911 |
1-Nov-1985 |
You're in the Army Now |
| Kent Taylor |
Actor |
11-May-1907 |
11-Apr-1987 |
Boston Blackie |
| Jack Twyman |
Basketball |
11-May-1934 |
30-May-2012 |
Cincinnati Royals forward, NBA Hall-of-Famer |
| Holly Valance |
Actor |
11-May-1983 |
|
Neighbours |
| Valentino |
Fashion Designer |
11-May-1932 |
|
Dress designer |
| John Vasconcellos |
Politician |
11-May-1932 |
|
California State Legislator |
| Henry C. Wallace |
Government |
11-May-1866 |
25-Oct-1924 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1921-24 |
| Doodles Weaver |
Radio Personality |
11-May-1911 |
17-Jan-1983 |
Professor Feetlebaum |
| Clifton R. Wharton |
Diplomat |
11-May-1899 |
23-Apr-1983 |
First Black Career US Ambassador |