| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Candice Accola |
Actor |
13-May-1987 |
|
Caroline Forbes on The Vampire Diaries |
| Bea Arthur |
Actor |
13-May-1922 |
25-Apr-2009 |
Maude and The Golden Girls |
| Richard Avedon |
Photographer |
13-May-1923 |
1-Oct-2004 |
Photographer of the human predicament |
| Frank Baldino, Jr. |
Business |
13-May-1953 |
16-Dec-2010 |
Founder of Cephalon |
| Alan Ball |
Screenwriter |
13-May-1957 |
|
American Beauty |
| Samuel Beckett |
Playwright |
13-May-1906 |
22-Dec-1989 |
Waiting for Godot |
| Sharon Sayles Belton |
Politician |
13-May-1951 |
|
Mayor of Minneapolis, 1994-2001 |
| Senta Berger |
Actor |
13-May-1941 |
|
Cast a Giant Shadow |
| Mike Bibby |
Basketball |
13-May-1978 |
|
Atlanta Hawks point guard |
| Earle Birney |
Novelist |
13-May-1904 |
3-Sep-1995 |
Now Is Time |
| Enrique Bolaños |
Head of State |
13-May-1928 |
|
President of Nicaragua |
| Georges Braque |
Painter |
13-May-1882 |
31-Aug-1963 |
Co-Founded Cubism |
| Robert C. Buchanan |
Business |
13-May-1940 |
|
CEO of Fox River Paper, 1980-2005 |
| Jerry Butler |
Pornstar |
13-May-1959 |
|
10 1/2 Weeks |
| Lazare Carnot |
Mathematician |
13-May-1753 |
22-Aug-1823 |
Organizer for Victory |
| Oona Chaplin |
Relative |
13-May-1926 |
27-Sep-1991 |
Wife of Charlie Chaplin |
| Jerome Charyn |
Novelist |
13-May-1937 |
|
The Good Policeman |
| Bruce Chatwin |
Author |
13-May-1940 |
18-Jan-1989 |
In Patagonia |
| Bill Cobey |
Politician |
13-May-1939 |
|
Congressman from North Carolina, 1985-87 |
| Stephen Colbert |
Comic |
13-May-1964 |
|
The Colbert Report |
| Lloyd Dangle |
Cartoonist |
13-May-1961 |
|
Troubletown |
| Alphonse Daudet |
Novelist |
13-May-1840 |
16-Dec-1897 |
Lettres de mon moulin |
| Gérard Paul Deshayes |
Geologist |
13-May-1797 |
9-Jun-1875 |
Mollusques de l'Algérie |
| John M. Devine |
Business |
13-May-1944 |
|
Vice Chairman of GM, 2001-06 |
| Stephen R. Donaldson |
Author |
13-May-1947 |
|
Author of the Thomas Covenant series |
| Daphne Du Maurier |
Author |
13-May-1907 |
19-May-1989 |
Rebecca |
| Lena Dunham |
Actor |
13-May-1986 |
|
Tiny Furniture |
| Merie Earle |
Actor |
13-May-1889 |
4-Nov-1984 |
Maude Gormley on The Waltons |
| Gil Evans |
Jazz Musician |
13-May-1912 |
20-Mar-1988 |
Jazz pianist and arranger |
| Robert D. Fulton |
Politician |
13-May-1929 |
|
Lt. Governor of Iowa, 1962-69 |
| Chris Gibson |
Politician |
13-May-1964 |
|
Congressman, New York 20th |
| Mike Gravel |
Politician |
13-May-1930 |
|
US Senator from Alaska, 1969-81 |
| Chuck Hansen |
Activist |
13-May-1947 |
26-Mar-2003 |
Nuclear historian and archivist |
| Wayne L. Hays |
Politician |
13-May-1911 |
13-Feb-1989 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1949-76 |
| Li Hongzhi |
Religion |
13-May-1951 |
|
Founder of Falun Gong |
| Nick Hurd |
Politician |
13-May-1962 |
|
British MP, Ruislip-Northwood |
| Pope Innocent XIII |
Religion |
13-May-1655 |
7-Mar-1724 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1721-24 |
| Merit E. Janow |
Educator |
13-May-1958 |
|
Professor of Int'l Affairs, Columbia University |
| João VI |
Royalty |
13-May-1767 |
10-Mar-1826 |
King of Portugal, 1816-26 |
| Joe Johnston |
Film Director |
13-May-1950 |
|
October Sky |
| Jim Jones |
Religion |
13-May-1931 |
18-Nov-1978 |
Led mass People's Temple suicide |
| John Kasich |
Politician |
13-May-1952 |
|
Governor of Ohio |
| Harvey Keitel |
Actor |
13-May-1939 |
|
Pimp from Taxi Driver |
| Jeffrey B. Kindler |
Business |
13-May-1955 |
|
CEO of Pfizer, 2006-10 |
| Zohra Lampert |
Actor |
13-May-1937 |
|
Let's Scare Jessica to Death |
| Joe Louis |
Boxing |
13-May-1914 |
12-Apr-1981 |
The Champ |
| Manning Marable |
Educator |
13-May-1950 |
1-Apr-2011 |
Beyond Black and White |
| Maria Theresa |
Royalty |
13-May-1717 |
28-Nov-1780 |
Archduchess of Austria |
| Armistead Maupin |
Author |
13-May-1944 |
|
Tales of the City series |
| Sid Morrison |
Politician |
13-May-1933 |
|
Congressman from Washington, 1981-93 |
| Samantha Morton |
Actor |
13-May-1977 |
|
Sweet and Lowdown |
| Vicki A. O'Meara |
Attorney |
13-May-1957 |
|
Chief Legal Officer at Pitney Bowes |
| Peter Onorati |
Actor |
13-May-1954 |
|
Charlie Howell on Civil Wars |
| George Papanicolaou |
Scientist |
13-May-1883 |
19-Feb-1962 |
Pap smear |
| Hunter Parrish |
Actor |
13-May-1987 |
|
Silas Botwin on Weeds |
| Robert Pattinson |
Actor |
13-May-1986 |
|
Edward Cullen in Twilight |
| Julianne Phillips |
Actor |
13-May-1960 |
|
Actress/wife of Bruce Springsteen |
| Tim Pigott-Smith |
Actor |
13-May-1946 |
|
The Jewel in the Crown |
| Pope Pius IX |
Religion |
13-May-1792 |
7-Feb-1878 |
Declared himself infallible |
| Carrie Prejean |
Model |
13-May-1987 |
|
Miss California USA 2009, dethroned |
| Mikhail Rasumny |
Actor |
13-May-1890 |
17-Feb-1956 |
For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Sri Sri Ravishankar |
Religion |
13-May-1956 |
|
The Art of Living |
| Dennis Rodman |
Basketball |
13-May-1961 |
|
Eccentric ex-pro basketball player |
| Herbert Ross |
Film Director |
13-May-1927 |
9-Oct-2001 |
Steel Magnolias |
| Ronald Ross |
Scientist |
13-May-1857 |
16-Sep-1932 |
Discovered malaria parasite in mosquitoes |
| Darius Rucker |
Singer |
13-May-1966 |
|
Hootie and the Blowfish |
| Debby Ryan |
Actor |
13-May-1993 |
|
Bailey Pickett on The Suite Life |
| Chuck Schuldiner |
Musician |
13-May-1967 |
13-Dec-2001 |
Death metal pioneer |
| E. Irvin Scott |
Business |
13-May-1846 |
24-Apr-1931 |
Founder of Scott Paper Company |
| Richard B. Scudder |
Publisher |
13-May-1913 |
11-Jul-2012 |
Co-Founder, MediaNews Group |
| Arthur Sullivan |
Composer |
13-May-1842 |
22-Nov-1900 |
Gilbert & Sullivan |
| Buck Taylor |
Actor |
13-May-1938 |
|
Newly O'Brien on Gunsmoke |
| Ritchie Valens |
Musician |
13-May-1941 |
3-Feb-1959 |
La Bamba |
| Bobby Valentine |
Baseball |
13-May-1950 |
|
Manager, Boston Red Sox |
| Zebulon Vance |
Politician |
13-May-1830 |
14-Apr-1894 |
Governor and Senator from N. Carolina |
| Tom Verica |
Actor |
13-May-1964 |
|
Jack Pryor on American Dreams |
| Zoë Wanamaker |
Actor |
13-May-1949 |
|
Susan Harper on My Family |
| Don Weis |
Film Director |
13-May-1922 |
25-Jul-2000 |
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini |
| Mary Wells |
Singer |
13-May-1943 |
26-Jul-1992 |
My Guy |
| Marv Wolfman |
Cartoonist |
13-May-1946 |
|
Former Editor-In-Chief of Marvel Comics |
| Stevie Wonder |
Singer/Songwriter |
13-May-1950 |
|
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered |
| Roger Young |
Film Director |
13-May-1942 |
|
The Bourne Identity |
| Roger Zelazny |
Novelist |
13-May-1937 |
14-Jun-1995 |
Damnation Alley |
| Barry Zito |
Baseball |
13-May-1978 |
|
SF Giants pitcher |