| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Diego Abatantuono |
Actor |
20-May-1955 |
|
Mediterraneo |
| Dan Abrams |
Journalist |
20-May-1966 |
|
NBC legal reporter |
| Ted Allen |
TV Personality |
20-May-1965 |
|
Food & Wine Queer Eye guy |
| Margery Allingham |
Novelist |
20-May-1904 |
30-Jun-1966 |
Albert Campion detective novels |
| Jon Amiel |
Film Director |
20-May-1948 |
|
Entrapment |
| Honoré de Balzac |
Novelist |
20-May-1799 |
18-Aug-1850 |
Comédie Humaine |
| Pietro Bembo |
Scholar |
20-May-1470 |
18-Jan-1547 |
Prose della volgar lingua |
| John Billingsley |
Actor |
20-May-1960 |
|
Dr. Phlox on Star Trek: Enterprise |
| Stanley Bing |
Columnist |
20-May-1951 |
|
Columnist for Fortune |
| George Phillips Bond |
Astronomer |
20-May-1825 |
17-Feb-1865 |
Father of astrophotography |
| William Bradford |
Publisher |
20-May-1663 |
23-May-1752 |
Colonial American printer |
| Eduard Buchner |
Chemist |
20-May-1860 |
13-Aug-1917 |
Cell-free fermentation |
| Dean Butler |
Actor |
20-May-1956 |
|
Little House on the Prairie |
| John Carney |
Politician |
20-May-1956 |
|
Congressman, Delaware |
| Iker Casillas |
Soccer |
20-May-1981 |
|
Real Madrid goalkeeper |
| Cher |
Singer |
20-May-1946 |
|
Sonny and Cher |
| Raymond Chrétien |
Diplomat |
20-May-1942 |
|
Canadian Ambassador to the US, 1995-2000 |
| Hal Clement |
Novelist |
20-May-1922 |
29-Oct-2003 |
Mission of Gravity |
| Joe Cocker |
Singer/Songwriter |
20-May-1944 |
|
Singer-slash-contortionist |
| Mindy Cohn |
Actor |
20-May-1966 |
|
Natalie on The Facts of Life |
| Michael Crapo |
Politician |
20-May-1951 |
|
US Senator from Idaho |
| Matt Czuchry |
Actor |
20-May-1977 |
|
Logan Huntzberger on Gilmore Girls |
| Moshe Dayan |
Politician |
20-May-1915 |
16-Oct-1981 |
Israeli military leader |
| Peter Diamandis |
Activist |
20-May-1961 |
|
Chairman of the X-Prize Foundation |
| Lloyd H. Donnell |
Engineer |
20-May-1895 |
7-Nov-1997 |
Donnell's thin shell theory |
| Patricia Ellis |
Actor |
20-May-1916 |
26-Mar-1970 |
Picture Snatcher |
| John Emery |
Actor |
20-May-1905 |
16-Nov-1964 |
Rocketship X-M |
| Girolamo Fabrici |
Doctor |
20-May-1537 |
21-May-1619 |
De Venarum Ostiolis |
| Faisal I |
Royalty |
20-May-1883 |
8-Sep-1933 |
King of Iraq, 1921-33 |
| Oscar Fanjul |
Business |
20-May-1949 |
|
Founder of Repsol SA |
| William Fargo |
Business |
20-May-1818 |
3-Aug-1881 |
Co-Founder, American Express & Wells Fargo |
| Edith Fellows |
Actor |
20-May-1923 |
26-Jun-2011 |
1930s child actor |
| Stanley Fields |
Actor |
20-May-1883 |
23-Apr-1941 |
Way Out West |
| Harold Ford, Sr. |
Politician |
20-May-1945 |
|
Congressman from Tennessee, 1975-97 |
| Stephen F. Gates |
Business |
20-May-1946 |
|
Former EVP, Conoco-Phillips |
| Sam Gejdenson |
Politician |
20-May-1948 |
|
Congressman from Connecticut, 1981-2001 |
| George Gobel |
Comic |
20-May-1919 |
24-Feb-1991 |
Hollywood Square |
| Tony Goldwyn |
Actor |
20-May-1960 |
|
From the Earth to the Moon |
| Bud Grant |
Football |
20-May-1927 |
|
Longtime coach of Minnesota Vikings |
| John Marshall Harlan |
Judge |
20-May-1899 |
29-Dec-1971 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1955-71 |
| David Hedison |
Actor |
20-May-1927 |
|
Twice Felix Leiter in Bond films |
| Wally Herger |
Politician |
20-May-1945 |
|
Congressman, California 2nd |
| William Hewlett |
Business |
20-May-1913 |
12-Jan-2001 |
Co-Founder of Hewlett-Packard |
| Walter Isaacson |
Author |
20-May-1952 |
|
Former Managing Editor for Time |
| Jake Johnson |
Actor |
20-May-1979 |
|
Nick on New Girl |
| Israel Kamakawiwo'ole |
Singer |
20-May-1959 |
26-Jun-1997 |
Hawaiian ukulele musician |
| Leroy Kelly |
Football |
20-May-1942 |
|
Cleveland Browns, Hall of Famer |
| Toussaint L'Ouverture |
Military |
20-May-1743 |
7-Apr-1803 |
Led the 1791 Slave Rebellion |
| Edward B. Lewis |
Scientist |
20-May-1918 |
21-Jul-2004 |
Drosophila researcher, Nobel laureate |
| Dolley Madison |
First Lady |
20-May-1768 |
12-Jul-1849 |
Wife of US President James Madison |
| Cindy Hensley McCain |
Relative |
20-May-1954 |
|
Wife of John McCain |
| Matt McCoy |
Actor |
20-May-1958 |
|
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle |
| John R. McKernan, Jr. |
Politician |
20-May-1948 |
|
Governor of Maine, 1987-95 |
| Michaela McManus |
Actor |
20-May-1983 |
|
Tara on Awake |
| Jon Meacham |
Journalist |
20-May-1969 |
|
Managing Editor of Newsweek, 1998-2010 |
| Stan Mikita |
Hockey |
20-May-1940 |
|
Chicago Black Hawks, 1958-80 |
| John Stuart Mill |
Philosopher |
20-May-1806 |
8-May-1873 |
Liberal philosopher and essayist |
| Frank B. Morrison |
Politician |
20-May-1905 |
19-Apr-2004 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1961-67 |
| Jose Mujica |
Head of State |
20-May-1934 |
|
President of Uruguay |
| Bobby Murcer |
Baseball |
20-May-1946 |
12-Jul-2008 |
MLB player, Yankees sportscaster |
| Ron Nehring |
Politician |
20-May-1970 |
|
Chairman, California Republican Party |
| Allan Nevins |
Historian |
20-May-1890 |
5-Mar-1971 |
Civil War historian |
| Edwin G. Nourse |
Economist |
20-May-1883 |
7-Apr-1974 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-49 |
| Sadaharu Oh |
Baseball |
20-May-1940 |
|
Japan's all-time Home Run King |
| Timothy Olyphant |
Actor |
20-May-1968 |
|
Sheriff Bullock on Deadwood |
| Frédéric Passy |
Economist |
20-May-1822 |
12-Jun-1912 |
International League for Permanent Peace |
| David A. Paterson |
Politician |
20-May-1954 |
|
Governor of New York, 2008-11 |
| Craig Patrick |
Hockey |
20-May-1946 |
|
NHL Hall of Famer, coach and manager |
| Tahmoh Penikett |
Actor |
20-May-1975 |
|
Battlestar Galactica |
| Bronson Pinchot |
Actor |
20-May-1959 |
|
Balki on Perfect Strangers |
| Gerald Posner |
Journalist |
20-May-1954 |
|
Case Closed |
| David Proval |
Actor |
20-May-1942 |
|
Richie on The Sopranos |
| Nick Rahall |
Politician |
20-May-1949 |
|
Congressman, West Virginia 3rd |
| Gina Ravera |
Actor |
20-May-1966 |
|
Det. Irene Daniels on The Closer |
| Busta Rhymes |
Rapper |
20-May-1972 |
|
Woo-Hah! Got You All In Check |
| Thomas D. Rice |
Comic |
20-May-1808 |
19-Sep-1860 |
Played "Jim Crow" |
| Lyda Roberti |
Actor |
20-May-1906 |
12-Mar-1938 |
Million Dollar Legs |
| James C. Rosapepe |
Diplomat |
20-May-1951 |
|
US Ambassador to Romania, 1998-2001 |
| John Sarbanes |
Politician |
20-May-1962 |
|
Congressman, Maryland 3rd |
| Orville Schell |
Author |
20-May-1940 |
|
Prominent sinologist |
| Wilfrid Sellars |
Philosopher |
20-May-1912 |
2-Jul-1989 |
Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind |
| Peter Shore |
Politician |
20-May-1924 |
24-Sep-2001 |
Former MP, Stepney |
| Jimmy Stewart |
Actor |
20-May-1908 |
2-Jul-1997 |
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
| Tony Stewart |
Auto Racing |
20-May-1971 |
|
2002 and 2005 Winston Cup champion |
| Louis Theroux |
TV Personality |
20-May-1970 |
|
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends |
| Dave Thomas |
Comic |
20-May-1949 |
|
SCTV |
| William Thornton |
Architect |
20-May-1759 |
28-Mar-1828 |
First architect of the US Capitol |
| Goh Chok Tong |
Head of State |
20-May-1941 |
|
Prime Minister of Singapore, 1990-2004 |
| Constance Towers |
Actor |
20-May-1933 |
|
Shock Corridor |
| Sigrid Undset |
Author |
20-May-1882 |
10-Jun-1949 |
Kristin Lavransdåtter |
| Rick Upchurch |
Football |
20-May-1952 |
|
Denver Broncos WR, 1975-83 |
| David Wells |
Baseball |
20-May-1963 |
|
MLB pitcher, wrote Perfect I'm Not |
| Jane Wiedlin |
Musician |
20-May-1958 |
|
Guitarist / vocalist for The Go-Go's |
| Frances E. Willis |
Diplomat |
20-May-1899 |
1983 |
First Female US Ambassador |
| Anthony Zerbe |
Actor |
20-May-1936 |
|
Dog boy in Cool Hand Luke |
