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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Charles Greeley Abbot
Astronomer
31-May-1872 17-Dec-1973 Solar energy
James F. Albaugh
Business
31-May-1950   EVP at Boeing
Frances Alda
Singer
31-May-1879 18-Sep-1952 Operatic soprano, NY Metropolitan Opera
Maurice Allais
Economist
31-May-1911 9-Oct-2010 Monopoly pricing and the Allais effect
Fred Allen
Comic
31-May-1894 17-Mar-1956 Town Hall Tonight
Don Ameche
Actor
31-May-1904 6-Dec-1993 Trading Places
Laura Baugh
Golf
31-May-1955   Out of the Rough
Julian Beck
Actor
31-May-1925 14-Sep-1985 Rev. Kane in Poltergeist II
Tom Berenger
Actor
31-May-1949   Platoon
Bob Blizzard
Politician
31-May-1951   British MP, Waveney
Jim Bolger
Head of State
31-May-1935   Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1990-97
John Bonham
Drummer
31-May-1948 24-Sep-1980 Drummer for Led Zeppelin, 1968-80
Sandrine Bonnaire
Actor
31-May-1967   Mademoiselle
Madeleine Bordallo
Politician
31-May-1933   Congresswoman, Guam
Larry Bucshon
Politician
31-May-1962   Congressman, Indiana 8th
D.M.C.
Rapper
31-May-1964   Run-D.M.C.
Hugh Dillon
Actor
31-May-1963   Ed Lane on Flashpoint
James F. Dobbins
Diplomat
31-May-1942   US Ambassador to the EU, 1991-93
Clint Eastwood
Actor
31-May-1930   The Man With No Name
Chris Elliott
Comic
31-May-1960   The David Letterman Show
Denholm Elliott
Actor
31-May-1922 6-Oct-1992 A Room with a View
Susie Essman
Comic
31-May-1955   Susie Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm
Colin Farrell
Actor
31-May-1976   Bullseye in Daredevil
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Film Director
31-May-1945 10-Jun-1982 The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
William J. Fellner
Economist
31-May-1905 15-Sep-1983 Council of Economic Advisers, 1973-75
Jessie Fremont
Relative
31-May-1824 27-Dec-1902 Wife of John C. Fremont
Al From
Activist
31-May-1943   Founder, Democratic Leadership Council
Hervé Gaymard
Politician
31-May-1960   French Finance Minister, 2004-05
Sharon Gless
Actor
31-May-1943   Cagney on Cagney and Lacey
Bernard Goldberg
Journalist
31-May-1945   Bias
Sienna Guillory
Actor
31-May-1975   Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Karl August von Hardenberg
Diplomat
31-May-1750 26-Nov-1822 Prussian statesman
Patricia Roberts Harris
Government
31-May-1924 23-Mar-1985 Cabinet Secretary under Jimmy Carter
Gregory Harrison
Actor
31-May-1950   Gonzo Gates on Trapper John
Corey Hart
Musician
31-May-1962   Wears his sunglasses at night
John S. Herrington
Government
31-May-1939   US Secretary of Energy, 1985-89
Jack Holt
Actor
31-May-1888 18-Jan-1951 They Were Expendable
Stephen Horn
Politician
31-May-1931 17-Feb-2011 Congressman from California, 1993-2003
Duncan Hunter
Politician
31-May-1948   Congressman from California, 1981-2009
Andy Hurley
Drummer
31-May-1980   Drummer for Fall Out Boy
Jim Hutton
Actor
31-May-1934 2-Jun-1979 Ellery Queen
Louis J. Ignarro
Scientist
31-May-1941   Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal
Henry "Scoop" Jackson
Politician
31-May-1912 1-Sep-1983 US Senator from Washington, 1953-83
Ellsworth Kelly
Painter
31-May-1923   Hard-Edge Painting
Phil Keoghan
Game Show Host
31-May-1967   The Amazing Race
Bernard Lewis
Scholar
31-May-1916   Middle East scholar
Kenny Lofton
Baseball
31-May-1967   Cleveland Indians
Roma Maffia
Actor
31-May-1958   Dr. Liz Cruz on Nip/Tuck
Thomas P. Marinis
Attorney
31-May-1943   Vinson & Elkins
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Actor
31-May-1955   Joaquin Tiant on Greetings from Tucson
Jay Miner
Engineer
31-May-1932 20-Jun-1994 Father of the Amiga Computer
Édouard Molinaro
Film Director
31-May-1928   La cage aux folles
Thomas S. Murphy
Business
31-May-1925   CEO of Capital Cities/ABC, 1966-90
Joe Namath
Football
31-May-1943   Football player and pantyhose wearer
Eric Christian Olsen
Actor
31-May-1977   Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Viktor Orbán
Head of State
31-May-1963   Prime Minister of Hungary
Archie Panjabi
Actor
31-May-1972   Yasmin
Johnny Paycheck
Country Musician
31-May-1938 18-Feb-2003 Take This Job and Shove It
Norman Vincent Peale
Religion
31-May-1898 24-Dec-1993 The Power of Positive Thinking
Saint-John Perse
Poet
31-May-1887 20-Sep-1975 Exile
Pope Pius XI
Religion
31-May-1857 10-Feb-1939 Signed Lateran Treaties with Mussolini
Chuck Poochigian
Politician
31-May-1949   California State Senator
John Prescott
Politician
31-May-1938   Deputy Prime Minister of the UK, 1997-2007
Prince Rainier
Royalty
31-May-1923 6-Apr-2005 Monarch of Monaco, 1949-2005
John Ringling
Business
31-May-1866 2-Dec-1936 Ringling Brothers Circus
Félix Rodríguez
Spy
31-May-1941   Bay of Pigs, Iran-Contra operative
Robert Schrieffer
Physicist
31-May-1931   BCS Theory of Superconductivity
Martin Schwarzschild
Astronomer
31-May-1912 10-Apr-1997 Structure and Evolution of the Stars
Kyle Secor
Actor
31-May-1957   Homicide: Life on the Street
Brooke Shields
Model
31-May-1965   Suddenly Susan
Henry Sidgwick
Philosopher
31-May-1838 29-Aug-1900 Method of Ethics
Elaine Stewart
Actor
31-May-1930 27-Jun-2011 Brigadoon
George R. Stewart
Author
31-May-1895 22-Aug-1980 Earth Abides
Gregor Strasser
Politician
31-May-1892 30-Jun-1934 Loyal Nazi, devout socialist
Lea Thompson
Actor
31-May-1961   Caroline in the City
Ludwig Tieck
Novelist
31-May-1773 28-Apr-1853 Franz Sternbalds Wanderungen
Jonathan Tucker
Actor
31-May-1982   The Black Donnellys
Alida Valli
Actor
31-May-1921 22-Apr-2006 The Third Man
Shirley Verrett
Singer
31-May-1931 5-Nov-2010 Mezzo-soprano at the Met
John Vivyan
Actor
31-May-1915 20-Dec-1983 Mr. Lucky
Helen Waddell
Author
31-May-1889 5-Mar-1965 The Wandering Scholars
Terry Waite
Victim
31-May-1939   Hostage negotiator, then hostage
Waka Flocka Flame
Rapper
31-May-1986   Flockaveli
Walt Whitman
Poet
31-May-1819 26-Mar-1892 Leaves of Grass
Edward Bennett Williams
Attorney
31-May-1920 13-Aug-1988 Washington Superlawyer
Wesley Willis
Musician
31-May-1963 21-Aug-2003 Schizophrenic street musician
Harry H. Woodring
Politician
31-May-1890 9-Sep-1967 US Secretary of War, 1936-40
Judith Wright
Poet
31-May-1915 26-Jun-2000 The Moving Image
Peter Yarrow
Singer
31-May-1938   The Peter in Peter, Paul, and Mary


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