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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Abbott
Actor
5-Jun-1905 24-May-1996 The Woman in White
Kathleen Q. Abernathy
Government
5-Jun-1956   FCC Commissioner, 2001-05
John Couch Adams
Astronomer
5-Jun-1819 21-Jan-1892 Discovered planet Neptune
Chad Allen
Actor
5-Jun-1974   Matthew Cooper on Dr. Quinn
Laurie Anderson
Performance Artist
5-Jun-1947   Tape bow violinist and performance artist
Harry Barnes
Diplomat
5-Jun-1926 9-Aug-2012 US Ambassador to Chile, 1985-88
Ruth Benedict
Anthropologist
5-Jun-1887 17-Sep-1948 Anthropologist, Patterns of Culture
Mary Kay Bergman
Actor
5-Jun-1961 11-Nov-1999 South Park
Jill Jacobs Biden
Relative
5-Jun-1951   Wife of Joe Biden
David Bisbal
Singer
5-Jun-1979   Spanish runner-up of Operation Triunfo
George Blaisdell
Inventor
5-Jun-1895 3-Oct-1978 Zippo cigarette lighter
John G. Bolton
Astronomer
5-Jun-1922 6-Jul-1993 First Director of Parkes Observatory
William Boyd
Actor
5-Jun-1895 12-Sep-1972 Hopalong Cassidy
Martha Finn Brooks
Business
5-Jun-1959   President and COO of Novelis
David Brudnoy
Radio Personality
5-Jun-1940 8-Dec-2004 Boston talk radio host
Nelson Burton, Jr.
Bowling
5-Jun-1942   Professional bowler
Lisa Cholodenko
Film Director
5-Jun-1964   Laurel Canyon
Joe Clark
Head of State
5-Jun-1939   Prime Minister of Canada, 1979-80
Ivy Compton-Burnett
Novelist
5-Jun-1884 27-Aug-1969 Pastors and Masters
Amanda Crew
Actor
5-Jun-1986   Carrie Miller on Whistler
Jacques Demy
Film Director
5-Jun-1931 27-Oct-1990 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Mike Diana
Artist
5-Jun-1969   Boiled Angel
William L. Dickinson
Politician
5-Jun-1925 31-Mar-2008 Congressman from Alabama, 1965-93
Whitfield Diffie
Scientist
5-Jun-1944   Invented public key cryptography
Art Donovan
Football
5-Jun-1925   Baltimore Colts defensive tackle
Margaret Drabble
Novelist
5-Jun-1939   The Millstone
Bill Fraser
Actor
5-Jun-1908 5-Sep-1987 Claude Snudge
Kenny G
Jazz Musician
5-Jun-1956   Easy-Listening Saxophonist
Dennis Gabor
Physicist
5-Jun-1900 8-Feb-1979 Inventor of holography
Federico García Lorca
Poet
5-Jun-1898 18-Aug-1936 Lament for a Bullfighter
Jeff Garlin
Actor
5-Jun-1962   Jeff Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm
Pat Garrett
Government
5-Jun-1850 29-Feb-1908 Killed Billy the Kid
Jade Goody
TV Personality
5-Jun-1981 22-Mar-2009 British TV celebrity
Kristin Gore
Relative
5-Jun-1977   Futurama, SNL writer
Spalding Gray
Actor
5-Jun-1941 11-Jan-2004 Swimming to Cambodia monologist
Enid Greene
Politician
5-Jun-1958   Congresswoman from Utah, 1995-97
Allvar Gullstrand
Doctor
5-Jun-1862 28-Jul-1930 Ophthalmologist, refraction of light in the eye
David Hare
Playwright
5-Jun-1947   Racing Demon
Mark Harelik
Actor
5-Jun-1951   Character actor
Leslie Hendrix
Actor
5-Jun-1960   Dr. Rodgers on Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Jay L. Johnson
Military
5-Jun-1946   US Chief of Naval Operations, 1996-2000
Alfred Kazin
Critic
5-Jun-1915 5-Jun-1998 On Native Grounds
Nancee Kelly
Pornstar
5-Jun-1958 17-Nov-1991 Wife of Jack Nance
Kathleen Kennedy
Film/TV Producer
5-Jun-1953   Co-Founder of Amblin Entertainment
John Maynard Keynes
Economist
5-Jun-1883 21-Apr-1946 Father of Keynesian economics
Cleve L. Killingsworth
Business
5-Jun-1952   Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Robert Kraft
Business
5-Jun-1941   Owner, New England Patriots
Nick Kroll
Actor
5-Jun-1978   Ruxin on The League
Robert Lansing
Actor
5-Jun-1928 23-Oct-1994 Empire of the Ants
Henry Levin
Film Director
5-Jun-1909 1-May-1980 The Lonely Man
Avigdor Lieberman
Politician
5-Jun-1958   Israeli Foreign Minister
Susan L. Lindquist
Biologist
5-Jun-1949   Protein folding
Ron Livingston
Actor
5-Jun-1967   Peter in Office Space
Theodore A. McKee
Judge
5-Jun-1947   3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Brian McKnight
Musician
5-Jun-1969   R&B singer, songwriter and producer
Langhorne A. Motley
Diplomat
5-Jun-1938   US Ambassador to Brazil, 1981-83
Marion Motley
Football
5-Jun-1920 27-Jun-1999 Fullback, NFL Hall of Famer
Philip W. Noel
Politician
5-Jun-1931   Governor of Rhode Island, 1973-77
Suze Orman
Author
5-Jun-1951   The Road to Wealth
Rudolf Peierls
Physicist
5-Jun-1907 19-Sep-1995 Frisch-Peierls Memorandum
Peter G. Peterson
Business
5-Jun-1926   Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations
Harry Mark Petrakis
Novelist
5-Jun-1923   Lion at My Heart
Bob Probert
Hockey
5-Jun-1965 5-Jul-2010 Red Wings and Blackhawks bad boy
Navi Rawat
Actor
5-Jun-1977   Amita Ramanujan on Numb3rs
Tony Richardson
Film Director
5-Jun-1928 14-Nov-1991 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Stefania Sandrelli
Actor
5-Jun-1946   Jamón, jamón
Richard Scarry
Author
5-Jun-1919 30-Apr-1994 Delightful children's book author and artist
Karen Sillas
Actor
5-Jun-1963   What Happened Was...
Adam Smith
Economist
5-Jun-1723 17-Jul-1790 The Wealth of Nations
Tommie Smith
Track and Field
5-Jun-1944   Black Power salute at 1968 Olympics
Nancy Stafford
Actor
5-Jun-1954   Michelle Thomas on Matlock
George Terwilliger
Attorney
5-Jun-1950   Deputy US Attorney General, 1991-93
Herb Vigran
Actor
5-Jun-1910 29-Nov-1986 Television character actor
Pancho Villa
Military
5-Jun-1878 20-Jul-1923 Revolutionary, invaded United States
Daniel von Bargen
Actor
5-Jun-1950   Kruger on Seinfeld
Mark Wahlberg
Actor
5-Jun-1971   Formerly of the Funky Bunch
Max M. Warburg
Business
5-Jun-1867 26-Dec-1946 M. M. Warburg & Company
Bushrod Washington
Judge
5-Jun-1762 26-Nov-1829 US Supreme Court Justice, 1799-1829
Liza Weil
Actor
5-Jun-1977   Paris Geller on Gilmore Girls
Peter Wentz
Bassist
5-Jun-1979   Bassist for Fall Out Boy




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