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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Nancy Astor
Politician
19-May-1879 2-May-1964 First woman in the House of Commons
St. Athanasius
Religion
298 AD 2-May-373 AD Patriarch of Alexandria, 328-373 AD
George F. Baker
Business
27-Mar-1840 2-May-1931 "None of the public's business"
William Thomas Beckford
Author
1-Oct-1760 2-May-1844 History of the Caliph Vatheck
Martin Bormann
Government
17-Jun-1900 2-May-1945 Adolf Hitler's adjutant
Robert F. Brachtenbach
Judge
28-Jan-1931 2-May-2008 Justice, WA Supreme Court, 1972-94
Norm Van Brocklin
Football
15-Mar-1926 2-May-1983 NFL QB passed for 554 yards in a game
Van Wyck Brooks
Critic
16-Feb-1886 2-May-1963 Finders & Makers
L. Dean Brown
Diplomat
21-Aug-1920 2-May-2001 US Ambassador to Jordan, 1970-73
Alan Carney
Actor
22-Dec-1909 2-May-1973 Comedy duo, Brown & Carney
Leonardo Da Vinci
Artist
15-Apr-1452 2-May-1519 Mona Lisa, The Last Supper
Helmut Dantine
Actor
7-Oct-1917 2-May-1982 Edge of Darkness
John Eccles
Scientist
27-Jan-1903 2-May-1997 Membrane potential of nerves
Renée Faure
Actor
4-Nov-1918 2-May-2005 The Little Thief
Marilyn French
Author
21-Nov-1929 2-May-2009 The Women's Room
August Wilhelm von Hofmann
Chemist
8-Apr-1818 2-May-1892 Organic chemist, researched aniline
J. Edgar Hoover
Government
1-Jan-1895 2-May-1972 Director of the FBI, 1924-72
Michael Hordern
Actor
3-Oct-1911 2-May-1995 The Slipper and the Rose
Jack Kemp
Politician
13-Jul-1935 2-May-2009 American politican, football player
Mildred Loving
Activist
22-Jun-1939 2-May-2008 Interracial marriage
Edwin L. Marin
Film Director
21-Feb-1899 2-May-1951 Tall in the Saddle
Hugh Marlowe
Actor
30-Jan-1911 2-May-1982 Jim Matthews on Another World
William Moulton Marston
Inventor
9-May-1893 2-May-1947 Invented polygraph, Wonder Woman
Joseph McCarthy
Politician
14-Nov-1908 2-May-1957 US Senator from Wisconsin, 1947-57
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Composer
5-Sep-1791 2-May-1864 Robert le Diable
Wilbur Mills
Politician
24-May-1909 2-May-1992 Congressman from Arkansas, 1939-77
Alfred de Musset
Poet
11-Dec-1810 2-May-1857 Les Caprices de Marianne
Joseph E. Nathan
Business
2-Mar-1835 2-May-1912 Founder of Glaxo
Giulio Natta
Chemist
26-Feb-1903 2-May-1979 Ziegler-Natta catalysts for polymerization
George Pal
Film Director
1-Feb-1908 2-May-1980 The Time Machine
James Gates Percival
Poet
15-Sep-1795 2-May-1856 Clio
Gene Raymond
Actor
13-Aug-1908 2-May-1998 Red Dust
Lynn Redgrave
Actor
8-Mar-1943 2-May-2010 The Happy Hooker
Oliver Reed
Actor
13-Feb-1938 2-May-1999 Lion of the Desert
James O. Richardson
Military
18-Sep-1878 2-May-1974 US Admiral
Louis Rukeyser
Talk Show Host
30-Jan-1933 2-May-2006 Host of PBS's Wall $treet Week
Junior Seau
Football
19-Jan-1969 2-May-2012 NFL Linebacker, committed suicide
John W. Troy
Politician
31-Oct-1868 2-May-1942 Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1933-39
Franz von Papen
Diplomat
29-Oct-1879 2-May-1969 Nazi ambassador


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