LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edward P. Abraham	Chemist	10-Jun-1913	8-May-1999	Cephalosporins
LaVerne Andrews	Singer	6-Jul-1911	8-May-1967	The Andrews Sisters
Eddy Arnold	Country Musician	15-May-1918	8-May-2008	The Tennessee Plowboy
H. P. Blavatsky	Author	12-Aug-1831	8-May-1891	Founded Theosophy; The Secret Doctrine
Dirk Bogarde	Actor	28-Mar-1921	8-May-1999	A Bridge Too Far
Graham Bond	Musician	28-Oct-1937	8-May-1974	Influential blues keyboardist
Avery Brundage	Sports Figure	28-Sep-1887	8-May-1975	International Olympic Committee Chair, 1952-72
Charles Cooley	Educator	17-Aug-1864	8-May-1929	Looking-glass self
Lloyd Cutler	Attorney	10-Nov-1917	8-May-2005	White House Counsel for Carter, Clinton
Robert Cutler	Government	12-Jun-1895	8-May-1974	1950s National Security Advisor
Dixon Denham	Explorer	1-Jan-1786	8-May-1828	English explorer of Central Africa
Richard Derr	Actor	15-Jun-1918	8-May-1992	When Worlds Collide
Leo Diegel	Golf	27-Apr-1899	8-May-1951	Winner, 1928 and 1929 PGA Championships
John Fante	Author	8-Apr-1909	8-May-1983	Bukowski's idol
Gustave Flaubert	Novelist	12-Dec-1821	8-May-1880	Realist novelist, Madame Bovary
William Fox	Film/TV Producer	1-Jan-1879	8-May-1952	Founder of 20th Century Fox
Paul Gauguin	Painter	7-Jun-1848	8-May-1903	French post-impressionist painter
Ludovic Halévy	Author	1-Jan-1834	8-May-1908	French vaudevillain author
Robert A. Heinlein	Author	7-Jul-1907	8-May-1988	Starship Troopers
Friedrich von Holstein	Politician	24-Apr-1837	8-May-1909	Ran the German foreign office
Richard Jago	Poet	1715	8-May-1781	The Blackbirds
Pope John II	Religion	?	8-May-535 AD	Roman Catholic Pope, 533-35
Kamehameha I	Royalty	c. 1758	8-May-1819	Established Kingdom of Hawaii
Nicholas Katzenbach	Government	17-Jan-1922	8-May-2012	US Attorney General, 1965-66
Robert H. Krieble	Philanthropist	1916	8-May-1997	Loctite Corporation
Jean Langlais	Composer	15-Feb-1907	8-May-1991	Organist and composer
Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier	Chemist	26-Aug-1743	8-May-1794	Father of modern chemistry
Pietro Longhi	Painter	1702	8-May-1785	18th century Venetian painter
John Stuart Mill	Philosopher	20-May-1806	8-May-1873	Liberal philosopher and essayist
Eadweard Muybridge	Photographer	9-Apr-1830	8-May-1904	Animal Locomotion
Luigi Nono	Composer	29-Jan-1924	8-May-1990	Il Canto Sospeso
Talcott Parsons	Sociologist	13-Dec-1902	8-May-1979	The Structure of Social Action
Barbara Payton	Actor	16-Nov-1927	8-May-1967	Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
George Peppard	Actor	1-Oct-1928	8-May-1994	The A Team
Jennings Randolph	Politician	8-Mar-1902	8-May-1998	US Senator from West Virginia, 1958-85
Bebe Rebozo	Business	17-Nov-1912	8-May-1998	Nixon confidant
Elmer Rice	Playwright	28-Sep-1892	8-May-1967	Street Scene
Raymond Rubicam	Business	16-Jun-1892	8-May-1978	Co-Founder, Young and Rubicam
Victor Saville	Film Director	25-Sep-1895	8-May-1979	Kim
Maurice Sendak	Author	10-Jun-1928	8-May-2012	Where The Wild Things Are
Rudolf Serkin	Pianist	28-Mar-1903	8-May-1991	Czech-American piano prodigy
M. B. Skaggs	Business	5-Apr-1888	8-May-1976	Founder of Safeway
Oswald Spengler	Historian	29-May-1880	8-May-1936	The Decline of the West
Theodore Sturgeon	Author	26-Feb-1918	8-May-1985	More Than Human
Dolph Sweet	Actor	18-Jul-1920	8-May-1985	Chief Carl Kanisky on Gimme a Break!
Park Trammell	Politician	9-Apr-1876	8-May-1936	Governor and Senator from Florida
Alexander A. Vandegrift	Military	13-Mar-1887	8-May-1973	18th USMC Commandant, 1944-48
Jones Very	Poet	28-Aug-1813	8-May-1880	Religious mystic
Lila Wallace	Business	25-Dec-1889	8-May-1984	Readers Digest co-founder
Edward Winslow	Government	18-Oct-1595	8-May-1655	American pilgrim leader

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