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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Nelson Algren
Author
28-Mar-1909 9-May-1981 The Man with the Golden Arm
Herschel Bernardi
Actor
20-Oct-1923 9-May-1986 Voiced Charlie the Tuna, Jolly Green Giant
William Bradford
Religion
Mar-1590 9-May-1657 Governor of Plymouth Colony
Dietrich Buxtehude
Composer
c. 1637 9-May-1707 Baroque period organist
Alfred Chandler
Historian
15-Sep-1918 9-May-2007 Business historian
Finlay Currie
Actor
20-Jan-1878 9-May-1968 Great Expectations
Chuck Daly
Basketball
20-Jul-1930 9-May-2009 Won 2 NBA Championships with the Pistons
Joseph E. Davies
Diplomat
29-Nov-1876 9-May-1958 US Ambassador to the USSR, 1937-38
Jean-Baptiste de Gribeauval
Military
15-Sep-1715 9-May-1789 French artillery general
Bob Devaney
Football
13-Apr-1915 9-May-1997 Cornhuskers Head Coach, 1962-72
Dan Devine
Football
22-Dec-1924 9-May-2002 Packers, NCAA head coach
Philip Dorn
Actor
30-Sep-1901 9-May-1975 Random Harvest
Robert F. Ellsworth
Politician
11-Jun-1926 9-May-2011 Congressman from Kansas, 1961-67
Brenda Fassie
Singer
3-Nov-1964 9-May-2004 South African pop diva
Alice Faye
Actor
5-May-1915 9-May-1998 Fallen Angel
Pauline Frederick
Journalist
13-Feb-1906 9-May-1990 ABC and NBC reporter
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac
Chemist
6-Dec-1778 9-May-1850 Researched gases, etc.
Francis Hopkinson
Author
2-Oct-1737 9-May-1791 The Ballad of the Kegs
Lena Horne
Singer
30-Jun-1917 9-May-2010 Stormy Weather
Mary Johnston
Novelist
21-Nov-1870 9-May-1936 To Have and To Hold
James Jones
Author
6-Nov-1921 9-May-1977 From Here to Eternity
Akhmad Kadyrov
Politician
23-Aug-1951 9-May-2004 President of Chechnya
Otto Kerner
Politician
15-Aug-1908 9-May-1976 Governor of Illinois, 1961-68
Alan King
Comic
26-Dec-1927 9-May-2004 Jewish comic and Friars Club fixture
Canada Lee
Actor
3-Mar-1907 9-May-1952 Cry, the Beloved Country
Margaret Lindsay
Actor
19-Sep-1910 9-May-1981 The House of the Seven Gables
Russell Long
Politician
3-Nov-1918 9-May-2003 US Senator from Louisiana, 1948-87
Marion Lorne
Actor
12-Aug-1883 9-May-1968 Aunt Clara on Bewitched
George Maciunas
Artist
8-Nov-1931 9-May-1978 Founder of Fluxus
Albert A. Michelson
Physicist
19-Dec-1852 9-May-1931 Measured the speed of light
Aldo Moro
Head of State
23-Sep-1916 9-May-1978 Kidnapped and murdered PM of Italy
Julius Nepos
Royalty
? 9-May-480 AD Western Roman Emperor, 474-75 AD
Tenzing Norgay
Explorer
15-May-1914 9-May-1986 With Edmund Hilllary on Everest
Edmond O'Brien
Actor
10-Sep-1915 9-May-1985 The Great Imposter
Ezio Pinza
Singer
18-May-1892 9-May-1957 Operatic bass, NY Metropolitan Opera
Dana Plato
Actor
7-Nov-1964 9-May-1999 Kimberly on Diff'rent Strokes
C. W. Post
Business
26-Oct-1854 9-May-1914 Invented Postum and Grape-Nuts
J. Leonard Reinsch
Government
28-Jun-1908 9-May-1991 Truman's press secretary
Walter Reuther
Labor Leader
1-Sep-1907 9-May-1970 UAW and CIO labor leader
Vidal Sassoon
Business
17-Jan-1928 9-May-2012 Celebrity hairstylist
Friedrich von Schiller
Playwright
10-Nov-1759 9-May-1805 Wallenstein
Keith Whitley
Country Musician
1-Jul-1955 9-May-1989 Don't Close Your Eyes


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