LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alvar Aalto	Architect	3-Feb-1898	11-May-1976	Finnish modernist architect, furniture designer
Douglas Adams	Author	11-Mar-1952	11-May-2001	Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Walter S. Adams	Astronomer	20-Dec-1876	11-May-1956	Long-time director of Mt. Wilson Observatory
Henri Frédéric Amiel	Critic	27-Sep-1821	11-May-1881	Journal Intime
Nnamdi Azikiwe	Head of State	16-Nov-1904	11-May-1996	First President of Nigeria, 1963-66
Lex Barker	Actor	8-May-1919	11-May-1973	The tenth to play Tarzan
John Cadbury	Business	12-Aug-1801	11-May-1889	Chocolatier
Henry S. Caulfield	Politician	9-Dec-1873	11-May-1966	Governor of Missouri, 1929-33
Lester Flatt	Musician	19-Jun-1914	11-May-1979	Bluegrass pioneer, Flatt & Scruggs
Herbert S. Gasser	Scientist	5-Jul-1888	11-May-1963	Nerve conduction
Maurice Goldhaber	Physicist	18-Apr-1911	11-May-2011	Neutrons
Frederic W. Goudy	Typographer	8-Mar-1865	11-May-1947	Designer of Garamond and Goudy fonts
Chester Gould	Cartoonist	20-Nov-1900	11-May-1985	Creator of Dick Tracy
Juan Gris	Painter	23-Mar-1887	11-May-1927	Spanish Synthetic Cubist painter
Rob Hall	Business	14-Jan-1961	11-May-1996	Adventure Consultants
Fred A. Hartley	Politician	22-Feb-1902	11-May-1969	Congressman from New Jersey, 1929-49
Odd Hassel	Chemist	17-May-1897	11-May-1981	Conformational analysis
John Herschel	Astronomer	7-Mar-1792	11-May-1871	Discovered many moons of Saturn
Johnny Hodges	Jazz Musician	25-Jul-1907	11-May-1970	Jazz alto saxophonist
William Dean Howells	Author	1-Mar-1837	11-May-1920	The Rise of Silas Lapham
Barbara Hutton	Socialite	14-Nov-1912	11-May-1979	The Poor Little Rich Girl
Hans Luther	Head of State	10-Mar-1885	11-May-1962	German Chancellor 1925-26
Bob Marley	Singer/Songwriter	6-Feb-1945	11-May-1981	No Woman No Cry
Catherine McLeod	Actor	2-Jul-1921	11-May-1997	I've Always Loved You
Howard Morton	Actor	15-May-1925	11-May-1997	Officer Simpson on Gimme a Break!
A. Mitchell Palmer	Government	4-May-1872	11-May-1936	US Attorney General, Palmer Raids
George A. Parks	Politician	29-May-1883	11-May-1984	Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1925-33
Floyd Patterson	Boxing	4-Jan-1935	11-May-2006	Heavyweight champion at age 21
Spencer Perceval	Head of State	1-Nov-1762	11-May-1812	UK Prime Minister, 1809-12
Kim Philby	Spy	1-Jan-1912	11-May-1988	One of the Cambridge Five in MI6
William Pitt the Elder	Head of State	15-Nov-1708	11-May-1778	Seven Years War
Fritz Pollard	Football	27-Jan-1894	11-May-1986	First black coach in the NFL
Noel Redding	Bassist	25-Dec-1943	11-May-2003	Bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Matteo Ricci	Religion	6-Oct-1552	11-May-1610	Jesuit missionary to China
Henry M. Robert	Administrator	2-May-1837	11-May-1923	Robert's Rules of Order
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.	Business	29-Jan-1874	11-May-1960	Built Rockefeller Center
John H. Rousselot	Politician	1-Nov-1927	11-May-2003	Congressman from California, 1961-63 & 1970-83
Karl Schwarzschild	Astronomer	9-Oct-1873	11-May-1916	Black holes, Schwarzschild radius
Eugène François Vidocq	Government	23-Jul-1775	11-May-1857	Criminal-turned-criminologist
John Whitehead	Musician	2-Jul-1948	11-May-2004	Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

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