LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James Abdnor	Politician	13-Feb-1923	16-May-2012	US Senator from South Dakota, 1981-87
George Ade	Author	9-Feb-1866	16-May-1944	Fables in Slang
James Agee	Poet	27-Nov-1909	16-May-1955	A Death in the Family
Mily Balakirev	Composer	21-Dec-1836	16-May-1910	Russian nationalist composer
Jeremy M. Boorda	Military	26-Nov-1939	16-May-1996	Chief of Naval Operations, 1994-96
John Curwen	Musicologist	14-Nov-1816	16-May-1880	Tonic Sol-fa Method
Martin Dardis	Journalist	c. 1922	16-May-2006	Followed the Watergate money to Nixon
Nathaniel Davis	Diplomat	12-Apr-1925	16-May-2011	US Ambassador to Chile, 1971-73
Sammy Davis, Jr.	Singer	8-Dec-1925	16-May-1990	Coolest hepcat in the Rat Pack
Ronnie James Dio	Singer	10-Jul-1942	16-May-2010	Black Sabbath and Dio
Herbert D. Doan	Business	5-Sep-1922	16-May-2006	CEO of Dow Chemical, 1962-71
Robert Dollar	Business	20-Mar-1844	16-May-1932	Grand Old Man of the Pacific
Robert Florey	Film Director	14-Sep-1900	16-May-1979	Tarzan and the Mermaids
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier	Mathematician	21-Mar-1768	16-May-1830	Fourier series
Margaret Hamilton	Actor	9-Dec-1902	16-May-1985	Wicked Witch of the West
Edward Hardwicke	Actor	7-Aug-1932	16-May-2011	Capt. Pat Grant on Colditz
Jim Henson	Performance Artist	24-Sep-1936	16-May-1990	Creator of the Muppets
John Grier Hibben	Educator	19-Apr-1861	16-May-1933	President, Princeton University, 1912-32
Frederick Hopkins	Scientist	20-Jun-1861	16-May-1947	Discovered vitamins
Hank Jones	Jazz Musician	31-Jul-1918	16-May-2010	Jazz Piano Luminary
Andy Kaufman	Comic	17-Jan-1949	16-May-1984	Brilliant comic, prankster, professional wrestler
Mary Richardson Kennedy	Relative	4-Oct-1959	16-May-2012	Estranged wife of RFK, Jr.
June Lang	Actor	5-May-1917	16-May-2005	Bonnie Scotland
Bronislaw Malinowski	Anthropologist	7-Apr-1884	16-May-1942	Founder of social anthropology
Robert Mondavi	Business	12-Jun-1913	16-May-2008	Vintner
Levi P. Morton	Politician	16-May-1824	16-May-1920	Vice President under Benjamin Harrison
Eliot Ness	Government	19-Apr-1903	16-May-1957	Treasury Agent, The Untouchables
Charles Perrault	Author	12-Jan-1628	16-May-1703	Tales of Mother Goose
Peter of Savoy	Royalty	c. 1203	16-May-1268	Earl of Richmond
A. Philip Randolph	Activist	15-Apr-1889	16-May-1979	20th century civil rights leader
H. B. Reese	Business	24-May-1879	16-May-1956	Peanut butter cups
Django Reinhardt	Jazz Musician	23-Jan-1910	16-May-1953	Gypsy jazz guitarist
Chalino Sanchez	Singer	30-Aug-1960	16-May-1992	Prominent narcocorrido singer
Irwin Shaw	Playwright	27-Feb-1913	16-May-1984	Rich Man, Poor Man
William Steinberg	Conductor	1-Aug-1899	16-May-1978	Music Director, Pittsburgh Symphony, 1952-76
Jan Tarnowski	Military	1488	16-May-1561	Polish general, fought Turks
David Urquhart	Diplomat	1805	16-May-1877	Diplomatic Review
Edward Gibbon Wakefield	Government	20-Mar-1796	16-May-1862	Colonizer of Australia, New Zealand

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