Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Jim Abrahams |
Film Director |
10-May-1944 |
|
Airplane! |
Carl B. Albert |
Politician |
10-May-1908 |
4-Feb-2000 |
Congressman from Oklahoma, 1946-76 |
Arthur Alexander |
Singer |
10-May-1940 |
9-Jun-1993 |
Influential soul singer |
Andrea Anders |
Actor |
10-May-1975 |
|
Alex Garrett on Joey |
Fred Astaire |
Dancer |
10-May-1899 |
22-Jun-1987 |
Broadway ballroom dancer |
Milton Babbitt |
Composer |
10-May-1916 |
29-Jan-2011 |
Music for Synthesizer |
Hugo Banzer |
Head of State |
10-May-1926 |
5-May-2002 |
Dictator, then President, of Bolivia |
Ed Barrow |
Baseball |
10-May-1868 |
15-Dec-1953 |
Yankees General Manager, 1920-45 |
Karl Barth |
Religion |
10-May-1886 |
9-Dec-1968 |
Church Dogmatics |
Jean Becker |
Film Director |
10-May-1938 |
|
Children of the Marshlands |
Daniel Bell |
Sociologist |
10-May-1919 |
25-Jan-2011 |
The End of Ideology |
Darryl M. Bell |
Actor |
10-May-1963 |
|
Ron Johnson on A Different World |
Chris Berman |
Sports Journalist |
10-May-1955 |
|
Sportscaster on ESPN |
J. D. Bernal |
Physicist |
10-May-1901 |
15-Sep-1971 |
X-ray crystallography |
Taurean Blacque |
Actor |
10-May-1941 |
|
Det. Neal Washington on Hill Street Blues |
Montgomery Blair |
Attorney |
10-May-1813 |
27-Jul-1883 |
Dred Scott's lawyer |
Bono |
Singer |
10-May-1960 |
|
Lead singer of U2 |
John Wilkes Booth |
Assassin |
10-May-1838 |
26-Apr-1865 |
Abraham Lincoln's assassin |
Clarence Brown |
Film Director |
10-May-1890 |
17-Aug-1987 |
National Velvet |
Jim Calhoun |
Basketball |
10-May-1942 |
|
UConn Head Coach |
Andrew Card |
Government |
10-May-1947 |
|
White House Chief of Staff, 2001-06 |
Danny Carey |
Drummer |
10-May-1961 |
|
Drummer for Tool |
Helio Castroneves |
Auto Racing |
10-May-1975 |
|
Winner, 2001, 2002, 2009 Indy 500 |
Mark David Chapman |
Assassin |
10-May-1955 |
|
Assassin of Beatle John Lennon |
Charice |
Singer |
10-May-1992 |
|
Filipina pop singer |
David Clennon |
Actor |
10-May-1943 |
|
Joshua Nankin on The Agency |
Charles W. Coker |
Business |
10-May-1933 |
|
CEO of Sonoco Products, 1990-98 |
Caroline B. Cooney |
Novelist |
10-May-1947 |
|
Juvenile novelist, Rear View Mirror |
Teri Copley |
Actor |
10-May-1961 |
|
We Got It Made |
Richard Darman |
Government |
10-May-1943 |
25-Jan-2008 |
Carlyle Group member, former OMB Director |
Louis-Nicolas Davout |
Military |
10-May-1770 |
1-Jun-1823 |
Napoleonic General |
Donovan |
Singer/Songwriter |
10-May-1946 |
|
Mad about saffron |
Ariel Durant |
Historian |
10-May-1898 |
25-Oct-1981 |
The Story of Civilization |
Wayne Dyer |
Religion |
10-May-1940 |
|
The father of motivation |
Linda Evangelista |
Model |
10-May-1965 |
|
Won't wake up for less than $10K/day |
Meg Foster |
Actor |
10-May-1948 |
|
B-movie starlet |
Dario Franchitti |
Auto Racing |
10-May-1973 |
|
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner |
Missy Franklin |
Swimmer |
10-May-1995 |
|
Olympic swimmer |
Shirley Franklin |
Politician |
10-May-1945 |
|
Mayor of Atlanta, 2002-10 |
Augustin-Jean Fresnel |
Physicist |
10-May-1788 |
14-Jul-1827 |
Optician, invented Fresnel lens |
Biruté Galdikas |
Anthropologist |
10-May-1946 |
|
The Mother of All Orangutans |
Bill Geist |
Columnist |
10-May-1945 |
|
60 Minutes II |
Christopher Gent |
Business |
10-May-1948 |
|
CEO of Vodafone, 1997-2003 |
William Russell Grace |
Business |
10-May-1832 |
21-Mar-1904 |
Founder of W. R. Grace & Company |
Ella T. Grasso |
Politician |
10-May-1919 |
5-Feb-1981 |
First woman elected governor of Connecticut |
Karla M. Gray |
Judge |
10-May-1947 |
|
Montana Chief Justice |
Stanley B. Greenberg |
Business |
10-May-1945 |
|
Pollster |
Steven Gunderson |
Politician |
10-May-1951 |
|
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1981-97 |
Thurston Hall |
Actor |
10-May-1882 |
20-Feb-1958 |
Mr. Schuyler on Topper |
Dean Heller |
Politician |
10-May-1960 |
|
US Senator from Nevada |
Judith Jamison |
Dancer |
10-May-1943 |
|
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre |
Alfred Jodl |
Military |
10-May-1890 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Signed Germany's unconditional WWII surrender |
Hans Jonas |
Philosopher |
10-May-1903 |
5-Feb-1993 |
Gnostic philosopher |
Younghill Kang |
Author |
10-May-1903 |
11-Dec-1972 |
The Grass Roof |
Mike Kelly |
Politician |
10-May-1948 |
|
Congressman, Pennsylvania 3rd |
Charles Knowlton |
Doctor |
10-May-1800 |
20-Feb-1850 |
Early advocate of birth control |
E. V. Knox |
Editor |
10-May-1881 |
2-Jan-1971 |
Editor of Punch, 1932-49 |
Arthur Kopit |
Playwright |
10-May-1937 |
|
Mama's Hung You in the Closet |
Maureen Lipman |
Actor |
10-May-1946 |
|
Agony |
Anatole Litvak |
Film Director |
10-May-1902 |
15-Dec-1974 |
Anastasia |
Jackie Lomax |
Musician |
10-May-1944 |
|
Liverpool/Merseybeat musician |
Phil Mahre |
Skier |
10-May-1957 |
|
American Alpine skier |
Antonine Maillet |
Novelist |
10-May-1929 |
|
Pélagie-la-Charette |
Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda |
Blogger |
10-May-1976 |
|
Slashdot founder |
Margo |
Actor |
10-May-1917 |
17-Jul-1985 |
Lost Horizon |
Marcel Mauss |
Sociologist |
10-May-1872 |
10-Feb-1950 |
The Gift |
Charles McGraw |
Actor |
10-May-1914 |
30-Jul-1980 |
Armored Car Robbery |
Judson Mills |
Actor |
10-May-1969 |
|
Walker, Texas Ranger |
Iris Morley |
Author |
10-May-1910 |
27-Jul-1953 |
A Thousand Lives |
Al Murray |
Comic |
10-May-1968 |
|
The Pub Landlord |
Mae Murray |
Actor |
10-May-1889 |
23-Mar-1965 |
The Girl with the Bee Stung Lips |
Peter C. Newman |
Journalist |
10-May-1929 |
|
The Canadian Establishment |
Lisa Nowak |
Astronaut |
10-May-1963 |
|
According to lawyer, no diaper |
Ellen Ochoa |
Astronaut |
10-May-1958 |
|
First hispanic female astronaut |
Gary Owens |
Radio Personality |
10-May-1936 |
|
Radio DJ, announcer for Laugh-In |
Erik Palladino |
Actor |
10-May-1968 |
|
Dr. Dave Malucci on ER |
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin |
Astronomer |
10-May-1900 |
7-Dec-1979 |
Hydrogen in the Sun |
Gina Philips |
Actor |
10-May-1975 |
|
Jeepers Creepers |
P. B. S. Pinchback |
Government |
10-May-1837 |
21-Dec-1921 |
First African-American US Governor |
Marie-France Pisier |
Actor |
10-May-1944 |
24-Apr-2011 |
The Other Side of Midnight |
Dallas Roberts |
Actor |
10-May-1970 |
|
Miles Fiedler on Rubicon |
Victoria Rowell |
Actor |
10-May-1960 |
|
Diagnosis Murder |
Joseph Ruben |
Film Director |
10-May-1950 |
|
The Forgotten |
William A. Rugh |
Diplomat |
10-May-1936 |
|
US Ambassador to Yemen, 1984-87 |
Manolo Santana |
Tennis |
10-May-1938 |
|
Winner of 5 Grand Slam titles |
Rick Santorum |
Politician |
10-May-1958 |
|
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1995-2007 |
John Scalzi |
Novelist |
10-May-1969 |
|
Old Man's War |
Ettore Scola |
Screenwriter |
10-May-1931 |
|
A Special Day |
Katja Seizinger |
Skier |
10-May-1972 |
|
German Alpine skier, 5 Olympic medals |
David O. Selznick |
Film/TV Producer |
10-May-1902 |
22-Jun-1965 |
Producer of A Star Is Born |
Mel Sembler |
Diplomat |
10-May-1930 |
|
US Ambassador to Italy, 2001-05 |
Lindsey Shaw |
Actor |
10-May-1989 |
|
Moze on Ned's Declassified |
John Sherman |
Politician |
10-May-1823 |
22-Oct-1900 |
Sherman Antitrust Act |
George E. Smith |
Scientist |
10-May-1930 |
|
Digital photography |
Jared Sparks |
Author |
10-May-1789 |
14-Mar-1866 |
Life and Writings of George Washington |
Max Steiner |
Composer |
10-May-1888 |
28-Dec-1971 |
Gone With the Wind |
Rick Steves |
Author |
10-May-1955 |
|
Europe Through the Back Door |
Gustav Stresemann |
Head of State |
10-May-1878 |
3-Oct-1929 |
German Chancellor 1923 |
Pat Summerall |
Sports Journalist |
10-May-1930 |
|
Sportscaster |
Kenan Thompson |
Comic |
10-May-1978 |
|
Kenan & Kel |
Dimitri Tiomkin |
Composer |
10-May-1894 |
11-Nov-1979 |
Wild Is the Wind |
Sid Vicious |
Bassist |
10-May-1957 |
2-Feb-1979 |
Sex Pistols bassist |
Nancy Walker |
Actor |
10-May-1922 |
25-Mar-1992 |
Rhoda's mother |
James Westcott |
Politician |
10-May-1802 |
19-Jan-1880 |
US Senator from Florida, 1845-49 |
Robert Weygand |
Politician |
10-May-1948 |
|
Congressman from Rhode Island, 1997-2001 |
Edward P. Williams |
Business |
10-May-1843 |
4-May-1903 |
The Williams of Sherwin-Williams |
Larry Williams |
Musician |
10-May-1935 |
7-Jan-1980 |
Bony Moronie and Dizzy Miss Lizzie |
William Windom |
Politician |
10-May-1827 |
29-Jan-1891 |
US Secretary of the Treasury 1881, 1889-91 |
David Wise |
Author |
10-May-1930 |
|
The Invisible Government |
Young MC |
Musician |
10-May-1967 |
|
"Bust a Move" |
Odette Yustman |
Actor |
10-May-1985 |
|
Cloverfield |
Jim Zorn |
Football |
10-May-1953 |
|
Former coach, Washington Redskins |