Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Diego Abatantuono |
Actor |
20-May-1955 |
|
Mediterraneo |
Dan Abrams |
Journalist |
20-May-1966 |
|
NBC legal reporter |
Ted Allen |
TV Personality |
20-May-1965 |
|
Food & Wine Queer Eye guy |
Margery Allingham |
Novelist |
20-May-1904 |
30-Jun-1966 |
Albert Campion detective novels |
Jon Amiel |
Film Director |
20-May-1948 |
|
Entrapment |
Honoré de Balzac |
Novelist |
20-May-1799 |
18-Aug-1850 |
Comédie Humaine |
Pietro Bembo |
Scholar |
20-May-1470 |
18-Jan-1547 |
Prose della volgar lingua |
John Billingsley |
Actor |
20-May-1960 |
|
Dr. Phlox on Star Trek: Enterprise |
Stanley Bing |
Columnist |
20-May-1951 |
|
Columnist for Fortune |
George Phillips Bond |
Astronomer |
20-May-1825 |
17-Feb-1865 |
Father of astrophotography |
William Bradford |
Publisher |
20-May-1663 |
23-May-1752 |
Colonial American printer |
Eduard Buchner |
Chemist |
20-May-1860 |
13-Aug-1917 |
Cell-free fermentation |
Dean Butler |
Actor |
20-May-1956 |
|
Little House on the Prairie |
John Carney |
Politician |
20-May-1956 |
|
Congressman, Delaware |
Iker Casillas |
Soccer |
20-May-1981 |
|
Real Madrid goalkeeper |
Cher |
Singer |
20-May-1946 |
|
Sonny and Cher |
Raymond Chrétien |
Diplomat |
20-May-1942 |
|
Canadian Ambassador to the US, 1995-2000 |
Hal Clement |
Novelist |
20-May-1922 |
29-Oct-2003 |
Mission of Gravity |
Joe Cocker |
Singer/Songwriter |
20-May-1944 |
|
Singer-slash-contortionist |
Mindy Cohn |
Actor |
20-May-1966 |
|
Natalie on The Facts of Life |
Michael Crapo |
Politician |
20-May-1951 |
|
US Senator from Idaho |
Matt Czuchry |
Actor |
20-May-1977 |
|
Logan Huntzberger on Gilmore Girls |
Moshe Dayan |
Politician |
20-May-1915 |
16-Oct-1981 |
Israeli military leader |
Peter Diamandis |
Activist |
20-May-1961 |
|
Chairman of the X-Prize Foundation |
Lloyd H. Donnell |
Engineer |
20-May-1895 |
7-Nov-1997 |
Donnell's thin shell theory |
Patricia Ellis |
Actor |
20-May-1916 |
26-Mar-1970 |
Picture Snatcher |
John Emery |
Actor |
20-May-1905 |
16-Nov-1964 |
Rocketship X-M |
Girolamo Fabrici |
Doctor |
20-May-1537 |
21-May-1619 |
De Venarum Ostiolis |
Faisal I |
Royalty |
20-May-1883 |
8-Sep-1933 |
King of Iraq, 1921-33 |
Oscar Fanjul |
Business |
20-May-1949 |
|
Founder of Repsol SA |
William Fargo |
Business |
20-May-1818 |
3-Aug-1881 |
Co-Founder, American Express & Wells Fargo |
Edith Fellows |
Actor |
20-May-1923 |
26-Jun-2011 |
1930s child actor |
Stanley Fields |
Actor |
20-May-1883 |
23-Apr-1941 |
Way Out West |
Harold Ford, Sr. |
Politician |
20-May-1945 |
|
Congressman from Tennessee, 1975-97 |
Stephen F. Gates |
Business |
20-May-1946 |
|
Former EVP, Conoco-Phillips |
Sam Gejdenson |
Politician |
20-May-1948 |
|
Congressman from Connecticut, 1981-2001 |
George Gobel |
Comic |
20-May-1919 |
24-Feb-1991 |
Hollywood Square |
Tony Goldwyn |
Actor |
20-May-1960 |
|
From the Earth to the Moon |
Bud Grant |
Football |
20-May-1927 |
|
Longtime coach of Minnesota Vikings |
John Marshall Harlan |
Judge |
20-May-1899 |
29-Dec-1971 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1955-71 |
David Hedison |
Actor |
20-May-1927 |
|
Twice Felix Leiter in Bond films |
Wally Herger |
Politician |
20-May-1945 |
|
Congressman, California 2nd |
William Hewlett |
Business |
20-May-1913 |
12-Jan-2001 |
Co-Founder of Hewlett-Packard |
Walter Isaacson |
Author |
20-May-1952 |
|
Former Managing Editor for Time |
Jake Johnson |
Actor |
20-May-1979 |
|
Nick on New Girl |
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole |
Singer |
20-May-1959 |
26-Jun-1997 |
Hawaiian ukulele musician |
Leroy Kelly |
Football |
20-May-1942 |
|
Cleveland Browns, Hall of Famer |
Toussaint L'Ouverture |
Military |
20-May-1743 |
7-Apr-1803 |
Led the 1791 Slave Rebellion |
Edward B. Lewis |
Scientist |
20-May-1918 |
21-Jul-2004 |
Drosophila researcher, Nobel laureate |
Dolley Madison |
First Lady |
20-May-1768 |
12-Jul-1849 |
Wife of US President James Madison |
Cindy Hensley McCain |
Relative |
20-May-1954 |
|
Wife of John McCain |
Matt McCoy |
Actor |
20-May-1958 |
|
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle |
John R. McKernan, Jr. |
Politician |
20-May-1948 |
|
Governor of Maine, 1987-95 |
Michaela McManus |
Actor |
20-May-1983 |
|
Tara on Awake |
Jon Meacham |
Journalist |
20-May-1969 |
|
Managing Editor of Newsweek, 1998-2010 |
Stan Mikita |
Hockey |
20-May-1940 |
|
Chicago Black Hawks, 1958-80 |
John Stuart Mill |
Philosopher |
20-May-1806 |
8-May-1873 |
Liberal philosopher and essayist |
Frank B. Morrison |
Politician |
20-May-1905 |
19-Apr-2004 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1961-67 |
Jose Mujica |
Head of State |
20-May-1934 |
|
President of Uruguay |
Bobby Murcer |
Baseball |
20-May-1946 |
12-Jul-2008 |
MLB player, Yankees sportscaster |
Ron Nehring |
Politician |
20-May-1970 |
|
Chairman, California Republican Party |
Allan Nevins |
Historian |
20-May-1890 |
5-Mar-1971 |
Civil War historian |
Edwin G. Nourse |
Economist |
20-May-1883 |
7-Apr-1974 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-49 |
Sadaharu Oh |
Baseball |
20-May-1940 |
|
Japan's all-time Home Run King |
Timothy Olyphant |
Actor |
20-May-1968 |
|
Sheriff Bullock on Deadwood |
Frédéric Passy |
Economist |
20-May-1822 |
12-Jun-1912 |
International League for Permanent Peace |
David A. Paterson |
Politician |
20-May-1954 |
|
Governor of New York, 2008-11 |
Craig Patrick |
Hockey |
20-May-1946 |
|
NHL Hall of Famer, coach and manager |
Tahmoh Penikett |
Actor |
20-May-1975 |
|
Battlestar Galactica |
Bronson Pinchot |
Actor |
20-May-1959 |
|
Balki on Perfect Strangers |
Gerald Posner |
Journalist |
20-May-1954 |
|
Case Closed |
David Proval |
Actor |
20-May-1942 |
|
Richie on The Sopranos |
Nick Rahall |
Politician |
20-May-1949 |
|
Congressman, West Virginia 3rd |
Gina Ravera |
Actor |
20-May-1966 |
|
Det. Irene Daniels on The Closer |
Busta Rhymes |
Rapper |
20-May-1972 |
|
Woo-Hah! Got You All In Check |
Thomas D. Rice |
Comic |
20-May-1808 |
19-Sep-1860 |
Played "Jim Crow" |
Lyda Roberti |
Actor |
20-May-1906 |
12-Mar-1938 |
Million Dollar Legs |
James C. Rosapepe |
Diplomat |
20-May-1951 |
|
US Ambassador to Romania, 1998-2001 |
John Sarbanes |
Politician |
20-May-1962 |
|
Congressman, Maryland 3rd |
Orville Schell |
Author |
20-May-1940 |
|
Prominent sinologist |
Wilfrid Sellars |
Philosopher |
20-May-1912 |
2-Jul-1989 |
Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind |
Peter Shore |
Politician |
20-May-1924 |
24-Sep-2001 |
Former MP, Stepney |
Jimmy Stewart |
Actor |
20-May-1908 |
2-Jul-1997 |
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
Tony Stewart |
Auto Racing |
20-May-1971 |
|
2002 and 2005 Winston Cup champion |
Louis Theroux |
TV Personality |
20-May-1970 |
|
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends |
Dave Thomas |
Comic |
20-May-1949 |
|
SCTV |
William Thornton |
Architect |
20-May-1759 |
28-Mar-1828 |
First architect of the US Capitol |
Goh Chok Tong |
Head of State |
20-May-1941 |
|
Prime Minister of Singapore, 1990-2004 |
Constance Towers |
Actor |
20-May-1933 |
|
Shock Corridor |
Sigrid Undset |
Author |
20-May-1882 |
10-Jun-1949 |
Kristin Lavransdåtter |
Rick Upchurch |
Football |
20-May-1952 |
|
Denver Broncos WR, 1975-83 |
David Wells |
Baseball |
20-May-1963 |
|
MLB pitcher, wrote Perfect I'm Not |
Jane Wiedlin |
Musician |
20-May-1958 |
|
Guitarist / vocalist for The Go-Go's |
Frances E. Willis |
Diplomat |
20-May-1899 |
1983 |
First Female US Ambassador |
Anthony Zerbe |
Actor |
20-May-1936 |
|
Dog boy in Cool Hand Luke |