Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Watkins M. Abbitt |
Politician |
21-May-1908 |
13-Jul-1998 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1948-73 |
Giulio Alberoni |
Religion |
21-May-1664 |
16-Jun-1752 |
Powerful Italo-Spanish cardinal |
Regina M. Anderson |
Playwright |
21-May-1901 |
5-Feb-1993 |
Climbing Jacob's Ladder |
Mary Anning |
Paleontologist |
21-May-1799 |
9-Mar-1847 |
Self-taught paleontologist |
Notorious B.I.G. |
Rapper |
21-May-1972 |
9-Mar-1997 |
I love it when you call me big poppa |
Fairuza Balk |
Actor |
21-May-1974 |
|
The Waterboy |
Brianna Banks |
Pornstar |
21-May-1978 |
|
Little White Chicks Big Black Monster Dicks #6 |
Belladonna |
Pornstar |
21-May-1981 |
|
The Fashionistas |
Chris Benoit |
Wrestling |
21-May-1967 |
25-Jun-2007 |
WWE wrestler, murder/suicide |
Nancy Benoit |
Wrestling |
21-May-1964 |
22-Jun-2007 |
Wife, murder victim of Chris Benoit |
Hans Berger |
Physicist |
21-May-1873 |
1-Jun-1941 |
Electroencephalogram |
Günter Blobel |
Scientist |
21-May-1936 |
|
Protein signaling in cells |
Léon Bourgeois |
Politician |
21-May-1851 |
29-Sep-1925 |
French Prime Minister 1895-96 |
Marcel Breuer |
Designer |
21-May-1902 |
1-Jul-1981 |
Bauhaus furniture designer |
Brent Briscoe |
Actor |
21-May-1961 |
|
A Simple Plan |
Arthur C. Brooks |
Author |
21-May-1964 |
|
Gross National Happiness |
Raymond Burr |
Actor |
21-May-1917 |
12-Sep-1993 |
Perry Mason |
Lázaro Cárdenas |
Head of State |
21-May-1895 |
19-Oct-1970 |
President of Mexico, 1934-40 |
Peggy Cass |
Actor |
21-May-1924 |
8-Mar-1999 |
Auntie Mame |
Nick Cassavetes |
Actor |
21-May-1959 |
|
Assault of the Killer Bimbos |
Carol T. Christ |
Educator |
21-May-1944 |
|
President, Smith College |
Stewart Cink |
Golf |
21-May-1973 |
|
Winner, 2009 British Open |
Lovida H. Coleman, Jr. |
Attorney |
21-May-1949 |
|
Partner, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan |
Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis |
Mathematician |
21-May-1792 |
19-Sep-1843 |
Coriolis force |
Bobby Cox |
Baseball |
21-May-1941 |
|
Atlanta Braves manager, 1990-2010 |
Vincent Crane |
Musician |
21-May-1943 |
14-Feb-1989 |
Atomic Rooster and Arthur Brown keyboardist |
Robert Creeley |
Poet |
21-May-1926 |
30-Mar-2005 |
Founded Black Mountain Review |
Glenn Curtiss |
Aviator |
21-May-1878 |
23-Jul-1930 |
American aviation pioneer |
Jeffrey Dahmer |
Criminal |
21-May-1960 |
28-Nov-1994 |
Homosexual serial killer cannibal |
Dennis Day |
Radio Personality |
21-May-1918 |
22-Jun-1988 |
On Jack Benny's radio show |
Nadine Dorries |
Politician |
21-May-1957 |
|
British MP, Mid Bedfordshire |
Albrecht Dürer |
Engraver |
21-May-1471 |
6-Apr-1528 |
German Renaissance artist |
Lisa Edelstein |
Actor |
21-May-1966 |
|
Dr. Lisa Cuddy on House, MD |
Willem Einthoven |
Scientist |
21-May-1860 |
28-Sep-1927 |
Invented the electrocardiograph |
Tom Feeney |
Politician |
21-May-1958 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 2003-09 |
Noel Fielding |
Actor |
21-May-1973 |
|
The Mighty Boosh |
Al Franken |
Politician |
21-May-1951 |
|
US Senator from Minnesota |
Malcolm Fraser |
Politician |
21-May-1930 |
|
Prime Minister of Australia, 1975-83 |
Clarence Gaines |
Basketball |
21-May-1923 |
18-Apr-2005 |
Winston-Salem Head Coach, 1946-93 |
Mikhail Glinka |
Composer |
21-May-1804 |
3-Feb-1857 |
Ruslan and Lyudmila |
Albert Gobat |
Politician |
21-May-1843 |
16-Mar-1914 |
International Peace Bureau |
Adam Gontier |
Singer |
21-May-1978 |
|
Lead singer, Three Days Grace |
Gotye |
Musician |
21-May-1980 |
|
Somebody That I Used to Know |
David Groh |
Actor |
21-May-1939 |
12-Feb-2008 |
Joe Gerard on Rhoda |
Armand Hammer |
Business |
21-May-1898 |
10-Dec-1990 |
Soviet agent of influence |
Richard Hatch |
Actor |
21-May-1945 |
|
Apollo on Battlestar Galactica |
Raab Himself |
Actor |
21-May-1980 |
|
Jackass and Viva La Bam |
Arthur Hohl |
Actor |
21-May-1889 |
10-Mar-1964 |
Character actor |
Maria Innocentia Hummel |
Painter |
21-May-1909 |
6-Nov-1946 |
Catholic nun, painter |
David Hunt |
Politician |
21-May-1942 |
|
Former MP, The Wirral |
Jonathan Hyde |
Actor |
21-May-1947 |
|
Titanic |
Ronald Isley |
Musician |
21-May-1941 |
|
An Isley brother |
Rick Jason |
Actor |
21-May-1923 |
16-Oct-2000 |
Lt. Gil Hanley on Combat! |
Reverdy Johnson |
Politician |
21-May-1796 |
10-Feb-1876 |
US Senator and Attorney General |
Gene Keady |
Basketball |
21-May-1936 |
|
Purdue Head Coach, 1980-2005 |
Kay Kendall |
Actor |
21-May-1926 |
6-Sep-1959 |
Les Girls |
Lola Lane |
Actor |
21-May-1906 |
22-Jun-1981 |
Marked Woman |
Scotty Leavenworth |
Actor |
21-May-1990 |
|
Peter Petrowski on 7th Heaven |
George LeMieux |
Politician |
21-May-1969 |
|
US Senator from Florida, 2009-11 |
Brian Lenihan |
Politician |
21-May-1959 |
10-Jun-2011 |
Irish Finance Minister, 2008-11 |
Richard Libertini |
Actor |
21-May-1933 |
|
The In-Laws |
James B. Loken |
Judge |
21-May-1940 |
|
8th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Johnny Majors |
Football |
21-May-1935 |
|
College football coach |
Edwin M. Martin |
Government |
21-May-1908 |
12-Jan-2002 |
US Ambassador to Argentina, 1964-68 |
Robert Montgomery |
Actor |
21-May-1904 |
27-Sep-1981 |
Mr. and Mrs. Smith |
Alfred Moore |
Judge |
21-May-1755 |
15-Oct-1810 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1800-04 |
Philip II |
Royalty |
21-May-1527 |
13-Sep-1598 |
King of Spain, 1556-98 |
Alexander Pope |
Poet |
21-May-1688 |
30-May-1744 |
The Dunciad |
Sarah Ramos |
Actor |
21-May-1991 |
|
Patty Pryor on American Dreams |
Judge Reinhold |
Actor |
21-May-1957 |
|
Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
Louis Renault |
Government |
21-May-1843 |
8-Feb-1918 |
International arbitrator, Nobel recipient |
Harold Robbins |
Novelist |
21-May-1916 |
14-Oct-1997 |
The Carpetbaggers |
Mary Robinson |
Head of State |
21-May-1944 |
|
President of Ireland, 1990-97 |
Henri Rousseau |
Painter |
21-May-1844 |
2-Sep-1910 |
French painter of the exotic |
Andrei Sakharov |
Physicist |
21-May-1921 |
14-Dec-1989 |
Developed the Soviet hydrogen bomb |
Bengt I. Samuelsson |
Scientist |
21-May-1934 |
|
Prostaglandins |
Leo Sayer |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-May-1948 |
|
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing |
Kevin Shields |
Musician |
21-May-1963 |
|
My Bloody Valentine |
Irving Shulman |
Author |
21-May-1913 |
23-Mar-1995 |
The Amboy Dukes |
A. Owsley Stanley |
Politician |
21-May-1867 |
12-Aug-1958 |
US Senator from Kentucky, 1919-25 |
Anthony Steel |
Actor |
21-May-1920 |
21-Mar-2001 |
Where No Vultures Fly |
Mr. T |
Actor |
21-May-1952 |
|
Long track record of pitying fools |
Harry Tierney |
Composer |
21-May-1890 |
22-Mar-1965 |
Irene |
Jeffrey Toobin |
Attorney |
21-May-1960 |
|
CNN Senior Legal Analyst |
Dorothy Tree |
Actor |
21-May-1906 |
13-Feb-1992 |
City of Darkness |
Eduardo Verastegui |
Singer |
21-May-1974 |
|
Chasing Papi |
Fats Waller |
Jazz Musician |
21-May-1904 |
15-Dec-1943 |
Influential jazz pianist |
Walter Welford |
Politician |
21-May-1868 |
28-Jun-1952 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1935-36 |
Bill Williams |
Actor |
21-May-1915 |
21-Sep-1992 |
The Adventures of Kit Carson |
Ricky Williams |
Football |
21-May-1977 |
|
Long-time Miami Dolphins RB |
Adele Wiseman |
Author |
21-May-1928 |
1-Jun-1992 |
The Sacrifice |