Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Gary Aldrich |
Activist |
22-May-1945 |
|
Clinton antagonist |
Merry Anders |
Actor |
22-May-1932 |
|
Young Fury |
Dana Ashbrook |
Actor |
22-May-1967 |
|
Bobby Briggs from Twin Peaks |
Charles Aznavour |
Singer |
22-May-1924 |
|
Shoot the Piano Player |
Leslie M. Baker, Jr. |
Business |
22-May-1942 |
|
CEO of Wachovia, 1994-2003 |
Richard Baker |
Politician |
22-May-1948 |
|
Congressman from Louisiana, 1987-2008 |
Anna Belknap |
Actor |
22-May-1972 |
|
Det. Monroe on CSI: NY |
Richard Benjamin |
Actor |
22-May-1938 |
|
Westworld |
Lipman Bers |
Mathematician |
22-May-1914 |
29-Oct-1993 |
Riemann surfaces |
George Best |
Soccer |
22-May-1946 |
25-Nov-2005 |
Manchester United |
Kenneth Bianchi |
Criminal |
22-May-1951 |
|
Half of the Hillside Strangler duo |
David Bloom |
Journalist |
22-May-1963 |
6-Apr-2003 |
NBC reporter died in Iraq |
Herbert C. Brown |
Chemist |
22-May-1912 |
19-Dec-2004 |
Discovered organoboranes |
Plato Cacheris |
Attorney |
22-May-1929 |
|
Washington defense attorney |
Menzies Campbell |
Politician |
22-May-1941 |
|
Leader of the Liberal Democrats, 2006-07 |
Naomi Campbell |
Model |
22-May-1970 |
|
Black Panther |
William C. Canby, Jr. |
Judge |
22-May-1931 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1980-96 |
Jay Carney |
Government |
22-May-1965 |
|
White House Press Secretary |
Mary Cassatt |
Painter |
22-May-1843 |
14-Jun-1926 |
American impressionist, lived in Paris |
Annabel Chong |
Pornstar |
22-May-1972 |
|
Former gangbang title holder |
Michael Constantine |
Actor |
22-May-1927 |
|
My Big Fat Greek Wedding |
Frank Converse |
Actor |
22-May-1938 |
|
Will Chandler on Movin' On |
Sam Coppersmith |
Politician |
22-May-1955 |
|
Congressman from Arizona, 1993-95 |
Judith Crist |
Critic |
22-May-1922 |
7-Aug-2012 |
Ascerbic film critic |
Ann Cusack |
Actor |
22-May-1961 |
|
The Jeff Foxworthy Show |
Rupert Davies |
Actor |
22-May-1916 |
22-Nov-1976 |
Inspector Maigret |
Novak Djokovic |
Tennis |
22-May-1987 |
|
Winner, 2008 Australian Open |
Arthur Conan Doyle |
Novelist |
22-May-1859 |
7-Jul-1930 |
Creator of Sherlock Holmes |
Alison Eastwood |
Actor |
22-May-1972 |
|
Tightrope |
Linda Emond |
Actor |
22-May-1959 |
|
Julie & Julia |
Jeff Gannon |
Journalist |
22-May-1957 |
|
White House shill, $200/hour male escort |
Johnny Gill |
Singer |
22-May-1966 |
|
R&B singer, New Edition |
Thomas Gold |
Scientist |
22-May-1920 |
22-Jun-2004 |
Certain that oil is not a fossil fuel |
Ginnifer Goodwin |
Actor |
22-May-1978 |
|
Margene Heffman on Big Love |
David Graham |
Golf |
22-May-1946 |
|
Winner of 2 Majors |
Sean Gunn |
Actor |
22-May-1974 |
|
Kirk Gleason on Gilmore Girls |
Kenny Hickey |
Guitarist |
22-May-1966 |
|
Guitarist for Type O Negative |
Nancy Hollister |
Politician |
22-May-1949 |
|
Governor of Ohio, 1998-99 |
Kenny Hulshof |
Politician |
22-May-1958 |
|
Congressman from Missouri, 1997-2009 |
Tommy John |
Baseball |
22-May-1943 |
|
MLB pitcher, received pioneering surgery |
Jordan |
Model |
22-May-1978 |
|
British model |
Ted Kaczynski |
Criminal |
22-May-1942 |
|
The Unabomber |
Edward A. Kangas |
Business |
22-May-1944 |
|
CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, 1989-2000 |
Michael Kelly |
Actor |
22-May-1968 |
|
Det. Crocker on Kojak revival |
Simon Kovar |
Musician |
22-May-1890 |
17-Jan-1970 |
Preeminent Basoon player and teacher |
Quinn Martin |
Business |
22-May-1922 |
6-Sep-1987 |
Quinn Martin Productions |
Peter Matthiessen |
Novelist |
22-May-1927 |
|
At Play in the Fields of the Lord |
Harvey Milk |
Politician |
22-May-1930 |
27-Nov-1978 |
Openly gay SF city supervisor |
Morrissey |
Singer/Songwriter |
22-May-1959 |
|
Frontman of The Smiths |
Lisa Murkowski |
Politician |
22-May-1957 |
|
US Senator from Alaska |
Alla Nazimova |
Actor |
22-May-1879 |
13-Jul-1945 |
Blood and Sand |
Peter Nero |
Pianist |
22-May-1934 |
|
Philly Pops |
Gérard de Nerval |
Poet |
22-May-1808 |
26-Jan-1855 |
Unbalanced French romantic poet |
Roger F. Noriega |
Diplomat |
22-May-1959 |
|
US Ambassador to OAS, 2001-03 |
Apolo Anton Ohno |
Speed Skating |
22-May-1982 |
|
Olympic skater, Dancing with the Stars |
George A. Olah |
Chemist |
22-May-1927 |
|
Isolated carbonium ions |
Laurence Olivier |
Actor |
22-May-1907 |
11-Jul-1989 |
Shakespearean actor |
Johnny Olson |
Game Show Host |
22-May-1910 |
12-Oct-1985 |
Announcer for What's My Line, etc. |
Vance Packard |
Sociologist |
22-May-1914 |
12-Dec-1996 |
The Hidden Persuaders |
Ronald D. Palmer |
Diplomat |
22-May-1932 |
|
US Ambassador to Mauritius, 1986-89 |
Giuseppe Parini |
Poet |
22-May-1729 |
15-Aug-1799 |
Il Mattino |
Barbara Parkins |
Actor |
22-May-1942 |
|
Peyton Place and Valley of the Dolls |
Edward A. Pease |
Politician |
22-May-1951 |
|
Congressman from Indiana, 1997-2001 |
M. Scott Peck |
Author |
22-May-1936 |
25-Sep-2005 |
The Road Less Traveled |
Jesse Lee Peterson |
Religion |
22-May-1949 |
|
Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny |
T. Boone Pickens |
Business |
22-May-1928 |
|
Texas oilman, founded Mesa Petroleum |
Maggie Q |
Actor |
22-May-1979 |
|
Mission: Impossible III |
Sun Ra |
Jazz Musician |
22-May-1914 |
30-May-1993 |
Jazz musician from Saturn |
Glenn M. Renwick |
Business |
22-May-1955 |
|
CEO of Progressive |
Cathy McMorris Rodgers |
Politician |
22-May-1969 |
|
Congresswoman, Washington 5th |
Michael Sarrazin |
Actor |
22-May-1940 |
17-Apr-2011 |
Frankenstein: The True Story |
Bernard Shaw |
Journalist |
22-May-1940 |
|
Prime time CNN news anchor |
Al Simmons |
Baseball |
22-May-1902 |
26-May-1956 |
Lifetime batting average .334 |
Brooke Smith |
Actor |
22-May-1967 |
|
Grey's Anatomy |
Horton Smith |
Golf |
22-May-1908 |
15-Oct-1963 |
Winner, 1934 and 1936 Masters Tournaments |
Robert G. Sproul |
Educator |
22-May-1891 |
10-Sep-1975 |
President, University of California, 1930-58 |
Susan Strasberg |
Actor |
22-May-1938 |
21-Jan-1999 |
Picnic |
Gary Sweet |
Actor |
22-May-1957 |
|
Sgt. McClintock on Police Rescue |
Bernie Taupin |
Songwriter |
22-May-1950 |
|
Elton John's lyricist |
Maurice J. Tobin |
Politician |
22-May-1901 |
19-Jul-1953 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1948-53 |
Guillermo Toledo |
Actor |
22-May-1970 |
|
Ferpect Crime |
Clyde Tolson |
Government |
22-May-1900 |
14-Apr-1975 |
J. Edgar Hoover's 40-year companion |
Ian Underwood |
Musician |
22-May-1939 |
|
Multi-instrumentalist for The Mothers of Invention |
Richard Wagner |
Composer |
22-May-1813 |
13-Feb-1883 |
Ride of the Valkyries |
Denise Welch |
Actor |
22-May-1958 |
|
British TV soap actress |
Betty Williams |
Activist |
22-May-1943 |
|
Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient |
Garry Wills |
Historian |
22-May-1934 |
|
Lincoln at Gettysburg |
Paul Winfield |
Actor |
22-May-1941 |
7-Mar-2004 |
Jim in the 1974 Huckleberry Finn |
Lyn Z |
Bassist |
22-May-1976 |
|
Bassist for Mindless Self Indulgence |