Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Henry Addington |
Head of State |
30-May-1757 |
15-Feb-1844 |
UK Prime Minister, 1801-04 |
Allison Adler |
Relative |
30-May-1967 |
|
Partner of Sara Gilbert |
Hannes Alfvén |
Physicist |
30-May-1908 |
2-Apr-1995 |
Renegade Swedish astrophysicist |
Alfred Austin |
Poet |
30-May-1835 |
2-Jun-1913 |
Poet Laureate of England, 1892-1913 |
Julius Axelrod |
Chemist |
30-May-1912 |
29-Dec-2004 |
Research of neurotransmitters |
Mikhail Bakunin |
Anarchist |
30-May-1814 |
1-Jul-1876 |
Pioneer of the Anarchist movement |
Devendra Banhart |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-May-1981 |
|
Modern-day wandering minstrel |
Ralph Becker |
Politician |
30-May-1952 |
|
Mayor of Salt Lake City |
Mel Blanc |
Actor |
30-May-1908 |
10-Jul-1989 |
Man of 1,000 Voices |
John Ross Bowie |
Actor |
30-May-1971 |
|
Barry Kripke on The Big Bang Theory |
Louise Campbell |
Actor |
30-May-1911 |
5-Nov-1997 |
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back |
P. J. Carlesimo |
Basketball |
30-May-1949 |
|
Former Coach, Oklahoma City Thunder |
Ralph Carter |
Actor |
30-May-1961 |
|
Michael Evans on Good Times |
Cee-Lo |
Singer |
30-May-1974 |
|
Goodie Mob, Gnarls Barkley |
Countee Cullen |
Poet |
30-May-1903 |
9-Jan-1946 |
Harlem Renaissance poet |
Billy Donovan |
Basketball |
30-May-1965 |
|
Head Coach, Florida Gators |
Giulio Douhet |
Military |
30-May-1869 |
15-Feb-1930 |
Father of strategic air power |
Keir Dullea |
Actor |
30-May-1936 |
|
2001: A Space Odyssey |
John B. Elstrott |
Educator |
30-May-1948 |
|
Tulane Institute for Entrepreneurship |
Pee Wee Erwin |
Jazz Musician |
30-May-1913 |
20-Jun-1981 |
Jazz trumpeter |
Karl Faberge |
Artist |
30-May-1846 |
24-Sep-1920 |
Maker of jewelry and gem eggs |
James A. Farley |
Government |
30-May-1888 |
9-Jun-1976 |
US Postmaster General, 1933-40 |
Stepin Fetchit |
Actor |
30-May-1902 |
19-Nov-1985 |
Professional black stereotype |
Douglas Fowley |
Actor |
30-May-1911 |
21-May-1998 |
Doc Holliday on TV's Wyatt Earp |
A. Stone Freedberg |
Doctor |
30-May-1908 |
25-Aug-2009 |
Found H. Pylori near stomach ulcers |
Steven Gerrard |
Soccer |
30-May-1980 |
|
Liverpool F.C. |
Benny Goodman |
Jazz Musician |
30-May-1909 |
13-Jun-1986 |
Bespectacled jazz clarinetist |
Shauna Grant |
Pornstar |
30-May-1963 |
21-Mar-1984 |
Killed herself with a .22 rifle |
Gordon Gray |
Government |
30-May-1909 |
26-Nov-1982 |
Secretary of the Army, 1949-50 |
Hugh Griffith |
Actor |
30-May-1912 |
14-May-1980 |
Sheik Ilderim in Ben-Hur |
Howard Hawks |
Film Director |
30-May-1896 |
26-Dec-1977 |
Rio Bravo |
Ira Michael Heyman |
Educator |
30-May-1930 |
19-Nov-2011 |
Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1980-90 |
Jack Idema |
Military |
30-May-1956 |
21-Jan-2012 |
Green Beret wannabe |
Steve Israel |
Politician |
30-May-1958 |
|
Congressman, New York 2nd |
William H. Itoh |
Diplomat |
30-May-1943 |
|
US Ambassador to Thailand, 1996-99 |
Pierre Janet |
Psychologist |
30-May-1859 |
24-Feb-1947 |
Founder of Automatic Psychology |
Duncan Jones |
Film Director |
30-May-1971 |
|
Moon |
Christine Jorgensen |
Photographer |
30-May-1926 |
3-May-1989 |
First successful surgical transsexual |
Wynonna Judd |
Country Musician |
30-May-1964 |
|
Country music star |
Omri Katz |
Actor |
30-May-1976 |
|
Eerie, Indiana |
Larry Kelley |
Football |
30-May-1915 |
27-Jun-2000 |
Winner, 1936 Heisman Trophy |
Big L |
Rapper |
30-May-1974 |
15-Feb-1999 |
Ebonics |
Ruta Lee |
Actor |
30-May-1936 |
|
Former hostess, High Rollers |
James F. Leonard |
Diplomat |
30-May-1920 |
|
US Ambassador to the UN, 1977-79 |
Alexei Leonov |
Astronaut |
30-May-1934 |
|
First man to walk in space |
Fernando Lugo |
Head of State |
30-May-1951 |
|
President of Paraguay, 2008-12 |
Jimmy Lydon |
Actor |
30-May-1923 |
|
Andy Boone on So This Is Hollywood |
Meredith MacRae |
Actor |
30-May-1944 |
14-Jul-2000 |
Host of Mid-Morning L.A. |
Stephen Malkmus |
Musician |
30-May-1966 |
|
Pavement frontman |
Martin Manulis |
Film/TV Producer |
30-May-1915 |
28-Sep-2007 |
Creator of Playhouse 90 |
Marissa Mayer |
Business |
30-May-1975 |
|
CEO of Yahoo! |
John Alexander McClernand |
Military |
30-May-1812 |
20-Sep-1900 |
Union General and Congressman |
Ted McGinley |
Actor |
30-May-1958 |
|
Married with Children |
Monroe G. McKay |
Judge |
30-May-1928 |
|
10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1977-93 |
James W. McLamore |
Business |
30-May-1926 |
7-Aug-1996 |
Co-Founder of Burger King |
Colm Meaney |
Actor |
30-May-1953 |
|
Transporter Chief O'Brien in Star Trek: TNG |
Idina Menzel |
Singer |
30-May-1971 |
|
Rent |
Inge Meysel |
Actor |
30-May-1910 |
11-Jul-2004 |
Popular German TV actress |
Gregory Michael |
Actor |
30-May-1981 |
|
Kevin Archer on Dante's Cove |
Dan Miller |
Politician |
30-May-1942 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 1993-2003 |
Tom Morello |
Guitarist |
30-May-1964 |
|
Rage Against the Machine |
Zacarias Moussaoui |
Terrorist |
30-May-1968 |
|
Would-be al Qaeda hijacker |
Daniel J. Murphy, Jr. |
Military |
30-May-1948 |
|
CEO of Alliant Techsystems |
Sir Roger Newdigate |
Historian |
30-May-1719 |
23-Nov-1806 |
Established the Newdigate Prize |
Doris Packer |
Actor |
30-May-1904 |
31-Mar-1979 |
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis |
Earl Paulk |
Religion |
30-May-1927 |
29-Mar-2009 |
Chapel Hill Harvester Church |
Michael J. Pollard |
Actor |
30-May-1939 |
|
Bonnie and Clyde |
William C. Powers, Jr. |
Educator |
30-May-1946 |
|
President, University of Texas at Austin |
Rosa Raisa |
Singer |
30-May-1893 |
28-Sep-1963 |
Operatic soprano |
Manny Ramirez |
Baseball |
30-May-1972 |
|
12-time All-Star outfielder |
Remy Ma |
Rapper |
30-May-1980 |
|
There's Something About Remy |
Jake "The Snake" Roberts |
Wrestling |
30-May-1955 |
|
Former crack addict, pro wrestler |
Amos Rusie |
Baseball |
30-May-1871 |
6-Dec-1942 |
The Hoosier Thunderbolt |
Gale Sayers |
Football |
30-May-1943 |
|
Chicago Bears HB, 1965-71 |
Franklin J. Schaffner |
Film Director |
30-May-1920 |
2-Jul-1989 |
Patton and Planet of the Apes |
Oliver Seth |
Judge |
30-May-1915 |
27-Mar-1996 |
10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1962-84 |
Mark Sheppard |
Actor |
30-May-1964 |
|
Crowley on Supernatural |
Jake Short |
Actor |
30-May-1997 |
|
Fletcher Quimby on A.N.T. Farm |
Cornelia Otis Skinner |
Actor |
30-May-1899 |
9-Jul-1979 |
Paris '90 |
Joseph Stein |
Playwright |
30-May-1912 |
24-Oct-2010 |
Fiddler on the Roof librettist |
Marsha K. Ternus |
Judge |
30-May-1951 |
|
Iowa Chief Justice |
Irving Thalberg |
Film/TV Producer |
30-May-1899 |
14-Sep-1936 |
De-facto boss of MGM Studios |
Stephen Tobolowsky |
Actor |
30-May-1951 |
|
Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day |
Leonard Tow |
Business |
30-May-1928 |
|
CEO of Citizens Communications, 1990-2004 |
Agnès Varda |
Film Director |
30-May-1928 |
|
Cleo from 5 to 7 |
Urban J. Vehr |
Religion |
30-May-1891 |
19-Sep-1973 |
Archbishop of Denver, 1941-67 |
Clint Walker |
Actor |
30-May-1927 |
|
Movie cowboy |