Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Charles Greeley Abbot |
Astronomer |
31-May-1872 |
17-Dec-1973 |
Solar energy |
James F. Albaugh |
Business |
31-May-1950 |
|
EVP at Boeing |
Frances Alda |
Singer |
31-May-1879 |
18-Sep-1952 |
Operatic soprano, NY Metropolitan Opera |
Maurice Allais |
Economist |
31-May-1911 |
9-Oct-2010 |
Monopoly pricing and the Allais effect |
Fred Allen |
Comic |
31-May-1894 |
17-Mar-1956 |
Town Hall Tonight |
Don Ameche |
Actor |
31-May-1904 |
6-Dec-1993 |
Trading Places |
Laura Baugh |
Golf |
31-May-1955 |
|
Out of the Rough |
Julian Beck |
Actor |
31-May-1925 |
14-Sep-1985 |
Rev. Kane in Poltergeist II |
Tom Berenger |
Actor |
31-May-1949 |
|
Platoon |
Bob Blizzard |
Politician |
31-May-1951 |
|
British MP, Waveney |
Jim Bolger |
Head of State |
31-May-1935 |
|
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1990-97 |
John Bonham |
Drummer |
31-May-1948 |
24-Sep-1980 |
Drummer for Led Zeppelin, 1968-80 |
Sandrine Bonnaire |
Actor |
31-May-1967 |
|
Mademoiselle |
Madeleine Bordallo |
Politician |
31-May-1933 |
|
Congresswoman, Guam |
Larry Bucshon |
Politician |
31-May-1962 |
|
Congressman, Indiana 8th |
D.M.C. |
Rapper |
31-May-1964 |
|
Run-D.M.C. |
Hugh Dillon |
Actor |
31-May-1963 |
|
Ed Lane on Flashpoint |
James F. Dobbins |
Diplomat |
31-May-1942 |
|
US Ambassador to the EU, 1991-93 |
Clint Eastwood |
Actor |
31-May-1930 |
|
The Man With No Name |
Chris Elliott |
Comic |
31-May-1960 |
|
The David Letterman Show |
Denholm Elliott |
Actor |
31-May-1922 |
6-Oct-1992 |
A Room with a View |
Susie Essman |
Comic |
31-May-1955 |
|
Susie Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm |
Colin Farrell |
Actor |
31-May-1976 |
|
Bullseye in Daredevil |
Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
Film Director |
31-May-1945 |
10-Jun-1982 |
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant |
William J. Fellner |
Economist |
31-May-1905 |
15-Sep-1983 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1973-75 |
Jessie Fremont |
Relative |
31-May-1824 |
27-Dec-1902 |
Wife of John C. Fremont |
Al From |
Activist |
31-May-1943 |
|
Founder, Democratic Leadership Council |
Hervé Gaymard |
Politician |
31-May-1960 |
|
French Finance Minister, 2004-05 |
Sharon Gless |
Actor |
31-May-1943 |
|
Cagney on Cagney and Lacey |
Bernard Goldberg |
Journalist |
31-May-1945 |
|
Bias |
Sienna Guillory |
Actor |
31-May-1975 |
|
Resident Evil: Apocalypse |
Karl August von Hardenberg |
Diplomat |
31-May-1750 |
26-Nov-1822 |
Prussian statesman |
Patricia Roberts Harris |
Government |
31-May-1924 |
23-Mar-1985 |
Cabinet Secretary under Jimmy Carter |
Gregory Harrison |
Actor |
31-May-1950 |
|
Gonzo Gates on Trapper John |
Corey Hart |
Musician |
31-May-1962 |
|
Wears his sunglasses at night |
John S. Herrington |
Government |
31-May-1939 |
|
US Secretary of Energy, 1985-89 |
Jack Holt |
Actor |
31-May-1888 |
18-Jan-1951 |
They Were Expendable |
Stephen Horn |
Politician |
31-May-1931 |
17-Feb-2011 |
Congressman from California, 1993-2003 |
Duncan Hunter |
Politician |
31-May-1948 |
|
Congressman from California, 1981-2009 |
Andy Hurley |
Drummer |
31-May-1980 |
|
Drummer for Fall Out Boy |
Jim Hutton |
Actor |
31-May-1934 |
2-Jun-1979 |
Ellery Queen |
Louis J. Ignarro |
Scientist |
31-May-1941 |
|
Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal |
Henry "Scoop" Jackson |
Politician |
31-May-1912 |
1-Sep-1983 |
US Senator from Washington, 1953-83 |
Ellsworth Kelly |
Painter |
31-May-1923 |
|
Hard-Edge Painting |
Phil Keoghan |
Game Show Host |
31-May-1967 |
|
The Amazing Race |
Bernard Lewis |
Scholar |
31-May-1916 |
|
Middle East scholar |
Kenny Lofton |
Baseball |
31-May-1967 |
|
Cleveland Indians |
Roma Maffia |
Actor |
31-May-1958 |
|
Dr. Liz Cruz on Nip/Tuck |
Thomas P. Marinis |
Attorney |
31-May-1943 |
|
Vinson & Elkins |
Julio Oscar Mechoso |
Actor |
31-May-1955 |
|
Joaquin Tiant on Greetings from Tucson |
Jay Miner |
Engineer |
31-May-1932 |
20-Jun-1994 |
Father of the Amiga Computer |
Édouard Molinaro |
Film Director |
31-May-1928 |
|
La cage aux folles |
Thomas S. Murphy |
Business |
31-May-1925 |
|
CEO of Capital Cities/ABC, 1966-90 |
Joe Namath |
Football |
31-May-1943 |
|
Football player and pantyhose wearer |
Eric Christian Olsen |
Actor |
31-May-1977 |
|
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd |
Viktor Orbán |
Head of State |
31-May-1963 |
|
Prime Minister of Hungary |
Archie Panjabi |
Actor |
31-May-1972 |
|
Yasmin |
Johnny Paycheck |
Country Musician |
31-May-1938 |
18-Feb-2003 |
Take This Job and Shove It |
Norman Vincent Peale |
Religion |
31-May-1898 |
24-Dec-1993 |
The Power of Positive Thinking |
Saint-John Perse |
Poet |
31-May-1887 |
20-Sep-1975 |
Exile |
Pope Pius XI |
Religion |
31-May-1857 |
10-Feb-1939 |
Signed Lateran Treaties with Mussolini |
Chuck Poochigian |
Politician |
31-May-1949 |
|
California State Senator |
John Prescott |
Politician |
31-May-1938 |
|
Deputy Prime Minister of the UK, 1997-2007 |
Prince Rainier |
Royalty |
31-May-1923 |
6-Apr-2005 |
Monarch of Monaco, 1949-2005 |
John Ringling |
Business |
31-May-1866 |
2-Dec-1936 |
Ringling Brothers Circus |
Félix Rodríguez |
Spy |
31-May-1941 |
|
Bay of Pigs, Iran-Contra operative |
Robert Schrieffer |
Physicist |
31-May-1931 |
|
BCS Theory of Superconductivity |
Martin Schwarzschild |
Astronomer |
31-May-1912 |
10-Apr-1997 |
Structure and Evolution of the Stars |
Kyle Secor |
Actor |
31-May-1957 |
|
Homicide: Life on the Street |
Brooke Shields |
Model |
31-May-1965 |
|
Suddenly Susan |
Henry Sidgwick |
Philosopher |
31-May-1838 |
29-Aug-1900 |
Method of Ethics |
Elaine Stewart |
Actor |
31-May-1930 |
27-Jun-2011 |
Brigadoon |
George R. Stewart |
Author |
31-May-1895 |
22-Aug-1980 |
Earth Abides |
Gregor Strasser |
Politician |
31-May-1892 |
30-Jun-1934 |
Loyal Nazi, devout socialist |
Lea Thompson |
Actor |
31-May-1961 |
|
Caroline in the City |
Ludwig Tieck |
Novelist |
31-May-1773 |
28-Apr-1853 |
Franz Sternbalds Wanderungen |
Jonathan Tucker |
Actor |
31-May-1982 |
|
The Black Donnellys |
Alida Valli |
Actor |
31-May-1921 |
22-Apr-2006 |
The Third Man |
Shirley Verrett |
Singer |
31-May-1931 |
5-Nov-2010 |
Mezzo-soprano at the Met |
John Vivyan |
Actor |
31-May-1915 |
20-Dec-1983 |
Mr. Lucky |
Helen Waddell |
Author |
31-May-1889 |
5-Mar-1965 |
The Wandering Scholars |
Terry Waite |
Victim |
31-May-1939 |
|
Hostage negotiator, then hostage |
Waka Flocka Flame |
Rapper |
31-May-1986 |
|
Flockaveli |
Walt Whitman |
Poet |
31-May-1819 |
26-Mar-1892 |
Leaves of Grass |
Edward Bennett Williams |
Attorney |
31-May-1920 |
13-Aug-1988 |
Washington Superlawyer |
Wesley Willis |
Musician |
31-May-1963 |
21-Aug-2003 |
Schizophrenic street musician |
Harry H. Woodring |
Politician |
31-May-1890 |
9-Sep-1967 |
US Secretary of War, 1936-40 |
Judith Wright |
Poet |
31-May-1915 |
26-Jun-2000 |
The Moving Image |
Peter Yarrow |
Singer |
31-May-1938 |
|
The Peter in Peter, Paul, and Mary |