Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Nancy Astor |
Politician |
19-May-1879 |
2-May-1964 |
First woman in the House of Commons |
St. Athanasius |
Religion |
298 AD |
2-May-373 AD |
Patriarch of Alexandria, 328-373 AD |
George F. Baker |
Business |
27-Mar-1840 |
2-May-1931 |
"None of the public's business" |
William Thomas Beckford |
Author |
1-Oct-1760 |
2-May-1844 |
History of the Caliph Vatheck |
Martin Bormann |
Government |
17-Jun-1900 |
2-May-1945 |
Adolf Hitler's adjutant |
Robert F. Brachtenbach |
Judge |
28-Jan-1931 |
2-May-2008 |
Justice, WA Supreme Court, 1972-94 |
Norm Van Brocklin |
Football |
15-Mar-1926 |
2-May-1983 |
NFL QB passed for 554 yards in a game |
Van Wyck Brooks |
Critic |
16-Feb-1886 |
2-May-1963 |
Finders & Makers |
L. Dean Brown |
Diplomat |
21-Aug-1920 |
2-May-2001 |
US Ambassador to Jordan, 1970-73 |
Alan Carney |
Actor |
22-Dec-1909 |
2-May-1973 |
Comedy duo, Brown & Carney |
Leonardo Da Vinci |
Artist |
15-Apr-1452 |
2-May-1519 |
Mona Lisa, The Last Supper |
Helmut Dantine |
Actor |
7-Oct-1917 |
2-May-1982 |
Edge of Darkness |
John Eccles |
Scientist |
27-Jan-1903 |
2-May-1997 |
Membrane potential of nerves |
Renée Faure |
Actor |
4-Nov-1918 |
2-May-2005 |
The Little Thief |
Marilyn French |
Author |
21-Nov-1929 |
2-May-2009 |
The Women's Room |
August Wilhelm von Hofmann |
Chemist |
8-Apr-1818 |
2-May-1892 |
Organic chemist, researched aniline |
J. Edgar Hoover |
Government |
1-Jan-1895 |
2-May-1972 |
Director of the FBI, 1924-72 |
Michael Hordern |
Actor |
3-Oct-1911 |
2-May-1995 |
The Slipper and the Rose |
Jack Kemp |
Politician |
13-Jul-1935 |
2-May-2009 |
American politican, football player |
Mildred Loving |
Activist |
22-Jun-1939 |
2-May-2008 |
Interracial marriage |
Edwin L. Marin |
Film Director |
21-Feb-1899 |
2-May-1951 |
Tall in the Saddle |
Hugh Marlowe |
Actor |
30-Jan-1911 |
2-May-1982 |
Jim Matthews on Another World |
William Moulton Marston |
Inventor |
9-May-1893 |
2-May-1947 |
Invented polygraph, Wonder Woman |
Joseph McCarthy |
Politician |
14-Nov-1908 |
2-May-1957 |
US Senator from Wisconsin, 1947-57 |
Giacomo Meyerbeer |
Composer |
5-Sep-1791 |
2-May-1864 |
Robert le Diable |
Wilbur Mills |
Politician |
24-May-1909 |
2-May-1992 |
Congressman from Arkansas, 1939-77 |
Alfred de Musset |
Poet |
11-Dec-1810 |
2-May-1857 |
Les Caprices de Marianne |
Joseph E. Nathan |
Business |
2-Mar-1835 |
2-May-1912 |
Founder of Glaxo |
Giulio Natta |
Chemist |
26-Feb-1903 |
2-May-1979 |
Ziegler-Natta catalysts for polymerization |
George Pal |
Film Director |
1-Feb-1908 |
2-May-1980 |
The Time Machine |
James Gates Percival |
Poet |
15-Sep-1795 |
2-May-1856 |
Clio |
Gene Raymond |
Actor |
13-Aug-1908 |
2-May-1998 |
Red Dust |
Lynn Redgrave |
Actor |
8-Mar-1943 |
2-May-2010 |
The Happy Hooker |
Oliver Reed |
Actor |
13-Feb-1938 |
2-May-1999 |
Lion of the Desert |
James O. Richardson |
Military |
18-Sep-1878 |
2-May-1974 |
US Admiral |
Louis Rukeyser |
Talk Show Host |
30-Jan-1933 |
2-May-2006 |
Host of PBS's Wall $treet Week |
Junior Seau |
Football |
19-Jan-1969 |
2-May-2012 |
NFL Linebacker, committed suicide |
John W. Troy |
Politician |
31-Oct-1868 |
2-May-1942 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1933-39 |
Franz von Papen |
Diplomat |
29-Oct-1879 |
2-May-1969 |
Nazi ambassador |