Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Joe Adcock |
Baseball |
30-Oct-1927 |
3-May-1999 |
Milwaukee Braves First Baseman |
Alex Agase |
Football |
27-Mar-1922 |
3-May-2007 |
Head Coach at Northwestern, Purdue |
Robert Alda |
Actor |
26-Nov-1914 |
3-May-1986 |
Cloak and Dagger |
Lewis Allen |
Film Director |
25-Dec-1905 |
3-May-2000 |
The Uninvited |
Ernest Ball |
Songwriter |
22-Jul-1878 |
3-May-1927 |
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling |
Pope Benedict XIV |
Religion |
31-Mar-1675 |
3-May-1758 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1740-58 |
Bruce Cabot |
Actor |
20-Apr-1904 |
3-May-1972 |
Saved Fay Wray from King Kong |
Andrew Cavendish |
Aristocrat |
2-Jan-1920 |
3-May-2004 |
11th Duke of Devonshire |
Jackie Cooper |
Actor |
15-Sep-1922 |
3-May-2011 |
Jackie in Our Gang |
Charles Fort |
Scientist |
6-Aug-1874 |
3-May-1932 |
Prophet of the Unexplained |
Billy Higgins |
Jazz Musician |
11-Oct-1936 |
3-May-2001 |
Leading free-jazz and bop drummer |
Thomas Hood |
Poet |
23-May-1799 |
3-May-1845 |
Odes and Addresses to Great People |
Robert A. Hurley |
Politician |
25-Aug-1895 |
3-May-1968 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1941-43 |
Zakir Hussain |
Head of State |
8-Feb-1897 |
3-May-1969 |
President of India, 1967-69 |
Darrell Johnson |
Baseball |
25-Aug-1928 |
3-May-2004 |
Red Sox, Mariners manager |
Christine Jorgensen |
Photographer |
30-May-1926 |
3-May-1989 |
First successful surgical transsexual |
Jerzy Kosinski |
Author |
14-Jun-1933 |
3-May-1991 |
Being There |
Jonathan Homer Lane |
Astronomer |
9-Aug-1819 |
3-May-1880 |
Gravitational equilibrium of the Sun |
Mehmed the Conqueror |
Royalty |
29-Mar-1432 |
3-May-1481 |
Ottoman Sultan, destroyed Byzantine empire |
Patsy Montana |
Country Musician |
30-Oct-1908 |
3-May-1996 |
A Cowboy's Sweetheart |
George Murphy |
Actor |
4-Jul-1902 |
3-May-1992 |
Actor and US Senator from California |
Ernie Nevers |
Football |
11-Jun-1902 |
3-May-1976 |
NFL Hall of Famer |
John Cardinal O'Connor |
Religion |
15-Jan-1920 |
3-May-2000 |
Archbishop of New York, 1984-2000 |
Suzy Parker |
Model |
28-Oct-1932 |
3-May-2003 |
Early supermodel turned actress |
Marvin Runyon |
Government |
16-Sep-1924 |
3-May-2004 |
US Postmaster General, 1992-98 |
Wally Schirra |
Astronaut |
12-Mar-1923 |
3-May-2007 |
Commander of Apollo 7 |
Jessie Willcox Smith |
Artist |
6-Sep-1863 |
3-May-1935 |
The Water-Babies illustrator |
Oscar S. Straus |
Diplomat |
23-Dec-1850 |
3-May-1926 |
Thrice Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire |
Yevgeny Svetlanov |
Conductor |
6-Sep-1928 |
3-May-2002 |
Director, USSR State Symphony, 1965-2002 |
Jesse B. Thomas |
Politician |
1777 |
3-May-1853 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
Tom Tyler |
Actor |
9-Aug-1903 |
3-May-1954 |
Adventures of Captain Marvel |
Jack Weston |
Actor |
21-Aug-1924 |
3-May-1996 |
Wait Until Dark |
William H. Woodin |
Business |
27-May-1868 |
3-May-1934 |
US Treasury Secretary, 1933 |
Zulu |
Actor |
17-Oct-1937 |
3-May-2004 |
Kono on Hawaii 5-O |