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May 23rd
1910 Margaret Wise Brown (author of children's books - "Goodnight Moon," "The Runaway Bunny") (d 11/13/52, age 42)
1910 Benjamin 'Scatman' Crothers (d 11/22/86, age 76)
1910 Artie Shaw (clarinetist/bandleader) (d 12/30/04, age 94)
1912 John Payne (actor: Fred Gailey in "Miracle on 34th Street") (d 12/6/89, age 77)
1919 Betty Garrett (actress: Edna Babish on "Laverne & Shirley," Irene Lorenzo on "All in the Family") (d 2/12/11, age 91)
1922 Seymour Solomon (co-founder of Vanguard Records: Joan Baez, Mississippi John Hurt, Buddy Guy) (d 7/18/02, age 80)
1928 Rosemary Clooney (singer) (d 6/29/02, age 74)
1928 Mary Fickett (actress) (d 9/8/11, age 83)
1928 Nigel Davenport (actor) (d 10/25/13, age 85)
1931 Barbara Barrie (actress: Barney Miller, Private Benjamin)
1933 Joan Collins (actress)
1934 Robert Moog (inventor of the Moog synthesizer) (d 8/21/05, age 71)
1936 Charles Kimbrough (actor: Anchorman Jim Dial on "Murphy Brown") (d 1/11/23, age 86)
1938 Robert Watts (producer: Stars Wars series, Indiana Jones series, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Alive) (d 10/1/24, age 86)
1942 Zalman King (director: 9 1/2 Weeks, Red Shoe Diaries, Wild Orchid) (d 2/3/12, age 69)
1945 Misty Morgan (singer) (d 1/1/21, age 75)
1945 Lauren Chapin (actress: Kathy on "Father Knows Best") (d 2/24/26, age 80)
1946 Danny Klein (bassist: J. Geils Band)
1950 Linda Thompson (actress: Hee Haw)
1951 Anatoliy Karpov (Russian Chess Champion 1975-1985)
1952 Deborah Adair
1954 'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler (middleweight boxing champion 1982-1983) (d 3/13/21, age 66)
1958 Drew Carey
1958 Shelley West (singer)
1962 Karen Duffy (actress, MTV VJ)
1964 Staci Greason (actress: Isabella on "Days of our Lives")
1964 Phil Selway (bassist: Radiohead)
1971 Eric Nies (MTV Personality: The Grind)
1974 Jewel (singer)
1984 Adam Wylie (actor: Picket Fences)
1988 Billy Gilman (country singer)
May 24th
1918 Samuel Rubin (first to pop corn in machines on a widespread basis in movie theaters, credited with creating the precursor to the modern concession stand by using a vending machine, broken when it rolled down an aisle and into a stage, as a table to sell candy) (d 2/5/04, age 85)
1919 Harold Leventhal (folk music promoter for Woody Guthrie, introduced Bob Dylan at his first major concert) (d 10/11/05, age 86)
1925 Mai Zetterling (actress) (d 3/17/94, age 68)
1926 John Blood (actor) (d 12/9/01, age 75)
1928 Roger Caras (nature writer) (d 2/18/01, age 72)
1931 Michael Lonsdale (actor: Hugo Drax in "Moonraker") (d 9/21/20, age 89)
1935 Charles 'Rusty' York (rockabilly singer/guitarist) (d 1/26/14, age 78)
1938 Tommy Chong (comedian/actor: Cheech & Chong, Leo on "That '70s Show")
1941 Bob Dylan
1942 Derek Quinn (guitarist: Freddie & the Dreamers - "I'm Telling You Now") (d 10/22/20, age 78)
1943 Gary Burghoff (actor: Radar on "M*A*S*H")
1944 Patti LaBelle
1945 Terry Callier (jazz guitarist) (d 10/28/12, age 67)
1945 Priscilla Presley
1947 Glen Alyn (musician, poet, author, biographer) (d 6/4/00, age 53)
1947 Bouchard, Albert (drummer: Blue Oyster Cult - "(Don't Fear)The Reaper")
1947 Michael Reid (singer, defensive tackle: Cincinnati Bengals 1970-1974)
1949 Jim Broadbent
1949 Jim Bailey Caughlan (drummer: Pure Prairie League)
1953 Nell Campbell (actress)
1953 Alfred Molina
1955 Roseanne Cash
1960 Kristin Scott Thomas (actress: The English Patient)
1962 Gene Anthony Ray (actor/dancer: Leroy on "Fame") (d 11/14/03, age 41)
1962 Hector 'Macho' Camacho (boxer) (d 11/24/12, age 50)
1963 Joe Dumars (guard: Detroit Pistons 1985-1999)
1965 John C. Reilly (actor)
1967 Dwight 'Heavy D' Myers (rapper) (d 11/8/11, age 44)
1967 Eric Close
1969 Rich Robinson (guitarist: The Black Crowes)
1970 Tommy Page (singer: I'll Be Your Everything) (d 3/3/17, age 46)
1979 Joe Kennedy (pitcher) (d 11/23/07, age 28)
1980 Billy J. Sullivan (actor)
1986 Mark Ballas (dancer on "Dancing with the Stars")
1993 Oliver Davis (actor: Jack on "Rodney")
Memorial Day
1918 Claude Akins (actor: Sonny Pruit on "Movin' On," Lobo on "The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo") (d 1/27/94, age 75)
1921 Hal David (lyricist, with Burt Bacharach, "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head") (d 9/1/12, age 91)
1925 Jeanne Crain (actress) (d 12/14/03, age 78)
1926 Dewey 'Miles' Davis (d 9/28/91, age 65)
1927 Robert Ludlum (suspense novelist: Jason Borne series of spy thrillers and "The Matarese Circle") (d 3/12/01, age 73)
1928 Steve Rossi (comedian/actor/former stage partner of Marty Allen) (d 6/22/14, age 86)
1929 Beverly Sills (opera singer) (d 7/2/07, age 78)
1931 John Gabriel (actor) (d 6/11/21, age 90)
1932 Roger Bowen (actor: M*A*S*H (the movie), The Main Event, What about Bob, Petulia) (d 2/16/96, age 63)
1932 John Gregory Dunne (author) (d 12/30/03, age 71)
1936 Tom T. Hall (singer: I Love; songwriter: Harper Valley PTA) (d 8/20/21, age 85)
1939 Virginia 'Dixie' Carter (actress: Julia Sugarbaker on "Designing Women") (d 4/10/10, age 70)
1939 Sir Ian McKellen
1943 Leslie Uggams (singer, actress)
1944 Frank Oz (puppeteer: voice of Miss Piggy)
1945 Hersha Parady (actress: School Teacher Alice Garvey on "Little House on the Prairie") (d 8/23/23, age 78)
1947 Jessi Colter (country singer)
1947 Karen Valentine
1948 Klaus Meine (singer: The Scorpions)
1949 Clarence Burke, Jr. (singer: The Five Stairsteps - "O-o-h Child") (d 5/26/13, age 64)
1950 Robby Steinhardt (violinist: Kansas) (d 7/17/21, age 71)
1951 Clifford Archer (bassist: Atlantic Starr)
1951 Patti D'Arbanville Quinn (actress)
1955 Connie Sellecca
1957 Hillary Bailey Smith (actress)
1958 Paul Weller (singer/guitarist: The Jam, The Style Council)
1963 Mike Myers (actor: Saturday Night Live, Wayne's World)
1964 Ray Stevenson (actor) (d 5/21/23, age 58)
1965 Mark Knight (guitarist: Bang Tango)
1969 Anne Heche (d 8/12/22, age 53)
1969 Matt Borlenghi (actor)
1970 Lindsay Greenbush (twin actress: Carrie on "Little House on the Prairie")
1970 Sidney Greenbush (twin actress: Carrie on "Little House on the Prairie")
1970 Jamie Kennedy
1971 Justin Henry (actor: Billy Kramer in "Kramer vs. Kramer," Mike Baker in "Sixteen Candles")
1973 Molly Sims
1975 Lauryn Hill (singer: The Fugees, and solo)
1976 Cillian Murphy (actor)
1979 Monica Keena (actress: Rachel Lindquist on "Undeclared")
1984 A.J. Foyt IV (Indy 500 racer, ran his first race on his 19th birthday, grandson of A.J. Foyt)
May 26th
1886 Al Jolson (d 10/23/50, age 64)
1907 John Wayne (d 6/11/79, age 72)
1908 Robert Morley (d 6/3/92, age 84)
1910 Laurence Rockefeller (conservationist, philanthropist) (d 7/11/04, age 94)
1910 Larry Rhine (writer: All in the Family, The Odd Couple, The Brady Bunch, Sanford and Son, Diff'rent Strokes) (d 10/27/00, age 90)
1913 Peter Cushing (d 8/11/94, age 81)
1919 Jay Silverheels (actor: Tonto on "The Lone Ranger") (d 3/5/80, age 60)
1920 Peggy Lee (singer: Fever) (d 1/21/02, age 81)
1923 James Arness (actor: Gunsmoke) (d 6/3/11, age 88)
1928 Jack Kevorkian (doctor famous for assisted suicides) (d 6/3/11, age 83)
1939 Brent Musberger (sportscaster: CBS/ABC, Indy 500 announcer for many years)
1940 Levon Helm (drummer: The Band: Up on Cripple Creek, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down) (d 4/19/12, age 71)
1942 Ray Ennis (guitarist: Swinging Blue Jeans - "You're No Good")
1944 Verden 'Phally' Allen (keyboardist: Mott the Hoople)
1945 Garry Peterson (drummer: The Guess Who)
1948 Stephanie 'Stevie' Nicks (singer: Fleetwood Mac)
1949 Dayle Haddon (actress/model) (d 12/27/24, age 76)
1949 Pam Grier (actress)
1949 Dan Pastorini (quarterback: Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders)
1949 Philip Michael Thomas (actor: Ricardo Tubbs on "Miami Vice")
1949 Hank Williams, Jr.
1951 Sally Ride (first US female astronaut) (d 7/23/12, age 61)
1956 Barbara Stock (actress)
1957 Margaret Colin (actress)
1960 Chris Duffy
1961 Bryan Carlstrom (record producer: Alice in Chains, The Offspring) (d 1/26/13, age 51)
1962 Genie Francis (actress: Laura on "General Hospital")
1962 Bob(cat) Goldthwait
1964 Lenny Kravitz
1966 Helena Bonham Carter (actress)
1967 Kristen Pfaff (bassist: Hole) (d 6/16/94, age 27)
1970 Joseph Fiennes
1971 Matt Stone
1978 Benji Gregory (actor: Brian Tanner on "ALF") (d 6/13/24, age 46)
1996 Austin Michael Luciano (actor)
May 27th
1909 Dolores Hope (singer, widow of Bob Hope) (d 9/19/11, age 102)
1911 Hubert Horatio Humphrey (U.S. Vice President 1965-1969) (d 1/13/78, age 66)
1911 Vincent Price (d 10/25/93, age 82)
1912 'Slammin' Sam Snead (golfer) (d 5/23/02, age 89)
1917 Gene Fowler, Jr. (actor) (d 5/11/98, age 80)
1919 Kam Fong (actor: Detective Chin Ho Kelly on "Hawaii Five-0") (d 10/18/02, age 83)
1922 Christopher Lee (actor) (d 6/7/15, age 93)
1923 Henry 'Redd' Stewart (songwriter, fiddler, singer, member of the Nashville songwriters hall of fame, Pee Wee King Show) (d 8/2/03, age 80)
1923 Henry Kissinger (U.S. Secretary of State 1973-1977) (d 11/29/23, age 100)
1925 Tony Hillerman (author: Navajo mysteries) (d 10/26/08, age 83)
1926 Clifford 'Bud' Shank (jazz flautist and saxophonist) (d 4/2/09, age 82)
1931 Kenny Price (singer) (d 8/4/87, age 56)
1932 Steve Franken (actor, cousin of Al Franken) (d 8/24/12, age 80)
1935 Ramsey Lewis (jazz pianist) (d 9/12/22, age 87)
1935 Lee Meriwether (actress: Betty on "Barnaby Jones")
1936 Louis Gossett, Jr. (d 3/29/24, age 87)
1937 Allan Carr (director: Grease) (d 6/29/99, age 62)
1939 Don Williams (singer: Tulsa Time, I Believe in You) (d 9/8/17, age 78)
1940 Gelindo 'Lindy' Infante (coach: Green Bay Packers 1988-1991, Indianapolis Colts) (d 10/8/15, age 75)
1943 Cilla Black (actress) (d 8/1/15, age 72)
1943 Bruce Weitz (actor: Hill Street Blues)
1945 Bruce Cockburn
1948 Pete Sears (bassist: Jefferson Starship 1974-1987)
1955 Richard Schiff (actor: The West Wing)
1956 Lisa Niemi (actress)
1957 Janet Susan Ballion (aka Siouxsie Sioux, singer: Siouxsie & the Banshees)
1958 Neil Finn (singer/keyboardist/guitarist: Split Enz/Crowded House)
1958 Linnea Quigley (actress)
1958 Claude Schnell (drummer: Dio)
1961 Peri Gilpin (actress: Roz on "Frasier")
1961 Cathy Silvers (actress: Jenny Picollo on "Happy Days," daughter of Phil Silvers)
1965 Todd Bridges (actor: Willis on "Diff'rent Strokes")
1966 Sean Kinney (drummer: Alice in Chains)
1969 Dondre Whitfield (actor)
1971 Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes (singer: TLC) (d 4/25/02, age 30)
1971 Paul Bettany (actor)
1971 Manika Schnarre (actress)
1972 Antonio Freeman (wide receiver: Green Bay Packers 1995-2001, 2003, Philadelphia Eagles 2002)
1975 Jamie Oliver
1981 Nick Barnett (linebacker: Green Bay Packers 2003-2010, Buffalo Bills 2011-2012, Washington Redskins 2013)
1990 Chris Colfer (actor: Glee)
1994 Ethan Dampf (actor: Will Pryor on "American Dreams")
May 28th
1908 Ian Fleming (author: James Bond) (d 8/12/64, age 56)
1910 Aaron Thibealt 'T-Bone' Walker (blues guitarist) (d 3/16/75, age 64)
1918 Johnny Wayne (comedian: Wayne & Shuster) (d 7/18/90, age 72)
1922 Lucille Kallen (screenwriter: Your Show of Shows) (d 1/18/99, age 76)
1925 Martha Vickers (actress) (d 11/2/71, age 46)
1929 Albert 'Sonny' Burgess (rockabilly singer) (d 8/18/17, age 88)
1931 Gordon Willis (cinematographer: Godfather series) (d 5/18/14, age 82)
1931 Carroll Baker (actress)
1933 John Karlen (actor: Harvey (Lacey's husband) on "Cagney and Lacey") (d 1/22/20, age 86)
1933 Zelda Rubenstein (actress: Psychic in "Poltergeist" and sequels) (d 1/27/10, age 76)
1938 Jerry West (NBA star: LA Lakers) (d 6/12/24, age 86)
1940 Maeve Binchy (writer: Circle of Friends) (d 7/30/12, age 72)
1941 Beth Howland (actress: Vera on "Alice") (d 12/31/15, age 74)
1944 Sondra Locke (d 11/3/18, age 74)
1944 Gladys Knight (singer: Gladys Knight and the Pips)
1944 Billy Vera (singer: Billy Vera & the Beaters)
1945 Gary Stewart (country singer) (d 12/16/03, age 58)
1945 John Fogerty (guitarist/singer/founder: Creedence Clearwater Revival)
1946 Madeleine LeRoux (Broadway actress)
1949 Wendy O. Williams (singer: The Plasmatics) (d 4/6/98, age 48)
1949 Sue Holderness (actress)
1961 Roland Gift (singer: Fine Young Cannibals)
1962 James Michael Tyler (actor: Gunther on "Friends") (d 10/24/21, age 59)
1962 Brandon Cruz (actor: Eddie in "The Courtship of Eddie's Father")
1963 Eugene Robinson (safety: Green Bay Packers, Seattle Seahawks)
1964 Armon Gilliam (forward: Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets)
1965 Christa Miller (actress: Kate on "The Drew Carey Show")
1967 Kari Wuhrer (actress)
1968 Kylie Minogue
1970 Glenn Quinn (actor: Mark (Becky's boyfriend/husband) on "Roseanne") (d 12/3/02, age 32)
1977 Elisabeth Hasselbeck (co-hostess: The View)
1979 Jesse Bradford
1985 Carey Mulligan (actress)
May 29th
1903 Bob Hope (d 7/27/03, age 100)
1917 John F. Kennedy (35th U.S. President: 1961-1963) (d 11/22/63, age 46)
1918 Herb Shriner (humorist) (d 4/23/70, age 51)
1920 Clifton James (actor) (d 4/15/17, age 96)
1924 Lavonne 'Pepper' Paire-Davis (played in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League in the 1940s, was the inspiration for the movie "A League of Their Own") (d 2/2/13, age 88)
1925 George Nowlan (aka Danny Davis, of Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass) (d 6/12/08, age 83)
1930 Lou Robin (manager: Johnny Cash & June Carter 1973 until they both died in 2003) (d 5/18/21, age 90)
1935 Sylvia Robinson (singer: Love is Strange (with Mickey Baker)) (d 9/29/11, age 76)
1938 Fay Vincent (MLB commissioner 1989-1992) (d 2/1/25, age 86)
1939 Al Unser, Sr. (Indy 500 Winner: 1970, 1971, 1978, 1987) (d 12/9/21, age 82)
1941 Bob Simon (CBS newsman: 60 Minutes) (d 2/11/15, age 73)
1942 Kevin Conway (actor/director) (d 2/5/20, age 77)
1945 Gary Brooker (keyboardist/singer: Procol Harum - "Whiter Shade of Pale") (d 2/19/22, age 76)
1947 Anthony Geary (actor: Luke on "General Hospital") (d 12/14/25, age 78)
1949 Francis Rossi (guitarist/singer: Status Quo)
1953 Danny Elfman (singer: Oingo Boingo, composer: Simpsons theme)
1954 Randy Walker (football coach: Northwestern University 1999-2005) (d 6/29/06, age 52)
1955 Mike Porcaro (bassist: Toto) (d 3/15/15, age 59)
1955 John Hinckley, Jr, (attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan in 1981)
1956 LaToya Jackson (singer)
1957 Bobby Hamilton (2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck series champion) (d 1/7/07, age 49)
1958 Annette Bening
1959 Rupert Everett (actor)
1959 Mel Gaynor (drummer: Simple Minds)
1960 Adrian Paul (actor)
1961 Melissa Etheridge
1963 Lisa Whelchel (actress: Blair on "The Facts of Life")
1967 Noel Gallagher (guitarist/pianist/singer/songwriter: Oasis)
1969 Chan Kinchla (guitarist: Blues Traveler)
1975 Melanie Brown (singer: Scary Spice of The Spice Girls)
1977 Danny Gerard (actor)
1978 Lorenzo Odone (inspiration for the movie "Lorenzo's Oil," doctors said he would die as a child) (d 5/30/08, age 30)
1983 Richard Lee Jackson (actor)
1984 Carmelo Anthony
1989 Danielle Riley Keough (grand daughter of Elvis Presley)
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