🏆🎳Glenn Allison -- is 93 in the year 2023 and 94 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1930
Hall of Famer, Bowler
Names/Places: aka Mr. 900
Misc: won four titles and 10 other top 10 finishes.
🏆🏒John Edward Mayasich -- is 90 in the year 2023 and 91 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1933 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Hockey Player, Olympic Athlete
✍📰Garry Wills -- is 89 in the year 2023 and 90 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1934
Author (m), Journalist, Historian (m)
Book Titles: Nixon Agonistes (1970), Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence (1978), Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America (1993)
🎵Peter Nero -- is 89 in the year 2023 and 90 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1934
Pianist, Conductor
Names/Places: b. in New York City; RN:Bernie Nierow
Misc: Pop-Jazz-Classical piano
🎵Al Brown -- is 89 in the year 2023 and 90 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1934
Bandleader
🎭Frank Converse -- is 85 in the year 2023 and 86 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1938
Actor
Names/Places: b. in St. Louis, Mo.
TV Shows: NYPD (as Det. Johnny Corso), Movin' On (as Will)
⛪🎭Richard Benjamin -- is 85 in the year 2023 and 86 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1938
Jewish, TV/Movie Actor, Movie Director (m)
Names/Places: b. in New York City; Paula Prentiss's hubby
TV Shows: He & She, Quark (as Adam Quark, the captain of an intergalactic garbage scow)
Movie Titles: Westworld, Catch-22, Marci X, Deconstructing Harry
🎵🎸Ian Underwood -- is 84 in the year 2023 and 85 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1939
Rock and Roll Keyboardist
Misc: Woodwind player
Group Names: Mothers of Invention
🎭Barbara Parkins -- is 81 in the year 2023 and 82 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1942
TV/Movie Actress, Canadian
Names/Places: b. in Vancouver, B.C.
Misc: retired from acting in 1998
TV Shows: Peyton Place (as Betty Anderson Harrington Cord), Captains & the Kings, Valley of the Dolls
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🏆⚾Tommy John -- is 80 in the year 2023 and 81 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1943
Hall of Famer, MLB Pitcher
Misc: 4x All-Star
Sports Teams: Cleveland Indians (1963-1964), Chicago White Sox (1965-1971), Los Angeles Dodgers (1972-1974, 1976-1978), New York Yankees (1979-1982), California Angels (1982-1985), Oakland Athletics (1985), New York Yankees (1986-1989)
Betty Williams -- is 80 in the year 2023 and 81 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1943
Political Activist, Irish
Misc: of North Ireland
✍John Flanagan -- is 79 in the year 2023 and 80 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1944
Author (m), Australian
Misc: fantasy author
Book Titles: Ranger's Apprentice, Brotherband
🎨🎭Victoria Wyndham -- is 78 in the year 2023 and 79 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1945
Sculptor (m), Soap Actress
TV Shows: Guiding Light (as Charlotte Waring Bauer), Another World (as Rachel Davis Matthews Clark Frame Cory Cory Cory Hutchins / Justine)
🎵Doug Gray -- is 75 in the year 2023 and 76 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1948
Country Singer
Group Names: Marshall Tucker Band
🎭Thomas Schlamme -- is 73 in the year 2023 and 74 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1950
Producer/Director (m)
Names/Places: Christine Lahti's hubby
TV Shows: Sports Night, The West Wing, Jack and Bobby, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Manhattan
🎵Bernie Taupin -- is 73 in the year 2023 and 74 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1950
Lyricist, Songwriter, English
Misc: usually team wrtier with Elton John
🏆🏒Rich Preston -- is 71 in the year 2023 and 72 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1952
NHL Coach, NHL Player, Canadian
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🎵🎸Dennis Bovell -- is 70 in the year 2023 and 71 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1953
Music Producer, Reggae Musician, West Indies
🎵🎸Jerry Dammers -- is 69 in the year 2023 and 70 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1954
Songwriter, Pianist, New Wave Keyboardist, India
Group Names: The Special A.K.A.
🎭🎵Al Corley -- is 68 in the year 2023 and 69 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1955
TV Actor, Producer (m), Songwriter, Singer
Song Titles: Square Rooms
Album Titles: Square Rooms
TV Shows: Dynasty (as Steven Carrington 1981-82)
Movie Titles: You Kill Me, Kill the Irishman, Don Juan DeMarco
🎵🎸Iva Davies -- is 68 in the year 2023 and 69 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1955
Songwriter, Alternative Rock Singer/Guitarist, Australian
Group Names: Icehouse (lead)
🎭Douglas Heyes Jr. -- is 67 in the year 2023 and 68 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1956
Actor
Names/Places: son of a TV director
TV Shows: Captains & the Kings, Aspen
⚖Lisa Murkowski -- is 66 in the year 2023 and 67 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1957
Senator (m)
Names/Places: Alaskan
🎭Christian Sebaldt -- is 65 in the year 2023 and 66 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1958
Director (m), Cinematographer (m), German
TV Shows: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Movie Titles: Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Feardotcom, Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
🏆🏀David Blatt -- is 64 in the year 2023 and 65 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1959 N.S.
NBA Coach, College Basketball Player, Basketball Coach, Olympic Athlete
🎭Ed Fry -- is 64 in the year 2023 and 65 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1959
Actor
Movie Titles: Rude Awakening, Living Out Loud
🎭🎵Lisa Dalbello -- is 64 in the year 2023 and 65 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1959
Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress, Songwriter, Singer, Multi-instrumentalist, Canadian
Misc: composed for Heart, Queensryche, and the English lyrics for Nena
TV Shows: Sailor Moon (as Queen Nehllenia)
🎵🎸Morrissey -- is 64 in the year 2023 and 65 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1959
Lyricist, Songwriter, Alternative Rock Singer, British, Gay
Names/Places: FN:Stephen Patrick
Group Names: The Smiths, soloist
✍Andy Andrews -- is 64 in the year 2023 and 65 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1959
Author (m)
Book Titles: The Traveler's Gift
🏆🏈Dave Rimmington -- is 63 in the year 2023 and 64 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1960 N.S.
Hall of Famer, NFL Center
Misc: in the College Football Hall of Fame
Sports Teams: University of Nebraska, Cincinnati Bengals (1983-1987), Philadelphia Eagles (1988-1989)
🎭Jeremy Gelbwaks -- is 62 in the year 2023 and 63 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1961
TV Actor
Misc: retired from acting after performing in just one season of the Patridge Family
TV Shows: The Partridge Family (as Chris Partridge in season 1)
🎭Ann Cusack -- is 62 in the year 2023 and 63 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1961
Actress
TV Shows: Jeff Foxworthy Show (as Karen Foxworthy)
Movie Titles: Nightcrawler, A League of Their Own, Accepted, Stigmata
🎵Dana Williams -- is 62 in the year 2023 and 63 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1961
Bassist, Country Singer
Group Names: Diamond Rio
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🎵Caroline Buckley -- is 62 in the year 2023 and 63 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1961
Music Figure
🎭I. Marlene King -- is 61 in the year 2023 and 62 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1962 N.S.
Producer (m), German
🏆🏌Andrew Mayer -- is 61 in the year 2023 and 62 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1962
Golfer, French
🎵🎸Jesse Valenzuela -- is 61 in the year 2023 and 62 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1962
Musician, Alternative Rock Singer
Group Names: Gin Blossoms, The Low Watts
🎭Mark Christopher Lawrence -- is 59 in the year 2023 and 60 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1964
Actor, Producer (m)
TV Shows: Chuck (as Big Mike)
Movie Titles: Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Pursuit of Happyness, Garfield (2004)
⚖Jay Carney -- is 58 in the year 2023 and 59 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1965
Government Official (m)
Misc: former White House Press Secretary
🎵🎸Matthew Gerrard -- is 58 in the year 2023 and 59 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1965
Rock and Roll Bassist, Canadian
Group Names: Von Groove
🏆🏀Donald Royal -- is 57 in the year 2023 and 58 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1966
NBA Player
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🏆⚾José Mesa -- is 57 in the year 2023 and 58 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1966
MLB Pitcher, Dominican Republican
🎭🎵Johnny Gill -- is 57 in the year 2023 and 58 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1966
Actor, Songwriter, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Group Names: New Edition, soloist
🎵🎸Kenny Hickey -- is 57 in the year 2023 and 58 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1966
Heavy Metal Guitairst
Group Names: Type O Negative
🎭Dave Payne -- is 56 in the year 2023 and 57 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1967
Entertainment Figure
🎭Brooke Smith -- is 56 in the year 2023 and 57 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1967
Actress
Movie Titles: The Silence of the Lambs, Intersteller, In Her Shoes
🎭David Holcomb -- is 56 in the year 2023 and 57 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1967
Actor
Movie Titles: Spider-Man (2002), Bulldog
🎵🎸Dan Roberts -- is 56 in the year 2023 and 57 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1967
Modern Rock Bassist, Canadian
Group Names: Crash Test Dummies
🏆🏀Randy Brown -- is 55 in the year 2023 and 56 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1968
NBA Coach, NBA Guard
🏆⚾Alan Levine -- is 55 in the year 2023 and 56 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1968
MLB Pitcher
🎭Michael Kelly -- is 54 in the year 2023 and 55 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1969
Actor
TV Shows: House of Cards
Movie Titles: Changeling, The Adjustment Bureau, Now You See Me, Chronicle
🎵🎸Jared Tuten -- is 54 in the year 2023 and 55 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1969
Rock and Roll Guitarist
Group Names: Pariah
🏆🏈Marcus Dowdell -- is 53 in the year 2023 and 54 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1970
NFL Player
🎭🎵🏆Naomi Campbell -- is 53 in the year 2023 and 54 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1970
Actress, Producer (m), Dancer (m), Pop Singer, Model, English
Names/Places: b. in London
TV Shows: The Face (producer), Empire
🏆🏈Corey Croom -- is 52 in the year 2023 and 53 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1971
NFL Runningback
🎵🎸David Walsh -- is 52 in the year 2023 and 53 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1971
Rock and Roll Guitarist
Group Names: Disturbance
🎭Anna Belknap -- is 51 in the year 2023 and 52 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1972
Actress
TV Shows: Medical Investigation (as Eva Rossi), CSI NY (as Detective Lindsay Monroe)
Movie Titles: Alchemy
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🎨🎭🏆Alison Eastwood -- is 51 in the year 2023 and 52 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1972
Fashion Designer (m), Actress, Producer/Director (m), Model
Names/Places: Maggie & Clint's daughter
Movie Titles: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Tightrope, Absolute Power, Poolhall Junkies
🏆🏈Mike Hollis -- is 51 in the year 2023 and 52 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1972
NFL Player
🏆🏈Rich Owens -- is 51 in the year 2023 and 52 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1972
NFL Player
🏆⚾Julián Tavárez -- is 50 in the year 2023 and 51 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1973
MLB Pitcher, Dominican Republican
🎵Donell Jones -- is 50 in the year 2023 and 51 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1973
Music Producer, Songwriter, Rhythm and Blues Singer
🎭A. J. Langer -- is 49 in the year 2023 and 50 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1974
Actress
Misc: some say b. 1973
TV Shows: Drexell's Class (as Melissa), Baywatch (as Caroline), My So Called Life (as Rayanne Graff), Brooklyn South, Private Practice, Three Sisters, It's Like You Know (as Lauren Woods)
Movie Titles: The People Under the Stairs, Escape from L.A., Meet the Deedles
🎭Sean Gunn -- is 49 in the year 2023 and 50 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1974 N.S.
Actor
TV Shows: Gilmore Girls (as Kirk Gleason)
Movie Titles: Super, Guardians of the Galaxy, Pearl Harbor
🏆🏒Andrei Nazarov -- is 49 in the year 2023 and 50 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1974
NHL Coach, NHL Player, Soviet
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🏆⚾John Bale -- is 49 in the year 2023 and 50 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1974
MLB Pitcher
🏆Katie Price -- is 45 in the year 2023 and 46 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1978 N.S.
Model, English
🎭Ginnifer Goodwin -- is 45 in the year 2023 and 46 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1978
Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress
TV Shows: Ed, Big Love, Electric City, Once Upon a Time (as Mary Margaret Blanchard / Snow White)
Movie Titles: Ramona and Beezus, Walk the Line, Zootopia, Something Borrowed, He's Just Not That Into You, Zootopia
🎭🏆Maggie Q -- is 44 in the year 2023 and 45 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1979 N.S.
Actress, Producer (m), Model
Names/Places: RN: Denise Quigley
TV Shows: Nikita (as Nikita), Designated Survivor (as Hannah Wells)
Movie Titles: Insurgent, Live Free or Die Hard, Divergent, Mission Impossible III
🎵Vivian Green -- is 44 in the year 2023 and 45 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1979 N.S.
Rhythm and Blues Singer
🎭Nazanin Boniadi -- is 43 in the year 2023 and 44 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1980 N.S.
Actress, Iranian
TV Shows: Homeland (as Fara Sherazi)
Movie Titles: Charlie Wilson's War, Iron Man, The Next Three Days
🏆🥊Daniel Bryan -- is 42 in the year 2023 and 43 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1981 N.S.
Wrestler
🏆🏁⛸Apolo Anton Ohno -- is 41 in the year 2023 and 42 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1982
Speed Skater, Olympic Athlete, Skater
Misc: Olympic gold medal speed skater
💻Dustin Moskovitz -- is 39 in the year 2023 and 40 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1984 N.S.
Internet Company Entrepreneur
Misc: Facebook co-founder
🏆⚽Carlos (Soccer) Valdés -- is 38 in the year 2023 and 39 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1985 N.S.
Soccer Player, Colombian
🎭Molly Ephraim -- is 37 in the year 2023 and 38 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1986 N.S.
Actress
TV Shows: Last Man Standing (as Mandy Baxter)
Movie Titles: Paranormal Activity (series), College Road Trip
🏆🏈Julian Edelman -- is 37 in the year 2023 and 38 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1986 N.S.
NFL Wide Receiver
Misc: Super Bowl LIII MVP (2019)
🎵Austin (Country) Brown -- is 37 in the year 2023 and 38 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1986 N.S.
Country Singer
Group Names: Home Free
Album Titles: Crazy Life
🏆🎾Novak Djokovic -- is 36 in the year 2023 and 37 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1987 N.S.
Tennis Player, Serbian
🏆⚽Arturo Vidal -- is 36 in the year 2023 and 37 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1987 N.S.
Soccer Player, Chilean
Names/Places: NN: Il Guerriero (The Warrior)
🏆🥊Santana Garrett -- is 35 in the year 2023 and 36 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1988 N.S.
Wrestler
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🏆⚾Corey Dickerson -- is 34 in the year 2023 and 35 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1989 N.S.
MLB Outfielder, American
Misc: Gold Glove 2018, All-Star
🏆Brittny Ward -- is 33 in the year 2023 and 34 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1990
Model, Playmate
Misc: January 2015
🎵Adrian Marcel -- is 33 in the year 2023 and 34 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1990 N.S.
Songwriter, Rhythm and Blues Singer
🏆Olivia Paige -- is 32 in the year 2023 and 33 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1991
Playmate
Misc: September 2010
🎭Anna Katerina Baryshnikov -- is 31 in the year 2023 and 32 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1992 N.S.
Actress
Names/Places: Lisa Rine Hart & Mikhail's girl
TV Shows: Superior Donuts
🎭Camren Bicondova -- is 24 in the year 2023 and 25 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1999 N.S.
Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress
TV Shows: Gotham (as Selina Kyle, also in Gotham Stories)
Cannon Edward King -- is 23 in the year 2023 and 24 in the year 2024; b.5/22/2000
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Shawn Southwick and Larry's son
Roan Joseph Bronstein -- is 23 in the year 2023 and 24 in the year 2024; b.5/22/2000
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Sharon Stone and Phil Bronstein's adoptive son
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Zahra Savannah Rock -- is 19 in the year 2023 and 20 in the year 2024; b.5/22/2004
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Malaak and Chris's daughter
🎭Peyton Elizabeth Lee -- is 19 in the year 2023 and 20 in the year 2024; b.5/22/2004 N.S.
Actress
Zolten Penn Jillette -- is 17 in the year 2023 and 18 in the year 2024; b.5/22/2006
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Emily and Penn's son
McLaurin Clement Williams -- is 4 in the year 2023 and 5 in the year 2024; b.5/22/2019 N.S.
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Olivia June and Zak's son; Robin Williams' grandson
🎖Louis De Frontenac -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1622 d.11/28/1698 (76)
Soldier, Courtier, French
⚛William Sturgeon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1783 d.12/4/1850 (67)
Inventor (m), Physicist (m), English
Misc: electromagnet developer
✍Gerard dé Nerval -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1808 d.1/26/1855 (46)
Poet (m), French
Misc: Symbolist & surrealist
🎵Richard Wagner -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1813 d.2/13/1883 (69)
Composer, German
Names/Places: b. in Leipzig; RN:Wilhelm
Misc: composer of operas
🎨Mary Cassatt -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1844 d.6/14/1926 (82)
Painter (m)
✍⚛Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1859 N.S. d.7/7/1930 N.S. (71)
Novelist, Physicist (m), Scottish
Misc: Spiritualist; Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson creator
Book Titles: Sherlock Holmes (series)
🏆🥊Gama Pahalwan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1878 N.S. d.5/23/1960 N.S. (82)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler, India
Names/Places: aka The "Great Gama" and Ghulam Muhammad
🎭Alla Nazimova -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/3/1879 N.S. or 5/22/1879 Ju-1 d.7/13/1945 N.S. (66)
Movie/Stage Actress, Russian
🏆🏒Tommy Phillips -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1883 d.11/30/1923 (40)
Hall of Famer, NHL Left Wing, NHL Right Wing, Canadian
Misc: played 1901-1912
Sports Teams: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), Edmonton Professionals, Ottawa Hockey Club (ECAHA), Kenora Thistles (MHL)
🎵🎷Edwin Branford "Eddie" Edwards -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1891 N.S. d.4/9/1963 N.S. (71)
Jazz Trombonist
Group Names: Original Dixieland Jazz Band
🎵Ralph Sylvester Peer -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1892 N.S. d.1/19/1960 N.S. (67)
Hall of Famer, Music Executive, Music Producer
Misc: famous country music publisher and talent Scout
🏆⚾Al Simmons -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1902 d.5/26/1956 (54)
Hall of Famer, MLB Left Fielder
Names/Places: NN:Bucketfoot Al
Misc: AL had lifetime .334 batting avg
Sports Teams: Philadelphia Athletics (1924-1932), Chicago White Sox (1933-1935), Detroit Tigers (1936), Washington Senators (1937-1938), Boston Braves (1939), Cincinnati Reds (1939), Philadelphia Athletics (1940-1941), Boston Red Sox (1943), Philadelphia Athletics (1944)
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🎭Sir Lawrence Kerr Olivier -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1907 d.7/11/1989 (82)
Movie/Stage Actor, Movie Producer/Director (m), English
Names/Places: was married to Vivien Leigh and Joan Plowright; AKA Lord Olivier
Misc: the greatest stage actor; director of the National Theater Company in England; Hamlet, Henry V; considered by many the finest English-speaking actor of his generation
🎨Georges "Herge" Remi -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1907 N.S. d.3/3/1983 N.S. (75)
Cartoonist, Belgiumese
Misc: an underrated Belgian cartoonist; Tin Tin creator
🎭🎵Harry Ritz -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1907 d.3/29/1986 (78)
Actor, Comedian, Dancer (m), Singer
Misc: of The Ritz Brothers
🏆⚽Arnold Oliver -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1907 d.10/16/1993 (86)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player
🏆🏌Horton Smith -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1908 d.10/15/1963 (55)
Hall of Famer, Golfer
Misc: PGA President
🎭Johnny Olsen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1910 d.10/12/1985 (75)
Announcer (m)
TV Shows: Doorway to Fame, Hold That Note, Keep it in the Family, Play Your Hunch, Jackie Gleason Show, What's My Line?, I've Got a Secret, The Price is Right (Come on down!)
🎭Carlyle Blackwell Jr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1913 d.9/20/1974 (61)
Actor
✍📰Vance Packard -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1914 d.12/12/1996 (82)
Author (m), Journalist
Book Titles: Animal I.Q., The Hidden Persuaders
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🎵🎷Sun Ra -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1914 d.5/30/1993 (79)
Composer, Keyboardist, Bandleader, Jazz Pianist
Names/Places: RN:Herman "Sonny" Blount
Misc: incorporated jazz, blues, gospel, & electronic sounds into his music
🎨George Baker -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1915 d.5/8/1975 (59)
Animator (m), Comic Strip Cartoonist
Misc: The Sad Sack
✍🎭Douglas Heyes Sr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1919 d.2/8/1993 (73)
Dramatist/Playwright (m), Director (m)
Names/Places: RN:Matthew Howard
⚛Thomas Gold -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1920 d.6/22/2004 (84)
Astronomer (m)
Misc: established the steady-state theory of the universe.
🎭Quinn Martin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1922 d.9/5/1987 (65)
Hall of Famer, TV Producer (m)
TV Shows: The Fugitive, Barnaby Jones, Streets of San Francisco, Cannon
✍Judith Crist -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1922 d.8/7/2012 (90)
Author (m), Critic (m)
Names/Places: RN:Judith Klein
Misc: She appeared regularly on the Today show from 1964 to 1973, and was among the first full-time female critics for a major American newspaper, in her case the New York Herald Tribune. She was the founding film critic at New York magazine and become known to most Americans as a critic at TV Guide
Book Titles: The Private Eye, The Cowboy and the Very Naked Girl, Take 22: Moviemakers on Moviemaking
🎭🎵Charles Aznavour -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1924 N.S. d.10/1/2018 N.S. (94)
Movie Actor, Songwriter, Singer, French
Names/Places: b. in Paris; RN:Shahnour Varenaugh Aznavourian
🎵Eric Delaney -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1924 d.6/14/2011 (87)
Percussionist, Bandleader, English
🎵Elek Bacsik -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1926 d.2/14/1993 (66)
Guitarist, Violinist, Hungarian
🎭Michael Constantine -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1927 N.S. d.8/31/2021 N.S. (94)
TV Actor
Names/Places: b. in Reading, PA
TV Shows: Room 222 (as Seymour Kaufman the principal), 79 Park Avenue
Movie Titles: The Hustler, My Big Fat Greek Wedding (series)
🏆🥊Don Curtis -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1927 d.3/6/2008 (80)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler
Names/Places: RN:Don Beitelman
✍⚛Peter Matthiessen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1927 d.4/5/2014 (86)
Writer (m), Novelist, Naturalist
Misc: specializing in the wilderness
💰T. Boone Pickens -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1928 N.S. d.9/11/2019 N.S. (91)
Businessperson, Executive
Misc: founded Mesa Petroleum Company; Oil magnate; Daniel Boone's descendant
🎵🎷Jackie Cain -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1928 d.9/15/2014 (86)
Jazz Singer
🎨Marisol -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1930 N.S. d.4/30/2016 N.S. (85)
Sculptor (m), French, Venezuelan
Names/Places: LN:Escobar
⚖Harvey Milk -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1930 d.11/27/1978 (48)
Politician (m), Gay
Misc: Activist, Political Office Holder of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Jan-Nov 1978. Murdered by Supervisor Dan White
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🎵🎷Kenny Ball -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1931 N.S. d.3/7/2013 N.S. (81)
Singer, Bandleader, Jazz Trumpeter, British
Names/Places: RFN:Kenneth Daniel
🎨✍Arnold Lobel -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1933 d.12/4/1987 (54)
Illustrator (m), Children's Author (m)
🎭Merry Anders -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1934 d.10/28/2012 (78)
TV/Movie Actress
TV Shows: Stu Erwin Show
🎵🎷Giuseppi Logan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1935 N.S. d.4/17/2020 N.S. (84)
Reeds, Jazz Performer
🎵🎸Dallas Taylor -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1936 d.1/18/2015 (78)
Rock and Roll Drummer
Group Names: "Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young"
✍🎭Susan Strasberg -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1938 d.1/21/1999 (60)
Author (m), TV/Movie/Stage Actress
Names/Places: b. in New York City; Lee's daughter
TV Shows: Toma (as Patty Toma)
🏆Laura Young -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1938 d.11/27/1999 (61)
Model, Playmate
Misc: October 1962
🎭Paul Winfield -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1939 d.3/7/2004 (64)
Actor
Names/Places: b. in Los Angeles
Misc: some say b. 1940 or b. 1941
TV Shows: Julia (as Paul Cameron), Roots, The Blue & the Gray, 227 (as Julian C. Barlow), Family Matters
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🏆🏀Sue Gunter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1939 N.S. d.8/4/2005 N.S. (66)
Hall of Famer, College Basketball Coach
Sports Teams: Middle Tennessee State University (1962-1964), Stephen F. Austin State University (1964-1980), Louisiana State University (1982-2004)
🏆🏀Larry Siegfried -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1939 d.10/5/2010 (71)
NBA Player
Sports Teams: Boston Celtics
🎭Michael Sarrazin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1940 d.4/17/2011 (70)
Movie Actor, Canadian
Names/Places: b. in Quebec; RN:Jacques Michel Andre Sarazin
🏆🏈Mick Tingelhoff -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1940 N.S. d.9/11/2021 N.S. (81)
Hall of Famer, NFL Player
Misc: All-Pro team: [1964, 65, 66, 67, 68, 68], 6x Pro Bowl, 5x AP First Team; Vikings #53 retired
Sports Teams: Minnesota Vikings (1962-1978)
📰Bernard Shaw -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1940 N.S. d.9/7/2022 N.S. (82)
Newscaster, Correspondent
TV Shows: CBS, ABC, CNN
🎵Jackie Landry -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1941 d.12/23/1997 (56)
Pop Singer
Group Names: Chantels
🎵🎸Bruce Rowland -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1941 d.6/29/2015 N.S. (74)
Rock and Roll Drummer, English
Misc: on many bands such as Joe Cocker, Fairport Convention, Bryan Ferry, and others
Group Names: The Grease Band, Fairport Convention, sessionist
🏆🏀Roger William Brown -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1942 d.3/4/1997 (54)
Hall of Famer, Basketball Figure
Misc: played in the ABA, 3x ABA champ; Pacers #35 retired
Sports Teams: NN:The Rajah; Indiana Pacers (1967-1974, 1975), Memphis Sounds (1974), Utah Stars (1974-1975)
🎵Calvin Simon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1942 N.S. d.1/6/2022 N.S. (79)
Hall of Famer, Gospel Singer, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Group Names: Parliament, Funkadelic
Theodore Kaczynski -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1942 N.S. d.6/10/2023 N.S. (81)
Outlaw
Misc: Unabomber
🏆⚽George Best -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1946 d.11/25/2005 (59)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, Northern Ireland
🏆⚽Howard Kendall -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1946 d.10/17/2015 N.S. (69)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, Soccer Manager, English
Misc: midfielder and manager
⚛🎵Bobby Bloom -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1946 d.2/28/1974 (27)
Engineer (m), Music Producer, Songwriter, Singer
Song Titles: Montego Bay
🎭Beau Kayser -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1951 d.12/30/2014 (63)
Actor, Canadian
Names/Places: aka:Beau Kazer
🎨🎵🎷🎸John Grimaldi -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1955 d.11/15/1983 N.S. (28)
Artist, Songwriter, Jazz Musician, Rock and Roll Guitarist, English
Group Names: Argent
🏆⚾Vaughn Eshelman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1969 N.S. d.7/24/2018 N.S. (49)
MLB Pitcher
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🎭Brody Stevens -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1970 N.S. d.2/22/2019 N.S. (48)
Actor, Comedian
Names/Places: RN: Steven Brody
TV Shows: Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!
👑Constantine The Great -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/27/272 d.5/22/337 (65)
King
Misc: Byzantine; the first great Roman emperor; birth year between 272 and 274 B.C.
✍📰⚖Francesco Guicciardini -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/6/1483 d.5/22/1540
Writer (m), Historian (m), Politician (m), Italian
⛪Pope Alexander VII -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/13/1599 N.S. d.5/22/1667 N.S. (68)
Pope, Italian
Misc: [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope (1655-67).
⚖Martha Dandridge Custis Washington -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/2/1731 O.S. or 6/13/1731 N.S. d.5/22/1802 (70)
First Lady (f)
Names/Places: George's wife
Misc: the first First Lady
⚛⚖Hugh Williamson -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/5/1735 d.5/22/1819 (83)
Scientist (m), Politician (m)
Misc: legislator
✍Maria Edgeworth -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/1/1768 N.S. d.5/22/1849 N.S. (81)
Novelist, English
🎨Edward Baily -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/18/1788 N.S. d.5/22/1867 N.S. (79)
Sculptor (m), British
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⚛Julius Plucker -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/16/1801 N.S. d.5/22/1868 N.S. (66)
Astronomer (m), Mathematician (m), Physicist (m), German
✍Alessandro Manzoni -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/7/1785 N.S. d.5/22/1873 N.S. (88)
Novelist, Poet (m), Italian
✍Victor Marie Hugo -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/26/1802 d.5/22/1885 (83)
Novelist, Dramatist/Playwright (m), Poet (m), French
Names/Places: b. in Besancon
Book Titles: Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables
🏆🏁🏊Charles Claude Cavill -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/19/1870 N.S. d.5/22/1897 N.S. (26)
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Australian
✍Edward Bellamy -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/26/1850 N.S. d.5/22/1898 N.S. (48)
Author (m), Social Reformer
✍Jules Renard -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/22/1864 d.5/22/1910 (46)
Author (m), Educator (m), French
Misc: d. Feb 22?
Elizabeth Miller -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/20/1822 d.5/22/1911 (88)
Social Reformer
🏆🏌Willie Park Jr. -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/4/1864 d.5/22/1925 (61)
Hall of Famer, Golfer, Scottish
✍Lady Isabella Augusta Persse Gregory -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/15/1852 d.5/22/1932 (80)
Writer (m), Dramatist/Playwright (m), Irish, Scottish
Misc: founder Irish National Theater
⚛David Wesson -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/14/1861 d.5/22/1934 (73)
Chemist (m)
Misc: created Wesson Oil, Florence Henderson wouldn't have Wessonality without him!
🎨William Glackens -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/13/1870 d.5/22/1938 (68)
Artist
⚖Helen Herron Taft -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/2/1861 d.5/22/1943 (81)
First Lady (f)
Names/Places: William's wife
⚖James V. Forrestal -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/15/1892 d.5/22/1949 (57)
Politician (m)
Names/Places: MN: Vincent
Misc: the first Secretary of Defense
🎵Hans Pfitzner -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/5/1869 d.5/22/1949 (80)
Composer, German, Russian
🏆⚾Charles "Chief" Bender -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/5/1884 N.S. d.5/22/1954 N.S. (70)
Hall of Famer, MLB Pitcher
Names/Places: RFN:Charles Albert
Misc: 3x World Series champ, AL pennant winner; the only American Indian in baseball's Hall of Fame.
Sports Teams: Philadelphia Athletics (1903-1914), Baltimore Terrapins (1915), Philadelphia Phillies (1916-1917), Chicago White Sox (1925)
✍📰🎵Langston Hughes -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/1/1902 d.5/22/1967 (65)
Poet (m), Playwright (m), Journalist, Lyricist
Names/Places: FN:James
Misc: poet laureate
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✍Joseph Wood Krutch -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/25/1893 d.5/22/1970 (76)
Author (m), Essayist, Stage Critic (m)
🎭Dame Margaret Rutherford -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/11/1892 d.5/22/1972 (80)
Movie Actress, Comedienne, English
✍Cecil Day-Lewis -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/27/1904 d.5/22/1972 (68)
Poet (m), Irish
Misc: poet-laureate
🏆⚾Robert "Lefty" Grove -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/6/1900 d.5/22/1975 (75)
Hall of Famer, MLB Pitcher
Names/Places: RN:Robert Moses
Misc: AL MVP 1931; Won 300 AL games; 20-game winner 8X's; 6x All-Star, 2x World Series champ, 2x Triple Crown, 4x AL wins leader, 9x AL ERA leader, 7x AL strikeout leader
Sports Teams: Philadelphia Athletics (1925-1933), Boston Red Sox (1934-1941)
🏆🥊Oscar Bonavena -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/25/1942 d.5/22/1976 (33)
Boxer
🎵Hampton Hawes -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/13/1928 d.5/22/1977 (48)
Composer, Pianist
⚛Albert Claude -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/24/1899 d.5/22/1983 (83)
Scientist (m), Microbiologist (m), Belgiumese, Canadian
Misc: founder of modern cell biology; isolated a cancer virus, Nobel 1974
🎭John Marley -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/17/1917 N.S. d.5/22/1984 N.S. (66)
Movie Actor
Movie Titles: Cat Ballou
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🏆🥊George Zaharis -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/27/1908 N.S. d.5/22/1984 N.S. (76)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler
Names/Places: RN: Theodore Vetoyanis
🎭Martin Gabel -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/19/1912 d.5/22/1986 (73)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Producer/Director (m), Panelist
Names/Places: Arlene Francis' onetime husband
TV Shows: What's My Line?
🎖🏆🏌⚽🏒James Gentle -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/21/1904 d.5/22/1986 (81)
Hall of Famer, Soldier, Golfer, Soccer Player, Hockey Figure
Misc: in the National Soccer Hall of Fame
🎭🏆🥊Rocky Graziano -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/1/1919 d.5/22/1990 (71)
Hall of Famer, Actor, Panelist, Boxer
Names/Places: NN:Da Rock; RN:Thomas Rocco Barbella
Misc: World middleweight champ 1940s; some sources give Dec 31, 1921, Jan 1, 1922, and June 7, 1922
TV Shows: Pantotime Quiz (panelist)
🎭Lino Brocka -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/3/1939 N.S. d.5/22/1991 N.S. (52)
Director (m), Filipino (Phillipean)
🏆⚽Stanley Harding "Stan" Mortensen -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/26/1921 N.S. d.5/22/1991 N.S. (69)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, English
🎭Dan Enright -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/30/1917 d.5/22/1992 (74)
Producer (m)
Misc: Game Show producer
🎵Mieczyslaw Horszowski -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/23/1892 d.5/22/1993 (100)
Pianist, Polish
Names/Places: PRON:Mee-Cheh-Slav Hor-Shov-Ski
🎭Jane Dulo -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/13/1918 d.5/22/1994 (75)
Actress
TV Shows: McHale's Navy (as Nurse Molly Turner), Get Smart (as 99's mom), Medical Center, Sha Na Na, Gimme a Break (as Grandma Mildred Kanisky)
🎭Donald Curtis -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/27/1915 d.5/22/1997 (82)
Actor
⚛Alfred D. Hershey -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/4/1908 d.5/22/1997 (88)
Scientist (m), Biologist (m)
Misc: who, along with Max Delbruck and Salvador Luria, won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1969. The prize was given for research done on bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria).
⚛Clinton E. Riggs -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/15/1910 d.5/22/1997 (86)
Inventor (m)
Misc: The Yield Sign
🎭John Derek -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/12/1926 d.5/22/1998 (71)
Movie Actor, Movie Producer/Director (m)
Names/Places: b. in Hollywood, CA; Dolores Johnson & Lawson Harris' son; Married to Patti Behrs, Ursula Andress, then Linda Evans, now Bo Derek; RN:Derek Harris
Movie Titles: The Ten Commandments
🎭Robert W. Morgan -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/23/1937 d.5/22/1998 (60)
Hall of Famer, Radio Broadcaster (m)
🎵Royce Kendall -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/25/1935 N.S. d.5/22/1998 N.S. (62)
Country Singer
Group Names: The Kendalls
🎭Connie Marshall -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/28/1938 d.5/22/2001 (63)
Actress
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🎭Jack Watling -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/13/1923 d.5/22/2001 (78)
Actor, English
🎭Whitman Mayo -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/15/1930 d.5/22/2001 (70)
TV Actor
TV Shows: Sanford & Son (as Grady), Grady (star), Sanford Arms (as Grady Wilson), Hell Town (as One Ball)
🏆Leamon King -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/13/1936 d.5/22/2001 (65)
Olympic Athlete, Track and Field
Misc: 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1956)
🏆Mikhail Woronin -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/26/1945 N.S. d.5/22/2004 N.S. (59)
Gymnast, Olympic Athlete, Russian
Misc: Olympic-2 gold/4 silver/bronze-1968
🎭Richard Biggs -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/18/1960 d.5/22/2004 (44)
Actor
TV Shows: Babylon 5 (as Dr. Steven Franklin)
🎭Thurl Ravenscroft -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/6/1914 N.S. d.5/22/2005 N.S. (91)
Actor, Commercial Actor
Misc: Tony The Tiger voicist since 1952, singer of songs on How the Grinch Stole Christmas and scary voice for cartoons
Song Titles: Grim Grinning Ghosts, You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch
⚛Martin Gardner -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/21/1914 d.5/22/2010 (95)
Mathematician (m)
Misc: a popular mathematics and science writer specializing in recreational mathematics.
🎭Janet Carroll -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/24/1940 d.5/22/2012 (71)
Actress
TV Shows: Bonnie Hunt Show (as Diane Fulton)
Movie Titles: Risky Business
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✍🎭Matthew Cowles -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/28/1944 d.5/22/2014 (69)
Dramatist/Playwright (m), Actor
TV Shows: Loving, All My Children, Bold & the Beautiful
🏆🏈Kevin Hunt -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/29/1948 N.S. d.5/22/2015 N.S. (66)
NFL Player
🏆🏀Marques Haynes -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/4/1926 d.5/22/2015 (88)
Hall of Famer, NBA Guard
Misc: "The World's Greatest Dribbler," Hall of Fame Harlem Globetrotters' ace.
Sports Teams: Harlem Globetrotters
💰🎭Dina Merrill -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/29/1923 d.5/22/2017 N.S. (93)
Philanthropist, TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Producer (m)
Names/Places: b. in New York City; RN:Nedenia Hutton; Cliff Robertson's wife
TV Shows: Batman (as Calamity Jan)
Movie Titles: The Player, Operation Petticoat, Caddyshack II, Butterfield 8
🏆🏁🏍Nicky Hayden -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/30/1981 N.S. d.5/22/2017 N.S. (35)
Motorcyclist
Names/Places: NN: The Kentucky Kid
🎵🎷Mickey Roker -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/3/1932 d.5/22/2017 N.S. (84)
Jazz Drummer
🎭Elizabeth Sung -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/14/1954 N.S. d.5/22/2018 N.S. (63)
Actress, Movie Director (m), Hong Kong
✍Philip Roth -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/19/1933 N.S. d.5/22/2018 N.S. (85)
Novelist
Names/Places: b. in Newark, N.J.
Book Titles: Goodbye Columbus, Portnoy's Complaint
🏆🏀Jerry Sloan -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/28/1942 N.S. d.5/22/2020 N.S. (78)
Hall of Famer, NBA Coach, NBA Player
Names/Places: RN: Gerald Eugene Sloan
Sports Teams: Baltimore Bullets (player 1965-1966), Chicago Bulls (player 1966-1976, coach 1978-1982), Utah Jazz (coach 1985-2011)
🏆🎾Ashley J. Cooper -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/15/1936 N.S. d.5/22/2020 N.S. (83)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player, Australian
Misc: US Open 1957
🏆🏁🚲Robert Marchand -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/26/1911 N.S. d.5/22/2021 N.S. (109)
Bicyclist, French
Misc: he was the holder of the world record for cycling 100 km and for the distance cycled in one hour, in both the 100-105 and over-105 years old age categories.
🏆⚾Thomas Joseph "Joe" Beckwith -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/28/1955 N.S. d.5/22/2021 N.S. (66)
MLB Pitcher
🎭Lee Lawson -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/14/1941 N.S. d.5/22/2022 N.S. (80)
Actress
Misc: retired from acting in 1991
TV Shows: Guiding Light, One Life to Live, Love of Life
🎵🎸Kirk Arrington -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/23/1962 N.S. d.5/22/2023 N.S. (61)
Heavy Metal Performer
Group Names: Metal Church
🎭🏆⚾🏈🏁🏃Jim Thorpe -- Birth Anniversary Conflict -- b.5/28/1887 N.S. or 5/22/1887 N.S. d.3/28/1953 N.S. (65)
Hall of Famer, Movie Actor, MLB Player, NFL Coach, NFL Player, College Football Coach, Runner, Olympic Athlete
Names/Places: b. in Prague, OK; a twin; FN:James Francis
Misc: football All-America 1911, 1912; won pentathlon & decathlon, '12 Olympics; was the first NFL president; the greatest American athlete of the half-century; in the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame
Sports Teams: Canton Bulldogs (player 1915-1917, 1919-1920, 1926; coach 1915-1920), Cleveland Indians (player and coach 1921), Oorang Indians (player 1922-1923), Rock Island Independents (player 1924, 1925), New York Giants (player 1925), Tampa Cardinals (player 1926), Chicago Cardinals (player 1928), Indiana University Bloomington (coach 1915), Oorang Indians (coach 1922-1923), Tampa Cardinals (coach 1926)
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