May 22
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Birthdays


Wilhelm Richard Wagner 1813 - Composer

Mary Cassatt 1844 - Painter, printmaker

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1859 - Author of Sherlock Holmes detective novels

Sir Laurence Olivier (Laurence Kerr Olivier) 1907 - Actor, director, producer

Sun Ra (Herman Poole Blount, Le Sony'r Ra) 1914 - Musician

Vance Packard 1914 - Journalist, social critic, author

Judith Crist 1922 - Film critic

Charles Aznavour 1924 - Singer

Elaine Leighton 1926 - Musician

Michael Constantine 1927 - Actor

Jackie Cain 1928 - Musician

T. Boone Pickens 1928 - Oil tycoon

Kenny Ball 1930 - Musician

Al Brown 1934 - Band leader (Al Brown's Tunetoppers)

Peter Nero (Bernard Nierow) 1934 - Pianist, conductor

Frank Converse 1938 - Actor

Susan Strasberg 1938 - Actress

Richard Benjamin 1938 - Actor, director

Paul Winfield 1939 - Actor ("Sounder")

Bernard Shaw 1940 - Broadcast journalist

Michael Sarrazin 1940 - Actor

Barbara Parkins 1942 - Actress

Bernie Taupin 1950 - Songwriter, worked with Elton John

Jerry Dammers 1954 - Musician (Specials)

Iva Davies 1955 - Musician (Icehouse)

Al Corley 1956 - Actor, singer, producer

Morrissey 1959 - Musician (The Smiths)

Dana Williams 1961 - Musician (Diamond Rio)

Ann Cusak 1961 - Actress

Jesse Valenzuela 1962 - Musician (Gin Blossoms)

Johnny Gill 1966 - Singer (New Edition)

Dan Roberts 1967 - Musician (Crash Test Dummies)

Naomi Campbell 1970 - Model

Alison Eastwood 1972 - Actress, director

Anna Belknap 1972 - Actress ("CSI: NY")

Donell Jones 1973 - Musician

A.J. Langer 1974 - Actress

Ginnifer Goodwin 1978 - Actress ("Big Love")

Maggie Q 1979 - Actress

Apolo Anton Ohno 1982 - Speed skater


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