Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In May - 20

1851  Emile berliner: Germany, inventor (flat phonograph record)   

1851  Rose hawthorne lathrop: Us, nun/daughter of nathaniel hawthorne   

1856  Henri e cross [delacroix]: French painter   

1860  Eduard buchner: German chemist, nobel laureate   

1874  Folkert e posthuma: Dutch minister of agriculture/industry   

1876  John owen jones: Composer   

1881  Wladyslaw sikorski: Premier poland (ww ii general)   

1882  Sigrid undset: Norway, novelist (kristin lavransdatter, nobel 1928)   

1883  Paul arntzenius: Painter/graphic artist/etcher   

1889  Felix arndt: Composer   

1889  Margery allingham: Detective story writer   

1889  William lawther: Union leader   

1890  Beniamino gigli: Italy, tenor (enzo-la gioconde)   

1894  Adela rogers st john: Journalist/author (foreign correspondent)   

1894  Chandrashekarendra saraswati: Indian hindu sage, jivanmukta   

1895  Reginald j "r" mitchell: English aviation manufacturer (spitfire)   

1897  Diego abad de santillán: Spanish anarchist   

1899  Estelle taylor: Delaware, actress (8 commandments)   

1899  John m harlan: Chicago, 91st supreme court justice (1955-71)   

1899  Alexander deyneka: Ukrainian painter   

1901  Max euwe: Netherlands, world chess champion (1935-37)   

1901  Otto waldis: Austria, actor (port of hell, unknown world)   

1902  Hans sahl: Writer   

1903  Jerzy fitelberg: Composer   

1904  Russell hardie: Buffalo ny, actor (sequoia, in old kentucky)   

1905  Gerrit achterberg: Dutch poet (sailing)   

1905  Harry campion: Statistician/founder (brit central statistical office)   

1906  Giuseppe siri: Italian catholic cardinal   

1908  Jimmy stewart: Pa, actor (mr smith goes to wash, wonderful life)   

1908  James stewart: American actor   

1909  Edward moss hutchinson: Educationalist   

1909  John arkell: Director of administration (bbc)   

1911  Annie m g schmidt: Writer (fam doorsnee, jip & janneke)   

1911  Gardner f[rancis] fox: Us, sci-fi author (kothar-barbarian swordsman)   

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0685  King ecgfrith of northumbria: King ecgfrith of northumbria (b. 645)   

1277  John xxi: [petrus juliani/hispanus], port pope (1276-77),   

1285  John ii of jerusalem: King of cyprus (b. 1259)   

1444  Bernardinus van siena: Italian saint,   

1449  Peter: Prince/regent of portugal/writer (virtuosa benfeitoria),   

1471  Henry vi: King of england (1422-61, 70-71)/france (1431-71),   

1503  Lorenzo de medici: Italian patron (b. 1463)   

1506  Christopher columbus: Explorer,