Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In May - 28

1838  Basil wilson duke: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1916   

1841  Giovanni sgambati: Composer   

1844  Leon felix augustin joseph vasseur: Composer   

1851  Dick barlow: Cricketer (immortal england all-rounder of 1880's)   

1853  Carl larsson: Swedish painter   

1858  Carl rickard nyberg: Swedish inventor   

1862  Henry w slocum jr: Tennis champ (us open-1888)   

1863  Georg adler: German state economist   

1865  Gerrit grijns: Dutch physiologist (vitamin e)   

1868  Claude anet: [jean schopfer], french writer (fille perdue)   

1872  Marian smoluchowski: Polish physicist   

1874  G k chesterton: Writer   

1878  Paul pelliot: French sinologist   

1879  Milutin milankovic: Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist   

1883  George dyson: Composer   

1883  Vinayak damodar savarkar: Indian activist   

1883  Clough williams-ellis: Welsh architect   

1884  Edvard benes: Premier/president of czechoslovakia (1921-22, 35-48)   

1884  Theo(door) van reijn: Dutch sculptor/lithographer   

1886  Nicolai sokoloff: Near kiev ukraine, conductor (seattle symph)   

1886  Santo trafficante: Sr., sicilian-born american mobster   

1887  Hank mann: Nyc, actor (city lights, smoky, dawn trail, fugitive road)   

1888  James francis thorpe: Shawnee ok, decathelete (olympic-gold-1912)   

1888  Jim thorpe: Shawnee ok, decathelete (olympics-gold-1912)   

1888  Jim thorpe: American athlete   

1889  Jose padilla: Composer   

1892  Minna gombell: Baltimore, actress (bad girl, thin man, hello sister)   

1894  Sammy white: Ri, actor (711 ocean drive, sound off)   

1896  Marius monnikendam: Dutch choir composer   

1896  Warren giles: Baseball's national league president   

1897  Henry kendall: London, actor (amazing quest, shadow, rich & strange)   

1898  Andy kirk: Jazz musician   

1900  Owen aisher: President (marley)   

1900  Tommy ladnier: American musician   

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1089  Lanfrance: Archbishop of canterbury,   

1259  Christoffel i: King of denmark,   

1317  Guy van avesnes/henegouwen: Bishop of utrecht,   

1357  Afonso iv: King of portugal (1325-57),   

1521  Willem van croij: Duke of soria,   

1534  Dirk martens: Flemish printer/humanist,   

1556  Saitō dōsan: Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?)   

1650  Gilles hayne: Composer,