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Birthdays of Personalities on May 16

1558 : Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)
1609 : Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands
1641 : Dudley North, financier/economist
1659 : Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist
1718 : Maria G Agnesi, Italy mathematician curves= xýy=aý(a-y)
1748 : Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch
1761 : John Opie, artist
1763 : Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium)
1782 : John Sell Cotman, water color artist
1788 : F Rckert, writer
1788 : Friedrich Rckert, poet
1801 : William Henry Seward, Sec of State (1861-69, buys Alaska at 2›/acre)
1804 : Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder (US kindergarten)
1806 : George C Cadwalader, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
1816 : Henry Hopkins Sibley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1886
1819 : Daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898
1824 : Edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893
1824 : Levi Parsons Morton, (R) 22nd US VP (1889-93)
1827 : Petrus J H Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station)
1831 : David Edward Hughes, inventor (microphone, teleprinter)
1832 : Philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods)
1845 : Dietrich Sch„fer, German historian (Deutsche Hanse)
1866 : Ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school)
1887 : J van Hoddis, writer
1889 : Joan Collette, Dutch (male) painter (New Church, Delft)
1892 : Coenraad B van Haeringen, linguist/etymologist (Dutch Dictionary)
1892 : Richard Tauber, [Ernst Seiffert], Austria/British, tenor/conductor
1893 : Jos‚ Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance (1925-30)
1898 : August de Schrijver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP)
xxxx : Caridad Canelon, spanish star
1905 : H[erbert] E[rnest] Bates, novelist (Feast for July, Love for Lydia)
1906 : Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuela, writer/minister (Lanzas Coloradas)
1906 : Nicholas Beriozoff, ballet master
1908 : Hilary Preston, editor
1908 : Mohammed Roem, Indonesian foreign minister (Linggadjati)
1909 : Charles Wislon, principal (Glasgow University)
1911 : Olaff J de Landell, [JB Wemmerslager van Sparwoude], writer
1912 : Studs Terkel, NYC, author/host (Stud's Place, Working)
1916 : Adriana Caselotti, cartoon voice
1916 : Ephraim Katzir, biophysicist/president (Israel)
1916 : Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro, doctor/social reformer
1917 : Geraint Jones, conductor/organist
1918 : Edward Thomas, historian/intelligence expert
1918 : Juan Rulfo, Mexican writer (Pedro P ramo)
1918 : Kevin Skelton, Bishop (Lichfield)
1919 : Liberace, West Allis WI, pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman)
1919 : Richard Mason, author
1919 : [Wladziu Valentino] Liberace, West Allis Wisconsin, pianist
1921 : Robert Croften Brown, politician
1922 : Colin Cole, Principal King of Arms
1922 : Russell Wood, treasurer (Queen Elizabeth)
1924 : Dawda Kairaba Jawara, president (Gambia, 1970-94)
1924 : Frank F Mankiewicz, NYC, columnist (Perfectly Clear)
1927 : John Walford, solicitor
1928 : Reginald Askew, dean (King's College London)
1929 : Adrienne Cecile Rich, Balt Md, feminist writer (Diamond Cutters)
1929 : John Conyers Jr, (Rep-D-MI, 1965- )
1930 : Desmond Langley, gov (Bermuda)
1930 : Don Conicannon, govt minister
1931 : Lowell P Weicker, (Sen-R-CT, 1971-88/Gov-D-CT)
1931 : Peter Levi, poet/writer
1932 : Isaac "Redd" Holt, US drummer (Young-Holt Unlimited-In Crowd)
1934 : Anthony Walker, commandant (Royal College of Defense Studies)
1934 : Nicholas Goodison, CEO (TSB Group)
1936 : Philippe de Montebello, Paris, art exhibitionist (Treasures of Tut)
1937 : James Hunt Jr, (Gov-NC)
1938 : Anthony Walker, commandant (Royal College of Defense Studies)
1938 : Stuart Bell, MP
1940 : Gareth Roberts, chancellor (Sheffield University)
1941 : John McWilliams, MP
1943 : Dan Coats, (Rep-R-IN, 1981- )
1944 : Billy Cobham, Panam , jazz artist (Same Ole Love)
1945 : Brewster H Shaw Jr, Mich, Col USAF/astro (STS-9, STS 61B, STS-28)
1945 : James Moran, (Rep-D-Virginia)
1946 : Roger Earl, rocker (Foghat)
1947 : Rosie Barnes, MP
1949 : Jimmy Hood, MP
1949 : Rick Reuschel, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1949 : William Sputnik Spooner, rock guitarist (Grateful Dead, Tubes)
1950 : Jock Bartley, rocker (Firefall)
1950 : Johannes Bednorz, German superconductivity physicist (Nobel 1987)
1951 : Jonathan Richman, rocker (Modern Lovers-New England, Egyptian Reggae)
1953 : David Maclean, British minister of state
1953 : Richard Page, LA Calif, rocker (Mr Mister)
1953 : Rick Rhoden, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1954 : [Dafydd] Rhys Williams, Saskatoon Canada, MD/astronaut (sk: STS 90)
1955 : Jack Morris, St Paul Minn, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1957 : Joan Benoit Samuelson, Cape Elizabeth ME, marathoner (Oly-gold-1984)
1958 : Glenn Gregory, rock vocalist (Heeaven 17-Electric Dreams)
1959 : Bob Patterson, Jacksonville FL, pitcher (Chic Cubs)
1963 : Jimmy Osmond, rocker (Osmond Brothers)
1974 : Keith Thibodeaux, cornerback (Washington Redskins)

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