Richard Appel (May 21, 1963) is an American writer, producer and former attorney. Since 2012, he has served as an executive producer and co-showrunner of Family Guy on Fox. He attended Harvard University and Harvard Law School. As an undergraduate, he wrote for the Harvard Lampoon. [Wikipedia]
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Mindy Cohn (May 20, 1966) is an American actress and comedian. She starred as Natalie Green in the sitcom The Facts of Life from 1979 to 1988, and is known for voicing Velma Dinkley in the Scooby-Doo franchise from 2002 to 2015, succeeding B. J. Ward, before being succeeded herself by Kate Micucci. [Wikipedia]
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Adolph Schayes (May 19, 1928 – December 10, 2015) was an American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A top scorer and rebounder, he was a 12-time NBA All-Star and a 12-time All-NBA selection. [Wikipedia]
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Miriam Margolyes (May 18, 1941) is a British-Australian comedian, writer, and actress. Known for her work as a character actor across film, television, and stage, she received the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mrs. Mingott in Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence (1993). [Wikipedia]
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Howard Ashman (May 17, 1950 – March 14, 1991) was an American playwright, lyricist, and stage director. He is most widely known for his work on feature films for Walt Disney Animation Studios, for which Ashman wrote the lyrics and Alan Menken composed the music. [Wikipedia]
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Ephraim Katzir (May 16, 1916 – May 30, 2009) was an Israeli biophysicist and Labor Party politician. He was the president of Israel from 1973 until 1978. [Wikipedia]
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Bessie Hillman (May 15, 1889 – December 23, 1970) was a labor activist and founder of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. [Wikipedia]
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Daniel Auerbach (May 14, 1979) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist and vocalist of The Black Keys, an indie rock band from Akron, Ohio. [Wikipedia]
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Harvey Keitel (May 13, 1939) is an American actor and producer. Known for his portrayal of morally ambiguous and “tough guy” characters, he rose to prominence during the New Hollywood movement.
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Bernard Marcus (May 12, 1929 – November 4, 2024) was an American billionaire businessman. He co-founded Home Depot in 1978. He was the company’s first CEO and first chairman until retiring in 2002. [Wikipedia]
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Jon Ronson (May 10, 1967) is a British-American journalist, author, and filmmaker. He is known for works such as Them: Adventures with Extremists (2001), The Men Who Stare at Goats (2004), and The Psychopath Test (2011). [Wikipedia]
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Grete Stern (May 9, 1904 – December 24, 1999) was a German-Argentine photographer. Between April 1930 and March 1933, she studied at the Bauhaus. With her husband Horacio Coppola, she helped modernize the visual arts in Argentina and presented the first exhibition of modern photographic art in Buenos Aires in 1935. [Wikipedia]
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Irwin Cotler (May 8, 1940) is a retired Canadian politician who was Member of Parliament for Mount Royal from 1999 to 2015. He served as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada from 2003 until the Liberal government of Paul Martin lost power following the 2006 federal election. [Wikipedia]
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Elliot Perlman (May 7, 1964) is an Australian author and barrister. He has written four novels (Three Dollars, Seven Types of Ambiguity, The Street Sweeper, and Maybe the Horse Will Talk), one short-story collection (The Reasons I Won’t Be Coming), and a children’s book. [Wikipedia]
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