Literary scholars have identified characteristics of Margaret Mitchell's first husband, Berrien " Red " Upshaw, in the character of Rhett, while another sees the image of Italian actor, Rudolph Valentino.

Further, Mitchell's romantic hero is colored: black and brown, and Rhett's symbolic dark-colored image is placed within the context of two other images: the mythic black rapist and the dark-skinned Arab Sheik, Rudolph Valentino.

* 1895 – Rudolph Valentino, Italian-American actor ( d. 1926 )

The Apache and the Tango were scandalous dances for their elements of eroticism, the latter popularized in a 1921 silent film, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, that made its lead actor, Rudolph Valentino, a sex symbol for his ability to Tango.

In an article that appeared on July 1, 1923, Valentino Declares He Isn't a Sheik, she interviewed celebrity actor Rudolph Valentino, referring to him as " Sheik " from his film role.

Because Zukor believed in stars, he signed and developed many of the leading early stars, including Mary Pickford, Marguerite Clark, Pauline Frederick, Douglas Fairbanks, Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, and Wallace Reid.

Ingram and Mathis had begun to grow distant when her new find, Rudolph Valentino, began to overshadow his own fame.

The film is based on the life of the silent screen icon Rudolph Valentino, known as the Hollywood's first " Great Lover ".

* August 23 – The sudden death of popular Hollywood actor and sex symbol Rudolph Valentino at the age of only 31 years old causes mass grief and hysteria around the world.

* August 23 – Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor ( b. 1895 )

* May 6 – Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor ( d. 1926 )

The use of the Orient as an exotic backdrop continued in the movies, for instance, those featuring Rudolph Valentino.

* The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ( film ), a 1921 film starring Rudolph Valentino, based on a novel by Ibanez

In 1994, caricaturist Al Hirschfeld penned a series of silent film stars for the United States Post Office, including Rudolph Valentino and Keaton.

In 1917, Rudolph Valentino joined an operetta company that traveled to Utah where it disbanded.

One beauty contest was filmed by a young David O. Selznick titled Rudolph Valentino and His 88 Beauties.

He craved authenticity and wished to shoot on location, finally forming his own production company, Rudolph Valentino Productions, in 1925.

The award, named The Rudolph Valentino Medal, required the agreement of Valentino, two judges and the votes of 75 critics.

A mourner pictured with the body of Rudolph Valentino at the actor's funeral

From 1972 to 2006 an Italian acting award, " The Rudolph Valentino Award ", was handed out every year.

In May 2010, the American Society held The Rudolph Valentino Film Festival in Los Angeles, California.

Among his earliest influences were Punch cartoonist – illustrator Phil May, and American comic strip cartoonists Tad Dorgan, Cliff Sterrett, Rube Goldberg, Rudolph Dirks, Fred Opper, Billy DeBeck, George McManus and Milt Gross.

Rudolph William Louis " Rudy " Giuliani, KBE (; born May 28, 1944 ) is an American lawyer, businessman, former politician, and public speaker from New York.

** Robert L. May ( Rudolph ), Creator of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer ( b. 1905 )

* May 31 – Eric Rudolph, suspected in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing in 1996, is captured in Murphy, North Carolina.

Albert I of Habsburg () ( July 1255 – 1 May 1308 ) was King of the Romans and Duke of Austria, the eldest son of German King Rudolph I of Habsburg and his first wife Gertrude of Hohenburg.

* May 10 – Rudolph II, duke of Austria 1282 – 1283 ( b. 1270 )

He concluded a concordat with Rudolph I of Habsburg in May 1278, by which the Romagna and the exarchate of Ravenna were guaranteed to the Pope.

# Rudolph II, Duke of Austria and Styria ( 1270 – 10 May 1290, Prague ), titular Duke of Swabia, father of John the Patricide of Austria.

Rudolph first appeared in a 1939 booklet written by Robert L. May and published by Montgomery Ward.

Robert L. May created Rudolph in 1939 as an assignment for Montgomery Ward.

May considered naming the reindeer " Rollo " and " Reginald " before deciding upon using the name " Rudolph.

* May 6 – Rudolph Valentino, dancer and actor ( died 1926 )

In May 1922 investors Benjamin Abrams and Rudolph Kararek purchased the Emerson Company for US $ 50, 000 and raised an additional US $ 200, 000 of capital to revive the business.

Rudolph was arrested in Murphy, North Carolina, on May 31, 2003, by police officer Jeffrey Scott Postell of the Murphy Police Department behind a Save-A-Lot store at about 4 a. m .; Postell, on routine patrol, had originally suspected a burglary in progress.

After more than five years on the run, Rudolph was arrested on May 31, 2003, in Murphy, North Carolina.

In May 1994, Kerik was appointed to the New York City Department of Correction as the Director of the Investigations Division and was later transferred to the Commissioner's office as Executive Assistant to the Commissioner and in January 1995, he was appointed by Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani as the First Deputy Commissioner of the Department.

Georg Friedrich Rudolph Theodor Herwegh ( 31 May 1817 – 7 April 1875 ) was a German revolutionary poet.

* From 21 May 1254 to 29 September 1273, The Great Interregnum in the Holy Roman Empire after the deposition of the last Hohenstaufen emperor Frederick II by Pope Innocent IV and the death of his son King Conrad IV of Germany until the election of the Habsburg scion Rudolph as Rex Romanorum.

Brand was born in Longmont, Colorado, May 9, 1931, and is the son of Rudolph William and Donna Mae Brand.

Von Braun returned for a 6 May 1944, meeting with Walter Dornberger and Rudolph where Albin Sawatzki discussed the need to enslave 1, 800 more skilled French workers.

Among Marks's many works is " Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer ", which was based on a poem of the same name, written by Marks ’ s brother-in-law, Robert L. May, Rudolph's creator.