Menahem Golan

Menahem Golan was an Israeli film producer, screenwriter, and director. He co-owned The Cannon Group with his cousin Yoram Globus. Cannon specialized in producing low-to-mid-budget American films, primarily genre films, during the 1980s after Golan and Globus had achieved significant filmmaking success in their native Israel during the 1970s.

31 May 1929

Born on the same birth day (31 May): Akira Ifukube • Anatolij Bondarčuk • Andrea Appiani • Andrew Bailey (baseball) • Antti Niemi (footballer) • Denholm Elliott • Dina Boluarte • Edgar Savisaar • Fred Allen • Frode Estil • Joe Namath • John Prescott • Konstantin Paustovsky • Louis Ignarro • Manuel I of Portugal • Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki • Michel Kikoine • Terry Waite • William Nordhaus

Born in the same month (May 1929): Beverly Sills • Branko Zebec • Claude Morin (PQ politician) • George Coe • Gilles Loiselle • Harry Frankfurt • Ilene Woods • Link Wray • Norman St John-Stevas • Paul Lauterbur • Pedro Trebbau • Richard Larter • Sam Nujoma • Édouard Balladur