LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James A. Baker	Attorney	10-Jan-1857	2-Aug-1941	Baker Botts
Alexander Graham Bell	Inventor	3-Mar-1847	2-Aug-1922	Inventor of the telephone
Baruj Benacerraf	Scientist	29-Oct-1920	2-Aug-2011	Gene control of HLA antigens
Louis Blériot	Aviator	1-Jul-1872	2-Aug-1936	First to fly across English Channel
Francesco Borromini	Architect	25-Sep-1599	2-Aug-1667	Italian baroque architect
William S. Burroughs	Author	5-Feb-1914	2-Aug-1997	Naked Lunch
Henri Cartier-Bresson	Photographer	22-Aug-1908	2-Aug-2004	Renowned photographer, photojournalist
Enrico Caruso	Singer	25-Feb-1873	2-Aug-1921	Operatic tenor nonpareil
Raymond Carver	Author	25-May-1938	2-Aug-1988	Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
Carlos Chávez	Composer	13-Jun-1899	2-Aug-1978	Sinfonía de Antígona
Roy Cohn	Government	20-Feb-1927	2-Aug-1986	Joseph McCarthy's henchman
William E. Crow	Politician	10-Mar-1870	2-Aug-1922	US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1921-22
Colleen Dewhurst	Actor	3-Jun-1924	2-Aug-1991	Murphy Brown's mother
Oliver La Farge	Author	19-Dec-1901	2-Aug-1963	Laughing Boy
Frank Faylen	Actor	8-Dec-1905	2-Aug-1985	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Totie Fields	Comic	7-May-1930	2-Aug-1978	Weight-conscious comedienne
Bert Freed	Actor	3-Nov-1919	2-Aug-1994	Rufe Ryker on Shane
Thomas Gainsborough	Painter	14-May-1727	2-Aug-1788	Portrait and landscape painter
Paul Goodman	Anarchist	9-Sep-1911	2-Aug-1972	Growing Up Absurd
Jay Hammond	Politician	21-Jul-1922	2-Aug-2005	Governor of Alaska, 1974-82
Warren G. Harding	Head of State	2-Nov-1865	2-Aug-1923	29th US President, 1921-23
Henri III	Royalty	19-Sep-1551	2-Aug-1589	King of France, Poland
Wild Bill Hickok	Actor	27-May-1837	2-Aug-1876	Buffalo Bill's Wild West show
Pope John V	Religion	?	2-Aug-686 AD	Roman Catholic Pope, 685-86
John Keegan	Historian	15-May-1934	2-Aug-2012	The Face of Battle
Fela Kuti	Musician	15-Oct-1938	2-Aug-1997	God of Afrobeat
Fritz Lang	Film Director	5-Dec-1890	2-Aug-1976	Metropolis
Shari Lewis	Performance Artist	17-Jan-1933	2-Aug-1998	Lamb Chop's Play-Along
J. Farrell MacDonald	Actor	14-Apr-1875	2-Aug-1952	My Darling Clementine
Horace Mann	Educator	4-May-1796	2-Aug-1859	Massachusetts education reformer
Pietro Mascagni	Composer	7-Dec-1863	2-Aug-1945	Cavalleria Rusticana
Clarence E. Miller	Politician	1-Nov-1917	2-Aug-2011	Congressman from Ohio, 1967-93
Willie Morris	Author	29-Nov-1934	2-Aug-1999	North Toward Home
Thurman Munson	Baseball	7-Jan-1947	2-Aug-1979	Yankees catcher, killed in plane crash
Monroe Rathbone	Business	1-Mar-1900	2-Aug-1976	Formed Exxon
Edwin Richfield	Actor	11-Sep-1921	2-Aug-1990	Interpol Calling
John F. Seiberling	Politician	8-Sep-1918	2-Aug-2008	Congressman from Ohio, 1971-87
George Shiras, Jr.	Judge	26-Jan-1832	2-Aug-1924	US Supreme Court Justice, 1892-1903
Frederick Trent Stanley	Business	12-Aug-1802	2-Aug-1883	Founder of Stanley Works
Wallace Stevens	Poet	2-Oct-1879	2-Aug-1955	Harmonium
Donald Ogden Stewart	Author	30-Nov-1894	2-Aug-1980	The Philadelphia Story
Paul von Hindenburg	Military	2-Oct-1847	2-Aug-1934	President of Germany, 1925-34
King William II	Royalty	c. 1056	2-Aug-1100	King of England, 1087-1100

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