LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edgar Adrian	Scientist	30-Nov-1889	4-Aug-1977	Electricity within nerve cells
William Boyd Allison	Politician	2-Mar-1829	4-Aug-1908	US Senator from Iowa, 1873-1908
Hans Christian Andersen	Author	2-Apr-1805	4-Aug-1875	Danish master of the fairy tale
Ernst Bloch	Philosopher	8-Jul-1885	4-Aug-1977	Principle of Hope
Jeanne Calment	Elderly	21-Feb-1875	4-Aug-1997	Oldest recorded person, died at 122
Melvyn Douglas	Actor	5-Apr-1901	4-Aug-1981	Being There
Walther Flemming	Biologist	21-Apr-1843	4-Aug-1905	Chromosomes and mitosis
Frank Fontaine	Actor	19-Apr-1920	4-Aug-1978	Crazy Guggenheim
Walter F. George	Politician	29-Jan-1878	4-Aug-1957	US Senator from Georgia, 1922-57
Lee Hazlewood	Music Producer	9-Jul-1929	4-Aug-2007	Cowboy in Sweden
Henri I	Royalty	4-May-1008	4-Aug-1060	King of France, 1031-60
Nicholas J. Hoff	Engineer	3-Jan-1906	4-Aug-1997	Aluminum in aircraft design
Ze'ev Jabotinsky	Military	18-Oct-1880	4-Aug-1940	Founder of the Jewish Legion
Amos Kenan	Author	2-May-1927	4-Aug-2009	The Road to Ein Harod
Arthur Lee	Singer	7-Mar-1945	4-Aug-2006	Love
Étienne Lenoir	Inventor	12-Jan-1822	4-Aug-1900	Internal-combustion engine
J. Howard Marshall II	Business	24-Jan-1905	4-Aug-1995	Oilman, married Anna Nicole Smith
Victor Mature	Actor	29-Jan-1913	4-Aug-1999	Samson and Delilah
Frank Maxwell	Actor	17-Nov-1916	4-Aug-2004	Dan Rooney on General Hospital
W. B. Maxwell	Novelist	1866	4-Aug-1938	The Ragged Messenger
Little Milton	Musician	17-Sep-1934	4-Aug-2005	Annie Mae's Cafe
Mary Miles Minter	Actor	1-Apr-1902	4-Aug-1984	Anne of Green Gables
Enver Pasha	Government	22-Nov-1881	4-Aug-1922	Young Turk leader, persecuted ethnic minorities
John J. Phelan, Jr.	Business	7-May-1931	4-Aug-2012	CEO of the NYSE, 1984-91
Nicola Rescigno	Conductor	28-May-1916	4-Aug-2008	Conductor, Dallas Opera, 1957-90
Frederick C. Robbins	Scientist	25-Aug-1916	4-Aug-2003	Cultured the polio virus
Ernestine Rose	Activist	13-Jan-1810	4-Aug-1892	Suffragette and abolitionist
Conrad Schnitzler	Electronic Musician	1937	4-Aug-2011	German tape musician
Esther Snyder	Business	7-Jan-1920	4-Aug-2006	Co-Founder of In-N-Out Burger
Thomas Stucley	Military	c. 1525	4-Aug-1578	English military adventurer
Bob Thaves	Cartoonist	4-Oct-1924	4-Aug-2006	Frank & Ernest
Samuel J. Tilden	Politician	9-Feb-1814	4-Aug-1886	Lost the stolen 1876 US election
Jesse Unruh	Politician	30-Sep-1922	4-Aug-1987	Speaker of California State Assembly
Daniel B. Wesson	Business	18-May-1825	4-Aug-1906	Repeating pistol
Pearl White	Actor	4-Mar-1889	4-Aug-1938	Heroine of silent serial films

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