LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Larry Adler	Musician	10-Feb-1914	6-Aug-2001	Mouth organ virtuoso
Theodor Adorno	Philosopher	11-Sep-1903	6-Aug-1969	Dialectic of Enlightenment
Jorge Amado	Novelist	10-Aug-1912	6-Aug-2001	Dona Flor and her Two Husbands
Charles Arnt	Actor	20-Aug-1906	6-Aug-1990	Remember the Night
Fulgencio Batista	Head of State	16-Jan-1901	6-Aug-1973	Overthrown by Fidel Castro
Janet Beecher	Actor	21-Oct-1884	6-Aug-1955	The Mighty Barnum
Bix Beiderbecke	Jazz Musician	10-Mar-1903	6-Aug-1931	Celebrated jazz cornetist
Gordon Bunshaft	Architect	9-May-1909	6-Aug-1990	Skyscraper architect
Forbes Burnham	Head of State	20-Feb-1923	6-Aug-1985	President of Guyana, 1980-85
Pope Callistus III	Religion	31-Dec-1378	6-Aug-1458	Posthumously vindicated Joan of Arc
Nancy Carroll	Actor	19-Nov-1903	6-Aug-1965	The Devil's Holiday
Robin Cook	Politician	28-Feb-1946	6-Aug-2005	UK Foreign Secretary, 1997-2001
Joseph Force Crater	Victim	5-Jan-1889	6-Aug-1930	NY State Judge vanished
Willy DeVille	Singer/Songwriter	27-Aug-1950	6-Aug-2009	Frontman, Mink DeVille
Edsger Dijkstra	Computer Programmer	11-May-1930	6-Aug-2002	Enemy of the goto statement
Emilie Dionne	Victim	28-May-1934	6-Aug-1954	Canadian quintuplets put on display
St. Dominic	Religion	1170	6-Aug-1221	Founder of the Dominican Order
David G. Fairchild	Botanist	7-Apr-1869	6-Aug-1954	Brought exotic plants to America
James Gray	Author	30-Jun-1899	6-Aug-1984	Shoulder the Sky
Marvin Hamlisch	Composer	2-Jun-1944	6-Aug-2012	The Way We Were
Cedric Hardwicke	Actor	19-Feb-1893	6-Aug-1964	Suspicion
Bernadine P. Healy	Doctor	4-Aug-1944	6-Aug-2011	President, American Red Cross, 1999-2001
Pope Hormisdas	Religion	?	6-Aug-523 AD	Roman Catholic Pope, 514-23
John Hughes	Film Director	18-Feb-1950	6-Aug-2009	Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Rick James	Musician	1-Feb-1948	6-Aug-2004	Superfreak
Hiram Johnson	Politician	2-Sep-1866	6-Aug-1945	Governor and Senator from California
Ben Jonson	Playwright	11-Jun-1572	6-Aug-1637	Volpone
Tony Judt	Historian	2-Jan-1948	6-Aug-2010	Postwar
Donald Justice	Poet	12-Aug-1925	6-Aug-2004	The Summer Anniversaries
Kurt Kasznar	Actor	13-Aug-1913	6-Aug-1979	Fitzhugh on Land of the Giants
William Kemmler	Criminal	9-May-1860	6-Aug-1890	First man executed by electric chair
Willard M. Kiplinger	Journalist	8-Jan-1891	6-Aug-1967	Kiplinger Washington Editors
Jack T. Kirby	Historian	22-Aug-1938	6-Aug-2009	Mockingbird Song
Tony Lazzeri	Baseball	6-Dec-1903	6-Aug-1946	Yankees second baseman, Hall-of-Famer
Bernard Lovell	Astronomer	31-Aug-1913	6-Aug-2012	Radio astronomer at Jodrell Bank
Feodor Lynen	Scientist	6-Apr-1911	6-Aug-1979	Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism
Klaus Nomi	Singer	24-Jan-1944	6-Aug-1983	New Wave counter-tenor from Mars
Warner Oland	Actor	3-Oct-1879	6-Aug-1938	Charlie Chan
M. Kenneth Oshman	Business	9-Jul-1940	6-Aug-2011	CEO of Echelon, 1988-2009
Pope Paul VI	Religion	26-Sep-1897	6-Aug-1978	The pilgrim pope
Gregor Piatigorsky	Cellist	17-Apr-1903	6-Aug-1976	Russian-American cello virtuoso
Alan Rafkin	Film Director	23-Jul-1928	6-Aug-2001	The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Harry Reasoner	Journalist	17-Apr-1923	6-Aug-1991	60 Minutes
George Frederick Root	Songwriter	30-Aug-1825	6-Aug-1895	The Battle Cry of Freedom
Everett Sloane	Actor	1-Oct-1909	6-Aug-1965	Patterns
Cordwainer Smith	Author	11-Jul-1913	6-Aug-1966	The Rediscovery of Man
Stephen V	Royalty	1239	6-Aug-1272	King of Hungary, 1270-72
Preston Sturges	Screenwriter	29-Aug-1898	6-Aug-1959	Sullivan's Travels
Dorothy Tutin	Actor	8-Apr-1930	6-Aug-2001	Savage Messiah
Diego Velázquez	Painter	6-Jun-1599	6-Aug-1660	Las Meninas
Ellen Wilson	First Lady	15-May-1860	6-Aug-1914	First wife of US President Woodrow Wilson
John Wood	Actor	5-Jul-1930	6-Aug-2011	Dr. Falken in WarGames

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