LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Red Adair	Business	18-Jun-1915	7-Aug-2004	Extinguished oil well fires
John Anderson	Actor	20-Oct-1922	7-Aug-1992	Harry Jackson on MacGyver
Virginia Apgar	Doctor	7-Jun-1909	7-Aug-1974	Anesthesiologist, Apgar Score
Victor L. Berger	Politician	28-Feb-1860	7-Aug-1929	Socialist Rep. from Wisconsin
Jöns Jacob Berzelius	Chemist	20-Aug-1779	7-Aug-1848	Inventor of modern chemical notation
Alexander Blok	Poet	16-Nov-1880	7-Aug-1921	Russian Silver Age poet
Paul Boucherot	Engineer	3-Oct-1869	7-Aug-1943	Ocean thermal energy conversion
Brigid Brophy	Author	12-Jun-1929	7-Aug-1995	Black Ship to Hell
Hugh L. Carey	Politician	11-Apr-1919	7-Aug-2011	Governor of New York, 1975-83
Judith Crist	Critic	22-May-1922	7-Aug-2012	Ascerbic film critic
Adrian W. DeWind	Attorney	1-Dec-1913	7-Aug-2009	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Frank Graves Dickey	Educator	1-Dec-1917	7-Aug-2009	President, University of Kentucky, 1956-63
Hal Fishman	Journalist	25-Aug-1931	7-Aug-2007	Los Angeles TV news anchor
Grayson Hall	Actor	18-Sep-1922	7-Aug-1985	The Night of the Iguana
Oliver Hardy	Actor	18-Jan-1892	7-Aug-1957	Laurel and Hardy
Mark Hatfield	Politician	12-Jul-1922	7-Aug-2011	US Senator from Oregon, 1967-97
Robert Hutton	Actor	11-Jun-1920	7-Aug-1994	Hollywood Canteen
Joseph-Marie Jacquard	Inventor	7-Jul-1752	7-Aug-1834	Jacquard loom
Brion James	Actor	20-Feb-1945	7-Aug-1999	Leon the replicant in Blade Runner
Peter Jennings	Journalist	29-Jul-1938	7-Aug-2005	Former anchor, ABC World News Tonight
Joi Lansing	Actor	6-Apr-1929	7-Aug-1972	Gladys Flatt on The Beverly Hillbillies
Mickey Leland	Politician	27-Nov-1944	7-Aug-1989	Congressman from Texas, 1979-89
James W. McLamore	Business	30-May-1926	7-Aug-1996	Co-Founder of Burger King
Tom Neal	Actor	28-Jan-1914	7-Aug-1972	Detour
Konstantin Stanislavsky	Actor	5-Jan-1863	7-Aug-1938	Inventor of "method" acting
Rabindranath Tagore	Poet	7-May-1861	7-Aug-1941	Gitanjali
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.	Politician	26-Mar-1740	7-Aug-1809	Governor of Connecticut, 1797-1809
Francis Henry Underwood	Author	12-Jan-1825	7-Aug-1894	Quabbin: The Story of a Small Town
William S. Vare	Politician	24-Dec-1867	7-Aug-1934	Philadelphia political boss
John L. Weinberg	Business	25-Jan-1925	7-Aug-2006	Chairman of Goldman Sachs, 1976-90
Charles Wyly	Business	13-Oct-1933	7-Aug-2011	Billionaire, Michael's Stores
Herbert O. Yardley	Scientist	13-Apr-1889	7-Aug-1958	U.S. cryptographer during WWI
Marion Zioncheck	Politician	5-Dec-1901	7-Aug-1936	Congressman, committed suicide

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