Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Robert B. Anderson |
Government |
4-Jun-1910 |
14-Aug-1989 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61 |
Earl Anthony |
Bowling |
27-Apr-1938 |
14-Aug-2001 |
Professional bowler |
John Biffen |
Politician |
3-Nov-1930 |
14-Aug-2007 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1982-87 |
Karl Böhm |
Conductor |
28-Aug-1894 |
14-Aug-1981 |
Conductor, Vienna State Opera |
Bertolt Brecht |
Playwright |
10-Feb-1898 |
14-Aug-1956 |
Mother Courage and Her Children |
William Bridgeman |
Politician |
31-Dec-1864 |
14-Aug-1935 |
UK Home Secretary, 1922-24 |
Roy Buchanan |
Guitarist |
23-Sep-1939 |
14-Aug-1988 |
Blues guitarist |
Johnny Burnette |
Musician |
25-Mar-1934 |
14-Aug-1964 |
Rockabilly instigator |
Florian Cajori |
Historian |
28-Feb-1859 |
14-Aug-1930 |
A History of Mathematics |
Elias Canetti |
Author |
25-Jul-1905 |
14-Aug-1994 |
Crowds and Power |
Sergiu Celibidache |
Conductor |
11-Jul-1912 |
14-Aug-1996 |
Director, Munich Philharmonic, 1979-96 |
George Combe |
Paranormal |
21-Oct-1788 |
14-Aug-1858 |
Scottish phrenologist |
Gary Evans |
Criminal |
7-Oct-1954 |
14-Aug-1998 |
New York state burglar, serial killer |
David Farragut |
Military |
5-Jul-1801 |
14-Aug-1870 |
America's first admiral |
Enzo Ferrari |
Business |
18-Feb-1898 |
14-Aug-1988 |
Legendary automobile maker |
William D. Ford |
Politician |
6-Aug-1927 |
14-Aug-2004 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1965-95 |
Sigrid Gurie |
Actor |
18-May-1911 |
14-Aug-1969 |
Algiers |
William Randolph Hearst |
Business |
29-Apr-1863 |
14-Aug-1951 |
Newspaper magnate |
Raymond Hood |
Architect |
29-Mar-1881 |
14-Aug-1934 |
Chicago Tribune Tower |
Jackie "Butch" Jenkins |
Actor |
29-Aug-1937 |
14-Aug-2001 |
MGM child star |
João I |
Royalty |
11-Apr-1357 |
14-Aug-1433 |
King of Portugal, 1385-1433 |
Frédéric Joliot |
Physicist |
19-Mar-1900 |
14-Aug-1958 |
Artificial radioactivity |
Teeder Kennedy |
Hockey |
12-Dec-1925 |
14-Aug-2009 |
Toronto Maple Leafs, Hall of Famer |
Bruno Kirby |
Actor |
28-Apr-1949 |
14-Aug-2006 |
When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers |
Lane Kirkland |
Labor Leader |
12-Mar-1922 |
14-Aug-1999 |
AFL-CIO President, 1979-95 |
Philip M. Klutznick |
Government |
9-Jul-1907 |
14-Aug-1999 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1980-81 |
Fitz Hugh Lane |
Painter |
19-Dec-1804 |
14-Aug-1865 |
American marine painter, luminist |
Oscar Levant |
Pianist |
27-Dec-1906 |
14-Aug-1972 |
Panelist, Information Please |
Alexander Luria |
Psychologist |
16-Jul-1902 |
14-Aug-1977 |
Pioneer of neuropsychology |
Patrick Magee |
Actor |
31-Mar-1922 |
14-Aug-1982 |
Mr. Alexander in A Clockwork Orange |
Czeslaw Milosz |
Poet |
30-Jun-1911 |
14-Aug-2004 |
Polish novelist and poet, The Captive Mind |
Clifford Odets |
Playwright |
18-Jul-1906 |
14-Aug-1963 |
Sweet Smell of Success |
Ron Palillo |
Actor |
2-Apr-1949 |
14-Aug-2012 |
Horshack on Welcome Back, Kotter |
Pope Pius II |
Religion |
18-Oct-1405 |
14-Aug-1464 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1458-64 |
Frank Podmore |
Author |
5-Feb-1856 |
14-Aug-1910 |
Fabian Society |
Sarah Polk |
First Lady |
4-Sep-1803 |
14-Aug-1891 |
Wife of US President James K. Polk |
J. B. Priestley |
Novelist |
13-Sep-1894 |
14-Aug-1984 |
An Inspector Calls |
Larry Rivers |
Painter |
17-Aug-1923 |
14-Aug-2002 |
American pop artist |
Phil Rizzuto |
Baseball |
25-Sep-1916 |
14-Aug-2007 |
American League MVP, 1950 |
Paul Sabatier |
Chemist |
5-Nov-1854 |
14-Aug-1941 |
Heterogeneous catalysis |
John Sirica |
Judge |
19-Mar-1904 |
14-Aug-1992 |
Watergate judge |
Clark Ashton Smith |
Author |
13-Jan-1893 |
14-Aug-1961 |
Horror/fantasy author |
Alison Smithson |
Architect |
22-Jun-1928 |
14-Aug-1993 |
New Brutalist |
Richard A. Snelling |
Politician |
18-Feb-1927 |
14-Aug-1991 |
Twice Governor of Vermont |
Gale Sondergaard |
Actor |
15-Feb-1899 |
14-Aug-1985 |
Anthony Adverse |
Dorothy Stratten |
Actor |
28-Feb-1960 |
14-Aug-1980 |
Actress, centerfold |
Margaret Taylor |
First Lady |
21-Sep-1788 |
14-Aug-1852 |
Wife of US President Zachary Taylor |
David S. Terry |
Judge |
8-Mar-1823 |
14-Aug-1889 |
California Chief Justice, 1857-59 |
Phyllis Thaxter |
Actor |
20-Nov-1921 |
14-Aug-2012 |
The World of Henry Orient |
Sherman W. Tribbitt |
Politician |
9-Nov-1922 |
14-Aug-2010 |
Governor of Delaware, 1973-77 |
Leonard Woolf |
Author |
25-Nov-1880 |
14-Aug-1969 |
British memoirist, husband of Virginia |
Chalmers P. Wylie |
Politician |
23-Nov-1920 |
14-Aug-1998 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1967-93 |