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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Aaliyah
Singer
16-Jan-1979 25-Aug-2001 R&B singer, died in plane crash
Harry Elmer Barnes
Historian
15-Jun-1889 25-Aug-1968 American conspiracy theorist
Henri Becquerel
Physicist
15-Dec-1852 25-Aug-1908 Discoverer of radioactivity
John Birch
Religion
28-May-1918 25-Aug-1945 Missionary to China killed during WW2
Ferdinand Bol
Painter
24-Jun-1616 25-Aug-1680 Dutch painter, student of Rembrandt
Stanley Bruce
Head of State
15-Apr-1883 25-Aug-1967 Prime Minister of Australia, 1923-29
John Brunner
Author
24-Sep-1934 25-Aug-1995 The Shockwave Rider
Edward L. Cahn
Film Director
12-Feb-1899 25-Aug-1963 It! The Terror from Beyond Space
Morley Callaghan
Novelist
22-Sep-1903 25-Aug-1990 Strange Fugitive
Truman Capote
Novelist
30-Sep-1924 25-Aug-1984 In Cold Blood
Gower Champion
Theater Director
22-Jun-1921 25-Aug-1980 Show Boat
Price Daniel
Politician
10-Oct-1910 25-Aug-1988 Governor of Texas, 1957-63
Daniel C. Drucker
Engineer
1918 25-Aug-2001 Drucker's stability postulate
William A. Emerson, Jr.
Journalist
28-Feb-1923 25-Aug-2009 Editor, Saturday Evening Post, 1965-69
Henri Fantin-Latour
Painter
14-Jan-1836 25-Aug-1904 French painter and printmaker
Michael Faraday
Physicist
22-Sep-1791 25-Aug-1867 Discovered electrical induction
A. Stone Freedberg
Doctor
30-May-1908 25-Aug-2009 Found H. Pylori near stomach ulcers
Stephen M. Goldfeld
Economist
9-Aug-1940 25-Aug-1995 Council of Economic Advisers, 1980-81
Gratian
Royalty
18-Apr-359 AD 25-Aug-383 AD Western Roman Emperor, 375-83 AD
William Herschel
Astronomer
15-Nov-1738 25-Aug-1822 Mapped heavens, discovered Uranus
David Hume
Philosopher
7-May-1711 25-Aug-1776 Empiricist nonpareil
Eyvind Johnson
Author
29-Jul-1900 25-Aug-1976 Rain at Dawn
Joseph Kane
Film Director
19-Mar-1894 25-Aug-1975 Flame of Barbary Coast
Ted Kennedy
Politician
22-Feb-1932 25-Aug-2009 US Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009
Stan Kenton
Jazz Musician
15-Dec-1911 25-Aug-1979 Jazz bandleader
Alfred Kinsey
Scientist
23-Jun-1894 25-Aug-1956 Researched human sexual behavior
H. Douglas Lee
Educator
15-Mar-1943 25-Aug-2009 President of Stetson University, 1987-2009
Ted Lewis
Jazz Musician
6-Jun-1892 25-Aug-1971 Is Everybody Happy?
Louis IX
Royalty
25-Apr-1214 25-Aug-1270 King of France, 1229-70
Jean-Baptiste Louvet
Author
12-Jun-1760 25-Aug-1797 Mémoires de Louvet de Couvrai
Margaret of Anjou
Royalty
23-Mar-1430 25-Aug-1482 Consort of English King Henry VI
Aylmer Maude
Translator
28-Mar-1858 25-Aug-1938 Translator of Tolstoy
Elizabeth Montagu
Socialite
2-Oct-1720 25-Aug-1800 English leader of society
Sir Henry Morgan
Military
1635 25-Aug-1688 Knighted pirate of the Caribbean
Paul Muni
Actor
22-Sep-1895 25-Aug-1967 The Life of Louis Pasteur
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosopher
15-Oct-1844 25-Aug-1900 God is dead
Lynden Oscar Pindling
Politician
22-Mar-1930 25-Aug-2000 Father of The Bahamas
Pliny the Elder
Author
23 AD 25-Aug-79 AD Naturalis Historia
Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Judge
19-Sep-1907 25-Aug-1998 US Supreme Court Justice, 1972-87
George Rockwell
Activist
9-Mar-1918 25-Aug-1967 Founded American Nazi Party
Art Rooney
Football
27-Jan-1901 25-Aug-1988 Pittsburgh Steelers owner
St. Thomas de Cantelupe
Religion
c. 1218 25-Aug-1282 13th century English saint
Robert Trimble
Judge
1777 25-Aug-1828 US Supreme Court Justice, 1826-28
William Warfield
Singer
22-Jan-1920 25-Aug-2002 Porgy and Bess
Father Yod
Religion
4-Jul-1922 25-Aug-1975 Founder and Deity of The Source Family
Grigory Zinoviev
Government
23-Sep-1883 25-Aug-1936 Old Bolshevik executed during the Great Purge


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