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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
King Abdullah
Royalty
1-Aug-1924   King of Saudi Arabia
Sheldon Adelson
Business
1-Aug-1933   Las Vegas billionaire
Alexander
Royalty
1-Aug-1893 25-Oct-1920 King of Greece, 1917-20
Hafizullah Amin
Head of State
1-Aug-1929 27-Dec-1979 President of Afghanistan, 1979
Ashley Parker Angel
Singer
1-Aug-1981   O-Town
Kurmanbek Bakiev
Head of State
1-Aug-1949   President of Kyrgyzstan
Demián Bichir
Actor
1-Aug-1963   A Better Life
Tempestt Bledsoe
Actor
1-Aug-1973   Vanessa Huxtable on The Cosby Show
Jesse Borrego
Actor
1-Aug-1962   Gael Ortega on 24
Rick Boucher
Politician
1-Aug-1946   Congressman from Virginia, 1983-2011
Pierre Bourdieu
Anthropologist
1-Aug-1930 23-Jan-2002 Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste
Julie Bovasso
Actor
1-Aug-1930 14-Sep-1991 Saturday Night Fever
Cliff Branch
Football
1-Aug-1948   Former Oakland Raiders WR
Ron Brown
Government
1-Aug-1941 3-Apr-1996 US Commerce Secretary, 1993-96
Boz Burrell
Bassist
1-Aug-1946 21-Sep-2006 Bad Company and King Crimson bassist
Frederick Busch
Novelist
1-Aug-1941 23-Feb-2006 Don't Tell Anyone
Raoul G. Cantero III
Judge
1-Aug-1960   Justice, Florida Supreme Court
Jim Carroll
Author
1-Aug-1950 11-Sep-2009 The Basketball Diaries
Georges Charpak
Physicist
1-Aug-1924 29-Sep-2010 Subatomic particle detectors
William Clark
Explorer
1-Aug-1770 1-Sep-1838 Lewis and Clark expedition
Claudius
Royalty
1-Aug-10 BC 13-Oct-54 AD Roman Emperor, 41-54 AD
Coolio
Rapper
1-Aug-1963   Gangsta's Paradise
Dick Covey
Astronaut
1-Aug-1946   Shuttle astronaut
Robert Cray
Guitarist
1-Aug-1953   Blues guitarist
Chuck D
Rapper
1-Aug-1960   The rhyme animal
Al D'Amato
Politician
1-Aug-1937   US Senator from New York, 1981-99
Richard Henry Dana
Author
1-Aug-1815 6-Jan-1882 Two Years Before the Mast
Dom DeLuise
Actor
1-Aug-1933 4-May-2009 Cannonball Run
Adrian Dunbar
Actor
1-Aug-1958   Hear My Song
Adam Duritz
Musician
1-Aug-1964   Frontman for Counting Crows
William J. Dyess
Diplomat
1-Aug-1929 6-Jan-1996 US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1982-83
Lawrence Eagleburger
Government
1-Aug-1930 4-Jun-2011 US Secretary of State, 1992-93
Otto Eckstein
Economist
1-Aug-1927 22-Mar-1984 Council of Economic Advisers, 1964-66
Joe Elliott
Musician
1-Aug-1959   Def Leppard vocalist
Kirk Ferentz
Football
1-Aug-1955   Iowa Hawkeyes Head Coach
Jerry Garcia
Musician
1-Aug-1942 9-Aug-1995 Grateful Dead
Emilio M. Garza
Judge
1-Aug-1947   5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Giancarlo Giannini
Actor
1-Aug-1942   Seven Beauties
Ed Gillespie
Politician
1-Aug-1962   RNC Chairman, 2003-05
James Gleick
Author
1-Aug-1954   Chaos: Making a New Science
Barbara J. Griffiths
Diplomat
1-Aug-1949   US Ambassador to Iceland, 1999-2002
George de Hevesy
Chemist
1-Aug-1885 5-Jul-1966 Radioisotope researcher
Arthur Hill
Actor
1-Aug-1922 26-Oct-2006 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
James Hill
Film Director
1-Aug-1919 7-Oct-1994 Born Free
Martin J. Hillenbrand
Diplomat
1-Aug-1915 2-Feb-2005 US Ambassador to Germany, 1972-76
Paul Horgan
Author
1-Aug-1903 8-Mar-1995 Great River: The Rio Grande
M. R. James
Author
1-Aug-1862 12-Jun-1936 Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
Laura Johnson
Actor
1-Aug-1957   Falcon Crest
Henry Jones
Actor
1-Aug-1912 17-May-1999 The Bad Seed
Mother Jones
Activist
1-Aug-1837 30-Nov-1930 The grandmother of all agitators
Meir Kahane
Activist
1-Aug-1932 5-Nov-1990 Founder of Jewish Defense League
Edward Kelley
Paranormal
1-Aug-1555 1-Nov-1597 Notorious forger and alchemist
Erle C. Kenton
Film Director
1-Aug-1896 28-Jan-1980 House of Frankenstein
Francis Scott Key
Poet
1-Aug-1779 11-Jan-1843 The Star-Spangled Banner
Terry Kiser
Actor
1-Aug-1939   Weekend at Bernie's
Jack Kramer
Tennis
1-Aug-1921 12-Sep-2009 Winner of 10 Grand Slam titles
Howard Kurtz
Journalist
1-Aug-1953   Media critic
Henrietta Lacks
Oddity
1-Aug-1920 4-Oct-1951 Immortal human cells
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Biologist
1-Aug-1744 18-Dec-1829 Early invertebrate biologist, evolutionary theorist
Michael Ledeen
Government
1-Aug-1941   Neoconservative activist
Sammy Lee
Diver
1-Aug-1920   Olympic diver
Tom Leykis
Radio Personality
1-Aug-1956   Syndicated talk radio host
Robert Todd Lincoln
Politician
1-Aug-1843 26-Jul-1926 US Secretary of War, 1881-85
Tom Loeffler
Politician
1-Aug-1946   Congressman from Texas, 1979-87
John Carroll Lynch
Actor
1-Aug-1963   The Drew Carey Show
Armand Mastroianni
Film Director
1-Aug-1948   He Knows You're Alone
Andrew Melville
Religion
1-Aug-1545 1622 Scottish Reform Church
Herman Melville
Author
1-Aug-1819 28-Sep-1891 Moby Dick
Sam Mendes
Film Director
1-Aug-1965   American Beauty
Maria Mitchell
Astronomer
1-Aug-1818 28-Jun-1889 First American female astronomer
Jason Momoa
Actor
1-Aug-1979   Ronon Dex on Stargate: Atlantis
Darla Moore
Business
1-Aug-1954   President of Rainwater, Inc.
Sue Myrick
Politician
1-Aug-1941   Congresswoman, North Carolina 9th
Taylor Negron
Actor
1-Aug-1958   The Last Boy Scout
Eduardo Noriega
Actor
1-Aug-1973   Open Your Eyes
Douglas D. Osheroff
Physicist
1-Aug-1945   Superfluidity of helium-3
Michael Penn
Musician
1-Aug-1958   Sean Penn's brother
Pertinax
Royalty
1-Aug-126 AD 28-Mar-193 AD Roman Emperor, 193 AD
Sally Pressman
Actor
1-Aug-1981   Roxy LeBlanc on Army Wives
Charles F. C. Ruff
Attorney
1-Aug-1939 19-Nov-2000 Clinton's impeachment attorney
Yves Saint Laurent
Fashion Designer
1-Aug-1936 1-Jun-2008 Christian Dior protege
Cecil O. Samuelson
Educator
1-Aug-1941   President, Brigham Young University
Harold Schuster
Film Director
1-Aug-1902 19-Jul-1986 My Friend Flicka
Henry R. Silverman
Business
1-Aug-1940   Chairman of Realogy
William Steinberg
Conductor
1-Aug-1899 16-May-1978 Music Director, Pittsburgh Symphony, 1952-76
J. Lee Thompson
Film Director
1-Aug-1914 30-Aug-2002 Cape Fear
George Ticknor
Educator
1-Aug-1791 26-Jan-1871 History of Spanish Literature
David Wain
Actor
1-Aug-1969   The State
Robert James Waller
Novelist
1-Aug-1939   The Bridges of Madison County
Richard C. Wesley
Judge
1-Aug-1949   2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Roy Williams
Basketball
1-Aug-1950   Head Coach, UNC-Chapel Hill


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