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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Niels Henrik Abel
Mathematician
5-Aug-1802 6-Apr-1829 Studied elliptics and hyperelliptics
Conrad Aiken
Poet
5-Aug-1889 17-Aug-1973 Earth Triumphant
Loni Anderson
Actor
5-Aug-1946   Blonde on WKRP in Cincinnati
Neil Armstrong
Astronaut
5-Aug-1930   First man on the Moon
Claude Autant-Lara
Film Director
5-Aug-1901 5-Feb-2000 La traversée de Paris
Parley Baer
Actor
5-Aug-1914 22-Nov-2002 Chester on Gunsmoke radio
Gary Beban
Football
5-Aug-1946   Winner, 1967 Heisman Trophy
Wendell Berry
Author
5-Aug-1934   A Place on Earth
David Brian
Actor
5-Aug-1914 15-Jul-1993 Mr. District Attorney
Herb Brooks
Hockey
5-Aug-1937 11-Aug-2003 Coach, 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team
Preston S. Brooks
Politician
5-Aug-1819 27-Jan-1857 Beat Charles Sumner with a cane
Pete Burns
Singer/Songwriter
5-Aug-1959   Dead or Alive
Don Chaffey
Film Director
5-Aug-1917 13-Nov-1990 Jason and the Argonauts
Jerry Ciccoritti
Film Director
5-Aug-1956   The Life Before This
Bob Clark
Film Director
5-Aug-1941 4-Apr-2007 A Christmas Story
Terri Clark
Country Musician
5-Aug-1968   Better Things to Do
France A. Córdova
Educator
5-Aug-1947   President, Purdue University
Antony Cotton
Actor
5-Aug-1975   Sean Tully on Coronation Street
Genelia D'Souza
Actor
5-Aug-1987   Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na
Christopher DeMuth
Activist
5-Aug-1946   American Enterprise Institute
Jewel De'Nyle
Pornstar
5-Aug-1977   Bend Over and Say Ahh 3
Rick Derringer
Musician
5-Aug-1947   Rock and Roll Hoochie-Koo
Selma Diamond
Actor
5-Aug-1920 13-May-1985 Selma Hacker on Night Court
Mike Doyle
Politician
5-Aug-1953   Congressman, Pennsylvania 14th
Tom Drake
Actor
5-Aug-1918 11-Aug-1982 Meet Me In St. Louis
Ja'net DuBois
Actor
5-Aug-1945   Willona Woods on Good Times
Stanley H. Durwood
Business
5-Aug-1920 15-Jul-1999 Father of the multi-screen movie theater
Patrick Ewing
Basketball
5-Aug-1962   New York Knicks, 1986-2000
Jennifer Finch
Bassist
5-Aug-1966   Former L7 bassist
Deodoro da Fonseca
Head of State
5-Aug-1827 23-Aug-1892 First President of Brazil
Victor Francen
Actor
5-Aug-1888 18-Nov-1977 Confidential Agent
Naum Gabo
Sculptor
5-Aug-1890 23-Aug-1977 Constructivist, Realistic Manifesto
Roman Gabriel
Football
5-Aug-1940   Rams/Eagles Quarterback
Patrick R. Gaston
Business
5-Aug-1957   President, Verizon Foundation
Sidney Harman
Business
5-Aug-1918 12-Apr-2011 Founder of Harman International
Joan Hickson
Actor
5-Aug-1906 17-Oct-1998 Miss Marple
Reid Hoffman
Business
5-Aug-1967   Co-Founder of LinkedIn
Harold Holt
Head of State
5-Aug-1908 17-Dec-1967 Prime Minister of Australia, 1966-67
John Huston
Film Director
5-Aug-1906 28-Aug-1987 The Maltese Falcon
Lord Inge
Military
5-Aug-1935   British Field Marshal
Shirley A. Jackson
Physicist
5-Aug-1946   NRC Chairman, 1995-99
Xeni Jardin
Journalist
5-Aug-1970   Serial meta-blogger, Boing Boing
Gordon Johncock
Auto Racing
5-Aug-1936   Indy car racer
Lolo Jones
Track and Field
5-Aug-1982   American hurdler, prominent virgin
Kajol
Actor
5-Aug-1974   Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Tawny Kitaen
Model
5-Aug-1961   Bachelor Party
Richard G. Kleindienst
Government
5-Aug-1923 3-Feb-2000 US Attorney General, 1972-73
Carole Laure
Actor
5-Aug-1951   Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
Wassily Leontief
Economist
5-Aug-1906 5-Feb-1999 Structure of the American Economy
Guy de Maupassant
Author
5-Aug-1850 6-Jul-1893 French short story writer
MCA
Rapper
5-Aug-1967 4-May-2012 Beastie Boys
Maureen McCormick
Actor
5-Aug-1956   Marcia on The Brady Bunch
Travie McCoy
Singer
5-Aug-1981   Lead singer, Gym Class Heroes
Colin McRae
Auto Racing
5-Aug-1968 15-Sep-2007 Scottish rally car champion
Joseph Merrick
Oddity
5-Aug-1862 11-Apr-1890 The Elephant Man
Wesley Clair Mitchell
Economist
5-Aug-1874 29-Oct-1948 Business Cycles
Zakes Mokae
Actor
5-Aug-1935   The Serpent and the Rainbow
Sonny Montgomery
Politician
5-Aug-1920 12-May-2006 Congressman from Mississippi, 1967-97
Reginald Owen
Actor
5-Aug-1887 5-Nov-1972 Prolific character actor
Marine Le Pen
Politician
5-Aug-1968   Daughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen
Richard Preston
Author
5-Aug-1954   The Hot Zone
Wade Rathke
Activist
5-Aug-1948   Co-Founder of ACORN
George E. Reedy
Government
5-Aug-1917 21-Mar-1999 LBJ's press secretary
Brian Sandoval
Politician
5-Aug-1963   Governor of Nevada
John Saxon
Actor
5-Aug-1936   Enter the Dragon
Robert Scales
Military
5-Aug-1944   Military analyst
Joseph Scaliger
Scholar
5-Aug-1540 21-Jan-1609 De emendatione temporum
Andrea Seastrand
Politician
5-Aug-1941   Congresswoman from California, 1995-97
Mickey Shaughnessy
Actor
5-Aug-1920 23-Jul-1985 Jailhouse Rock
Jonathan Silverman
Actor
5-Aug-1966   The Single Guy
Erika Slezak
Actor
5-Aug-1946   Victoria Davidson on One Life to Live
Pat Smear
Guitarist
5-Aug-1959   The Germs, Foo Fighters
Johann Friedrich Struensee
Government
5-Aug-1737 28-Apr-1772 Puppetmaster of Christian VII
Robert Taylor
Actor
5-Aug-1911 8-Jun-1969 Quo Vadis
Peter Viereck
Poet
5-Aug-1916 13-May-2006 Terror and Decorum
Vinnie Vincent
Guitarist
5-Aug-1952   Kiss and Invasion guitarist
Louis Wain
Painter
5-Aug-1860 4-Jul-1939 The Man Who Drew Cats
Louis Walsh
Business
5-Aug-1952   Judge, The X Factor
Joan Weldon
Actor
5-Aug-1933   Them!
James Wilder
Actor
5-Aug-1968   A Face to Die For
Jesse Williams
Actor
5-Aug-1981   Dr. Jackson Avery on Grey's Anatomy
Sophie Winkleman
Actor
5-Aug-1980   The Trial of Tony Blair
Lizz Winstead
Comic
5-Aug-1961   Daily Show co-creator


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