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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Piers Anthony
Novelist
6-Aug-1934   Xanth, Incarnations of Immortality
Lucille Ball
Actor
6-Aug-1911 26-Apr-1989 I Love Lucy
Adolph Bandelier
Anthropologist
6-Aug-1840 18-Mar-1914 Native cultures of the American southwest
Paul Bartel
Actor
6-Aug-1938 13-May-2000 Eating Raoul
Barbara Bates
Actor
6-Aug-1925 18-Mar-1969 Phoebe in All About Eve
Green Bar Bill
Author
6-Aug-1900 9-Nov-1992 Prominent Scouter
Pamela Blake
Actor
6-Aug-1915 6-Oct-2009 No Greater Sin
Rolf Boldrewood
Novelist
6-Aug-1826 11-Mar-1915 Robbery Under Arms
Peter Bonerz
Film Director
6-Aug-1938   Sitcom and film director
Lisa Boyle
Model
6-Aug-1964   Cover of October 1995 Playboy
Harlan J. Bushfield
Politician
6-Aug-1882 27-Sep-1948 Governor of South Dakota, 1939-43
Asia Carrera
Pornstar
6-Aug-1973   Mensa member, pornstar
Leo Carrillo
Actor
6-Aug-1881 10-Sep-1961 Pancho on The Cisco Kid
Paul Claudel
Poet
6-Aug-1868 23-Feb-1955 French poet and diplomat
Edwin Corr
Diplomat
6-Aug-1934   US Ambassador to El Salvador, 1985-88
Glenn A. Cox
Business
6-Aug-1929   President of Phillips Petroleum, 1985-1991
George N. Craig
Politician
6-Aug-1909 17-Dec-1992 Governor of Indiana, 1953-57
Charles Crichton
Film Director
6-Aug-1910 15-Sep-1999 A Fish Called Wanda
Adrianne Curry
Model
6-Aug-1982   America's Next Top Model
Ron Davies
Politician
6-Aug-1946   Former MP, Caerphilly
Randy DeBarge
Musician
6-Aug-1958   Member of the band Debarge
Vera Farmiga
Actor
6-Aug-1973   Down to the Bone
François Fénelon
Author
6-Aug-1651 7-Jan-1715 Télémaque
Frank Finlay
Actor
6-Aug-1926   Othello
Alexander Fleming
Scientist
6-Aug-1881 11-Mar-1955 Discovered penicillin
William D. Ford
Politician
6-Aug-1927 14-Aug-2004 Congressman from Michigan, 1965-95
Charles Fort
Scientist
6-Aug-1874 3-May-1932 Prophet of the Unexplained
Soleil Moon Frye
Actor
6-Aug-1976   Punky Brewster
Melissa George
Actor
6-Aug-1976   Lauren Reed on Alias
Hoot Gibson
Actor
6-Aug-1892 23-Aug-1962 Cowboy star of the 20s and 30s
Parker Griffith
Politician
6-Aug-1942   Congressman from Alabama, 2009-11
Philip Haas
Film Director
6-Aug-1954   Angels and Insects
Charlie Haden
Jazz Musician
6-Aug-1937   Jazz bassist
Geri Halliwell
Singer
6-Aug-1972   Ginger Spice
Dorian Harewood
Actor
6-Aug-1950   Full Metal Jacket
Catherine Hicks
Actor
6-Aug-1951   Annie Camden on 7th Heaven
Richard Hofstadter
Historian
6-Aug-1916 24-Oct-1970 Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
Roh Moo Hyun
Head of State
6-Aug-1946 23-May-2009 President of South Korea, 2003-08
Hank Iba
Basketball
6-Aug-1904 15-Jan-1993 Oklahoma A&M Head Coach, 1934-70
Helen Hull Jacobs
Tennis
6-Aug-1908 2-Jun-1997 Winner of 10 Grand Slam titles
George Jung
Criminal
6-Aug-1942   Cocaine smuggler
Juliane Köhler
Actor
6-Aug-1965   Aimee & Jaguar
Stepfanie Kramer
Actor
6-Aug-1956   Det. Sgt. Dee Dee McCall on Hunter
Lawrence Lader
Activist
6-Aug-1919 7-May-2006 Father of abortion rights activism
Bruce Laingen
Diplomat
6-Aug-1922   US Ambassador to Malta, 1977-79
Freddie Laker
Business
6-Aug-1922 9-Feb-2006 Founder of Laker Airlines
Brian Levant
Film Director
6-Aug-1952   Jingle All the Way
Moira Lister
Actor
6-Aug-1923 27-Oct-2007 Seven Waves Away
Nicolas Malebranche
Philosopher
6-Aug-1638 13-Oct-1715 De la recherche de la vérité
David Maraniss
Journalist
6-Aug-1949   First in His Class
Francis Sydney Marvin
Educator
6-Aug-1863 1943 The Living Past
James McGreevey
Politician
6-Aug-1957   Governor of New Jersey, 2002-04
Mike McIntyre
Politician
6-Aug-1956   Congressman, North Carolina 7th
Robert Mitchum
Actor
6-Aug-1917 1-Jul-1997 Cape Fear
Kevin Mitnick
Hacker
6-Aug-1963   Former "most wanted" hacker
Michael R. Murphy
Judge
6-Aug-1947   10th Circuit Court of Appeals
John Middleton Murry
Critic
6-Aug-1889 13-Mar-1957 The Story of D. H. Lawrence
Scott Nearing
Economist
6-Aug-1883 24-Aug-1983 Socialist economist
Lois Nettleton
Actor
6-Aug-1929 18-Jan-2008 Butterfly
Cleo A. Noel, Jr.
Diplomat
6-Aug-1918 2-Mar-1973 US Ambassador to Sudan, 1972-73
Daniel O'Connell
Politician
6-Aug-1775 15-May-1847 Irish hero, called The Liberator
Jason O'Mara
Actor
6-Aug-1972   Jim Shannon on Terra Nova
Leland Orser
Actor
6-Aug-1960   Dr. Lucien Dubenko on ER
Matthew Parker
Religion
6-Aug-1504 15-May-1575 Archbishop of Canterbury, 1559-75
Louella Parsons
Columnist
6-Aug-1881 9-Dec-1972 Hollywood queen of gossip
Wright Patman
Politician
6-Aug-1893 7-Mar-1976 Congressman from Texas, 1929-76
Carl C. Perkins
Politician
6-Aug-1954   Congressman from Kentucky, 1984-93
Jon Postel
Scientist
6-Aug-1943 16-Oct-1998 Creator of the Internet's RFC system
Dick Purcell
Actor
6-Aug-1908 10-Apr-1944 The Bank Dick
Ella Raines
Actor
6-Aug-1920 30-May-1988 Hail the Conquering Hero
JonBenét Ramsey
Victim
6-Aug-1990 26-Dec-1996 6-year-old murdered pageant winner
Jeremy Ratchford
Actor
6-Aug-1965   Nick Vera on Cold Case
David Robinson
Basketball
6-Aug-1965   San Antonio Spurs, 1995 MVP
Edith Roosevelt
First Lady
6-Aug-1861 30-Sep-1948 Wife of US President Theodore Roosevelt
Karl Schnabel
Pianist
6-Aug-1909 27-Aug-2001 Modern Technique of the Pedal
Dutch Schultz
Criminal
6-Aug-1902 24-Oct-1935 Bootlegger, murderer, numbers racketeer
Josh Schwartz
Screenwriter
6-Aug-1976   Creator, The O.C.
M. Night Shyamalan
Film Director
6-Aug-1970   The Sixth Sense
Elliott Smith
Guitarist
6-Aug-1969 21-Oct-2003 Indie guitarist stabbed himself to death
Louise Sorel
Actor
6-Aug-1940   Days of Our Lives
George James Symons
Scientist
6-Aug-1838 10-Mar-1900 Meteorologist, British Rainfall
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Poet
6-Aug-1809 6-Oct-1892 The Charge of the Light Brigade
Frank Tuttle
Film Director
6-Aug-1892 6-Jan-1963 This Gun for Hire
Robin van Persie
Soccer
6-Aug-1983   FC Arsenal
Daniel Walker
Politician
6-Aug-1922   Governor of Illinois, 1973-77
Andy Warhol
Artist
6-Aug-1928 22-Feb-1987 Pop Art movement
Thomas D. White
Military
6-Aug-1901 22-Dec-1965 USAF Chief of Staff, 1957-61
Wallace H. White, Jr.
Politician
6-Aug-1877 31-Mar-1952 US Senator from Maine, 1931-49
Barbara Windsor
Actor
6-Aug-1937   EastEnders
William Hyde Wollaston
Chemist
6-Aug-1766 22-Dec-1828 Discovered palladium, rhodium
Michelle Yeoh
Actor
6-Aug-1962   Hong Kong action movie star


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