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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Richard Anderson
Actor
8-Aug-1926   Oscar Goldman on The 6 Million Dollar Man
William Asher
Film Director
8-Aug-1921 16-Jul-2012 Beach Blanket Bingo
Keith Barron
Actor
8-Aug-1934   David Pearce on Duty Free
William Bateson
Biologist
8-Aug-1861 8-Feb-1926 Founder of genetics
Donald P. Bellisario
Author
8-Aug-1935   Wrote Battlestar Galactica, created Airwolf
Ronnie Biggs
Criminal
8-Aug-1929   UK Great Train Robber
James J. Blanchard
Politician
8-Aug-1942   Governor of Michigan, 1983-91
Erskine Bowles
Government
8-Aug-1945   White House Chief of Staff, 1996-98
Tom Brazaitis
Columnist
8-Aug-1940 30-Mar-2005 Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist
Martin Brest
Film Director
8-Aug-1951   Beverly Hills Cop
Charles Bulfinch
Architect
8-Aug-1763 15-Apr-1844 Architect of the U.S. Capitol
Brooke Bundy
Actor
8-Aug-1944   A Nightmare on Elm Street 3
Roland W. Burris
Politician
8-Aug-1937   US Senator from Illinois, 2009-10
Rory Calhoun
Actor
8-Aug-1922 28-Apr-1999 Auto thief turned actor
Keith Carradine
Actor
8-Aug-1949   Thieves Like Us
Benny Carter
Jazz Musician
8-Aug-1907 12-Jul-2003 Jazz and big bandleader
J. C. Chasez
Singer
8-Aug-1976   *NSYNC
John Culver
Politician
8-Aug-1932   US Senator from Iowa, 1974-81
Tawny Cypress
Actor
8-Aug-1976   Simone Deveaux on Heroes
William M. Daley
Government
8-Aug-1948   White House Chief of Staff, 2011-12
Donald Davidson
Poet
8-Aug-1893 25-Apr-1968 Agrarian, Southern American poet
Dino De Laurentiis
Film/TV Producer
8-Aug-1919 11-Nov-2010 Prodigious film producer
Kool Moe Dee
Rapper
8-Aug-1963   Rap artist
Paul Dirac
Physicist
8-Aug-1902 20-Oct-1984 The Principles of Quantum Mechanics
Julian C. Dixon
Politician
8-Aug-1934 8-Dec-2000 Congressman from California, 1979-2000
Ken Dryden
Hockey
8-Aug-1947   NHL Hall of Famer, Canadian MP
The Edge
Guitarist
8-Aug-1961   Guitarist for U2
Michael J. Egan
Politician
8-Aug-1926   Georgia State Senator
Roger Federer
Tennis
8-Aug-1981   Winner of 15 Grand Slam titles
Anne Francine
Actor
8-Aug-1917 3-Dec-1999 Stage actress, Vera Charles in MAME
Martin Garbus
Attorney
8-Aug-1934   Attorney for Lenny Bruce
Sam Goddard
Politician
8-Aug-1919 1-Feb-2006 Governor of Arizona, 1965-67
Arthur J. Goldberg
Judge
8-Aug-1908 19-Jan-1990 Supreme Court Justice, 1962-65
Meagan Good
Actor
8-Aug-1981   Eve's Bayou
David Hartley
Philosopher
8-Aug-1705 28-Aug-1757 Theory of associationism
Matthew Henson
Explorer
8-Aug-1866 9-Mar-1955 Possibly first to reach North Pole
Gertrude Himmelfarb
Historian
8-Aug-1922   Victorian Minds
Dustin Hoffman
Actor
8-Aug-1937   The Graduate
John Holmes
Pornstar
8-Aug-1944 13-Mar-1988 Life-support system for a 10-inch penis
Jane Dee Hull
Politician
8-Aug-1935   Governor of Arizona, 1997-2003
Cláudio Hummes
Religion
8-Aug-1934   Archbishop of São Paulo
Johnny B.
Comic
8-Aug-1961   Half of The Jerky Boys
Chakib Khelil
Government
8-Aug-1939   Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines
George L. Kirkland
Business
8-Aug-1950   Chevron Global Upstream and Gas
Ron Klain
Attorney
8-Aug-1961   Vice President Biden's Chief of Staff, 2009-11
Ladislav Klíma
Philosopher
8-Aug-1878 19-Apr-1928 The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch
Ken Kutaragi
Inventor
8-Aug-1950   Father of the PlayStation
Drew Lachey
Singer
8-Aug-1976   Brother of Nick Lachey
Paris Latsis
Socialite
8-Aug-1979   Greek shipping heir, Paris Hiton's ex
Ernest Lawrence
Physicist
8-Aug-1901 27-Aug-1958 Inventor of the cyclotron
Katie Leung
Actor
8-Aug-1987   Harry Potter's love interest
Daniel Mann
Film Director
8-Aug-1912 21-Nov-1991 Come Back, Little Sheba
Ron Marlenee
Politician
8-Aug-1935   Congressman from Montana, 1977-93
Pat McCarran
Politician
8-Aug-1876 28-Sep-1954 US Senator from Nevada, 1933-54
Richard H. Melton
Diplomat
8-Aug-1935   US Ambassador to Brazil, 1989-93
Nelson A. Miles
Military
8-Aug-1839 15-May-1925 Army volunteer promoted to Commanding General
Eve Miller
Actor
8-Aug-1923 17-Aug-1973 The Big Trees
James M. Moran
Business
8-Aug-1918 24-Apr-2007 JM Family Enterprises
Donny Most
Actor
8-Aug-1953   Ralph Malph on Happy Days
Deborah Norville
Journalist
8-Aug-1958   Inside Edition
Terrence L. O'Brien
Judge
8-Aug-1943   10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Earle Page
Head of State
8-Aug-1880 20-Dec-1961 Prime Minister of Australia, 1939
Roger Penrose
Mathematician
8-Aug-1931   Theory of cosmic censorship
Kyra Phillips
Journalist
8-Aug-1968   CNN anchor
C. K. Prahalad
Educator
8-Aug-1941 16-Apr-2010 Management guru
Robin Quivers
Talk Show Host
8-Aug-1952   Howard Stern's sidekick
Ford Rainey
Actor
8-Aug-1908 25-Jul-2005 Window on Main Street
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Novelist
8-Aug-1896 14-Dec-1953 The Yearling
Branscombe Richmond
Actor
8-Aug-1955   Bobby Sixkiller on Renegade
Gilles Personne de Roberval
Mathematician
8-Aug-1602 27-Oct-1675 Geometry of curves
Cecilia Roth
Actor
8-Aug-1956   All About My Mother
Edward T. Schafer
Politician
8-Aug-1946   US Secretary of Agriculture, 2008-09
Alex Schoenbaum
Business
8-Aug-1915 6-Dec-1996 Founder, Shoney's
Rachel Shelley
Actor
8-Aug-1969   The L Word
Randy Shilts
Journalist
8-Aug-1951 17-Feb-1994 Chronicler of AIDS, biographer of Harvey Milk
Sylvia Sidney
Actor
8-Aug-1910 1-Jul-1999 Mama Carlson on WKRP
Webb Simpson
Golf
8-Aug-1985   Winner, 2012 US Open
Robert Siodmak
Film Director
8-Aug-1900 10-Mar-1973 The Killers
Eugene C. Sit
Business
8-Aug-1938 24-Jun-2008 Sit Investment Associates
Lindsay Sloane
Actor
8-Aug-1977   Valerie Birkhead on Sabrina
Robert T. Stafford
Politician
8-Aug-1913 23-Dec-2006 Governor and Senator from Vermont
Scott Stapp
Musician
8-Aug-1973   Singer for Creed
Connie Stevens
Singer
8-Aug-1938   Hawaiian Eye
George Stoneman
Military
8-Aug-1822 5-Sep-1894 Civil War general, California governor
Nita Talbot
Actor
8-Aug-1930   Rose on Starting from Scratch
Robin Tallon
Politician
8-Aug-1946   Congressman from South Carolina, 1983-93
Jerry Tarkanian
Basketball
8-Aug-1930   Longtime UNLV basketball coach
Sara Teasdale
Poet
8-Aug-1884 29-Jan-1933 Strange Victory
George Tiller
Doctor
8-Aug-1941 31-May-2009 Late-term abortionist
Mel Tillis
Country Musician
8-Aug-1932   I Ain't Never
Jon Turteltaub
Film Director
8-Aug-1963   National Treasure
Ginny Tyler
Actor
8-Aug-1925 13-Jul-2012 Head Mouseketeer
Michael Urie
Actor
8-Aug-1980   Marc St. James on Ugly Betty
Countess Vaughn
Actor
8-Aug-1978   Kim Parker on Moesha
Jimbo Wales
Encyclopaedist
8-Aug-1966   Co-Founder of Wikipedia
Alexander F. Watson
Diplomat
8-Aug-1939   US Ambassador to Peru, 1986-89
James H. Weaver
Politician
8-Aug-1927   Congressman from Oregon, 1975-87
Peter Weir
Film Director
8-Aug-1944   The Truman Show
Larry Wilcox
Actor
8-Aug-1947   Officer Jon Baker on CHiPS
Esther Williams
Actor
8-Aug-1921   Aquatic thespian of the '40s and '50s
Faye Wong
Singer
8-Aug-1969   Easily Hurt Woman
Emiliano Zapata
Activist
8-Aug-1879 10-Apr-1919 Mexican patriot, revolutionary


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