Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Shaun Alexander |
Football |
30-Aug-1977 |
|
Seattle Seahawks RB |
Ellen Arthur |
First Lady |
30-Aug-1837 |
12-Jan-1880 |
Wife of US President Chester A. Arthur |
Nelson Ascencio |
Comic |
30-Aug-1964 |
|
MADtv |
Elizabeth Ashley |
Actor |
30-Aug-1939 |
|
Take Her, She's Mine |
Gabriel Aubry |
Model |
30-Aug-1976 |
|
Canadian model, ex-BF of Halle Berry |
Bill Bass |
Scientist |
30-Aug-1928 |
|
Human decomposition |
Geoffrey Beene |
Fashion Designer |
30-Aug-1927 |
28-Sep-2004 |
Award-winning fashion designer |
Julie Bishop |
Actor |
30-Aug-1914 |
30-Aug-2001 |
Northern Pursuit |
Lewis Black |
Comic |
30-Aug-1948 |
|
Rants on The Daily Show |
Joan Blondell |
Actor |
30-Aug-1906 |
25-Dec-1979 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
Charles E. Bohlen |
Diplomat |
30-Aug-1904 |
31-Dec-1974 |
US Ambassador to USSR, 1953-57 |
Shirley Booth |
Actor |
30-Aug-1898 |
16-Oct-1992 |
Come Back, Little Sheba |
Timothy Bottoms |
Actor |
30-Aug-1951 |
|
That's My Bush! |
Don Boudria |
Politician |
30-Aug-1949 |
|
Canadian MP, Glengarry-Prescott-Russell |
Lillo Brancato |
Actor |
30-Aug-1976 |
|
A Bronx Tale, acquitted of murder |
Warren Buffett |
Business |
30-Aug-1930 |
|
Billionaire in Omaha |
Michael Chiklis |
Actor |
30-Aug-1963 |
|
The Shield |
Eduardo Ciannelli |
Actor |
30-Aug-1889 |
8-Oct-1969 |
Strange Cargo |
Robert Crumb |
Cartoonist |
30-Aug-1943 |
|
Weirdo, Zap Comix |
Kiki Cuyler |
Baseball |
30-Aug-1898 |
11-Feb-1950 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
Bill Daily |
Actor |
30-Aug-1928 |
|
Roger Healey on I Dream of Jeannie |
Jacques-Louis David |
Painter |
30-Aug-1748 |
29-Dec-1825 |
French Neoclassical painter |
Cameron Diaz |
Actor |
30-Aug-1972 |
|
There's Something About Mary |
Angelo Dundee |
Boxing |
30-Aug-1921 |
1-Feb-2012 |
Always in Muhammad Ali's corner |
Leonor Fini |
Painter |
30-Aug-1907 |
18-Jan-1996 |
Surrealist painter, sex kitten |
Cameron Finley |
Actor |
30-Aug-1987 |
|
Leave It to Beaver |
Daryl Gates |
Government |
30-Aug-1926 |
16-Apr-2010 |
Chief of LAPD 1978-92 |
Théophile Gautier |
Poet |
30-Aug-1811 |
23-Dec-1872 |
The Hashish-Eaters' Club |
John Gunther |
Journalist |
30-Aug-1901 |
29-May-1970 |
Inside Europe |
Fred Hampton, Sr. |
Activist |
30-Aug-1948 |
4-Dec-1969 |
Black Panther leader assassinated by police |
Robin Harris |
Comic |
30-Aug-1953 |
18-Mar-1990 |
Bébé's Kids |
Denis Healey |
Politician |
30-Aug-1917 |
|
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1974-79 |
Elden Henson |
Actor |
30-Aug-1977 |
|
Idle Hands |
Mayo D. Hersey |
Engineer |
30-Aug-1886 |
5-Sep-1978 |
Tribology |
Jacobus H. van 't Hoff |
Chemist |
30-Aug-1852 |
1-Mar-1911 |
Three-dimensional molecular properties |
Thomas Hope |
Designer |
30-Aug-1769 |
3-Feb-1830 |
Anastasius |
Molly Ivins |
Columnist |
30-Aug-1944 |
31-Jan-2007 |
Loudmouthed Texas dame |
Leif Johansson |
Business |
30-Aug-1951 |
|
President and CEO of Volvo |
Ben Jones |
Actor |
30-Aug-1941 |
|
Cooter from Dukes of Hazzard |
Guy Kawasaki |
Business |
30-Aug-1954 |
|
Former chief evangelist of Apple Computer |
Jean-Claude Killy |
Skier |
30-Aug-1943 |
|
Won 3 gold medals skiing at Grenoble '68 |
Gediminas Kirkilas |
Head of State |
30-Aug-1951 |
|
Prime Minister of Lithuania, 2006-08 |
Cliff Lee |
Baseball |
30-Aug-1978 |
|
Left-handed pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies |
Lisa Ling |
Journalist |
30-Aug-1973 |
|
National Geographic Explorer |
Peggy Lipton |
Actor |
30-Aug-1946 |
|
Julie Barnes in The Mod Squad |
Huey Long |
Politician |
30-Aug-1893 |
10-Sep-1935 |
Governor and Senator from Louisiana |
Alexander Lukashenko |
Head of State |
30-Aug-1954 |
|
President of Belarus |
Fred MacMurray |
Actor |
30-Aug-1908 |
6-Nov-1991 |
The Absent-Minded Professor |
Rowland H. Macy |
Business |
30-Aug-1822 |
29-Mar-1877 |
Founder of Macy's department stores |
Raymond Massey |
Actor |
30-Aug-1896 |
29-Jul-1983 |
Things to Come |
John William Mauchly |
Physicist |
30-Aug-1907 |
8-Jan-1980 |
ENIAC, BINAC, and UNIVAC I computers |
Robert McClintock |
Diplomat |
30-Aug-1909 |
1976 |
US Ambassador to Venezuela, 1970-75 |
Tug McGraw |
Baseball |
30-Aug-1944 |
5-Jan-2004 |
Pitcher for Mets, Phillies |
Michael Michele |
Actor |
30-Aug-1966 |
|
Dr. Cleo Finch on ER |
Evelyn De Morgan |
Painter |
30-Aug-1855 |
1919 |
British Pre-Raphaelite painter |
Pavel Nedved |
Soccer |
30-Aug-1972 |
|
Juventus |
Gregory J. Newell |
Diplomat |
30-Aug-1949 |
|
US Ambassador to Sweden, 1985-89 |
Paul Oakenfold |
Music Producer |
30-Aug-1963 |
|
Music producer, Perfecto Records |
Gilbert S. Omenn |
Business |
30-Aug-1941 |
|
Professor, University of Michigan |
Robert Parish |
Basketball |
30-Aug-1953 |
|
NBA Hall of Famer |
David Paymer |
Actor |
30-Aug-1954 |
|
Mr. Saturday Night |
Pedro the Cruel |
Royalty |
30-Aug-1334 |
23-Mar-1369 |
King of Castile 1333-69 |
John Peel |
Radio Personality |
30-Aug-1939 |
25-Oct-2004 |
Influential radio presenter |
John Phillips |
Musician |
30-Aug-1935 |
18-Mar-2001 |
The Mamas and the Papas |
E. M. Purcell |
Physicist |
30-Aug-1912 |
7-Mar-1997 |
Nuclear magnetic resonance |
Allan Rock |
Politician |
30-Aug-1947 |
|
Canadian Ambassador to the UN, 2004-06 |
Andy Roddick |
Tennis |
30-Aug-1982 |
|
Tennis player with 149 MPH serve |
George Frederick Root |
Songwriter |
30-Aug-1825 |
6-Aug-1895 |
The Battle Cry of Freedom |
Ryan Ross |
Guitarist |
30-Aug-1986 |
|
Panic! at the Disco |
Ernest Rutherford |
Physicist |
30-Aug-1871 |
19-Oct-1937 |
Father of nuclear physics |
Chalino Sanchez |
Singer |
30-Aug-1960 |
16-May-1992 |
Prominent narcocorrido singer |
Henry F. Schricker |
Politician |
30-Aug-1883 |
28-Dec-1966 |
Twice Governor of Indiana |
Mary Shelley |
Novelist |
30-Aug-1797 |
1-Feb-1851 |
Frankenstein |
Richard Stone |
Economist |
30-Aug-1913 |
6-Dec-1991 |
National Income and Expenditure |
Mark Strong |
Actor |
30-Aug-1963 |
|
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy |
The Svedberg |
Chemist |
30-Aug-1884 |
25-Feb-1971 |
Inventor of the ultracentrifuge |
Jack Swigert |
Astronaut |
30-Aug-1931 |
27-Dec-1982 |
Command Module Pilot on Apollo 13 |
Swizz Beatz |
Music Producer |
30-Aug-1978 |
|
One Man Band Man |
Orly Taitz |
Activist |
30-Aug-1962 |
|
Defend Our Freedoms Foundation |
Kitty Wells |
Country Musician |
30-Aug-1919 |
16-Jul-2012 |
First Queen of Country Music |
Ted Williams |
Baseball |
30-Aug-1918 |
5-Jul-2002 |
Cryonically preserved .400 hitter |