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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Edwin Abbey
Painter
1-Apr-1852 1-Aug-1911 American artist in London
Queen Anne
Royalty
6-Feb-1665 1-Aug-1714 Queen of England, 1702-14
Corazon Aquino
Head of State
25-Jan-1933 1-Aug-2009 President of the Philippines, 1986-92
Sholem Asch
Author
1-Nov-1880 1-Aug-1957 Yiddish novelist
Eva Bartok
Actor
18-Jun-1927 1-Aug-1998 The Crimson Pirate
Phyllis Brooks
Actor
18-Jul-1915 1-Aug-1995 The Shanghai Gesture
Paddy Chayefsky
Playwright
29-Jan-1923 1-Aug-1981 Network
Alfred Chester
Novelist
7-Sep-1928 1-Aug-1971 The Exquisite Corpse
John R. Dawson
Diplomat
1950 1-Aug-2003 US Ambassador to Peru, 2002-03
John Cardinal Dearden
Religion
15-Oct-1907 1-Aug-1988 Archbishop of Detroit, 1958-80
Duncan I
Royalty
15-Aug-1001 1-Aug-1040 King of Scotland, 1034-40
King Fahd
Royalty
1923 1-Aug-2005 King of Saudi Arabia, 1982-2005
Frances Farmer
Actor
19-Sep-1913 1-Aug-1970 Hollywood actress, institutionalized
Norman Foerster
Critic
14-Apr-1887 1-Aug-1972 New Humanist movement
Benson Fong
Actor
10-Oct-1916 1-Aug-1987 Flower Drum Song
Oscar Hammerstein I
Theatre Producer
8-May-1847 1-Aug-1919 Olympia Theatre
Calamity Jane
Performance Artist
1-May-1852 1-Aug-1903 Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
Richard Kuhn
Chemist
3-Dec-1900 1-Aug-1967 Carotenoids, and vitamins B2 and B6
Ethelreda Lewis
Novelist
1875 1-Aug-1946 Trader Horn
Tom Lewis
Politician
26-Oct-1924 1-Aug-2003 Congressman from Florida, 1983-95
Alfred Lee Loomis
Physicist
4-Nov-1887 1-Aug-1975 Millionaire scientist
Louis VI
Royalty
1-Dec-1081 1-Aug-1137 King of France, 1108-37
Gian Francesco Malipiero
Composer
18-Mar-1882 1-Aug-1973 Rispetti e Strambotti
Strother Martin
Actor
26-Mar-1919 1-Aug-1980 Cool Hand Luke
Cosimo de Medici
Government
27-Sep-1389 1-Aug-1464 Uncrowned king of Florence
Pola Negri
Actor
31-Dec-1894 1-Aug-1987 Sultry silent film diva
Francis Gary Powers
Military
17-Aug-1929 1-Aug-1977 U2 shot down over the Soviet Union
Manuel Quezon
Head of State
19-Aug-1878 1-Aug-1944 2nd President of the Philippines
Joseph Rainey
Politician
21-Jun-1832 1-Aug-1887 Congressman from South Carolina, 1870-79
Tadeus Reichstein
Scientist
20-Jul-1897 1-Aug-1996 Adrenocortical hormones
Theodore Roethke
Poet
25-May-1908 1-Aug-1963 The Waking
Richard Savage
Poet
c. 1697 1-Aug-1743 Poet-subject of Life of Savage
Naomi Sims
Model
30-Mar-1948 1-Aug-2009 Pioneering black supermodel
Omar Torrijos
Head of State
13-Feb-1929 1-Aug-1981 Dictator of Panama, 1968-81
Marie Trintignant
Actor
21-Jan-1962 1-Aug-2003 Popular French actress, beaten to death
Walter Ulbricht
Head of State
30-Jun-1893 1-Aug-1973 East German leader, 1960-73
Lorenzo Valla
Scholar
1407 1-Aug-1457 Debunked the Donation of Constantine
Otto Warburg
Scientist
8-Oct-1883 1-Aug-1970 Effect of oxygen on cancer
Charles Whitman
Criminal
24-Jun-1941 1-Aug-1966 University Tower sharpshooter
Israel Zangwill
Playwright
14-Feb-1864 1-Aug-1926 Children of the Ghetto


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