LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hieronymus Bosch	Painter	1453	9-Aug-1516	Painter of the grotesque
Jackie Cochran	Aviator	11-May-1906	9-Aug-1980	First woman to break the sound barrier
James Gould Cozzens	Novelist	19-Aug-1903	9-Aug-1978	Guard of Honor
Pope Damasus II	Religion	?	9-Aug-1048	Roman Catholic Pope, 1048
William F. Durand	Engineer	5-Mar-1859	9-Aug-1958	National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Jerry Garcia	Musician	1-Aug-1942	9-Aug-1995	Grateful Dead
Ernst Haeckel	Zoologist	16-Feb-1834	9-Aug-1919	Proponent of evolution
John C. Harsanyi	Economist	29-May-1920	9-Aug-2000	Game theory
Hermann Hesse	Author	2-Jul-1877	9-Aug-1962	Siddhartha
Gregory Hines	Dancer	14-Feb-1946	9-Aug-2003	Tap dancer
Leon H. Keyserling	Economist	22-Jan-1908	9-Aug-1987	Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-53
John W. King	Politician	10-Oct-1918	9-Aug-1996	Governor of New Hampshire, 1963-69
James Armistead Lafayette	Spy	10-Dec-1748	9-Aug-1830	American spy during the Revolution
Ruggero Leoncavallo	Composer	8-Mar-1857	9-Aug-1919	Pagliacci
Vito Marcantonio	Politician	10-Dec-1902	9-Aug-1954	American Labor Party
George Preston Marshall	Football	11-Oct-1896	9-Aug-1969	Redskins owner, halftime show pioneer
Matthew McGrory	Actor	17-May-1973	9-Aug-2005	Big Fish
Joe Orton	Playwright	1-Jan-1933	9-Aug-1967	Prick Up Your Ears
Cecil Powell	Physicist	5-Dec-1903	9-Aug-1969	Discovered the pi-meson
Nerine Shatner	Relative	c. 1959	9-Aug-1999	William Shatner's drowned wife
Dmitri Shostakovich	Composer	25-Sep-1906	9-Aug-1975	Symphony No. 7
Walter Bedell Smith	Government	5-Oct-1895	9-Aug-1961	CIA Director, 1950-53
Lincoln Steffens	Journalist	6-Apr-1866	9-Aug-1936	Early muckraking journalist
Trajan	Royalty	15-Sep-53 AD	9-Aug-117 AD	Roman Emperor, 98-117 AD
James Van Allen	Astronomer	7-Sep-1914	9-Aug-2006	Discovered the Van Allen Belt
Anton Walbrook	Actor	19-Nov-1896	9-Aug-1967	The Red Shoes

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