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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Adolf von Baeyer
Chemist
31-Oct-1835 20-Aug-1917 Synthesized indigo
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Religion
1090 20-Aug-1153 Reformed the Cistercian Order
Percy Williams Bridgman
Physicist
21-Apr-1882 20-Aug-1961 High-pressure physics
Dorothy Burgess
Actor
4-Mar-1907 20-Aug-1961 Hold Your Man
Phyllis Diller
Comic
17-Jul-1917 20-Aug-2012 The original female stand-up comic
Paul Ehrlich
Doctor
14-Mar-1854 20-Aug-1915 Father of chemotherapy
Hua Guofeng
Head of State
16-Feb-1921 20-Aug-2008 Premier of China, 1976-80
William F. Halsey
Military
30-Oct-1882 20-Aug-1959 WWII Commander of the South Pacific
Leona Helmsley
Business
4-Jul-1920 20-Aug-2007 Queen of Mean
Jack Horkheimer
Astronomer
11-Jun-1938 20-Aug-2010 Naked-eye astronomer
Fred Hoyle
Astronomer
24-Jun-1915 20-Aug-2001 Opposed the Big Bang but named it
Pope John XIV
Religion
? 20-Aug-984 AD Roman Catholic Pope, 983-84
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Politician
10-Sep-1949 20-Aug-2008 Congresswoman, Ohio 11th
Thad Jones
Jazz Musician
28-Mar-1923 20-Aug-1986 Jazz cornet/fluglehorn/trumpeter and bandleader
Jules Laforgue
Poet
16-Aug-1860 20-Aug-1887 Pessimistic poet who inspired T. S. Eliot
Edward Ludwig
Film Director
7-Oct-1898 20-Aug-1982 The Fighting Seabees
Ilona Massey
Actor
16-Jun-1910 20-Aug-1974 Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
C. William O'Neill
Politician
14-Feb-1916 20-Aug-1978 Governor of Ohio, 1957-59
Pope Pius VII
Religion
14-Aug-1740 20-Aug-1823 Roman Catholic Pope 1800-23
Pope Pius X
Religion
2-Jun-1835 20-Aug-1914 Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1903-14
Rags Ragland
Actor
23-Aug-1905 20-Aug-1946 Panama Hattie
Franz Reuleaux
Mathematician
30-Sep-1829 20-Aug-1905 Father of modern kinematics
Alice Grant Rosman
Novelist
1887 20-Aug-1961 Visitors to Hugo
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling
Philosopher
27-Jan-1775 20-Aug-1854 Naturphilosophie
Harley O. Staggers, Sr.
Politician
3-Aug-1907 20-Aug-1991 Congressman from West Virginia, 1949-81
Kim Stanley
Actor
11-Feb-1925 20-Aug-2001 Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Herbert Hall Turner
Astronomer
13-Aug-1861 20-Aug-1930 Stellar positions
Gene Upshaw
Football
15-Aug-1945 20-Aug-2008 NFL Hall-of-Fame Guard, NFLPA Leader
Johan de Witt
Politician
24-Sep-1625 20-Aug-1672 Leader of Holland, 1653-72
Meles Zenawi
Head of State
8-May-1955 20-Aug-2012 Prime Minister of Ethiopia


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