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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Nickolas Ashford
Songwriter
4-May-1942 22-Aug-2011 Half of Ashford and Simpson
Nina Bawden
Novelist
19-Jan-1925 22-Aug-2012 Carrie's War
Celal Bayar
Head of State
16-May-1883 22-Aug-1986 President of Turkey, 1950-60
Sebastian Cabot
Actor
6-Jul-1918 22-Aug-1977 The Family Jewels
Lazare Carnot
Mathematician
13-May-1753 22-Aug-1823 Organizer for Victory
Kate Chopin
Novelist
8-Feb-1851 22-Aug-1904 The Awakening
Michael Collins
Activist
16-Oct-1890 22-Aug-1922 Irish Nationalist, spymaster
Alexandre Decamps
Painter
3-Mar-1803 22-Aug-1860 French romanticist, painted monkeys
Charles William Eliot
Educator
20-Mar-1834 22-Aug-1926 President, Harvard University, 1869-1909
Paul Peter Ewald
Physicist
23-Jan-1888 22-Aug-1985 X-Ray crystallographer
James T. Farrell
Novelist
27-Feb-1904 22-Aug-1979 Studs Lonigan trilogy
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Painter
5-Apr-1732 22-Aug-1806 The Swing
Franz Joseph Gall
Doctor
9-Mar-1758 22-Aug-1828 Invented phrenology
Roger Martin du Gard
Author
23-Mar-1881 22-Aug-1958 Les Thibault
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil
Head of State
3-Feb-1830 22-Aug-1903 UK Prime Minister three times
Carlos de Singuenza y Góngora
Mathematician
20-Aug-1645 22-Aug-1700 Mathematician, historian of the New World
Pope Gregory IX
Religion
c. 1170 22-Aug-1241 Roman Catholic Pope, 1227-41
Warren Hastings
Government
6-Dec-1732 22-Aug-1818 First Governor-General of India
Robert S. Ingersoll
Diplomat
28-Jan-1914 22-Aug-2010 CEO of Borg-Warner, 1958-72
Richard Kelly
Politician
31-Jul-1924 22-Aug-2005 Congressman snagged in ABSCAM sting
Elmer Kelton
Novelist
29-Apr-1926 22-Aug-2009 Prolific Western novelist
Jomo Kenyatta
Head of State
20-Oct-1892 22-Aug-1978 President of Kenya, 1964-78
Juscelino Kubitschek
Head of State
12-Sep-1902 22-Aug-1976 President of Brazil, founder of Brasilia
Jack Layton
Politician
18-Jul-1950 22-Aug-2011 Leader of Canada's NDP
Jerry Leiber
Songwriter
25-Apr-1933 22-Aug-2011 Hitmaker for Elvis
Benjamin Lundy
Activist
4-Jan-1789 22-Aug-1839 The Genius of Universal Emancipation
Jeff MacKay
Actor
20-Oct-1948 22-Aug-2008 French on Baa Baa Black Sheep
James S. McDonnell
Business
9-Apr-1899 22-Aug-1980 Founder of McDonnell Aircraft Co.
Huey Newton
Activist
17-Feb-1942 22-Aug-1989 Black Panther
Pope Nicholas III
Religion
c. 1225 22-Aug-1280 Roman Catholic Pope, 1277-80
Grace Paley
Author
11-Dec-1922 22-Aug-2007 The Little Disturbances of Man
Daniel Petrie
Film Director
26-Nov-1920 22-Aug-2004 A Raisin in the Sun
Philippe VI
Royalty
1293 22-Aug-1350 King of France 1328-50
Gregory Pincus
Scientist
9-Apr-1903 22-Aug-1967 Inventor of oral contraceptives
King Richard III
Royalty
2-Oct-1452 22-Aug-1485 King of England, 1483-85
Ignazio Silone
Novelist
1-May-1900 22-Aug-1978 Anti-Fascist novelist, Pro-Fascist informant
Beryl W. Sprinkel
Economist
20-Nov-1923 22-Aug-2009 Council of Economic Advisers, 1985-89
George R. Stewart
Author
31-May-1895 22-Aug-1980 Earth Abides
Flavius Stilicho
Military
365 AD 22-Aug-408 AD Roman general and diplomat
Floyd Tillman
Country Musician
8-Dec-1914 22-Aug-2003 Honky-tonk drawler and guitarist
William Warham
Religion
c. 1450 22-Aug-1532 Archbishop of Canterbury, 1504-32
William Whiston
Religion
9-Dec-1667 22-Aug-1752 Apostolical Constitutions


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