| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Aaliyah |
Singer |
16-Jan-1979 |
25-Aug-2001 |
R&B singer dies in plane crash |
| Henri Becquerel |
Physicist |
15-Dec-1852 |
25-Aug-1908 |
Discoverer of radioactivity |
| John Birch |
Religion |
28-May-1918 |
25-Aug-1945 |
Missionary to China killed during WW2 |
| Stanley Bruce |
Head of State |
15-Apr-1883 |
25-Aug-1967 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1923-29 |
| John Brunner |
Author |
24-Sep-1934 |
25-Aug-1995 |
The Shockwave Rider |
| Morley Callaghan |
Novelist |
22-Sep-1903 |
25-Aug-1990 |
Strange Fugitive |
| Truman Capote |
Novelist |
30-Sep-1924 |
25-Aug-1984 |
Flamboyant author of In Cold Blood |
| Gower Champion |
Dancer |
22-Jun-1921 |
25-Aug-1980 |
Show Boat |
| Price Daniel |
Politician |
10-Oct-1910 |
25-Aug-1988 |
Governor of Texas, 1957-63 |
| Daniel C. Drucker |
Engineer |
1918 |
25-Aug-2001 |
Drucker's stability postulate |
| Henri Fantin-Latour |
Painter |
14-Jan-1836 |
25-Aug-1904 |
French painter and printmaker |
| Michael Faraday |
Physicist |
22-Sep-1791 |
25-Aug-1867 |
Discovered electrical induction |
| Stephen M. Goldfeld |
Economist |
9-Aug-1940 |
25-Aug-1995 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1980-81 |
| Gratian |
Royalty |
18-Apr-359 AD |
25-Aug-383 AD |
Western Roman Emperor, 375-83 AD |
| William Herschel |
Astronomer |
15-Nov-1738 |
25-Aug-1822 |
Mapped heavens, discovered Uranus |
| David Hume |
Philosopher |
7-May-1711 |
25-Aug-1776 |
Empiricist nonpareil |
| Eyvind Johnson |
Author |
29-Jul-1900 |
25-Aug-1976 |
Rain at Dawn |
| Joseph Kane |
Film Director |
19-Mar-1894 |
25-Aug-1975 |
Flame of Barbary Coast |
| Stan Kenton |
Jazz Musician |
19-Feb-1912 |
25-Aug-1979 |
Jazz bandleader |
| Alfred Kinsey |
Scientist |
23-Jun-1894 |
25-Aug-1956 |
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male |
| Louis IX |
Royalty |
25-Apr-1214 |
25-Aug-1270 |
King of France 1229-70 |
| Jean-Baptiste Louvet |
Author |
12-Jun-1760 |
25-Aug-1797 |
Mémoires de Louvet de Couvrai |
| Margaret of Anjou |
Royalty |
23-Mar-1430 |
25-Aug-1482 |
Consort of English King Henry VI |
| Aylmer Maude |
Translator |
28-Mar-1858 |
25-Aug-1938 |
Translator of Tolstoy |
| Elizabeth Montagu |
Socialite |
2-Oct-1720 |
25-Aug-1800 |
English leader of society |
| Sir Henry Morgan |
Military |
1635 |
25-Aug-1688 |
Knighted pirate of the Caribbean |
| Paul Muni |
Actor |
22-Sep-1895 |
25-Aug-1967 |
The Life of Louis Pasteur |
| Friedrich Nietzsche |
Philosopher |
15-Oct-1844 |
25-Aug-1900 |
God is dead |
| Lynden Oscar Pindling |
Politician |
22-Mar-1930 |
25-Aug-2000 |
Father of The Bahamas |
| Lewis F. Powell, Jr. |
Judge |
19-Sep-1907 |
25-Aug-1998 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1972-87 |
| George Rockwell |
Activist |
9-Mar-1918 |
25-Aug-1967 |
Founded American Nazi Party |
| Art Rooney |
Football |
27-Jan-1901 |
25-Aug-1988 |
Pittsburgh Steelers owner |
| St. Thomas de Cantelupe |
Religion |
c. 1218 |
25-Aug-1282 |
13th century English saint |
| Robert Trimble |
Judge |
1777 |
25-Aug-1828 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1826-28 |
| Father Yod |
Religion |
4-Jul-1922 |
25-Aug-1975 |
Founder and Deity of The Source Family |
| Grigory Zinoviev |
Government |
23-Sep-1883 |
25-Aug-1936 |
Old Bolshevik executed during the Great Purge |
