LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Warner Anderson	Actor	10-Mar-1911	26-Aug-1976	Matthew Swain on Peyton Place
Tex Avery	Cartoonist	26-Feb-1908	26-Aug-1980	Creator of Porky Pig and Daffy Duck
Hertha Ayrton	Physicist	28-Apr-1854	26-Aug-1923	Electric arc
Roger Baldwin	Activist	21-Jan-1884	26-Aug-1981	Founder of the American Civil Liberties Union
Joseph M. Barr	Politician	28-May-1906	26-Aug-1982	Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1959-70
Rainer Barzel	Politician	20-Jun-1924	26-Aug-2006	CDU Chairman, 1971-73
Charles Boyer	Actor	28-Aug-1899	26-Aug-1978	Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Laura Branigan	Singer	3-Jul-1957	26-Aug-2004	Gloria
Lon Chaney	Actor	1-Apr-1883	26-Aug-1930	The Phantom of the Opera
Dominick Dunne	Novelist	29-Oct-1925	26-Aug-2009	High society novelist, true crime writer
Johann Franz Encke	Astronomer	23-Sep-1791	26-Aug-1865	Investigated comets and asteroids
Kay Francis	Actor	13-Jan-1905	26-Aug-1968	Trouble in Paradise
Ellie Greenwich	Songwriter	23-Oct-1940	26-Aug-2009	Leader of the Pack
Frank Harris	Author	14-Feb-1856	26-Aug-1931	My Life and Loves
William James	Philosopher	11-Jan-1842	26-Aug-1910	The Principles of Psychology
John Smoke Johnson	Politician	2-Dec-1792	26-Aug-1886	Mohawk Chief of the Six Nations
Odette Joyeux	Actor	5-Dec-1914	26-Aug-2000	Love Story
Alvin Karpis	Criminal	10-Aug-1907	26-Aug-1979	Former Public Enemy #1
Larry Keating	Actor	13-Jun-1896	26-Aug-1963	Roger Addison on Mister Ed
Ted Knight	Actor	7-Dec-1923	26-Aug-1986	Ted Baxter on Mary Tyler Moore
Anton van Leeuwenhoek	Scientist	24-Oct-1632	26-Aug-1723	Master of the Microscope
Lotte Lehmann	Singer	27-Feb-1888	26-Aug-1976	German-American operatic soprano
Charles Lindbergh	Aviator	4-Feb-1902	26-Aug-1974	Transatlantic soloist
Louis-Philippe	Royalty	6-Oct-1773	26-Aug-1850	King of France, 1830-48
John Albert Macy	Critic	10-Apr-1877	26-Aug-1932	Socialism in America
Ransom E. Olds	Business	3-Jun-1864	26-Aug-1950	Founder of Nucor and Oldsmobile
Hamaguchi Osachi	Head of State	1-Apr-1870	26-Aug-1931	Prime Minister of Japan, 1929-31
Fred Peart	Politician	30-Apr-1914	26-Aug-1988	Leader, House of Commons, 1968-70
Roy Raymond	Business	c. 1946	26-Aug-1993	Founder of Victoria's Secret
Frederick Reines	Physicist	16-Mar-1918	26-Aug-1998	Co-Discover of the neutrino
Gail Russell	Actor	21-Sep-1924	26-Aug-1961	Angel and the Badman
Lawrence Cardinal Shehan	Religion	18-Mar-1898	26-Aug-1984	Archbishop of Baltimore, 1961-74
Irving Stone	Novelist	14-Jul-1903	26-Aug-1989	Historical biographical novelist
Gaston Thorn	Head of State	3-Sep-1928	26-Aug-2007	Prime Minister of Luxembourg, 1974-79
Royall Tyler	Playwright	18-Jul-1757	26-Aug-1826	The Contrast
Ralph Vaughan Williams	Composer	12-Oct-1872	26-Aug-1958	Sinfonia Antarctica
Ronnie White	Singer/Songwriter	5-Apr-1939	26-Aug-1995	The Miracles
James Wilson	Government	16-Aug-1835	26-Aug-1920	US Secretary of Agriculture, 1897-1913
Albert M. Winn	Politician	1810	26-Aug-1883	First mayor of Sacramento
Georg Wittig	Chemist	16-Jun-1897	26-Aug-1987	Wittig Reaction

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