LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard G. Butler	Activist	23-Feb-1918	8-Sep-2004	Founder of the Aryan Nations
Eileen Chang	Author	30-Sep-1920	8-Sep-1995	Lust, Caution
Frederic L. Chapin	Diplomat	13-Jul-1929	8-Sep-1989	US Ambassador to Guatemala, 1981-84
William R. Cotter	Politician	18-Jul-1926	8-Sep-1981	Congressman from Connecticut, 1971-81
Dorothy Dandridge	Actor	9-Nov-1922	8-Sep-1965	Carmen Jones
Brad Davis	Actor	6-Nov-1949	8-Sep-1991	Midnight Express
André Derain	Painter	10-Jun-1880	8-Sep-1954	Fauvist
John F. Enders	Scientist	10-Feb-1897	8-Sep-1985	Cultured the polio virus
Faisal I	Royalty	20-May-1883	8-Sep-1933	King of Iraq, 1921-33
Robert Fludd	Scientist	1574	8-Sep-1637	Cosmologist and hermetic philosopher
Carlo Gesualdo	Composer	c. 1560	8-Sep-1613	Composer of madrigals, murdered his wife
Nathan Green Gordon	Politician	4-Sep-1916	8-Sep-2008	Lt. Governor of Arkansas, 1947-67
Joseph Hall	Author	1-Jul-1574	8-Sep-1656	Virgidemiarum
Martha Jefferson	First Lady	19-Oct-1748	8-Sep-1782	Wife of US President Thomas Jefferson
Thomas L. Judge	Politician	12-Oct-1934	8-Sep-2006	Governor of Montana, 1973-81
Willard F. Libby	Chemist	17-Dec-1908	8-Sep-1980	Carbon-14 dating technique
Ana Mendieta	Performance Artist	18-Nov-1948	8-Sep-1985	Feminist performance artist
Zero Mostel	Actor	28-Feb-1915	8-Sep-1977	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Oscar Pettiford	Jazz Musician	30-Sep-1922	8-Sep-1960	Jazz double bassist
Lew Platt	Business	11-Apr-1941	8-Sep-2005	CEO of Hewlett-Packard, 1992-99
Leni Riefenstahl	Film Director	22-Aug-1902	8-Sep-2003	Triumph of the Will
Jean Seberg	Actor	13-Nov-1938	8-Sep-1979	Saint Joan
Pope Sergius I	Religion	?	8-Sep-701 AD	Roman Catholic Pope, 687-701
Percy Spencer	Scientist	19-Jul-1894	8-Sep-1970	Invented the microwave oven
Hermann Staudinger	Chemist	23-Mar-1881	8-Sep-1965	Showed polymers have long chains
Herbert Stein	Economist	27-Aug-1916	8-Sep-1999	Economic adviser for Nixon
Richard Strauss	Composer	11-Jun-1864	8-Sep-1949	Also sprach Zarathustra
Fred Vinson	Judge	22-Jan-1890	8-Sep-1953	US Chief Justice, 1946-53
Hermann von Helmholtz	Physicist	31-Aug-1821	8-Sep-1894	Law of Conservation of Energy
George A. Wilson	Politician	1-Apr-1884	8-Sep-1953	Governor of Iowa, 1939-43
Hideki Yukawa	Physicist	23-Jan-1907	8-Sep-1981	Predicted existence of mesons

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