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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Charles Francis Adams III
Government
2-Aug-1866 11-Jun-1954 Secretary of the Navy, 1929-33
Patrick Adiarte
Actor
2-Aug-1943   Prince Chulalongkorn in The King and I
Isabel Allende
Novelist
2-Aug-1942   The House of Spirits
Decker Anstrom
Business
2-Aug-1950   COO of Landmark Communications
Apollonia
Singer
2-Aug-1959   Former Prince protégé
Irving Babbitt
Philosopher
2-Aug-1865 15-Jul-1933 Early leader of Neohumanism
James Baldwin
Novelist
2-Aug-1924 30-Nov-1987 Go Tell It on the Mountain
Benjamin Barber
Scholar
2-Aug-1939   Jihad vs. McWorld
Jacinda Barrett
Actor
2-Aug-1972   The Last Kiss
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
Sculptor
2-Aug-1834 4-Oct-1904 Statue of Liberty
Tom Bell
Actor
2-Aug-1933 4-Oct-2006 Prime Suspect
Robert S. Bennett
Attorney
2-Aug-1939   Washington attorney
Nadia Bjorlin
Actor
2-Aug-1980   Days of Our Lives
Arthur Bliss
Composer
2-Aug-1891 28-Mar-1975 Morning Heroes
Dan Boren
Politician
2-Aug-1973   Congressman, Oklahoma 2nd
Nancy Boyda
Politician
2-Aug-1955   Congresswoman from Kansas, 2007-09
Bob Burns
Actor
2-Aug-1890 2-Feb-1956 The Arkansas Traveler
Caleb Carr
Novelist
2-Aug-1955   The Alienist
Joanna Cassidy
Actor
2-Aug-1945   Snake-charmer in Blade Runner
Philip M. Condit
Business
2-Aug-1941   CEO of Boeing, 1996-2003
Constantine I
Royalty
2-Aug-1868 11-Jan-1923 King of Greece, 1913-17 and 1920-22
Anthony H. Cordesman
Government
2-Aug-1938   The Lessons of Modern War
Bridgid Coulter
Actor
2-Aug-1968   Actress/girlfriend of Don Cheadle
Wes Craven
Film Director
2-Aug-1939   Freddy Krueger's father
F. Marion Crawford
Novelist
2-Aug-1854 9-Apr-1909 Whosoever Shall Offend
Bei Dao
Poet
2-Aug-1949   Exiled Chinese poet of the Misty School
Ron de Lugo
Government
2-Aug-1930   Congressman, Virgin Islands
Ernest Dowson
Poet
2-Aug-1867 23-Feb-1900 English Decadent poet
Ann Dvorak
Actor
2-Aug-1912 10-Dec-1979 Cesca in Scarface
Larry EchoHawk
Politician
2-Aug-1948   Head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Hallie Kate Eisenberg
Actor
2-Aug-1992   Beautiful
Alice Evans
Actor
2-Aug-1971   102 Dalmatians
Andy Fairweather-Low
Guitarist
2-Aug-1948   Feather-wielding guitarist
James Fallows
Journalist
2-Aug-1949   Atlantic Monthly
Joel West Flood
Judge
2-Aug-1894 27-Apr-1964 Virginia Congressman, Judge
Sara Foster
Model
2-Aug-1981   The Big Bounce
Brian France
Auto Racing
2-Aug-1962   Chairman and CEO of NASCAR
Edward Furlong
Actor
2-Aug-1977   Terminator 2 and Pecker
Olivier Gruner
Actor
2-Aug-1960   World Kickboxing Champion, 1987
George Habash
Activist
2-Aug-1926 26-Jan-2008 Founder of the PFLP
C. Lowell Harriss
Economist
2-Aug-1912 14-Dec-2009 Columbia University Economist
Kathryn Harrold
Actor
2-Aug-1950   Raw Deal
Steve Hillage
Guitarist
2-Aug-1951   Gong guitarist
Jules A. Hoffmann
Biologist
2-Aug-1941   Innate immunity
Garth Hudson
Musician
2-Aug-1937   The Band
Lamar Hunt
Football
2-Aug-1932 13-Dec-2006 Founder of the American Football League
Lance Ito
Judge
2-Aug-1950   Presided over the OJ Simpson trial
Victoria Jackson
Comic
2-Aug-1959   Saturday Night Live
Pierre Charles L'Enfant
Architect
2-Aug-1754 14-Jun-1825 Designed Washington, DC
Paul Laxalt
Politician
2-Aug-1922   US Senator from Nevada, 1974-87
Ruth Lilly
Philanthropist
2-Aug-1915 30-Dec-2009 Philanthropic heir to Lilly fortune
Myrna Loy
Actor
2-Aug-1905 14-Dec-1993 The Thin Man
Gary Merrill
Actor
2-Aug-1915 5-Mar-1990 All About Eve
Helen Morgan
Actor
2-Aug-1900 9-Oct-1941 Show Boat
Ali Naimi
Government
2-Aug-1935   Saudi Minister of Oil
Ruth Nelson
Actor
2-Aug-1905 12-Sep-1992 Awakenings
Mojo Nixon
Musician
2-Aug-1957   Don Henley Must Die
Carroll O'Connor
Actor
2-Aug-1924 21-Jun-2001 Archie Bunker in All in the Family
Peter O'Toole
Actor
2-Aug-1932   Lawrence of Arabia
Nell Irvin Painter
Historian
2-Aug-1942   Creating Black Americans
Mary-Louise Parker
Actor
2-Aug-1964   Weeds
Butch Patrick
Actor
2-Aug-1953   Eddie on The Munsters
Westbrook Pegler
Columnist
2-Aug-1894 24-Jun-1969 Ultraconservative newspaper columnist
Nehemiah Persoff
Actor
2-Aug-1919   The Harder They Fall
Philippe II, duc d'Orléans
Royalty
2-Aug-1674 2-Dec-1723 Regent of France, 1715-23
Dennis Prager
Radio Personality
2-Aug-1948   Conservative Jewish radio host
Bob Rae
Politician
2-Aug-1948   Premier of Ontario, 1990-95
Bill Scott
Actor
2-Aug-1920 29-Nov-1985 Voice of Bullwinkle Moose, Dudley Do-Right
Grady Sizemore
Baseball
2-Aug-1982   Centerfield, Cleveland Indians
Kevin Smith
Film Director
2-Aug-1970   Mallrats
John Snow
Government
2-Aug-1939   US Secretary of the Treasury, 2003-06
Cynthia Stevenson
Actor
2-Aug-1962   Joy Lass on Dead Like Me
Beatrice Straight
Actor
2-Aug-1914 7-Apr-2001 Network
Joseph Sturge
Activist
2-Aug-1793 14-May-1859 Anti-slavery activist
Nana Vasconcelos
Drummer
2-Aug-1944   Adventurous Brazilian percussionist
John Vlissides
Computer Programmer
2-Aug-1961 24-Nov-2005 Author number 4 of the Gang of Four
David Waddington
Politician
2-Aug-1929   UK Home Secretary, 1989-90
Tim Wakefield
Baseball
2-Aug-1966   Pitcher, Boston Red Sox
Jack L. Warner
Business
2-Aug-1892 9-Sep-1978 Co-Founder, Warner Bros.
Sam Worthington
Actor
2-Aug-1976   Avatar
Lawrence Wright
Author
2-Aug-1947   The Looming Tower
Max Wright
Actor
2-Aug-1943   The dad on ALF
David Yow
Singer
2-Aug-1960   Singer for The Jesus Lizard


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