| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Richard Anderson |
Actor |
8-Aug-1926 |
|
Oscar Goldman on The 6 Million Dollar Man |
| William Asher |
Film Director |
8-Aug-1921 |
|
Beach Blanket Bingo |
| William Bateson |
Biologist |
8-Aug-1861 |
8-Feb-1926 |
Founder of genetics |
| Donald P. Bellisario |
Author |
8-Aug-1935 |
|
Wrote Battlestar Galactica, created Airwolf |
| Ronnie Biggs |
Criminal |
8-Aug-1929 |
|
UK Great Train Robber |
| James J. Blanchard |
Politician |
8-Aug-1942 |
|
Governor of Michigan, 1983-91 |
| Erskine Bowles |
Government |
8-Aug-1945 |
|
Clinton's Chief of Staff |
| Tom Brazaitis |
Columnist |
8-Aug-1940 |
30-Mar-2005 |
Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist |
| Martin Brest |
Film Director |
8-Aug-1951 |
|
Beverly Hills Cop |
| Divine Brown |
Criminal |
8-Aug-1969 |
|
Charged Hugh Grant for fellatio |
| Charles Bulfinch |
Architect |
8-Aug-1763 |
15-Apr-1844 |
Architect of the U.S. Capitol |
| Roland W. Burris |
Politician |
8-Aug-1937 |
|
US Senator from Illinois |
| Rory Calhoun |
Actor |
8-Aug-1922 |
28-Apr-1999 |
Auto thief turned actor |
| Keith Carradine |
Actor |
8-Aug-1949 |
|
Thieves Like Us |
| Benny Carter |
Jazz Musician |
8-Aug-1907 |
12-Jul-2003 |
Jazz and big bandleader |
| J. C. Chasez |
Singer |
8-Aug-1976 |
|
*NSYNC |
| John Culver |
Politician |
8-Aug-1932 |
|
US Senator from Iowa, 1974-81 |
| Tawny Cypress |
Actor |
8-Aug-1976 |
|
Simone Deveaux on Heroes |
| William M. Daley |
Government |
8-Aug-1948 |
|
US Secretary of Commerce, 1997-2000 |
| Donald Davidson |
Poet |
8-Aug-1893 |
25-Apr-1968 |
Agrarian, Southern American poet |
| Dino De Laurentiis |
Film/TV Producer |
8-Aug-1919 |
|
Prodigious film producer |
| Kool Moe Dee |
Rapper |
8-Aug-1963 |
|
Rap artist |
| Paul Dirac |
Physicist |
8-Aug-1902 |
20-Oct-1984 |
The Principles of Quantum Mechanics |
| Julian C. Dixon |
Politician |
8-Aug-1934 |
8-Dec-2000 |
Congressman from California, 1979-2000 |
| Ken Dryden |
Hockey |
8-Aug-1947 |
|
NHL Hall of Famer, Canadian MP |
| The Edge |
Guitarist |
8-Aug-1961 |
|
Guitarist for U2 |
| Michael J. Egan |
Politician |
8-Aug-1926 |
|
Georgia State Senator |
| Roger Federer |
Tennis |
8-Aug-1981 |
|
Winner of 13 Grand Slam titles |
| Anne Francine |
Actor |
8-Aug-1917 |
3-Dec-1999 |
Stage actress, Vera Charles in MAME |
| Martin Garbus |
Attorney |
8-Aug-1934 |
|
Attorney for Lenny Bruce |
| Sam Goddard |
Politician |
8-Aug-1919 |
1-Feb-2006 |
Governor of Arizona, 1965-67 |
| Arthur J. Goldberg |
Judge |
8-Aug-1908 |
19-Jan-1990 |
Supreme Court Justice, 1962-65 |
| Meagan Good |
Actor |
8-Aug-1981 |
|
Eve's Bayou |
| David Hartley |
Philosopher |
8-Aug-1705 |
28-Aug-1757 |
Theory of associationism |
| Matthew Henson |
Explorer |
8-Aug-1866 |
9-Mar-1955 |
Possibly first to reach North Pole |
| Gertrude Himmelfarb |
Historian |
8-Aug-1922 |
|
Victorian Minds |
| Dustin Hoffman |
Actor |
8-Aug-1937 |
|
Rain Man, The Graduate |
| John Holmes |
Pornstar |
8-Aug-1944 |
13-Mar-1988 |
Life-support system for a 10-inch penis |
| Jane Dee Hull |
Politician |
8-Aug-1935 |
|
Governor of Arizona, 1997-2003 |
| Cláudio Hummes |
Religion |
8-Aug-1934 |
|
Archbishop of São Paulo |
| Johnny B. |
Comic |
8-Aug-1961 |
|
Half of The Jerky Boys |
| Chakib Khelil |
Government |
8-Aug-1939 |
|
Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines |
| Ladislav Klíma |
Philosopher |
8-Aug-1878 |
19-Apr-1928 |
The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch |
| Ken Kutaragi |
Inventor |
8-Aug-1950 |
|
Father of the PlayStation |
| Drew Lachey |
Singer |
8-Aug-1976 |
|
Brother of Nick Lachey |
| Paris Latsis |
Socialite |
8-Aug-1979 |
|
Greek shipping heir, Paris Hiton's ex |
| Ernest Lawrence |
Physicist |
8-Aug-1901 |
27-Aug-1958 |
Inventor of the cyclotron |
| Katie Leung |
Actor |
8-Aug-1987 |
|
Harry Potter's love interest |
| Daniel Mann |
Film Director |
8-Aug-1912 |
21-Nov-1991 |
Come Back, Little Sheba |
| Ron Marlenee |
Politician |
8-Aug-1935 |
|
Congressman from Montana, 1977-93 |
| Pat McCarran |
Politician |
8-Aug-1876 |
28-Sep-1954 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1933-54 |
| Richard H. Melton |
Diplomat |
8-Aug-1935 |
|
US Ambassador to Brazil, 1989-93 |
| Nelson A. Miles |
Military |
8-Aug-1839 |
15-May-1925 |
Army volunteer promoted to Commanding General |
| James M. Moran |
Business |
8-Aug-1918 |
24-Apr-2007 |
JM Family Enterprises |
| Donny Most |
Actor |
8-Aug-1953 |
|
Ralph Malph on Happy Days |
| Deborah Norville |
Journalist |
8-Aug-1958 |
|
Inside Edition |
| Earle Page |
Head of State |
8-Aug-1880 |
20-Dec-1961 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1939 |
| Roger Penrose |
Mathematician |
8-Aug-1931 |
|
Cosmologist and theoretical physicist |
| Kyra Phillips |
Journalist |
8-Aug-1968 |
|
CNN anchor |
| Robin Quivers |
Talk Show Host |
8-Aug-1952 |
|
Howard Stern's sidekick |
| Ford Rainey |
Actor |
8-Aug-1908 |
25-Jul-2005 |
Window on Main Street |
| Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |
Novelist |
8-Aug-1896 |
14-Dec-1953 |
The Yearling |
| Gilles Personne de Roberval |
Mathematician |
8-Aug-1602 |
27-Oct-1675 |
Geometry of curves |
| Edward T. Schafer |
Politician |
8-Aug-1946 |
|
US Secretary of Agriculture, 2008-09 |
| Alex Schoenbaum |
Business |
8-Aug-1915 |
6-Dec-1996 |
Founder, Shoney's |
| Rachel Shelley |
Actor |
8-Aug-1969 |
|
The L Word |
| Randy Shilts |
Journalist |
8-Aug-1951 |
17-Feb-1994 |
Chronicler of AIDS, biographer of Harvey Milk |
| Sylvia Sidney |
Actor |
8-Aug-1910 |
1-Jul-1999 |
Mama Carlson on WKRP |
| Robert Siodmak |
Film Director |
8-Aug-1900 |
10-Mar-1973 |
The Killers |
| Eugene C. Sit |
Business |
8-Aug-1938 |
24-Jun-2008 |
Sit Investment Associates |
| Lindsay Sloane |
Actor |
8-Aug-1977 |
|
Valerie Birkhead on Sabrina |
| Robert T. Stafford |
Politician |
8-Aug-1913 |
23-Dec-2006 |
Governor and Senator from Vermont |
| Scott Stapp |
Musician |
8-Aug-1973 |
|
Singer for Creed |
| Connie Stevens |
Singer |
8-Aug-1938 |
|
Hawaiian Eye |
| George Stoneman |
Military |
8-Aug-1822 |
5-Sep-1894 |
Civil War general, California governor |
| Robin Tallon |
Politician |
8-Aug-1946 |
|
Congressman from South Carolina, 1983-93 |
| Jerry Tarkanian |
Basketball |
8-Aug-1930 |
|
Longtime UNLV basketball coach |
| Sara Teasdale |
Poet |
8-Aug-1884 |
29-Jan-1933 |
Strange Victory |
| George Tiller |
Doctor |
8-Aug-1941 |
31-May-2009 |
Late-term abortionist |
| Mel Tillis |
Country Musician |
8-Aug-1932 |
|
I Ain't Never |
| Jon Turteltaub |
Film Director |
8-Aug-1963 |
|
National Treasure |
| Michael Urie |
Actor |
8-Aug-1980 |
|
Marc St. James on Ugly Betty |
| Countess Vaughn |
Actor |
8-Aug-1978 |
|
Kim Parker on Moesha |
| Jimbo Wales |
Encyclopaedist |
8-Aug-1966 |
|
Co-Founder of Wikipedia |
| Alexander F. Watson |
Diplomat |
8-Aug-1939 |
|
US Ambassador to Peru, 1986-89 |
| James H. Weaver |
Politician |
8-Aug-1927 |
|
Congressman from Oregon, 1975-87 |
| Peter Weir |
Film Director |
8-Aug-1944 |
|
The Truman Show |
| Larry Wilcox |
Actor |
8-Aug-1947 |
|
Officer Jon Baker on CHiPS |
| Esther Williams |
Actor |
8-Aug-1921 |
|
Aquatic thespian of the '40s and '50s |
| Faye Wong |
Singer |
8-Aug-1969 |
|
Easily Hurt Woman |
| Emiliano Zapata |
Activist |
8-Aug-1879 |
10-Apr-1919 |
Mexican patriot, revolutionary |
