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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Robert Aldrich
Film Director
9-Aug-1918 5-Dec-1983 The Dirty Dozen
Gillian Anderson
Actor
9-Aug-1968   Scully on The X-Files
Amedeo Avogadro
Physicist
9-Aug-1776 9-Jul-1856 Avogadro's number
Eric Bana
Actor
9-Aug-1968   Hulk, Chopper
Amanda Bearse
Actor
9-Aug-1958   Marcy on Married with Children
Kurtis Blow
Rapper
9-Aug-1959   The Breaks
Aleksander Bovin
Diplomat
9-Aug-1930 29-Apr-2004 Russian Ambassador to Israel, 1991-7
Divine Brown
Criminal
9-Aug-1969   Charged Hugh Grant for fellatio
Vera C. Bushfield
Politician
9-Aug-1889 16-Apr-1976 US Senator from South Dakota, 1948
John Cappelletti
Football
9-Aug-1952   Winner, 1973 Heisman Trophy
Jessica Capshaw
Actor
9-Aug-1976   Dr. Robbins on Grey's Anatomy
Stefano Casiraghi
Business
9-Aug-1960 3-Oct-1990 Second husband of Princess Caroline
Bob Cousy
Basketball
9-Aug-1928   Boston Celtics guard
Joshua Cox
Actor
9-Aug-1965   Peter Riggs on Strong Medicine
Charlie David
Actor
9-Aug-1980   Dante's Cove
Joop den Uyl
Head of State
9-Aug-1919 24-Dec-1987 Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1973-77
Charles K. Djou
Politician
9-Aug-1970   Congressman from Hawaii, 2010-11
John G. Drosdick
Business
9-Aug-1943   CEO of Sunoco
Sam Elliott
Actor
9-Aug-1944   Rush, The Hulk
Jim Exon
Politician
9-Aug-1921 10-Jun-2005 US Senator from Nebraska, 1979-97
Charles Farrell
Actor
9-Aug-1901 6-May-1990 Seventh Heaven
Derek Fisher
Basketball
9-Aug-1974   Oklahoma City Thunder point guard
William A. Fowler
Astronomer
9-Aug-1911 14-Mar-1995 Element generation within stars
Zino Francescatti
Violinist
9-Aug-1902 17-Sep-1991 French violin virtuoso
Leo Genn
Actor
9-Aug-1905 26-Jan-1978 Quo Vadis
Stephen M. Goldfeld
Economist
9-Aug-1940 25-Aug-1995 Council of Economic Advisers, 1980-81
Spencer Grammer
Actor
9-Aug-1984   As the World Turns
Melanie Griffith
Actor
9-Aug-1957   Mom from Lolita redux
L. B. Hanna
Politician
9-Aug-1861 23-Apr-1948 Governor of North Dakota, 1913-17
King Henry V
Royalty
9-Aug-1387 31-Aug-1422 King of England, 1413-22
Ralph Houk
Baseball
9-Aug-1919 21-Jul-2010 Former NY Yankees Manager
Whitney Houston
Singer
9-Aug-1963 11-Feb-2012 Diva and cautionary tale
Brett Hull
Hockey
9-Aug-1964   Third all-time NHL scorer
George Payne Rainsford James
Novelist
9-Aug-1799 9-Jun-1860 Richelieu
Ashley Johnson
Actor
9-Aug-1983   Chrissy Seaver on Growing Pains
Adoniram Judson
Linguist
9-Aug-1788 12-Apr-1850 Missionary, Burmese lexicographer
Paul Kelly
Actor
9-Aug-1899 6-Nov-1956 Flying Tigers
Anna Kendrick
Actor
9-Aug-1985   Up in the Air
John Key
Government
9-Aug-1961   Prime Minister of New Zealand
Daniel Keyes
Novelist
9-Aug-1927   Flowers for Algernon
Leonid Kuchma
Head of State
9-Aug-1938   President of Ukraine, 1994-2004
Jonathan Homer Lane
Astronomer
9-Aug-1819 3-May-1880 Gravitational equilibrium of the Sun
Philip Larkin
Poet
9-Aug-1922 2-Dec-1985 The Whitsun Weddings
Rod Laver
Tennis
9-Aug-1938   Winner of 1962 and 1969 Grand Slam
Thomas Lennon
Actor
9-Aug-1970   Reno 911!, The State
Mack 10
Rapper
9-Aug-1971   Foe Life
McG
Film Director
9-Aug-1968   Charlie's Angels
Kevin McKidd
Actor
9-Aug-1973   Trainspotting
Marvin Minsky
Scientist
9-Aug-1927   Father of Artificial Intelligence
Rhona Mitra
Actor
9-Aug-1976   Tara on The Practice
Charles Nagel
Government
9-Aug-1849 5-Jan-1940 US Secy. of Commerce & Labor, 1909-13
Fred C. Newmeyer
Film Director
9-Aug-1888 24-Apr-1967 Safety Last!
Robert Nix, Sr.
Politician
9-Aug-1898 22-Jun-1987 Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1958-79
Ken Norton
Boxing
9-Aug-1945   Fought Muhammad Ali
Seyni Oumarou
Head of State
9-Aug-1950   Prime Minister of Niger
Karyn Parsons
Actor
9-Aug-1968   Hilary Banks on Fresh Prince
Nat Pendleton
Actor
9-Aug-1895 12-Oct-1967 At the Circus
Jean Piaget
Psychologist
9-Aug-1896 17-Sep-1980 Elaborated the stages of childhood
Romano Prodi
Politician
9-Aug-1939   Prime Minister of Italy, 2006-07
Tony Rosenthal
Sculptor
9-Aug-1914 28-Jul-2009 Abstract sculptor, Alamo
Deion Sanders
Football
9-Aug-1967   Played in both NFL and MLB
Clarence Saunders
Business
9-Aug-1881 14-Oct-1953 Father of modern retailing
Robert Shaw
Actor
9-Aug-1927 28-Aug-1978 Quint in Jaws
David Steinberg
Comic
9-Aug-1942   Second City alumnus
Amy Stiller
Actor
9-Aug-1961   Yet Another Stiller
Michael Storm
Actor
9-Aug-1939   Larry Wolek on One Life to Live
John Sweeney
Politician
9-Aug-1955   Congressman from New York, 1999-2007
Herman Talmadge
Politician
9-Aug-1913 21-Mar-2002 Senator and Governor from Georgia
Audrey Tautou
Actor
9-Aug-1976   Amélie
Thomas Telford
Engineer
9-Aug-1757 2-Sep-1834 Scottish canal, bridge, and road builder
John L. Townsend III
Business
9-Aug-1955   Former Partner, Goldman Sachs
Tom Tyler
Actor
9-Aug-1903 3-May-1954 Adventures of Captain Marvel
Liz Vassey
Actor
9-Aug-1972   Wendy Simms on CSI
James D. Walsh
Diplomat
9-Aug-1946   US Ambassador to Argentina, 2000-03
Izaak Walton
Author
9-Aug-1593 15-Dec-1683 The Compleat Angler
Dick Anthony Williams
Actor
9-Aug-1938 16-Feb-2012 What the Wine Sellers Buy
Doug Williams
Football
9-Aug-1955   Former NFL and USFL quarterback
Leona Woods
Physicist
9-Aug-1919 10-Nov-1986 Physicist at University of Chicago
Archibald Yell
Politician
9-Aug-1797 23-Feb-1847 Congressman and Governor of Arkansas


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