| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Charles Francis Adams |
Diplomat |
18-Aug-1807 |
21-Nov-1886 |
US Ambassador to the UK, 1861-68 |
| Brian Aldiss |
Author |
18-Aug-1925 |
|
Supertoys Last All Summer Long |
| Pete Aldridge |
Business |
18-Aug-1938 |
|
Under Secretary of Defense, 2001-03 |
| Brian Michael Bendis |
Author |
18-Aug-1967 |
|
Ultimate Spider-Man, Daredevil |
| Craig Bierko |
Actor |
18-Aug-1964 |
|
Cinderella Man |
| Charles A. Blixt |
Attorney |
18-Aug-1951 |
|
Former counsel, RJ Reynolds |
| Mika Boorem |
Actor |
18-Aug-1987 |
|
The Education of Little Tree |
| Elayne Boosler |
Comic |
18-Aug-1952 |
|
Has had 7 cable comedy specials |
| Carole Bouquet |
Actor |
18-Aug-1957 |
|
For Your Eyes Only |
| Vincent Bugliosi |
Government |
18-Aug-1934 |
|
Prosecuted Manson, wrote Helter Skelter |
| Doro Bush |
Relative |
18-Aug-1959 |
|
George W. Bush's sister |
| Felipe Calderón |
Head of State |
18-Aug-1962 |
|
President of Mexico |
| Marcel Carné |
Film Director |
18-Aug-1909 |
31-Oct-1996 |
Les Enfants du Paradis |
| Rosalynn Carter |
First Lady |
18-Aug-1927 |
|
Wife of US President Jimmy Carter |
| Sarita Choudhury |
Actor |
18-Aug-1966 |
|
Mississippi Masala |
| Roberto Clemente |
Baseball |
18-Aug-1934 |
31-Dec-1972 |
Puerto Rican baseball star |
| Frances Bean Cobain |
Relative |
18-Aug-1992 |
|
Kurt and Courtney's child |
| Jean Dasté |
Actor |
18-Aug-1904 |
15-Oct-1994 |
L'Atalante |
| David Dewhurst |
Politician |
18-Aug-1945 |
|
Lt. Governor of Texas |
| Tan Dun |
Composer |
18-Aug-1957 |
|
Heaven, Earth, Mankind |
| Taher Elgamal |
Computer Programmer |
18-Aug-1955 |
|
Inventor of the Elgamal crypto algorithm |
| Heino Ferch |
Actor |
18-Aug-1963 |
|
The Tunnel |
| Marshall Field |
Business |
18-Aug-1834 |
16-Jan-1906 |
Founder of Marshall Field's |
| Walther Funk |
Government |
18-Aug-1890 |
31-May-1960 |
Reich economic minister |
| Timothy F. Geithner |
Government |
18-Aug-1961 |
|
President of the New York Fed |
| Louie Gohmert |
Politician |
18-Aug-1953 |
|
Congressman, Texas 1st |
| Susan Golding |
Politician |
18-Aug-1945 |
|
Mayor of San Diego, 1992-2000 |
| Marvin Harris |
Anthropologist |
18-Aug-1927 |
25-Oct-2001 |
Anthropological historian |
| Walter J. Hickel |
Politician |
18-Aug-1919 |
|
Twice Governor of Alaska |
| Robert B. Horton |
Business |
18-Aug-1939 |
|
CEO of BP, 1989-92 |
| Richard D. James |
Electronic Musician |
18-Aug-1971 |
|
Aphex Twin |
| Sir John Scarlett |
Government |
18-Aug-1948 |
|
Head of MI6 |
| Rafer Johnson |
Track and Field |
18-Aug-1935 |
|
Olympic track and field star |
| Christopher Jones |
Actor |
18-Aug-1941 |
|
Wild in the Streets |
| Donald Kennedy |
Educator |
18-Aug-1931 |
|
Editor-in-Chief of Science |
| Masta Killa |
Musician |
18-Aug-1969 |
|
Wu-Tang Clan |
| Joseph E. Kurtz |
Religion |
18-Aug-1946 |
|
Catholic Archbishop of Louisville |
| Denis Leary |
Comic |
18-Aug-1957 |
|
Loud, smoking comic |
| Meriwether Lewis |
Explorer |
18-Aug-1774 |
11-Oct-1809 |
Lewis and Clark expedition |
| Joseph Marcell |
Actor |
18-Aug-1948 |
|
Geoffrey on Fresh Prince |
| William P. McCormick |
Diplomat |
18-Aug-1939 |
|
US Ambassador to New Zealand |
| Mika |
Singer |
18-Aug-1983 |
|
Lebanese Britpop singer |
| Alan Mowbray |
Actor |
18-Aug-1896 |
25-Mar-1969 |
Founding member, Screen Actors Guild |
| Martin Mull |
Comic |
18-Aug-1943 |
|
Fernwood Tonight |
| Edward Norton |
Actor |
18-Aug-1969 |
|
Fight Club |
| Bo Hi Pak |
Business |
18-Aug-1930 |
|
Sun Myung Moon's right-hand man |
| Hank Penny |
Musician |
18-Aug-1918 |
17-Apr-1992 |
Western swing bandleader |
| Glenn Plummer |
Actor |
18-Aug-1961 |
|
South Central |
| Roman Polanski |
Film Director |
18-Aug-1933 |
|
Chinatown |
| Robert Redford |
Actor |
18-Aug-1936 |
|
The Sundance Kid |
| Alain Robbe-Grillet |
Novelist |
18-Aug-1922 |
18-Feb-2008 |
Proponent of the nouveau roman |
| Antonio Salieri |
Composer |
18-Aug-1750 |
7-May-1825 |
Tarare |
| Andy Samberg |
Comic |
18-Aug-1978 |
|
SNL, The Lonely Island |
| Robert Sayre |
Diplomat |
18-Aug-1924 |
|
US Ambassador to Brazil, 1978-81 |
| Marge Schott |
Baseball |
18-Aug-1928 |
2-Mar-2004 |
Owner, Cincinnati Reds |
| Jeremy Shockey |
Football |
18-Aug-1980 |
|
NY Giants Tight End |
| Christian Slater |
Actor |
18-Aug-1969 |
|
Kuffs, True Romance |
| Adam Storke |
Actor |
18-Aug-1962 |
|
Mystic Pizza |
| Madeleine Stowe |
Actor |
18-Aug-1958 |
|
The General's Daughter |
| Nadine Strossen |
Activist |
18-Aug-1950 |
|
President of the ACLU |
| Patrick Swayze |
Actor |
18-Aug-1952 |
|
Dirty Dancing |
| Brook Taylor |
Mathematician |
18-Aug-1685 |
29-Dec-1731 |
Calculus of Finite Differences |
| Jacob Vargas |
Actor |
18-Aug-1971 |
|
The Death and Life of Bobby Z |
| Malcolm-Jamal Warner |
Actor |
18-Aug-1970 |
|
Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show |
| Silas Warner |
Computer Programmer |
18-Aug-1949 |
26-Feb-2004 |
Castle Wolfenstein |
| Caspar Weinberger |
Government |
18-Aug-1917 |
28-Mar-2006 |
Iran-Contra figure pardoned by Bush |
| Grant Williams |
Actor |
18-Aug-1930 |
28-Jul-1985 |
The Incredible Shrinking Man |
| Robert H. Winters |
Politician |
18-Aug-1910 |
10-Oct-1969 |
Canadian Minister of Trade, 1966-68 |
| Shelley Winters |
Actor |
18-Aug-1920 |
14-Jan-2006 |
Method actress and camp queen |
