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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Rodney C. Adkins
Business
23-Aug-1958   Senior VP at IBM
John Adler
Politician
23-Aug-1959 4-Apr-2011 Congressman from New Jersey, 2009-11
Kenneth J. Arrow
Economist
23-Aug-1921   Social Choice and Individual Values
Roger Avary
Screenwriter
23-Aug-1965   Co-Author, Pulp Fiction
Tony Bill
Film Director
23-Aug-1940   Six Weeks
Houari Boumédienne
Head of State
23-Aug-1932 27-Dec-1978 Algerian Dictator, 1965-78
Charles F. Brannan
Politician
23-Aug-1903 2-Jul-1992 US Secretary of Agriculture, 1948-53
Kobe Bryant
Basketball
23-Aug-1978   Embattled Los Angeles Lakers star
Scott Caan
Actor
23-Aug-1976   Hawaii Five-O
Julian Casablancas
Musician
23-Aug-1978   The Strokes frontman
John T. Chambers
Business
23-Aug-1949   CEO of Cisco
Albert Claude
Scientist
23-Aug-1899 22-May-1983 Microstructure of the cell
Lillie Hitchcock Coit
Philanthropist
23-Aug-1843 22-Jul-1929 San Francisco eccentric
John S. Cooper
Politician
23-Aug-1901 21-Feb-1991 US Senator from Kentucky
Robert F. Curl, Jr.
Chemist
23-Aug-1933   Co-Discovered fullerines
Georges Cuvier
Zoologist
23-Aug-1769 13-May-1832 Comparative anatomist, paleontologist
Nelson DeMille
Novelist
23-Aug-1943   The General's Daughter
Bobby Diamond
Actor
23-Aug-1943   Joey Newton on Fury
Kirby Dick
Film Director
23-Aug-1952   This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Barbara Eden
Actor
23-Aug-1934   I Dream of Jeannie
Lawrence Frank
Basketball
23-Aug-1970   Head Coach, Detroit Pistons
Clifford Geertz
Anthropologist
23-Aug-1926 30-Oct-2006 Thick Description
Rex Grossman
Football
23-Aug-1980   Chicago Bears QB
Bill Haslam
Politician
23-Aug-1958   Governor of Tennessee
W. E. Henley
Poet
23-Aug-1849 11-Jul-1903 Invictus
François Hotman
Scholar
23-Aug-1524 12-Feb-1590 Franco-Gallia
Robert P. Hunter
Activist
23-Aug-1940   Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Andy Ireland
Politician
23-Aug-1930   Congressman from Florida, 1977-93
Itcho Ito
Politician
23-Aug-1945 18-Apr-2007 Mayor of Nagasaki, 1995-2007
Raymond A. Jean
Business
23-Aug-1942   CEO of Quanex
Sonny Jurgensen
Football
23-Aug-1934   NFL Hall of Famer
Akhmad Kadyrov
Politician
23-Aug-1951 9-May-2004 President of Chechnya
George Kell
Baseball
23-Aug-1922 24-Mar-2009 3rd Baseman, MLB Hall of Famer
Gene Kelly
Actor
23-Aug-1912 2-Feb-1996 Singin' in the Rain
Sophie Kerr
Novelist
23-Aug-1880 6-Feb-1965 The Sound of Petticoats
Constant Lambert
Composer
23-Aug-1905 21-Aug-1951 Rio Grande
Bunny Lee
Musician
23-Aug-1941   Prolific reggae record producer
Jeremy Lin
Basketball
23-Aug-1988   Houston Rockets point guard
Shelley Long
Actor
23-Aug-1949   Diane on Cheers
Louis XVI
Royalty
23-Aug-1754 21-Jan-1793 King of France, 1774-91
Henry Lee Lucas
Criminal
23-Aug-1936 12-Mar-2001 Serial killer, served a life sentence in Texas
Charles Martel
Royalty
23-Aug-686 AD 22-Oct-741 AD Stopped the 732 AD Moorish advance
Edgar Lee Masters
Poet
23-Aug-1869 5-Mar-1950 Spoon River Anthology
Vera Miles
Actor
23-Aug-1929   The Searchers
Ogden L. Mills
Government
23-Aug-1884 11-Oct-1937 US Treasury Secretary, 1932-33
Jay Mohr
Comic
23-Aug-1970   Gary Unmarried
Keith Moon
Drummer
23-Aug-1946 7-Sep-1978 Drummer for The Who
Robert Mulligan
Film Director
23-Aug-1925 20-Dec-2008 To Kill a Mockingbird
Queen Noor
Royalty
23-Aug-1951   Queen of Jordan
Antonia C. Novello
Doctor
23-Aug-1944   US Surgeon General, 1990-93
Onora O'Neill
Philosopher
23-Aug-1941   President of the British Academy, 2005-09
Chan-wook Park
Film Director
23-Aug-1963   Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Ray Park
Actor
23-Aug-1974   Darth Maul
Sarah Parker
Judge
23-Aug-1942   North Carolina Chief Justice
Oliver Hazard Perry
Military
23-Aug-1785 23-Aug-1819 Won the Battle of Lake Erie
River Phoenix
Actor
23-Aug-1970 31-Oct-1993 My Own Private Idaho
Chris Potter
Actor
23-Aug-1960   Dan Lennox on Wild Card
Rags Ragland
Actor
23-Aug-1905 20-Aug-1946 Panama Hattie
Malvina Reynolds
Singer/Songwriter
23-Aug-1900 17-Mar-1978 Little Boxes
James Rolph, Jr.
Government
23-Aug-1869 2-Jun-1934 Mayor of San Francisco, 1912-31
Mark Russell
Comic
23-Aug-1932   Political musician and satirist
Richard Sanders
Actor
23-Aug-1940   Les Nessman on WKRP
Hamilton O. Smith
Scientist
23-Aug-1931   Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage)
Robert M. Solow
Economist
23-Aug-1924   Theory of economic growth
Merrie Spaeth
Business
23-Aug-1948   PR guru for Reagan, Swift Boat Vets
Rick Springfield
Musician
23-Aug-1949   Jessie's Girl
Thomas A. Steitz
Scientist
23-Aug-1940   Ribosomes
Peter Thomson
Golf
23-Aug-1929   Five-time British Open winner
James Van Praagh
Paranormal
23-Aug-1958   Spiritualist faker
Fausto Vitello
Publisher
23-Aug-1946 22-Apr-2006 Founding publisher of Thrasher
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Military
23-Aug-1883 2-Sep-1953 Commander of the Philippines
Chris Whittle
Business
23-Aug-1947   Edison Schools
Pete Wilson
Politician
23-Aug-1933   Governor of California, 1991-99
Peter Wyngarde
Actor
23-Aug-1933   Jason King


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