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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Herbert M. Allison
Business
24-Aug-1943   CEO of TIAA-CREF, 2002-08
Yasser Arafat
Politician
24-Aug-1929 10-Nov-2004 Palestinian leader, former terrorist
Anne Archer
Actor
24-Aug-1947   Fatal Attraction
Kenny Baker
Actor
24-Aug-1934   The man inside R2D2
Rich Beem
Golf
24-Aug-1970   Winner, 2002 PGA Championship
Max Beerbohm
Critic
24-Aug-1872 20-May-1956 Caricaturist, Seven Men
Ronee Blakley
Actor
24-Aug-1945   Nashville
Jorge Luis Borges
Author
24-Aug-1899 14-Jun-1986 The Garden of Forking Paths
Robert R. Bowie
Government
24-Aug-1909   CIA Deputy Director, 1977-79
Danny Joe Brown
Singer/Songwriter
24-Aug-1951 10-Mar-2005 Singer for Molly Hatchet
A. S. Byatt
Critic
24-Aug-1936   Possession
Orson Scott Card
Novelist
24-Aug-1951   Ender's Game
Helena Carter
Actor
24-Aug-1923 11-Jan-2000 Invaders from Mars
Dave Chappelle
Comic
24-Aug-1973   Chappelle's Show
Christine Chubbuck
Journalist
24-Aug-1944 15-Jul-1974 Newscaster, suicided on live TV
Max Cleland
Politician
24-Aug-1942   US Senator from Georgia, 1997-2003
Paulo Coelho
Novelist
24-Aug-1947   The Alchemist
Gerry Cooney
Boxing
24-Aug-1956   Fought Larry Holmes
Malcolm Cowley
Author
24-Aug-1898 27-Mar-1989 Exile's Return
William J. Coyne
Politician
24-Aug-1936   Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1981-2003
John Culberson
Politician
24-Aug-1956   Congressman, Texas 7th
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Religion
24-Aug-1895 2-Nov-1970 Catholic Archbishop of Boston, 1944-70
James D'Arcy
Actor
24-Aug-1975   Revelation
Grey DeLisle
Singer/Songwriter
24-Aug-1973   Singer and voice actress
Nick Denton
Publisher
24-Aug-1966   Gawker Media
Betty Dodson
Author
24-Aug-1929   Sex for One
Avery Cardinal Dulles
Religion
24-Aug-1918 12-Dec-2008 Fordham Professor, Roman Catholic Cardinal
Preston Foster
Actor
24-Aug-1900 14-Jul-1970 My Friend Flicka
Stephen Fry
Actor
24-Aug-1957   Jeeves and Wooster
Carlo Gambino
Criminal
24-Aug-1902 15-Oct-1976 Don of the Gambino Crime family
Carmine Giovinazzo
Actor
24-Aug-1973   Det. Danny Messer on CSI: NY
David Gregory
Journalist
24-Aug-1970   NBC News White House correspondent
Rupert Grint
Actor
24-Aug-1988   Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter series
Kenny Guinn
Politician
24-Aug-1936 22-Jul-2010 Governor of Nevada, 1999-2007
Steve Guttenberg
Actor
24-Aug-1958   Police Academy
Victor Halperin
Film Director
24-Aug-1895 17-May-1983 White Zombie
Nedda Harrigan
Actor
24-Aug-1899 1-Apr-1989 Devil's Island
Jared Harris
Actor
24-Aug-1961   I Shot Andy Warhol
Ken Hensley
Musician
24-Aug-1945   Former Uriah Heep keyboardist
Oscar Hijuelos
Novelist
24-Aug-1951   The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
Linda Hogan
TV Personality
24-Aug-1959   Ex-wife of Hulk Hogan
Bob Holden
Politician
24-Aug-1949   Governor of Missouri, 2001-05
Harry Hooper
Baseball
24-Aug-1887 18-Dec-1974 MLB Hall of Famer
Mike Huckabee
Politician
24-Aug-1955   Governor of Arkansas, 1996-2007
Shirley Hufstedler
Judge
24-Aug-1925   US Secretary of Education, 1979-81
Dennis James
Game Show Host
24-Aug-1917 3-Jun-1997 Early TV game show pioneer
Jean-Michel Jarre
Electronic Musician
24-Aug-1948   Oxygene and Equinoxe
Duke Kahanamoku
Swimmer
24-Aug-1890 22-Jan-1968 Olympic swimmer, five-time medalist
Mel Karmazin
Business
24-Aug-1943   President and COO of Viacom, 2000-04
Craig Kilborn
Talk Show Host
24-Aug-1962   Anchor of The Daily Show, 1996-98
David Koechner
Actor
24-Aug-1962   SNL alumnus, character actor
René Lévesque
Politician
24-Aug-1922 1-Nov-1987 Premier of Quebec, 1976-85
Jennifer Lien
Actor
24-Aug-1974   Kes on Star Trek: Voyager
Joe Manchin
Politician
24-Aug-1947   US Senator from West Virginia
Harry M. Markowitz
Economist
24-Aug-1927   Portfolio theory
Marlee Matlin
Actor
24-Aug-1965   Deaf actress on The West Wing
Vince McMahon
Wrestling
24-Aug-1945   World Wrestling Entertainment impresario
Aparicio Méndez
Head of State
24-Aug-1904 26-Jun-1988 President of Uruguay, 1976-81
Takashi Miike
Film Director
24-Aug-1960   Ichi the Killer
Reggie Miller
Basketball
24-Aug-1965   Indiana Pacers guard
Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor
Religion
24-Aug-1932   Archbishop of Westminster
Chad Michael Murray
Actor
24-Aug-1981   Lucas Scott on One Tree Hill
John Newton
Military
24-Aug-1823 1-May-1895 Union Army General and engineer
Alex O'Loughlin
Actor
24-Aug-1975   Hawaii Five-O
Carl Paladino
Business
24-Aug-1946   Buffalo real estate baron
Steve Pearce
Politician
24-Aug-1947   Congressman, New Mexico 2nd
Joe Regalbuto
Actor
24-Aug-1949   Frank Fontana on Murphy Brown
Jean Rhys
Novelist
24-Aug-1890 14-May-1979 Wide Sargasso Sea
Beth Riesgraf
Actor
24-Aug-1978   Parker on Leverage
Cal Ripken
Baseball
24-Aug-1960   American League MVP 1983, 1991
Charles Rocket
Actor
24-Aug-1949 7-Oct-2005 Saturday Night Live
Kyle Schmid
Actor
24-Aug-1984   Henry Fitzroy on Blood Ties
Mike Shanahan
Football
24-Aug-1952   Washington Redskins Head Coach
Ali Smith
Author
24-Aug-1962   There But For The
Hal Smith
Actor
24-Aug-1916 28-Jan-1994 Prolific voice actor
Donald Somervell
Politician
24-Aug-1889 18-Nov-1960 AG for England and Wales, 1936-45
Karrine Steffans
Model
24-Aug-1978   Confessions of a Video Vixen
John Taylor
Poet
24-Aug-1580 Dec-1653 The Water-Poet
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Diplomat
24-Aug-1904 6-Feb-1972 Twice US Ambassador to USSR
Carole Ita White
Actor
24-Aug-1949   Big Rosie on Laverne and Shirley
William Wilberforce
Activist
24-Aug-1759 29-Jul-1833 Abolitionist activist and author
Frank J. Williams
Judge
24-Aug-1940   Rhode Island Chief Justice
Todd Young
Politician
24-Aug-1972   Congressman, Indiana 9th
Howard Zinn
Historian
24-Aug-1922 27-Jan-2010 A People's History of the United States


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