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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Martin Amis
Author
25-Aug-1949   The Rachel Papers
Cecil D. Andrus
Politician
25-Aug-1931   Twice Governor of Idaho
Thea Astley
Novelist
25-Aug-1925 17-Aug-2004 Girl with a Monkey
Jensen Atwood
Actor
25-Aug-1976   Wade on Noah's Arc
John Badham
Film Director
25-Aug-1939   Saturday Night Fever
Leonard Bernstein
Conductor
25-Aug-1918 14-Oct-1990 Conductor, New York Philharmonic
Rachel Bilson
Actor
25-Aug-1981   Summer Roberts on The O.C.
Conrad Black
Business
25-Aug-1944   Rapacious newspaper mogul
Tim Burton
Film Director
25-Aug-1958   The Nightmare Before Christmas
Vivian Campbell
Guitarist
25-Aug-1962   Former Dio, current Def Leppard guitarist
David Canary
Actor
25-Aug-1938   Stuart Chandler on All My Children
Cath Carroll
Musician
25-Aug-1960   Miaow
Sean Connery
Actor
25-Aug-1930   James Bond
Holly Coors
Activist
25-Aug-1920 18-Jan-2009 Ultraconservative beer baroness
Bob Corker
Politician
25-Aug-1952   US Senator from Tennessee
Elvis Costello
Musician
25-Aug-1954   My Aim Is True
Bob Crosby
Musician
25-Aug-1913 9-Mar-1993 The Bob Crosby Orchestra
Billy Ray Cyrus
Country Musician
25-Aug-1961   Achy Breaky Heart
Nathan Deal
Politician
25-Aug-1942   Governor of Georgia
Don DeFore
Actor
25-Aug-1913 22-Dec-1993 Mr. B. on Hazel
Dirk Dirksen
Business
25-Aug-1937 20-Nov-2006 Godfather of San Francisco punk
Geoff Downes
Musician
25-Aug-1952   Keyboardist for The Buggles and Asia
Allan Edwall
Actor
25-Aug-1924 7-Feb-1997 The Brothers Lionheart
Niles Eldredge
Paleontologist
25-Aug-1943   Theory of Punctuated Equilibrium
Ben Falcone
Actor
25-Aug-1973   Howard on Joey
Stacey Farber
Actor
25-Aug-1987   Ellie Nash on Degrassi
Mel Ferrer
Actor
25-Aug-1917 2-Jun-2008 War and Peace
Rollie Fingers
Baseball
25-Aug-1946   MLB needs more handlebar moustaches
Hal Fishman
Journalist
25-Aug-1931 7-Aug-2007 Los Angeles TV news anchor
Frederick Forsyth
Novelist
25-Aug-1938   The Day of the Jackal
Waldo Frank
Author
25-Aug-1889 9-Jan-1967 American cultural critic and social historian
Vo Nguyen Giap
Military
25-Aug-1911   North Vietnamese General, Minister of Defense
Althea Gibson
Tennis
25-Aug-1927 28-Sep-2003 First black woman to win Wimbledon
Richard Greene
Actor
25-Aug-1918 1-Jun-1985 The Adventures of Robin Hood
Rob Halford
Musician
25-Aug-1951   Lead singer of Judas Priest
Monty Hall
Game Show Host
25-Aug-1921   Let's Make a Deal
Marvin Harrison
Football
25-Aug-1972   Indianapolis Colts WR
Bret Harte
Author
25-Aug-1836 5-May-1902 Master of the western short story
Anthony Heald
Actor
25-Aug-1944   Scott Guber on Boston Public
Johann Gottfried Herder
Philosopher
25-Aug-1744 18-Dec-1803 Sturm und Drang movement
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley
Religion
25-Aug-1865 17-Mar-1943 Archbishop of Westminster, 1935-43
Tom Hollander
Actor
25-Aug-1967   Gosford Park
Erich Honecker
Head of State
25-Aug-1912 29-May-1994 East German leader, 1971-89
Robert A. Hurley
Politician
25-Aug-1895 3-May-1968 Governor of Connecticut, 1941-43
Ivan the Terrible
Royalty
25-Aug-1530 18-Mar-1584 Russian Tsar, 1533-84
Graham Jarvis
Actor
25-Aug-1930 16-Apr-2003 Canadian-American character actor
Darrell Johnson
Baseball
25-Aug-1928 3-May-2004 Red Sox, Mariners manager
Van Johnson
Actor
25-Aug-1916 12-Dec-2008 The Caine Mutiny
Ruby Keeler
Actor
25-Aug-1909 28-Feb-1993 42nd Street
Walt Kelly
Cartoonist
25-Aug-1913 18-Oct-1973 Creator of Pogo
Theodor Kocher
Doctor
25-Aug-1841 27-Jul-1917 Thyroid surgeon
Herbert Kroemer
Physicist
25-Aug-1928   Pioneer in laser technology
Christian LeBlanc
Actor
25-Aug-1958   The Young and the Restless
James Lick
Business
25-Aug-1796 1-Oct-1876 Lick Observatory
Blake Lively
Actor
25-Aug-1987   Gossip Girl
Ludwig II
Royalty
25-Aug-1845 13-Jun-1886 Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria, 1864-86
Robert Maschio
Actor
25-Aug-1966   Dr. Todd Quinlan on Scrubs
Yasuzo Masumura
Film Director
25-Aug-1924 23-Nov-1986 Blind Beast
Cameron Mathison
Actor
25-Aug-1969   All My Children
China Anne McClain
Actor
25-Aug-1998   Chyna Parks on A.N.T. Farm
Jo Dee Messina
Country Musician
25-Aug-1970   Country singer, Stand Beside Me
Eric Millegan
Actor
25-Aug-1974   Zack Addy on Bones
Kel Mitchell
Actor
25-Aug-1978   Good Burger, Mystery Men
Brian Moore
Novelist
25-Aug-1921 10-Jan-1999 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Stuart Murdoch
Musician
25-Aug-1968   Belle & Sebastian frontman
John Neal
Novelist
25-Aug-1793 20-Jun-1876 Keep Cool
Bill Nye
Columnist
25-Aug-1850 22-Feb-1896 Bill Nye and Boomerang
Regis Philbin
Talk Show Host
25-Aug-1931   Live with Regis & Kathie Lee and Kelly
Allan Pinkerton
Business
25-Aug-1819 1-Jul-1884 Pinkerton National Detective Agency
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Head of State
25-Aug-1934   President of Iran, 1989-97
Rachael Ray
TV Personality
25-Aug-1968   30 Minute Meals
Michael Rennie
Actor
25-Aug-1909 10-Jun-1971 The Day the Earth Stood Still
Frederick C. Robbins
Scientist
25-Aug-1916 4-Aug-2003 Cultured the polio virus
Eugene Victor Rostow
Educator
25-Aug-1913 25-Nov-2002 Dean of Yale Law School, 1955-65
John Savage
Actor
25-Aug-1949   The Deer Hunter
Claudia Schiffer
Model
25-Aug-1970   Top German supermodel
Shock G
Rapper
25-Aug-1963   The Humpty Dance is your chance
Wayne Shorter
Jazz Musician
25-Aug-1933   Influential sax player and jazz composer
Gene Simmons
Bassist
25-Aug-1949   Blood-spouting KISS bassist
Richard A. Simonson
Business
25-Aug-1958   CFO of Nokia
Alexander Skarsgård
Actor
25-Aug-1976   Eric Northman on True Blood
Tom Skerritt
Actor
25-Aug-1933   Viper in Top Gun
Mink Stole
Actor
25-Aug-1947   Appears in John Waters films
Jonathan Togo
Actor
25-Aug-1977   Ryan Wolfe on CSI: Miami
Jeff Tweedy
Singer/Songwriter
25-Aug-1967   Lead singer of Wilco
Blair Underwood
Actor
25-Aug-1964   Malibu's Most Wanted
Sir Thomas Francis Wade
Diplomat
25-Aug-1818 31-Jul-1895 British envoy to China
Ally Walker
Actor
25-Aug-1961   Dr. Sam Waters on Profiler
George Wallace
Politician
25-Aug-1919 13-Sep-1998 Governor of Alabama, crippled by assassin
Joanne Whalley
Actor
25-Aug-1964   Willow
Alice White
Actor
25-Aug-1904 19-Feb-1983 The Widow from Chicago


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