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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Prince Albert
Royalty
26-Aug-1819 14-Dec-1861 Royal Consort of Queen Victoria
Guillaume Apollinaire
Poet
26-Aug-1880 9-Nov-1918 Alcools, Calligrammes
Phil Baker
Radio Personality
26-Aug-1896 30-Nov-1963 Host of Take It or Leave It, 1941-47
Robert B. Barnett
Attorney
26-Aug-1946   Washington literary agent, debate coach
Reginald K. Brack
Business
26-Aug-1937   CEO of Time Inc., 1986-94
Ben Bradlee
Journalist
26-Aug-1921   Editor of The Washington Post, 1965-91
John Buchan
Author
26-Aug-1875 11-Feb-1940 The Thirty-Nine Steps
Chris Burke
Actor
26-Aug-1965   Corky on Life Goes On
Cassie
Singer
26-Aug-1986   Me & U
Kiran Chetry
Journalist
26-Aug-1974   CNN anchor
Jan Clayton
Actor
26-Aug-1917 28-Aug-1983 Ellen Miller on Lassie
Julio Cortázar
Author
26-Aug-1914 12-Feb-1984 Argentine fantasy short story writer
James J. Couzens
Politician
26-Aug-1872 22-Oct-1936 US Senator from Michigan, 1922-36
Eddie Crowder
Football
26-Aug-1931 9-Sep-2008 Colorado Head Coach, 1963-73
Macaulay Culkin
Actor
26-Aug-1980   Home Alone
Brett Cullen
Actor
26-Aug-1956   Dan Fixx on Falcon Crest
Vic Dana
Singer
26-Aug-1942   Red Roses for a Blue Lady
Jim Davis
Actor
26-Aug-1909 26-Apr-1981 Jock Ewing on Dallas
Wanda De Jesus
Actor
26-Aug-1960   The Glass Shield
Meredith Eaton
Actor
26-Aug-1974   Dwarf actress
Barbara Ehrenreich
Author
26-Aug-1941   Nickel and Dimed
Max Faget
Scientist
26-Aug-1921 9-Oct-2004 Designer of NASA spacecraft
Geraldine Ferraro
Politician
26-Aug-1935 26-Mar-2011 Walter Mondale's VP candidate in 1984
Tom Fink
Politician
26-Aug-1928   Mayor of Anchorage, 1987-94
Lee De Forest
Inventor
26-Aug-1873 30-Jun-1961 Inventor of the Audion vacuum tube
James Franck
Physicist
26-Aug-1882 21-May-1964 Franck-Hertz experiment
Elizebeth Friedman
Scientist
26-Aug-1892 31-Oct-1980 America's first female cryptanalyst
Zona Gale
Novelist
26-Aug-1874 27-Dec-1938 Miss Lulu Bett
Finis J. Garrett
Politician
26-Aug-1875 25-May-1956 Congressman from Tennessee, 1905-29
Hutton Gibson
Relative
26-Aug-1918   Father of Mel Gibson
Franz Guertner
Government
26-Aug-1881 29-Jan-1941 Reich Minister of Justice
Peggy Guggenheim
Socialite
26-Aug-1898 23-Dec-1979 Renowned art collector
James Harden
Basketball
26-Aug-1989   Oklahoma City Thunder
James Harlan
Politician
26-Aug-1820 5-Oct-1899 US Senator from Iowa, 1855-73
Tom Heinsohn
Basketball
26-Aug-1934   Boston Celtics Head Coach, 1969-78
Gottlob Honold
Engineer
26-Aug-1876 17-Mar-1923 Invented the spark plug
William Hoste
Military
26-Aug-1780 6-Dec-1828 British naval captain
Christopher Isherwood
Author
26-Aug-1904 4-Jan-1986 The Berlin Stories
Michael Jeter
Actor
26-Aug-1952 30-Mar-2003 Evening Shade
Richard H. Jones
Diplomat
26-Aug-1950   US Ambassador to Israel, 2005-08
Tom Kindness
Politician
26-Aug-1929 8-Jan-2004 Congressman from Ohio, 1975-87
Marius Kloppers
Business
26-Aug-1962   CEO of BHP Billiton
James L. Koley
Attorney
26-Aug-1930   Koley Jessen LP
Don LaFontaine
Actor
26-Aug-1940 1-Sep-2008 Voiceover powerhouse
Johann Heinrich Lambert
Mathematician
26-Aug-1728 25-Sep-1777 Pyrometrie
Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier
Chemist
26-Aug-1743 8-May-1794 Father of modern chemistry
Irving R. Levine
Journalist
26-Aug-1922 27-Mar-2009 NBC Correspondent, 1950-95
Earl Long
Politician
26-Aug-1895 5-Sep-1960 Three-time Governor of Louisiana
Rilwanu Lukman
Government
26-Aug-1938   Secretary General of OPEC, 1995-2000
Mark Mangino
Football
26-Aug-1956   Kansas Jayhawks Head Coach
Shirley Manson
Musician
26-Aug-1966   Frontwoman for Garbage
Branford Marsalis
Jazz Musician
26-Aug-1960   Saxophonist
Melissa McCarthy
Actor
26-Aug-1970   Sookie St. James on Gilmore Girls
Julian M. Niemczyk
Military
26-Aug-1920 16-Sep-2009 US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1986-89
James D. P. Ogden
Business
26-Aug-1790 7-Apr-1870 First President of New York Life Insurance Company
Henry D. Owen
Diplomat
26-Aug-1920 5-Nov-2011 US Ambassador at Large, 1977-81
Keke Palmer
Actor
26-Aug-1993   Akeelah and the Bee
Chris Pine
Actor
26-Aug-1980   Star Trek's new Captain Kirk
Ted Rall
Cartoonist
26-Aug-1963   Godless heathen cartoonist
Ola Ray
Actor
26-Aug-1960   With Michael Jackson in Thriller, Playmate
Leon Redbone
Musician
26-Aug-1949   Vaudevillian with mysterious background
Charles Richet
Scientist
26-Aug-1850 4-Dec-1935 Studied anaphylaxis and ectoplasm
Tom Ridge
Politician
26-Aug-1945   US Secretary of Homeland Security, 2003-04
Barret Robbins
Football
26-Aug-1973   Superbowl XXXVII no-show
Joe T. Robinson
Politician
26-Aug-1872 14-Jul-1937 US Senator from Arkansas, 1913-37
Evan Ross
Actor
26-Aug-1988   Son of Diana Ross
Jimmy Rushing
Singer
26-Aug-1901 8-Jun-1972 Mr. Five By Five
Albert Sabin
Biologist
26-Aug-1906 3-Mar-1993 Developed oral polio vaccine
Mark Sandrich
Film Director
26-Aug-1900 4-Mar-1945 Top Hat
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Conductor
26-Aug-1923   Director, Philadelphia Orchestra, 1993-2003
Will Shortz
Editor
26-Aug-1952   Crossword editor, New York Times
Valerie Simpson
Singer/Songwriter
26-Aug-1948   Half of Ashford and Simpson
William French Smith
Government
26-Aug-1917 29-Oct-1990 US Attorney General, 1981-85
Alison Steadman
Actor
26-Aug-1946   Life Is Sweet
Maxwell D. Taylor
Military
26-Aug-1901 19-Apr-1987 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1962-64
Mother Teresa
Religion
26-Aug-1910 5-Sep-1997 Missionaries of Charity
Thalia
Singer
26-Aug-1971   Latin soap opera queen and pop star
Moe Tucker
Drummer
26-Aug-1944   Drummer for The Velvet Underground
Guy Vander Jagt
Politician
26-Aug-1931 22-Jun-2007 Congressman from Michigan, 1966-93
Yvette Vickers
Actor
26-Aug-1928 27-Apr-2011 Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
Robert Walpole
Head of State
26-Aug-1676 18-Mar-1745 UK's first Prime Minister
Mel Watt
Politician
26-Aug-1945   Congressman, North Carolina 12th
Ben Wattenberg
Pundit
26-Aug-1933   Think Tank moderator
Edward Witten
Physicist
26-Aug-1951   String theorist at Princeton


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