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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Reginald Beckwith
Actor
2-Nov-1908 26-Jun-1965 The Million Pound Note
Richard Bedford Bennett
Head of State
3-Jul-1870 26-Jun-1947 Prime Minister of Canada, 1930-35
Angelo Bertelli
Football
18-Jun-1921 26-Jun-1999 Winner, 1943 Heisman Trophy
Jay Berwanger
Football
19-May-1914 26-Jun-2002 First Heisman Trophy winner
Algirdas Brazauskas
Head of State
22-Sep-1932 26-Jun-2010 Prime Minister of Lithuania, 2001-06
Simon Cameron
Politician
8-Mar-1799 26-Jun-1889 The Czar of Pennsylvania
Roy Campanella
Baseball
19-Nov-1921 26-Jun-1993 National League MVP 1951, 1953, and 1955
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer
31-Mar-1929 26-Jun-2007 Founder of Liz Claiborne, Inc.
Samuel Crompton
Inventor
3-Dec-1753 26-Jun-1827 Invented the spinning mule
Ralph Cudworth
Philosopher
1617 26-Jun-1688 Intellectual System of the Universe
Ann Curtis
Swimmer
6-Mar-1926 26-Jun-2012 Olympic swimmer
David Davis
Judge
9-Mar-1815 26-Jun-1886 US Supreme Court Justice, Senator
Alfred Döblin
Novelist
10-Aug-1878 26-Jun-1957 Berlin Alexanderplatz
Françoise Dorléac
Actor
21-Mar-1942 26-Jun-1967 Cul-de-sac
Nora Ephron
Author
19-May-1941 26-Jun-2012 When Harry Met Sally
Kenneth Fearing
Novelist
28-Jul-1902 26-Jun-1961 The Big Clock
Edith Fellows
Actor
20-May-1923 26-Jun-2011 1930s child actor
Ford Madox Ford
Novelist
17-Dec-1873 26-Jun-1939 The Good Soldier
Michel Foucault
Philosopher
15-Oct-1926 26-Jun-1984 History of Sexuality
King George IV
Royalty
12-Aug-1762 26-Jun-1830 King of England 1820-30
Ernest Gruening
Politician
6-Feb-1887 26-Jun-1974 US Senator from Alaska, 1959-69
James Weldon Johnson
Author
17-Jun-1871 26-Jun-1938 God's Trombones
Julian the Apostate
Royalty
331 AD 26-Jun-363 AD Roman Emperor, 361-63 AD
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Singer
20-May-1959 26-Jun-1997 Hawaiian ukulele musician
Karl Landsteiner
Scientist
14-Jun-1868 26-Jun-1943 Discovered blood typing
Aparicio Méndez
Head of State
24-Aug-1904 26-Jun-1988 President of Uruguay, 1976-81
Francisco Pizarro
Explorer
c. 1471 26-Jun-1541 Conqueror of the Inca
Joseph Proudman
Mathematician
30-Dec-1888 26-Jun-1975 Tidal currents
David Rittenhouse
Astronomer
8-Apr-1732 26-Jun-1796 Early Pennsylvania scientist and statesman
Henry Sherwin
Business
27-Sep-1842 26-Jun-1916 Founder of Sherwin-Williams
Henrik Shipstead
Politician
8-Jan-1881 26-Jun-1960 US Senator from Minnesota, 1923-47
Doris Singleton
Actor
28-Sep-1919 26-Jun-2012 Caroline Appleby on I Love Lucy
Samuel L. Southard
Politician
9-Jun-1787 26-Jun-1842 US Senator from New Jersey, 1833-42
Max Stirner
Philosopher
25-Oct-1806 26-Jun-1856 Existential German nihilo-anarchist
James Syme
Doctor
7-Nov-1799 26-Jun-1870 Leading Scottish surgeon
Strom Thurmond
Politician
5-Dec-1902 26-Jun-2003 US Senator from South Carolina, 1954-2003
Ernest Truex
Actor
19-Sep-1889 26-Jun-1973 His Girl Friday
Philip Whalen
Poet
20-Oct-1923 26-Jun-2002 Canoeing up Carbaga Creek
Gilbert White
Naturalist
18-Jul-1720 26-Jun-1793 Natural History of Selborne
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Educator
13-Apr-1875 26-Jun-1949 President of Stanford University, 1916-43
Judith Wright
Poet
31-May-1915 26-Jun-2000 The Moving Image




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