| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| June Allyson |
Actor |
7-Oct-1917 |
8-Jul-2006 |
Two Girls and a Sailor |
| Georges Bataille |
Philosopher |
10-Sep-1897 |
8-Jul-1962 |
Histoire de l'oeil |
| David H. Blackwell |
Mathematician |
24-Apr-1919 |
8-Jul-2010 |
Bayesian statistics |
| Roberts Blossom |
Actor |
25-Mar-1924 |
8-Jul-2011 |
Deranged |
| Ernest Borgnine |
Actor |
24-Jan-1917 |
8-Jul-2012 |
Marty |
| Karl Brandt |
Economist |
9-Jan-1899 |
8-Jul-1975 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1958-61 |
| Christian-Jaque |
Film Director |
4-Aug-1904 |
8-Jul-1994 |
Fan-Fan the Tulip |
| Pete Conrad |
Astronaut |
2-Jun-1930 |
8-Jul-1999 |
Apollo 12 mission commander, 3rd on moon |
| Grace Coolidge |
First Lady |
3-Jan-1879 |
8-Jul-1957 |
Wife of US President Calvin Coolidge |
| Gavriil Derzhavin |
Poet |
3-Jul-1743 |
8-Jul-1816 |
Greatest Russian 18th-century poet |
| Howard Duff |
Actor |
24-Nov-1913 |
8-Jul-1990 |
Sam Spade on old time radio |
| King Edgar I |
Royalty |
c. 942 AD |
8-Jul-975 AD |
King of England 959-75 AD |
| Havelock Ellis |
Biologist |
2-Feb-1859 |
8-Jul-1939 |
Studies in the Psychology of Sex |
| Betty Ford |
First Lady |
8-Apr-1918 |
8-Jul-2011 |
Former First Lady, founded Betty Ford Center |
| James Franciscus |
Actor |
31-Jan-1934 |
8-Jul-1991 |
Mr. Novak |
| Harry J. Gray |
Business |
18-Nov-1919 |
8-Jul-2009 |
CEO of United Technologies, 1972-86 |
| Pope Gregory XV |
Religion |
9-Jan-1554 |
8-Jul-1623 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1621-23 |
| Harold J. Haynes |
Business |
29-Sep-1925 |
8-Jul-2009 |
CEO of Standard Oil of California, 1974-81 |
| Anthony Hope |
Novelist |
9-Feb-1863 |
8-Jul-1933 |
The Prisoner of Zenda |
| Christiaan Huygens |
Physicist |
14-Apr-1629 |
8-Jul-1695 |
Wave theory of light |
| Simon Kuznets |
Economist |
30-Apr-1901 |
8-Jul-1985 |
National Income and Its Composition |
| Vivien Leigh |
Actor |
5-Nov-1913 |
8-Jul-1967 |
Gone With The Wind |
| Isa Miranda |
Actor |
5-Jul-1905 |
8-Jul-1982 |
Summertime |
| Jean Moulin |
Government |
20-Jun-1899 |
8-Jul-1943 |
Martyr of the French Resistance |
| Oscar I |
Royalty |
4-Jul-1799 |
8-Jul-1859 |
King of Sweden and Norway |
| Peter the Hermit |
Religion |
c. 1050 |
8-Jul-1115 |
Pauper on the First Crusade |
| Hyman Rickover |
Military |
27-Jan-1900 |
8-Jul-1986 |
Built the nuclear navy |
| Dick Sargent |
Actor |
19-Apr-1930 |
8-Jul-1994 |
Darrin #2 on Bewitched |
| George B. Seitz |
Film Director |
3-Jan-1888 |
8-Jul-1944 |
Andy Hardy series |
| Chandra Shekhar |
Head of State |
1-Jul-1927 |
8-Jul-2007 |
Prime Minister of India, 1990-91 |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley |
Poet |
4-Aug-1792 |
8-Jul-1822 |
Prometheus Unbound |
| T. S. Stribling |
Novelist |
4-Mar-1881 |
8-Jul-1965 |
The Store |
| Agnes Strickland |
Historian |
1806 |
8-Jul-1874 |
Lives of the Queens of England |
| Kim Il Sung |
Head of State |
15-Apr-1912 |
8-Jul-1994 |
North Korea's official deity |
| Gladys Swarthout |
Singer |
25-Dec-1900 |
8-Jul-1969 |
Operatic mezzo-soprano |
| John Templeton |
Philanthropist |
29-Nov-1912 |
8-Jul-2008 |
Billionaire fund manager |
| Sin-Itiro Tomonaga |
Physicist |
31-Mar-1906 |
8-Jul-1979 |
Quantum electrodynamics |
| Joseph Ward |
Head of State |
26-Apr-1856 |
8-Jul-1930 |
Twice Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| Michael Wilding |
Actor |
23-Jul-1912 |
8-Jul-1979 |
Torch Song |
| Robert B. Woodward |
Chemist |
10-Apr-1917 |
8-Jul-1979 |
Synthesized cholesterol, Vitamin B12, etc. |
| Elihu Yale |
Philanthropist |
5-Apr-1649 |
8-Jul-1721 |
Namesake of Yale University |