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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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




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