LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ray Stannard Baker	Journalist	17-Apr-1870	12-Jul-1946	Biographer of Woodrow Wilson
James T. Blair, Jr.	Politician	15-Mar-1902	12-Jul-1962	Governor of Missouri, 1957-61
Benny Carter	Jazz Musician	8-Aug-1907	12-Jul-2003	Jazz and big bandleader
Alexander Cartwright	Baseball	17-Apr-1820	12-Jul-1892	Original rules of baseball
John Chancellor	Journalist	14-Jul-1927	12-Jul-1996	NBC Nightly News anchor
Lon Chaney, Jr.	Actor	10-Feb-1906	12-Jul-1973	The Wolf Man
Richard Cromwell	Head of State	4-Oct-1626	12-Jul-1712	Lord Protector of England, 1658-59
Stefano Della Bella	Engraver	17-May-1610	12-Jul-1664	Florentine engraver
Alfred Dreyfus	Victim	9-Oct-1859	12-Jul-1935	Dreyfus Affair scapegoat
Erasmus	Scholar	27-Oct-1469	12-Jul-1536	In Praise of Folly
Cyrus W. Field	Business	30-Nov-1819	12-Jul-1892	First Transatlantic cable
Joe Gold	Business	10-Mar-1922	12-Jul-2004	Founder of Gold's Gym
Alexander Hamilton	Government	11-Jan-1757	12-Jul-1804	Primary author of The Federalist Papers
Robert Henri	Painter	25-Jun-1865	12-Jul-1929	Art Students League of New York
John H. Holdridge	Diplomat	21-Aug-1924	12-Jul-2001	US Ambassador to Indonesia, 1983-86
Sidney Hook	Philosopher	20-Dec-1902	12-Jul-1989	Pragmatist
William Howe	Military	10-Aug-1729	12-Jul-1814	Commander-in-Chief in America
Kurt Kreuger	Actor	23-Jul-1916	12-Jul-2006	The Enemy Below
Tuli Kupferberg	Singer/Songwriter	28-Sep-1923	12-Jul-2010	The Fugs
Joshua Logan	Film Director	5-Oct-1908	12-Jul-1988	South Pacific
Horace Harmon Lurton	Judge	26-Feb-1844	12-Jul-1914	US Supreme Court Justice, 1910-14
Ted Mack	TV Personality	12-Feb-1904	12-Jul-1976	Original Amateur Hour
Dolley Madison	First Lady	20-May-1768	12-Jul-1849	Wife of US President James Madison
Tsar Michael	Royalty	22-Jul-1596	12-Jul-1645	Tsar of Russia, 1613-45
Arnold Miller	Labor Leader	25-Apr-1923	12-Jul-1985	UMW President, 1972-79
Jim Mitchell	Film Director	30-Nov-1943	12-Jul-2007	Pornographer; shot and killed brother Artie
Kenneth More	Actor	20-Sep-1914	12-Jul-1982	The Admirable Crichton
Bobby Murcer	Baseball	20-May-1946	12-Jul-2008	MLB player, Yankees sportscaster
Titus Oates	Criminal	15-Sep-1649	12-Jul-1705	Popish Plot
Bill Owen	Actor	14-Mar-1914	12-Jul-1999	Last of the Summer Wine
Harvey Pekar	Author	8-Oct-1939	12-Jul-2010	American Splendor
Minnie Riperton	Singer	8-Nov-1947	12-Jul-1979	Lovin' You
Charles Stewart Rolls	Business	27-Aug-1877	12-Jul-1910	Co-Founder of Rolls-Royce
Sherwood Schwartz	Film/TV Producer	14-Nov-1916	12-Jul-2011	Gilligan's Island, The Brady Bunch
Dara Singh	Actor	19-Nov-1928	12-Jul-2012	Indian strongman, Bollywood star
Tony Snow	Government	1-Jun-1955	12-Jul-2008	Fox News pundit, White House press secretary
Nathan Söderblom	Religion	15-Jan-1866	12-Jul-1931	Archbishop of Sweden
Robert Stevenson	Engineer	8-Jun-1772	12-Jul-1850	Scottish lighthouse designer
John W. Weeks	Politician	11-Apr-1860	12-Jul-1926	US Secretary of War, 1921-25

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