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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Edgar Adrian
Scientist
30-Nov-1889 4-Aug-1977 Electricity within nerve cells
William Boyd Allison
Politician
2-Mar-1829 4-Aug-1908 US Senator from Iowa, 1873-1908
Hans Christian Andersen
Author
2-Apr-1805 4-Aug-1875 Danish master of the fairy tale
Ernst Bloch
Philosopher
8-Jul-1885 4-Aug-1977 Principle of Hope
Jeanne Calment
Elderly
21-Feb-1875 4-Aug-1997 Oldest recorded person, died at 122
Melvyn Douglas
Actor
5-Apr-1901 4-Aug-1981 Being There
Walther Flemming
Biologist
21-Apr-1843 4-Aug-1905 Chromosomes and mitosis
Frank Fontaine
Actor
19-Apr-1920 4-Aug-1978 Crazy Guggenheim
Walter F. George
Politician
29-Jan-1878 4-Aug-1957 US Senator from Georgia, 1922-57
Lee Hazlewood
Music Producer
9-Jul-1929 4-Aug-2007 Cowboy in Sweden
Henri I
Royalty
4-May-1008 4-Aug-1060 King of France, 1031-60
Nicholas J. Hoff
Engineer
3-Jan-1906 4-Aug-1997 Aluminum in aircraft design
Ze'ev Jabotinsky
Military
18-Oct-1880 4-Aug-1940 Founder of the Jewish Legion
Amos Kenan
Author
2-May-1927 4-Aug-2009 The Road to Ein Harod
Arthur Lee
Singer
7-Mar-1945 4-Aug-2006 Love
Étienne Lenoir
Inventor
12-Jan-1822 4-Aug-1900 Internal-combustion engine
J. Howard Marshall II
Business
24-Jan-1905 4-Aug-1995 Oilman, married Anna Nicole Smith
Victor Mature
Actor
29-Jan-1913 4-Aug-1999 Samson and Delilah
Frank Maxwell
Actor
17-Nov-1916 4-Aug-2004 Dan Rooney on General Hospital
W. B. Maxwell
Novelist
1866 4-Aug-1938 The Ragged Messenger
Little Milton
Musician
17-Sep-1934 4-Aug-2005 Annie Mae's Cafe
Mary Miles Minter
Actor
1-Apr-1902 4-Aug-1984 Anne of Green Gables
Enver Pasha
Government
22-Nov-1881 4-Aug-1922 Young Turk leader, persecuted ethnic minorities
John J. Phelan, Jr.
Business
7-May-1931 4-Aug-2012 CEO of the NYSE, 1984-91
Nicola Rescigno
Conductor
28-May-1916 4-Aug-2008 Conductor, Dallas Opera, 1957-90
Frederick C. Robbins
Scientist
25-Aug-1916 4-Aug-2003 Cultured the polio virus
Ernestine Rose
Activist
13-Jan-1810 4-Aug-1892 Suffragette and abolitionist
Conrad Schnitzler
Electronic Musician
1937 4-Aug-2011 German tape musician
Esther Snyder
Business
7-Jan-1920 4-Aug-2006 Co-Founder of In-N-Out Burger
Thomas Stucley
Military
c. 1525 4-Aug-1578 English military adventurer
Bob Thaves
Cartoonist
4-Oct-1924 4-Aug-2006 Frank & Ernest
Samuel J. Tilden
Politician
9-Feb-1814 4-Aug-1886 Lost the stolen 1876 US election
Jesse Unruh
Politician
30-Sep-1922 4-Aug-1987 Speaker of California State Assembly
Daniel B. Wesson
Business
18-May-1825 4-Aug-1906 Repeating pistol
Pearl White
Actor
4-Mar-1889 4-Aug-1938 Heroine of silent serial films


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