| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Idi Amin |
Head of State |
17-May-1928 |
16-Aug-2003 |
Former dictator of Uganda |
| Malcolm Atterbury |
Actor |
20-Feb-1907 |
16-Aug-1992 |
Vaudevillian, character actor |
| Jacob D. Beam |
Diplomat |
24-Mar-1908 |
16-Aug-1993 |
US Ambassador to the USSR, 1969-73 |
| Amanda Blake |
Actor |
20-Feb-1929 |
16-Aug-1989 |
Kitty Russell on Gunsmoke |
| Veda Ann Borg |
Actor |
11-Jan-1915 |
16-Aug-1973 |
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer |
| Pierre Brasseur |
Actor |
22-Dec-1905 |
16-Aug-1972 |
Les Enfants du Paradis |
| Robert Wilhelm Bunsen |
Chemist |
31-Mar-1811 |
16-Aug-1899 |
Spectrum analysis, bunsen burner |
| Acquanetta |
Actor |
17-Jul-1921 |
16-Aug-2004 |
Captive Wild Woman |
| Jean-Martin Charcot |
Doctor |
29-Nov-1825 |
16-Aug-1893 |
Father of neurology |
| Jeff Corey |
Actor |
10-Aug-1914 |
16-Aug-2002 |
Little Big Man |
| Martin Deutsch |
Physicist |
29-Jun-1917 |
16-Aug-2002 |
Discovered positronium |
| John Diefenbaker |
Head of State |
18-Sep-1895 |
16-Aug-1979 |
Prime Minister of Canada, 1957-63 |
| Charles Grandison Finney |
Religion |
29-Aug-1792 |
16-Aug-1875 |
Second Awakening |
| Stewart Granger |
Actor |
6-May-1913 |
16-Aug-1993 |
King Solomon's Mines |
| Warren E. Hearnes |
Politician |
24-Jul-1923 |
16-Aug-2009 |
Governor of Missouri, 1965-73 |
| Thomas Heywood |
Playwright |
c. 1575 |
16-Aug-1641 |
A Woman kilde with kindnesse |
| Oveta Culp Hobby |
Publisher |
19-Jan-1905 |
16-Aug-1995 |
Houston Post President, 1955-83 |
| Prentiss Ingraham |
Novelist |
22-Dec-1843 |
16-Aug-1904 |
Dime novelist wrote 600 Old West novels |
| Robert Johnson |
Guitarist |
8-May-1911 |
16-Aug-1938 |
Influential blues guitarist |
| Louis Jouvet |
Actor |
24-Dec-1887 |
16-Aug-1951 |
The Strange Adventures of Doctor Molyneaux |
| Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan |
Musician |
13-Oct-1948 |
16-Aug-1997 |
World-renowned Qawwali vocalist |
| Wanda Landowska |
Musician |
5-Jul-1879 |
16-Aug-1959 |
Harpsichord virtuoso |
| Irving Langmuir |
Chemist |
31-Jan-1881 |
16-Aug-1957 |
Inventor of the high-vacuum tube |
| Ervil LeBaron |
Criminal |
22-Feb-1925 |
16-Aug-1981 |
Murderous cult leader |
| James B. Longley |
Politician |
22-Apr-1924 |
16-Aug-1980 |
Governor of Maine, 1975-79 |
| George E. Lounsbury |
Politician |
7-May-1838 |
16-Aug-1904 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1899-1901 |
| Bela Lugosi |
Actor |
20-Oct-1882 |
16-Aug-1956 |
Dracula |
| Khalid bin Mahfouz |
Business |
26-Dec-1949 |
16-Aug-2009 |
Billionaire Saudi banker |
| J. Irwin Miller |
Business |
26-May-1909 |
16-Aug-2004 |
Former CEO of Cummins Engine |
| Margaret Mitchell |
Novelist |
8-Nov-1900 |
16-Aug-1949 |
Gone With the Wind |
| Abu Nidal |
Terrorist |
May-1937 |
16-Aug-2002 |
Palestinian terrorist |
| John S. Pemberton |
Inventor |
8-Jul-1831 |
16-Aug-1888 |
Creator of Coca-Cola |
| Pete Pihos |
Football |
22-Oct-1923 |
16-Aug-2011 |
Hall of Fame End, Philadelphia Eagles |
| Charles Cotesworth Pinckney |
Government |
25-Feb-1746 |
16-Aug-1825 |
Not one cent for tribute |
| Elvis Presley |
Singer |
8-Jan-1935 |
16-Aug-1977 |
Rock and roll icon |
| Max Roach |
Jazz Musician |
10-Jan-1924 |
16-Aug-2007 |
Enduring jazz drummer |
| Babe Ruth |
Baseball |
6-Feb-1895 |
16-Aug-1948 |
The Bambino |
| Floyd Spence |
Politician |
9-Apr-1928 |
16-Aug-2001 |
Congressman from South Carolina, 1971-2001 |
| Alfredo Stroessner |
Head of State |
3-Nov-1912 |
16-Aug-2006 |
Dictator of Paraguay, 1954-89 |
| Bobby Thomson |
Baseball |
25-Oct-1923 |
16-Aug-2010 |
1951 home run brought Giants to the Series |
| Charles Thomson |
Politician |
29-Nov-1729 |
16-Aug-1824 |
Designed Great Seal of the U.S. |
| Richard Upjohn |
Architect |
22-Jan-1802 |
16-Aug-1878 |
Gothic revivalist, Trinity Church |
| Selman A. Waksman |
Scientist |
22-Jul-1888 |
16-Aug-1973 |
Streptomycin and other antibiotics |
| Dorothy West |
Novelist |
2-Jun-1907 |
16-Aug-1998 |
The Wedding |
| William Windom |
Actor |
28-Sep-1923 |
16-Aug-2012 |
Glen Morley on The Farmer's Daughter |
