| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Nickolas Ashford |
Songwriter |
4-May-1942 |
22-Aug-2011 |
Half of Ashford and Simpson |
| Nina Bawden |
Novelist |
19-Jan-1925 |
22-Aug-2012 |
Carrie's War |
| Celal Bayar |
Head of State |
16-May-1883 |
22-Aug-1986 |
President of Turkey, 1950-60 |
| Sebastian Cabot |
Actor |
6-Jul-1918 |
22-Aug-1977 |
The Family Jewels |
| Lazare Carnot |
Mathematician |
13-May-1753 |
22-Aug-1823 |
Organizer for Victory |
| Kate Chopin |
Novelist |
8-Feb-1851 |
22-Aug-1904 |
The Awakening |
| Michael Collins |
Activist |
16-Oct-1890 |
22-Aug-1922 |
Irish Nationalist, spymaster |
| Alexandre Decamps |
Painter |
3-Mar-1803 |
22-Aug-1860 |
French romanticist, painted monkeys |
| Charles William Eliot |
Educator |
20-Mar-1834 |
22-Aug-1926 |
President, Harvard University, 1869-1909 |
| Paul Peter Ewald |
Physicist |
23-Jan-1888 |
22-Aug-1985 |
X-Ray crystallographer |
| James T. Farrell |
Novelist |
27-Feb-1904 |
22-Aug-1979 |
Studs Lonigan trilogy |
| Jean-Honoré Fragonard |
Painter |
5-Apr-1732 |
22-Aug-1806 |
The Swing |
| Franz Joseph Gall |
Doctor |
9-Mar-1758 |
22-Aug-1828 |
Invented phrenology |
| Roger Martin du Gard |
Author |
23-Mar-1881 |
22-Aug-1958 |
Les Thibault |
| Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil |
Head of State |
3-Feb-1830 |
22-Aug-1903 |
UK Prime Minister three times |
| Carlos de Singuenza y Góngora |
Mathematician |
20-Aug-1645 |
22-Aug-1700 |
Mathematician, historian of the New World |
| Pope Gregory IX |
Religion |
c. 1170 |
22-Aug-1241 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1227-41 |
| Warren Hastings |
Government |
6-Dec-1732 |
22-Aug-1818 |
First Governor-General of India |
| Robert S. Ingersoll |
Diplomat |
28-Jan-1914 |
22-Aug-2010 |
CEO of Borg-Warner, 1958-72 |
| Richard Kelly |
Politician |
31-Jul-1924 |
22-Aug-2005 |
Congressman snagged in ABSCAM sting |
| Elmer Kelton |
Novelist |
29-Apr-1926 |
22-Aug-2009 |
Prolific Western novelist |
| Jomo Kenyatta |
Head of State |
20-Oct-1892 |
22-Aug-1978 |
President of Kenya, 1964-78 |
| Juscelino Kubitschek |
Head of State |
12-Sep-1902 |
22-Aug-1976 |
President of Brazil, founder of Brasilia |
| Jack Layton |
Politician |
18-Jul-1950 |
22-Aug-2011 |
Leader of Canada's NDP |
| Jerry Leiber |
Songwriter |
25-Apr-1933 |
22-Aug-2011 |
Hitmaker for Elvis |
| Benjamin Lundy |
Activist |
4-Jan-1789 |
22-Aug-1839 |
The Genius of Universal Emancipation |
| Jeff MacKay |
Actor |
20-Oct-1948 |
22-Aug-2008 |
French on Baa Baa Black Sheep |
| James S. McDonnell |
Business |
9-Apr-1899 |
22-Aug-1980 |
Founder of McDonnell Aircraft Co. |
| Huey Newton |
Activist |
17-Feb-1942 |
22-Aug-1989 |
Black Panther |
| Pope Nicholas III |
Religion |
c. 1225 |
22-Aug-1280 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1277-80 |
| Grace Paley |
Author |
11-Dec-1922 |
22-Aug-2007 |
The Little Disturbances of Man |
| Daniel Petrie |
Film Director |
26-Nov-1920 |
22-Aug-2004 |
A Raisin in the Sun |
| Philippe VI |
Royalty |
1293 |
22-Aug-1350 |
King of France 1328-50 |
| Gregory Pincus |
Scientist |
9-Apr-1903 |
22-Aug-1967 |
Inventor of oral contraceptives |
| King Richard III |
Royalty |
2-Oct-1452 |
22-Aug-1485 |
King of England, 1483-85 |
| Ignazio Silone |
Novelist |
1-May-1900 |
22-Aug-1978 |
Anti-Fascist novelist, Pro-Fascist informant |
| Beryl W. Sprinkel |
Economist |
20-Nov-1923 |
22-Aug-2009 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1985-89 |
| George R. Stewart |
Author |
31-May-1895 |
22-Aug-1980 |
Earth Abides |
| Flavius Stilicho |
Military |
365 AD |
22-Aug-408 AD |
Roman general and diplomat |
| Floyd Tillman |
Country Musician |
8-Dec-1914 |
22-Aug-2003 |
Honky-tonk drawler and guitarist |
| William Warham |
Religion |
c. 1450 |
22-Aug-1532 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1504-32 |
| William Whiston |
Religion |
9-Dec-1667 |
22-Aug-1752 |
Apostolical Constitutions |
