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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Raymond Barre
Head of State
12-Apr-1924 23-Aug-2007 Prime Minister of France, 1976-81
Bobby Bonds
Baseball
15-Mar-1946 23-Aug-2003 Father of Barry Bonds
Francis X. Bushman
Actor
10-Jan-1883 23-Aug-1966 Ben-Hur
Alberto Cavalcanti
Film Director
6-Feb-1897 23-Aug-1982 Went the Day Well?
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
Physicist
14-Jun-1736 23-Aug-1806 Coulomb's Law
Alfred Eisenstaedt
Photographer
6-Dec-1898 23-Aug-1995 Life magazine photographer
Maynard Ferguson
Jazz Musician
4-May-1928 23-Aug-2006 Jazz bandleader and trumpeter
Deodoro da Fonseca
Head of State
5-Aug-1827 23-Aug-1892 First President of Brazil
Kathleen Freeman
Actor
17-Feb-1919 23-Aug-2001 Gen. Burkhalter's sister
Naum Gabo
Sculptor
5-Aug-1890 23-Aug-1977 Constructivist, Realistic Manifesto
Hoot Gibson
Actor
6-Aug-1892 23-Aug-1962 Cowboy star of the 20s and 30s
Dwayne Goettel
Musician
1-Feb-1964 23-Aug-1995 Skinny Puppy, fatal heroin OD
Oscar Hammerstein II
Musician
12-Jul-1895 23-Aug-1960 Rodgers and Hammerstein
Edward Hicks
Painter
4-Apr-1780 23-Aug-1849 The Peaceable Kingdom
Sidney Coe Howard
Playwright
26-Jun-1891 23-Aug-1939 They Knew What They Wanted
Stanley H. Kaplan
Business
24-May-1919 23-Aug-2009 Developed SAT study aids
John C. Kendrew
Chemist
24-Mar-1917 23-Aug-1997 Determined structure of myoglobin
James Lord
Author
27-Nov-1922 23-Aug-2009 Giacometti: A Biography
Peter Maas
Author
27-Jun-1929 23-Aug-2001 Serpico
Increase Mather
Religion
21-Jun-1639 23-Aug-1723 Massachusetts Puritan leader
Stanford Moore
Chemist
4-Sep-1913 23-Aug-1982 Amino-acid analyzer
Robert Nix, Jr.
Judge
13-Jul-1928 23-Aug-2003 Pennsylvania Chief Justice, 1984-96
Oliver Hazard Perry
Military
23-Aug-1785 23-Aug-1819 Won the Battle of Lake Erie
Brock Peters
Actor
2-Jul-1927 23-Aug-2005 To Kill a Mockingbird
John de Stratford
Religion
? 23-Aug-1348 Archbishop of Canterbury, 1333-48
Peter Terpeluk, Jr.
Diplomat
18-Feb-1948 23-Aug-2011 US Ambassador to Luxembourg, 2002-05
Rudolph Valentino
Actor
6-May-1895 23-Aug-1926 Latin lover of the silent film era
Steve Van Buren
Football
28-Sep-1920 23-Aug-2012 Philadelphia Eagles, NFL Hall-of-Famer
William Wallace
Military
1272 23-Aug-1305 Basis of fictional biopic Braveheart
Thomas H. Weller
Scientist
15-Jun-1915 23-Aug-2008 Cultured the polio virus
Hoyt Wilhelm
Baseball
26-Jul-1923 23-Aug-2002 Knuckleball relief pitcher




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