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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bill Arp
Columnist
15-Jun-1826 24-Aug-1903 Columnist for Atlanta Constitution
Colin Campbell
Military
20-Oct-1792 24-Aug-1863 Commander-in-chief of India
Sadi Carnot
Physicist
1-Jun-1796 24-Aug-1832 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Henri, Comte de Chambord
Royalty
29-Sep-1820 24-Aug-1883 Pretender to the French throne
Thomas Chatterton
Poet
20-Nov-1752 24-Aug-1770 Fabricated as Thomas Rowley
Rudolf Clausius
Physicist
2-Jan-1822 24-Aug-1888 Second Law of Thermodynamics
Mary Jane Croft
Actor
15-Feb-1916 24-Aug-1999 Mary Jane on The Lucy Show
Gary Crosby
Actor
27-Jun-1933 24-Aug-1995 Son of Bing Crosby
Charles Diggs, Jr.
Politician
2-Dec-1922 24-Aug-1998 Congressman from Michigan, 1955-80
Wallace J. Eckert
Astronomer
19-Jun-1902 24-Aug-1971 First scientist hired by IBM
Leonard Frey
Actor
4-Sep-1938 24-Aug-1988 Stage actor, The Boys in the Band
Jane Greer
Actor
9-Sep-1924 24-Aug-2001 Out of the Past
Henry J. Kaiser
Business
9-May-1882 24-Aug-1967 Industrialist and shipbuilder
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Activist
8-Jul-1926 24-Aug-2004 On Death And Dying
D. Ross Lederman
Film Director
12-Dec-1894 24-Aug-1972 Tarzan's Revenge
Clara Maass
Activist
28-Jun-1876 24-Aug-1901 Human experiments with yellow fever
E. G. Marshall
Actor
18-Jun-1910 24-Aug-1998 Juror #4, 12 Angry Men
James C. McReynolds
Judge
3-Feb-1862 24-Aug-1946 US Supreme Court Justice, 1914-41
William D. Mitchell
Government
9-Sep-1874 24-Aug-1955 US Attorney General, 1929-33
Kenji Mizoguchi
Film Director
16-May-1898 24-Aug-1956 The Life of Oharu
Scott Nearing
Economist
6-Aug-1883 24-Aug-1983 Socialist economist
Parmigiano
Painter
11-Jan-1503 24-Aug-1540 Painter of the Lombard School
Louis Prima
Singer
7-Dec-1910 24-Aug-1978 King of the Swingers
Amanda Randolph
Actor
2-Sep-1896 24-Aug-1967 The Amos 'n' Andy Show
John J. Rhodes
Politician
18-Sep-1916 24-Aug-2003 Congressman from Arizona, 1953-83
Ann Richards
Actor
20-Dec-1917 24-Aug-2006 Sorry, Wrong Number
Aaron Russo
Film/TV Producer
14-Feb-1943 24-Aug-2007 Libertarian filmmaker
Bayard Rustin
Activist
17-Mar-1910 24-Aug-1987 Organized the 1963 March on Washington
Toni Sailer
Skier
17-Nov-1935 24-Aug-2009 Won 3 Gold Medals in 1956
William B. Saxbe
Politician
24-Jun-1916 24-Aug-2010 US Attorney General, 1974-75
Nicholas Stone
Sculptor
1586 24-Aug-1647 Prominent 17th c. English sculptor-mason
Napper Tandy
Politician
1740 24-Aug-1803 Irish politician and revolutionary
James Tenney
Composer
10-Aug-1934 24-Aug-2006 A History of 'Consonance' and 'Dissonance'
Getúlio Vargas
Head of State
19-Apr-1882 24-Aug-1954 President of Brazil, 1930-45 and 1950-54
Simone Weil
Philosopher
3-Feb-1909 24-Aug-1943 The Iliad, or the Poem of Force
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Novelist
28-Sep-1856 24-Aug-1923 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Jack Williams
Politician
29-Oct-1909 24-Aug-1998 Governor of Arizona, 1967-75




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