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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
David Abercrombie
Business
6-Jun-1867 29-Aug-1931 Founder of Abercrombie & Fitch
Evelyn Ankers
Actor
17-Aug-1918 29-Aug-1985 Captive Wild Woman
Atahualpa
Royalty
c. 1502 29-Aug-1533 Incan king ransomed, killed by Pizarro
Horace W. Babcock
Astronomer
13-Sep-1912 29-Aug-2003 Adaptive optics and the Babcock Model
Alesso Baldovinetti
Painter
14-Oct-1427 29-Aug-1499 15th c. Florentine painter
Vicki Baum
Novelist
24-Jan-1888 29-Aug-1960 Grand Hotel
Ingrid Bergman
Actor
29-Aug-1915 29-Aug-1982 Murder on the Orient Express
Chandler Brossard
Novelist
18-Jul-1922 29-Aug-1993 The Bold Saboteurs
Archie Campbell
Actor
7-Nov-1914 29-Aug-1987 Hee Haw
Chris Connor
Singer
8-Nov-1927 29-Aug-2009 Jazz singer, I Miss You
Alain Corneau
Film Director
7-Aug-1943 29-Aug-2010 Tous les matins du monde
Félicien-César David
Composer
13-Apr-1810 29-Aug-1876 Le Désert
Eamon de Valera
Head of State
14-Oct-1882 29-Aug-1975 President of Ireland, 1959-73
Dixie Dunbar
Actor
19-Jan-1919 29-Aug-1991 1930s actress
John Fletcher
Playwright
1579 29-Aug-1625 Collaborator with Francis Beaumont
Pierre Gemayel
Politician
6-Nov-1905 29-Aug-1984 Founder of the Kataeb/Phalange
Jean Hagen
Actor
3-Aug-1923 29-Aug-1977 Singin' in the Rain
Manly P. Hall
Paranormal
18-Mar-1901 29-Aug-1990 The Secret Teachings of All Ages
Frans Hals
Painter
1580 29-Aug-1666 Dutch portraitist
Rose Hobart
Actor
1-May-1906 29-Aug-2000 East of Borneo
Edmond Hoyle
Author
1672 29-Aug-1769 According to Hoyle
Ulrich von Hutten
Poet
21-Apr-1488 29-Aug-1523 Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum
Richard Jewell
Victim
17-Nov-1962 29-Aug-2007 Innocent security guard blamed for bombing
Lee Marvin
Actor
19-Feb-1924 29-Aug-1987 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Pierre Messmer
Head of State
20-Mar-1916 29-Aug-2007 Prime Minister of France, 1972-74
Jack R. Miller
Politician
6-Jun-1916 29-Aug-1994 US Senator from Iowa, 1961-73
S. I. Newhouse, Sr.
Publisher
24-May-1895 29-Aug-1979 Founder of Advance Publications
Simon Oakland
Actor
28-Aug-1915 29-Aug-1983 Tony Vincenzo on Kolchak
Frank Perry
Film Director
21-Aug-1930 29-Aug-1995 Mommie Dearest
Pope Pius VI
Religion
27-Dec-1717 29-Aug-1799 Roman Catholic Pope, 1775-99
Sayyid Qutb
Philosopher
9-Oct-1906 29-Aug-1966 Muslim Brotherhood philosopher
Jimmy Reed
Singer
6-Sep-1925 29-Aug-1976 Blues singer/guitarist, Big Boss Man
Ruben Salazar
Journalist
3-Mar-1928 29-Aug-1970 L.A. Times reporter killed on the job
Victor H. Schiro
Politician
6-May-1904 29-Aug-1992 Mayor of New Orleans, 1961-70
Henry Sidgwick
Philosopher
31-May-1838 29-Aug-1900 Method of Ethics
David Hyrum Smith
Relative
17-Nov-1844 29-Aug-1904 Son of Joseph Smith
Georges Sorel
Philosopher
2-Nov-1847 29-Aug-1922 Reflections on Violence
William Archibald Spooner
Educator
22-Jul-1844 29-Aug-1930 Spoonerisms
Lowell Thomas
Journalist
6-Apr-1892 29-Aug-1981 With Lawrence in Arabia
Arne Tiselius
Chemist
10-Aug-1902 29-Aug-1971 Electrophoresis
Hans Vonk
Conductor
18-Jun-1942 29-Aug-2004 Director, St. Louis Symphony, 1996-2002
Jude Wanniski
Columnist
17-Jun-1936 29-Aug-2005 Supply-side theorist
Brigham Young
Religion
1-Jun-1801 29-Aug-1877 Second LDS prophet




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