| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Niels Henrik Abel |
Mathematician |
5-Aug-1802 |
6-Apr-1829 |
Studied elliptics and hyperelliptics |
| Conrad Aiken |
Poet |
5-Aug-1889 |
17-Aug-1973 |
Earth Triumphant |
| Loni Anderson |
Actor |
5-Aug-1946 |
|
Blonde on WKRP in Cincinnati |
| Neil Armstrong |
Astronaut |
5-Aug-1930 |
|
First man on the Moon |
| Claude Autant-Lara |
Film Director |
5-Aug-1901 |
5-Feb-2000 |
La traversée de Paris |
| Parley Baer |
Actor |
5-Aug-1914 |
22-Nov-2002 |
Chester on Gunsmoke radio |
| Gary Beban |
Football |
5-Aug-1946 |
|
Winner, 1967 Heisman Trophy |
| Wendell Berry |
Author |
5-Aug-1934 |
|
A Place on Earth |
| David Brian |
Actor |
5-Aug-1914 |
15-Jul-1993 |
Mr. District Attorney |
| Herb Brooks |
Hockey |
5-Aug-1937 |
11-Aug-2003 |
Coach, 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team |
| Preston S. Brooks |
Politician |
5-Aug-1819 |
27-Jan-1857 |
Beat Charles Sumner with a cane |
| Pete Burns |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Aug-1959 |
|
Dead or Alive |
| Don Chaffey |
Film Director |
5-Aug-1917 |
13-Nov-1990 |
Jason and the Argonauts |
| Jerry Ciccoritti |
Film Director |
5-Aug-1956 |
|
The Life Before This |
| Bob Clark |
Film Director |
5-Aug-1941 |
4-Apr-2007 |
A Christmas Story |
| Terri Clark |
Country Musician |
5-Aug-1968 |
|
Better Things to Do |
| France A. Córdova |
Educator |
5-Aug-1947 |
|
President, Purdue University |
| Antony Cotton |
Actor |
5-Aug-1975 |
|
Sean Tully on Coronation Street |
| Genelia D'Souza |
Actor |
5-Aug-1987 |
|
Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na |
| Christopher DeMuth |
Activist |
5-Aug-1946 |
|
American Enterprise Institute |
| Jewel De'Nyle |
Pornstar |
5-Aug-1977 |
|
Bend Over and Say Ahh 3 |
| Rick Derringer |
Musician |
5-Aug-1947 |
|
Rock and Roll Hoochie-Koo |
| Selma Diamond |
Actor |
5-Aug-1920 |
13-May-1985 |
Selma Hacker on Night Court |
| Mike Doyle |
Politician |
5-Aug-1953 |
|
Congressman, Pennsylvania 14th |
| Tom Drake |
Actor |
5-Aug-1918 |
11-Aug-1982 |
Meet Me In St. Louis |
| Ja'net DuBois |
Actor |
5-Aug-1945 |
|
Willona Woods on Good Times |
| Stanley H. Durwood |
Business |
5-Aug-1920 |
15-Jul-1999 |
Father of the multi-screen movie theater |
| Patrick Ewing |
Basketball |
5-Aug-1962 |
|
New York Knicks, 1986-2000 |
| Jennifer Finch |
Bassist |
5-Aug-1966 |
|
Former L7 bassist |
| Deodoro da Fonseca |
Head of State |
5-Aug-1827 |
23-Aug-1892 |
First President of Brazil |
| Victor Francen |
Actor |
5-Aug-1888 |
18-Nov-1977 |
Confidential Agent |
| Naum Gabo |
Sculptor |
5-Aug-1890 |
23-Aug-1977 |
Constructivist, Realistic Manifesto |
| Roman Gabriel |
Football |
5-Aug-1940 |
|
Rams/Eagles Quarterback |
| Patrick R. Gaston |
Business |
5-Aug-1957 |
|
President, Verizon Foundation |
| Sidney Harman |
Business |
5-Aug-1918 |
12-Apr-2011 |
Founder of Harman International |
| Joan Hickson |
Actor |
5-Aug-1906 |
17-Oct-1998 |
Miss Marple |
| Reid Hoffman |
Business |
5-Aug-1967 |
|
Co-Founder of LinkedIn |
| Harold Holt |
Head of State |
5-Aug-1908 |
17-Dec-1967 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1966-67 |
| John Huston |
Film Director |
5-Aug-1906 |
28-Aug-1987 |
The Maltese Falcon |
| Lord Inge |
Military |
5-Aug-1935 |
|
British Field Marshal |
| Shirley A. Jackson |
Physicist |
5-Aug-1946 |
|
NRC Chairman, 1995-99 |
| Xeni Jardin |
Journalist |
5-Aug-1970 |
|
Serial meta-blogger, Boing Boing |
| Gordon Johncock |
Auto Racing |
5-Aug-1936 |
|
Indy car racer |
| Lolo Jones |
Track and Field |
5-Aug-1982 |
|
American hurdler, prominent virgin |
| Kajol |
Actor |
5-Aug-1974 |
|
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai |
| Tawny Kitaen |
Model |
5-Aug-1961 |
|
Bachelor Party |
| Richard G. Kleindienst |
Government |
5-Aug-1923 |
3-Feb-2000 |
US Attorney General, 1972-73 |
| Carole Laure |
Actor |
5-Aug-1951 |
|
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs |
| Wassily Leontief |
Economist |
5-Aug-1906 |
5-Feb-1999 |
Structure of the American Economy |
| Guy de Maupassant |
Author |
5-Aug-1850 |
6-Jul-1893 |
French short story writer |
| MCA |
Rapper |
5-Aug-1967 |
4-May-2012 |
Beastie Boys |
| Maureen McCormick |
Actor |
5-Aug-1956 |
|
Marcia on The Brady Bunch |
| Travie McCoy |
Singer |
5-Aug-1981 |
|
Lead singer, Gym Class Heroes |
| Colin McRae |
Auto Racing |
5-Aug-1968 |
15-Sep-2007 |
Scottish rally car champion |
| Joseph Merrick |
Oddity |
5-Aug-1862 |
11-Apr-1890 |
The Elephant Man |
| Wesley Clair Mitchell |
Economist |
5-Aug-1874 |
29-Oct-1948 |
Business Cycles |
| Zakes Mokae |
Actor |
5-Aug-1935 |
|
The Serpent and the Rainbow |
| Sonny Montgomery |
Politician |
5-Aug-1920 |
12-May-2006 |
Congressman from Mississippi, 1967-97 |
| Reginald Owen |
Actor |
5-Aug-1887 |
5-Nov-1972 |
Prolific character actor |
| Marine Le Pen |
Politician |
5-Aug-1968 |
|
Daughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen |
| Richard Preston |
Author |
5-Aug-1954 |
|
The Hot Zone |
| Wade Rathke |
Activist |
5-Aug-1948 |
|
Co-Founder of ACORN |
| George E. Reedy |
Government |
5-Aug-1917 |
21-Mar-1999 |
LBJ's press secretary |
| Brian Sandoval |
Politician |
5-Aug-1963 |
|
Governor of Nevada |
| John Saxon |
Actor |
5-Aug-1936 |
|
Enter the Dragon |
| Robert Scales |
Military |
5-Aug-1944 |
|
Military analyst |
| Joseph Scaliger |
Scholar |
5-Aug-1540 |
21-Jan-1609 |
De emendatione temporum |
| Andrea Seastrand |
Politician |
5-Aug-1941 |
|
Congresswoman from California, 1995-97 |
| Mickey Shaughnessy |
Actor |
5-Aug-1920 |
23-Jul-1985 |
Jailhouse Rock |
| Jonathan Silverman |
Actor |
5-Aug-1966 |
|
The Single Guy |
| Erika Slezak |
Actor |
5-Aug-1946 |
|
Victoria Davidson on One Life to Live |
| Pat Smear |
Guitarist |
5-Aug-1959 |
|
The Germs, Foo Fighters |
| Johann Friedrich Struensee |
Government |
5-Aug-1737 |
28-Apr-1772 |
Puppetmaster of Christian VII |
| Robert Taylor |
Actor |
5-Aug-1911 |
8-Jun-1969 |
Quo Vadis |
| Peter Viereck |
Poet |
5-Aug-1916 |
13-May-2006 |
Terror and Decorum |
| Vinnie Vincent |
Guitarist |
5-Aug-1952 |
|
Kiss and Invasion guitarist |
| Louis Wain |
Painter |
5-Aug-1860 |
4-Jul-1939 |
The Man Who Drew Cats |
| Louis Walsh |
Business |
5-Aug-1952 |
|
Judge, The X Factor |
| Joan Weldon |
Actor |
5-Aug-1933 |
|
Them! |
| James Wilder |
Actor |
5-Aug-1968 |
|
A Face to Die For |
| Jesse Williams |
Actor |
5-Aug-1981 |
|
Dr. Jackson Avery on Grey's Anatomy |
| Sophie Winkleman |
Actor |
5-Aug-1980 |
|
The Trial of Tony Blair |
| Lizz Winstead |
Comic |
5-Aug-1961 |
|
Daily Show co-creator |
