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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Casey Affleck
Actor
12-Aug-1975   The Assassination of Jesse James
Michael Antonovich
Politician
12-Aug-1939   LA County Board of Supervisors
Edward Ashley
Actor
12-Aug-1904 5-May-2000 British-American character actor
Humphrey Atkins
Politician
12-Aug-1922 4-Oct-1996 Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1979-81
Mario Balotelli
Soccer
12-Aug-1990   FC Manchester City forward
Jim Beaver
Actor
12-Aug-1950   Ellsworth on Deadwood
George Bellows
Painter
12-Aug-1882 8-Jan-1925 American realist painter
Jacinto Benavente
Playwright
12-Aug-1866 14-Jul-1954 The Bonds of Interest
Vincent Bendix
Inventor
12-Aug-1881 27-Mar-1945 Founder of Bendix Corporation
Joe Besser
Actor
12-Aug-1907 1-Mar-1988 The Three Stooges
Thomas Bewick
Engraver
12-Aug-1753 8-Nov-1828 English wood engraver
Michael Ian Black
Comic
12-Aug-1971   The State
H. P. Blavatsky
Author
12-Aug-1831 8-May-1891 Founded Theosophy; The Secret Doctrine
Jeff Bleckner
Film Director
12-Aug-1943   White Water Summer
Douglas H. Brooks
Business
12-Aug-1952   CEO of Brinker International
Peter Campbell Brown
Attorney
12-Aug-1913 23-Jul-1994 Corporation Counsel of NYC, 1955-58
Yvette Nicole Brown
Actor
12-Aug-1971   Shirley Bennett on Community
Dale Bumpers
Politician
12-Aug-1925   Governor, Senator from Arkansas
Berkeley L. Bunker
Politician
12-Aug-1906 21-Jan-1999 Senator and Congressman from Nevada
E. Margaret Burbidge
Astronomer
12-Aug-1919   Synthesis of the elements in stars
Plaxico Burress
Football
12-Aug-1977   NFL free agent
George Busk
Doctor
12-Aug-1807 10-Aug-1886 British surgeon and zoologist
John Cadbury
Business
12-Aug-1801 11-May-1889 Chocolatier
Cantinflas
Actor
12-Aug-1911 20-Apr-1993 Around the World in Eighty Days
Robert D. Carey
Politician
12-Aug-1878 17-Jan-1937 Governor and Senator from Wyoming
John Cazale
Actor
12-Aug-1935 12-Mar-1978 Fredo in The Godfather
Miss Cleo
Paranormal
12-Aug-1962   Psychic fraud takes VISA, M/C
Dan Curtis
Film Director
12-Aug-1927 27-Mar-2006 Burnt Offerings
Isaach De Bankolé
Actor
12-Aug-1957   Casino Royale
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
Rapper
12-Aug-1972   Deltron 3030
Cecil B. DeMille
Film Director
12-Aug-1881 21-Jan-1959 Pioneering film director
Dorothy Denning
Scientist
12-Aug-1945   Professor, interest in encryption
John Derek
Film Director
12-Aug-1926 22-May-1998 Tarzan, the Ape Man
Lesley Duncan
Singer/Songwriter
12-Aug-1943   British vocalist, Love Song
Michelle Easton
Government
12-Aug-1950   Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute
Edwin Feulner
Activist
12-Aug-1941   Heritage Foundation founder
Pauline Frederick
Actor
12-Aug-1883 19-Sep-1938 This Modern Age
Samuel Fuller
Film Director
12-Aug-1912 30-Oct-1997 Pickup on South Street
Rebecca Gayheart
Actor
12-Aug-1971   Scream
King George IV
Royalty
12-Aug-1762 26-Jun-1830 King of England 1820-30
William Goldman
Novelist
12-Aug-1931   Marathon Man
Bruce Greenwood
Actor
12-Aug-1956   Dr. Griffin on St. Elsewhere
Mike Gundy
Football
12-Aug-1967   OSU Head Coach
Edith Hamilton
Educator
12-Aug-1867 31-May-1963 The Greek Way
George Hamilton
Actor
12-Aug-1939   Well-tanned celebrity
William B. Harrison, Jr.
Business
12-Aug-1943   CEO of JPMorgan Chase, 2000-05
Donald R. Heath
Diplomat
12-Aug-1894 15-Oct-1981 US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1958-61
John E. Herbst
Diplomat
12-Aug-1952   US Ambassador to Ukraine, 2003-06
Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.
Business
12-Aug-1936   CEO of Hallmark, 1986-2001
François Hollande
Politician
12-Aug-1954   President of France
Oskar Homolka
Actor
12-Aug-1898 27-Jan-1978 Sabotage
Francis Horner
Economist
12-Aug-1778 8-Feb-1817 Bullion Report
Willie Horton
Criminal
12-Aug-1951   Prison furlough poster child
Dana Ivey
Actor
12-Aug-1942   Eleanor Standard on Easy Street
Diamond Jim Brady
Business
12-Aug-1856 13-Apr-1917 Larger-than-life millionaire
Parnelli Jones
Auto Racing
12-Aug-1933   Winner, 1963 Indianapolis 500
Sam J. Jones
Actor
12-Aug-1954   Flash Gordon
Donald Justice
Poet
12-Aug-1925 6-Aug-2004 The Summer Anniversaries
Chen Kaige
Film Director
12-Aug-1952   Farewell My Concubine
Steven T. Katz
Author
12-Aug-1944   Professor of Religion
Michael Kidd
Choreographer
12-Aug-1915 23-Dec-2007 Award-winning choreographer
Mark Knopfler
Musician
12-Aug-1949   Dire Straits
Peter Krause
Actor
12-Aug-1965   Nate Fisher on Six Feet Under
Valerie Landsburg
Actor
12-Aug-1958   Doris Schwartz on Fame
Maggie Lawson
Actor
12-Aug-1980   Juliet O'Hara on Psych
Marion Lorne
Actor
12-Aug-1883 9-May-1968 Aunt Clara on Bewitched
Alfred Lunt
Actor
12-Aug-1892 3-Aug-1977 American stage actor
Connie Mack IV
Politician
12-Aug-1967   Congressman, Florida 14th
Thurgood Marshall, Jr.
Attorney
12-Aug-1956   Partner, Bingham McCutchen
Christy Mathewson
Baseball
12-Aug-1880 7-Oct-1925 Pitched 37 winning games in 1908
Ronald A. McDougall
Business
12-Aug-1942   Brinker International, 1983-2004
Norris McWhirter
Author
12-Aug-1925 19-Apr-2004 Co-founder, Guinness Book of World Records
Ross McWhirter
Author
12-Aug-1925 27-Nov-1975 Co-founder, Guinness Book of World Records
Carlos Mesa
Government
12-Aug-1953   President of Bolivia, 2003-05
Pat Metheny
Jazz Musician
12-Aug-1954   Jazz musician
Robert Mills
Architect
12-Aug-1781 3-Mar-1855 Washington Monument
William O. Mills
Politician
12-Aug-1924 24-May-1973 Congressman, committed suicide
Nicole R. Nason
Government
12-Aug-1970   NHTSA Administrator
Donald C. Nebergall
Business
12-Aug-1928   Brenton Bank & Trust
Ralph Nelson
Film Director
12-Aug-1916 21-Dec-1987 Father Goose
Buck Owens
TV Personality
12-Aug-1929 25-Mar-2006 Hee Haw
Daniel Edward Pilarczyk
Religion
12-Aug-1934   Catholic Archbishop of Cincinnati
John Poindexter
Military
12-Aug-1936   Iran-Contra criminal
Amanda Redman
Actor
12-Aug-1957   Det. Pullman on New Tricks
Richard Reid
Terrorist
12-Aug-1973   Shoe bomber
Marjorie Reynolds
Actor
12-Aug-1917 1-Feb-1997 Holiday Inn
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Novelist
12-Aug-1876 22-Sep-1958 Circular Staircase
Leticia Roman
Actor
12-Aug-1941   The Evil Eye
Roy Romanow
Politician
12-Aug-1939   Premier of Saskatchewan, 1991-2001
Julius Rosenwald
Business
12-Aug-1862 6-Jan-1932 Sears executive and Good Samaritan
Carol Eve Rossen
Actor
12-Aug-1937   The Stepford Wives
Muqtada al-Sadr
Military
12-Aug-1973   Militant Shiite Iraqi cleric
Charlotte Salt
Actor
12-Aug-1985   Sam Nicholls on Casualty
Pete Sampras
Tennis
12-Aug-1971   Fourteen Grand Slams
Andrew J. Schindler
Business
12-Aug-1944   CEO of RJ Reynolds, 1995-2004
John G. Schmitz
Politician
12-Aug-1930 10-Jan-2001 Congressman from California, 1970-73
Erwin Schrödinger
Physicist
12-Aug-1887 4-Jan-1961 Schrödinger's wave equation
Sir Mix-A-Lot
Rapper
12-Aug-1963   Seriously, he likes big butts
George Soros
Business
12-Aug-1930   Financial speculator
Robert Southey
Poet
12-Aug-1774 21-Mar-1843 A Vision of Judgment
Frederick Trent Stanley
Business
12-Aug-1802 2-Aug-1883 Founder of Stanley Works
Cary Stayner
Criminal
12-Aug-1961   Yosemite killer
Otto Struve
Astronomer
12-Aug-1897 6-Apr-1963 Hydrogen in the interstellar medium
Dominique Swain
Actor
12-Aug-1980   Nymphet in Lolita redux
Anthony Swofford
Author
12-Aug-1970   Jarhead
Fife Symington
Politician
12-Aug-1945   Governor of Arizona, 1991-97
Joe Torry
Actor
12-Aug-1965   Poetic Justice
Tsar Ivan VI
Royalty
12-Aug-1740 5-Jul-1764 Tsar of Russia, 1740-41
James W. Wadsworth, Jr.
Politician
12-Aug-1877 21-Jun-1952 US Senator from New York, 1915-27
Porter Wagoner
Country Musician
12-Aug-1927 28-Oct-2007 The Thin Man from West Plains
Deborah Walley
Actor
12-Aug-1943 10-May-2001 Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Jennifer Warren
Actor
12-Aug-1941   Night Moves
Alex Wojciechowicz
Football
12-Aug-1915 13-Jul-1992 NFL Hall of Famer
Jane Wyatt
Actor
12-Aug-1910 20-Oct-2006 Father Knows Best
Nina Zagat
Critic
12-Aug-1942   Zagat Survey
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Head of State
12-Aug-1924 17-Aug-1988 Ruler of Pakistan, 1977-88


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