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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
James A. Baker
Attorney
10-Jan-1857 2-Aug-1941 Baker Botts
Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor
3-Mar-1847 2-Aug-1922 Inventor of the telephone
Baruj Benacerraf
Scientist
29-Oct-1920 2-Aug-2011 Gene control of HLA antigens
Louis Blériot
Aviator
1-Jul-1872 2-Aug-1936 First to fly across English Channel
Francesco Borromini
Architect
25-Sep-1599 2-Aug-1667 Italian baroque architect
William S. Burroughs
Author
5-Feb-1914 2-Aug-1997 Naked Lunch
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Photographer
22-Aug-1908 2-Aug-2004 Renowned photographer, photojournalist
Enrico Caruso
Singer
25-Feb-1873 2-Aug-1921 Operatic tenor nonpareil
Raymond Carver
Author
25-May-1938 2-Aug-1988 Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
Carlos Chávez
Composer
13-Jun-1899 2-Aug-1978 Sinfonía de Antígona
Roy Cohn
Government
20-Feb-1927 2-Aug-1986 Joseph McCarthy's henchman
William E. Crow
Politician
10-Mar-1870 2-Aug-1922 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1921-22
Colleen Dewhurst
Actor
3-Jun-1924 2-Aug-1991 Murphy Brown's mother
Oliver La Farge
Author
19-Dec-1901 2-Aug-1963 Laughing Boy
Frank Faylen
Actor
8-Dec-1905 2-Aug-1985 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Totie Fields
Comic
7-May-1930 2-Aug-1978 Weight-conscious comedienne
Bert Freed
Actor
3-Nov-1919 2-Aug-1994 Rufe Ryker on Shane
Thomas Gainsborough
Painter
14-May-1727 2-Aug-1788 Portrait and landscape painter
Paul Goodman
Anarchist
9-Sep-1911 2-Aug-1972 Growing Up Absurd
Jay Hammond
Politician
21-Jul-1922 2-Aug-2005 Governor of Alaska, 1974-82
Warren G. Harding
Head of State
2-Nov-1865 2-Aug-1923 29th US President, 1921-23
Henri III
Royalty
19-Sep-1551 2-Aug-1589 King of France, Poland
Wild Bill Hickok
Actor
27-May-1837 2-Aug-1876 Buffalo Bill's Wild West show
Pope John V
Religion
? 2-Aug-686 AD Roman Catholic Pope, 685-86
John Keegan
Historian
15-May-1934 2-Aug-2012 The Face of Battle
Fela Kuti
Musician
15-Oct-1938 2-Aug-1997 God of Afrobeat
Fritz Lang
Film Director
5-Dec-1890 2-Aug-1976 Metropolis
Shari Lewis
Performance Artist
17-Jan-1933 2-Aug-1998 Lamb Chop's Play-Along
J. Farrell MacDonald
Actor
14-Apr-1875 2-Aug-1952 My Darling Clementine
Horace Mann
Educator
4-May-1796 2-Aug-1859 Massachusetts education reformer
Pietro Mascagni
Composer
7-Dec-1863 2-Aug-1945 Cavalleria Rusticana
Clarence E. Miller
Politician
1-Nov-1917 2-Aug-2011 Congressman from Ohio, 1967-93
Willie Morris
Author
29-Nov-1934 2-Aug-1999 North Toward Home
Thurman Munson
Baseball
7-Jan-1947 2-Aug-1979 Yankees catcher, killed in plane crash
Monroe Rathbone
Business
1-Mar-1900 2-Aug-1976 Formed Exxon
Edwin Richfield
Actor
11-Sep-1921 2-Aug-1990 Interpol Calling
John F. Seiberling
Politician
8-Sep-1918 2-Aug-2008 Congressman from Ohio, 1971-87
George Shiras, Jr.
Judge
26-Jan-1832 2-Aug-1924 US Supreme Court Justice, 1892-1903
Frederick Trent Stanley
Business
12-Aug-1802 2-Aug-1883 Founder of Stanley Works
Wallace Stevens
Poet
2-Oct-1879 2-Aug-1955 Harmonium
Donald Ogden Stewart
Author
30-Nov-1894 2-Aug-1980 The Philadelphia Story
Paul von Hindenburg
Military
2-Oct-1847 2-Aug-1934 President of Germany, 1925-34
King William II
Royalty
c. 1056 2-Aug-1100 King of England, 1087-1100


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