| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Gracie Allen |
Actor |
26-Jul-1895 |
27-Aug-1964 |
Say goodnight Gracie |
| William Bayliss |
Doctor |
2-May-1860 |
27-Aug-1924 |
Co-Discovered hormones |
| Sally Blane |
Actor |
11-Jul-1910 |
27-Aug-1997 |
The Star Witness |
| W. E. B. Du Bois |
Activist |
23-Feb-1868 |
27-Aug-1963 |
Civil rights activist |
| Guido Cavalcanti |
Poet |
c. 1250 |
27-Aug-1300 |
Canzone d'Amore |
| Bennett Cerf |
Business |
25-May-1898 |
27-Aug-1971 |
Founder of Random House |
| Ivy Compton-Burnett |
Novelist |
5-Jun-1884 |
27-Aug-1969 |
Pastors and Masters |
| Le Corbusier |
Architect |
6-Oct-1887 |
27-Aug-1965 |
Most influential 20th century architect |
| George H. Dern |
Government |
8-Sep-1872 |
27-Aug-1936 |
Governor of Utah, 1925-33 |
| Jon Dough |
Pornstar |
12-Nov-1962 |
27-Aug-2006 |
Pornstar with split-stream ejaculations |
| Brian Epstein |
Business |
19-Sep-1934 |
27-Aug-1967 |
Manager of The Beatles |
| Bartolomeo Eustachi |
Scientist |
c. 1500 |
27-Aug-1574 |
Anatomist |
| Rowland Hill |
Inventor |
3-Dec-1795 |
27-Aug-1879 |
Invented the postage stamp |
| Honorius |
Royalty |
9-Sep-384 AD |
27-Aug-423 AD |
Western Roman Emperor, 395-423 AD |
| John Hopkinson |
Engineer |
27-Jul-1849 |
27-Aug-1898 |
English electrical engineer |
| Charles Evans Hughes |
Politician |
11-Apr-1862 |
27-Aug-1948 |
US Chief Justice, Presidential Candidate |
| Doug Kenney |
Comic |
10-Dec-1946 |
27-Aug-1980 |
National Lampoon cofounder |
| John Laurens |
Military |
28-Oct-1754 |
27-Aug-1782 |
Military aide to George Washington |
| Ernest Lawrence |
Physicist |
8-Aug-1901 |
27-Aug-1958 |
Inventor of the cyclotron |
| Robert Z. Leonard |
Film Director |
7-Oct-1889 |
27-Aug-1968 |
The Divorcee |
| Daniel K. Ludwig |
Business |
24-Jun-1897 |
27-Aug-1992 |
The Invisible Billionaire |
| Erika Mann |
Journalist |
9-Nov-1905 |
27-Aug-1969 |
Daughter of Thomas Mann |
| Andrew W. Mellon |
Business |
24-Mar-1855 |
27-Aug-1937 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32 |
| Greg Morris |
Actor |
27-Sep-1933 |
27-Aug-1996 |
Mission: Impossible |
| Lord Mountbatten |
Military |
25-Jun-1900 |
27-Aug-1979 |
Last Viceroy of India |
| Pope Nicholas II |
Religion |
? |
27-Aug-1061 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1058-61 |
| Cesare Pavese |
Poet |
9-Sep-1908 |
27-Aug-1950 |
La luna e i falò |
| Alfred Peet |
Business |
10-Mar-1920 |
27-Aug-2007 |
Founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea |
| Pierre Poujade |
Activist |
1-Dec-1920 |
27-Aug-2003 |
French anti-tax crusader |
| Josquin Des Prez |
Composer |
c. 1445 |
27-Aug-1521 |
Master Renaissance composer |
| Haile Selassie |
Royalty |
23-Jul-1892 |
27-Aug-1975 |
Last Emperor of Ethiopia |
| Pope Sixtus V |
Religion |
13-Dec-1521 |
27-Aug-1590 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1585-90 |
| Raymond St. Jacques |
Actor |
1-Mar-1930 |
27-Aug-1990 |
Cotton Comes to Harlem |
| Titian |
Painter |
1488 |
27-Aug-1576 |
16th c. Venetian Renaissance painter |
| Jim Turnesa |
Golf |
9-Dec-1912 |
27-Aug-1971 |
Winner, 1952 PGA Championship |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan |
Guitarist |
3-Oct-1954 |
27-Aug-1990 |
Blues guitarist |
| Lope de Vega |
Playwright |
25-Nov-1562 |
27-Aug-1635 |
Reformed Spanish comedy |
| Silas Wright |
Politician |
24-May-1795 |
27-Aug-1847 |
US Senator from New York, 1833-44 |
| Francisco de Zurbarán |
Painter |
1598 |
27-Aug-1664 |
Spanish Baroque painter |
