| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Robert L. Barry |
Diplomat |
28-Aug-1934 |
|
US Ambassador to Indonesia, 1992-95 |
| Andy Bathgate |
Hockey |
28-Aug-1932 |
|
NHL Hall of Famer |
| John Betjeman |
Poet |
28-Aug-1906 |
19-May-1984 |
Summoned By Bells |
| Bruno Bettelheim |
Psychologist |
28-Aug-1903 |
13-Mar-1990 |
Fraudulent child psychologist |
| Jack Black |
Musician |
28-Aug-1969 |
|
Half of Tenacious D |
| Billy Boyd |
Actor |
28-Aug-1968 |
|
Pippin in The Lord of the Rings |
| Charles Boyer |
Actor |
28-Aug-1899 |
26-Aug-1978 |
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
| Edward Burne-Jones |
Painter |
28-Aug-1833 |
16-Jun-1898 |
British Pre-Raphaelite painter |
| William Cohen |
Government |
28-Aug-1940 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 1997-01 |
| Robertson Davies |
Author |
28-Aug-1913 |
3-Dec-1995 |
Fifth Business |
| Laura Day |
TV Personality |
28-Aug-1972 |
|
Interior decorator on Trading Spaces |
| José Eduardo dos Santos |
Head of State |
28-Aug-1942 |
|
President of Angola |
| Rita Dove |
Poet |
28-Aug-1952 |
|
7th US Poet Laureate, 1993-95 |
| Janet Evans |
Swimmer/Diver |
28-Aug-1971 |
|
Olympic distance swimmer |
| Frank Fahrenkopf |
Business |
28-Aug-1939 |
|
CEO, American Gaming Association |
| Fernando Fernán-Gómez |
Actor |
28-Aug-1921 |
21-Nov-2007 |
Voyage to Nowhere |
| David Fincher |
Film Director |
28-Aug-1962 |
|
Fight Club |
| Janet Frame |
Author |
28-Aug-1924 |
29-Jan-2004 |
Kiwi author, subject of An Angel at My Table |
| Peter Fraser |
Head of State |
28-Aug-1884 |
5-Aug-1950 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1940-49 |
| Ben Gazzara |
Actor |
28-Aug-1930 |
|
The Thomas Crown Affair |
| Daniel Goddard |
Actor |
28-Aug-1971 |
|
Dar on BeastMaster |
| Goethe |
Author |
28-Aug-1749 |
22-Mar-1832 |
Most influential German writer |
| Robert Greenwald |
Film/TV Producer |
28-Aug-1945 |
|
Outfoxed, Xanadu |
| Ron Guidry |
Baseball |
28-Aug-1950 |
|
Yankees Pitcher, 1975-88 |
| Luis Guzmán |
Actor |
28-Aug-1956 |
|
The Limey, House of Buggin' |
| John H. Hager |
Politician |
28-Aug-1936 |
|
Virginia Lieutenant Governor, 1998-2002 |
| Scott Hamilton |
Skating |
28-Aug-1958 |
|
Olympic ice skater |
| Lucy Hayes |
First Lady |
28-Aug-1831 |
25-Jun-1889 |
Wife of US President Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Godfrey N. Hounsfield |
Engineer |
28-Aug-1919 |
12-Aug-2004 |
Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans) |
| Whip Hubley |
Actor |
28-Aug-1958 |
|
Russkies |
| Ken Jenkins |
Actor |
28-Aug-1940 |
|
Dr. Bob Kelso on Scrubs |
| Jack Kirby |
Cartoonist |
28-Aug-1917 |
6-Feb-1994 |
Captain America |
| Tjalling C. Koopmans |
Economist |
28-Aug-1910 |
26-Feb-1985 |
Linear programming |
| Nancy Kulp |
Actor |
28-Aug-1921 |
3-Feb-1991 |
Miss Jane Hathaway on Beverly Hillbillies |
| Richard A. Lerner |
Biologist |
28-Aug-1938 |
|
President, Scripps Research Institute |
| John F. Maisto |
Diplomat |
28-Aug-1938 |
|
US Ambassador to the OAS |
| Burton Malkiel |
Economist |
28-Aug-1932 |
|
A Random Walk Down Wall Street |
| Paul Martin |
Head of State |
28-Aug-1938 |
|
21st Prime Minister of Canada |
| Kyle Massey |
Actor |
28-Aug-1991 |
|
Cory on That's So Raven |
| C. Wright Mills |
Sociologist |
28-Aug-1916 |
20-Mar-1962 |
The Power Elite |
| John Allen Nelson |
Actor |
28-Aug-1959 |
|
Warren Lockridge on Santa Barbara |
| Bruno Nuytten |
Film Director |
28-Aug-1945 |
|
Jean de Florette |
| Donald O'Connor |
Actor |
28-Aug-1925 |
27-Sep-2003 |
Singin' in the Rain |
| Liam O'Flaherty |
Novelist |
28-Aug-1896 |
7-Sep-1984 |
Thy Neighbour's Wife |
| Simon Oakland |
Actor |
28-Aug-1915 |
29-Aug-1983 |
Tony Vincenzo on Kolchak |
| Wayne Osmond |
Musician |
28-Aug-1951 |
|
One of the Osmonds |
| Kay Parker |
Pornstar |
28-Aug-1944 |
|
Taboo series of films |
| Lou Piniella |
Baseball |
28-Aug-1943 |
|
Manager, Chicago Cubs |
| Carly Pope |
Actor |
28-Aug-1980 |
|
Sam McPherson on Popular |
| Jason Priestley |
Actor |
28-Aug-1969 |
|
Brandon Walsh on Beverly Hills 90210 |
| Ernest S. Rady |
Business |
28-Aug-1937 |
|
CEO of WestCorp, 1978-2006 |
| LeAnn Rimes |
Country Musician |
28-Aug-1982 |
|
How Do I Live |
| Sarah Roemer |
Actor |
28-Aug-1984 |
|
Disturbia |
| Roxie Roker |
Actor |
28-Aug-1929 |
2-Dec-1995 |
Helen Willis on The Jeffersons |
| Rick Rossovich |
Actor |
28-Aug-1957 |
|
Navy Seals |
| Emma Samms |
Actor |
28-Aug-1960 |
|
Fallon Carrington on Dynasty |
| Sonny Shroyer |
Actor |
28-Aug-1935 |
|
Enos on The Dukes of Hazzard |
| David Soul |
Actor |
28-Aug-1946 |
|
Hutch on Starsky and Hutch |
| Adolphus Staton |
Military |
28-Aug-1879 |
4-Jun-1964 |
US Navy admiral |
| Daniel Stern |
Actor |
28-Aug-1957 |
|
City Slickers |
| Amanda Tapping |
Actor |
28-Aug-1965 |
|
Stargate: SG1 |
| Brian Thompson |
Actor |
28-Aug-1959 |
|
The Tillamook Treasure |
| Leo Tolstoy |
Author |
28-Aug-1828 |
20-Nov-1910 |
Russian novelist |
| Paul Turan |
Mathematician |
28-Aug-1910 |
26-Sep-1976 |
Hungarian mathematician |
| Shania Twain |
Country Musician |
28-Aug-1965 |
|
You're Still the One |
| Jack Vance |
Novelist |
28-Aug-1916 |
|
The Dying Earth |
| Jones Very |
Poet |
28-Aug-1813 |
8-May-1880 |
Religious mystic |
| George H. Whipple |
Scientist |
28-Aug-1878 |
2-Feb-1976 |
Bile, hemoglobin, and the liver |
| Patricia J. Williams |
Scholar |
28-Aug-1951 |
|
The Alchemy of Race and Rights |
| Marguerite Young |
Author |
28-Aug-1908 |
17-Nov-1995 |
Miss MacIntosh, My Darling |
