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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Wallace Calvin Abbott
Doctor
12-Oct-1857 4-Jul-1921 Founder of Abbott Laboratories
John Adams
Head of State
30-Oct-1735 4-Jul-1826 2nd President of the U.S.
Pedro de Alvarado
Military
c. 1495 4-Jul-1541 Spanish conqueror of Americas
David Anderson
Diplomat
3-Jan-1937 4-Jul-1997 US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1981-85
Gregory Bateson
Anthropologist
9-May-1904 4-Jul-1980 Steps to an Ecology of Mind
Otto Bauer
Politician
5-Sep-1881 4-Jul-1938 Austrian Marxist
Ted Berrigan
Poet
15-Nov-1934 4-Jul-1983 The Sonnets
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Poet
9-Jan-1873 4-Jul-1934 Foremost Hebrew poet
Robert N. Butler
Doctor
21-Jan-1927 4-Jul-2010 Expert on aging
William Byrd
Composer
1543 4-Jul-1623 English madrigalist, composer
Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr.
Politician
1941 4-Jul-2003 Ohio Attorney General, 1983-91
François-René de Chateaubriand
Author
4-Sep-1768 4-Jul-1848 Génie du christianisme
Marie Curie
Chemist
7-Nov-1867 4-Jul-1934 Early nuclear chemist
Philippe Destouches
Playwright
9-Apr-1680 4-Jul-1754 Le Glorieux
Suraj ud Dowlah
Royalty
1728 4-Jul-1757 Black Hole of Calcutta
John Fiske
Historian
30-Mar-1842 4-Jul-1901 Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy
Melville W. Fuller
Judge
11-Feb-1833 4-Jul-1910 US Chief Justice, 1888-1910
Eva Gabor
Actor
11-Feb-1919 4-Jul-1995 Green Acres
Hannibal Hamlin
Politician
27-Aug-1809 4-Jul-1891 Lincoln's first Vice President
June Haver
Actor
10-Jun-1926 4-Jul-2005 Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Jesse Helms
Politician
18-Oct-1921 4-Jul-2008 US Senator from North Carolina, 1973-2003
Thomas Jefferson
Head of State
13-Apr-1743 4-Jul-1826 3rd US President, 1801-09
Brenda Joyce
Actor
25-Feb-1912 4-Jul-2009 Tarzan's Jane
Vaughan Kester
Novelist
12-Sep-1869 4-Jul-1911 The Prodigal Judge
Evelyn Keyes
Actor
20-Nov-1916 4-Jul-2008 Gone with the Wind
Allen Klein
Business
18-Dec-1931 4-Jul-2009 Prehensile ABKCO executive
Charles Kuralt
TV Personality
10-Sep-1934 4-Jul-1997 On the Road
Walter Long
Actor
5-Mar-1879 4-Jul-1952 The Birth of a Nation
William L. Marcy
Politician
12-Dec-1786 4-Jul-1857 US Secretary of State, 1853-57
George C. McGhee
Diplomat
1912 4-Jul-2005 US Ambassador to Germany, 1963-68
Steve McNair
Football
14-Feb-1973 4-Jul-2009 Baltimore Ravens QB
Thomas Middleton
Playwright
18-Apr-1580 4-Jul-1627 A Game at Chess
James Monroe
Head of State
28-Apr-1758 4-Jul-1831 5th President of the U.S.
Barnett Newman
Painter
29-Jan-1905 4-Jul-1970 Abstract expressionist
Abraham Ortelius
Cartographer
14-Apr-1527 4-Jul-1598 Theatrum Orbis Terrarum atlas
John Crowe Ransom
Poet
30-Apr-1888 4-Jul-1974 God Without Thunder
Samuel Richardson
Novelist
1689 4-Jul-1761 Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded
George Ripley
Journalist
3-Oct-1802 4-Jul-1880 The New York Tribune
Bob Ross
TV Personality
29-Oct-1942 4-Jul-1995 The Joy of Painting
Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli
Astronomer
14-Mar-1835 4-Jul-1910 Discovered canals on Mars
Anne Shirley
Actor
17-Apr-1918 4-Jul-1993 Stella Dallas
Theodor Storm
Poet
14-Sep-1817 4-Jul-1888 Schimmelreiter
Hank Stram
Football
3-Jan-1923 4-Jul-2005 Hall-of-fame NFL coach, KC Chiefs
Bengt Strömgren
Astronomer
21-Jan-1908 4-Jul-1987 Hydrogen stars
Eric Sykes
Actor
4-May-1923 4-Jul-2012 The Plank
Peter Guthrie Tait
Physicist
28-Apr-1831 4-Jul-1901 Treatise on Quaternions
Johann Tetzel
Religion
c. 1460 4-Jul-1519 Seller of indulgences
Judy Tyler
Actor
9-Oct-1933 4-Jul-1957 Jailhouse Rock
Louis Wain
Painter
5-Aug-1860 4-Jul-1939 The Man Who Drew Cats
Jack Watson
Actor
14-May-1915 4-Jul-1999 The Wild Geese
Barry White
Singer
12-Sep-1944 4-Jul-2003 Soulful R&B singer
John Zachary Young
Zoologist
18-Mar-1907 4-Jul-1997 British zoological neurologist




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