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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Rex Bell
Actor
16-Oct-1903 5-Jul-1962 Cowboy actor, Nevada politician
Georges Bernanos
Novelist
20-Feb-1888 5-Jul-1948 The Diary of a Country Priest
Georgia Brown
Actor
21-Oct-1933 5-Jul-1992 The Raging Moon
Lou Creekmur
Football
22-Jan-1927 5-Jul-2009 Detroit Lions, Hall of Famer
Odile Crick
Artist
11-Aug-1920 5-Jul-2007 Sketched the double helix
Rachel Crothers
Playwright
12-Dec-1878 5-Jul-1958 When Ladies Meet
John Curtin
Head of State
8-Jan-1885 5-Jul-1945 Prime Minister of Australia, 1941-45
Mildred Dunnock
Actor
25-Jan-1901 5-Jul-1991 Death of a Salesman
Takeo Fukuda
Head of State
14-Jan-1905 5-Jul-1995 Prime Minister of Japan, 1976-78
Foster Furcolo
Politician
29-Jul-1911 5-Jul-1995 Governor of Massachusetts, 1957-61
Walter Gropius
Architect
18-May-1883 5-Jul-1969 Founder of the Bauhaus school
Arthur G. Hansen
Educator
28-Feb-1925 5-Jul-2010 President of Purdue University, 1971-82
Oliver Herford
Poet
3-Dec-1863 5-Jul-1935 Cupid's Encyclopedia
George de Hevesy
Chemist
1-Aug-1885 5-Jul-1966 Radioisotope researcher
Lambert Hillyer
Film Director
8-Jul-1889 5-Jul-1969 Dracula's Daughter
Harry James
Musician
15-Mar-1916 5-Jul-1983 Big Band-era bandleader
Inigo Jones
Architect
15-Jul-1573 5-Jul-1651 The English Palladio
Katy Jurado
Actor
16-Jan-1924 5-Jul-2002 Broken Lance
Albrecht Kossel
Scientist
16-Sep-1853 5-Jul-1927 Chemistry of tissues and cells
Juanita M. Kreps
Government
11-Jan-1921 5-Jul-2010 US Secretary of Commerce, 1977-79
Carole Landis
Actor
1-Jan-1919 5-Jul-1948 A Scandal in Paris
Ken Lay
Business
15-Apr-1942 5-Jul-2006 CEO of Enron, 1986-2002
Sid Luckman
Football
21-Nov-1916 5-Jul-1998 Chicago Bears QB, Hall of Famer
Kerwin Mathews
Actor
8-Jan-1926 5-Jul-2007 The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Leo McCarey
Film Director
3-Oct-1898 5-Jul-1969 The Awful Truth
Francis J. Myers
Politician
18-Dec-1901 5-Jul-1956 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1945-51
Howard Nemerov
Poet
1-Mar-1920 5-Jul-1991 US Poet Laureate, 1987-88
Nicéphore Niépce
Chemist
7-Mar-1765 5-Jul-1833 Inventor of photography
Étienne-Denis Pasquier
Politician
21-Apr-1767 5-Jul-1862 Last Chancellor of France
Bob Probert
Hockey
5-Jun-1965 5-Jul-2010 Red Wings and Blackhawks bad boy
Sir Stamford Raffles
Government
6-Jul-1781 5-Jul-1826 Founder of Singapore
Alison Skipworth
Actor
25-Jul-1863 5-Jul-1952 Broadway and character actress
Otto Skorzeny
Military
12-Jun-1908 5-Jul-1975 Most dangerous man in Europe
Benjamin Nathaniel Smith
Criminal
1978 5-Jul-1999 White supremacist spree killer
Nels H. Smith
Politician
27-Aug-1884 5-Jul-1976 Governor of Wyoming, 1939-43
John H. Stelle
Politician
10-Aug-1891 5-Jul-1962 Governor of Illinois, 1940-41
James Stockdale
Military
23-Dec-1923 5-Jul-2005 H. Ross Perot's would-be Vice President
Sir Robert Strange
Engraver
14-Jul-1721 5-Jul-1792 Scottish line engraver
Tsar Ivan VI
Royalty
12-Aug-1740 5-Jul-1764 Tsar of Russia, 1740-41
James Moore Wayne
Judge
1790 5-Jul-1867 US Supreme Court Justice, 1835-67
Wallace Wilkinson
Politician
12-Dec-1941 5-Jul-2002 Governor of Kentucky, 1987-91
Ted Williams
Baseball
30-Aug-1918 5-Jul-2002 Cryonically preserved .400 hitter




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