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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Margot Asquith
Socialite
2-Feb-1864 28-Jul-1945 Wife of Herbert Henry Asquith
Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer
21-Mar-1685 28-Jul-1750 Baroque composer
Jim Bannon
Actor
9-Apr-1911 28-Jul-1984 Cowboy actor, played Red Ryder
Cyrano de Bergerac
Playwright
6-Mar-1619 28-Jul-1655 Voyage dans la Lune
Mary Ellen Chase
Scholar
24-Feb-1887 28-Jul-1973 Silas Crockett
Fred P. Cone
Politician
28-Sep-1871 28-Jul-1948 Governor of Florida, 1937-41
Francis Crick
Scientist
8-Jun-1916 28-Jul-2004 Co-Discoverer of the structure of DNA
Thomas Cromwell
Government
c. 1485 28-Jul-1540 Advisor to Henry VIII
Marie Dressler
Actor
2-Nov-1868 28-Jul-1934 Min and Bill
Jill Esmond
Actor
26-Jan-1908 28-Jul-1990 The Skin Game
Joan Finney
Politician
12-Feb-1925 28-Jul-2001 Governor of Kansas, 1991-95
Ralph F. Gates
Politician
24-Feb-1893 28-Jul-1978 Governor of Indiana, 1945-49
Allvar Gullstrand
Doctor
5-Jun-1862 28-Jul-1930 Ophthalmologist, refraction of light in the eye
Antonio Guzmán Blanco
Head of State
20-Feb-1829 28-Jul-1899 President of Venezuela, 1870-88
Trygve Haavelmo
Economist
13-Dec-1911 28-Jul-1999 Economic forecasting
Otto Hahn
Chemist
8-Mar-1879 28-Jul-1968 Demonstrated fission
François Hanriot
Military
3-Dec-1759 28-Jul-1794 Led French revolutionary forces
Albert Kingsbury
Engineer
23-Dec-1863 28-Jul-1943 Kingsbury thrust bearing
Frank Loesser
Composer
29-Jun-1910 28-Jul-1969 Guys and Dolls
Archer J. P. Martin
Chemist
1-Mar-1910 28-Jul-2002 Partition chromatography
William James Mayo
Doctor
29-Jun-1861 28-Jul-1939 Co-Founder of the Mayo Clinic
Donald J. Pease
Politician
26-Sep-1931 28-Jul-2002 Congressman from Ohio, 1977-93
Robespierre
Head of State
6-May-1758 28-Jul-1794 Presided over the Reign of Terror
Eugene Roche
Actor
22-Sep-1928 28-Jul-2004 Bill Parker on Webster
Tony Rosenthal
Sculptor
9-Aug-1914 28-Jul-2009 Abstract sculptor, Alamo
Giuseppe Sarti
Composer
28-Dec-1729 28-Jul-1802 I Due Litiganti
George Seaton
Screenwriter
17-Apr-1911 28-Jul-1979 Miracle on 34th Street
Helen Traubel
Singer
16-Jun-1899 28-Jul-1972 Wagnerian soprano
Pope Victor II
Religion
1018 28-Jul-1057 Bishop of Eichstädt, Pope from 1055-57
Antonio Vivaldi
Composer
4-Mar-1678 28-Jul-1741 The Four Seasons
Minor Watson
Actor
22-Dec-1889 28-Jul-1965 Guadalcanal Diary
Alfred L. Werker
Film Director
2-Dec-1896 28-Jul-1975 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Grant Williams
Actor
18-Aug-1930 28-Jul-1985 The Incredible Shrinking Man
John Peter Zenger
Journalist
c. 1697 28-Jul-1746 Sedition against the Crown




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