| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Poul Anderson |
Author |
25-Nov-1926 |
31-Jul-2001 |
Tau Zero |
| Baudouin I |
Royalty |
7-Sep-1930 |
31-Jul-1993 |
King of Belgium, 1951-93 |
| Eugene Carson Blake |
Religion |
7-Nov-1906 |
31-Jul-1985 |
General Secretary, World Council of Churches, 1966-74 |
| John G. Carlisle |
Politician |
5-Sep-1834 |
31-Jul-1910 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1893-97 |
| G. Harrold Carswell |
Judge |
22-Dec-1919 |
31-Jul-1992 |
Failed US Supreme Court nominee |
| William Courtenay |
Religion |
c. 1342 |
31-Jul-1396 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1381-96 |
| Denis Diderot |
Philosopher |
5-Oct-1713 |
31-Jul-1784 |
L'Encyclopédie |
| Wim Duisenberg |
Business |
9-Jul-1935 |
31-Jul-2005 |
President, European Central Bank, 1998-2003 |
| Francis I |
Royalty |
12-Sep-1494 |
31-Jul-1547 |
King of France 1515-47 |
| Robert Francis |
Actor |
26-Feb-1930 |
31-Jul-1955 |
The Caine Mutiny |
| Frederick H. Gillett |
Politician |
16-Oct-1851 |
31-Jul-1935 |
Speaker of the House, 1919-25 |
| Virginia Grey |
Actor |
22-Mar-1917 |
31-Jul-2004 |
Hullabaloo |
| Louis-Christophe-François Hachette |
Publisher |
5-May-1800 |
31-Jul-1864 |
French textbook publisher |
| Michael Harrington |
Activist |
24-Feb-1928 |
31-Jul-1989 |
The Other America |
| Paul B. Henry |
Politician |
9-Jul-1942 |
31-Jul-1993 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1985-93 |
| Charles Hires |
Business |
19-Aug-1851 |
31-Jul-1937 |
Root beer |
| Jean Jaurès |
Politician |
3-Sep-1859 |
31-Jul-1914 |
French socialist leader |
| João V |
Royalty |
22-Oct-1689 |
31-Jul-1750 |
King of Portugal, 1706-50 |
| Andrew Johnson |
Head of State |
29-Dec-1808 |
31-Jul-1875 |
17th US President, 1865-68 |
| Pascual Jordan |
Physicist |
18-Oct-1902 |
31-Jul-1980 |
Founder of Quantum Mechanics |
| Margaret Kennedy |
Novelist |
23-Apr-1896 |
31-Jul-1967 |
The Constant Nymph |
| Laurence W. Lane, Jr. |
Publisher |
7-Nov-1919 |
31-Jul-2010 |
US Ambassador to Australia, 1986-89 |
| Fritz G. Lanham |
Politician |
3-Jan-1880 |
31-Jul-1965 |
Congressman from Texas, 1919-47 |
| Francis Ledwidge |
Poet |
19-Aug-1887 |
31-Jul-1917 |
Songs of the Fields |
| Franz Liszt |
Composer |
22-Oct-1811 |
31-Jul-1886 |
Hungarian composer |
| St. Ignatius of Loyola |
Religion |
1491 |
31-Jul-1556 |
Founder of the Jesuit order |
| William Maxwell |
Novelist |
16-Aug-1908 |
31-Jul-2000 |
The Folded Leaf |
| Mitch Miller |
Musician |
4-Jul-1911 |
31-Jul-2010 |
Sing Along with Mitch |
| Nikolai Novikov |
Critic |
27-Apr-1744 |
31-Jul-1818 |
Early Russian critic, The Drone |
| Philip B. Perlman |
Attorney |
5-Mar-1890 |
31-Jul-1960 |
US Solicitor General, 1947-52 |
| Bud Powell |
Pianist |
27-Sep-1924 |
31-Jul-1966 |
Seminal bop pianist and composer |
| Jim Reeves |
Country Musician |
20-Aug-1923 |
31-Jul-1964 |
He'll Have to Go |
| Bobby Robson |
Soccer |
18-Feb-1933 |
31-Jul-2009 |
English soccer manager |
| Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
Author |
29-Jun-1900 |
31-Jul-1944 |
The Little Prince |
| Mary See |
Chef |
15-Sep-1854 |
31-Jul-1939 |
Confectioner |
| Paul-Henri Spaak |
Head of State |
25-Jan-1899 |
31-Jul-1972 |
Belgian Prime Minister, NATO chief |
| Philip Van Doren Stern |
Author |
10-Sep-1900 |
31-Jul-1984 |
It's A Wonderful Life |
| Chiune Sugihara |
Diplomat |
1-Jan-1900 |
31-Jul-1986 |
Helped Jews escape Lithuania |
| Robert A. Taft |
Politician |
8-Sep-1889 |
31-Jul-1953 |
US Senator from Ohio, 1939-53 |
| Bobby Van |
Actor |
6-Dec-1928 |
31-Jul-1980 |
Broadway actor |
| Gore Vidal |
Author |
3-Oct-1925 |
31-Jul-2012 |
Visit to a Small Planet |
| Sir Thomas Francis Wade |
Diplomat |
25-Aug-1818 |
31-Jul-1895 |
British envoy to China |