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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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




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