| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Edwin Abbey |
Painter |
1-Apr-1852 |
1-Aug-1911 |
American artist in London |
| Queen Anne |
Royalty |
6-Feb-1665 |
1-Aug-1714 |
Queen of England, 1702-14 |
| Corazon Aquino |
Head of State |
25-Jan-1933 |
1-Aug-2009 |
President of the Philippines, 1986-92 |
| Sholem Asch |
Author |
1-Nov-1880 |
1-Aug-1957 |
Yiddish novelist |
| Eva Bartok |
Actor |
18-Jun-1927 |
1-Aug-1998 |
The Crimson Pirate |
| Phyllis Brooks |
Actor |
18-Jul-1915 |
1-Aug-1995 |
The Shanghai Gesture |
| Paddy Chayefsky |
Playwright |
29-Jan-1923 |
1-Aug-1981 |
Network |
| Alfred Chester |
Novelist |
7-Sep-1928 |
1-Aug-1971 |
The Exquisite Corpse |
| John R. Dawson |
Diplomat |
1950 |
1-Aug-2003 |
US Ambassador to Peru, 2002-03 |
| John Cardinal Dearden |
Religion |
15-Oct-1907 |
1-Aug-1988 |
Archbishop of Detroit, 1958-80 |
| Duncan I |
Royalty |
15-Aug-1001 |
1-Aug-1040 |
King of Scotland, 1034-40 |
| King Fahd |
Royalty |
1923 |
1-Aug-2005 |
King of Saudi Arabia, 1982-2005 |
| Frances Farmer |
Actor |
19-Sep-1913 |
1-Aug-1970 |
Hollywood actress, institutionalized |
| Norman Foerster |
Critic |
14-Apr-1887 |
1-Aug-1972 |
New Humanist movement |
| Benson Fong |
Actor |
10-Oct-1916 |
1-Aug-1987 |
Flower Drum Song |
| Oscar Hammerstein I |
Theatre Producer |
8-May-1847 |
1-Aug-1919 |
Olympia Theatre |
| Calamity Jane |
Performance Artist |
1-May-1852 |
1-Aug-1903 |
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show |
| Richard Kuhn |
Chemist |
3-Dec-1900 |
1-Aug-1967 |
Carotenoids, and vitamins B2 and B6 |
| Ethelreda Lewis |
Novelist |
1875 |
1-Aug-1946 |
Trader Horn |
| Tom Lewis |
Politician |
26-Oct-1924 |
1-Aug-2003 |
Congressman from Florida, 1983-95 |
| Alfred Lee Loomis |
Physicist |
4-Nov-1887 |
1-Aug-1975 |
Millionaire scientist |
| Louis VI |
Royalty |
1-Dec-1081 |
1-Aug-1137 |
King of France, 1108-37 |
| Gian Francesco Malipiero |
Composer |
18-Mar-1882 |
1-Aug-1973 |
Rispetti e Strambotti |
| Strother Martin |
Actor |
26-Mar-1919 |
1-Aug-1980 |
Cool Hand Luke |
| Cosimo de Medici |
Government |
27-Sep-1389 |
1-Aug-1464 |
Uncrowned king of Florence |
| Pola Negri |
Actor |
31-Dec-1894 |
1-Aug-1987 |
Sultry silent film diva |
| Francis Gary Powers |
Military |
17-Aug-1929 |
1-Aug-1977 |
U2 shot down over the Soviet Union |
| Manuel Quezon |
Head of State |
19-Aug-1878 |
1-Aug-1944 |
2nd President of the Philippines |
| Joseph Rainey |
Politician |
21-Jun-1832 |
1-Aug-1887 |
Congressman from South Carolina, 1870-79 |
| Tadeus Reichstein |
Scientist |
20-Jul-1897 |
1-Aug-1996 |
Adrenocortical hormones |
| Theodore Roethke |
Poet |
25-May-1908 |
1-Aug-1963 |
The Waking |
| Richard Savage |
Poet |
c. 1697 |
1-Aug-1743 |
Poet-subject of Life of Savage |
| Naomi Sims |
Model |
30-Mar-1948 |
1-Aug-2009 |
Pioneering black supermodel |
| Omar Torrijos |
Head of State |
13-Feb-1929 |
1-Aug-1981 |
Dictator of Panama, 1968-81 |
| Marie Trintignant |
Actor |
21-Jan-1962 |
1-Aug-2003 |
Popular French actress, beaten to death |
| Walter Ulbricht |
Head of State |
30-Jun-1893 |
1-Aug-1973 |
East German leader, 1960-73 |
| Lorenzo Valla |
Scholar |
1407 |
1-Aug-1457 |
Debunked the Donation of Constantine |
| Otto Warburg |
Scientist |
8-Oct-1883 |
1-Aug-1970 |
Effect of oxygen on cancer |
| Charles Whitman |
Criminal |
24-Jun-1941 |
1-Aug-1966 |
University Tower sharpshooter |
| Israel Zangwill |
Playwright |
14-Feb-1864 |
1-Aug-1926 |
Children of the Ghetto |