| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| James A. Baker |
Attorney |
10-Jan-1857 |
2-Aug-1941 |
Baker Botts |
| Alexander Graham Bell |
Inventor |
3-Mar-1847 |
2-Aug-1922 |
Inventor of the telephone |
| Baruj Benacerraf |
Scientist |
29-Oct-1920 |
2-Aug-2011 |
Gene control of HLA antigens |
| Louis Blériot |
Aviator |
1-Jul-1872 |
2-Aug-1936 |
First to fly across English Channel |
| Francesco Borromini |
Architect |
25-Sep-1599 |
2-Aug-1667 |
Italian baroque architect |
| William S. Burroughs |
Author |
5-Feb-1914 |
2-Aug-1997 |
Naked Lunch |
| Henri Cartier-Bresson |
Photographer |
22-Aug-1908 |
2-Aug-2004 |
Renowned photographer, photojournalist |
| Enrico Caruso |
Singer |
25-Feb-1873 |
2-Aug-1921 |
Operatic tenor nonpareil |
| Raymond Carver |
Author |
25-May-1938 |
2-Aug-1988 |
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? |
| Carlos Chávez |
Composer |
13-Jun-1899 |
2-Aug-1978 |
Sinfonía de Antígona |
| Roy Cohn |
Government |
20-Feb-1927 |
2-Aug-1986 |
Joseph McCarthy's henchman |
| William E. Crow |
Politician |
10-Mar-1870 |
2-Aug-1922 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1921-22 |
| Colleen Dewhurst |
Actor |
3-Jun-1924 |
2-Aug-1991 |
Murphy Brown's mother |
| Oliver La Farge |
Author |
19-Dec-1901 |
2-Aug-1963 |
Laughing Boy |
| Frank Faylen |
Actor |
8-Dec-1905 |
2-Aug-1985 |
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis |
| Totie Fields |
Comic |
7-May-1930 |
2-Aug-1978 |
Weight-conscious comedienne |
| Bert Freed |
Actor |
3-Nov-1919 |
2-Aug-1994 |
Rufe Ryker on Shane |
| Thomas Gainsborough |
Painter |
14-May-1727 |
2-Aug-1788 |
Portrait and landscape painter |
| Paul Goodman |
Anarchist |
9-Sep-1911 |
2-Aug-1972 |
Growing Up Absurd |
| Jay Hammond |
Politician |
21-Jul-1922 |
2-Aug-2005 |
Governor of Alaska, 1974-82 |
| Warren G. Harding |
Head of State |
2-Nov-1865 |
2-Aug-1923 |
29th US President, 1921-23 |
| Henri III |
Royalty |
19-Sep-1551 |
2-Aug-1589 |
King of France, Poland |
| Wild Bill Hickok |
Actor |
27-May-1837 |
2-Aug-1876 |
Buffalo Bill's Wild West show |
| Pope John V |
Religion |
? |
2-Aug-686 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 685-86 |
| John Keegan |
Historian |
15-May-1934 |
2-Aug-2012 |
The Face of Battle |
| Fela Kuti |
Musician |
15-Oct-1938 |
2-Aug-1997 |
God of Afrobeat |
| Fritz Lang |
Film Director |
5-Dec-1890 |
2-Aug-1976 |
Metropolis |
| Shari Lewis |
Performance Artist |
17-Jan-1933 |
2-Aug-1998 |
Lamb Chop's Play-Along |
| J. Farrell MacDonald |
Actor |
14-Apr-1875 |
2-Aug-1952 |
My Darling Clementine |
| Horace Mann |
Educator |
4-May-1796 |
2-Aug-1859 |
Massachusetts education reformer |
| Pietro Mascagni |
Composer |
7-Dec-1863 |
2-Aug-1945 |
Cavalleria Rusticana |
| Clarence E. Miller |
Politician |
1-Nov-1917 |
2-Aug-2011 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1967-93 |
| Willie Morris |
Author |
29-Nov-1934 |
2-Aug-1999 |
North Toward Home |
| Thurman Munson |
Baseball |
7-Jan-1947 |
2-Aug-1979 |
Yankees catcher, killed in plane crash |
| Monroe Rathbone |
Business |
1-Mar-1900 |
2-Aug-1976 |
Formed Exxon |
| Edwin Richfield |
Actor |
11-Sep-1921 |
2-Aug-1990 |
Interpol Calling |
| John F. Seiberling |
Politician |
8-Sep-1918 |
2-Aug-2008 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1971-87 |
| George Shiras, Jr. |
Judge |
26-Jan-1832 |
2-Aug-1924 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1892-1903 |
| Frederick Trent Stanley |
Business |
12-Aug-1802 |
2-Aug-1883 |
Founder of Stanley Works |
| Wallace Stevens |
Poet |
2-Oct-1879 |
2-Aug-1955 |
Harmonium |
| Donald Ogden Stewart |
Author |
30-Nov-1894 |
2-Aug-1980 |
The Philadelphia Story |
| Paul von Hindenburg |
Military |
2-Oct-1847 |
2-Aug-1934 |
President of Germany, 1925-34 |
| King William II |
Royalty |
c. 1056 |
2-Aug-1100 |
King of England, 1087-1100 |
