LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bart Jan Bok	Astronomer	28-Apr-1906	5-Aug-1983	Bok globules
Paul Brown	Football	7-Sep-1908	5-Aug-1991	Coach and namesake, Cleveland Browns
H. Ralph Burton	Government	1882	5-Aug-1971	Red-baiting Senate staffer
Richard Burton	Actor	10-Nov-1925	5-Aug-1984	Nineteen Eighty Four
Judy Canova	Actor	20-Nov-1913	5-Aug-1983	Comic actress, vaudevillian
William Cecil	Government	13-Sep-1520	5-Aug-1598	Closest advisor to Elizabeth I
Roy D. Chapin, Jr.	Business	c. 1916	5-Aug-2001	Former CEO of American Motors
John Charnley	Doctor	29-Aug-1912	5-Aug-1982	Hip replacement surgery
Dutch Clark	Football	11-Oct-1906	5-Aug-1978	NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback, Tailback
Friedrich Engels	Economist	28-Nov-1820	5-Aug-1895	Communist Manifesto
Peter Fraser	Head of State	28-Aug-1884	5-Aug-1950	Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1940-49
Edgar Guest	Poet	20-Aug-1881	5-Aug-1959	A Heap o' Livin'
Alec Guinness	Actor	2-Apr-1914	5-Aug-2000	Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars
Chick Hearn	Journalist	27-Nov-1916	5-Aug-2002	Legendary basketball announcer
Herbert of Cherbury	Philosopher	3-Mar-1583	5-Aug-1648	De Veritate
Sidney Holland	Head of State	18-Oct-1893	5-Aug-1961	Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1949-57
Soichiro Honda	Business	17-Nov-1906	5-Aug-1991	Founder of Honda Motor Company
Richard Howe	Military	8-Mar-1726	5-Aug-1799	First Lord of the Admiralty
Cornelius Janssen	Painter	14-Oct-1593	5-Aug-1661	Flemish-English painter
Jack Kamen	Cartoonist	29-May-1920	5-Aug-2008	EC Comics artist
Clarence M. Kelley	Government	24-Oct-1911	5-Aug-1997	FBI Director, 1973-78
Roland Kibbee	Screenwriter	15-Feb-1914	5-Aug-1984	A Night in Casablanca
Murray Krieger	Critic	27-Nov-1923	5-Aug-2000	The Play and Place of Criticism
Louis III	Royalty	863 AD	5-Aug-882 AD	King of France, 879-82
Isaac ben Solomon Luria	Religion	1534	5-Aug-1572	Jewish mystic
Jean-Marie Lustiger	Religion	17-Sep-1926	5-Aug-2007	Archbishop of Paris, 1981-2005
Wilhelm Marx	Head of State	15-Jan-1863	5-Aug-1946	German Chancellor 1923-25, 1926-28
Ralph Meeker	Actor	21-Nov-1920	5-Aug-1988	Kiss Me Deadly
Arthur Meighen	Head of State	16-Jun-1874	5-Aug-1960	Twice Canadian Prime Minister
Carmen Miranda	Dancer	9-Feb-1909	5-Aug-1955	The lady in the tutti-frutti hat
Marilyn Monroe	Actor	1-Jun-1926	5-Aug-1962	Some Like It Hot
Robert Muldoon	Head of State	25-Sep-1921	5-Aug-1992	Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1975-84
Talbot Mundy	Novelist	23-Apr-1879	5-Aug-1940	King of the Khyber Rifles
Thomas Newcomen	Inventor	28-Feb-1663	5-Aug-1729	Atmospheric steam engine
St. Oswald	Royalty	c. 605 AD	5-Aug-642 AD	King of Northumbria, 633-42
Francesco Quinn	Actor	22-Mar-1963	5-Aug-2011	Platoon
Art Ross	Hockey	13-Jan-1886	5-Aug-1964	Longtime Bruins GM and Head Coach
Budd Schulberg	Novelist	27-Mar-1914	5-Aug-2009	What Makes Sammy Run?
Philip Henry Sheridan	Military	6-Mar-1831	5-Aug-1888	Union Army General
Chavela Vargas	Singer	17-Apr-1919	5-Aug-2012	Ranchera singer
Amos Whitney	Business	8-Oct-1832	5-Aug-1928	Co-Founder of Pratt & Whitney
Heinrich Wieland	Chemist	4-Jun-1877	5-Aug-1957	Studied acids of bile
Todor Zhivkov	Head of State	7-Sep-1911	5-Aug-1998	Leader of Bulgaria, 1954-89

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