| 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 |
