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Died on August 9th
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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Harry Barnes |
Diplomat |
5-Jun-1926 |
9-Aug-2012 |
US Ambassador to Chile, 1985-88 |
| Henry E. Bliss |
Curator |
29-Jan-1870 |
9-Aug-1955 |
Bliss Classification System |
| Hieronymus Bosch |
Painter |
1453 |
9-Aug-1516 |
Painter of the grotesque |
| Hugo Boss |
Fashion Designer |
8-Jul-1885 |
9-Aug-1948 |
Designed Nazi uniforms |
| Frank A. Briggs |
Politician |
15-Sep-1858 |
9-Aug-1898 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1897-98 |
| Jackie Cochran |
Aviator |
11-May-1906 |
9-Aug-1980 |
First woman to break the sound barrier |
| James Gould Cozzens |
Novelist |
19-Aug-1903 |
9-Aug-1978 |
Guard of Honor |
| Pope Damasus II |
Religion |
? |
9-Aug-1048 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1048 |
| Harry Davenport |
Actor |
19-Jan-1866 |
9-Aug-1949 |
Gone with the Wind |
| William F. Durand |
Engineer |
5-Mar-1859 |
9-Aug-1958 |
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics |
| Jerry Garcia |
Musician |
1-Aug-1942 |
9-Aug-1995 |
Grateful Dead |
| Ernst Haeckel |
Zoologist |
16-Feb-1834 |
9-Aug-1919 |
Proponent of evolution |
| John C. Harsanyi |
Economist |
29-May-1920 |
9-Aug-2000 |
Game theory |
| Hermann Hesse |
Author |
2-Jul-1877 |
9-Aug-1962 |
Siddhartha |
| Gregory Hines |
Dancer |
14-Feb-1946 |
9-Aug-2003 |
Tap dancer |
| Leon H. Keyserling |
Economist |
22-Jan-1908 |
9-Aug-1987 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-53 |
| John W. King |
Politician |
10-Oct-1918 |
9-Aug-1996 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1963-69 |
| James Armistead Lafayette |
Spy |
10-Dec-1748 |
9-Aug-1830 |
American spy during the Revolution |
| Ruggero Leoncavallo |
Composer |
8-Mar-1857 |
9-Aug-1919 |
Pagliacci |
| Bernie Mac |
Comic |
5-Oct-1957 |
9-Aug-2008 |
The Bernie Mac Show |
| Vito Marcantonio |
Politician |
10-Dec-1902 |
9-Aug-1954 |
American Labor Party |
| George Preston Marshall |
Football |
11-Oct-1896 |
9-Aug-1969 |
Redskins owner, halftime show pioneer |
| Matthew McGrory |
Actor |
17-May-1973 |
9-Aug-2005 |
Big Fish |
| Paul Milstein |
Business |
12-May-1922 |
9-Aug-2010 |
Manhattan real estate developer |
| Elliott Nugent |
Film Director |
20-Sep-1896 |
9-Aug-1980 |
My Favorite Brunette |
| Joe Orton |
Playwright |
1-Jan-1933 |
9-Aug-1967 |
Prick Up Your Ears |
| Cecil Powell |
Physicist |
5-Dec-1903 |
9-Aug-1969 |
Discovered the pi-meson |
| John Quade |
Actor |
1-Apr-1938 |
9-Aug-2009 |
Every Which Way But Loose |
| David Rakoff |
Author |
27-Nov-1964 |
9-Aug-2012 |
Don't Get Too Comfortable |
| Judith Rossner |
Novelist |
31-Mar-1935 |
9-Aug-2005 |
Looking for Mr. Goodbar |
| Nerine Shatner |
Relative |
c. 1959 |
9-Aug-1999 |
William Shatner's drowned wife |
| Dmitri Shostakovich |
Composer |
25-Sep-1906 |
9-Aug-1975 |
Symphony No. 7 |
| Walter Bedell Smith |
Government |
5-Oct-1895 |
9-Aug-1961 |
CIA Director, 1950-53 |
| Lincoln Steffens |
Journalist |
6-Apr-1866 |
9-Aug-1936 |
Early muckraking journalist |
| Mel Stuart |
Film Director |
2-Sep-1928 |
9-Aug-2012 |
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory |
| Trajan |
Royalty |
15-Sep-53 AD |
9-Aug-117 AD |
Roman Emperor, 98-117 AD |
| James Van Allen |
Astronomer |
7-Sep-1914 |
9-Aug-2006 |
Discovered the Van Allen Belt |
| Anton Walbrook |
Actor |
19-Nov-1896 |
9-Aug-1967 |
The Red Shoes |
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