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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Henry Carter Adams
Economist
31-Dec-1851 11-Aug-1921 Public Debts
Clem Bevans
Actor
16-Oct-1879 11-Aug-1963 Saboteur
James Booth
Actor
19-Dec-1927 11-Aug-2005 Zulu
Herb Brooks
Hockey
5-Aug-1937 11-Aug-2003 Coach, 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team
Andrew Carnegie
Business
25-Nov-1835 11-Aug-1919 Robber baron turned philanthropist
Peggie Castle
Actor
22-Dec-1927 11-Aug-1973 Lily Merrill on Lawman
Don Chandler
Football
5-Sep-1934 11-Aug-2011 Former NFL placekicker
Alonzo Church
Mathematician
14-Jun-1903 11-Aug-1995 Lambda calculus, Church-Turing thesis
St. Clare
Religion
16-Jul-1194 11-Aug-1253 Founder of the Franciscan Nuns
Arthur G. Crane
Educator
1-Sep-1877 11-Aug-1955 President, University of Wyoming, 1922-41
Peter Cushing
Actor
26-May-1913 11-Aug-1994 Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars
Mike Douglas
Talk Show Host
11-Aug-1925 11-Aug-2006 The Mike Douglas Show
Tom Drake
Actor
5-Aug-1918 11-Aug-1982 Meet Me In St. Louis
Stephen T. Early
Government
27-Aug-1889 11-Aug-1951 Franklin D. Roosevelt's press secretary
George Furth
Playwright
14-Dec-1932 11-Aug-2008 Company
Marshall Hall
Doctor
18-Feb-1790 11-Aug-1857 Theory of reflex action
Phil Harris
Musician
24-Jun-1904 11-Aug-1995 That's What I Like About the South
Howard Jarvis
Activist
22-Sep-1903 11-Aug-1986 Anti-tax crusader
William Johnson
Judge
27-Dec-1771 11-Aug-1834 US Supreme Court Justice, 1804-34
Alfred A. Knopf
Publisher
12-Sep-1892 11-Aug-1984 American publisher
Rafael Kubelik
Conductor
29-Jun-1914 11-Aug-1996 Conductor, Czech Philharmonic, 1942-48
Jani Lane
Singer
1-Feb-1964 11-Aug-2011 Lead singer of Warrant
John Howard Lawson
Playwright
25-Sep-1894 11-Aug-1977 One of the Hollywood Ten
Robert W. Levering
Politician
3-Oct-1914 11-Aug-1989 Congressman from Ohio, 1959-61
Leonard H. Marks
Diplomat
5-Mar-1916 11-Aug-2006 Washington lawyer, diplomat
Clarence D. Martin
Politician
29-Jun-1886 11-Aug-1955 Governor of Washington, 1933-41
Macedonio Melloni
Physicist
11-Apr-1798 11-Aug-1854 Diathermancy
Hans Memling
Painter
c. 1430 11-Aug-1494 Flemish painter, Bruges school
Justus Menius
Religion
13-Dec-1499 11-Aug-1558 Lutheran theologian in Thuringinia
Richard Monckton Milnes
Poet
19-Jun-1809 11-Aug-1885 Poetry for the People
John Henry Newman
Religion
21-Feb-1801 11-Aug-1890 Oxford Movement
David Pinski
Playwright
5-Apr-1872 11-Aug-1959 Yiddish playwright, Der Oitzer
Jackson Pollock
Painter
28-Jan-1912 11-Aug-1956 Abstract expressionist
Ted Radcliffe
Baseball
7-Jul-1902 11-Aug-2005 Double Duty
Anne Ramsey
Actor
1-Sep-1929 11-Aug-1988 Throw Momma from the Train
Royal Rife
Doctor
16-May-1888 11-Aug-1971 Beam Ray Machine destroys cancer
Dan Rostenkowski
Politician
2-Jan-1928 11-Aug-2010 Congressman from Illinois, 1959-95
Rose Schneiderman
Labor Leader
16-Apr-1882 11-Aug-1972 Union leader of the 1920s-'50s
Bob Shamansky
Politician
18-Apr-1927 11-Aug-2011 Congressman from Ohio, 1981-83
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Relative
10-Jul-1921 11-Aug-2009 Founder of the Special Olympics
Jacques Singer
Conductor
9-May-1910 11-Aug-1980 Music Director, Oregon Symphony, 1962-72
Thaddeus Stevens
Politician
4-Apr-1792 11-Aug-1868 Republican Reconstruction leader
Max Theiler
Scientist
30-Jan-1899 11-Aug-1972 Yellow fever vaccination
Edith Wharton
Novelist
24-Jan-1862 11-Aug-1937 The Age of Innocence
James Wilson
Publisher
3-Jun-1805 11-Aug-1860 Founder of The Economist
Margaret Bush Wilson
Activist
30-Jan-1919 11-Aug-2009 NAACP Chairman, 1975-83
Robert W. Wood
Physicist
2-May-1868 11-Aug-1955 Physical Optics




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