LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Idi Amin	Head of State	17-May-1928	16-Aug-2003	Former dictator of Uganda
Malcolm Atterbury	Actor	20-Feb-1907	16-Aug-1992	Vaudevillian, character actor
Jacob D. Beam	Diplomat	24-Mar-1908	16-Aug-1993	US Ambassador to the USSR, 1969-73
Amanda Blake	Actor	20-Feb-1929	16-Aug-1989	Kitty Russell on Gunsmoke
Veda Ann Borg	Actor	11-Jan-1915	16-Aug-1973	The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Pierre Brasseur	Actor	22-Dec-1905	16-Aug-1972	Les Enfants du Paradis
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen	Chemist	31-Mar-1811	16-Aug-1899	Spectrum analysis, bunsen burner
Acquanetta	Actor	17-Jul-1921	16-Aug-2004	Captive Wild Woman
Jean-Martin Charcot	Doctor	29-Nov-1825	16-Aug-1893	Father of neurology
Jeff Corey	Actor	10-Aug-1914	16-Aug-2002	Little Big Man
Martin Deutsch	Physicist	29-Jun-1917	16-Aug-2002	Discovered positronium
John Diefenbaker	Head of State	18-Sep-1895	16-Aug-1979	Prime Minister of Canada, 1957-63
Charles Grandison Finney	Religion	29-Aug-1792	16-Aug-1875	Second Awakening
Stewart Granger	Actor	6-May-1913	16-Aug-1993	King Solomon's Mines
Warren E. Hearnes	Politician	24-Jul-1923	16-Aug-2009	Governor of Missouri, 1965-73
Thomas Heywood	Playwright	c. 1575	16-Aug-1641	A Woman kilde with kindnesse
Oveta Culp Hobby	Publisher	19-Jan-1905	16-Aug-1995	Houston Post President, 1955-83
Prentiss Ingraham	Novelist	22-Dec-1843	16-Aug-1904	Dime novelist wrote 600 Old West novels
Robert Johnson	Guitarist	8-May-1911	16-Aug-1938	Influential blues guitarist
Louis Jouvet	Actor	24-Dec-1887	16-Aug-1951	The Strange Adventures of Doctor Molyneaux
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan	Musician	13-Oct-1948	16-Aug-1997	World-renowned Qawwali vocalist
Wanda Landowska	Musician	5-Jul-1879	16-Aug-1959	Harpsichord virtuoso
Irving Langmuir	Chemist	31-Jan-1881	16-Aug-1957	Inventor of the high-vacuum tube
Ervil LeBaron	Criminal	22-Feb-1925	16-Aug-1981	Murderous cult leader
James B. Longley	Politician	22-Apr-1924	16-Aug-1980	Governor of Maine, 1975-79
George E. Lounsbury	Politician	7-May-1838	16-Aug-1904	Governor of Connecticut, 1899-1901
Bela Lugosi	Actor	20-Oct-1882	16-Aug-1956	Dracula
Khalid bin Mahfouz	Business	26-Dec-1949	16-Aug-2009	Billionaire Saudi banker
J. Irwin Miller	Business	26-May-1909	16-Aug-2004	Former CEO of Cummins Engine
Margaret Mitchell	Novelist	8-Nov-1900	16-Aug-1949	Gone With the Wind
Abu Nidal	Terrorist	May-1937	16-Aug-2002	Palestinian terrorist
John S. Pemberton	Inventor	8-Jul-1831	16-Aug-1888	Creator of Coca-Cola
Pete Pihos	Football	22-Oct-1923	16-Aug-2011	Hall of Fame End, Philadelphia Eagles
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney	Government	25-Feb-1746	16-Aug-1825	Not one cent for tribute
Elvis Presley	Singer	8-Jan-1935	16-Aug-1977	Rock and roll icon
Max Roach	Jazz Musician	10-Jan-1924	16-Aug-2007	Enduring jazz drummer
Babe Ruth	Baseball	6-Feb-1895	16-Aug-1948	The Bambino
Floyd Spence	Politician	9-Apr-1928	16-Aug-2001	Congressman from South Carolina, 1971-2001
Alfredo Stroessner	Head of State	3-Nov-1912	16-Aug-2006	Dictator of Paraguay, 1954-89
Bobby Thomson	Baseball	25-Oct-1923	16-Aug-2010	1951 home run brought Giants to the Series
Charles Thomson	Politician	29-Nov-1729	16-Aug-1824	Designed Great Seal of the U.S.
Richard Upjohn	Architect	22-Jan-1802	16-Aug-1878	Gothic revivalist, Trinity Church
Selman A. Waksman	Scientist	22-Jul-1888	16-Aug-1973	Streptomycin and other antibiotics
Dorothy West	Novelist	2-Jun-1907	16-Aug-1998	The Wedding
William Windom	Actor	28-Sep-1923	16-Aug-2012	Glen Morley on The Farmer's Daughter

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