LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Adolf von Baeyer	Chemist	31-Oct-1835	20-Aug-1917	Synthesized indigo
St. Bernard of Clairvaux	Religion	1090	20-Aug-1153	Reformed the Cistercian Order
Percy Williams Bridgman	Physicist	21-Apr-1882	20-Aug-1961	High-pressure physics
Dorothy Burgess	Actor	4-Mar-1907	20-Aug-1961	Hold Your Man
Phyllis Diller	Comic	17-Jul-1917	20-Aug-2012	The original female stand-up comic
Paul Ehrlich	Doctor	14-Mar-1854	20-Aug-1915	Father of chemotherapy
Hua Guofeng	Head of State	16-Feb-1921	20-Aug-2008	Premier of China, 1976-80
William F. Halsey	Military	30-Oct-1882	20-Aug-1959	WWII Commander of the South Pacific
Leona Helmsley	Business	4-Jul-1920	20-Aug-2007	Queen of Mean
Jack Horkheimer	Astronomer	11-Jun-1938	20-Aug-2010	Naked-eye astronomer
Fred Hoyle	Astronomer	24-Jun-1915	20-Aug-2001	Opposed the Big Bang but named it
Pope John XIV	Religion	?	20-Aug-984 AD	Roman Catholic Pope, 983-84
Stephanie Tubbs Jones	Politician	10-Sep-1949	20-Aug-2008	Congresswoman, Ohio 11th
Thad Jones	Jazz Musician	28-Mar-1923	20-Aug-1986	Jazz cornet/fluglehorn/trumpeter and bandleader
Jules Laforgue	Poet	16-Aug-1860	20-Aug-1887	Pessimistic poet who inspired T. S. Eliot
Edward Ludwig	Film Director	7-Oct-1898	20-Aug-1982	The Fighting Seabees
Ilona Massey	Actor	16-Jun-1910	20-Aug-1974	Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
C. William O'Neill	Politician	14-Feb-1916	20-Aug-1978	Governor of Ohio, 1957-59
Pope Pius VII	Religion	14-Aug-1740	20-Aug-1823	Roman Catholic Pope 1800-23
Pope Pius X	Religion	2-Jun-1835	20-Aug-1914	Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1903-14
Rags Ragland	Actor	23-Aug-1905	20-Aug-1946	Panama Hattie
Franz Reuleaux	Mathematician	30-Sep-1829	20-Aug-1905	Father of modern kinematics
Alice Grant Rosman	Novelist	1887	20-Aug-1961	Visitors to Hugo
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling	Philosopher	27-Jan-1775	20-Aug-1854	Naturphilosophie
Harley O. Staggers, Sr.	Politician	3-Aug-1907	20-Aug-1991	Congressman from West Virginia, 1949-81
Kim Stanley	Actor	11-Feb-1925	20-Aug-2001	Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Herbert Hall Turner	Astronomer	13-Aug-1861	20-Aug-1930	Stellar positions
Gene Upshaw	Football	15-Aug-1945	20-Aug-2008	NFL Hall-of-Fame Guard, NFLPA Leader
Johan de Witt	Politician	24-Sep-1625	20-Aug-1672	Leader of Holland, 1653-72
Meles Zenawi	Head of State	8-May-1955	20-Aug-2012	Prime Minister of Ethiopia

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