LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Raymond Barre	Head of State	12-Apr-1924	23-Aug-2007	Prime Minister of France, 1976-81
Bobby Bonds	Baseball	15-Mar-1946	23-Aug-2003	Father of Barry Bonds
Francis X. Bushman	Actor	10-Jan-1883	23-Aug-1966	Ben-Hur
Alberto Cavalcanti	Film Director	6-Feb-1897	23-Aug-1982	Went the Day Well?
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb	Physicist	14-Jun-1736	23-Aug-1806	Coulomb's Law
Alfred Eisenstaedt	Photographer	6-Dec-1898	23-Aug-1995	Life magazine photographer
Maynard Ferguson	Jazz Musician	4-May-1928	23-Aug-2006	Jazz bandleader and trumpeter
Deodoro da Fonseca	Head of State	5-Aug-1827	23-Aug-1892	First President of Brazil
Kathleen Freeman	Actor	17-Feb-1919	23-Aug-2001	Gen. Burkhalter's sister
Naum Gabo	Sculptor	5-Aug-1890	23-Aug-1977	Constructivist, Realistic Manifesto
Hoot Gibson	Actor	6-Aug-1892	23-Aug-1962	Cowboy star of the 20s and 30s
Dwayne Goettel	Musician	1-Feb-1964	23-Aug-1995	Skinny Puppy, fatal heroin OD
Oscar Hammerstein II	Musician	12-Jul-1895	23-Aug-1960	Rodgers and Hammerstein
Edward Hicks	Painter	4-Apr-1780	23-Aug-1849	The Peaceable Kingdom
Sidney Coe Howard	Playwright	26-Jun-1891	23-Aug-1939	They Knew What They Wanted
Stanley H. Kaplan	Business	24-May-1919	23-Aug-2009	Developed SAT study aids
John C. Kendrew	Chemist	24-Mar-1917	23-Aug-1997	Determined structure of myoglobin
James Lord	Author	27-Nov-1922	23-Aug-2009	Giacometti: A Biography
Peter Maas	Author	27-Jun-1929	23-Aug-2001	Serpico
Increase Mather	Religion	21-Jun-1639	23-Aug-1723	Massachusetts Puritan leader
Stanford Moore	Chemist	4-Sep-1913	23-Aug-1982	Amino-acid analyzer
Robert Nix, Jr.	Judge	13-Jul-1928	23-Aug-2003	Pennsylvania Chief Justice, 1984-96
Oliver Hazard Perry	Military	23-Aug-1785	23-Aug-1819	Won the Battle of Lake Erie
Brock Peters	Actor	2-Jul-1927	23-Aug-2005	To Kill a Mockingbird
John de Stratford	Religion	?	23-Aug-1348	Archbishop of Canterbury, 1333-48
Peter Terpeluk, Jr.	Diplomat	18-Feb-1948	23-Aug-2011	US Ambassador to Luxembourg, 2002-05
Rudolph Valentino	Actor	6-May-1895	23-Aug-1926	Latin lover of the silent film era
Steve Van Buren	Football	28-Sep-1920	23-Aug-2012	Philadelphia Eagles, NFL Hall-of-Famer
William Wallace	Military	1272	23-Aug-1305	Basis of fictional biopic Braveheart
Thomas H. Weller	Scientist	15-Jun-1915	23-Aug-2008	Cultured the polio virus
Hoyt Wilhelm	Baseball	26-Jul-1923	23-Aug-2002	Knuckleball relief pitcher

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