| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Warner Anderson |
Actor |
10-Mar-1911 |
26-Aug-1976 |
Matthew Swain on Peyton Place |
| Tex Avery |
Cartoonist |
26-Feb-1908 |
26-Aug-1980 |
Creator of Porky Pig and Daffy Duck |
| Hertha Ayrton |
Physicist |
28-Apr-1854 |
26-Aug-1923 |
Electric arc |
| Roger Baldwin |
Activist |
21-Jan-1884 |
26-Aug-1981 |
Founder of the American Civil Liberties Union |
| Joseph M. Barr |
Politician |
28-May-1906 |
26-Aug-1982 |
Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1959-70 |
| Rainer Barzel |
Politician |
20-Jun-1924 |
26-Aug-2006 |
CDU Chairman, 1971-73 |
| Charles Boyer |
Actor |
28-Aug-1899 |
26-Aug-1978 |
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
| Laura Branigan |
Singer |
3-Jul-1957 |
26-Aug-2004 |
Gloria |
| Lon Chaney |
Actor |
1-Apr-1883 |
26-Aug-1930 |
The Phantom of the Opera |
| Dominick Dunne |
Novelist |
29-Oct-1925 |
26-Aug-2009 |
High society novelist, true crime writer |
| Johann Franz Encke |
Astronomer |
23-Sep-1791 |
26-Aug-1865 |
Investigated comets and asteroids |
| Kay Francis |
Actor |
13-Jan-1905 |
26-Aug-1968 |
Trouble in Paradise |
| Ellie Greenwich |
Songwriter |
23-Oct-1940 |
26-Aug-2009 |
Leader of the Pack |
| Frank Harris |
Author |
14-Feb-1856 |
26-Aug-1931 |
My Life and Loves |
| William James |
Philosopher |
11-Jan-1842 |
26-Aug-1910 |
The Principles of Psychology |
| John Smoke Johnson |
Politician |
2-Dec-1792 |
26-Aug-1886 |
Mohawk Chief of the Six Nations |
| Odette Joyeux |
Actor |
5-Dec-1914 |
26-Aug-2000 |
Love Story |
| Alvin Karpis |
Criminal |
10-Aug-1907 |
26-Aug-1979 |
Former Public Enemy #1 |
| Larry Keating |
Actor |
13-Jun-1896 |
26-Aug-1963 |
Roger Addison on Mister Ed |
| Ted Knight |
Actor |
7-Dec-1923 |
26-Aug-1986 |
Ted Baxter on Mary Tyler Moore |
| Anton van Leeuwenhoek |
Scientist |
24-Oct-1632 |
26-Aug-1723 |
Master of the Microscope |
| Lotte Lehmann |
Singer |
27-Feb-1888 |
26-Aug-1976 |
German-American operatic soprano |
| Charles Lindbergh |
Aviator |
4-Feb-1902 |
26-Aug-1974 |
Transatlantic soloist |
| Louis-Philippe |
Royalty |
6-Oct-1773 |
26-Aug-1850 |
King of France, 1830-48 |
| John Albert Macy |
Critic |
10-Apr-1877 |
26-Aug-1932 |
Socialism in America |
| Ransom E. Olds |
Business |
3-Jun-1864 |
26-Aug-1950 |
Founder of Nucor and Oldsmobile |
| Hamaguchi Osachi |
Head of State |
1-Apr-1870 |
26-Aug-1931 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1929-31 |
| Fred Peart |
Politician |
30-Apr-1914 |
26-Aug-1988 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1968-70 |
| Roy Raymond |
Business |
c. 1946 |
26-Aug-1993 |
Founder of Victoria's Secret |
| Frederick Reines |
Physicist |
16-Mar-1918 |
26-Aug-1998 |
Co-Discover of the neutrino |
| Gail Russell |
Actor |
21-Sep-1924 |
26-Aug-1961 |
Angel and the Badman |
| Lawrence Cardinal Shehan |
Religion |
18-Mar-1898 |
26-Aug-1984 |
Archbishop of Baltimore, 1961-74 |
| Irving Stone |
Novelist |
14-Jul-1903 |
26-Aug-1989 |
Historical biographical novelist |
| Gaston Thorn |
Head of State |
3-Sep-1928 |
26-Aug-2007 |
Prime Minister of Luxembourg, 1974-79 |
| Royall Tyler |
Playwright |
18-Jul-1757 |
26-Aug-1826 |
The Contrast |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Composer |
12-Oct-1872 |
26-Aug-1958 |
Sinfonia Antarctica |
| Ronnie White |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Apr-1939 |
26-Aug-1995 |
The Miracles |
| James Wilson |
Government |
16-Aug-1835 |
26-Aug-1920 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1897-1913 |
| Albert M. Winn |
Politician |
1810 |
26-Aug-1883 |
First mayor of Sacramento |
| Georg Wittig |
Chemist |
16-Jun-1897 |
26-Aug-1987 |
Wittig Reaction |
