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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Gracie Allen
Actor
26-Jul-1895 27-Aug-1964 Say goodnight Gracie
William Bayliss
Doctor
2-May-1860 27-Aug-1924 Co-Discovered hormones
Sally Blane
Actor
11-Jul-1910 27-Aug-1997 The Star Witness
Guido Cavalcanti
Poet
c. 1250 27-Aug-1300 Canzone d'Amore
Bennett Cerf
Publisher
25-May-1898 27-Aug-1971 Founder of Random House
Ivy Compton-Burnett
Novelist
5-Jun-1884 27-Aug-1969 Pastors and Masters
Le Corbusier
Architect
6-Oct-1887 27-Aug-1965 Most influential 20th century architect
George H. Dern
Government
8-Sep-1872 27-Aug-1936 Governor of Utah, 1925-33
Jon Dough
Pornstar
12-Nov-1962 27-Aug-2006 Pornstar with split-stream ejaculations
W. E. B. Du Bois
Sociologist
23-Feb-1868 27-Aug-1963 Civil rights activist
Brian Epstein
Business
19-Sep-1934 27-Aug-1967 Manager of The Beatles
Bartolomeo Eustachi
Scientist
c. 1500 27-Aug-1574 Anatomist
Alex Grass
Business
3-Aug-1927 27-Aug-2009 Founder of Rite Aid
Childe Hassam
Painter
17-Oct-1859 27-Aug-1935 American impressionist, one of "The Ten"
Rowland Hill
Inventor
3-Dec-1795 27-Aug-1879 Invented the postage stamp
Honorius
Royalty
9-Sep-384 AD 27-Aug-423 AD Western Roman Emperor, 395-423 AD
John Hopkinson
Engineer
27-Jul-1849 27-Aug-1898 English electrical engineer
Charles Evans Hughes
Politician
11-Apr-1862 27-Aug-1948 US Chief Justice, Presidential Candidate
Mary Beth Hughes
Actor
13-Nov-1919 27-Aug-1995 The Ox-Bow Incident
Doug Kenney
Comic
10-Dec-1946 27-Aug-1980 National Lampoon cofounder
Abner Kneeland
Activist
7-Apr-1774 27-Aug-1844 Blasphemous preacher
John Laurens
Military
28-Oct-1754 27-Aug-1782 Military aide to George Washington
Ernest Lawrence
Physicist
8-Aug-1901 27-Aug-1958 Inventor of the cyclotron
Robert Z. Leonard
Film Director
7-Oct-1889 27-Aug-1968 The Divorcee
Daniel K. Ludwig
Business
24-Jun-1897 27-Aug-1992 The Invisible Billionaire
Erika Mann
Journalist
9-Nov-1905 27-Aug-1969 Daughter of Thomas Mann
H. W. Massingham
Journalist
25-May-1860 27-Aug-1924 Radical English journalist
Andrew W. Mellon
Business
24-Mar-1855 27-Aug-1937 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32
Sergei V. Mikhalkov
Songwriter
13-Mar-1913 27-Aug-2009 Lyricist, Russian National Anthem
Greg Morris
Actor
27-Sep-1933 27-Aug-1996 Mission: Impossible
Lord Mountbatten
Military
25-Jun-1900 27-Aug-1979 Last Viceroy of India
Pope Nicholas II
Religion
? 27-Aug-1061 Roman Catholic Pope, 1058-61
Cesare Pavese
Poet
9-Sep-1908 27-Aug-1950 La luna e i falò
Alfred Peet
Business
10-Mar-1920 27-Aug-2007 Founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea
Pierre Poujade
Activist
1-Dec-1920 27-Aug-2003 French anti-tax crusader
Josquin Des Prez
Composer
c. 1445 27-Aug-1521 Master Renaissance composer
Scott La Rock
Disc Jockey
2-Mar-1962 27-Aug-1987 Boogie Down Productions
Nicola Sacco
Anarchist
22-Apr-1891 27-Aug-1927 Sacco and Vanzetti
Karl Schnabel
Pianist
6-Aug-1909 27-Aug-2001 Modern Technique of the Pedal
Haile Selassie
Royalty
23-Jul-1892 27-Aug-1975 Last Emperor of Ethiopia
Pope Sixtus V
Religion
13-Dec-1521 27-Aug-1590 Roman Catholic Pope, 1585-90
Raymond St. Jacques
Actor
1-Mar-1930 27-Aug-1990 Cotton Comes to Harlem
Titian
Painter
1488 27-Aug-1576 16th c. Venetian Renaissance painter
Jim Turnesa
Golf
9-Dec-1912 27-Aug-1971 Winner, 1952 PGA Championship
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Anarchist
11-Jun-1888 27-Aug-1927 Sacco and Vanzetti
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Guitarist
3-Oct-1954 27-Aug-1990 Blues guitarist
Lope de Vega
Playwright
25-Nov-1562 27-Aug-1635 Reformed Spanish comedy
Silas Wright
Politician
24-May-1795 27-Aug-1847 US Senator from New York, 1833-44
Francisco de Zurbarán
Painter
1598 27-Aug-1664 Spanish Baroque painter




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