| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| King Abdullah |
Royalty |
1-Aug-1924 |
|
King of Saudi Arabia |
| Sheldon Adelson |
Business |
1-Aug-1933 |
|
Las Vegas billionaire |
| Alexander |
Royalty |
1-Aug-1893 |
25-Oct-1920 |
King of Greece, 1917-20 |
| Hafizullah Amin |
Head of State |
1-Aug-1929 |
27-Dec-1979 |
President of Afghanistan, 1979 |
| Ashley Parker Angel |
Singer |
1-Aug-1981 |
|
O-Town |
| Kurmanbek Bakiev |
Head of State |
1-Aug-1949 |
|
President of Kyrgyzstan |
| Demián Bichir |
Actor |
1-Aug-1963 |
|
A Better Life |
| Tempestt Bledsoe |
Actor |
1-Aug-1973 |
|
Vanessa Huxtable on The Cosby Show |
| Jesse Borrego |
Actor |
1-Aug-1962 |
|
Gael Ortega on 24 |
| Rick Boucher |
Politician |
1-Aug-1946 |
|
Congressman from Virginia, 1983-2011 |
| Pierre Bourdieu |
Anthropologist |
1-Aug-1930 |
23-Jan-2002 |
Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste |
| Julie Bovasso |
Actor |
1-Aug-1930 |
14-Sep-1991 |
Saturday Night Fever |
| Cliff Branch |
Football |
1-Aug-1948 |
|
Former Oakland Raiders WR |
| Ron Brown |
Government |
1-Aug-1941 |
3-Apr-1996 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1993-96 |
| Boz Burrell |
Bassist |
1-Aug-1946 |
21-Sep-2006 |
Bad Company and King Crimson bassist |
| Frederick Busch |
Novelist |
1-Aug-1941 |
23-Feb-2006 |
Don't Tell Anyone |
| Raoul G. Cantero III |
Judge |
1-Aug-1960 |
|
Justice, Florida Supreme Court |
| Jim Carroll |
Author |
1-Aug-1950 |
11-Sep-2009 |
The Basketball Diaries |
| Georges Charpak |
Physicist |
1-Aug-1924 |
29-Sep-2010 |
Subatomic particle detectors |
| William Clark |
Explorer |
1-Aug-1770 |
1-Sep-1838 |
Lewis and Clark expedition |
| Claudius |
Royalty |
1-Aug-10 BC |
13-Oct-54 AD |
Roman Emperor, 41-54 AD |
| Coolio |
Rapper |
1-Aug-1963 |
|
Gangsta's Paradise |
| Dick Covey |
Astronaut |
1-Aug-1946 |
|
Shuttle astronaut |
| Robert Cray |
Guitarist |
1-Aug-1953 |
|
Blues guitarist |
| Chuck D |
Rapper |
1-Aug-1960 |
|
The rhyme animal |
| Al D'Amato |
Politician |
1-Aug-1937 |
|
US Senator from New York, 1981-99 |
| Richard Henry Dana |
Author |
1-Aug-1815 |
6-Jan-1882 |
Two Years Before the Mast |
| Dom DeLuise |
Actor |
1-Aug-1933 |
4-May-2009 |
Cannonball Run |
| Adrian Dunbar |
Actor |
1-Aug-1958 |
|
Hear My Song |
| Adam Duritz |
Musician |
1-Aug-1964 |
|
Frontman for Counting Crows |
| William J. Dyess |
Diplomat |
1-Aug-1929 |
6-Jan-1996 |
US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1982-83 |
| Lawrence Eagleburger |
Government |
1-Aug-1930 |
4-Jun-2011 |
US Secretary of State, 1992-93 |
| Otto Eckstein |
Economist |
1-Aug-1927 |
22-Mar-1984 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1964-66 |
| Joe Elliott |
Musician |
1-Aug-1959 |
|
Def Leppard vocalist |
| Kirk Ferentz |
Football |
1-Aug-1955 |
|
Iowa Hawkeyes Head Coach |
| Jerry Garcia |
Musician |
1-Aug-1942 |
9-Aug-1995 |
Grateful Dead |
| Emilio M. Garza |
Judge |
1-Aug-1947 |
|
5th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Giancarlo Giannini |
Actor |
1-Aug-1942 |
|
Seven Beauties |
| Ed Gillespie |
Politician |
1-Aug-1962 |
|
RNC Chairman, 2003-05 |
| James Gleick |
Author |
1-Aug-1954 |
|
Chaos: Making a New Science |
| Barbara J. Griffiths |
Diplomat |
1-Aug-1949 |
|
US Ambassador to Iceland, 1999-2002 |
| George de Hevesy |
Chemist |
1-Aug-1885 |
5-Jul-1966 |
Radioisotope researcher |
| Arthur Hill |
Actor |
1-Aug-1922 |
26-Oct-2006 |
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law |
| James Hill |
Film Director |
1-Aug-1919 |
7-Oct-1994 |
Born Free |
| Martin J. Hillenbrand |
Diplomat |
1-Aug-1915 |
2-Feb-2005 |
US Ambassador to Germany, 1972-76 |
| Paul Horgan |
Author |
1-Aug-1903 |
8-Mar-1995 |
Great River: The Rio Grande |
| M. R. James |
Author |
1-Aug-1862 |
12-Jun-1936 |
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary |
| Laura Johnson |
Actor |
1-Aug-1957 |
|
Falcon Crest |
| Henry Jones |
Actor |
1-Aug-1912 |
17-May-1999 |
The Bad Seed |
| Mother Jones |
Activist |
1-Aug-1837 |
30-Nov-1930 |
The grandmother of all agitators |
| Meir Kahane |
Activist |
1-Aug-1932 |
5-Nov-1990 |
Founder of Jewish Defense League |
| Edward Kelley |
Paranormal |
1-Aug-1555 |
1-Nov-1597 |
Notorious forger and alchemist |
| Erle C. Kenton |
Film Director |
1-Aug-1896 |
28-Jan-1980 |
House of Frankenstein |
| Francis Scott Key |
Poet |
1-Aug-1779 |
11-Jan-1843 |
The Star-Spangled Banner |
| Terry Kiser |
Actor |
1-Aug-1939 |
|
Weekend at Bernie's |
| Jack Kramer |
Tennis |
1-Aug-1921 |
12-Sep-2009 |
Winner of 10 Grand Slam titles |
| Howard Kurtz |
Journalist |
1-Aug-1953 |
|
Media critic |
| Henrietta Lacks |
Oddity |
1-Aug-1920 |
4-Oct-1951 |
Immortal human cells |
| Jean-Baptiste Lamarck |
Biologist |
1-Aug-1744 |
18-Dec-1829 |
Early invertebrate biologist, evolutionary theorist |
| Michael Ledeen |
Government |
1-Aug-1941 |
|
Neoconservative activist |
| Sammy Lee |
Diver |
1-Aug-1920 |
|
Olympic diver |
| Tom Leykis |
Radio Personality |
1-Aug-1956 |
|
Syndicated talk radio host |
| Robert Todd Lincoln |
Politician |
1-Aug-1843 |
26-Jul-1926 |
US Secretary of War, 1881-85 |
| Tom Loeffler |
Politician |
1-Aug-1946 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1979-87 |
| John Carroll Lynch |
Actor |
1-Aug-1963 |
|
The Drew Carey Show |
| Armand Mastroianni |
Film Director |
1-Aug-1948 |
|
He Knows You're Alone |
| Andrew Melville |
Religion |
1-Aug-1545 |
1622 |
Scottish Reform Church |
| Herman Melville |
Author |
1-Aug-1819 |
28-Sep-1891 |
Moby Dick |
| Sam Mendes |
Film Director |
1-Aug-1965 |
|
American Beauty |
| Maria Mitchell |
Astronomer |
1-Aug-1818 |
28-Jun-1889 |
First American female astronomer |
| Jason Momoa |
Actor |
1-Aug-1979 |
|
Ronon Dex on Stargate: Atlantis |
| Darla Moore |
Business |
1-Aug-1954 |
|
President of Rainwater, Inc. |
| Sue Myrick |
Politician |
1-Aug-1941 |
|
Congresswoman, North Carolina 9th |
| Taylor Negron |
Actor |
1-Aug-1958 |
|
The Last Boy Scout |
| Eduardo Noriega |
Actor |
1-Aug-1973 |
|
Open Your Eyes |
| Douglas D. Osheroff |
Physicist |
1-Aug-1945 |
|
Superfluidity of helium-3 |
| Michael Penn |
Musician |
1-Aug-1958 |
|
Sean Penn's brother |
| Pertinax |
Royalty |
1-Aug-126 AD |
28-Mar-193 AD |
Roman Emperor, 193 AD |
| Sally Pressman |
Actor |
1-Aug-1981 |
|
Roxy LeBlanc on Army Wives |
| Charles F. C. Ruff |
Attorney |
1-Aug-1939 |
19-Nov-2000 |
Clinton's impeachment attorney |
| Yves Saint Laurent |
Fashion Designer |
1-Aug-1936 |
1-Jun-2008 |
Christian Dior protege |
| Cecil O. Samuelson |
Educator |
1-Aug-1941 |
|
President, Brigham Young University |
| Harold Schuster |
Film Director |
1-Aug-1902 |
19-Jul-1986 |
My Friend Flicka |
| Henry R. Silverman |
Business |
1-Aug-1940 |
|
Chairman of Realogy |
| William Steinberg |
Conductor |
1-Aug-1899 |
16-May-1978 |
Music Director, Pittsburgh Symphony, 1952-76 |
| J. Lee Thompson |
Film Director |
1-Aug-1914 |
30-Aug-2002 |
Cape Fear |
| George Ticknor |
Educator |
1-Aug-1791 |
26-Jan-1871 |
History of Spanish Literature |
| David Wain |
Actor |
1-Aug-1969 |
|
The State |
| Robert James Waller |
Novelist |
1-Aug-1939 |
|
The Bridges of Madison County |
| Richard C. Wesley |
Judge |
1-Aug-1949 |
|
2nd Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Roy Williams |
Basketball |
1-Aug-1950 |
|
Head Coach, UNC-Chapel Hill |
