| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Caroline Aaron |
Actor |
7-Aug-1952 |
|
Character actress, 1980s to present |
| John D. Baker II |
Business |
7-Aug-1948 |
|
CEO of Florida Rock Industries |
| Herbert H. Bateman |
Politician |
7-Aug-1928 |
11-Sep-2000 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1983-2000 |
| Tobin Bell |
Actor |
7-Aug-1942 |
|
Saw |
| Verna Bloom |
Actor |
7-Aug-1939 |
|
Where Have All the People Gone? |
| James Bowdoin |
Politician |
7-Aug-1726 |
6-Nov-1790 |
Governor of Massachusetts 1785-87 |
| Felice Bryant |
Songwriter |
7-Aug-1925 |
22-Apr-2003 |
Wake Up, Little Susie |
| Billie Burke |
Actor |
7-Aug-1885 |
14-May-1970 |
Glinda, the Good Witch of the North |
| George Busbee |
Politician |
7-Aug-1927 |
16-Jul-2004 |
Governor of Georgia, 1975-83 |
| Helen Caldicott |
Activist |
7-Aug-1938 |
|
Anti-nuclear crusader |
| Aurelie Claudel |
Model |
7-Aug-1980 |
|
French runway and print model |
| Anjanette Comer |
Actor |
7-Aug-1939 |
|
The Appaloosa |
| Constantius II |
Royalty |
7-Aug-317 AD |
3-Nov-361 AD |
Roman Emperor, 337-361 AD |
| Alain Corneau |
Film Director |
7-Aug-1943 |
29-Aug-2010 |
Tous les matins du monde |
| Abbie Cornish |
Actor |
7-Aug-1982 |
|
Somersault |
| Jenny Craig |
Business |
7-Aug-1932 |
|
Diet plan purveyor |
| T. Kenneth Cribb |
Activist |
7-Aug-1948 |
|
Conservative activist |
| Sidney Crosby |
Hockey |
7-Aug-1987 |
|
Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Rodney Crowell |
Country Musician |
7-Aug-1950 |
|
Diamonds & Dirt |
| Gordon J. Davis |
Attorney |
7-Aug-1941 |
|
Partner, Dewey & LeBoeuf |
| Jean-Luc Dehaene |
Head of State |
7-Aug-1940 |
|
Prime Minister of Belgium, 1992-99 |
| Bruce Dickinson |
Musician |
7-Aug-1958 |
|
Frontman of Iron Maiden |
| Jeremiah Dixon |
Astronomer |
7-Aug-1733 |
22-Jan-1777 |
Mason-Dixon Line |
| David Duchovny |
Actor |
7-Aug-1960 |
|
Mulder on The X-Files |
| Edwin Edwards |
Politician |
7-Aug-1927 |
|
Former governor, convicted felon |
| Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga |
Poet |
7-Aug-1533 |
29-Nov-1594 |
La Araucana |
| Bob Etheridge |
Politician |
7-Aug-1941 |
|
Congressman from North Carolina, 1997-2011 |
| Lee Fisher |
Politician |
7-Aug-1951 |
|
Lt. Governor of Ohio, 2007-11 |
| Andy Fraser |
Bassist |
7-Aug-1952 |
|
Free |
| Stan Freberg |
Comic |
7-Aug-1926 |
|
Radio's The Stan Freberg Show |
| Alexis Glick |
Journalist |
7-Aug-1972 |
|
Fox Business Network anchor, 2007-09 |
| John Glover |
Actor |
7-Aug-1944 |
|
Lionel Luthor on Smallville |
| Nelson Goodman |
Philosopher |
7-Aug-1906 |
25-Nov-1998 |
Fact, Fiction, and Forecast |
| Nathanael Greene |
Military |
7-Aug-1742 |
19-Jun-1786 |
Highly capable Revolutionary War general |
| Ann Harding |
Actor |
7-Aug-1901 |
1-Sep-1981 |
Holiday |
| Edward Hardwicke |
Actor |
7-Aug-1932 |
16-May-2011 |
Capt. Pat Grant on Colditz |
| Mata Hari |
Spy |
7-Aug-1876 |
15-Oct-1917 |
Framed by the Germans |
| Thomas F. Hartnett |
Politician |
7-Aug-1941 |
|
Congressman from South Carolina, 1981-87 |
| Domino Harvey |
Relative |
7-Aug-1969 |
27-Jun-2005 |
Laurence Harvey's daughter |
| Kristin Hersh |
Musician |
7-Aug-1966 |
|
Frontwoman for Throwing Muses |
| David Hicks |
Military |
7-Aug-1975 |
|
Australia's answer to John Walker Lindh |
| Amo Houghton |
Politician |
7-Aug-1926 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1987-2005 |
| David W. Johnson |
Business |
7-Aug-1932 |
|
CEO of Campbell Soup, 1990-97 |
| Eric Johnson |
Actor |
7-Aug-1979 |
|
Whitney Fordman on Smallville |
| Walid Jumblatt |
Politician |
7-Aug-1949 |
|
Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party |
| Mickey Kantor |
Government |
7-Aug-1939 |
|
US Secretary of Commerce, 1996-97 |
| Garrison Keillor |
Radio Personality |
7-Aug-1942 |
|
A Prairie Home Companion |
| Alan Keyes |
Radio Personality |
7-Aug-1950 |
|
Illinois carpetbagger |
| Wayne Knight |
Actor |
7-Aug-1955 |
|
Newman on Seinfeld |
| Hoda Kotb |
Journalist |
7-Aug-1964 |
|
Today |
| Gustav Krupp |
Business |
7-Aug-1870 |
16-Jan-1950 |
Industrialist, Nazi war criminal |
| Don Larsen |
Baseball |
7-Aug-1929 |
|
Pitched a perfect game in 1956 World Series |
| Louis Leakey |
Anthropologist |
7-Aug-1903 |
1-Oct-1972 |
Discovered Homo Habilis |
| Charlotte Lewis |
Actor |
7-Aug-1967 |
|
The Golden Child |
| Cirroc Lofton |
Actor |
7-Aug-1978 |
|
Jake Sisko on Star Trek: DS9 |
| George W. Malone |
Politician |
7-Aug-1890 |
19-May-1961 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1947-59 |
| Marlyn Mason |
Actor |
7-Aug-1940 |
|
The Trouble with Girls |
| John C. Mather |
Physicist |
7-Aug-1946 |
|
Big Bang |
| F. Bradford Morse |
Politician |
7-Aug-1921 |
18-Dec-1994 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1961-72 |
| Robert Mueller |
Government |
7-Aug-1944 |
|
FBI Director |
| Joseph M. Newman |
Film Director |
7-Aug-1909 |
23-Jan-2006 |
This Island Earth |
| Greg Nickels |
Politician |
7-Aug-1955 |
|
Mayor of Seattle |
| Maureen O'Connor |
Judge |
7-Aug-1951 |
|
Justice, Ohio Supreme Court |
| Elinor Ostrom |
Sociologist |
7-Aug-1933 |
12-Jun-2012 |
Common-pool resources |
| Alan Page |
Football |
7-Aug-1945 |
|
Vikings and Bears defensive tackle |
| Sydney Penny |
Actor |
7-Aug-1971 |
|
All My Children |
| Harold Perrineau, Jr. |
Actor |
7-Aug-1963 |
|
Link in The Matrix |
| Jonathan Pollard |
Spy |
7-Aug-1954 |
|
Spied for Israel |
| Jerry Pournelle |
Author |
7-Aug-1933 |
|
Sci-Fi collaborator with Larry Niven |
| James Randi |
Magician |
7-Aug-1928 |
|
The Amazing Randi |
| David Rasche |
Actor |
7-Aug-1944 |
|
Sledge Hammer! |
| Nicholas Ray |
Film Director |
7-Aug-1911 |
16-Jun-1979 |
Rebel Without a Cause |
| Antonio Resines |
Actor |
7-Aug-1954 |
|
Diego Serrano on Los Serrano |
| Alain Robert |
Daredevil |
7-Aug-1962 |
|
Climbs skyscrapers with his bare hands |
| Samantha Ronson |
Disc Jockey |
7-Aug-1977 |
|
Girlfriend of Lindsay Lohan |
| Larry J. Sabato |
Educator |
7-Aug-1952 |
|
Widely-quoted political scientist |
| Ron Schipper |
Football |
7-Aug-1928 |
27-Mar-2006 |
Head Coach, Central College, 1961-96 |
| Zander Schloss |
Bassist |
7-Aug-1961 |
|
Circle Jerks bassist, Kevin in Repo Man |
| Richard T. Schulze |
Politician |
7-Aug-1929 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1975-93 |
| Michael Shannon |
Actor |
7-Aug-1974 |
|
Van Alden on Boardwalk Empire |
| Vladimir Sorokin |
Author |
7-Aug-1955 |
|
Wrote Goluboe Salo (Blue Lard) |
| Carl Switzer |
Actor |
7-Aug-1927 |
21-Jan-1959 |
Alfalfa in Our Gang |
| Charlize Theron |
Actor |
7-Aug-1975 |
|
Monster |
| B. J. Thomas |
Singer |
7-Aug-1942 |
|
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head |
| Robert R. Thomas |
Judge |
7-Aug-1952 |
|
Illinois Chief Justice |
| Caetano Veloso |
Musician |
7-Aug-1942 |
|
Brazilian musical legend; founder of Tropicalismo |
| Maggie Wheeler |
Actor |
7-Aug-1961 |
|
Janice Litman on Friends |
| John C. Whitaker, Jr. |
Business |
7-Aug-1937 |
|
CEO of Inmar Enterprises |
| William B. Wood |
Diplomat |
7-Aug-1950 |
|
US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 2007-09 |
