| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Casey Affleck |
Actor |
12-Aug-1975 |
|
The Assassination of Jesse James |
| Michael Antonovich |
Politician |
12-Aug-1939 |
|
LA County Board of Supervisors |
| Edward Ashley |
Actor |
12-Aug-1904 |
5-May-2000 |
British-American character actor |
| Humphrey Atkins |
Politician |
12-Aug-1922 |
4-Oct-1996 |
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1979-81 |
| Mario Balotelli |
Soccer |
12-Aug-1990 |
|
FC Manchester City forward |
| Jim Beaver |
Actor |
12-Aug-1950 |
|
Ellsworth on Deadwood |
| George Bellows |
Painter |
12-Aug-1882 |
8-Jan-1925 |
American realist painter |
| Jacinto Benavente |
Playwright |
12-Aug-1866 |
14-Jul-1954 |
The Bonds of Interest |
| Vincent Bendix |
Inventor |
12-Aug-1881 |
27-Mar-1945 |
Founder of Bendix Corporation |
| Joe Besser |
Actor |
12-Aug-1907 |
1-Mar-1988 |
The Three Stooges |
| Thomas Bewick |
Engraver |
12-Aug-1753 |
8-Nov-1828 |
English wood engraver |
| Michael Ian Black |
Comic |
12-Aug-1971 |
|
The State |
| H. P. Blavatsky |
Author |
12-Aug-1831 |
8-May-1891 |
Founded Theosophy; The Secret Doctrine |
| Jeff Bleckner |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1943 |
|
White Water Summer |
| Douglas H. Brooks |
Business |
12-Aug-1952 |
|
CEO of Brinker International |
| Peter Campbell Brown |
Attorney |
12-Aug-1913 |
23-Jul-1994 |
Corporation Counsel of NYC, 1955-58 |
| Yvette Nicole Brown |
Actor |
12-Aug-1971 |
|
Shirley Bennett on Community |
| Dale Bumpers |
Politician |
12-Aug-1925 |
|
Governor, Senator from Arkansas |
| Berkeley L. Bunker |
Politician |
12-Aug-1906 |
21-Jan-1999 |
Senator and Congressman from Nevada |
| E. Margaret Burbidge |
Astronomer |
12-Aug-1919 |
|
Synthesis of the elements in stars |
| Plaxico Burress |
Football |
12-Aug-1977 |
|
NFL free agent |
| George Busk |
Doctor |
12-Aug-1807 |
10-Aug-1886 |
British surgeon and zoologist |
| John Cadbury |
Business |
12-Aug-1801 |
11-May-1889 |
Chocolatier |
| Cantinflas |
Actor |
12-Aug-1911 |
20-Apr-1993 |
Around the World in Eighty Days |
| Robert D. Carey |
Politician |
12-Aug-1878 |
17-Jan-1937 |
Governor and Senator from Wyoming |
| John Cazale |
Actor |
12-Aug-1935 |
12-Mar-1978 |
Fredo in The Godfather |
| Miss Cleo |
Paranormal |
12-Aug-1962 |
|
Psychic fraud takes VISA, M/C |
| Dan Curtis |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1927 |
27-Mar-2006 |
Burnt Offerings |
| Isaach De Bankolé |
Actor |
12-Aug-1957 |
|
Casino Royale |
| Del Tha Funkee Homosapien |
Rapper |
12-Aug-1972 |
|
Deltron 3030 |
| Cecil B. DeMille |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1881 |
21-Jan-1959 |
Pioneering film director |
| Dorothy Denning |
Scientist |
12-Aug-1945 |
|
Professor, interest in encryption |
| John Derek |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1926 |
22-May-1998 |
Tarzan, the Ape Man |
| Lesley Duncan |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Aug-1943 |
|
British vocalist, Love Song |
| Michelle Easton |
Government |
12-Aug-1950 |
|
Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute |
| Edwin Feulner |
Activist |
12-Aug-1941 |
|
Heritage Foundation founder |
| Pauline Frederick |
Actor |
12-Aug-1883 |
19-Sep-1938 |
This Modern Age |
| Samuel Fuller |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1912 |
30-Oct-1997 |
Pickup on South Street |
| Rebecca Gayheart |
Actor |
12-Aug-1971 |
|
Scream |
| King George IV |
Royalty |
12-Aug-1762 |
26-Jun-1830 |
King of England 1820-30 |
| William Goldman |
Novelist |
12-Aug-1931 |
|
Marathon Man |
| Bruce Greenwood |
Actor |
12-Aug-1956 |
|
Dr. Griffin on St. Elsewhere |
| Mike Gundy |
Football |
12-Aug-1967 |
|
OSU Head Coach |
| Edith Hamilton |
Educator |
12-Aug-1867 |
31-May-1963 |
The Greek Way |
| George Hamilton |
Actor |
12-Aug-1939 |
|
Well-tanned celebrity |
| William B. Harrison, Jr. |
Business |
12-Aug-1943 |
|
CEO of JPMorgan Chase, 2000-05 |
| Donald R. Heath |
Diplomat |
12-Aug-1894 |
15-Oct-1981 |
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1958-61 |
| John E. Herbst |
Diplomat |
12-Aug-1952 |
|
US Ambassador to Ukraine, 2003-06 |
| Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr. |
Business |
12-Aug-1936 |
|
CEO of Hallmark, 1986-2001 |
| François Hollande |
Politician |
12-Aug-1954 |
|
President of France |
| Oskar Homolka |
Actor |
12-Aug-1898 |
27-Jan-1978 |
Sabotage |
| Francis Horner |
Economist |
12-Aug-1778 |
8-Feb-1817 |
Bullion Report |
| Willie Horton |
Criminal |
12-Aug-1951 |
|
Prison furlough poster child |
| Dana Ivey |
Actor |
12-Aug-1942 |
|
Eleanor Standard on Easy Street |
| Diamond Jim Brady |
Business |
12-Aug-1856 |
13-Apr-1917 |
Larger-than-life millionaire |
| Parnelli Jones |
Auto Racing |
12-Aug-1933 |
|
Winner, 1963 Indianapolis 500 |
| Sam J. Jones |
Actor |
12-Aug-1954 |
|
Flash Gordon |
| Donald Justice |
Poet |
12-Aug-1925 |
6-Aug-2004 |
The Summer Anniversaries |
| Chen Kaige |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1952 |
|
Farewell My Concubine |
| Steven T. Katz |
Author |
12-Aug-1944 |
|
Professor of Religion |
| Michael Kidd |
Choreographer |
12-Aug-1915 |
23-Dec-2007 |
Award-winning choreographer |
| Mark Knopfler |
Musician |
12-Aug-1949 |
|
Dire Straits |
| Peter Krause |
Actor |
12-Aug-1965 |
|
Nate Fisher on Six Feet Under |
| Valerie Landsburg |
Actor |
12-Aug-1958 |
|
Doris Schwartz on Fame |
| Maggie Lawson |
Actor |
12-Aug-1980 |
|
Juliet O'Hara on Psych |
| Marion Lorne |
Actor |
12-Aug-1883 |
9-May-1968 |
Aunt Clara on Bewitched |
| Alfred Lunt |
Actor |
12-Aug-1892 |
3-Aug-1977 |
American stage actor |
| Connie Mack IV |
Politician |
12-Aug-1967 |
|
Congressman, Florida 14th |
| Thurgood Marshall, Jr. |
Attorney |
12-Aug-1956 |
|
Partner, Bingham McCutchen |
| Christy Mathewson |
Baseball |
12-Aug-1880 |
7-Oct-1925 |
Pitched 37 winning games in 1908 |
| Ronald A. McDougall |
Business |
12-Aug-1942 |
|
Brinker International, 1983-2004 |
| Norris McWhirter |
Author |
12-Aug-1925 |
19-Apr-2004 |
Co-founder, Guinness Book of World Records |
| Ross McWhirter |
Author |
12-Aug-1925 |
27-Nov-1975 |
Co-founder, Guinness Book of World Records |
| Carlos Mesa |
Government |
12-Aug-1953 |
|
President of Bolivia, 2003-05 |
| Pat Metheny |
Jazz Musician |
12-Aug-1954 |
|
Jazz musician |
| Robert Mills |
Architect |
12-Aug-1781 |
3-Mar-1855 |
Washington Monument |
| William O. Mills |
Politician |
12-Aug-1924 |
24-May-1973 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
| Nicole R. Nason |
Government |
12-Aug-1970 |
|
NHTSA Administrator |
| Donald C. Nebergall |
Business |
12-Aug-1928 |
|
Brenton Bank & Trust |
| Ralph Nelson |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1916 |
21-Dec-1987 |
Father Goose |
| Buck Owens |
TV Personality |
12-Aug-1929 |
25-Mar-2006 |
Hee Haw |
| Daniel Edward Pilarczyk |
Religion |
12-Aug-1934 |
|
Catholic Archbishop of Cincinnati |
| John Poindexter |
Military |
12-Aug-1936 |
|
Iran-Contra criminal |
| Amanda Redman |
Actor |
12-Aug-1957 |
|
Det. Pullman on New Tricks |
| Richard Reid |
Terrorist |
12-Aug-1973 |
|
Shoe bomber |
| Marjorie Reynolds |
Actor |
12-Aug-1917 |
1-Feb-1997 |
Holiday Inn |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart |
Novelist |
12-Aug-1876 |
22-Sep-1958 |
Circular Staircase |
| Leticia Roman |
Actor |
12-Aug-1941 |
|
The Evil Eye |
| Roy Romanow |
Politician |
12-Aug-1939 |
|
Premier of Saskatchewan, 1991-2001 |
| Julius Rosenwald |
Business |
12-Aug-1862 |
6-Jan-1932 |
Sears executive and Good Samaritan |
| Carol Eve Rossen |
Actor |
12-Aug-1937 |
|
The Stepford Wives |
| Muqtada al-Sadr |
Military |
12-Aug-1973 |
|
Militant Shiite Iraqi cleric |
| Charlotte Salt |
Actor |
12-Aug-1985 |
|
Sam Nicholls on Casualty |
| Pete Sampras |
Tennis |
12-Aug-1971 |
|
Fourteen Grand Slams |
| Andrew J. Schindler |
Business |
12-Aug-1944 |
|
CEO of RJ Reynolds, 1995-2004 |
| John G. Schmitz |
Politician |
12-Aug-1930 |
10-Jan-2001 |
Congressman from California, 1970-73 |
| Erwin Schrödinger |
Physicist |
12-Aug-1887 |
4-Jan-1961 |
Schrödinger's wave equation |
| Sir Mix-A-Lot |
Rapper |
12-Aug-1963 |
|
Seriously, he likes big butts |
| George Soros |
Business |
12-Aug-1930 |
|
Financial speculator |
| Robert Southey |
Poet |
12-Aug-1774 |
21-Mar-1843 |
A Vision of Judgment |
| Frederick Trent Stanley |
Business |
12-Aug-1802 |
2-Aug-1883 |
Founder of Stanley Works |
| Cary Stayner |
Criminal |
12-Aug-1961 |
|
Yosemite killer |
| Otto Struve |
Astronomer |
12-Aug-1897 |
6-Apr-1963 |
Hydrogen in the interstellar medium |
| Dominique Swain |
Actor |
12-Aug-1980 |
|
Nymphet in Lolita redux |
| Anthony Swofford |
Author |
12-Aug-1970 |
|
Jarhead |
| Fife Symington |
Politician |
12-Aug-1945 |
|
Governor of Arizona, 1991-97 |
| Joe Torry |
Actor |
12-Aug-1965 |
|
Poetic Justice |
| Tsar Ivan VI |
Royalty |
12-Aug-1740 |
5-Jul-1764 |
Tsar of Russia, 1740-41 |
| James W. Wadsworth, Jr. |
Politician |
12-Aug-1877 |
21-Jun-1952 |
US Senator from New York, 1915-27 |
| Porter Wagoner |
Country Musician |
12-Aug-1927 |
28-Oct-2007 |
The Thin Man from West Plains |
| Deborah Walley |
Actor |
12-Aug-1943 |
10-May-2001 |
Gidget Goes Hawaiian |
| Jennifer Warren |
Actor |
12-Aug-1941 |
|
Night Moves |
| Alex Wojciechowicz |
Football |
12-Aug-1915 |
13-Jul-1992 |
NFL Hall of Famer |
| Jane Wyatt |
Actor |
12-Aug-1910 |
20-Oct-2006 |
Father Knows Best |
| Nina Zagat |
Critic |
12-Aug-1942 |
|
Zagat Survey |
| Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq |
Head of State |
12-Aug-1924 |
17-Aug-1988 |
Ruler of Pakistan, 1977-88 |
