Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Charles Francis Adams |
Diplomat |
18-Aug-1807 |
21-Nov-1886 |
US Ambassador to the UK, 1861-68 |
Brian Aldiss |
Author |
18-Aug-1925 |
|
Supertoys Last All Summer Long |
Pete Aldridge |
Business |
18-Aug-1938 |
|
Under Secretary of Defense, 2001-03 |
Brian Michael Bendis |
Author |
18-Aug-1967 |
|
Ultimate Spider-Man, Daredevil |
Craig Bierko |
Actor |
18-Aug-1964 |
|
Cinderella Man |
Charles A. Blixt |
Attorney |
18-Aug-1951 |
|
Former counsel, RJ Reynolds |
Mika Boorem |
Actor |
18-Aug-1987 |
|
The Education of Little Tree |
Elayne Boosler |
Comic |
18-Aug-1952 |
|
Has had 7 cable comedy specials |
Carole Bouquet |
Actor |
18-Aug-1957 |
|
For Your Eyes Only |
Vincent Bugliosi |
Government |
18-Aug-1934 |
|
Prosecuted Manson, wrote Helter Skelter |
Doro Bush |
Relative |
18-Aug-1959 |
|
George W. Bush's sister |
Felipe Calderón |
Head of State |
18-Aug-1962 |
|
President of Mexico |
Marcel Carné |
Film Director |
18-Aug-1909 |
31-Oct-1996 |
Les Enfants du Paradis |
Rosalynn Carter |
First Lady |
18-Aug-1927 |
|
Wife of US President Jimmy Carter |
Sarita Choudhury |
Actor |
18-Aug-1966 |
|
Mississippi Masala |
Roberto Clemente |
Baseball |
18-Aug-1934 |
31-Dec-1972 |
Puerto Rican baseball star |
Nathan Clifford |
Politician |
18-Aug-1803 |
25-Jul-1881 |
Congressman, Attorney General, Supreme Court |
Frances Bean Cobain |
Relative |
18-Aug-1992 |
|
Kurt and Courtney's child |
Virginia Dare |
Oddity |
18-Aug-1587 |
? |
Firstborn white child of the New World |
Jean Dasté |
Actor |
18-Aug-1904 |
15-Oct-1994 |
L'Atalante |
W. Eugene Davis |
Judge |
18-Aug-1936 |
|
5th Circuit Court of Appeals |
David Dewhurst |
Politician |
18-Aug-1945 |
|
Lt. Governor of Texas |
Tan Dun |
Composer |
18-Aug-1957 |
|
Heaven, Earth, Mankind |
Gus Edwards |
Songwriter |
18-Aug-1879 |
7-Nov-1945 |
By the Light of the Silvery Moon |
Taher Elgamal |
Computer Programmer |
18-Aug-1955 |
|
Inventor of the Elgamal crypto algorithm |
Heino Ferch |
Actor |
18-Aug-1963 |
|
The Tunnel |
Marshall Field |
Business |
18-Aug-1834 |
16-Jan-1906 |
Founder of Marshall Field's |
Gail Fisher |
Actor |
18-Aug-1935 |
2-Dec-2000 |
Peggy Fair on Mannix |
Walther Funk |
Government |
18-Aug-1890 |
31-May-1960 |
Reich economic minister |
Timothy F. Geithner |
Government |
18-Aug-1961 |
|
US Secretary of the Treasury |
Louie Gohmert |
Politician |
18-Aug-1953 |
|
Congressman, Texas 1st |
Susan Golding |
Politician |
18-Aug-1945 |
|
Mayor of San Diego, 1992-2000 |
Austan D. Goolsbee |
Economist |
18-Aug-1969 |
|
Chair, Council of Economic Advisers, 2010-11 |
Otto Harbach |
Songwriter |
18-Aug-1873 |
24-Jan-1963 |
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes |
Marvin Harris |
Anthropologist |
18-Aug-1927 |
25-Oct-2001 |
Anthropological historian |
Walter J. Hickel |
Politician |
18-Aug-1919 |
7-May-2010 |
Twice Governor of Alaska |
Robert B. Horton |
Business |
18-Aug-1939 |
|
CEO of BP, 1989-92 |
Richard D. James |
Electronic Musician |
18-Aug-1971 |
|
Aphex Twin |
John Scarlett |
Spy |
18-Aug-1948 |
|
Head of MI6 |
Rafer Johnson |
Track and Field |
18-Aug-1935 |
|
Olympic track and field star |
Christopher Jones |
Actor |
18-Aug-1941 |
|
Wild in the Streets |
Donald Kennedy |
Educator |
18-Aug-1931 |
|
Editor-in-Chief of Science |
Masta Killa |
Musician |
18-Aug-1969 |
|
Wu-Tang Clan |
Joseph E. Kurtz |
Religion |
18-Aug-1946 |
|
Catholic Archbishop of Louisville |
Denis Leary |
Comic |
18-Aug-1957 |
|
Loud, smoking comic |
Meriwether Lewis |
Explorer |
18-Aug-1774 |
11-Oct-1809 |
Lewis and Clark expedition |
Kermit V. Lipez |
Judge |
18-Aug-1941 |
|
1st Circuit Court of Appeals |
Joseph Marcell |
Actor |
18-Aug-1948 |
|
Geoffrey on Fresh Prince |
William P. McCormick |
Diplomat |
18-Aug-1939 |
|
US Ambassador to New Zealand |
Mika |
Singer |
18-Aug-1983 |
|
Lebanese Britpop singer |
Luc Montagnier |
Scientist |
18-Aug-1932 |
|
Co-Discoverer of HIV |
Alan Mowbray |
Actor |
18-Aug-1896 |
25-Mar-1969 |
Founding member, Screen Actors Guild |
Martin Mull |
Comic |
18-Aug-1943 |
|
Fernwood Tonight |
Edward Norton |
Actor |
18-Aug-1969 |
|
Fight Club |
Bo Hi Pak |
Business |
18-Aug-1930 |
|
Sun Myung Moon's right-hand man |
Glenn Plummer |
Actor |
18-Aug-1961 |
|
South Central |
Roman Polanski |
Film Director |
18-Aug-1933 |
|
Chinatown |
John Price |
Diplomat |
18-Aug-1933 |
|
US Ambassador to Mauritius, 2002-05 |
Robert Redford |
Actor |
18-Aug-1936 |
|
The Sundance Kid |
Alain Robbe-Grillet |
Novelist |
18-Aug-1922 |
18-Feb-2008 |
Proponent of the nouveau roman |
Antonio Salieri |
Composer |
18-Aug-1750 |
7-May-1825 |
Tarare |
Andy Samberg |
Actor |
18-Aug-1978 |
|
SNL, The Lonely Island |
Henry G. Sanders |
Actor |
18-Aug-1942 |
|
Robert E. on Dr. Quinn |
Robert Sayre |
Diplomat |
18-Aug-1924 |
|
US Ambassador to Brazil, 1978-81 |
Marge Schott |
Baseball |
18-Aug-1928 |
2-Mar-2004 |
Owner, Cincinnati Reds |
Jeremy Shockey |
Football |
18-Aug-1980 |
|
NY Giants Tight End |
Christian Slater |
Actor |
18-Aug-1969 |
|
Kuffs, True Romance |
Leo Slezak |
Singer |
18-Aug-1873 |
1-Jun-1946 |
Operatic tenor |
Adam Storke |
Actor |
18-Aug-1962 |
|
Mystic Pizza |
Madeleine Stowe |
Actor |
18-Aug-1958 |
|
The General's Daughter |
Nadine Strossen |
Activist |
18-Aug-1950 |
|
President of the ACLU |
Patrick Swayze |
Actor |
18-Aug-1952 |
14-Sep-2009 |
Dirty Dancing |
Brook Taylor |
Mathematician |
18-Aug-1685 |
29-Dec-1731 |
Calculus of Finite Differences |
Jacob Vargas |
Actor |
18-Aug-1971 |
|
The Death and Life of Bobby Z |
Malcolm-Jamal Warner |
Actor |
18-Aug-1970 |
|
Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show |
Silas Warner |
Computer Programmer |
18-Aug-1949 |
26-Feb-2004 |
Castle Wolfenstein |
Caspar Weinberger |
Government |
18-Aug-1917 |
28-Mar-2006 |
Iran-Contra figure pardoned by Bush |
Grant Williams |
Actor |
18-Aug-1930 |
28-Jul-1985 |
The Incredible Shrinking Man |
Robert H. Winters |
Politician |
18-Aug-1910 |
10-Oct-1969 |
Canadian Minister of Trade, 1966-68 |
Shelley Winters |
Actor |
18-Aug-1920 |
14-Jan-2006 |
Method actress and camp queen |
Bob Woodruff |
Journalist |
18-Aug-1961 |
|
Co-Anchor, World News Tonight |